—A thought strikes me which may prove a bright one. So I put it on paper to-night, in order that you may to-morrow submit it to Mr. Jackson, if Albert Allom, who is going to St. Paul's, should be able to find you there.

The next public occasion for helping on Canterbury will be a meeting at Ipswich, for the purpose of forming a branch of the Canterbury Association for Suffolk. The Bishop of the diocese (Norwich) is to preside; and the time is some day not yet fixed, in the Whitsuntide holidays.

Now, Ipswich is a great focus of dissent and of lowest Church, ill-will to. Canterbury. It is. a grand field, therefore, for the exercise of our Bishop's peculiar talents. With his courage and eloquence, he would overcome the enemy in a stronghold; and the effect, elsewhere as well as there, would be great. The whole management of the meeting should go on the principle of giving Mr. Jackson a grand opportunity. I feel sure the Bishop of Norwich will lend himself to this; and Mr. Wynter, to whom I mentioned the subject this morning, almost promises that the Dean of Canterbury (who page 267was long settled at Hadleigh in Suffolk) would be there to assist. We could procure a large attendance of friends, and a great number of others would attend from, curiosity, whom it would be our Bishop's task to enlighten and persuade. His success (of which I feel confident) would be a great triumph for the cause: and to that triumph we would give the utmost eclât by carefully attending to the business of preparation for the meeting.

If you have a good opportunity to-morrow, mention the idea to Mr. Jackson. If he thinks well of it, I will see the Bishop of Norwich immediately, and set all the county machinery to work. The mere proposal to the Bishop of Norwich and Lord Lyttelton might expedite the measure for giving Mr. Jackson the character at least of Bishop Designate.

I intend to be at Charing Cross at eleven on Tuesday, but, if necessary, should be glad to hear from you by parcel early on Monday, when I shall probably see Lord Lyttelton either at Brighton or here.