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the plaintiff claims, in virtue of his grandfather STOTE
MANDY, then nearest of kin and heir to the childless
DOROTHY WINDSOR. STOTE MANBY was a labourer, and
had his brain injured by the kick of a horse, which impaired
his intellect ; and on his succession to the property, it is
alleged that Sir ROBERT BEWICKE and Jourr CRASTER, both
of whom were tenants upon the property, retained permanent
possession of it, taking advantage of his imbecility. The case
was a very complicated one, and was first brought under no-
tice of the Courts by Mr. WARREN, who, at the Newcastle
spring assizes, raised an action of ejectment against CRASTER
and BEWICIE, present possessors. It was heard by Baron
PARKE, who stated that the only course open was to proceed
in a court of equity. The statement of the case was very
voluminous, and on that occasion occupied the learned counsel
three hours in tracing its various intricacies. In giving his
opinion as to the incompetency of the tribunal before which
it was brought to deal with such a case, Baron PARKE com-
plimented Mr. WARREN in high terms for the ability and
industry as well as the forensic acumen he had displayed, in
laying so intricate and interesting a case before the Court. On
Monday last, after being again heard at great length, leave was
granted to Mr. WARREN to amend his bill, which had been
demurred against. Whether he will be able to place his client,
the Louth gardener, in possession of the noble property, after
it has been a century in the possession of others, it is no easy
matter to say ; but, judging by the erudition and eloquence
with which he has discussed an imaginary case, bearing con-
siderable analogy in its main featureS to the one• he has now
in hand in reality, and building so far on the success which
has hitherto attended his efforts, there seems considerable
ground for expectation in the matter, and a certainty that all
honourable means will be adopted to ensure a favourable
result.

From the usually dry courts of law, to those over which
MELPODIDNE and TaiLla preside, is a transition generally of a
gratifying- order. To make the change in a case when'
original five-act English play has been produced, is more than
ordinarily welcome. A new play,. from the pen of Mr. Jos
SAUNDERS, lately editor of the People', Journal, has bees
produced at that Haymarket with markei success. It had
been sometime previotisly before the- public in a printed form,
and has at last been brought wow the boards with Miss
142Lza. FAUCIT as he heroine. The piece io called " Love's
Martyrdom," and besides- displayiag many admirable and
telling dramatic situatrnons-,. it is cast in, favourable and well-
=eructed language. The story, thaagly tinged, considerably
with, the romantic, is wctl, brought out. The characters are
cleverly and clearly drawly and-they express- themselves and
.girelnevance to their emotions in language- full. of passion
and- replbto with - poetic beauties: -The chief characters in
"Love', Martyrdom" were ably sustained' by Miss- lIKIEN
FAUCITI,. Mkt SWANDOROUGIi Me. °BARRY- SVDDIVAiff Mr.
WADIERi and Mr. LANEIIAM, and-the play was charmingly
performed. At its conclusion, azv ovation was• accorded- to
'author and aeon, Miss Faucri being in all especial deglve
lionottred, sheinwing been twice recalled.

"STONY AND IPE,R.TURY:!''

10 THE EDITOR•OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

clients;l4evers. Mair and Ern, feel much aggrieved
at ax.article which appeared in your journal of the 2r3fh -
You :reuse 'them of acting as agents. between two parties-
auxiouito do a little profitable simony. SOu add furtherc.that
if 3lai-e and .Son had 'done their work, however dirty- and,
illegal, they were entitled to their hire-; and there is, alio, -
a very offensive allusion to 'honour amongthieves."
The rhole tenor of year article, as far as-my clients are,
concernet3is that they ase'engaged in an illegal traffic.
This is not the fact'; they have, after ntany years' to 1,1.,
established' a very eaten** business for tle'sale of Church,
Property—they number antonpt their client 'peers of the,
realm, and gentlemen of all ranks—their business, is to intro-
duce a person, wishing to par3base a living to another wishing
to sell one ; when they have, done this, their share 'in the
ratter is at an end—the lawyers .for vendor and purchaser
settling the etsweyance.
_

Are Messrs. Mair to suppose—that clergymen,, who 'must
take a solemn. oath before ther-are inducted into. a living
that they have not committed; simosty, will do so.? Is -it
probable that, for the sake oe cr.ferr, pounds' profit on. each
transaction, they be would insanok-emmgh to run their beads
agairet the heavyvenalties for simony?' The ordinary sale of
alivisg is not sinonnand is a perfectly legal, recogniSed„ and
well-known tratosetion.

That my client!! share in the transactixt alluded to -By you
urn' perfectly legaiiiis. proved by- the doeisbn of the arkituator,
:Mi.. Atherton,. who gave therm a :verdict for the full mount
claimed, and the ousts.-
Whether the taansaction between, the Revs. Messrs. Mite-
ford, arid Slight way -legal, is a matter in which I 1111
jUdg-m,-Trusting-tu, your fairnese-to, insert this, I nia, Sir, .
yours:obediently, H. S. MITCH-KU,-
5A4-tuldhall. Chambers, Basinghalk.street,
Londom Jane 14, 1855-5

DWl:am reference-Act • the abovei;.we- would ask : lit
Messrs.. 31.4. in.: and Sr.N know\ that the sale o& a.
with immediate possessien,:is legally simony,.
or .did' they net:F.- If not,..they are unfit for their;-
business :. if the did, no language. ean be too strong.
in condemning-them for consonting.to act as agents;
in such a transaction. The,Lidge spoke strongly.
with regard taAbe two priEeipalsi :he even hinted.
at committing:, them to prison, as. guilty, by thtif
own, showing,„ of a great t.rimett and it is hardly
likely that he regarded the agents as guiltless. We
. are perfectly aware that the-ordinary sale of a living.l
is-not legally, simony, but we are-equally sure that:
it is- so canonically ; ands that- such traffic is eon--
dernned by the consentientvoices-of ninety-nine-out:1
of every hundred throe out the country: and,.
therefort,.wn-regard the business of those whs. are .1
agents, for- conducting it; not: as illegal, bat,. as,
immoral„ irreligious, anct disreputable.—ED.

CRVECIE OF ENG;i7AMD ED UCA 711:0X
SO CLE•T;-Y.

TO,THE EDITOR OF TILE. LIVERPOOL STANDARD..

Smr.--Ilairing, in your papers-of-the sth and 12th instant,
advanced grave charges against the. Church of England Edu-
cation Society we feel sumo- that: your sense of jw,tice will
induce ymt to publish the-enclosed letter of its Chairman of
Committee, J. C. Colquhoun, Esq!, in which the principles-of
the•Sociaty, are authoritatively expounded and vindicated.

By order of the Committee,.
WM. tuonly WRIGHT, sEcit=muEs.
JOHN EDEN,
Liverpool, 13th June, 1855.

To TILE ASSOCrATION SECRETARY OP THE, CHURCH OP
EZFOLUTPDPITCA.TION SOCIETY.
11, Adam-street, Adelphi, July, 1854.
REVEREND Siltl7-AS you are about to eater on your chaos
as agent for the. Society, it is right that you, should have-
before you theobjects. which the Committee wish you to,lteep
in view, and,tbe iu which they horaeyou,will act. This..
is the more-necessary, as they find their, objects,and progeed-.
ings still misunderstood in many quarters:. an evidence. of
which apvars-in the- enclosed letter, addressed by Ole, Seere--
tary of the National Society to one °felts travelling agents..
I. Letmie observe,. that the objects.of our Society and the.
views of its. Committee must alwari-be taken from documents.
issueci by the authority- of the Committee and authenticated
by the.siguature of their Chairman, and Secretary.. You will
understand,, and state, that these. alone expresstbelnind of
the• Society.
You, will find that these,documents have. been. drawn up
in a spirit of conciliation, every unnecessary allusion to the
Xational Society being carefully avoided, So, far from dis-
Raraging the work of that Society, you wilt find in the papers
published by us a tribute paid to the utaty and impartiality
of its building grants.
I am aware, indeed, that the formation of a new Society
has been represented as in itself the strongest evidence of our
hostility and antagonism. You will state, on all occasions,
that the Committee are ready to defend and justify this step.
They have never bad a moment's doubt of its necessity ; and
I had they shrunk from it they would, in their judgment,
have abandoned: an imperative duty. When you have been
made acquainted with the grounds of their decision, you
I think, be prepared to approve and to defend it.
111. It were, indeed, much to be desired that one Society
should have represented the feelings of the Church. On the
question of education, the importance of this cannot be over-
. rated. To secure -this end, individual sacrifices should have
been made, and mutual concessions. But if the National
Society is to act as 'the representative of the Church of
England, it must have two characteristics. It Must include
in the range of its operations the whole field of educational
want ; it must combine in its management the two great
sections by which that Church is represented.
(1.) • On the first point, the range of operations of the National
Society was incomplete. The • two great wants of the day in
education ares-money to build school-houses, and means to
maintain schools. The first is primary in time, but secondary
in importance; the second is less felt at first, and becomes
most-urgent afterwards. The first want may be met by occa-
sional and temporary efforts ; the second needs a constant and
regular supply.; and the more one want is met, the greater
become the demands of the other. The National Society was
instituted to supply the first want; the other want remained.
kis this whieh• the Church of England Education Society
seeks to grapple with and remove, and thus to supply the
defects of the National Society. There is ample room for the
answer,
most
importantTh e Nationaln op
operations of both. If you are asked, Which Society was most
ryseooque u e
mt
ye
ad. y
IhalfNfv yi toahu c
confidence
:ads- yekagode,Which
hi%
tv os
iustl
the
he
work to which the
Church of England Society chiefly devotes itself.
(2.) With regard to the assistance given to Training Schools
—this is a work common to both Societies. Many friends of
the National Society have regretted that it was ever induced
to enter upon this new department. Undoubtedly the con-
nexion of that Society with its Training Schools has involved