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the plaintiff claims in virtue of his grandfather STOTE
Malin; then nearest of kin and heir to the childless
DOROTHY WINDSOR. STOTE MANDY 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 JonN 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. WAnnErt, who, at the Newcastle
spring assizes, raised an action of ejectment against CRASTER
and BEIVICKE, 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 Lonth 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 be 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
MELPOMENE and TIL&LIA preside fie a transition generally of a
gratifying order. To make the' change in a case wherw an
original five-act English play has. been produced, is more than
ordinarily welcome. A new play, from the pen of Mr. Jorlrf
SAUNDERS, lately editor of the People's Journal, has beeui
produced at the Haymarket with marked success. It had
been sometime previously before the public in a printed form,
and hae at last been brought upon the• boards with Miss
HELEN FAVCIT RS the heroine. The piece' is called " Love's
Martyrdom,!' and besides displaying many admirable and
telling dramatic' situations, it is cast in favourable and well-
constructed, language. Thestory, though tinged, considerably
with the romantic,- is-welt brought out. The characters are
cleverly and clearly drawn, and they express themselves and
give utterance-to their emotions in language- fall of passion
and replete with
_poetic beauties. The chief characters in
" Love's Martyrdom!' were. ably sustained by Miss- HELEN
FAVCIT, Miss SrANDOROUGMS. Mr. BARRY SVIDIVAtfy Mr.
WALTER, and Mr: LANSITAftry and the play was charmingly
performed. At its- conclusion, an, ovation was accorded to
author and actors, Miss- FAvcs being in an especill. degree
honoured, she having:been twice recalled.

" SIMONY- AiND, PERJU_RY."

VD'THE EDITOR OF...THELIVERPOOL STANDARD!

ffTti----My clients, Messrs: Mair and &;. feel much aggriev4tll
at ass artiele which appeared in, your journal of the 29th nitt•
You accuse them of actin as agents between two parties.,
anxious•tu 44 a little profita'Me simony. Yon add further, that
if Mair and, Son had done their work; however dirty and'
illegal, they were entitled t theirldre ;- and there is, also,
a very offensive allusion to " heuour among-thieves."
The whole tenor of your article, as far as, my clients are
concerned, io'that they are engaged in an illegal traffic.

This is net the fact ; they lawe, after many years' toil,
established a very extensive brsiness for the-sale of Church
Property—they. lumber amongst their clients peers of the
realm, and gentlemen of all ranks—their business is to intro.
dace a person wishing to purchases, living to another wishing
to sell one ; when they have done-- this, their share in the
`matter is at an end—the lawyers ea vendor and.purchaser
:settlng the conveyance.
Are Messrs. Mnir to .suppose that' clergymen, vrito 'Must
take a solemn oath-before they are -inducted into a living
that they have net committed simcnry, will do so s Is-it
probable that, for the• sale of a few pounds'- profit oa each
transaction, they be would insane enough ,to run their heads
against the heavy penalties for simony The ordinary-sale of
a living is not simian and is a perfectly -legal, recognise4 and
wet-known transaction.-

Mat my clients'-.harein the transact on alluded to T.iy- you ,
wannerfectlY legal, 'l3..provedby the decision of the arbitrator,
Mr- Atherton, who gave them a verdictlor the full amount
claimed,, and the wets...
Whether the transaction between the Rags: Messrs. White-
ford and Slight was. legal, .is a matter i 1.1 which I am.
judgt.--Trusting,to youtr-fais nese to insortthis, I am,.Siir,
yours obediently, H. StsMITCHEL.74."
5, CI-UW.IIZ Chambers,' Basinghall-street,.
London, Junel.4, 1855.

[Whim , reference to.. the- above, .we would ask : . Did
Messrs. MAIn and: Sow- know thatt the sale of a
living, with immediate possession, is legally simony., .
ori did. they not .?-! If not; .they are unfit; for theiri•
business :. if they did; no language can be too strong_
in condemning them .for consenting to .act as .agents,i
in such a transaction:. The • Judge spoke strongly
witiixegard to,the,two ,principals ; even hinted:
at committing; them to prison, as guilty,. by theirr
own: shoWingi, of a great crime : and. it is hardly
likely that he regarded the agents as guiltless. We..
are-perfectly awaro.that the ordinary sale of a living:
is not legally simony, , but we are equally sure that
it is, so canonically;; and that such traffic is -eon,-
dernued.by the consontient voices of ninety-nine .out
of every hundredi throughout the country and,:
therefore, we regard: the •business orthose who are
agents- for conducting it, not as illegal,. but,. as
immoral, irreliginus, and disreputable.—En..L. S,]

LURCH' OF _ENGLAND EDUCATION
SOCIETY.

TO THE EDITOR:OF THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD.

Sru,—Having, Da; your papers of the sthAnd' lath instant,
advanced grave charges against the Church,of• England' Edu-
cation Society we• feel, sure that your sense. of justice will
induce you to publish the enclosed letter of its. Chairman of
Committee, J. C.' Golquhoun, Esq., in which: the- principles of
the Society, arnauthoritatively expounded:and:vindicated.
By order of: the- Committee,
W.M. HENRY WRIG.Ptir;, It al
JOHN EDEN, CZETAR 1E s.
LiverpocL.loth June, 1855.

TO TILE;ASSOCIATION SECRETARY- OE,TRE. eI:TIMM Or
ENGLAND EDUCATION, sOCIETT.
11, Adam;street, Adelphi, July, 1854,
REVEREND SIR,—As you areabout to enter on your duties
as agent- for the Society, it is, right that you should have,
beforeyou, the objects which the Committee wish you to keep,
in view,, and the spirit in which, they hope you will act. This,
is themore necessary, as they find: their objects and proceed—
ings, still misunderstood :31 many quarters : an evidence- of
which appears in the enclosed. letter; addressed by the Secre-.
tary of the National Society, to one of its travelling agents..
I. Let me observe, that the-objects of our Society and, the•
views of its Committee•must always be taken from &ailments
issued by the authori of the Committee and authenticated,
by the signature of them Chairman and Secretary. Y,ou. will
understand, and state,.that these alone express the mind of
the Society.
11. You will find; that these documents have been, drawn up
in a spirit of conciliation, every unnecessary allnsien to the
National Society being carefully avoided. 'So far from dis-
paraging the work of that Society, you will find in the papers
published by us a tribute paid to the utility awl 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 tl-,e Committee are ready to defen4 and justify this step.
They have never had a moment's doubt of its necessity ; and
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 will,
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 coneessions. 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 are—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-
siohal 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.
It is this which 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
oper4ions of both. If you are asked, Which Society was most
required half a century ago ? I would answer, The National
Society. If you are asked, Which is the most important now ?
you may with confidence say, it is the 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