INSUFFERABLE PATRONAGE
SIR,-1 had been wondering when Monica Furlong' would mention the Guildford Controversy. With 3 nice sense of timing she waited until the tumult and the shouting had died down. The reason why the late Provost of Guildford was deprived of his living remains a matter fat speculation. I doubt whether his book had anything to do with it, as Mrs. Furlong suggests; but the alternative suggestion, advanced by your correspon- dent the Reverend Victor Beaton last week, carill°1 be allowed to pass unchallenged. To say that Mr' Boulton was rushed into gaiters with undue haste on account of his ability to raise money is surely the greatest insult yet to be offered to the poor mal:i Mr. Boulton is renowned as a fearless preacher al2, an outstandingly gifted pastor and priest. He is the very antithesis of Mr. Beaton's 'Smart Aleck ' My own suggestion—for what it is worth—and, III the absence of any official explanation it is wort' quite as much as Mr. Beaton's—is that Boulton's downfall was brought about by Pet" jealousies and intrigue.
R. G. ELIO Chelwood, Stockton A venue, Fleet, Hampshire
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