rTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1
Sra,—Is there not a fair defence of the Bishop of Manchester upon the charge of truce-breaking which you bring against him P There are two benefices now in exactly the same position as to avoidance by deprivation. In the one case, the patronage rests with a High Churchman ; in the other, with a body of Evan- gelical Trustees. The way of peace would, apparently, be that no nomination should be made in either case; and the period of lapse, first to the Bishop and then to the Metropolitan, would afford ample time for the issue of the report of the Ecclesiastical Courts Commission.
Bat if the Bishop of Manchester had held himself bound to institute to Miles Platting, the Evangelical Trustees of Bordesley might reasonably have claimed a right to put a similar pressure on the Bishop of Worcester. As it is, the way is left open to these Trustees to abstain from nominating; and. Sir Percival Heywood has intimated with sufficient clearness that the ser- vices at Miles Platting may meanwhile be conducted as the Bordesley services are now, sentences of deprivation notwith- standing. The London analogy is incomplete, as Mr. Mackono- chie has not been deprived,—I am, Sir, &c., F. S. L.
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