CORRESPONDENCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3899, 16 April 1877, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents. THE ECCLESIASTICAL CONTROVERSY, Sir,— -" To what vile uses have we dome at last ?". t Jt is Surety rather, a gonie down for a Priniate of New Zealand td be expected to decide ..the "arguments" of every obtrusive hi dividual that chooses to appeal td him. -That functionary; it seems to me,, would Have consulted his dignity nlucli better thffn be aid had he contented himself with acknowledging the receipt of Mr Wilson's telegram, or without even doing that; He was hardly fairly "treated, however, I suspect Ms indignation will be considerable _when- he finds ,that the socalled " argument" was a bet. Mr Wilson s inipertinende; however; is f ar from being, the most discreditable feature of the case as far as he is concerned. It appears that he is one of those, persons who pay no respect to the sacredness of private conversation. . It is well that his friends or his acquaintances .- should know this, and accordingly should be on their guard. If they let drop a careless expression, as it seems Mr Tabuteau did, on any subject of public controversy, they may see it next day staring them in the face in the papers. — lam, &c, Censok.

Sir, — The letter in the Telegraph of Saturday last, signed " Henry 0. Wilson" and its enclosures* must be humiliating to several who are connected with the circumstances referred to in it» and it shows conclusively the utter unfitness, to say the least of it, of Mr Wilson's taking part in a Church dispute. Moreover, it is a caution, to any of Mr Wilson's friends who might be .tempted at any tinie to make a bet with him. If he reads his Shakespeare, Falstaff' ssayingmust have occurred to him when he made up liis mind to constitute himself the champion of Mr. Townsend and his friends — " An I have not forgotten what the inside of a church is made of ; lam a pepper-corn." Those who attended the enquiry, presided over by Archdeacon Wilson, will rember that the Archdeacon distinctly stated that he was satisfied that these papers in dispute existed, and that Mr Robinson was a duly qualified priest of the Episcopal Church, and that on the strengtli of Archdeacon Wilson's representations, the Primate recommended that Mr Robinson should receive his license. „ But the Archdeacon's namesake in Napier is not so easily satisfied. An old writer has it that " The itch of disputing will prove the scab of the churches," and the truth of the saying has been fully exemplified during recent occurrences in Napier. Once make the sore and every fool will do what in him lies to keep up the irritation. — I am, &c, Q.