Thx following remarkable and unique letter, from the Rev. Frank Simmons, » clergyman of the Churoh ol England, at Dunedin, to a " Scotch Bishop," ap- Reared in the John Bull (London) newspaper. Tht reverend gentleman is rector of the High School, Dunedin, and belomgs to the Broad Church party, la "a church giving money, time, and trouble,'' itu A pity it should possess a clergyman of nndeniad talent^ who can lazily 101 l in his pew, whilst a layman reads the prayer 8 and fJreaches : — maswwp j '"Dunedin, July 18, 1866. I " My Dear Eord Bishop,— l have just receded your letter, and, on the principle of striking while ihe iron is hot, as you seem to take so kind an interest in what I said, I will, at the risk of being tedious to you, enlarge a little on the rabjeot which , has clearly occupied your mind somewhat, and occu pies mine a good~deal. I "The Presbyter ian. system, as you know, wi tried here at the ■ettlement of the colony, ]ust as the then fashionable form of Anglicanism was tried at Canter bury. Both at Canterbury and here, then, there is a church tfhich will some day be rnj rich. Not a State church in any sense, but a churoh richly Endowed by the Stato. Both systems have hcen Wghed >r and found wanting. The Fresbyteriani , ] tave clergyman everywhere throughout this province 1 rhere it could be reasonably expected that a clergy man should be posted, but Tarn bound to say that {hey not only fail to take aliens into their fold, but i hey have also lost all that influence over their own ■ teople which is so unquestionable in Scotland, and ■ nakes it the most * priest-ridden country ' my expe : ience lias made me acquainted with. The mere faofc >f sacb ,a change as every emigrant must undergo miettles him so much, that Presbyterianism, the lry«sfc» narrowest, least humane of all religions, loiei ill hold in him. Unfortunately there is nothing better to replace it. i "N. 8. 