The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-22 00:00:00

PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.

Yesterday a meeting of the Directors of the Poor
of the above parish took place at the workhouse in the
King's-road, for the purpose of considering what stepi
should be taken with respect to a letter, signed " One
of the Directors of the Poor of the parish of St.
Pancras," inserted in The Sun newspaper of the 12th
instant, impugning the statement of the Vestry Clerk
as to the accounts of the parish, accusing the Board
of Directors and Guardians of jobbing, &c., Mr. Ford
in the Chair.
Mr. APGAHEY stated that, in obedience to the
directions of the Board at their last meeting-, he had
written to the Editor of The Sun to demand the name
of the author of the letter in question, the reply to
which was, that the writer of the letter in question had
given his name and address, but that it was incompatible
with newspaper regulations to give up the names of
Correspondents, and therefore he (the Editor) could
not comply with the request of the Bond.
Mr. VIGERS, M.P., said t!:e letter in question was a
tissue of falsehoods or the Director who was the writer
would not be ashamed to avow himself.—( Hear, hear,
and Oh!) Such a proceeding on the part of a Member
of that Board was not only subversive of the principle of
common honesty, but it would tend greatly to injure the
interests of the parish.—(Hear, hear.) He conceived
the Editor of The Sun, having given publicity to an
anonymous and fallacious statement, had a right to give
some explanation—(Hear, hear, and Oh !)—and he
hoped the Board would not that day separate without
coming to some resolution expressive of their feelings of
indignation relative to the subject.—(Hear, and Oh !)
Mr. BRETTINGHAM said the increased expenditure
of the parish ought not to have been animadverted on,
inasmuch as there were 500 more paupers and 10 more
lunatics to provide for than at this time two years.
Mr. SIMPSON, in no measured terms, animadverted
upon the writer of the letter, and concluded by moving
a resolution expressive of the indignation and disgust of
the Board at the unfounded assertions and offensive ob•
servations contained in the letter in question on the
Board, that the Clerk he instructed to publish the letter
from the Editor of The Sun, accompanied by a copy of
the resolution, appending thereto the name of the Di•
rectors present."

Air. BRAITHWAITE seconded the resolution.

Mr. HORSPOOL proceeded to designate the conduct
of the Director who wrote the letter, accusing the
Board of jobbing, as infamous, and he believed Mr.
Portwine knew more about it than he was disposed to
acknowledge.—(Hear, hear, No, no, and uproar.)
Mr. SMITH said he had been accused of being the
author, which was totally untrue.—(Oh, oh, and" You
know something about it.") If he did he would acknow-
ledge it boldly and fearlessly.—(oh, oh, Hear, hear,
and uproar.)
Mr. PICKMAN hoped there would be no more news-
paper communications, as it would only breed further
ill feeling.
At this stage of the proceedings five or six Directors
rose to address the Chairman at the same time, and
the confusion that ensued is almost indescribable. It,
however, was stayed by the Chairman putting the
resolution, which was carried, and the meeting broke up.

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