The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-09-04 00:00:00

!II RDITOR OF THS STs

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Sina—dlenring seen in the STATUS'S", of last Teeth
doe a pmegrapit beaded "St. Lela. Chelsea," and,
taker' revelation free the- Szatsdoer of the 24th last.
together with en attempt at a reply entleavoiring to
le Mend is the priegrapk. and hating
heintipmeent et the Vestry in question, sad knowing
all the !sets ash* SOP, t hope from your candour. in-
sertion. in year valuable paper. for a few obserntions,
whisk will thew the "Wrieus” enemies's of your cor-
respondent F. H.C. in their tree light. Well Interring
the sly tricks of the Chelsea men is office. I think it
necesary towards a MI elneidatisin of them to quote
erectly the notice of the requisition calling. the Meet-
ing together, and therefore, tend yen for insertion after
this serirorwe a prieldd copy of that notice.
[The Notice Welted to is as follows :
Clllll.Blll xeSTItY WK.
Arista 19th, 1822.
Nalco, of which the following is a copy, was this day
published in church..
Notice is Lerehy given that a vestry will he held on
Thurpoley next, the 22.1 inst., at 12 n clock at noon,
precisely, its order to propose and el..ct ten fit and pro.
per persons as Trustees for the New Burial gr 01111.3, Ta
,aeries having occurred by death cad disqualification,
in consecinence of nmtattendanre and non residence;
end also, to take into consideration, pursuant to a I'll 6.
hi 'lntl delivered to the Charrhwarilen, the propriety of
...herder a peeper person to serve the office of Stret
and Watch-house Keeper. and Inspector of the Day and
Night Watch, and also fee ethane an adequate salary
to the said office, and for selecting a person as Extra
Constable, fee the approval of the Magistrates and
Court Lett. By order,
W. CoRNELL, Vestry-Clerk.]
In the first place I beg the reader to re-peruse the
article of F. N.C. in your publication of Tuesday the
27th instant. and the pollee of the reqnisition, which
' is the subject in dispute, and then steadily attend to
the following olmervatioas of en Ohl Hossehoider of
St. twke, Chelsea. I sin sure he then caneot fail to
see that the Rzetoilser's correspondent has been too
modest in oalv saying that "an attempt was made to
make a new office (that of superintendent of ceestables),
and to build an additional watch-house." Ilene is all
he states: but the notice not only says " for Selecting
a person u• extra constable for the approval of the
Magistrates and Court Lem.," bet further adds " for
telexing a proper person to the Ace of STREET
and WATcti-Rocs[ Kaaren and hispeetor of the Dar
sad NIGHT WATCH ;" to say notbieg of the ten per-
toes who were to be sppoiated to fill op the vacancies
in the new burial ground as Trustees, together with
the Exalts!' . CovsTA BLS, and I xsrlCTon of
the MY and NIONT WaTCH. Here, as I believe any
impartial reader will perceive. is a pretty good specimen
of job Liar. let this is not all; for the foreman to a
Mr. Willie's. Whitehead, nee of the burial grow*
Trusters. has *Detracted to build, what will he a meet
expensive job. a Sewer to drain the New Chan&
• which is as dry as the floor I am sitting on.
N'w. Sir, bow is such an humble individual as Mr.
Whitehead's foreman fitted to undertake se eaten**
God heavy a wink ? But the man may do for the mas-
ter, as the master himself is, in this case. prohibited
teem eim.rtetine in his owe amide, It tan/provided,
by the Burial Ground Act that to Trustee is allowed
to contract or do work for the Church. Mr. White:
head is besides Overseer of the parish, and he and two
brothers are in the building and mechanical line. are-
Parish Committee-met, and all of them were streneeet
*dimes tes for carrying the object of the Balm of t fie 27th
init. How will Mr. F.H. C. explain all this? gad alai) the
fact, as I can snare the publhe, aid as indeed F. 11. C.
states in part, as she case, that the constable. the
Street and Wata-louse Keeper. Inspector of the Dar
aid Ntstyr WaTce,-and the ten Lanai ground True.
tees, had been previously selected and *treed upon to
fillilese situation, by a committee of reams calling
themselves Guiedlies of the' parish ? The le a feet,
and a more glaring attempt itt jobbing or infringe
rielit, upon the rights of the parishinetrs, amid net
lye precoecerted. The only tree part UN's G.'s
story is, "Mot it teas previously plead' 1161^ Mese
I,CISUIVS would he oppored." Ile then add% • sod
th•refor, as they did net meet the wishes 'tithe pa-
ti sh Liner, the matter was immediately deepped." This
latter assertion I solemnly deny. What was the con-
test in the chard' kept up for, belt to Intimidate the
parishioners into ishinission ? But the attempt, with
all their painted staves, was nobly repelled by the
great body of the parishioners. Do the Parish Dalm-
atians, as they call themselves, think that they are to
dictate to the parishioners. who shall, aid who shall
,tot, fill vacant offices is the parish, Rte.? No ; each
audacious conduct. 1 sm.., will always meet the same'
determined and prompt chamisereeet it did on that
barefaced occasion.

Now, for the " aerial's," monstrous "reriows"part
of F. H. C's. story, she whole of which, with the single
exception of the two lines above quote.!, I can die•
prove, by incontrovertible facts. In the hot place,
Mr. Mescal) was never ochnisated to the chair: as Sir
Henry Wilson. to whom be appeals. can mobile ; sad
his friends brought upon his the displeasure of the
parishioner., by forcing hint into it. As to his main-
taining the chair till the whole of the business •or te-
eter the mockery of electing ten trustees to the burial
ground was over, it is perfect bouienee. He might as
well Lave atoms tee thoosaasir ifite had liked. I. re;
peat, and, if required, would upon Oath, and defy estates-
d ictieo, that .Vr. Alascall wits net coca .nominelod.—,
There were but two nominated, rod they were named is
the Vestry-room, Messrs. Rowe as/ Mimeo ATI. Mr.
Bretton, of Sloanestreet,declared Mr. Rothe and ker.
Musoasvi were proposed ; and whelk' the question was
pat, is the usual way, for the show of hands, for one
party, the other party immediately held up their bands
also, so that no decision could be come to in the
Vestry-room, and there was a peeral cry of" adjourn
to the clsarch." Accordingly, the adjoarrosseet to the
church took place, and, as I before said, Mr. Miscall
was throat into the chair, by his friends, without ha,-
log bees at all nominated to take it. lie was, I repeat,
absolutely thrust into the chair by a party (probably
F. D.C. was one) sod kept there fee several boors, is
spite of the great bedy of die asoloshiod parishioners,
who were it. to one egoista each proesedlogs, mid who
would not per eves did acknowledge him Chairman.
W hat the Szemoinar stated is correst. Hs wee delusion,
of ths Cheiroosl the Master's Chorchwanloo, Philip
burned, Msg.. whsy like Mr. Miscall, boloop to the
Costeationtoe, took the Chair, or rather the potpie,
with a ilaas of broody mid water Is hie hoods which I