ad written a letter to the Marquis,
remonstrating against the building of the chapel opposite to his own
gate. He now took out his copy of that letter, and the answer to
it, in which the agent of the Marquis had told him that the Marquis
considered that the spot in question was the most eligible site which
his lordship could bestow for the purpose in question. Our Vicar was
very anxious not to disturb the chapel now that it was built; but he
was quite as anxious to disturb the Marquis. In the formation of that
hair shirt which he was minded to wear, he did not intend to weave
in any mercy towards the Marquis. It behoved him to punish the
Marquis,--for the good of society in general. As a trespasser he
forgave the Marquis, in a Christian point of view; but as a pestilent
wasp on the earth, stinging folks right and left with an arrogance,
the ignorance of which was the only excuse to be made for his
cruelty, he thought it to be his duty to set his heel upon the
Marquis; which he did by writing the following letter.

Bullhampton Vicarage, July 18, 186--.

MY LORD MARQUIS,

On the 3rd of January last I ventured to write to your
lordship with the object of saving myself and my family
from a great annoyance, and of saving you also from the
disgrace of subjecting me to it. I then submitted to you
the expediency of giving in the parish some other site for
the erection of a dissenting chapel than the small patch
of ground immediately opposite to the vicarage gate,
which, as I explained to you, I had always regarded as
belonging to the vicarage. I did not for a moment question
your lordship's right to give the land in question, but
appealed simply to your good-feeling. I confess that I
took it for granted that even your lordship, in so very
high-handed a proceeding, would take care to have right
on your side. In answer to this I received a letter from
your man of business, of which, as coming from him, I do
not complain, but which, as a reply to my letter to your
lordship, was an insult. The chapel has been built, and on
last Sunday was opened for worship.

I have now learned that the land which you have given
away did not belong to your lordship, and never formed a
portion of the Stowte estate in this parish. It was, and
is, glebe land; and formed, at the time of your bestowal,
a portion of my freehold as Vicar. I acknowledge that I
was remis