Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 465

it was reported to us that M^r Alien & M^r Sam^l Chew one of
the Vestry of S^t James's had had a most violent quarrel at
the House of the Latter & that M^r Chew had expressed his
Resentment so far as to turn the former out of his House.
This indeed I afterwards found was too true & that in Conse-
quence thereof a Challenge had actually passed between
them. They are now so far pacified as to meet at a Coffee
House without speaking to each other but will never I sup-
pose be reconciled. Since this unlucky Affair M^r Alien has
applied to Me for an Induction to S^t James's instead of the
Lycence & I have ordered One to be made out for him tho I
really think he had better have remained as he was till Your
Ldp could have time to signify Your farther Pleasure for I am
apprehensive some of the Violent People in the Vestry of this
Parish will upon hearing of his being Rector of S^t James's
take some extraordinary Step or other in order to vex him
& to create Confusion. I am very glad on this Account that
the Assembly stands prorogued to a late Day in May for if
they had happened to meet at this time I am persuaded M^r
Worthington who is one of the Vestry here & also a Member
of the Lower House would immediately prevail on the House
to engage warmly in the Dispute & then I could have little
hopes of the Sessions being brought to a peaceable & happy
Issue, but as there is so much time before the Meeting & M^r
Alien tells me he has already applied to Your Lordship for
a Dispensation in form for holding two Livings I hope to
receive some Instruction from Your Ldp on the Subject very
shortly & shall then act on a sure Footing for at present I do
not know certainly whether Your Ldp will make a Point of
M^r Aliens holding at all Events the two Parishes tho he is for
his part confident that you will & that Your Ldp had before
he left England thoroughly considered the Act of 1702 for the
Establishment of Religious Worship & was satisfied that the
sixteenth Section could never operate so as to defeat in any
Degree Your Ldp's Instruction for his being inducted into two
Parishes, having nothing else to trouble Your Ldp about at
this time I shall only add that I remain with the utmost
Respect Your Ldp's obliged & most devoted humble Serv^t

Letter Bk. V

State of the Difference between M^r Alien & M^r Chew.

Wednesday the 6^th of Jany. 1768 M^r Alien went to M^r
Chew's House M^r Edmondson then being there. M^r Chew
having asked M^r Alien in & being about making a Bowl of
Punch M^r Allen told M^r Chew that he intended to rent out the
Glebes. M^r Chew told M^r Alien he had no Right to do it &
pointing to the Acts of Assembly told him there's the Act of

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