Again, Chamberlain’s Charity is for educating boys in the parochial school, and then apprenticing them; the Vestry elects the boys, and the parochial officers ought to do the rest, but the money is placed in the Savings’ Bank, and there we suppose it rests; there is a sum of money also lying at the parish bankers to the credit of the Chelsea charities, which we much suspect belongs to this charity, this sum has been lying unused for many years: it is also the duty of the parochial officers to see that the money paid for the benefit of the school children under Mr. Flood’s gift is properly applied: the treasurer of the schools cannot be expected to apprentice the children, so this money also finds its way into the Savings’ Bank. It is in these cases that the loss of the legal Vestry Clerk is felt, as from the nature of the present Vestry, and the limitation as to powers of interference with church matters, renders the assistance of the able Clerk of the Vestry, as now constituted, of no avail. The question also of the Church Trustees is in a very peculiar state; there is great uncertainty as to their powers. A most careful examination of the conflicting clauses of the Act creates great doubt as to whether the power of the Trustees to make a rate does actually expire at the present period, as is generally believed. If their powers of rating do expire, they will find themselves with an important trust to carry out without the means of performing their trust. We think it would tend much to the well-being of the parish generally if the Vestry, on Easter Tuesday, were to appoint a committee to inquire and report on the course it may be desirable to pursue with respect to the Church Trust. It must be the wish of everyone that the power to rate should cease absolutely, and that we should never again hear of a church rate in the parish of Chelsea. Possibly a short Act of Parliament, annulling the present Board of Trustees, and putting an end to the Act, would be the best mode of proceeding; thus leaving the Rector and Incumbent of the churches and the Church Officers to take charge of their own interests, taking the revenue of the church and making the best of it; the removal of the expense of the Board of Trustees, and a moderate contribution of the congregations towards the expense of what may be called church luxuries would meet the necessity of the case. Without great care and consideration this matter may become a troublesome and annoying parochial question. The old Rector has passed away, a new one has been appointed; let us not forget that, amidst the doctrinal disquisition and rubrical eccentricities of which we have heard so much, we have enjoyed, under the former, a quarter of a century of religious peace, and let us hope that the wise actions of the new one may tend to increase the affectionate feeling so many of us hold for the memory of his father and grandfather. _Saturday_, _April_ 14, 1860.