the Vicar of Bradford, but in opposition to the trustees; in consequence
of which he was so opposed that, after only three weeks' possession, he
was compelled to resign." A Yorkshire gentleman, who has kindly sent me
some additional information on this subject since the second edition of
my work was published, write, thus:--

"The sole right of presentation to the incumbency of Haworth is vested
in the Vicar of Bradford. He only can present. The funds, however,
from which the clergyman's stipend mainly proceeds, are vested in the
hands of trustees, who have the power to withhold them, if a nominee
is sent of whom they disapprove. On the decease of Mr. Charnock, the
Vicar first tendered the preferment to Mr. Bronte, and he went over to
his expected cure. He was told that towards himself they had no
personal objection; but as a nominee of the Vicar he would not be
received. He therefore retired, with the declaration that if he could
not come with the approval of the parish, his ministry could not be
useful. Upon this the attempt was made to introduce Mr. Redhead.

"When Mr. Redhead was repelled, a fresh difficulty arose. Some one
must first move towards a settlement, but a spirit being evoked which
could not be allayed, action became perplexing. The matter had to be
referred to some independent arbitrator, and my father was the
gentleman to whom each party turned its eye. A meeting was convened,
and the business settled by the Vicar's conceding the choice to the
trustees, and the acceptance of the Vicar's presentation. That choice
forthwith fell on Mr. Bronte, whose promptness and prudence had won
their hearts."

In conversing on the character of the inhabitants of the West Riding with
Dr. Scoresby, who had been for some time Vicar of Bradford, he alluded to