A Reply to the CASE Of Wapping White-Chappel.  
WHereas the Hamlet of Wapping White-Chappel Aledges, that they are not the Fourth part of the Parish of St. Marry White-Chappel. Answer. About 12 Years since there was a Computation made, by the Books in the Office of Hearth-Money, and then it appeared, that there was as many Houses within the lower Hamlet as in the upper Hamlet, within 35, and it is believed, that now they are above a Third part.  
To their allegation of the great Increase of the Poor.  
The accidental Poor of the upper Hamlet, amounts to above Eight times more than what they did within a few Years, besides a great number of Pension Poor and Nurse-childrens.  
And whereas they Allege, that they would be Exempted from Repairs of the Church.  
They have all ways Paid towards it, and have of late Years Paid 12 l. or 13 l. Per Annum, for their Proportion.  
And they do Allege, that they have been at 700 l. Charge in Paving of their Highways.  
The upper Hamlet hath expended much more, their Paved Streets being far Wider, and more Worn, it being a very great Inlet to London; and hath now 20 Rood long, and half the breadth of the Street, against the Church and Churchyard, which was formerly Paved by an Act of Parliament made in 32 Year of Henry the Eight, which run to Ruein, and hath of late Years been Graveled with the rest of the Highways, to save the Charge of Paving, and now there is an Order of Sessions to Pave it, which is necessary to be done.  
As to the Graveled Highways.  
They all lie in the upper Hamlet, and is become very Chargeable, the Repairs thereof last Year, and not all don that they was Obliged to do, did amount to 226 l. 6 s. 2 d. as appears upon the Surveyors Accounts upon Oath, which was formerly Repaired for 18 l. Per Annum, they than Digging the Gravel out of the Common, are now constrained to Buy it at a far greater Distance, and at more Charge.  

All the Gravel Highways lie in the upper Hamlet. More chargeable than formerly.  Also being Obliged by several Acts of Parliament, for the better Repairing of them, and by an Order made at a General Quarter Sessions, to Repair more Highways, especially one Highway of Eighty Rood long and upwards, that leads to the lower Hamlet of Wapping White Chapel, which was never used to be done till within these Two Years last, all which is a common Benefit to the lower Hamlet as others.  
Whereas the lower Hamlet finding the Highways so Chargeable, did endeavour to Reduce their Charge last Year, by Nominating their own Surveyors, who for their Proportion, did Collect upon their own Inhabitants 77 l. 19 s. 2 d. as appeared by the Surveyors Account Ratified by the Justices of the Peace for the Tower Divission.  
They also Allege, That their Hamlet is at great Charge with the outlets of the Common-shore, and still are at great Cost in maintaining them, which Receive and Carry great part of the Water from the upper Hamlet into the River of Thames, and the upper Hamlet at no Charge.  

The lower Hamlet liable by Act of Parliament to carry the Wtaer off the Up-lands.  In Answer thereunto, the upper Hamlet Receives no more Benefit than what they did before the Level was taken out of the River of Thames, and are not liable to loss, as being the Up-Lands. The Level was Drained by Act of Parliament, which Act remains among the Records in the Tower, by which Act the whole Level was Obliged to Maintain the outlets, to carry the Water off the Up-Lands, without which they could not Drain the Level. This hath been a Tried Case at the Kings-Bench Bar, that the Up-Lands are not liable to any Charge for the outlets.  
Also they Allege, That they should have a Third Part of all Public Charity, and Parish Rents.  
In Answer thereunto, They have more Public Charities than the upper Hamlet, they Receiving Bountifully from the Trinity-House, and have the Benefit of Goods taken upon the River, and Forfeited to the Use of the Poor, from neither of which the upper Hamlet Receive any Advantage; and as for the Rents, they were most given for the Relief of the Poor in the upper Hamlet, by Persons Living in the upper Hamlet within these few Years, as several Persons now Living can Testify, and we have no Benefit of what is given to the Poor of the lower Hamlet.  
In Wapping White-Chappel Bill they are so unfair there is no manner of Provision made for Repairs of the Highways, but to free themselves from the same, and other Parish Charges.  
The New Parishes of St. Ann's, and St. James' do continue to Pay their Proportion towards the Repairs of the Highways, to those Parishes from which they was taken.  
About 12 or 13 Years ago, the lower Hamlet was Presented for not Paying their Proportion to the Highways to the upper Hamlet, and they removed it to the Kings-Bench, and by a Procedendo remanded it back to a Quarter Sessions, where they Submitted to bare their full Proportion for the Repairs of the said Highways.  
The said Inhabitants therefore hope, That in case it shall seem Reasonable to this Honourable House, to make the said Hamlet of Wapping a distinct Parish, yet, That the same shall be no Prejudice to the Parish of White-Chappel. But that the said Hamlet shall still continue subject to the Repairs of the Church and Highways of the said Parish, as formerly.