The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-28 00:00:00

BISHOP OP LONDON'S FUND.

The committee have suspended their meetings for
general Weimer' until October. The irnWeined rtatemeat
shows bow much the fund hex alreedy bees enabled to 00••
tribute towards supplying the wants of the diocese. it must
be understood, however, that this statement refers only to
week done through the laud, and that • hand mareet of
church extension is going on in various parishes of this
diocese which is not included In it. To the Ltt August,
1865, votes amonalleg to 36,828/. have bees dude for
34 churches. Of OWN 34 churches for which votes have
be made, 15 have been commuted, 7 are being built, and
the works for the others will be begun as soon as endlerieue
foods am need. Twelve of the chinless thus aided have
al-eady been endowed by the Ecclesiastial Commissioeers.
The other churches tor which votes have been made will
have a sufllcreat population attached to them to maga
the inctunhent• of them to claim endowment greats from
the Ecclesiastical Oornmisaioners as soot as tie churches
are completed. The committee ham eoweidered it
• special object to assist new districts in getting
the perroaesat "hutch built. sad thus enabling them to
obtain endowments from the Ecclesiastical Commierimers.
They have rot therefore contributed amok directly to en-
dowments. As as insteps", however, of the way in which
ciente from the fund may be supplemented from other
sources, it may be stated that to meet a great of 1,0001.
from the Bishop of London's Fund, foe the endowmeat
of a new district formed out of St. Luke's, Berwick-strest,
and St. James's, Westminster. 2,0001. were raised
locally, and another 3,0001. added by the Bedesiestical
Commissioems, thus securing se midownseet of 1501. per
annulate perpetuity for the district. Votes amountialo
19,0321. have bas tam for 37 wisdom stations.
minion elation* as seed for religious/amine, day sad night
schools, and other pumas menected with the working of
the mission cts. The mission stades is in fact the
seeking of the future machinery of the settled midemimeical
district. In 32 of these mission districts see of the mis-
sionary slew afterwards referred to are already at work.
The acreage:meta in the other districts an being com-
pleted. 7,5501. have been voted for sixteen whisk' la
addition to the above, grant" amounting to 7,6711. 10s.
have been made for 8 sites for churches ; 7,3601 for 9 rites
for mission stations ; 5,4891 for 8 sites for retools ; and
further sum of 3,0001. has been epprepriated fee sites in
(notelets where the population is rspiMy increasing and the
averred is being covered with houses. Seven sites have been
given to the fund—either freeholds in posemeon, or ranee
"ions of freehold' in cues of Imes" purchased by the feed.
Grants have been made in aid for 9 parsonage houses.
Stipends have been voted for 115 clergy, paid either wholly
or in part by the fund. Of these it is calculated that more
then 100 have been added to the staff of the diocese. These
clergy are stationed in the poorer districts of the dioeme,
and are mostly employed in carryiog out new work in the
mission districts which have bat formed Untie Me origin of
the fond.
Grants amountiog to 2,500/. per annum have been voted
for 52 Scripture reader', and to 4401. per annum foe 20 pare-
child mission women. Them lay agents are mostly employed is
the mission districts, sad no new grants are now made by
the committee for clergy or lay agent', except in mission

dl cte.
When the 34 churches are completed 32,500 church
gallop in 34 permanent churches will have been provide',
of wit-kb about 22,500 will be free ; and 11,100 sittings in
37 Tensaw statists or temporary chtuchee, making a total
of 43.600 sittings. Assuming that one clergyman cannot
efficiently minister to more than 2,000 people, pastoral
superintendenee will have been provided fora population
of 200,000 people. It will thus be sees that the fund is mate-
rially to overtake the arrears in the provision far the religious
wants of the diocese, which bad been allowed to aoatimulate.
It has also stirred up a large amount et private effort di-
rectly connected with the work of the lurid, which is not
represented in the votes of the committee. There is no
doubt also that the fund has helped to fasten public atten-
tion on the disproportion between the population of the
diocese and the provision for its religious wants. The week
which the fund has already instituted les& to the bop* that
with the hearty sad goisral support of the diocese, the
B'ehop of Dodos era the committee may be enabled to
carry out the objects before them.

WEATHER REPORT.

.-(THIS DAY.)

iiONDIT, AIXIM

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