The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-21 00:00:00

LONDON DIOCESAN emu:a BUILDING
SOCIETY:

•
TitoMlCiPty 1t3.4 just iseued an appeal for mui-
sion..,ry curates awl school el:undies in she crowded die.
trice, of London and its suburbs. The committee state
that they have 1.'04 had under coushleratioo tho most
hopetal OICISIP of extending the agencies of the church in
the poorest districts of L indon. That some efforts in this
directs,: are w, et urgently needed is proved by the follow-
ing fate :—" The committee appointed by the House of
Lords in Kid reports that the accommodation provided for
public worship hy all deniiminatioos of Christians is less in
Middlesex Cum iu an! other portion of the United King-
dom ; and that ie the metropolis itself, instead of reaching
se it ought fief per cent. of the entire population. it amounts
to little more than 2'3 per cent: (if tuis inailm pato pro.
video the church affords about la, the various dissenting
denomioatinns about 11 per cent." The population of the
metropolitan district cannot now fall far short of three
mill:nes. In unfo:ding their plans the eonunittee my:—
"To build a sufficiest number of additional churches for
the present populutiou within any reasonable time is ire-
pnietiailde, even if by this means we might hope to lead
the inhabitants of our poorest districts at once to attend
I upon tie worship of nod. But past experience proves that
our spacious churches are not fro 'muted by the very poor
except in small numbers. In some cams they are excluded
by ti.e system of psw.letting, soil in others they excuse
theuiselvee on tits...sore of want if proper clothes, want of
familiarity with the Prayer-look, find other like pleas.
(in the other livid it is found thst many of the poor will
rraddy Attend at short services M nom' which are used
diring the week for sehoola, lectures, and other secular
purpose,. The society have for the last four years mimed
in the insintemume of missionary curates intrusted with
the charge of iliatricts in weir poor localities, some of whom
minister in morn of the dries described above. Such as
experiment has born tried wider various forms with marked
succeed in several districts of the metropolis, such ea St.
Peter's, Iltepoey ; Hudson Town, Stratford; Clare Market,
, Btrand; Apr Town, :44. Pancras; Sc. The committee
I have conswimenUy beee 'educed to turn their attention par.
tieutarly so this branch of their operations. told they now
appeal to the public for sufficient food* to enable them to
build or adapt appropriate tongue, and to establish oda.
sionary curates, if possible, in all the poorest parts of the
metropolis. The general arrangements will be as follows:
It is Imposed to begin at once both in the east and west of
Lorelei ; for it must not be forp.dteis that in close proxi-
mity to the hosiers of the rick 111 the west, the poor ars
often found crowded together in courts and alleys not
1 visible iron, the wide thoroughfares. In eannexims with
each of those rooms it is proposed to met apart a district for
asimioriars purposes cost:doing a populatioo of from 2,000
i to 3,0n0 Mids, sod to place therein a clergyman for the
1 special week of the district, nominated by the incumbent of
thepariah. and accepted and liixnesi by the bishop. The
aermare is these rooms will eon-tat of prayers taken from
i the Ymyer•biok. the mailin,ri.f *rapture, psalmody, soil a
sennee ; but for Owisnis reasons the sacraments will
net be edniMisi•ml. Diiiiiig the week the rooms
will be sysifslite for the holding of schools, lectures, tic.
I It la holismai from past eopeneure that by attending in the
i Ant imitenre is each r00m,.. the poor will he gradually pre-
pared for the fall services of the church. In external ntruc-
; sure Poch rooms will seorsaarily be plain, and internally they
will be cheaply fitted up. but with doe regard to comfort,
' great errs be n 2 bottomed opus the lighting. 'rennin, and
YestiLitioo. Ms, expease of building should in no mute if
passilde exceed 2'. per sitting, awl each mom should be
made to acrommodate conveniently stem, 500 adults. Thum
wherever sites are gives. and it is hoped that for each a
I riebetne they will he libseallv given, the total expenses of
the building awl fitting would probably not exceed 1,0001.
The purcliaae of sites will frequently double this outlay,
lint tenements may be hired and arrested, or sitar
may be rented ; so that probably MOTS may be
fitted up at au average mot 4 1,500 t each.
A stipend of about 131 W. a year will be required for each
clergyman. JOT which the Lo.odon Diocesan Chundi Building
Society mum in the first instance be responsible, but it is
hoped that eventually these stipends may be provided and
made pertinent by endowment ; for there are in the hands
of the eceleoastical commisaionen funds derived from
church p opertc in Condom sulßuient for the endowment of
easy such misaionary statione, which a slight alteration in
on. of the clause. of their present act will enable them to
apply, as in all equits they ought to be applied, to the wants
of the churdi vrithiu. the limits of the metropolis. The com-
mittee of the society e.,niniend this statement mid proposal
to the earnest attention of all the members of the church in
this diocese. and they feel coufiilecit that a scheme so im-
prtant and so full"( promise will not be allowed to fall to
'1 the ground for want of pecuniary support."

• Report of the Committee of the flours of Lords, April,

TR! STRANDING Dif TIIII DPNLIN STRAMICR
—d to Friday. about mid. ay, it being then high
water, the Mango.. sal Dublin steamer Herald was Boated
off the North awl s.nith Rook. near the entrance to Belfast
Lough. This result was accomplished by the aid of two
etimat.turia, and a number of pontoons which had
been besought from Bangor. Is the afternoon it was deemed
safe to get up steam, and the evening tide wee availed of to
make to the •lirect:ou of Belfast for repairs--• tug steamer
' following in the wake to render inieistance if neces-
sary. She succeeded in making twenty-two miles of the
distance, but at a quarter to eight, in consequence of the
receding tole and increasing water, steam was shut off,
sad the Herald csnie to a safe anchorsge in the oyster lank
directly opposite Whiteabbey. Tilers am a lingo cargo and
001116 home yet on board. During the day Mr. Boyd,
Lloyd. agent ; Captata Cowin, of Derry ; and Captain
Brrne, master of the Herald, assisted materially in getting
the vowel off the dangeroua poon in whizh she wasssila.orlivi
She Itraws at present about 15 feet of water, The
=slatted by the Herald ha, now been positively ascertained
to M very trining.. The injuries have been confined to the
free-hold. the engine and aft compartments being perfectly
tight. it is expected that the Honda will resume her
station in a abort thaw—North British Mail.
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