The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-08-06 00:00:00

FIFTH REPORT

OF lITS MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS FOR BUILDING AND
PROMOTING THE. BUILDING OF "ADDITIONAL
IN POPULOUS PARISHES."

They have now to report, that twenty other churches
and chapels have since been completed at the following
places, viz.:—Ashton-under-Lyre, in the county of Lan-
caster; Brixham, in the county of Devon ; Chelsea, in the
county of Middlesex ; Belper, in the parish of Duffield, in
the county of Derby ; Greenwich, in the county of Kent;
Regent-street, in the pariah of St. George, Hanover-square,
in the county of Middlesex; Kidderminster, in the county
lof Worcester; Brixton and Kennington, and in the Wa-
terloo-road, in the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, in the
county of Surrey ; at Tyldesley, in the parish of Leigh and
Salford, in the parish of Manchester, both in the county
of Lancaster; at Langham-place and in Stafford-street. In
the r arish of St. Mary-la-bonne, in the county of Mid-
dlesex; at Beckford-place, and in Great Suffialk-street, in
the parish of S.. Mary, Newington, in the county of Sur-
rey; Fylde-road, in the parish of Preston, in the county of
Lancaster ; Somers-town and Regent-square, in the parish
of St. Pancras, in the county of Middlesex; and in Broad-
lane, in the parish of Sheffield, in the county of York.—
That accommodation has been provided in these churches
and chapels for 13,631 persons in pews, and for 11,267
poor persons in free seats, making, in the 45 churches and
chapels now completed, a total provision for 72,379 persons
(including 44,313 free seats for the use of the poor). ac-
cording to the scale of calculation laid down by the Com-
missioners, but actually, as stated in a former Report, ex.
tending to a much larger number.
Ilia Majesty's COMinhisioners have further to report, that
30 churches and chapels are now in progress at the follow.
ing places :—Bermondsey, in the county of Surrey ; Dale
End, in the parish of St. Philip, Birmingham, in the
county of Warwick ; Bolton, in the county of Lancaster;
Shipley and IVilsden, in the parish of Bradford, in the
county of York ; Chorley, in the county of Lancaster;
Clerkenwell, in the county of Middlesex ; Farnworth, in
the parish of Dean, in the county of Lancaster; Dewsbury
Moor, Earls Heaton, and Hanging Heaton, in the parish
of Dewsbury, in the county of York ; Gateshead, in the
county of Durham ; Pimlico, in the parish of St. George,
Hanover-square, in the county of Middlesex; Norwood,
in the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, in the county of Sur.
rey ; Quarry-hill, Meadow-lane, a6(l Woodhouse, In the
parish of Leeds, in thccounty of York ; Leicester, in the
county of Leicester; Camp Field, in the paths of Man-
chester, and arStand In Prestwich, in the palish of!Old-
! hain-cum Prestwich, both in the county orLantaetet ;
Mile End, in the parish of Portsea, in the county of
Southampton ; the Parks, in the parish of Preston, in the
county of Lancaster; Ramsgate, in the parish of St. Law.
rence, in the county of Kent; Attereiffe, and near the
Infirmary, in the parish of Sheffield, in the county of
York ; Haggeristone and Hoxton, in the parish of St. Leo-
nard, Shoreditch, in the county of Middlesex ; Stockport,
in the county of Chester; Alverthorpe, in the parish ei
Wakefield, in the county of York ; and at West Brom-
wich, in the county of Stafford; and that, according to
the returns made by the several architects, twenty of thee
churches and chapels will be completed in the course cf the
present year.
His Majesty's Commissioners have further to report,
that they are taking the necessary steps for assigning dis-
tricts to the new Churches built and building in Manches•
ter, in the county of Lancaster ; the Church built in Great
Suffolk-street, in the parish of St. Mary Newington, iu
the County of Surrey ; and the Chapel built in the Fykie
Road, in the parish of Preston, in the county of
Lancaster; and they beg leave here to state, that, duly
impressed with the importance. of one great duty of
the Commissioners, as set forth in the twenty-tint
section of the Act of the fifty-eighth of his late Majesty,
chapter 45, they are especially engaged in active measures
to ascertain where it may be expedient to divide any popc•
loos parish into ecclesiastical districts, not only for the
purpose of affording accommodation for attending Divine
Worship, according to the rights and ceremonies of the
United Church of England and Ireland, to persona resid•
lug therein, in the churches and parochial chapels already
built, or in additional .churches and chapels to be bui3
therein, but also of enabling the spiritual persons who rosy
serve the same to perform all ecclesiastical duties withis
such district ; and for the preservation and improvement
of the religicus and moral habits of the people res!dtri
`therein.

Ilis Maj sty's Commissioners for building New Churdei
'have also agreed to advance, by way of loan, the further
sum of 6,0001. to the parish of St. Mary Lambeth, to enp
.ble them to complete the enclosures of the sites of the four
churches built andluilding in that parish, and to defray
.4lsq iseidentalespensee rola*/ thers‘• ; sod is considers-
tio6 erthe great increase of accommodation, especially II
free sittings for the use of the poor, by taking down and
rebuilding the parish church, they have agreed to lend
the parish of Rickinansworth, in the county of Hertford.
the like sum, to.be wholly repaid within six years.
His Majesty's Commissioners have further to state, that
they are in immediate communication with the followir4
places, in respect to the erection of new Churches and
Chapels; Brighton, in the county of Sussex; Cheltenham.
in the county of Gloucester; Childwall, in the count? of
Lancaster; Croydon, in the county of Surrey; Derby;l3
the county of Derby ; Fulham, in the county Middleso;
Gwennap, in Ille.county of Cornwall; Holborn, Islington.
and Kensington, in the county of Middlesex; Kearryn;
the county of Coruwall ; Lewisham, and at Margatcol
the parish of St. John, Isle of Thanet, in the county of
Kent: Newcastle-under-Lyne, in the county of Stafford;
Cedruth, in the county of Cornwall; Ripon, in the cO3:Y.
of York ; St. Giles in the Fields. in the county of Midilf7
sex ; Sedgley and Stoke-upon-Trent, in the county el
Stafford; Scarborough, in the county of York; Totter*
ham, and in the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, la
the county of 'Middlesex. And, from the communicauco;
there is every reason to believe that most of tbe under'
takings will speedily be carried into effect.
The Exchequer bills which have been issued to this till
amount to the sum of six hundred and forty-fire thoused
nine hundred pounds.
C. CANTUAR G. 0. r.t3IBBINig
W. LONDON JOSlll'it WATSON
0. J. CREsTER B. C. sTi.:PBENsux
LIvEBPOOI, c. MANNERS SUTTOI!
40&_EfOLDEN FOTT I,RED:

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NICHOLI..
BEXLEY CriHrsr. ROBINSON
Great Oeprgeltreet, Jos( SW, lII2Ii.