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London, England, 1821-10-13 00:00:00

RE. CHUKCHI&
TO Tilt NONOURABLI TNR CONNOR. OF Tilt
OVITIRD NINGOON OP ORIAT BRITAIN AND
111111.41414 IN rAaLehatswr misamiLie.
A REPORT
Of ►ia Majesty's Commiminaer• appointed by video of ms
Act of Portionless!, passed in the 6si year*? the mina of
►is lite Majesty Luis George 111. C. 4S, initialed, • As
Art for betiding and pruntratsae Ike bedding of additional
antreltes in populous Parish..."

His Commissioner* have to report, that the Ad
of Parliament for boildine and promoting the haildiwg of
*Milian., Churches, payed oo the 30th May, in the year
1818, by the provisiwis of which, his tate Majesty King
George the Third was empowered to appoiet Comminieners
for carrying the said Art gain executors.
That, pursuant to sorb power, cos the 20thly following,
letters patent (a Yip, of which is din the Appeedit,
marked A.) ironed under the Great Seal of the Elitireal
King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, by which the Covent
Right Hon. and Ron. Primes therein named were appointed
Comairimioners for the purpose aforesaid.
Tint on (be 28th of the said roontb of July his Majesty.
Conounwinnert met iu the l'rivy Coolies! Chamber, White.
half, and formed ihronvelves into a Roark sod appointed a
secretary ; tied es rune afterwards as e.ssalbstaasee would
permit they obtained the lease of a hunse io Great Genege-
unreel; Wntiriuster, at a moderate rent, fqr their future
necommoulatiett; part of which is occupied by the Commie
slower. fur carevine into effect " As Act for appoietiog
Conowiasiorters to Inquire crineerstiug Charities to Rag-
land for the Educatiou of the Poor," who pay a pro.
portiere of the rent, and the other incirleotal sm.
mows of providing a messeoger and a servant necessary
fur Aerate of the house ; these, wish the secietary and one
clerk, form the oliole of the establishment. Hi. Majesty's
Commissioners then pruterdrd carefully to in.pert the pen.
visitors of the Act of Parliameat, fur aseertniniog the
pryers! duties whieh they had to perform, and according
te the diresitions contained therein, and with the view of en-
Ilnihring into the state of the parishes and extra parochial
plater. its the metropolis mid its vicinity, and all other pro,
of England and Wales, and of aseertaiaieg the parishes trod
places in which additional churches or chapels, for the per-
formance of divine service aecorsling to the rites of the unit-
cal of Eugland Neil Ireland, as by law established,
were most required; and In enable his Majesty's Commis-
Metiers to tali* the mast effectiral and proper means of *ford-
ing rude ac,ommorlation, ility applied for and übtaised
copies or the accounts of heathers awl population, with the
churches and chapels third... and their rapacity, the aumber
and emsrlition of glr he houses, Ste. as presented to both
Hosier. of Parliament in the year 1818, by command of his
11fiajealy, then his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. With
the view also of giving penlicity to their proceedings, and
,fier promoting the earliest execution of their ports, his Ma.
kely's Commissioners rauied advertisements to he howled
M the Cauf le anal politic piper., wetting forth that they were
seedy to receive applications from parishes and extra pa.
'whist place', for the several purpose coutainediu the Act
4( Parliament.
In order to comply nit], part of the direetioes contained
.18 the 12th section of the Act, which ierptire that his Ma.
jimey's Commissioners should, as sorsa after their appoint.
moot as the obtaining titeesisry int...rotation would allow,
Mt and specify the largest mistrust of allowance to be grant.
red for building any church, and make sorb other regulations
411 they should deem expedient, to he fixed and known. For
the furtherance of the purposes of the Act, they had recourse
is the professional experieuce of the architects attached to
the Office of IVorkv, to atria( them is forming their judg.
meat on this point; sod after cartons meetings and Wm
llailatintla with them, his Majesty's Commissioners having
.Roes the sotji et the moat mature enntideratioo, were of
opinion that 20,000/. ought to be the largest ansamot of al.
*Faure to be granted fur building say church ; at the some
home the Commissioners think it proper to state, that that
Mom bad reference priccipaßy to churches to be erected in
London, suit on a general view of such cases as were likely
to come before them.
His Majesty's Cornmiesioners also caused an application
to be made to their Lordships the Bishops, inviting them 50
form District Boards in their respective dioceses, for the
better obtaining correct information as to the extent of pop.-
lotion in the steers! puristic, and extra parochial place.,
the accommodation therein fur public worship, sod the
ability of the parishioners sod lohabitant. to cootribste
wholly or its part to the charges attendant on the Act of
Parliament, together with such other information as might
from time to lime be wanted.
Fur the use awl information of the dlitriet Boards, his
Majesty's Commissioners extracted from the Act of Par.
hewn' those provicions which were chit By intended to direct
them in the extocise of their powers, and which seemed
more particularly to afford leading iustructions to such
Boards in their. proceedings.
Willi the view of enahliog the parishes whirls might be
entitled to the benefit of the Act, whether qualified by the
extent of population, the deficiency of church room, or
otherwise, to apply fur aid according to their several eir-
. avoidance., his Majesty's Commissioners drew up the
I papers to the Appendix, marked (B) and (C); (B)
being a form of inquiry coutaiuing a great variety of queries,
•nswers to which were necessary to enable the Board to
form an opinion how far it was expedient fur them, or in
their power to comply with the application ; (C) being a
draft of petition, with blanks to be tilled op with the same
Infos Militia as was contain. d in the particulars of inquiry,
hot drawn up iu the form of a petition to the Board:
these documents, tog they with the extracts from the Act of
Parliament before -metitioaed, for the or: of the district
Boards, were forwarded to his Grace the Lord Archbishop
of Canterbury, to his Grace the Lord A'rehbishop of York,
mid to their Lorthhips the Bishops of the several dioceses in
England and Wiles.
Having adopted such measures as, in the opinion' of his
felsjesty's Commissioners, were best calculated to tall the
attrition of the public to the I provisions of the Act of
P. rliarneot, and to point out the modes to be adopted by pa.
rialtos and extra parochial places in making application for
aldsilicy proceeded to draw up certain roles aod regulations,
as Nevelt-A by she said 12th sectiou of the Act for the coo.
Atmore: tiebrgerseral proceedings, and theeein hecified itie
snen of tarenty.thousand pounds as the largest amount of M-
imeos:Kr, which la their opinion it would believer to grant
fur building any church or chapel ; sod they also made such
other niter mad regulation. as they deemed expedient and
necessary to be fixed sod known for the forthersoce of the
purposes of the Act. Such rules and regulations were after-
.
' Higbee.. the

•

M ocelllci by actual alsneensetsocet; sod is every east
•brit application foe aid wale look sot the cteeati of &s-
-tow, the roonitowe of at least 1,000 lonians fumr voiles frost
their pariah eburch, or soy cooperated dispel in iota swish,
tritl to be oeci‘eil by the eertiicates of t►e Mu toter aud

Cherehwariless.
That whenever the Coesnihrioners might have occasion
In decide am• say of Si.., point., they were to endeavour
M procure wneh farther information as cosid be. .applied
by %be Lord hasp of the diocese, by the Wonder and
Closegiftwoodeos wf the place, or by other evidence thereof;
and Met whewever, for the purpoee of •stortaining the ex-
pettiest-, of dividing any pariah, or where a knowledge of
the 11110161111011“ of the benefice should be requisite, the
Bishop was to be requested to obtais the recesaary infir-
mities is such way as he should deem must likely to be
eiscrect.
That is every beading to be erected wader the •istloority
of the Act of Parlianieut, the character of all ecelesissoical !
edifiel‘f or divine wooslsip seriording to the rites of the Church •
of the United Kimmins of Rutland and Ireland, was to be
pressured, both externally sit internally.
That the work to be performed in the building of any
church or chapel, ander the suatority of the Act, either
wholly ne in part, defrayed by grant or loan nut of the monies
timothy granted, should be subject to suck inspection of his
Majesty's Oneeuf Works, 9n the application of the Gummi,-
slaws, as should from time to time he required by them;
sad that solidity sod durability of construction were to be
isvariably attended to, both in form and material., as well
its grounds of general expediency will proproei y, se fur the
purpose of avoiding as much as possible the throw* au iv.
creased hordes of repaint too the several pareolies.
The other rules and regnlsSiotok specified in the Appen-
dix, being established by the authority aforesaid, hog Ma-
jesly's Commissioners proceeded to enter into such resole-
!boos as appeared to be requisite for the getdauee of their
general proceedings; and, amoonget other things, it was re-
solved, That la all vow in which a discrei ton was left to
his Majesty's Commissioners respecting the allotment of
moan, provision he made for as large a propugtion of free
sittings as the cireunotances of the case will permit."
His Majesty's Commissioners have farther to report, that
in every case in which they deemed it expedient to build a
thatch or chapel, they thought it advis.ble, with a view of
calling futile a general compttiii ..... and of bringing f wooed
professiowil talent in various parts of the country, to call for
plan from the applicants, under the directioolo of the local
committees; and having experienced gee it Jacoby in form-
ing any opinion on the plans submitted to their conridera-
lion, with reference to the con.truction and durability of
the buildings, hie Majgsty's Commuseitmers deemed it expe-
dient to appoint a Building Committee, for the purpose of
taking into their partieular conriderstioon •oieb plane, with
the several circumstances which might attend the execution
of them.
Under this reference, the Budding Committee take Into
consideration the number and arrangement of the sittings,
the estimated el/erre of the Imildoogs, the tenders fur the
performance of the several works, with the securities to be
given for the dne execution of the same, and the several par-
Ortolan &Headset thereon. with the asaistagiee of such in-
formation as they can obtain from the reports of the several
local committees.
As a measure of precaution. and in order to obtain the
best possible amurauce of the stability of the buildings, his
Majesty, Cumnsisniuuers have recourte to the opinion of the
architects winched to hie Majesty's Offire of Works.
This arrangement has been attended with the most bene-
ficial eunsequesiees; fur many instances bare oreurrud in
which plans have been altogether rejected, owing to defects
which hay. been pointed out in the proposed construction,
and which the Building Committee themselves might have
been onsblelo-detect ; and other plans have hem repeatedly
sent beck to the arelotects who prepared than, for coerce- •
lino and antenalsotedo The Building Committee bold their
meetings independently of the,, held by the Bused, to which
they regularly report their proceetlinge.
His Majesty's Commissioners, it. the course of their pro-
ceedinr, &mud that the powers vested in them by the Act
of Parliament, •ere in some respect• goads quate for the
purposes for which they were intruded, and that their pro-
gress was so much impeded thereby, as to make it neccrasry
to apply to Parliament fur additional powers; and on the
13th July, in the year 1819, a further Act passed, int ii oled,
" A. Act to emend cud render morcrffectuoil an Act passed
in the last Session of Parliament, for building and pro•
rooting the building of atiglitional Churches in populous Pa-
rishes;' the provisions of which latter Act have greatly
assisted the Cutionissiourrs iu carrying the views of the
Legislature into effect.
Singe the Board was formed, 158 applications have been
made to them for aid, which have very materially differed
from each other in circumstances; 45 of these cure have,
after doe consideration, been rejected, as Slut cowing within
the view of the Acts of Parliament.

Hie Majesty's Commissioners beg leave to refer to the
Schedule in the Appendix marked (E.) as containing a list of
places, in which they have deemed it ripedient that addi-
tional churches or chapels should be built, together with
the oasnr• of the parishes or townships in which they are
situate, the present population and church accommodation,
the proposed number of new churches or chapels, and the
accommodation proposed in Ilona, she amount of the ar-
chitects' estimates, where the same have been rr crived, the
probable expellee In eases where the estimate* have not been
received, the specille prattle proposed to be made by the
Board, the amount of subscriptions in and of tin build-
lugs, the sums already butted in exchequer bills, the loans
proposed to be suede to parishes, and also a statement in re-
spect to sites for churches or chap, Is, whether provided by
Rift, rate, subecription, or out of the parliamentary fund,
or whether the site be not yet provided. By the recapitula-
tion at the end of the Schedule, it will appear that the
churches or chapels proposed to be built amount its number
to 110, which are calculated to furnish sittings •t one time fur
shout 144,190 persoes, of which accommodation shout tine-
third will be is, free seats. to be •ppropriated to the use of
the pour; that the. probable expeuse of erecting these
churches or chapels amounts to about 1,06(4,0001. including
69,000/. the amoiset of loans *hick the Commissioners pro.
pests make to various parishes; from this sum is to be
deducted about 911,0001. the amount of parochial and private
cestribatiose. This will leave a presumed balance of about
20,0001. at the disposal of the Commissioners, which they
are persuaded will out be inure thaw sufficient to enable
them to compkiei, the several .weeks in which they are cu.
Raged, and to oblate sites for churches ur chapels to be
built, is places where the inhabitants, from the gruel of
means, ere intrepid, of providing them for thi mselvcs.

The ficlierlste (F.) in the Amorlie, contains a list of
place* is which new churches or chapels are 'um meeting ;
gird rattails of Kt-purls (rum the architects, of the ■:atr of
the several works.

itHEEP SKINS.
Sheep
- • 2s 2.1 to 2s 4.1

'Anita SG 41 le te 104

*Ma. *Mush* .f duty. %a. sB. per gilk.a.
Port, old, per 138 gallons 3Ol to 4Sli
New, dint,
Lisbon, per pipe
Madeira, per pipe of 110 gallons (East lorlia) 451. to 751.
Sherry, per belt
PRICE OF POTATOES, from OCT. 1, to OCT. 6.

Sagan selel a shade !mut than the peetloie nessiet isdan,
yet higher than could be anticipated, bring chiefly the qua.
sli2lys.; moatl the proossed.
jurrcali
the ta ais
415ket.; i.w brown. sold 504.114. a
'The purchases of Relined Goods are still chiefly for tie
homestoosumplloa ; the export is inconsiderable : the prices
since oar last are without vartatioa.
There is some request fur brows and yellow Foreign Su-
gar. r the whites nee still neglected.
core tr. —Tbe quantity of Coffee brought forward by pub.
lie sale this week bas been rut. naive; the whale nearly dia.
posed °fat prices a shade higher than last week.
There uric Nor public i.ales of Coffee Mooed fortea,d
this Nieuwe, the whole sold with great briskness at the
previous prim of the market ; a large parcel of St. Lb.
good quality, 103 s. GJ very ordinary 100 s. 11,,„,
have been lately extensive purchases of good Si. Dmitii,c,
103.. a 103 s. Sit ; by private Contract this forearm« 164.
stated to be realised. Generally the Coffee market may lot
stated very firm, anal notwitstauding the large quantity
brooch' forward, the whole has gone off freely at improving
priers, and the opinion of the best informed is, that the prices
,!I still advance.
l'ltt3T.—Two cargoes of New lffuseatells were pit op at
public auction yesterday (one of thou exposed to pabLe.
bare last week, at *MA there was very little dirpositian to
purchase, was bought is from 81. to 61. 16s); yesterday,
buyetrr, the buyers did nut appear more inclined to poi.
chase, notwithstanding the importers sheered an inclination
to sell; only a few tots null at 51. 6s. for common, 51. 105.
for base!' (boxes), 81.11 s. haltbones. and 81. t.. quazters: the
quality of the whole very lender, and appears to have been
parked in a harry to get first at market. No buyers appeas-
ed for the Almonds, sad were ',ought In to 111.
New FRUIT, by public sale II th instant :-1110 boxes
Bloom Renoir's, Ha. a Us.; one lot flls. 2,300 boxes Mos-
c.tel Raisins, is benches, W. 10s. a 51. Its.; 640 half boars.
6/. a 61.9•.; 136 (outer boxes, 61.2.. and 6/.35. 27 hos.
Jordan Almonds, 101. 10s. chiefly pained i 20 half brie. all.
a li 1011.

RUM, BRANDT, AND HOLLAND{—The rateably, re.
quest for Brandy has subsided; the market has become ex-
ceedingly heavy, aod purchases may be made Id. a td. prr
Rallua lower.—The sales of RIM by prime contract arc
quite ineuasiderabl ; no reduction has, however, been sub-
mitted to —Pale Geneva coutinues scarce.

By public sale Ibi. forenoon, 86 puncheons Jamaica aid
84 pus brows Leeward Island Runt were brought forward;
the whole sold freely at prkes a shade higher lbau the pre-
etous rates by pritraie catilrart :
Jamaica 9 a 12 (1.P...

12 a It;
14 a 91 ....... . la. Bd. a 1.. 9d.
22 a 24 1.4 lad. a Is. I Id.
Leeward Islands V.P • . Is. 4.1.
3 and.l over, fowl Is. 5.1.
Hors—Hops are likely to taro oat more unfavoisrable
tkau anticipated good Hope are scarce; the new is ebielly
of inferior timidity. The estimated duty bas (Alec to
16,.0001. and 170,0001.
Ittot.—There is little doing in Riee, yet the ladle House
sale prices are supported.
. . . . . . .

Smits —There is nu alteration either la Iberians/id or io
the price of Spice•.
Ort.s, fusigares, Sce.—The Davi.' Straits vessels which
have arrived are uncommonly well fished, mid the (animate
of this year's fishery is stated to exc. ed 15.000 toms oil; the
prices are i■ consequence much lower; 21/.86e Dearest quo-
tation for Greenland Oil. Other descriptions nioniaM—
By public sale on Tuesday, about 210 tuns Saud Sea Oil,
191. is. a 211. 15s.

TALLOW.—The Tallow market has become eaceedingly
heavy, arid &reduction of Is. tau been submitted to; yellow
candle this foreman was heavy at 445. 6J. The Town mar-
kt t is to-day quoted 499. Od. which is the 11112 SC as last week.

MEETINGS OP CREDITORS AT GUILDHALL
TIM DAY.
...m..- M. ■.

C. Wright, Lodgete.hiil, wise-ssercliant
H. &bushman, Isle of Love.lase, cloth tietor 3 12
H. Cassels, Mettir's-lane, Caution-street, wine-met-

chant 3 10
J. Hower, Tot at lbsireet, Westminster, 1 12
W. Lonna, late of Toaley-street, Surrey, bat wow of
Chelsea, hams-draper. 1 10
DIVIDENDS.
T. Tripbook, St. Isames•street, bookseller lO
S. Champaess, Fulham, market-gardener. lt
.1. French, Coventry cad Edinburgh, rilibuis.iwanoingisree 11
G. Hadley, Greenwich, draper ....
G. Milne, Broad-street, merchant
J. G. Jones, Mark-lane, corn-fsetor ll
W. Miles, Oxford-street, linen draper ld

CERTI FICATES.

Robert Whit tlewey Pixel's., of Chepstow. Mon-
mouth, ship-builder—Wm. Bradfield. of North Elnihne,
Norfolk, baker.—T. Ellmby, of Poole, Don't, lioeii-draper.
—W. M'Neill, of Charles-street, Middlesex Blimpital, Mid-
dleton, eoseli•maker.—.l. Dewey, of 'Wolverhampton, Staf-
ford, factor.—). Sandbiel, of Bird's-biaildinca, Islington,
AlidJletwir slater —W. G. Koichi of Baleombe, Somerset,
money-wrivener.—W. Riebardwin, late of Wrntham, Kest,
inn-keeper.--R. Stiolart and M. Stodart, of the Strand,
bookaelient.—G. Baylis, of Stapleton, Glou.
crater, dealer.

MARRIAGES.
On the 2d instant, at St. James's eatreh, Westrniaster,
Major J•mts Harken, of the Honourable East loch& Cu.
pauy's- service, so Margurrilr, eldest daughter of the late
. Colonel Gledadsle, of Whitchisver, Cumberland.
On the 10th instant, at Mary-le-hone Church, New-rood,
by the Rev. W. Chapman, B. ft Haydon, Esq. historical
painter, to Mrs. Hylnon, of Stow house, Devonshire.
At Leghorn, or the 101 h ult. by the Rey. Thomas Hall.
Chaplain to the British Factory, the Hue. Arthur Hill
Trtvor, 'West son of Viscount !Noronha", to Sophia,
daughter of George D'Ascy Irvine, Ea*. Cast/e Bougie,
cutout, of Fri otenegh.
Urns Turedey lost, et St. Johtt's Chortle, Cltestee, Mr. Ro•
bet • :Herter. of Henboree Bridge, near fileekhoes., to Mote
irininin Morris, of Cheater. The parties should have beets
ossartie'l thirty-six years ago. The ha 'deg i 'soon ha* sante been
onortiNt, and had eighteen children by Ins first oil,. Me had
slut teen his present wife fur thirty-five years bele,* Moeda,
ateivb.,,ort.g nihtnolirezigel her in the city, sod otarrie4 her the
seiu
DEATH.

On Saturday, the 6tb lamas', at Bognor, Johan' Howie,
daughter of the late John Fiiber, Esq. Her death eras occa-
sioned by bring tbruwa Crum a gig, and fur* place us the
spat.