The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-30 00:00:00

SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OP HIS MAJESTY'S COM-
MISSIONERS FOR BUILDING NEW CHURCHES.
In their last report his Majesty's Commissioners stated
that 212 churches and chapels had been completed, in
which accommodation luel been provided for 283,555 per-
sons, including- 1.55,938 free seats, to be appropriated to
the use of the poor.
They have now to state that two chapels have since
been completed at the following places ; viz.—At North
Shields, in the parish of Tynemoutb, in the County of
Northumberland ; and in the parish of St. Mary the Vir-
gin, Dover, in the County of Kent.
In these two chapels accommodation has been provided
for 2,772 persons, including 1,585 free seats, to be appro-
priated to the use of the poor, Thus, in the whole, 214
churches and chapels have now been completed, and therein
a total provision has been made for 286,327 persons, inclu-
ding 157,523 free seats, to be appropriated to the use of
the poor ; the numbers of sittings being estimated accord-
ing to the scale laid down by his Majesty's Commissioncis.
His Majesty's Commissioners beg leave further to re-
port, that seven churches and chapels are now in the course
of building at the following places, viz. :—At Carmarthen,
in the county of Carmarthen ; at Tredeg-ar, in the parish
of Bedwelty, in the county of Monmouth ; ut Habergam
Eaves, in the parish of 'Whalley, in the county ‘eii! Lancas-
ter ; at Newport, in the parish of St. Woollas, -in the
county of Monmouth ; in Vincent-square, in the parish of
St, John the Evangelist, Westminster, in the county of
Middlesex ; at Sheerness, in the parish of Minster, in
Sheppy, in the county of Kent ; and at Loughborough, in
the county of Leicester.
His Majesty's Commissioners have further to report,
that plans for four other chapels have been approved of, to
be built at the following places, viz. :—At Trowbridge, in
the county of Wilts ; at Duckinfield, in the parish of
Stockport, in the county of Chester ; at Stayleybridge, in
the parish of Ashton-under Lyne, in the county of Lan-
caster ; and at Tipton, in the county of Stafford. The
buildings, in the two first cases, will be commenced as soon
as the contracts are entered into for the performance of
the works ; and, in the last two cases, as soon as the sub-
scriptions promised are paid to the_ Board.
His Majesty's Commissioners have further to report
that they have proposed to make grants in aid of build-
ing churches and chapels at the thirty-five following
places ; viz.—At Dawley, in the county of Sa-
lop ; at Oldbury, in the parish of Hales Owen,
in the county of Salop ; in the parish of St. George
in the East, in the county of Middlesex ; at Bridge-
water, in the county of Somerset ; Kildwick, in the county
of York ; at Clayton, Great Horton, and Eccleshill, in the
parish of Bradford, in the county of York ; St. Andrew,
Plymouth, in the county of Devon ; Upper Gornal, in the
parish of Sedgley, in the county of Stafford ; at Newton,
in the parish of Mottram, in the county of Lancaster ;
Standish, in the county of Lancaster ; Stroud, in the county
of Gloucester ; Gwernafield, in the parish of Mold, in the
county of Flint ; Portsmouth, in the county of Hants ;
Portsea, in the county of Hants ; at Bensham, in the pa-
rish of Gateshead, in the county of Durham ; at Frome, in
the county of Somerset ; two chapels in the parish of Ro-
therhithe, in the county of Surrey ; Trowbridge, in the
county of Wilts ; Snenton, in the county of Nottingham ;
at Brymbo, in the parish of Wrexham, in the county of
Denbigh ; Melksham, in the county of Wilts ; Kendal,
in the county of Westmorland ; at Morton or Harden, in
the parish of Bingley, in the county of York ; at Kirnber-
worth, in the parish of Rotherham, in the county of York ;
at Duddeston, in the parish of Aston, in the county of
Warwick ; Sutton, in the county of York ; in the parishes
of St. Bride and St. Dunstan, in the city of London, and
county of Middlesex ; Iron Bridge, in the parish of Made-
ley, in the county of Hereford ; at Glyn Taff, in the parish
of Eglwsilan, in the county of Glamorgan ; in the parish of
St. James, Westminster, in the county of Middlesex ; and
at Crag, in the parish of Halifax, in the county of York ;
Mirfield, in the county of York ; the plans for which have
not yet been laid before the Board.
Since the last report the parish of Winterbourne, in the
county of Gloucester, has been divided into two distinct
and separate parishes, under the provisions of the 16th
section of the Act of the 58th Geo. 111., c. 45, con-
tiguous parts of the parishes of Heston and Isleworth,
in the county of Middlesex, have been united and con-
solidated under the provisions of the 6th section of the
Act of the 59th Goo. 111., c. 134, as a district for
the new chapel at Hounslow ; and district chapelries
have been assigned, under the 16th section of the 59th
Geo. 111., c. 134, to the parochial chapel at Maccles-
field, and to St. George's Chapel, Sutton, in the parish
of Prestbury, in the county of Chester; to St. George's
Chapel, in the parish of Chorley, in the county of Can-
caster ; to St. John's Chapel, in the parish of Working-
ton, in the county of Cumberland ; to St. John's Chapel,
Walham Green, and St. Mary's Chapel, Northend, in the
parish of Fulham, in the county of Middlesex ; to St.
George's Chapel, Hulme, in the parish of Manchester, in
the county of Lancaster ; to Trinity Chapel, in the parish
of Ulverstone, in the county of Lancaster ; to St. John's
Chapel, Whetstone, in the parish of Finchley, in the county
of Middlesex ; and to St. Philip the Apostle's Chapel, in
the parish of Stepney, in the county of Middlesex.
His Majesty's Commissioners have, since their last re-
port, and without any aid from tile Parliamentary fund,
afforded, or expressed their willingness to afford, facilities
for obtaining additional burial grounds for the parishes of
Whitby, in the county of York ; Wisbeelt, St. Peter's, in
the county of Cambridge ; St. Mary the Virgin, Dover,
in the county pf Kent ; Angmering, in the county of Sus-
sex ; Ilchester, in the county of Somerset ; Carshalton, in
the county of Surrey ; St. John, Margate, in the county of
Kent ; Saxrnundham, in the county of Suffolk ; Corfe
Castle, in the county of Dorset ; Newmarket, St. Mary,
in the county of Cambridge ; for the chapelry of Cradley,
in the parish of Hales Owen, in the county of Salop ;
Padiham, in the parish of Whalley, in the county of Lan-
cester ; Shorthampton, in the parish of Charlbury; in the
county of Oxford ; at Saint Julian, Shrewsbury, in the
county of Salop, and Princes Risborough, in the county of
Bucks ; and also for obtaining sites for new churches and
chapels at Curdridge, in the parish of Bishop's Waltham,
in the county of Hants ; Chertsey, in the county of Sur-
rey ; Barnstaple, in the county of Devon ; at Forest Row,
in the parish of East Grinstead, in the county of Sussex ;
Brentwood, in the parish of South Weald, in the county of
Essex ; St. Clement, in the city and county of Oxford ; at
Croxton and on Cotes's Heath, in the parish of Ecelesliall, in
the county of Stafford ; Danehill, in the parish of Fletching,
in the county of Sussex ; Holty,in the parish of Hartfield, in
the county of Sussex ; Moulsham, in the parish of Chelms-
ford, in the county of Essex ; Newchurch, in Pendle, in
the county of Lancaster ; Weston, in the county of So•
merset ; Shotley, in the county of Northumberland ;
Leaven Heath, in the parish of Stoke-by-Nayland, in the
county of Suffolk ; Milford, in the parish of Witley, in the
counts, of Surrey ; Bushey, in the county of Herts ; Bleu_
cowe Green, in the parish of Waltham, in the county of
Harts ; also for a parsonage house at Coseley, in tile parish
of Sedgley, in the county of Stafford and Dengy, in the
county of Essex ; and for glebe to the chapel at Forton, in
the parish of Alverstoke, in the county of Hants.
His Majesty's Commissioners have also to report that,
under the powers vested in them by the Act of the 4g and
2d of William IV., c. 38, they have declared that the pa-
tronage of a new chapel, built and endowed by Sir Thomas
Dyke Acland, Bart., at Bude, in the parish of Strattos,
in the county of Cornwall, shall be vested in him and his
heirs ; that the patronage of a new chapel, built and en-
dowed by the Hon. Colonel and Mrs: Howard, at Levens,
in the parish of Heversham and county of Westmorland,
shall be vested in Mrs. Howard and her assigns ; that the
patronage of a new chapel, built and endowed by the Rev.
Sir Henry Thompson, Bart., at Fareham, in the county of
Hants, shall be vested in bins and his heirs ; and that the
patronage of a chapel, which has been endowed by Sir
John Leman Rogers, Bart., at Ivybridge, in the parish of
Cornwood and county of Devon, shall be vested in him and
his heirs.
His Majesty's Commissioners have also under their con-
sideration an application from Sir John Kennaa'ay, Bart.,
and others, for the perpetual patronage of a new chapel,
which it is proposed to build and endow, under the above-
mentioned Act, at Sidmouth, in the county of Devon.
The Exchequer Bills issued to this day amount to one
million five hundred thousand pounds.
W. CANTUAR, LANSDOWNE,
C. J. LONDON, DUNCANNON,
J. LINCOLN, T. SPRING RICE,
MELBOURNE, J. RUSSELL,
GEO. D'OYLY, G. 0. CAMBRIDCF.,
COTTENHAM, C. S. LUSHINGTON,
HAIIROWBY,
Great George-street, July 30, 1836.
iyr A schedule, appended to this Report, states the
number of applications to the Commissioners for further
church accommodation at 63. The applications proceed
from an aggregate population of 1,095,604, of whom there
is only church-room at present for 167,702. Among the
cases mentioned are a part of Halifax, where there are
above 100,000 inhabitants, with accommodation for 18,000 ;
a. district of Manchester with 186,000 people, and church-
room for 23,000 ; a portion of Nottingham, 50,000 people,
room for 3,000 ; and another part of Manchester where
we find 270,000 souls, and space in the existing church for
only 23,00.

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