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London, England, 1823-08-23 00:00:00

TIRE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

The following is a copy of the Third Report
of his Majesty's Commissioners appointed by
virtue of an Act of Parliament, passed in the 58th
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George
the Third, c. 45, entituled, " An Act for build-
ing and promoting the building of additional
Churches in populous Parishes."

His Majesty's Commissioners, in their last Report, set forth,
that ten new Churches and Chapels had been completed, at the
several places therein mentioned, and that the same were ca.
Fable of accommodating four thousand and eighty-one .persons
in pews, and nine thousand nine hundred and forty-nine poor
persons in• free seats ; and that six of such churches and chapels
had been consecrated, and that divine service was performed
therein; that thirty churches and chapels were then building;
that plans had been.approved by his Majesty's Commissioners,
for ten other churches and chapels; and that, as soon as tenders
for the performance of the several works hould be received,
and selections made therefrom, anti the usual contracts and
bonds formed upon them, the construction of the buildings
would begin.
His Majesty's Commissioners also set forth, in the said Re-
.portilthat .plans for 23 other churches and chapels had been
laid before then* for,tbeir consideration ; and that, „in addition
to the number of churches.ant chapels whioh,they,proposed to
build, according to their preceding Report, they deemed it ex-
pedient, owing to the Very peculiar circumstances attending
the places, to build churches or chapels at Atterclife, in the
county of York; Bishop Wearinouth, in the county of Dur.
ham ; Greenwich, in the county of Kent; Highgate, in the
county. of Middlesex; and in the parish of St. Andrew, Hol.
born, in the city of London, and county of Middlesex ,• hoping
that by the strictest attention to economy, and by the mea-
sures which they had adopted .for preventing any excess be-
yond the estimates, in the erection of the churches and chapel,:
which were then building, they might be able to defray, out
of the present Parliamentary arrant, the expence of affording
church accommodation at those places where it was so much
wanted.
His Majesty's Commissioners have, since the last Report,
proceeded in the execution of the important duties confided
to them, with as much dispatch as the circumstances of the
several cases would permit : during which time, churches or
chapels have been consecrated at the following places : In the
parish of St. Martin, in the town of Birmingham ; Walcot„
it the city of Bath • Christchurch, in the county of. Southamp-
ton ; Stepney, in the county of Middlesex ; Bordesley, in the
parish of Aston, and county of Warwick; Barnsley, in the
county of York ; Hawarden, in the county of Flint ; in the
parish of St. Mary, Nottingham ; and at Portsea, in the county
of Southampton ; in which divine :service is performed. The
churches or chapels already built, afford". accommodation for
seven thousand one hundred and sixteen persons in pews, and
for fourteen thousand three hundred and ninety-nine poor per.
sons in free seats, by which it would appear that the accom-
modation for the poor is full two-thirds of the entire number of
sittings.
His Majesty's Commissioners beg leaver further to report,
that forty-tour churches or chapels are building at the follow.
ing places: Aston under Lyne, in the county
.of Lancaster;
A ttercliffe, in the county of York ; Erdington, in the parish of
Aston, and county of Warwick ; Bolton, in the county of Lan-
`e..dater ; in the parish of St. Augustine, in the city of Bristol;
ChelSea, in the county of Middlesex ; Charley, in the county
of Lancaster ; Putlsey, in the parish of Calverley; anti
county of York ; Camberwell in the county of Surrey ;
Helper,- in the parish.eif "Duffield, and county Of Derby ;
Hackney, in the county of Middlesex ; Kidderminster, in
the county of Worcester; at Norwood,. Brixton, Kenning-
ton, and in the Waterloo.road, in the pariAi of St. Mary,
Lambeth, and minty of Surrey ; In Regent-etreet, in the arish'
of St. George, Hanover-spare, and county of Middlesex; '
Greenwich, in the county of. Kent ; Leicester, in the county of
Leicester; Tyldesley, in the parish of Leigh, and county
of Lancaster ; at Quarry-hill,Wroodbouse, and in the Meadow-
lane, Leeds, in the county of York; Hoghton, in the parish of
Leyland, and county of Lancaster ; tn. Wyndham-place,
bangham-place,' and in Statibrd.street, in the parish of St.
Mary-le-bone, and county of Middlesex; at Camp Field, and
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at Salford, in Manchester, in the county of LancasterNun-
eaten, in the tounty-e.warwidt; in Suffolk-street, and in
Beckforil-plate, in the parish of St. Mary, Newington, and
county of surrey ; in the parish of at. Luke, Old.street, in the
county of Middlesex ; at Stand, in the parish of Prestwith, and
county of' Lancaster ; in Regcnt.square, and in Somers-town,
St. Pancras, in the county of Middlesex ; in the Fylde-road,
Preston, in the county of Lancaster :itockport, is the
county of Lancaster; near the infirmary, and in' Broad-lime,
Sheffield, in the county of York ;- West Drommvich, in the
county of Stafihrd ; IVorkington, in the county of Cumber-
land ; and at Stanley and Alverthorpe,. in .the parish of Wake-
field, and county of York. The mate of.the works in these
churches and chapel is folly detailed in the Schedule annexed,
marked (A.)
His Majesty's Commissioners beg leave further to report,
that they have approved of plans thr nine churches or chapels,
to he built et Shipley: and at Wilsden, In the' parish of Brad-
ford, and county of 1 tick ; Bishop Weannouth, in the county'
of Drtrham ; at Netherton, in the parish of fladley, and county
of Worcester ; at 'hanging Ileaton and Dewsbury Moor, in
the parish -of Dewsbury, and
.county of York ;
.at
in the parish of . St. George, Hanover..square, and county
of Middlesex; Gateshead, in the county of Durham ; and
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in the Parks at Preston, n the county of Lancaster : And
that, in respect to the churches or chapels to be built at Shipley'
and Wilsden, in Bradford ; Netherton, in .Dudley ; at Pim-
lico, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square; and in the
Parks at Preston ; tenders have been obtained, and selections,
made therefrom, anti the contracts and bonds are preparing;
that in respect to the churches or chapels afßishop Wear.
mouth ; at Banging lleiton, and Dewsbury :Viw, in the pa-
rish of Dewsbury ; and at Gateshead; the architects are ob-
taining tenders for the Performance of the works.

His Majesty's Commissioners further report, that they have
received plans. which are under their consideration, for sixteen
churches or chapels to be built,—at liermondsey,in•the county.
of Surrey ; Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster ; in the
parish of St. Philip, Birmingham, in the county of We:Wick.;
in the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, in the county of ;Mid-
dlesex; at Farnworth; in the parish of Dean, anti county of
Lancaster ; Earls Heaton, in the parish of Dewsbury, anti
county of York; Edmonton, in the county of !Middlesex;
Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster; in the Eastern division
of the parish of St. Mary-le-bonne, in the county of Middle-
sex ; ui Travis-street, and at Hulthe, in,Mincliester,• in the
county of .Lancaster; Oldham,- • in the county of Lancaster;
Portsea, in the county of : Southampton ; in the Hoiton. and
Ilaggerstone divisions ~of, the parish of St. Leonard, Shore.
in the county • of, Mitkileaex ; .and at shetlield Moor,
Sheffield, in the county of York.
• That. plans, for the twelve churches or chapels proposed to
be built, etlinal-green,. in the county of 'Middlesex ' • two
at Blackburn, in the • county of Lancaster; at Birmingham,
in the county of Warwick.; ur the liana Town ..division of the
parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, and in the parishes of Saint
George in the East, and in Saint Ocorge, Itaneve...-square, in
the county of Middlesex ; In the parish of St. Andrew, Hol-.
born, in the City of London, and.ctiunty.of.Middlesex ; Bigh-
gate, in the parishes of *lslington, Homey, and St. Pancras,
ant,. county of Middlesex;_ and parishes ofSt. Martin, in
the Fields, and St.Luitaulthstreet, and at Kensington, in the
County of Middlesex ; have not yet been received.. .
In the last Report it was stated that a second new chapel was
to be built at Blackburn, in the county of. Lancaster, to ac-
commodate two thousand persons ; • but owing to the number
of townships within the parish of Blackburn, his Majesty's Com-
missioners have deemed it expedient 41ittt three •chapela should
be built instead, to accommodate one thousand persons each,
which they expect will be erected for less than the large church
would have cost.
his - ?Majesty's Commissioners have further to state, That
they are taking measures for the purpose of Obtaining addi-
tional burial grounds,,-for the parish of Birstidi, in the county
of York ; for the parish of Rochford, in the county of Essex ;
Grantham, in the county 'of Lincoln ; in the parish of St.
Mary, in the town of Shrewsbury'; a site for a new chapel,
with a burial ground for the parish of IVhitWick, in the county
of Leicester; a site for a new chapel and a parsonage at Wed-
more in the county of Somerset : They propose to advance by
way of loan, to the town of Brighton, the sum of fifteen thou-
four. years, to the town of Walsall,
sand pounds, for five years, withoutinterest, to enable the in-
habitants to erect a new church, the expellee of which will be
borne by the parish ; they have also lent the sum of 2,0001. for
for about one thousand poor.without interest, to enable
the inhabitant* to defray the ex pence of rebuilding and enlarg.
ing the parish church in which additional. accommodation
provided. - persons, in free seats, has been
His Majesty's Commissioners have assigned an ecclesiastical
district to a chapel at Winlaton, in the parish of Ryton, and
County of Durham ; and applications have been made to them
for dividing the parish of IValcot, in the city of Bath, into
three separate and distinct parishes; anti the parish of St. John,
sioneraliave
Hackney, in the county of .aliddleseX into three separate and
distinct parishes 'Majesty's COIiIM
The Exchequer Bills which have been issued to this day,
amount to the sum of •257,4501.
e observed hy this- Report, It- will b appr;olw,ehdiii application; his
, that fifteen churches
or chapels have been completed ; that forty-four arc in pro.
Kress ; that plans for nine churches or chapels have been ap-
proved, but the works have not been commenced ; that plans

for sixteen churches or chapels are under consideration ; sad
that plans for twelve churches or chapels have not yet been
obtained ; but the several cases are more particularly specified
anti set forth in the Schedules annexed, marked (A.) (11.) (C.)
and (D.)
His Majesty's Commissioners deem it necessary to annex to
this, as they have.done to the two former reports, a Schedule
marked (E.) containing a list of applications, which have been
made to them from various places, for aid towards affording
further church accommodation ; but which, owing to the en.,
gagements made on the Parliamentary Fund, his Majesty's
Commissioners have been under the necessity of rejecting; and
a great many other parishes havebeen deterred from making
similar applications, being aware that, for the same mson,
they must prove unsuccessful.
C. CANTAUR, JOS. HOLDEN POTT,
lIARROWBY, GEO. OWEN CAMBRIDGE,
BEX LEY, B. C. STEPHENSON,
STOWELL, JOSHUA WATSON.
COLCHESTER.

TREATMENT OF SIR. JOHN DOWNIE.

The original of the following :Petition was
sent to the Minister at War; 'On the 28th of
June ; but up tsY the .Bth of July no notice had
been taken of it, nor had it in all probability
been laid before his MAJESTY
46 SIRE—Don John Downie, Field Marshal of the National
Armies, Knight of the Orders of St. Ferdinand, Charles
and Great Britain, and decorated with seven crosses for dis-
tinguished actions in the field, with sentiments of the most
profound respect, appeals to the Consitutional Throne of your
Majesty for justice, and complains of an act of personal op-
pression rarely occurring in the most uncivilized countries,
and still more rarely among nations which boast of being free.
" SIRE—Your petitioner was arrested by order of the Go-
vernment, together with seventeen other officers, at that time
residing within your Majesty's Royal Palace. of Seville, at nine
o'clock in the night of the 11th of the present month. These
officers were there with the knowledge and approbation of the
Governor of the Palace, Lieut.-General I)on Francisco Co.
lions, and some of them were also there on the night of the Ist,
when they volunteered to defend the person of your Majesty
and the Royal Family against the attacks apprehended from
a part of the Local Militia, who had already plundered, with
the most alarming outcries, the houses of many of the more
peaceable citizens. Those officers did not separate until twelve
o'clock of the same night, when the above-named General ex-
pressed himself grateful for their services, and permitted them
to retire after the City had recovered its tranquillity. Your pe-
titioner, Sire, might cite, in confirmation of these statements,
the testimony of all the General Officers, and among others of the
Commander himself, General Vigodet, with whom he was in
conference during die greater part of the night, but as he is
not now upon his defence, and does not even know what offences
are imputed to him, lie proceeds to inform your Majesty of the
treatment and conduct which have been observed towards him
and his brother officers, since the night of their arrest.
" On the morning of the 111th, they were taken from th©
dungeons of the town, to the bank of the river, and there were
exposed for two hours to the gaze of crowds of people, who did
not cease to cover them with insults, and excited each other to
assassinate them all. From Seville to San Lucar, the petitioner,
together with his nephew, an officer who wfts'not present on the
night of the I lth, and whose name wits not on the list of those
arrested, was conducted in a boat, separate from the others,
Under the guard of a party of Militia, commanded by Captain
Don Epifanio Mancha, exposed to the gross and insulting lan-
guage of a few soldiers from Madrid,, without education, or the
reelings of men. At St. Lucar, the prisoners were again
united, and conducted, from that place to Cadiz, where they ar-
rived late on the Ibth,. and exposed, as before, on the public
quiik; for eight hours, an object of curiosity to sonic of dis-
graceful and ferocioue Muse to 'others, and sometimes to acts
which humanity can scarcely conceive, but of whieh,,nnhappily,'
the history of these times furnishes too many examples. At
length, Sire, we were brought to this Arsenali and on the 17th
underwent an examination. Instead, however, of allowing us
to communicate with each other, as the constitution prescribes,
and as is the custom in every civilized nation, we were all con-
fined in the Four Towers without any communication, and your
petitioner was, in addition, subjected to have a sentinel placed
over him. _

" Stux—Throughout Europe the principle has always been
feeognised that every prisoner is innocent until the .law has
eondentned him.; but hete is a Spanish General descended from
a nation truly free, of whose services in the war of independence,.
in:which lie expended 200;000 dollars in the formation and
equipment of the Estremene Legion, all Spain and his own
wounds are ample witnesses, here is a General imprisoned in
the same building with the vilest convicts, rigorously cut oft'
from all communication, overlooked constantly by a sentinel,
for the period' of eight days after an examination, and without
having received a farthing of pay for more than three months.
Europe, Sire, will not believe that Spaniards, so celebrated in
other times for the nobleness of their character, could present
an example so opposite when enjoying the blessings of a freer
'system. Your petitioner is not ignorant of the consideration
which ought to he paid to that fervour of mind whidi belongs
to periods of political convulsion, and that it ought to be re-
ceived as some excuse for the insults which he received in his
progress to this place; bet your petitioner cannot excuse the
treatment which he has experienced here, since he presumes it
to have been with the knowledge and through the authorisation
of the Constitutional Authorities, against whose conduct, he
owes it to the country of his birth, to his rank, to his services
and his reputation, until now without a stain, to protest in the
face of the world as being illegal, barbarous and unjust. The
conscience of your petitioner cannot find any other motive for
their proceedings, .than the resolution, which he has never
concealed from them, nor from others of perishing in defence
of your Majesty and the Royal Family, sooner than allow a
set of frantic men to fling upon the heroic Spanish nation the
fearfid degradation which now menaces it.
" Your Petitioner therefore beseeches your Majesty, that as
long as the law has not declared him guilty, he may be treated
with the distinction and respect due to his rank and his ser-
vices, and that the same consideration be shewn to the officers'
who were arrested with him. He requests also that some assist-
ance should be sent to him, together with a month's pay ; and
at the same time an order fin terminating the inquiry as soon as
possible, so thathe and his fellow-sufferers may be restored to
that freedom and honour which they value above a thousand
lives. He.it.sks for justice, which he,deserves at the hands of
your Majesty, whose life may Heaven long preserve for the
happiness of the Monarchy.
" From the Four Towers, in the Arsenal of Caracca, June
28, 1823.
" Your Majesty's most obedient, devoted, &c. &c.
" J. DOWNIE."

The treatment which Mr. Cunwoon has ex-
perienced from his brethren on the Oxford Circuit has not cer-
tainly tended to raise them in the public estimation. In fact,
in all quartets observations are made, which are every thing
but ilatt6ing to the Gentlemen in question. People are
shocked to find, that Members of a Profession, allowed by
courtesy to be learned, and which ought to be liberal; as well
as learned; should suffer themselves to be so far mastered by
the desire of gain, es to lay aside all feelings of delicacy, and
all regard for justice. If Mr. Cunwoon had attempted any
thing new, the treatment he has experienced might have oc-
casioned less surprise, but he is borne out, it seems-, by the
example of individuals high in the Profession, some of them
on the Bench. No wonder that Mr. Baron Ilt:i.t.ncx
evinced his disapprobation in so marked a manner at an
ASsize Diener. 'We will venture to say there could not
be found in this Metropolis a set of mechanics, stimulated
by the cries of hungry children, who would allow their
eagerness for employment so far to master their sense of pro-
priety. Even the horn-blowers, and the poor creatures who
hawk newspapers at coach-office doors, generally contrive to
observe something like fairness in their competition with each
other. —We do not expect, noris it to be wished for, that education
should extinguish in men the desire of advancing themselves in
the world. But we are entitled to ex pect that it should, at all events,
have an effect in preventing men from displaying that desire, in a
way which must be generally ofiletsive. We should hope, there-
fore, that the Members of the Long Robe will see the advan.
tage of discountenancing those displays of professional jealousy,
which can only have the eflixt of exciting the disgust of by-
standers. The dogs in a Turkish town have their respective
quarters, and shew no mercy to the luckless cur who ventures
to pass his own frontiers. Front them the Learned Gentlemen
of the Oxford Circuit would seem to have taken their prece-
dent.—( Morning Chronicle.)
On Thursday last, the Lord Bishop of this Diocese, attend-
ed by his Vicar-General, the Archdeacon of Totnevt, his Chap-
lain, Principal Registrar, and many of the Clergy, arrived at
the delightful and improving town of Torquay, to conse-
crate the neat and convenient Chapel lately erected at
that place, which has been endowed by the Rev. Roger
Mallock, Patron of the Church of Tormoham, in which
parish Torquay is situate. The service was read by
by the Rev. John Sheepshanks, M.A. • and a most excellent
and judicious sermon was preached on the occasion by the Rev.
Tinney Belfield, jun., M.A. After the Consecration his Lord-
ship continued between one and two hundred young persons in
the Chapel; and, with the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, who
attended the,Consecration, accepted the invitation of the Rev.
Mr. Sheepshanks to a very handsome collation, at which the
kind attention and affability of that Rev. Gentleman were me-
ritoriously conspicuotts.—( Exctel flying Pact, Aug. 20.)