The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-17 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Rev. T. B. Coney, vicar of Pucklecburch, and
Rural Dean, has been appointed to an honorary
canonry in the cathedral of Bristol. Patron, the
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristo:.
The Rev. Henry Gray, clerk M.A.., was collated
by the Bishop of Gloucester to the vicarage of Al-
mondsbury, on the donation of his Lordship the
patron, by virtue of his bishopric.
CHURCH EXTENSION.—The following new churches,
towards which her Majesty's Commissioners have
made conditional grants of motley, are at present in
course of erection, viz.:—St. Austell, diocese of
Exeter, decorated Gothic style, to accommodate 308
persons, estimated cost 1,240/. ; Bishop's Stortford,
diocese of Rochester, early English, to accommodate
368 persons, estimate 1,450/. ; Calverley, diocese of
Ripon, early English of 12th century, to accom-
modate 519 persons, estimate 1,324/. ; Chard,
diocese of Bath and Wells, early English,
to accommodate 305 persons, estimate 926/. ;
Croydon, diocese of Canterbury, Gothic, of the
14th century, to accommodate 786 persons, estimate
7,350/. ; Holy Trinity, in the Forest of Dean, diocese
of Gloucester and Bristol, pointed of the 14th century,
to accommodate 405 persons, estimate .2,650/.; Dews-
bury, diocese of Ripon, Gothic, of the 1311 century,
to accommodate 603 persons, estimate, 1,5901. ; Gres..
ford, diocese of St. Asaph, Gothic, of the 13... h cen-
tury, to accommodate 384 persons, estimate 2,080 L ;
Hart, diocese of Durham, decorated, to accommodate
770 persons, estimate 2,415/. ; St. Just, diocese
of Exeter, early English, to uccomtnodate 500 per-
sons, estimate 1,200/. ; St. Matthew, Leeds, diocese
of Ripon, Gothic, of the 16th century, to accommo-
date 700 persons, estimate 2,8001.; St. Mark, Man-
chester, diocese of Manchester, Gothic, to accommo-
date 1,010 persons, estimate 3,8661. ; Prestwich,
Ringley, diocese of Manchester, Gothic, of the 13th
century, to accommodate 662 persons, estimate
2,500/. ; Prestwich, Rooden-lane, diocese of Man-
chester, Gothic, of the 14th century, to accom-
modate 504 persons, estimate 2,0001. ; Sheffield,
diocese of York, early English, to accommodate 972
persons, estimate 1,7501.; Stoke Damerell, diocese of
Exeter, Gothic, of the 14th century, to accommodate
809 persons, estimate 4,480/. ; West Ham Forest Gate,
diocese of London, Gothic, of the 14th century, to ac-
commodate 440 persons, estimate 3,5001.; West Ham,
Marsh district, diocese of London, decorated, of the
13th century, to accommodate 691 persons, estimate
2,336/. ; St. Wollos, Pillgwenly, diocese of Landaff,
Gothic, of the 14th century, to accommodate 649 per-
sons, estimate 1,9001.; Wolstanton, diocese of Lichfield,
early English, of the 13th century, to accommodate 484
persons, estimate 2,024/.; Holy Trinity, Wolverhamp-
ton, diocese of Lichfield, Gothic, of the 14th century, to
accommodate 669 persons, estimate 4,7241.; and St.
Luke,Wolverhampton, diocese of Lichfield, early Eng-
lish, of the 13th century, to accommodate 800 persons,
at an estimated cost of 3,0001. Total number of
new churches in course of erection 22, affording
accommodation to 13,339 persons (10,030 in pews,
and 3,309 in free seats), and total estimated ex-
pense 57,186/. In the three churches in the diocese
of Exeter the whole of the seats are free. Sucb,
also, is the case with the one in the diocese of Bath
and Wells, the one in the diocese of Gloucester and
Bristol, the one in the diocese of St. Asaph, and
one of the two in the diocese of London. In all
the other dioceses the number of free sittings con-
siderably exceeded the accommodation provided in
pews.