The Sun.
London, England, 1833-02-01 00:00:00

CONSECRATION OF ST. DUNSTAN'S

CHURCH, FLEET-STREET.

Yesterday forenoon the ceremony of consecrating the
new church erected in the parish of St. Dunstan in the
West, was performed by the Bishop of London, in the pre-
sence of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and a numerous
congregation of persons •f the first respectability.
The interior of the church fully sustains that rank in
oure G thic architecture for which the tower has been en
generally and justly admired. The interior forms a com-
plete octagon, composed of eight arched compartments of
recesses, extending in height to about two-thirds of ti
whole space from the flooring of the nave to the roof.
Over each compartment there appears an elegant Gothic
window of stained glees, by which, and by a ninth of more
elegant design over the altar, the body of the church is
lighted. From the centre of the beautifully fretted roo
descends an octagon chandelier, bearing 34 French lamps,
which will, at evening, serve to illuminate the whole in-
terior. The altar is situate immediately opposite the
principal entrance from Fleet-street, and exhibits sonic
beautiful carving in oak, which, we believe, came from
abroad. Over the communion table there is a rich
stained glass window, before alluded to, in four divisions,
sod representing the four Evangelists, St. Matthew, Mirk,
Luke, and John. The whole of these stained glass win-
dows afford to the interior that " dim religious light" so
beautifully described by Milton.
The most ancient and interesting monuments that
adorned the ancient structure, arc very judiciously pre-
served and arranged. Some of them are of great antiquity.
Before 11 o'clock the Bishop of London, the Lor '
Mayor, and Sheriffs, had arrived, and the gates were im-
mediately closed. The Psalms and Lessons for the day
having been read, the Right Rev. Prelate delivered an ex-
cellent and appropriate discourse from the 14th Chapter of
St. Paul's let Epistle to the Corinthians, and the 40th
verse :—" Let all things be done decently and in order ;'•
and afterwards gave the final blessing.
The whole ceremony terminated about two o'clock, and
the Church and Civic dignitaries retired amidst a merit)•
pe it from the new belfry.
It is not quite two years since the first stone was laid
of this new and interesting embellishment of the me-
tropolis; and the whole structure reflects great credit
on the talents and abilities of Mr. Shaw, the architect
—who died just as he had completed his work—and
Messrs. Brown and Atkinson, of Goswell-street-road, the
builders.

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ARRIVALS.

The Duke of Dorset, from Brighton ; the Earl and Countess I
of Sefton and the Ladies Moiyneux, in Arlington.street, from
Croxteth Hall, near Lives-pool; Viscount Castlereagh, in Chapel.
street, Grosvenor-square, from Wynyard ; the Countess of
Mansfield and Lady Elizabeth Murray, at Mivart's Hotel,
Lower Brook-street and Davies-street, from Richmond; Lady
and Miss Beresford, at ditto, from Herts ; Major Wildman, at
ditto, from Scotland ; the Hon. Mrs. Wynne, at ditto, from
Herts ; T. B. Lennard, Esq., M.P., in Upper Broek-street ;
Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, in Upper Grosvenor-street,
from Brighton ; Lord Yarborough, in Arlington-street, from the
Isle of Wight ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hare, in Mount-street, from
Oporto ; Lord Ellenboroukh, in Cadogan-place, from South-
ampton-park, near Cheltenham; Colonel Sir Frederick Smith,
in Cadogan-place, from Brighton ; the Hon. Colonel and Mrs.
Anson, In Curzon.street, from Holkham ; Sir Henry and Lady
Emily•Hardinge, and family, in Whitehall-place, from Hastings;
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, and family, at the Hyde-park Hotel,
Hyde-park-place, from Cobham; Captain Huntley, 3d Dragoon
Guards, and Mrs. Huntley, at ditto, from Dorchester ; C. B.
Sheridan, Esq., at ditto, from Farnham ; Dr. Duratt, at ditto,
from Wimbledon; the Itev. C. Raikes and son, at ditto, from
Norfolk.