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London, England, 1821-04-24 00:00:00

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NEW Clitißelii ;t. r:
PARISH OF ST. 14JARGAIAT, LEICESTER:
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At General Meeting of thCSitbkrikr,s
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the Fund; for furthering. tire erection nil a kn.*
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Clitsitcit •7 in the parish of Saintt '
Lester, holden at the .lixthange.,.. in
.z.l.;elest.e.r.7.Tt
Thursday the 18th January; 1.82„1 trie-v euerablei
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the AitcIiDEA.C.ON of •LEicy.StER in .the Chair;
'Who briefly stated the object of the Mcetinn • -
Mr. STOCKDAL E HARDY said, it was his fluty, 'as gesietzik
of the District Board, to state to
.the Meeting the preciir
tion in which the business stood. The funds' whiol hbd, been
raised, by subscriptions • amounted- to between 10t)Ql, and /101:
and these Would 'be sufficient to purchase a site for the Chiirch,
and to cover all inciclentalexpences up to the preseiit period. -lti
selecting a site, a central situation, in the new part of theparisis
of St. Margaret, had been the-chief object; and the one which
had been chosen, combined certain requisites laiLl down by 'Gos
vernment,, with the additional. advantage of being prebend]
property, which would enable the District Board to pusehssesSi
much se are exvinsiSe-qua4tityof 140(V:than could otherwise. he
°bash.. cSI tisss mrsts, sr+sss -.The „.4.kiSissiissi&ess "ks.!,'•
. V- - e I); cases of .szfir:pas-
ticular misergriscy, %lie:lst:telt Ito iiiihstion. in stating, That the
one which had been taken Was perfectly satisfactory to ihtiis
Lordships. The extent of Parliamentary assistance, and asite.
having been decided upon, it remained for the Commissioners
to specify what further ids they would require to be :fur-
nished by local means; and to enable them to do this,' .p-'la's
and estimates of the projected Church were laid before: :them,
and after an inspection of these, the business was brought to
point at which it then stood. The Commissioners would:thake
a total grant for the erection of the Church; but beibres !this
could be done, there would be about 12001. required to be. .fure
nished by additional subscriptions. This sum wouldhe' wiinted
for the fencing of the site—to meet certain contingent: expenses
attending the progress of the buildings—and several sequssiteS
which would not be included in the grant of the Commissioners,
As the Meeting might wish to know the circumstances•Sinder
which the Church (if erected) would be placed, he would tine
the liberty of briefly stating them. The District Board des
cided upon a division of the pariah being made, and a Church
built capable of holding 2000 persons. Of this number, it was
intended that there should be 1000 free seats, for the excldsive
use of the poor. During the incumbency of the present Vieat,
the parish, as to ecclesiastical matters; would , remain ;the
same ; and, after hiS death, use division of the parish would
take place—sbut this division would not in the least Street -
the Poor Rates, which would remain the Same as if ito
such separation had taken lace.—After the death of the pre,
sent Incumbent, the two Churches would become distinct Vi.
carages. 'ln the interim, the New Church would be served by
a .Curate, whose income would arise from pew rents, and7whose
appointment would lay with the incumbent of the Mother
Church. From this statement, it Wouldappear, that no addi-
tional burthens would be cast upon the parish with respect to
the New Church ; and that the Legislature had taken . specila
care to avoid injuring the private rights of the existing Vicar.
-He had taken the liberty ifs thus introducing the subject to the
attention of the Meeting; to make the statement he had .done:;thii would have. been Meeting*,
before the Subsefibers at asmach
earlier period, had not a certain protracted Parliamentsry.
vestigation prevented the Commissioners from meeting, --utsoh
the business of the New Churches, until very recently; and had
it not been thought advisable to interfere, as little as possible,
with some local Oantributions, which had, with so much juS-
ticc,. demanded the attention of the public. He should leave
the businessin the hands of the Meeting, but was ready to give
any, further explanation which might be thought • necessary.
He might, therefore, be allowed to observe,- that were mi. addi-
tional Subscription decided upon, it should be cominericed
without delay, as the applications to the Cominissioners were
very numerous, and in case the requisite Pim& were not raised
here, the grant would probably go elsewhere.; The ease. ssf. St.
Misgaret was the only one in the County of Leicester' andllfe
believed) in the whole extensive Diocese of 'Lincoln likely-to
receive the assistance of their Lordships, and the SubSciition
which had been raised was the smallest, in respect of, which,
they had made a total grant. The proceedings of • that. day
would be laid before the Commissioners at an early opportu.-
nity ; but would not of course be submitted to the ncitice.of the
public, until their Lordships had Made.their Report-.t6
PiirliN-
ment upon the: subject of their Commission. • -
Sir FREDERICK G. FOwRE.—" After the statement whieh
had just been made, by the Secretary of the District .Board, I
think it unnecessary to trouble the meeting with many remarks.
The importance of the proposed object must be •confeSsNl by
all, and- when it is considered, that, in 'case the psesent Oppi#-
tunity be lost, there is no probability of the pOpulaukand, in-
creasing town of Leicester
.ever obtaining an adtlitinhal chtli4r,
it becomes doubly necessary, that the measure should .be'.4t-
ried into execution. I have heard objections made to the; pro-
posed site.for the New Church; it is impossible". to 'aele4.
asTeeableto the views of all parties; and from what I haveltaiiit,
that which is proposed, is not-only an' eligible one, in many e.
spects, but the only one which appears to posseSs the esSeitnls'
required by the Commissioners. It is a singular circmagtarice,
that the case of Leicester is likely to be the only one in the po-
cese which will receive the assistance of their Lordships.. -it is,
therefore, to be hoped, that the Claims of the Church of Erik-
land, for local assistance, will not be urged in vain. I hold in
my hand a Resolution, which, I scarcely need Say,' is one 4'en-
ing•an. additional Subscription."
The Hon. Baronet having moved' the Resolution, it was se-
conded by Thomas-Miller, Esq. and carried unanimously.;
That a further Subscription be opened at the diffetent.Binks
in Leicester; for the purpose of raising .a sufficient sum to fence
in. the site for the intended New Church, to the satWaucinri of
the Building Committee.; in London, anit to meet any other it-
cidental expences attending the progress of the building. and
not comprised in the Gradt of the Commissioners.
• It was resolved unanimously; •
Upon the motion of James . Bankart, Esq. seconded by
Ric'wrd Hole, Esq.
That a brief Analysis of' the statement made to this Meeting
by the Secretary of. the District Board; 'he' printed and. sent
round to the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy of the County, and
that they be respectfully solicited to afford their 'assistance to-
wards carrying into execution the object of this Meeting.
T. PARKINSON, Chairman.
The Archdeacon having left the Chair, and Sir Frederick
Fowke having been called thereto,
It was resolved unanimously,
That the cordial thanks of-thus Meeting be given to the Ve-
nerable the Archdeacon, for his kind attention to the business
of the day and for his able conduct in the Chair. •
F. G. FOWKE, Chairman: •

Additional. Subscriptions in the order of Subscriptions.
,Rt Hon. Lord Viscount,Curzon, 2d Donation £lOO 0 0
Venerable the Archdeacon - - - - ditto 90 0 0
Right Hon. Earl of Stamford - - ditto 21 -0- 0
Right Hon. the Earl of Ferrers - ditto 21 0
Sir F. Er. Fowke, Bart. - - • - ditto 10 10... 0
Thomas Miller, Esq. - - - ditto 15 15 0
William Harrison, Esq. - - - ditto 10 10. 0
John Mansfield,Esq. M.P. - - - ditto 21 0 0
James Bankart, Esq. - - - ditto 5 5 0
Thomas Burbidge, Esq. - - ditto 5 5 0
Mr. tockdale Hardy - . ditto 10.10..
Rev. Mr.. Clark, Navenby • - - - ditto 5 5• -0
Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lincoln 20 010
Miss Story - - - -0: 0
Mr. Robinson - - - - - - 5 0.0
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n Good- Friday, the great ChriStian etefit
which that' day imports, was the pulpit iheme
in all the places of Worship' in these towns, at
which numerous congregations assembled, is
devout attention to .the sacred duties of the
clay. day. The Sunday School children, (upwards-if
.3000), attended by their Teachers, went, accord-
ing to custom, to King-street Chapel, and heard
a very appropriate :sermon from the Rev. John
Griffin. The tendenCy of these assemblies of
different denominations of Christians, sheers that
liberality of heart is of Much more importance,
than unity in every minor point of faith---that
common ground may be. trod by all without in-
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fringina upon the peculiar views of any.--(Porto-
mouth •
mouth Paper.) •