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lisunenbuy Fund, afforded, or expressed their willingness to afford
facilities for the obtaining additional burial grounds for the parishes
of Alnwick, in the county of Northumberland ; Bteedon-mt.the.
Hill, in the county of Leicester; Cheltenham, in the county of
Gloucester; Drypool, in the county of York ; Edgeware, in the
county of Middlesex ; Howden, in the county of York ; Hayfield,
in the county of Derby ; Manchester, in the county of I. tne.uster ;
Newport, in the county of Ale, ; St. Martin, in the city of litre.
ford; South Mims, in the county of Middlesex ; St. Peter, in the
town of Nottingham ; Upton-upon-Severn, in the county of Wor-
cester ; Wigan, in the county of Lancaater ; Ware, in the county of
Hertford ; Warton, in the county of Lannister ; and at Whochurch,
in the county of tilamorgan ; and also sires for new Churches and
Chapels in the parishes of Nordic, in the county of Southampton ;
at High Harrowgste, in the pariah of Rnaresborough, in the county
of York ; at Colefard, in the parish of Rilmersden, in the county of
Somerset ; at Redcar, in the parish of Marske, in the county of
York ; at Ham, in the parish of Richmond, in the county of Sur-
rey ; and at Broodstairs, in the parish of St. Peter's, Me of Thanet ;
a rite for a Parsonage House, for the parish of Pudsey, county
of York.
Ili, Majesty's Commissioners have further to state, that they
have thought it right to suspend the further consideration of the
applications made for a declaration of perpetual patronage to Chapels
under the 3d sec. of the Aet 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 72, until the
powers of the Commissioners are better defined by a Bill, which,
for this purpose and for the purnose of amending their former .tets,
is now before your Honourable House.
In conclusion, his Majesty's Commissioners have to state, that
since the opening of the Commission, they have determined on and
made provision for the erection of two hundred and twenty Churches
and Chapels.
The Exchequer Bills which have been issued to this day amount
to one million two hundred and sixty-two thousand five hundred
pounds.
W. CANTAIII. C. M•NWERS SUTTON.
C. J. LONDON. CI. 0. Curenninoz.
HARDWICKE. ROST. PEEL.
WELLINGTON. LOWTHEII.
}I EXIT GOU LIMAN. BATHE' MIT.
HARILOWBT. Ono. D'OTLY.
IL C. STEPHENSON. JOSHUA W&TION.
Great George-street, Westminster, July 6. 1830.

SUMMARY OF REPORT.

Churches and Chapels completed
Ditto building ... ...
Plans approved ... ..
Plans under consideration ... .. • • • • ...
Grants proposed to be made for building other Churches
and Chapels .. .. ... ... .. .. 15

Number.
1:44
rio
17

Total ...

Accommodation in Churches and Chapels completed :
In Pews ... ... ... ... .. .. ... 86.820
In Free Seats ... ... 106,154

Total

.. 192,974

ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH.

Since the removal of the old houses in the Borough, for the
purpose of making the causeway or approach to London Bridge,
the noble and spacious Church of St. Mary ()very, alias Saint
Saviour's Church, has been seen to gran advantage. This venerable
fabric is under extensive repair, and will stand a beautiful object la
the avenue of the new bridge.
The monument in this church .to John Gower, the English
Lawyer and famous Poet, is considered a valuable vestige of anti.
quity. It is at the north wall, with his image lying at full length.
The had rests upon three books, which he wrote. There are
three figures painted on the wall, representing Pity, Mercy, and
Charity, with the following remarkable lines affixed to each;
1. Pour la pite Jew regarde.
Et me cest Ame en savue garde.
2. 0 bone Jests fait to mercy
Al' ame, dont le corps gist icy.
3. En toy qui es Flu de Dieu le Pere,
Savuo wit, qui gist sours cut pierce.
And this inscription :
Ric pica Johannes Gower, Armiger, Anglorum Pueta celeber.
rimes, ae huic Saco Edificio Benefactor insignin temporibus Edw.
111. et Rich. 11.
Gower was contemporary with Chaucer, but older, being born
about 1320. Though (lower was first born. he outlived Chaucer,
and was his successor in the laurel. His principal production as a
Poet is " Coofessio Amanda," a folio printed by Caxton. He died
in 1402.

CHAIRING OF SIR ROBERT WILSON THIS DAY.