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London, England, 1826-07-13 00:00:00

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NEW CHURCHES.

The following is ati official copy of the Sixth Report
of his Majesty's Commissioners : •
In the last Report made by his Majesty's Commis,.
sioners, it was stated that 46 new Churches and Chapels
had been completed, affording accommodation for
72,568 persons, including 40,319 free seats for the use
of the poor.
His Majesty's Commissioners have now to report, that
18 other Churches and Chapels have since been com-
pleted at the following placesnaMely, Bolton, in the
county of Lancaster; Shipley and Vilsden, in the parish
of Bradford, in the county of York; Chorley, in
.the
county of Lancaster ; Hanging Heaton, in the parish of.
Dewsbury, in the county of York; Farnworth,. in the
parish of Dean, in the county of Lancaster"; Gateshead
Fell, in the parish of Gateshead, in the county of Dur,
ham; West Rainton, in the parish of Houghton-le-
Spring, in the county elf Durham.; Norwoockin the
parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, in the.county of Surrey
.Quarrphill, in Meadow-lane, and at Woodhouse,tin the'
parish of Leeds, in the county of Yorji ; Camp-414,
the parish of Manchester ; Stand, in the parish of Irest-
wich, and In the Parks, in the parisffeil Preston, '4l'the
county of Lancaster;. Horton, in the'parish of St. teo-
nard, Shoreditch, in the county of Middleseit trick.
port, in the county al Chester ; and at' Alverthhipe, in
the parish of Wakefield, in, the county Cif Vort: that
accommodation- has been provided in' the* Cl inches
and Chapels for 11,690 persons in pews, an'd /Or 15,220
poor persons in free seats, making, in the 64 Chuiches
and Chapels now completed a total provision f0r:99,478
persons (including 55,533 free seats to be appropriated
to the use of the poor), according to the scale laid' down
by the Commissioners, but actually extending accon-
modation to a much larger number.
His Majesty's-Commissioners have further to report,
that 17 Churches and Chapels are now in progress at
the following place::—Bermondsey, in the county of
Surrey; Dale End, in the parish of St. Philip, Birming-
ham, in the county of Warwick, in the pariih of St.
Matthew, Bethnal-green, and in the parish of St. James,
Clerkenwell, in the -county of Middleier ; Dewsbury
Moor and Earls Heaton, in the parish of Dewsbury, in
the county of. York ; North Audley-street, and at Pim.
lico, in the parish of S'. George, Hanover-Square; in the
county of Middlesex • -Leicester, in the county of Lei
caster ; Liverpool, in the cotiqty of Lancaster; Portland
Road, in the parish cf St.Mary.la-bonne, in the county
of Middlesex ; Mile End, in the parish of Portsea, in the
county of Southampton ; Ramsgate, in the 'parish-of,
Sr. Lawrence, in the county of gent; Attercliffe, and
near the Infirmary, in the parish of Sheffield, in the
county of York; Haggerstone, in the Parish of Sr.
Leonard, Shoreditcho in the county of Middlesex ;
West Bromwich, in the county of Stafford; and that,
according to the returns made by the several architects,
six of those Churches and Chapels will be completed in
the course of the present, and seven in the ensuing year.
The state of the works in each of these Churches and
Cha pals, on the 6th of the present month, is fully detailed
in the schedule annexed, marked (A).
His Majesty Commissioners beg heave
's further to-re-
port, that they have received plans for eleven other
Churches and Chapels, to 'be- !wilt at the following.
places:—Holloway Head,-in -the parish of St. Martin,
Birmingham; in the county of Warwick ; Bishop Wear-
mouth, in the county of Durham ; Leiwer Darwen,.
Mellor, and at Over Darwen, in the parish ,of
burn, in the-county of Lancaster; Winchmore Hill,: in:
the parish of Edmonton; and at Brompton, in the.partsh I
of Kensington, in the . county of Middlesex ;.Hulme,'
and in Travis-street, in the parish of Manchester; and
at Oldham, in the parish of Oldham.cum-Prestwich, in
the county of Lancaster; and in.Brammell-lane, in the
parish of Sheffield, in the county of York.: that chs
plans for the new Chapels to be built at Hulme,
Min-
chester, arid Drammell-lane, Sheffield, have been ap-
proved, and tenders obtained for the performance of the
works, and the plans for the new Chapel to* be built in
Travis-street,.Manchester, have been approved, and the
architect has been directed to obtain tenders,

That plans for.seven Churches AndChapeh, proposed
to be built at the following places ; —Netherton, in the
parish of Dudley-, in. the .county of Worcester in. the
parishes of St. Luke, Chelsea,.and St..Andrevr, Holborn;
At Highgate ; in theTarishes of Hornsey,i4gton, and
St. Pancras; and in the parishes of St. George in the
Ease, St. Martinin-the-Fields, MAI St. Luke, Old street,.
in the county of •Middleses, hive not yet been received.
His Majesty's Conunissioners.here beg leave to refer
to their last report, in *bids it is stated,. that they had'
accrued it expedientlia the first. iastaoces to offerothe