Star.
London, England, 1828-08-13 00:00:00

ST. DUNSTANS-1N THE WEST.

' This Church, on I f the most ancient in the City of
London, has been lately di,covered to he in such a de-
cayed and unsafe state, thtt a partial. it not a general,
re-building of it must take place.
The date of the foundation of St. Dunstan's in the
West is not well ascertained. We learn, h.,wever, that
it was given by the Abhor and Convent of Westminster,
in whoce gift it was then, to Henry the Third, in the
year 1237, towards the maintenance of the house called
the Rolls, fur the reception of converted Jews. This
establishment was erected by Henty,in the place where
stood the hi:line of a Jew, fotfeited to the Crown • for
some misttemeanour in 1233; but in the year 129(), all
the Jews being banished the kingdom. and the uses of
the houses much diminished, in 1377 it was annexed by
patent to the keeper of the Rolls of Chancery, in which
public service it has ever since remained.
St. Dunstan's was one amongst the very few churches
that escaped the dreadful conflagration of 1666, and
has, from time to time, since that period, been-altered
and repaired at very considerable expense, and has cost
much more to .keep up an unseemly, ill-placed, and
decayed structure, than would have erected an elegant.
convenient, and durable building.
'So late as the year 1820,- a very considerable sum
was expended in repairing and beautifying the exterior,
and since that period it was considered to have then
undergone so thorough as inspection. as to do away with
any fears lot its safety. Some short time since, how•
ever, symptoms of decay were perceived in one of the.
pillars at the north west end f the Church, which, on'
inspection, turned out not to be of a dangerous nature;
:but in consequence of the notice this circumstance at-
tracted) it was considered necessary by the authorities.
that a general sad minete survey of the whole of the
Church should be held. This was accordingly done,
and in stripping off the plaster from the beams suppoit-
ing the roof, the whole of them were found to be com-
pletely destroyed by the dry rot, and in such a state as
almost to crumble to dust at the slightest pressure. The
whole of the wood work of the rodf;
to believe, is in the same state.
The lower parts of the building &owe- appear to
have suffered in any thing like.an equal,degree as the
top, andit may not be perhaps necessity: should it be
the determination of the proper authorities to continue
the church in its present site, to do more than pull down
the walls to a level with the Boors nt ' the galteries, re-
build them, and put on a fresh roof. There is quite
room sufficient, however, to throw back the front of the
church to a line with the eastern part rf Hest-street.
without by any means contracting its present dimensions,
-mould such a measure be deemed advisable.
Divine Service has been discontinued for some time
in St. Dunstan's, though other church duties have been
:iithesto culled on there as usual.

A Meeting Was held on the Sid ult. at the house of
the arida& Camel Genera! as Usban, to take into coosideratim
an offer modem camp such British *object• as chose to irate
U.bon. Some further coannunicaritme were expected from this

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