The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-23 00:00:00

DIOCESAN SOCIETY.

A T a numerous and highly respectable MEETING of this
111 SOCIETY, held in the BLUE COAT HOSPITAL, on FRI-
DAY, the 19th instant,
The Right Rev. the BISHOP of CHESTER in the Chair;
The following Resolutions and Rules of this Society were
unanimously adopted :
Moved by Lord SKELMERSDALE, seconded by the Rev.
RECTOR BROOKS, and
Resolved,—That it is the conviction of this Meeting that the
welfare of the country is closely connected wi an adequate
provision of church accommodation and pas superintendence
for the inhabitants of every parish, of wh benefits many pa
rishes are now deprived through the rapid increase of popula-
tion.

Moved by A. HonnsoN, Esq., seconded by the Rev. JAMES
SLADE, and

Resolved,—That this meeting desires to record its grateful
sense of advantages derived to this Diocese, as well as to the
rest of the County, through means of the Incorporated Society
for Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches and
'Chapels; but that no general society can be expected to supply
wants so extensive and increasing as those of the Manufacturing
Districts of Lancashire and Cheshire.

Moved by the Rev. the CHANCELLOR of the Diocese, seconded
by E. A RNA UD, Esq., and
Resolred.—That for these reasons it is desirable that the
Chester Diocesan Society should receive additional support,
and be placed on a permanent footing by Annual Subscriptions.
Moved by the Rev. J. BY RTH, seconded by the Rev. J. JONES,
and

Resolved, —That the Constitution and Regulations of the
Society be thus established :

DIOCESAN SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE BUILDING OP CHIDICMES
IN THE MANI. FACTCRING DISTRICTS OF LANCASHIRE AND
CHESHIRE.

Constitution and Regulations of the Society.
1. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese for the time being ghat
be President.

All contributors of £lOO or upwards, or annual subscribers of
£2O, shall be Patrons; and all contributors of £5, or annual
subscribers of El, shall be Members of the Society.

CHARLES HorisFALL, Esq., of Liverpool, and GEORGE
GRANVILLE, Esq., of Chester, shall be Treasurers; the Rev.
CHANCELLOR RA IKES, Chester, and Rev. CHARLES LAWRENCE,
Liverpool, shall be Secretaries.
2. The Affairs and Funds of the Society shall be under the
direction of a Committee, which shall be summoned by the Se-
cretaries as occasion may require, and of whom five shall form
a quorum ; all questions being decided by a itajority, and the
Chairman having a casting vote.
3. The Committee shall consist of the President, Treasurers,
and Twenty-four Members of the Society, who shall be chosen
at an Annual Meeting, and of whom a third part at least shall
be Laymen.
4. Of the elected Members of Committee one-third, according
to alphabetical rotation, shall vacate their office annually, but
shall be capable of re-election.
5. All Members shall have a right to vote at general meetings
and be eligible to the Committee.
6. That local Sub-Committees, under the direction of the
General Committee, be formed in the principal towns of the
Diocese for the purpose of communicating information respect-
ing the Society, and promoting Annual Subscriptions.
7. Application for aid shall be made through one of the Se-
cretaries to the Committee, and be accompanied with a detail of
circumstances descriptive of the proposed site, and of the in-
tended church.

8. The Committee shall not be at liberty to grant aid from
the Funds of the Society unless the population within a mile of
the intended church amounts to two thousand, and unless there
appears to be a prospect of £lOO per annum from pew rents or
endowment as provision fur the minister.
9. In all cases where a church aided by a grant from the So-
ciety is vested in Trustees, one out of three, or two out of five of
the Trustees, as the case may be, shall be appointed by the
Commii tee.

10. All orders for payment out of the Funds of the Society
shall be signed by the President, and endorsed by one of the
Treasurers.

H. At the Annual General Meeting, which shall be held at
a time and place to be fixed by the Committee, a Report of the
Societys Proceedings shall be made, with an Account of its Re-
ceipts and Payments.
12. Annual Subscriptions shall be considered due on the Ist
of January.
Moved by the Rev. J. St. A DE
and

seconded by the Rev. J. JONES,

Resolved,—That the following Members be elected as part of
the General Committee, with power to add to their number :
Rev. J. Brooks Rev. A. K. Prescot
Rev. A. Campbell Hon. and Rev. H. Powys
Rev. J. C. Cruttenden Rev. James Slade
Rev. H. Gunning Rev. Roger Carus Wilson
Rev. James Horuby Rev. Dr. Whittaker
Rev. Geoffry Hornby E. Arnaud, Esq.
Rev. Charles Ilesketh A. Hodgson, Esq.
Rev. Robert Master C. Saltmarsh, Esq.
Moved by the Rev. H. M‘Nuii.rt, seconded by the Rev. R.
P. Bunnrcom, and
Resolved,--That the Clergy of the Diocese be requested to
make known in their respective neighbourhoods the constitution
and designs of the Society, and to assist its funds by recom-
mending it to their parishioners.
The Bishop having left the Chair, it was unanimously re-
solved, on the motion of the Rev. Rector BRooks, seconded by
the Rev. W. PICOT, that the Meeting had the highest respect
for the seal which had induced the Right Rev. Chairman to call
them together, and for the simple earnestness with Which he had
impressed his wishes on the Meeting.
The Bankers, of the Society are, the Bank of Liverpool ;
Messrs. Williams, Huia;ies, Granville, and Co., Chester;
Messrs. Hoare and Co., Fleet-street, London; at any of which
houses Subscriptions may be paid, and also at Mr. Kaye's and
Mr. Gripers, Booksellers, Liverpool.
The List of Contributions will be advertised in the STANDARD
of Friday next.