The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-27 00:00:00

Feb. 27, 1844.

UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS.

NCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
THE ENUkRGEMENT. BUILDING, AND RE-
PAIRING OF CHURCHES AND CHAPLLS.

iisterday week, a meeting, of this society was held at
Weir chambers in St. Martin's-phsee, Trafalgar-square,

The rii-e,°.ting voted
grants for the following purposes
--Towards hz!ilding adclitional churches or chapels at
fMowbraY and Otu.eway Head, in the parish of Holme
ultran, Cumberland
;' at Barnard's-Breen, in the parish
Great Malvern, ‘Vorcestershire ; a* Smallwood,in the
parish of Asthury, Cheshire; at Cook ham Dean,in the
pariah of Cookti-im, Berkshire; at St. Giles's in the
Preaidtos'n,lbnnordoen,s;hiarned; Longham, in the, parish of Han-
_tthhoeecchhourrehies towardsßawdswetl,N erf 0
lekn I: a
and towards
by rebuilding,
mersetes enlarging
ihiartea t Poulersbury, Northamptonshire ; Berrow,
; Upton-cum-Chalvey, Buckinghamshire;
:iyianuel Church, Bolton-le• Moors, Lancashire; Monk-
liv..el_rt somersetshire ; St. Mary, Haverfordwest, South
ash.
and Kentish Town, parish of St. Pancras, Lon-
,
It further appeared, from the statistical returns an-
_neepxend to these reports, that the above parishes contain a
_P,
,e_ation of 273,994 souls, and the accommodation pro-
,T.l a d for them in 40 churches and chapels is 40,824 sit-
tings, of .
additionalwhich 9334 are free ; but by the erection of seven
'rourm.settaita:.
and the
thourches, the rebuilding of one existing church,
A,„„ e enlargement of seven others, it is intended to add
this very insufficient provision. of church
versoncl. Llis number will include free sittings for 4195
fort mentioned
is worthy of remark that in the places of worship
for
()mentioned there has been hitherto accommodation
„eatani.lay one•seventh of the population, while the free
trtierinu we been in the proportion of only one sitting for
exAfter the netw'wtehnetyl.atter will now be increased to the
o f
p ( ie
nr e" i nn
8
to
.the
treasurer
to
grants were made, the society proceeded
Ilevr An3ine the certificates relative to the completion of
The urches and the enlargement of existing chinches.
ere approved, and orders were issued to
ease. to pay the amount of the grants in each
The
whon, Population of these parishes is 46,595 persons, for
tin..:' canrch accommodation to the extent of 4634 sit-
the
°aIY were provided previously to the completion of
and in towards which the society's grants were voted,
se,'. n that number were only 1374 free sittings. At pre-
osti_theeatsatlded are 2537. of which 2157 are free and
unappropriated.this Since the last meeting forms of application for and from
theftikk/et jetY have been issued to 18 applicants,. to enable
1)o/1re° subunit their cases to the consideration of the
add•ti Pour of these applications are towards building
The' nal churches in populous places.
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leg beep
treasurer further reported that a handsome bequest
leagab"n made to the funds of the society—namely, a
Hunt, °DI. 4300 (free of duty), bequeathed by the. late J.
'4,1., of Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire.
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~.A.lt„
the e „''ILIDGE, FEB. 22.—At a Congregation just heldt
hi, .oilowi .-
ii,,, degrees were conferred :—Honorary Mos er
of' 41,rti—Edward Augustus Brooks, Clare Hall. Doctor
-13 er,init v .—Henry Almack, St. John's College.
le:—eori of Arts.—Thomas Lee French, Emanuel Col-
lie; Andrew Heslop Trinity College; Philip Anthony
iVc.,l,t, St. John's College ; Francis Ford Pinder, Trinityolle;
iliiiege ; Henry Valentine Pickering, Pembroke ge
lana Sandford Clare Hall ; Charles Jas. Willoughby,
Trinity college. .
tnTasht: Rv.
as: Geo. Slade M.A. has been appointed to the
church at
r'"'P of the. Manchester Free Grammar School.
On At 7
a new edneaday last the Bishop of Chester consecrated
gentry of t Parr, near St. Helen's. Nearly all the
On it, be neighbourhood attended on the occasion:-
--ue same .
niety evening a meeting of the Pastoral Aid Sc).
ri;le ra a glviCafedr at the Town- hall, St. Helen's. There
attendance, and the meeting was addressed by
:I: :eau.
hands °TY
--Dr.
in
tqL° Ea
ta
I thr
t" so,ok's plan for dividing the parishes.
vicarage and placing the patronage in the
the bishop, is likely to meet with opposition from
Rev. Tertwhere it would have been least expected. The
Perris, who was presented by the vicar to St.
Palish from
41-uke's in 1841, and has since, through his recommenda-
"nn, obtained an advantageous lease of the tithes of the
Christ Church, Oxford, now claims on the
In!lreength of this lease, as rector
of Leeds! the whole of
patronage which the vicar proposes to give up, and
has forbid the appointment of-incumbents to the two
Fourches now vacant. Of the' result of thes claims,
!lowever, there can be little doubt, for though the tithes
no
have been always annually paid (till last year to a layman),
ti rector rector of Leeds has ben heard of since the Reforma-
If such a person now exists, who presented him,
Pr what bishop inducted him ? It is reported thiast a claimten
its also set up to the parish church. Whether thatroenxage dsot.
i(t) the
trustees, or to to both, is
Possession ot the vicarage, or to the p
-, now vested in twenty-four
not known.
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ITHE CONIAIUTATTON.—The following is the progress
Made in tithe commutations, made up to July 1, 1843 :
Number of tithe districts 5
proceedings have coetnocwedhi.ell voluntary
67
Number of agreementsm rmeceived
Ditto confirmed . • •
Number of notices issued from making awards 3518
drafts of compulsory
Number of. awards
received.. •
•2113
Ditto confirmed .
Number of apportionments received 6224
Ditto confirmed.....
Prom the return made to the House of Commons on the
17th of August, 1843, it appears from the commence-
ment of the commission, up to the Ist July, 1843, the
total amount of agreements for commutation of tithes,
Zi'afirmed by the tithe commissioners was £2,371,398 19s.
tio, and the total amount of awards for the commuta-
-764,1 tithes confirmed by the tithe commissioners eras
'lO3 2s. 3d. ; making a sum total of £3,131,502