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

Feb. 27, 1844.

UNIVERSITY 6• CLERICAL NEWS.

ICORPORATED SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
THE ENLARGEMENT, BUILDING, AND RE-
PAIRING OF CHURCHES AND CHAPELS.

Yesterday week, a meeting of this society was held at
their chmbers,.in St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-,quare,
Loudon. a
The meeting voted grants for the following purposes :
Towards building additional churches or chapels at
Mowbray and Causeway head, in the parish of Id ohne
uultran, Cumberland ; at Bernard's-screen, in the parish
of Great Malvern, Worcestershire ; a' Smallwood, in the
garish of Astbury, Cheshire; at Cook ham Dean, in the
Parish of Cookha, Berkshire ; at St. Giles's in the
Fields, London; and Longham, in the pariah of Han-
theeD ; towards enlarging, by rebuilding,
! church at Bawdswell, Norfolk ; and towards enlarging
c,churches at Poulersbury, Northamptonshire; Berrow,
aottersetshire ; Upton-cum-Chalvey, Buckinghamshire ;
LEmanuel Church, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire; Monk-
wver, Somersetshire ; St. Mary, Haverfordvvest, South
doaln.es; and Kentish Town, parish of St. Pancras, Lon-
It.f
„arther appeared, from the statistical returns an-
..▪ 'eu to these reports, that the above parishes contain a
rPulation of 273,994 souls, and the accommodation pro-
rd for them in 40 churches and chapels is 40,824 sit-
cf which 9334 are free ; but by the erection of seven
_ ▪ 'ltional churches, the rebuilding of one existing church,
rAthe enlargement of seven others, it is intended to add
174;13 seats to this very insufficient provision of church
Perso
111.na This number will include free sittings for 419:5
. It is Worthy of remark that in the places of worship
Just tttentioned there has been hitherto accommodation
soer.,°l!lY one-seventh of the population, while the free
0,71.8 nav bee in the proportion of only one sitting for
rate of
Persons; the latter will now be increased to the
of one in twenty.
toAfter the new grants were made, the society proceeded
elaraine the certificates relative to the completion of
Thwe churches and the enlargement of existing churches.
the vouchers were approved, and orders were issued to
vase.treasurer to pay the amount of the grants in each

‘O, Population of these parishes is 46,595 persons, for
thrto church accommodation to the extent of 4634 sit-
the" °WY were provided previously to the completion of
and 1q
towards which the society's grants were voted,
;74 that number were only 1374 free sittings. At pre-
tr:t the seats added are 2537, of which 2157 are free and
roPria t ed
thruce the last meeting forms of application for and from
v., 4 Society have been issued to 18 applicants, to enable
aboar to submit their cases to the consideration of the
dd Pour of these applications are towards building
Tae treasurer
churches in populous places.
I treasurer further reported that a handsome bequest
,been made to the funds- of the society—namely, a
lek,„
ITZY of £3OO (free of duty), bequeathed by the late J.
it, Esq., of Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire.

CAM
iBEIDGE FEB. 22.—At a Congregation just held
Ulf
Plowing degrees were conferred :—Honorary Master
o Art Edward Augustus Brooks, Clare Hall. Doctor
,nvinity.—Henry Almack, St. John's College.
_ach
1 dors of Arts.—Thomas Lee French, Emanuel Col-
Age; Andrew Heston, Trinity College; Philip Anthony.
etl,r,t, St. John's Cohen ; Francis Ford Pinder, Trinity
•%°;',',e,43e; Henryalentine Pickering, Pembroke College ;
Sandford, Clare Hall; Charles Jas. Willoughby,
"fitY College.
raTh teaa e Rev. Geo. Slade, M.A. has been appointed to the
rthiP of the Manchester Free Grammar School.
a new w kednesdav last the Bishop of Chester consecrated
cutiral at •Parr, near St. Helen's. Nl t
tryo4. ee
' the neighbourhood attended on theear occy asionall.he
:
e* the same evening a meeting of the Pastoral Aid So-
l' wan
* held at the Town hall, St. Helen's. There
ver
- good attendance, and the meeting was addressed by
seal clergymen.
n
into tf,;-'•-"Dr. Hook's plan for dividing the parishes
I:ra-r-t'retrY vicarages, and placing the patronage in the
a nds of the bishop is likely to meet with opposition from
Luirt.e'• "here it would have been least expected. The
B. Ferris, who was presented by the vicar to St.
tion, esbitbailnBe4dl;inanaddhans
advantageous
sthleraosueghofhitsheretcitohmesmoefndthae-
Parish from Christ Church,va Oxford, now claims on the
strength of this lease, as rector of Leeds ! the whole of
!he patronage which the vicar proposes to give up, and
Ilanforbid the appointment of incumbents to the two
churches now vacant. Of the result of thes3 claims,
ba
powever, there can be little doubt, for though the tithes
11ve been always annually paid (till last year to a layman),
.0 rector of Leeds has been heard of since the Reforma.
I°n. If such a person now exists, who presented him,
9r what bishop inducted him ? It is reported that a claim
" al
4 s set up to the parish church. Whether this extends
theo possession of the vicarage, or to the patronage of
4, now vested in twenty-four trustees, or to to both, is
not known.
TITHE COMMUTATION.—The following is the progress
made in tithe commutations, made up to July 1, 1813 :
Number of tithe districts to which voluntary
Nupmrobreeeedings have commenced 9531
conofifrm
Ditto
agreementsed. received
6384
• •
Number of notices issued from making awards 3518
Number of drafts of compulsory awards
received....
.......
..
Ditto confirmed .
....... .. 1907
Number of apportionments received
Ditto confirmed ... • .
From the return made to the House of Commons on the
17th of August, 1813, it appears from the commence-
!bent of the commission, up to the Ist July, 1843, the
total amount of agreements for commutation of tithes,
rinfirrned by the tithe commissioners was £2,371,398 19s.
tin' and the total amount of awards for the cornmuta-
t7of tithes confirmed by the tithe commissioners was
1(17'103 2s. 3d. ; making a sum total of £3,131,502 Is.