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d mastership of Saffron
R. Whalley, M.A., to
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rate of Elitebio

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the perpetual curacy of Chilcompton, So

vv. wratelock, B. A., curate of Hutton, to the mastership
of Penrith grammar school, Cumberland.—Rev. T. Ma-
son, M.A., to the vicarage of Shepton Montague.—Rev.
J, B. Watson, M.A., to the curacy of Seavington St. Mi-
chael with Dinnington —Rev. J. B. Thurling, to be chap-
lain to the borough gaol, Cambridge.—Rev. J, Gattey,
M.A., to the chaplaincy of the county gaol of Somerset.
In the diocese of Chester, in which as many as one

hundred and seventy chu

last ten N ears, there are now in progress nearly one hun
dyed more.

The principal of one of the most effective colleges i❑
Oxford is
.engaged in devising a plan by which a new
wing may be added to its present buildings, to be
especially devoted to the use of students for the ministry
of the Church ; and in which young men of desirable
qualiticationi may be educated at considerably less than
the usual expense.

CHURCH ENDOWMENT SOCIETY.

(From the Bristol Mirror.)
Among the measures which have been suggested or
carried into effect for extending the usefulness of the
Church of England, is a proposal for the formation of a
Church Endowment Society, by purchasing back again
the alienated tithes:—

" If, in each year, tithes to the amount of £5OO per
annum only could be restored to tae Church, we should
soon witness the benefits produced, and should find the
advantage of using the Church's own means to carry out
her objects. This could be done for about £l3OOO. Surely
there will be no difficulty in raising double or treble this
sum by annual subscription and donations.
" As it is confidently anticipated that no true Church-
man, however humble his station, will refuse to contri-
bute his mite for the purpose of forwarding the good work,
it has been determined not to limit the amount of the
annual subscription.
" It is hoped that it may be practicable to devote the
repurchased tithes according to their original applica-
tion ; and thus benefit the Laity as well as the Clergy, by
reducing parochial rates in the one ease, and by increas-
ing the stipend of the Minister in the other."
The plan from which the above extract is taken con-
tains the following calculation, for the purpose of show-

tug the advantage of this method of providing an endow-
ment over investment in the government funds or the
purchase of land :

In estimating the value cf tithes, the impropriator
would have to deduct seven per cent. at least

-..6v wz Lue expense of collection, while a resident
clergyman could in all probability collect them at a cost
of font- per cent. on an average. They could be purchased

y-eight years' purchase on the ci-e

-- on this calculation an income of £6O a-year (less X 3
the estimated expense of cdlecting to the incumbent)
might be obtained for £1,590, while to secure such an
income from the funds would I rprmir.,",

therefore, proposes:

I to establish a society fcr the
purpose of procuring" the restoration to the Church of
the tithes of which she has been deprived, by collecting
contributions for aiding the willing-ntind,d

sauon, to give back such tithes as they may be possessed
of, and by petitioning Government to meet such contitm-
tions by public grants of money." The tithes which the
society shall require aro to he annexed to the church or
chapel to Uhich they originally belonged, or they art to
be applied to the endowment of other churches, " or such
ecclesiastical purposes as the Committee shall deem best."
The Archbishops and the Bishops are to be requested
to be patrons and ex officio members of the Committee,
so that the society may he under the Church, and, under
episcopal authority, " may follow the example of the
Christians " mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, who
laid their funds at the Apostles' feet."

IMPORTANT TO THE INCUMBENTS OF
NEW CHURCHES.

An Act leas just received the royal assent for the further
Amendment of the Church Building Acts, which con-
tains some important and useful provisions relating to the
appointment of 'Wardens for New Churches,—a subject
which has long been felt to be in a most unsatisfactory
and anomalous position.
It is to be observed that the act will not at all relate to
distinct and separate parishes formed under 58 Geo. 111.,
c. 45, sec. 16; or to District Parishes formed under sec.
21 of the same act; or to Districts formed under 1 and 2
Wrn. IV., c. 38 ; as sufficienti provision already existed
for the appointment of Churchwardens for th.me Ecclesi-
astical Distticts.
The Act extends in the first place to the District Cha-
pelries and Consolidated Chapelries formed under 59 Geo.
111., cap. 134, and it prerid?s that two fit pei sons, resid-
ing within the Chapelry, shall be annually appointed
Churchwardens "at a meeting of the Minister of such
Church and the householders of the District, to be sum-
moned in all respects as such Minister shall direct ;" one
of the Churchwardens is to be chosen by the minister, and
the other by the householders, or a majority of the house-
holders residing in the District. The Wardens so elected
are to A • -

appear and be admitted accort. and their
duties are defined to be—l. To collect and receive the
pew rents, and pay the stipend or salary assigned by the
Church Building Commissioners to the Minister and
Clerk, if the Commissioners have fixed the rents for the
same, or assigned such stipend or salary. 2. To do, per-
form and execute all lawful acts, matters, and things ne-
cessary for and concerning the management, good order,
and decency of behaviour to be kept and observed in such