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the Rev. S. Rowe, — and was consecrated by the 

 Bishop of Exeter, .on the 27th Sept. 1833.— The 

 pews are capable of accommodating more than 400 

 persons, and in addition more than 500 free sittings 

 are reserved for the poor, a large portion of which 

 are in the very best situations. We earnestly wish 

 that equal accommodation for the poorer classes of 

 the community was to be found in all the churches. 



The chapel has received some munificent dona- 

 tions. The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe presented a 

 handsome service of communion plate. The late 

 Robert Bint, Esq., of Mount Stone, generously gave 

 fifty pounds towards the necessary expenses atten- 

 dant on the opening and fitting up of the chapel for 

 divine service ; and Mrs. Bint, with her accustomed 

 liberality, gave two large and handsome chandeliers 

 for lightincr up the chapel at the evening service. 



We might be disposed to criticise some of the 

 features of the building, did we not know that the 

 means at the command of the architect were strictly 

 limited. We are rather disposed to w^onder, consid- 

 ering the expense of wrought stone, that he could 

 have raised a fabric which forms so pleasing an 

 object, for a sum within £3,000. It has only 

 served to confirm an opinion which we have long 

 held, that the Gothic, or Pointed, or whatever archi- 

 tects may be pleased to designate the glorious style 

 of our forefathers, is that which should be uniformly 

 adhered to for ecclesiastical structures. With no 

 other can an architect do so much and so well at the 

 same expense ; though we should have been pleased 

 had Mr. Foulston's means allowed him to raise St. 

 Paul's tower about 20 feet higher. 



