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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 174. 



PROPOSAXiS 



« FOR 



KEPAIR AND IMPKOVEMENT 



OF 



ST. MAEY'S CHURCH, 



VINCENT SQUARE, WESTMINSTER. 



Incumbent. 

 REV. A. BOaRADAILE. 



_ Clmrchwairdens. 



MR. G. PEARSE and MR. G. PINK. 



St. Mary's Church, Vincent Square, West- 

 minster, was erected in the year 1837, and con- 

 tains 1,200 sittinj^s, of which 800 are free. 



The pecuniary resources which were at the 

 disposal of those by whose efforts this spacious 

 Church was built were only adequate to pro- 

 vide what was absolutely requisite for the per- 

 formance of Divine Service. 



There was, Iiowever, much cause for thank- 

 fulness that so large and commodious a Church 

 was raise^l in so poor a district as St. Mary's ; 

 and a hope was then entertained t)iat the day 

 would soon come when what was necessarily 

 left incomplete might be accomplished. 



Fifteen years have passed away since the 

 Chlirch was consecrated ; and the time appears 

 now to have arrived when an eii'ort should be 

 made to supply what is wanting, and to render 

 the interior more convenient, to paint, cleanse, 

 and colour it ; and to impart to it that religious 

 decency and comeliness which befits the House 

 of God. 



An additional reason for this endeavour is 

 supplied by recent events. Cliurehes have 

 arisen in the neighbourhood of St. Mary's, 

 erected by the munificence of pious founders, 

 which are adorned with architectural beauty, 

 and are among the best specimens of ecclesias- 

 tical fabrics that the present age has produced. 

 St. Mary's suffers from the contrast : its defi- 

 ciencies have become more manifest ; and the 

 need of such an effort as has been mentioned is 

 now felt more strongly. 



While, however, the exigencies of tlie case 

 have increased, the means of satisfying them 

 have become less. Some of the less indigent 

 portions of St. Mary's District have been de- 

 tached from it, and have been annexed to the 

 other districts formed for more recent Churches. 

 Thus the resources of St. Mary's have been 

 diminished; and circumstances of a local cha- 

 racter render it undesirable, in the opinion of 

 legal advisers, to press for the levying of a 

 Rate for the improvement of the Church. 

 Perhaps, however, the strength of the present 

 appeal may eventually be found to lie in these 

 difficulties, when they are more generally 

 known. 



A CoMMrrTEE, therefore, has been formed, 

 ■consisting of the Churchwardens of the District, 

 and other inhabitants, and of some personal 

 friends of the Incumbent, the REV. A. BOR- 

 RAD.^ILE, whose zeal and energy in dis- 

 charging the duties of the pastoral office in 

 St. Mary's District for more than ten years, 

 through many and great difficulties, have been 

 greatly blessed to his floclc, and command the 

 respect and sympathy of those who have wit- 

 nessed his persevering exertions, and have seen 

 the fruit of his labours. 



The Committee are now engaged in an en- 

 deavour to raise funds for tiie reparation and 

 improvement of the interior or St. Mary's 

 Church ; and they trust that many may be 

 found to approve and encourage the design. 



_ An estimate has been prepared of the requi- 

 site expenditure by MR. H. A. HUNT, of 

 4. Parliament Street, which amounts to Fivb 



HONDBED AND FlFTV PoUNDS. This SUm, it 18 



anticipated, will suffice to provide for lowering 

 and refixing the whole of the Free Seats, and 

 to make them more commodious for the use 

 of the poor ; to improve the seats generally 

 throughout tlie Church ; to alter and improve 

 the position and character of the Pulpit and 

 Reading Desk ; to paint, grain, and varnish 

 the whole of the seats ; and to give an appro- 

 priate appearance to the Chancel of the Church. 



*** Subscriptions are received for " St. 

 Mary s Vincent Sqcabk Fund," at MESSRS. 

 HALLETT & CO., Little George Street, 

 Westminster, or at 2. Warwick Terrace, Bel- 

 grave Road j or by the Churchwardens of St. 

 Mary's ; or W. J. THOMS, Esq., 25. HolyweU 

 Street. MiUbank, Treasurer ; or by REV. DR. 

 WORDSWORTH, Cloisters, Westminster, 

 Secretary. 



SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



Dean and Chanter of Westminster - 



Rev. Dr. Wordsworth - - - 



Henry A. Hunt, Esq. - . - 



Rev. F. Secretan - - . 

 Henry Stone Smith, Esq. 

 Miss J. F. Smith ... 



F. Giffard, Esq. 



W. Whateley, Esq., Q.C. 



James Hallett, Esq. - - . 

 William J. Thoms, Esq. 

 The Hon. The Vice-Chancellor Wood 

 Messrs. Hallett, Robinson, & Co. 



Venerable Archdeacon Beutinck - 



Mrs. Beutinck - - - - 

 The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and 



Bristol - - - - . 



Joshua Watson, Esq. - - - 



Henry Hoare, Esq. - - . 

 Rev. W. Tennant ... 

 The Lord Bishop of London - 



Reginald Cocks, Esq. - - - 



Rev. George France - - . 



Mrs. Joyner - - - . 



By Rev. W. Jephson - . . 



Mrs. Blayney - - - . 



Miss Colqiihoun - - - 



Rev. R. Valentine - - . 



Anonymous - - . . 



Mr. Richardson - , . 



W. Scott, Esq. - - - . 



G. Vacher, Esq. - - _ 

 W. Spottiswoode.Esq. - 

 George A. Spottiswoode, Esq. 

 J. H. Markland, Esq. - - - 

 A. Hemsley,Esq. - . . 

 Robert Amtz, Esq. - . . 



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