SAINT ANDREW S CHURCH. 3 



most important alteration in this large and capacious 

 church. The pulpit, &;c. with the corporation seats, 

 immediately around, are elaborately fitted up with oak 

 carvings, and no prebendary can be more handsomely 

 accommodated than some of the poorest members of 

 the congregation are, in the stall-like seats below the 

 magnates of the borough. 



Such is the view, presented to our readers in the en- 

 graving, of the interior of St. Andrew's, with one ex- 

 ception, namely the preposterous sounding board, 

 which has displaced the elegant canopy that crowned 

 the pulpit, according to Mr. Foulston's design. We 

 are told, however, that this huge cavity assists the 

 preacher's voice very materially, in addressing the large 

 congregation within the walls of this noble church. 

 If so, — what can be said ? — ^Why, only, — that we re- 

 gret so useful an appendage should be so irredeemably 

 ugly. 



There are few parish churches on a larger scale than 

 St. Andrew's, and to the praise of the present zealous 

 and excellent vicar be it said, that he has done all in 

 his power to make it commensurate to the spiritual 

 wants of a most populous parish. Since his incumben- 

 cy a third Sunday service has been established, in the 

 evening, to the great convenience of the inhabitants. 

 This service is entirely gratuitous, as is also the duty at 

 the ^Mariners' Church, — a most useful establishment 

 for the spiritual benefit of the maritime population in 

 the neighbourhood of the quays, which has been 

 opened by Mr. Hatchard, under the license of the 

 Bishop. 



There are many monumental erections in St. An- 

 drew's Church highly worthy of notice. The principal 

 are, — that to Dr. Woollcombe, by Westmacott, near 

 the south door, — that nearly opposite, to the late vicar 

 Rev. J. Gandy, Mrs. Rosdew's near the altar, by 

 Chantrey ; but that which will at once attract the at- 

 tention of every visitor to this church is a fine bust, in 

 statuary marble, of the Rev. Zachary Mudge, formerly 

 vicar of this parish. This beautiful piece of sculpture is 



