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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[AUGUST 



rvpparafiis licin^ ijuito in rcadiiK'SS fi'r u'ui'k. As sonti as tli(- walcr is 

 inmipcil ciiit. a niiinlier <■(' mascms. as many as tlicre will lie idoin lur. will 

 (■(imnionci' ilic excavatiun, so as tu cU'ar out tin* ruck in the slinrlest possiljlc 

 lime Evci) tiling has hithcrlu Kt"ie mi most fiivonrably ; anil shonlil tin/ 

 tiutnmn turn out to be a dry season, the directors have very confident ex- 

 pectations of tinishinf? this year the removal ol all the rock required for the 

 accomplishment of that department of the projected deepening. The exca- 

 vation uil! he elTecfed in three separate ptn'tions, that compr sed in the pre- 

 sent coffer-dam being the most dillicidt length. It is most gratifying to add, 

 that, unlike most of the great undertakings \iliich mark the enterprise of 

 the day, it is computed that, as regards the excavation of the ruck, con- 

 sidered, originally, the most formid.ible part of the Kibble Improvement, the 

 actual cost will be considerably below the estimates. ^Simultaneously with 

 the excavation, the dredging process Hill lie actively carried forward, as the 

 steam dredging vessel will be perfectly ready for commencing operations on 

 Tuesday ne.vt. — Prvstun Chronicle. 



Glasgow. — On Friday, 12th ult.. a section of about 200 feet m length of 

 tile breastHoik of Port Glasgow Wet-dock gave way, and smik about 1(1 

 feet. — Srotthlt Guardhtn. 



llnr/oiil Hint Gloucester Cmial. — M'e imderstand that the company of pro- 

 prietors of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation will 

 shortly call a meeting, for the purpose of lixing the mode of raising the 

 money for the completion of the canal frcjm Ledbury to this city. Oiu- 

 readers will recidlecl that the company, previous to obtaining their act of 

 the present session ot parli.iment, olle'red to the new shareholders a priority 

 ill the receij.t of the dividends to the amount of five per cent. ; but so con- 

 vinced are many of the proprietors of old shares, that seven per cent. 

 priority «ill be, on reaching llie supply of water, practically tht' same tiling 

 as five per cent, priority, that we doubt not a proposition guaranteeing a 

 jiriority of .seven per cent, per annum to the ne» shareholders will be ac- 

 ceded to at the intended meeting. We learn th t materials are in prepara- 

 tion tor the purpose of commencing the work immediately alter the meet- 

 ing above mentioned, and that other measures are being taken to eflcct the 

 speedy complelion of the canal. As this underlaking cannot but be of 

 Ine nimost interest to all our readers connected witli the cily and counly of 

 Hereford, we trust they will be glad to be infonned occasionally how 'the 

 works are going on. and we shall endeavour to obtain such intelligence on 

 the .subject as will from time to time give a general idea of the company's 

 progress.— //(')■(/«)■,/ Jomiuit. 



NEW CHURCHES, &, 



St. Saviour x Church.— The cereinony of laying the first stone for the new 

 edifice about (o be erected as an enlargement of St. Saviour's Church, in the 

 Borough ol South»ark. took place on 2Clh June. The new portion of the 

 church will be nniled to the present choir In whiidi the service is iierforined 

 tlie new biiilclmg » il I. « hen compleled. be used for the performance of divine 

 service on .Sundays, but the pari ot (he building in which the service is now 

 perlormed will be relained for the burial, christening, and marriage services 

 the new building will conti;in sittin'.;s for 2.000 (lersons. one-third of «|jich 

 sittings will be free. It will be 103 feet in length, bv G5 in width. The de- 

 sign IS Gothic, and, as far as an opinion may be formed from the drawings 

 and elevations in the vestry, it will be a very elegant and commodious build- 

 ing. 



Chrht Church, New North-road, Hoxton.— This church, built and endowed 

 ly le Aletropohs Churches Fund, was on Saturday, the22d ult., consecrated 

 11} the Uishop of London. It is a plain but spacious edillcc. designed by Mr. 

 I5lore, m the Norman style, and ttill contain nenly 1.200 pi'rsons. almost 

 nne-halt oithe seals being free for the use of the poor. 



Jlolheihi/hc.—'nw first stone of the tliird church, to be called "lAU Saints," 

 «as laid on Monday. July l,-,. by Major-General Sir U'. (iomm. K.Ci;.. who 

 gives the site, which is on the Loner neptford-ro.id, about two miles from 

 l^onaon-bridge Tlu^ mscriplion on the loondalioai stone is as follows :— 

 r. .. ■ "Tlie first stone of this Church was laid 

 Ky M.ijor-General Sir Willi.am Gomm. K.C.B.. July 15. 1839. 

 The site was given bv Sir William Gomm. 

 Ilev.Kilward Blick. M.Ai. Rector of Rotherhithe. 

 Thomas Simpson, Esq., 

 John Beatson, Esq., Chr.rchwardens. 

 S. Kempthome, Esq., Architecl. 

 „., , , . M^'Ssrs l'i]ier anil Son, Builders." 



the church is calculated to hold 1000 sittings, of which one-third are free, 

 one-ihird secondary seats, to be let at a low rate, and the remainder pew 

 sittings. Hie design is Gothic of the early English style, with a tower 15!) feet 

 iigli, and spire .W loet addilion.al. The builihng is to be faced with white 

 Wicks, and to have diessings of Bath stone; the internal dimensions ale C3 

 'eel m length. 43 feet in breadth, and 37 feet in Inight. the contract 15 3,412/, 

 Wllliout the .sjiire. an.l 300/. extra if the spire be executed. 



New Imlcpciident Chapel, West Bromwich.—Ou A\'edn sday. the ."ilh ultimo, 

 tins (iiapel was opened for divine woriihip. It is considered a very chaste 

 and elegant specimen of arehitecliire, in Ihe Doric style, .and contains about 

 1,000 sittings ; of this number 410 are free, namely, ICO for children, and 

 jM lor adiills. Mr. Rogers, late of Birmingh.irn. is the architect, and Mr. 

 I'lsher ot Wi'St Bromwich. the builder of the chapel, the.whole cost of which 

 "111 exceed 2.200/. 



An elegant new chapel, calleil ■■ Weslev Chapel." was opened in Notting- 

 h.am, (Ui Thursday, the 20th June. It wifl hold 2,000 persons, and has been 

 ''reeled at an ex|iense of 9,000/. 



I'ck/ield Church 

 direction of Mr. Moseley 



This elinrch is about to be partially relmill under the 

 old church, and p.'ilt 



the tower of tin 



of Ihi 



Cfianeel bring in a good slate, are to reiu.iiii : the nave is to be relmill of the 

 eounlry sloiie, in the same style as the old church, that of the period of tin' 

 14th centurv, the internal dimensions of the part rebuilt being HO feet by 48 

 feet () in. The timbers of the roof are exposed, as there is no ceiling, and the 

 bight to the tie-beam is 28 feet 6 inches,— the old Tower is to be raised and 

 surmounted by a timber spire. There are two side galleries, and accommo- 

 dation for 91.5 sitting, of w hich 479 w ill be free. Messrs Cheal and Markwich 

 of Unkfield are the builders, amount of contract 2,49G/. 



llursham. — A Chapel of Ease is to be erected in this town under the direc- 

 tion of Mr. Moseley, for which a plot of land has been given, and a grant of 

 300/. has been made towards the erection by the Incorporated Society, and 

 200/. by the Diocesan Church Building Society. The style of the building is 

 the early English. It is to be built of the country slone. and will afford 

 accoinmoilalion for 980 sittings."one-half of which w'lll be free. The dimen- 

 sions of the inferior are 70 feet by 45 feet, and (lie height to the tie-beam, 

 the timber of the roof being open as in the preceding church, is 2,') feel. 

 There is a gallery on each side of the chapel. Estimate 2.500/. 



Kingston. — A new church is to he erected under the direction of Messrs 

 Scott and Moffat. 



M'arwkkshire . — The .Society for pr.Jinoting church accommodation williin 

 the Archdeaconry of Coventry have made a gi-ant of (500/. towards the erec- 

 tion of a new church at Harn'all. Ararwickshive. 



Metropolis Churches Fund Snciety. — The annual general meeting of Ihe 

 subscribers to this fund took place on friday. 21st June, at the Chrislian 

 Knowledge .Society's oHice, No. 07. Lincoln's Inn Fields. His Grace the 

 Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair. The following report was read : — 

 '■ The committee reported that the whole of the sum placed at their disposal, 

 after the instalments payable on the fourth year shad have been received, is 

 either expended or pledged ; but ihey feel c(mvineed that w hen the subscribers 

 to the fund are acquainted with the method in which it has been applied, 

 they will find both a cause of gratitude for the past, and a stimulus to in- 

 creased exertion for the future. The Bishoji of London, in 183(). contem- 

 plated the erection of at least fiftv new churches, and for the aecompli.sh- 

 ment of this purpose i( was estimated that a sum noi less llian 300.000/. must 

 Ije raised. The sum hitherto subscribed did not amount to half that sum. 

 yet they are cnableil to hold out the prospect of forty-one new churches 

 being built, either wholly or in part, from the funds of this society. In the 

 above number of forty-, ne churches there .are included ten which it is pro- 

 posed to build in the parish of Bethnal Green. The sum already subscribed 

 specially for the parish of Reiltnal Green, ineluling the grant from this 

 society, ^amounts to 22.991/. I7.«. The sum subscribed for endowments 

 amounts^lo no more than 730/. 



••The total number of churches now completed, or in progress, amounts 



to 20 



" Churches to which the fund was before pledged G 



" Churches to which the fund has been pledged during the 

 past year 15 



Total 41 



The amount of subscription up to ihe 1st of June last, is 132.728/. 13s. fi'/., 

 .showing an increase during the last ye ir of 5,C04/. Os, 'id.' The report was 

 favourtible received and adopted. 



Fnlham.—On Saturday, I3lh ult., a meeting was held of the inhabitants of 

 Ihe districts of All .Saints, in this parish, in' order to consider of the expe- 

 di( ncy of enlarging the church, .an object w Inch for .some time has been 

 greatly wanted. The Bishop of London w as in the chair. It appeared, how- 

 ever, that the estimates prepared for (he work were so expensive in propor- 

 tion t the increased accommodation that would be gaiiied, and the difticiilly 

 was so great of removing many of the inconveniences of the present building, 

 that the gener.al opinion of the meeling was , adver.se to (he measure: and it 

 was agreed, mi (be ] Proposal of (be Bishop (who headed (he subscription wilb 

 a liberal oiler of .'JOO/.j, loallempl (o raise a fund adequate (o the ereelion. 

 on the same site, of a new. .and larger, and more commodious church. The 

 old and justly admired tower will remain. Before the meeting was adjourned, 

 1.030/. h.ad been subscribed, and there is good reason to hope that within a 

 slnn-t time the whole sum required will be obtained without having recourse 

 to any rate. 



New Churches in the Potteries.— The District Committee for the Newcastle 

 and PoKeries, appointed by (he Diocesan Society of Lichfield, since tlieir 

 appointment, have already reeeiveil, in donations .and subscriptions, 700/. 

 'Ihe District Committee have submitted to the Lmd Bishop, and wilh his 

 permission to the inhabitants of the Potteries generally, the follow ing outline 

 of a plan for ex'ending church .accommodation within its limits; — 1. That 

 measures be taken for erecting, in the rst instance, not fewer than five addi- 

 tional churches, within the parishes of Stoke-upou-Trent, Burslem, Wolstan- 

 ton, or the Liberty of Normaeott, in the parish of Stone. 2. That each 

 church contain from 200 to 1,000 sittings, according to the present or pro- 

 spective wants of the locality for which it sh.all be provided. 3. That a dis- 

 trict, w i(h cure of souls, be attached to each church, wilh the requisite con- 

 tents. 4. That an endowment of 1,000/.. together witli a parsonage house, 

 be provided for each, in addition to the fund required by I .and 2 Wm. IV.. 

 cap. 38. for repairs. 5. That the patronage of each church so built and 

 endowed be. with the bishop's consent, vested in the person or persons lo 

 whom it may be assigned, by 1 and 2 Wm. IV.. cap. 38. sec. 2.— The sub- 

 committee, appoinlecf to obtain statistical information rcs]iecting the sites, 

 Sic, of the five proposed churches, have adopted ihe following resolutions : 

 —1. That in consequence of an application made to R. K. Heathcote. Esi(., 

 for a site at Green Dock, Longlon. and acceded (o by hnn, the sub-eommiltee 

 recommend Green Dock as an eligible silualiou lor an additional church. 

 2. That the sub-cimimittee. being encou aged to expect liber.al assistance 

 from Messrs. Minton. in the erectton of a cliuieh between Penkiill and Han's 

 Hill, recommend this situation also. 3. That Jolin Smith. Esq.. having con- 



