THE CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW, PLYMOUTH. 247 
plans prepared by Mr. Foulston for the alteration and improvement 
of the Church should be adopted ; that a faculty should be applied 
for, the money required raised, and a committee of fifteen should be 
chosen equally from the corporation, pewholders, and parishioners, 
to protect the rights of all parties, and to assist the churchwardens 
in forwarding the work. 
This committee did not give general satisfaction, for I find 
shortly after, that another committee was appointed, and they 
reported soon after, among other things, most pitifully that “the 
attention of the committee had been directed to the large portion 
of the Church occupied by the mayor, magistrates, and common 
council, without any adequate compensation ; and that it was 
reasonable to suppose that they would contribute towards the 
immense sum of £4,500 expended, as they had within a few years 
sold the next presentation for not less than £4,000, and should 
have contributed handsomely towards the liquidation of the un- 
exampled sum of £4,500; or if not, that they had at least contri- 
buted some portion of the expenses incurred by the ornamenting 
of the seats solely occupied by them; but your committee regret 
to inform the meeting that the corporation had not paid or sub- 
scribed even one shilling. However,” brightening up a little, ‘on 
the other hand, it is with pleasure your committee state that they 
find a few highly-respectable members of the corporation did 
individually for a certain period make a remuneration for their 
sittings ; but, as it is supposed, in consequence of their example not 
being followed by others of the corporate body, they have now 
also withdrawn their individual contributions and support; and 
the fact now is that not a farthing is received from the corporation 
for sittings, although the aldermen and common council consist of 
not less than thirty-six individuals, occupying the best, most 
extensive, and highly-ornamented pews in the church. Before 
the committee close, they beg to observe that it is their opinion, 
that the committee which was appointed for protecting the interests 
of all parties should, previously to fitting up the pews occupied by 
the corporation in their present expensive and extravagant manner, 
have had a meeting with the mayor, aldermen, and common council, 
so that their feelings as to contributions should have been fully 
understood, and that such committee, by the result of that meeting, 
should have been guided as to whether they would increase the 
burden of the parishioners by show or splendour in and about the 
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