instrument and the report of the survey and valuation by such surveyor (such report being verified by the declaration of the said surveyor before a justice of the peace, and in case the said land or ground shall belong to any spiritual or ecclesiastical body or person, signed by the bishop in testimony of his approbation thereof) shall be annexed to the deed of conveyance.

NEW CHURCHES IN OXFORD AND ITS VICINITY.
(From a Correspondent.)

SIR,-With reference to a suggestion in your last number, I venture to send you a list of churches either built or enlarged, during the last twelve years, in Oxford and its vicinity

:

1. The church of St. Clement, in Oxford, has been rebuilt on an entirely new site, and rendered capable of containing a large proportion of the parishioners.

2. A new church has been erected opposite the New Clarendon Printing Press, capable of containing many hundred persons, principally with a view to the accommodation of the parishioners of St. Thomas.

3. A new church has been erected at Kennington.

4. A new church has been erected at Littlemoor, in the parish of St. Mary. 5. A new church at Summers Town, in the parish of St. Giles.

6. And St. Peter's Church, which is one of the oldest in the city, is undergoing alterations which will greatly beautify the edifice, and also furnish several new sittings to the parishioners.

The subscriptions to the Metropolitan Churches Fund have also been very considerable. One individual has subscribed 5000l. ; two others, 1000l. each; another, 400l.; two, 2001. each; and thirteen Fellows of Colleges, 1001. each. Magdalen and Brasennose Colleges have likewise, in their corporate capacity, subscribed 1000l. each. The entire amount of subscriptions, at the present moment, falls little short of 15,000l. P.*

ARCHBISHOP CRANMER ON EPISCOPACY. BURNET says of the papers above quoted, in p. 432-"In Cranmer's paper some singular opinions of his, about the nature of ecclesiastical offices, will be found; but as they are delivered by him with all possible modesty, so they were not established as the doctrine of the church, but laid aside as particular conceits of his own. And it seems that, afterwards, he changed his opinion, for he subscribed the book that was soon afterwards set out, which is directly contrary to these opinions set down in these papers."+ I confess (says a correspondent of the "British Magazine”) I do not observe any very remarkable modesty in Cranmer's mode of stating his opinions, but at the same time I do not mean to insinuate that there is any thing of the contrary in his answers: they seem to me to be given just as dogmatically and as decidedly as those of the other divines.

LADY POWERSCOURT'S QUESTIONS FOR 1835.

MONDAY, 5 O'CLOCK, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1835.-What will be the history of the remnant after the return of the Jews? what the measure of renovation of the earth in the millennium?

TUESDAY.-Does the Scripture, Eph. ii. 6, mean that our present position is on the Father's throne? When and what will be the fulfilment of the 7th verse?

The Editor hopes that the example set in this letter will be followed. + Hist. Reform, vol. I. part I. p. 525.

VOL. X.-Oct. 1836.

Oxford edit. 1816.

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If this is our position, what separation from the world, and death of the flesh, would faithfulness to it involve? Is life in the believer in proportion to death, or death in proportion to life?

WEDNESDAY.-Does each dispensation end in apostacy only? or, is the dispensation revived in a remnant, the rejection of which consummates the apostacy? What is the distinction intended in 1 Cor. xii. 4, 5, 6? Are these three necessary to manifest Christ's church? What place in our subjection to Christ's commands are ministrations ordained of Him to hold? Is the promise of the Comforter included in diversities of gifts, or diversities of operations?

THURSDAY.-What characteristics of the closing scene of this dispensation can we discern in the historical parts of Scripture? What types of the future glory of Israel in the sacrifices and feasts?

FRIDAY.-Can we discover Satan's designs in the church at large from a study of our own hearts, or in our hearts from his workings in the church, or both, from his attempts against Christ, the prophecies concerning the Anti-Christ, and the cries of the oppressed under him?

What is the cause of the church's sorrow? Can she be in a right state if not sorrowful?

What will end her sorrowful days?

"CORN.

Return to an Order of the Honourable the House of Commons,
dated 19th February, 1836;-for,

AN ACCOUNT of the Average Prices of BRITISH Wheat, Barley, and OATS, in England and Wales, for the Seven Years preceding 31st December, 1835, computed from the Weekly Averages of the CORn Returns.

* Hence the price of the bushel is, Wheat, 7s. 01d.; Barley, 3s. 11d.; Oats,

2s. 9d.

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN DURING SEVEN YEARS, ENDING AT THE CHRISTMAS PRECEDING EACH YEAR.*

FALSEHOODS RESPECTING CHRISTIAN MALFORD, CIRCULATED BY THE SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY.

(Extract from a letter of the Secretary to the Society of Noblemen and Gentlemen for establishing Sunday Schools.)

REV. SIR,-At a meeting of the Committee of the Sunday School Society, held on the 17th ult., It was resolved, that the following advertisement be inserted on the covers of the "Christian Observer" and "Missionary Register" for the month of September :

"Society for the Support and Encouragement of Sunday Schools throughout

the British Dominions, established 1785; President, the Most Noble Marquis Cholmondeley.

The Committee of the above Society have learnt, with much regret, that one of the communications, (published in the first edition of their 50th report, and stitched up with the Christian Observer and Missionary Register for June last,) viz., the one dated from "Christian Malford," greatly misrepresents the actual state of the neighbourhood, and is calculated to lead to unjust, because unfounded, conclusions respecting the moral and religious condition of that parish in particular. They have now the satisfaction to state, that the writer of that communication has made such explanations and apologies as have given perfect satisfaction to the Rev. Gentleman principally concerned.

The Committee would, however, embrace the present opportunity of earnestly impressing on all applicants for grants the necessity for extreme caution as to accuracy in their communications, that this Society may not again be unwittingly made a party in giving currency to any statements which cannot be fully borne out on an investigation of all the facts of the case.

• From Mr. White's book on the Tithes Bill.

And it was also resolved, that a copy of such resolution be forwarded to the Rev. Mr. Bowles.

I am, Sir, yours most respectfully,

W. W. BRUCE, Assistant Secretary.

1, Trump Street, King Street, Cheapside, 6th September, 1836."

[The church is much indebted to Mr. Bowles for having procured a retractation of these abominable falsehoods. What sort of a society is it which publishes these libels without knowing whether they are accurate or not, and then hopes that applicants for grants will be accurate?

It seems that these malignant falsehoods come from applicants for grants! Does the Society really allow that when an applicant for grants sends up a violent statement against the clergy of a particular parish, and asks for money to establish schools, they give money without inquiry, and on the faith of the applicant's own statements? What sort of a Society, one must ask again, is this?-ED.]

PRAYER MEETINGS FOR ALL SECTS.

[SENT round to many of the clergy. The prayer meeting to which it refers was got up by clergymen of the church!-From a correspondent.]*

Forasmuch as there exists a desire in the hearts of many believing people, to give public expression to a deep sense of existing evils in all professing churches, to" sanctify a fast," to "call a solemn assembly," and to "cry unto the Lord," it is proposed to take a Room in 49, Upper Sackville-street, four mornings in the year, with a view to supply this necessity.-For which purpose that Room will be opened, Wednesday, January 21, from eight till three o'clock, that all denominations thus feeling and acknowledging their sins as the sins of one man, may meet in fasting, humiliation, and confession, to supplicate Him "to whom belongeth mercies and forgivenesses," to bring speedy deliverance in his own way, to "hear, forgive, hearken, do, and not defer for his own sake." "Alas! for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand; and, as a destruction from the Almighty, shall it come. Is not the meat (Heb. v. 13, 14) cut off before our eyes-joy and gladness from the house of our God. O Lord, to thee will I cry." "We have no might, neither know we what to do: but our eyes are unto thee."

You are requested to inform your friends of the above intended meeting.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE LICHFIELD & COVENTRY DISTRICT CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.

IN the first place, the Committee are called upon to advert, with much thankfulness, to the state of the Society's funds. For, though it be true that the amount hitherto contributed is small, when compared either with the wants or with the wealth of this populous diocese, yet, regarding it as the first fruits of a still more abundant harvest, they gratefully acknowledge the liberality that has enabled the Society to commence its operations with a fund very little short of 15,000l.†

The returns to inquiries as to church accommodation, though not so complete as the committee could have wished, furnished ample additional evidence, too confirmatory of the statements, published previously to the institution of

Had this not been actually in print, it would have been difficult to believe that such a dreadful paper could have been issued.—ED.

+ Upwards of 10,0001, have been vested in India Bonds and Exchequer Bills.

the Society, as to the lamentable want of church room in several parts of the diocese. In the county of Stafford alone, nearly thirty new churches or chapels were reported as wanting to meet the increasing demands of the population, in addition to nearly as many other cases where increase of accommodation is needed in existing places of worship. From the county of Derby, likewise, many very painful cases of destitution were returned. The following are a few of them :

1. CHURCH GRESLEY-Population, 2,545; church-accommodation, 240; free sittings, 58.-836 of the parishioners are between four and five miles from the parish church.

2. CODNOR-In the parish of Heanor, contains 400 inhabitants at a greater distance than two miles from the parish church, and has no churchaccommodation whatever.

3. DENBY-Population, 1,275; church-accommodation, 230; and not a single free sitting in the church.

4. HEANOR-Population, 6,000; church-accommodation, 600; and not a single free sitting in the church.

5. HORSELEY-Population, 2,000; church-accommodation, 300; but without any free sittings.

6. ILKESTONE-Population, 4,500; the church will hold only 500, and has not a single free sitting.

7. ST. PETER'S, DERBY-Population, 7,000; the church-accommodation only 750, including 140 free sittings.

Several instances, likewise, were mentioned in the same archdeaconry, as also in that of Stafford, where masses of people, varying in number from 400 to 1,400, live upwards of two miles from their respective parish churches, without any accessible means of grace in connexion with the established church.

In this very town in which we are met (Birmingham), after all that has been done, there is, in the churches of the establishment, barely accommodation for one-seventh of the inhabitants, even if we should reckon the population as stationary since the year 1831; and there can be no doubt that it has rapidly increased since that period. In the adjoining parish of Aston, the disproportion between the number of inhabitants and number of sittings in churches is still more mournful, especially in the densely peopled suburb of Ashted and Gosta Green.

In an early stage of the proceedings of the committee, a communication was received from a highly respectable body of clergymen resident in and near Coventry, objecting to that part of the Society's constitution which relates to the building of churches and chapels under the provisions of 1 & 2 Wm. IV. -an act designed, as you will remember, to give, under certain specified conditions, the patronage of new churches to the persons at whose expense they are built. The memorialists were desirous of restricting the Society's grants, in cases falling within the statute, to churches built either with the express consent of the incumbents, or with the intention of having a district assigned to them. With this limitation they expressed their cordial desire to co-operate with your committee in carrying the Society's designs into effect. And your committee unanimously resolved to meet, so far as their powers extended, the wishes of so influential a body, by recommending to the first general meeting of subscribers, a modification of the second fundamental law, accordant with their views. And should this recommendation be sanctioned by your suffrages this day, the committee would gladly hope that the Society's cause will be espoused in the southern division of this archdeaconry with an alacrity and zeal which may compensate for the loss of its services hitherto. In confirmation of this hope, they are happy to add, that advice has just been received of a sum of 4411. 5s. 1d. remitted within these few days.