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VAGRANTS.

A RETURN of the Number of Persons charged with Acts of Vagrancy, at the several Police Offices in the Metropolis, from June 21st, 1823, to June 21st, 1824; and from June 21st, 1824, to 31st March, 1825.

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CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT.

NEW CHURCHES.

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"That with the exception of the chapel built "in the parish of St. Luke, Old street, all the "churches and chapels stated in the last report to have been completed, have been conse"crated, and opened for divine service; toge"ther with fifteen of the twenty churches and "chapels since completed; and that for the re"maining five preparations are making for "their early consecration.

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sixty-eight persons (including forty thousand Extract from the Fifth Report of his Majesty's "three hundred and thirteen free seats for the Commissioners, appointed by virtue of an Act" use of the poor), according to the scale of calof Parliament passed in the Fifty-eighth Year" culation laid down by the commissioners, but of the Reign of his late Majesty King George "actually, as stated in a former report, extendthe Third, c. 45, intituled, "An Act for "ing to a much larger number. "building and promoting the building of addi"tional Churches in populous Parishes." "In the last report made by his majesty's com"missioners, it was stated, that twenty-six "churches and chapels had been completed, and "that thereby additional accommodation had "been provided for thirteen thousand six hun"dred and twenty-four persons in pews, and "for twenty-three thousand and twenty-six poor 66 persons in free seats, the total accommodation "His majesty's commissioners bave further "therein being for thirty-six thousand six hun-" to report, that thirty churches and chapels are "dred and fifty persons. now in progress at the following places:"They have now to report, that twenty “Bermondsey, in the county of Surrey; Dale "other churches and chapels have since been" End, in the parish of St. Philip Birmingham, “completed, at the following places, viz. Ash-“ in the county of Warwick; Bolton, in the "ton-under-Lyne, in the county of Lancaster; county of Lancaster; Shipley and Wilsden, "Brixham, in the county of Devon; Chelsea," in the parish of Bradford, in the county of "in the county of Middlesex; Belper, in the “ York; Chorley, in the county of Lancaster ; "parish of Duffield, in the county of Derby; "Clerkenwell, in the county of Middlesex; "Greenwich, in the county of Kent; Re-"Farnworth, in the parish of Dean, in the gent street, in the parish of St. George," county of Lancaster; Dewsbury Moor, Earls "Hanover square, in the county of Middlesex; "Heaton, and Hanging Heaton, in the parish "Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester;" of Dewsbury, in the county of York; Gates. "Brixton, and Kennington, and in the Water-" head, in the county of Durham; Pimlico, in "loo road, in the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth," the parish of St. George, Hanover square, in "in the county of Surrey; at Tyldesley, in the" the county of Middlesex; Norwood, in the "parish of Deigh, and Salford, in the parish of "parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, in the county Manchester, both in the county of Lancaster;" of Surrey; Quary Hill, Meadow lane, and 66 at Langham place, and in Stafford street, in" Woodhouse, in the parish of Leeds, in the "the parish of St. Mary-le-Bonne, in the county" county of York; Leicester, in the county of "of Middlesex; at Beckford place, and in" Leicester; Camp Field, in the parish of Man"Great Suffolk street, in the parish of St." chester, and at Stand in Prestwich, in the "Mary, Newington, in the county of Surrey ;|“ parish of Oldham-cum-Prestwich, both in the “Fylde road, in the parish of Preston, in the county of Lancaster; Mile End, in the parish "county of Lancaster; Somers Town, and Re-" of Portsea, in the county of Southampton ; 66 gent square, in the parish of St. Pancras, in the Parks, in the parish of Preston, in the "the county of Middlesex; and in Broad lane," county of Lancaster; Ramsgate, in the parish "in the parish of Sheffield, in the county of" of St. Lawrence, in the county of Kent; At"York. That accommodation has been pro-"tercliffe, and near the Infirmary, in the parish "vided in these churches and chapels for eigh-" of Sheffield, in the county of York; Hagger"teen thousand six hundred and thirty-one" stone and Hoxton, in the parish of St. Leopersons in pews, and for seventeen thousand" nard, Shoreditch, in the county of Middlesex; “two hundred and eighty-seven poor persons in" Stockport, in the county of Chester; Alver"free seats, making, in the forty-six churches" thorpe, in the parish of Wakefield, in the "and chapels now completed, a total provision" county of York; and at West Bromwich, in "for seventy-two thousand five hundred and the county of Stafford; and that according to

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"the returns made by the several architects," hundred and thirty-seven thousand one huntwenty of these churches and chapels will be" dred and twenty-seven. In the obvious incompleted in the course of the present year. "sufficiency of the means in their hands for “That plans and tenders, for the perform-" the supply of this alarming deficiency of <6 ance of the several works for ten other "church accommodation, his majesty's com"churches and chapels, are now under con- "missioners deemed it expedient, in the first "sideration. "instance, to offer the benefit of aid from the "His majesty's commissioners have further" second parliamentary grant to such parishes to report, that they are taking the necessary "and places, being fully qualified by population 66 steps for assigning districts to the new "and the want of church accommodation, as "churches built and building in Manchester," might be most forward in their tender of "in the county of Lancaster; the church built" contributions, and to propose to them, upon "in Great Suffolk street, in the parish of St." their contributing in money and in sites "Mary, Newington, in the county of Surrey; to the amount of one-half of the whole ex"and the chapel built in the Fylde Road, in the "pense, an immediate grant of the remaining "parish of Preston, in the county of Lancaster;" sum required for the erection of a church or "and they beg leave here to state, that, duly "chapel, according to plans and estimates, to be "impressed with the importance of one great approved by the board. "duty of the commissioners, as set forth in the "In the next place, his majesty's commis"twenty-first section of the act of the fifty-"sioners have endeavoured, where circum"eight of his late majesty, chapter 45, they are "stances put it out of the power of any parish "especially engaged in active measures to as- "to meet to the full extent this condition, to "certain where it may be expedient to divide" ascertain how near they may be able to ap"any populous parish into ecclesiastical districts, 66 not only for the purpose of affording accom“modation for attending divine worship, ac"cording to the rites and ceremonies of the "united church of England and Ireland, to persons residing therein, in the churches and" "parochial chapels already built, or in addi❝tional churches and chapels to be built therein," replies from many of the places, stating the "but also of enabling the spiritual persons who "extent to which the parishes can assist themmay serve the same to perform all ecclesiasti-"selves; and from other parishes, representing "cal duties within such dictrict, and for the due" the exertions which they are making to meet "ecclesiastical superintendence of such district," the offer made to them from the late parlia"and for the preservation and improvement of " mentary grant: and his majesty's commis"the religious and moral habits of the people" sioners have further to state, that they are "residing therein. "in immediate communication with the follow"His majesty's commissioners for building "ing places, in respect to the erection of new new churches have also agreed to advance," churches and chapels : Brighton, in the by way of loan, the further sum of six thou-" county of Sussex; Cheltenham, in the county "sand pounds to the parish of St. Mary, Lam-" of Gloucester; Childwall, in the county of "beth, to enable them to complete the enclo-" Lancaster; Croydon, in the county of Surrey; 66 sures of the sites of the four churches built" Derby, in the county of Derby; Fulham, in "and building in that parish, and to defray the county of Middlesex; Gwennap, in the "the incidental expenses relating thereto; and " county of Cornwall; Holborn, Islington, and "in consideration of the great increase of ac- "Kensington, in the county of Middlesex ; "commodation, especially in free sittings for the "Kenwyn, in the county of Cornwall; Lewisuse of the poor, by taking down and rebuild-" ham, and at Margate in the parish of St. "ing the parish church, they have agreed to "lend to the parish of Rickmansworth, in the county of Hertford, the like sum, to be wholly

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"repaid within six years.

"proach the same, so that after satisfying the
"claims of those that should contribute in the
"proportion before stated, the remainder of the
grant might be appropriated with due refer-
ence to the wants of the places applying, and
to the liberality of their contributions.
"His majesty's commissioners have received

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"John, Isle of Thanet, in the county of Kent; "Newcastle-under-Lyne, in the county of "Stafford; Redruth, in the county of Corn"wall; Ripon, in the county of York; St. "His majesty's commissioners beg leave to an- "Giles in the Fields, in the county of Middle"nex to this report a schedule, containing a list "sex; Sedgley and Stoke-upon-Trent, in the "of the places from which they have already county of Stafford; Scarborough, in the "received applications for additional churches or county of York; Tottenham, and in the "chapels, and specifying the extent of population," parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, in the "and the present church accommodation in each county of Middlesex; and from the communi"parish, from which it appears that in these" cations, there is every reason to believe that "places the population amounts to one million" most of the undertakings will speedily be car"eight hundred and sixty-five thousand five" ried into effect.

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"hundred and two, whilst the church accom- "His majesty's commissioners have also put ❝modation therein is not for more than two "the powers of the act in operation, without

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"of Eccles, in the county of Lancaster; at "Sowerby Bridge, in the parish of Halifax, in "the county of York; at Prestwich, in the 66 county of Lancaster; and at Grantham, in "the county of Lincoln.

"They have also accepted of the conveyance "of a piece of land, in the parish of St. Oswald, "in the county of Durham, in order that a "building which stands thereon may be con"verted into a parochial chapel and burial "ground; they have also received the sur"render of a proprietary chapel at Old Brent"ford, in the parish of Ealing, in the county of "Middlesex, with a view to the same becoming 66 a parochial chapel.

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pounds.

"C. CANTUAR.

"W. LONDON.

"C. J. CHESTER.
"LIVERPOOL.

"Jos. HOLDEN POTT.
"STOWELL.
"BEXLEY.

"G. O. CAMBRIDGE.
"JOSHUA WATSON.
"B. C. STEPHENSON.

"C. MANNERS SUTTON.
"FREDERICK JOHN ROBINSON.
"J. NICHOLL.

"CHRIST. ROBINSON."

Great George street,
28th June, 1825.

"His majesty's commissioners beg leave fur"ther to report, that an act having passed dur"ing this session of parliament, authorising the An appendix to the foregoing report contains "pulling down of the present parish church of the schedules referred to in the report; the new "St. Bridget, in the city of Chester, and to the letters patent, appointing commissioners for car"rebuilding the same on a new site, under the rying into execution acts 58 Geo. III. c. 45, and "control of his majesty's commissioners, but 59 Geo, III. c. 134, dated 18th April, 1825; "without an application of any part of their the places where new churches or chapels are “funds, steps are taking for carrying this mea- | building, or will be built with the aid of the first 66 sure into immediate effect. parliamentary grant; and applications for fur

"The exchequer bills which have been is-ther church accommodation.

sued to this day, amount to the sum of six

PUBLIC HEALTH.

APOTHECARIES' SOCIETY.

AN ACCOUNT of the Number of Persons who have obtained Certificates from the Society of Apothecaries to practise as Apothecaries in England and Wales, conformably to the Act 55 Geo. III. c. 194, in each Year from 1st August, 1815, to 29th March, 1825; distinguishing the Number of Certificates granted for London and within Ten Miles thereof, and for the Rest of England and Wales; also, the Number of Persons who were examined and rejected in the same Period.

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Note. Of the persons who received certificates qualifying them to practise beyond ten miles from the city of London, 48 have, since receiving such certificate, paid the sum of 47. 4s. each, in addition to the sum of 61. 6s. each paid by them on receiving their certificates, in order to enable themselves to practise in London and within ten miles thereof, pursuant to the act of 55 Geo. III. c. 194, viz.

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