in the parish of Fulham, in the county of Middlesex; Stretton, in the parish of Great Budworth, in the county of Chester; Gwennap, in the county of Cornwall; North Audley Street, and at Pimlico, in the parish of St. George, Hanover Square; at Ball's Pond, in Cloudesley Square, and at Holloway, in the parish of Islington; and in Addison Road, and at Brompton, in the parish of Kensington, in the county of Middlesex; Starcross, in the parish of Kenton, in the county of Devon; Chasewater, and at Truro, in the parish of Kenwyn, in the county of Cornwall; in the district of the church of St. Mary, in the parish of Lambeth, in the county of Surrey; Sydenham, in the parish of Lewisham, in the county of Kent; Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster; Maidstone, in the county of Kent; Hulme, in the parish of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster; Margate, in the parish of St. John, in the county of Kent; Portland Road, in the parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex; at Birch, in the parish of Middleton, in the county of Lancaster; at Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Stafford; Oldham, in the parish of Oldham-cum-Prestwich, in the county of Lancaster; Mile-End, in the parish of Portsea, in the county of Southampton; Ramsgate, in the parish of St. Lawrence, in the county of Kent; Pately Bridge, in the parish of Ripon, and at Greasbrough, in the parish of Rotherham, in the county of York; at Winlaton, in the parish of Ryton, in the county of Durham; at Scarborough, in the county of York; Sedgley, in the county of Stafford; Brammel Lane, and at Shales Moor, in the parish of Sheffield, in the county of York; and at West Bromwich, in the county of Stafford. The state of the works in each of these churches and chapels, on the first day of the present month, is fully detailed in the schedule annexed, marked (A).

"His Majesty's Commissioners have further to report, that they have now under consideration plans for twenty-six other churches and chapels, to be built at the following places :-At Crossland, Lockwood, and Netherthong, in the parish of Almondbury, in the county of York; Walcot, in the city of Bath; Battersea, in the county of Surrey; Bedminster, in the county of Somerset ; Bishop Wearmouth, in the county of Durham; Burslem, in the county of Stafford; in the parishes of St. Cuthbert, and St. Mary, in the city of Carlisle; Carmarthen, in the county of Carmarthen; Clains, in the county of Worcester; in the parish of St. Michael, in the city of Coventry; at Norwood, in the parish of Croydon, in the county of Surrey; Golcar, in the parish of Huddersfield, in the county of York; at the northern extremity of the parish of Lewisham, in the county of Kent; in the parish of Lyncombe and Widcombe, in the county of Somerset ; Ormskirk, in the county of Lancaster; Redruth, in the county of Cornwall; Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex; Tunbridge Wells, in the county of Kent; Aspull, and at Pemberton, in the parish of Wigan, in the county of Lancaster; at Bilston, and in the town of Wolverhampton, in the parish of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford; and at Ulverstone, in the county of Lancaster..

"His Majesty's Commissioners have also proposed to make grants in aid of building thirty-four new churches and chapels at the following places, in addition to the grants proposed to be made to the sixtysix places mentioned in the last report-namely: At Crossland, in the parish of Almondbury, in the county of York; in the parish of Barking, in the county of Essex; in the eastern division of the parish of Walcot, in the city of Bath; in the parish of Battersea, in the county of Surrey; Berkenshaw, Cleckheaton, and at Heckmondwike, in the parish of Birstall, in the county of York; in the parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, in the city of London; at Brampton, in the parishes of Brampton and Chesterfield, in the county of Derby; Idle, in the parish of Calverley, in the county of York; Waltham-Cross, in the parish of Cheshunt, in the county of Essex; Horwich, in the parish of Dean, in the county of Lancaster; Stannington, in the parish of Ecclesfield, in the county of York; Hampton Wick, in the parish of Hampton, in the county of Middlesex; at Hounslow, in the parishes of Isleworth and Heston, in the county of Middlesex; King Swinford, in the county of Stafford; Myton, in the parish of Holy Trinity, Kingston-upon-Hull; in the parish of Kirk-Burton; and at Kirkstall and Holbeck, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York; Richmond, in the county of Surrey; Tong, in the parish of Oldham-cumPrestwich, in the county of Lancaster; Winlaton, in the parish of Ryton, in the county of Durham; Spotland, and Wuerdale, in the parish of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster; Hyde, in the parish of Stockport, in the county of Chester; Stonehouse, Plymouth, in the county of Devon; Tynemouth, in the county of Durham; Toxeth Park in the parish of Walton-on-the-Hill, and in the parish of Warrington, in the county of Lancaster; Plaistow, and at Stratford, in the parish of Westham, in the county of Essex; Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford; and at Ulverstone, in the county of Lancaster. That of the one hundred churches and chapels proposed to be built out of the second parliamentary grant, twenty-six are now in progress, and are included in the schedule before referred to, marked (A).

"His Majesty's Commissioners annexed a schedule to their last report, containing a list of applications which had been made to them from various places, for aid towards building new churches or chapels; a copy of which, and of the applications which have since been made, is annexed to this report, marked (B), omitting those places in respect to which grants are proposed to be made.

"Since the last report, his Majesty's Commissioners have accepted of sites (without aid from the parliamentary grants) for new chapels to be built at Walthamstow, in the county of Essex; Wedmore, in the county of Somerset ; Lavens, in the county of Westmoreland; and for the parish church to be rebuilt at Taplow, in the county of Berks; also sites for additional burial-grounds, for the parish of Llanfihangelguer-glyn, in the county of Cardigan; Yeovil, in the county of Somerset; St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, in the city of London; Holy Trinity, and St. John Delpike, in the city of York; Halifax, and Illingworth,

in the parish of Halifax, and at Beverley, in the county of York; and at Tamworth, in the county of Stafford.

"His Majesty's Commissioners have also issued notices, under the authority of the 86th section of the Act of the 59th Geo. III. c. 134, to the churchwardens, to obtain sites for the new chapels proposed to be built with the aid of the parliamentary grant, at Shelton, in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, in the county of Stafford; in the parish of St. Mary, in the city of Carlisle; in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, in the city of London, and county of Middlesex; and near Croydon Common, in the parish of Croydon, in the county of Surrey, which last mentioned site has since been obtained.

"In conclusion, his Majesty's Commissioners have further to state, that since the opening of the commission they have already determined on and made provision for the erection of one hundred and ninety-nine additional churches and chapels; and that sixty-nine of that number either have been, or are ready to be, consecrated.

Summary of Report. - Churches and chapels completed, 69. Churches and chapels building, 48. Plans under consideration, 26. Grants proposed to be made for building other churches and chapels, 56. Total, 199.

Accommodation in the Churches and Chapels completed. In pews, 47,545. In free sittings, 59,655. Total, 107,200.

"The Exchequer Bills which have been issued to this day [June 19, 1827] amount to the sum of 925,9007."

EXTRACT from THE LAST ACT respecting NEW CHURCHES ; passed July 2, 1827." II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to divide any parish or extra-parochial place into such Ecclesiastical Districts in manner provided by the said Act passed in the 58th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third; and if there shall not be any burial ground within such district, then and in every such case, until a burial ground shall be provided, the bodies of persons dying within such district may be interred in the cemetery of the parish church, in all respects as if such division had not taken place.-III. And be it further enacted, That when any person or persons shall, to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners, endow any chapel built or hereafter to be built by such person or persons, with some permanent provision in land or monies in the funds exclusively, or in addition to the pew rents or other profits arising from the said chapel, such endowment to be settled and assured as the said Commissioners shall authorize and direct, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to declare that the right of nominating a Minister to the said chapel shall for ever thereafter be in the person or persons building and endowing the said chapel, his, her, or their heirs and assigns, or in such person or persons as he, she, or they shall appoint, and notwithstanding no compensation or endowment may be made to or for the benefit of the Minister of the church of the parish within which such chapel may be built."- This Act

prolongs the powers of the Commissioners from the 20th July 1828, the term fixed by the last preceding one, to July 20, 1838.

RENNEL V. THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN.-An action of quare impedit came before the Court of King's Bench on the 3d of July, upon a writ of error from the Common Pleas. The plaintiff claimed, as administratrix of her husband, a right to present to a living in the defendant's diocese, which became vacant in the life-time of her husband, who was one of the prebendaries of Salisbury, and who, in right of his prebend, had the power of presentation, but did not live to exercise it. The defendant being of opinion that the right of presentation, not having been exercised by the deceased prebendary, devolved upon his successor, and was not to be considered as any part of the personal estate of the deceased, refused to induct a clergyman whom the plaintiff, as administratrix to her deceased husband, had presented; upon which she brought her action in the Common Pleas, where the question was argued; and that court decided against her claim in favour of the defendant. From this decision she appealed by writ of error to the Court of King's Bench, where the question was argued some time since, and the case stood over for judgment, there being a difference of opinion on the bench. On the above day their lordships delivered their opinion seriatim: the three puisne judges were in favour of the plaintiff's right to present, and she accordingly had the judgment of the court in her favour, reversing the judgment of the Common Pleas, although Lord Tenterden's opinion coincided with the judgment of that court, and was in favour of the defendant.

THE BEECH-TREE A NON-CONDUCTOR OF LIGHTNING.-Dr. Beeton, in a letter to Dr. Mitchell of New York, dated 19th July 1824, states, that the beech-tree (that is, the broad-leaved or American variety of Fagus sylvatica) is never known to be assailed by atmospheric electricity. So notorious, he says, is this fact, that, in Tenessee, it is considered almost an impossibility to be struck by lightning if protec tion be sought under the branches of a beech-tree. Whenever the sky puts on a threatening aspect, and the thunder begins to roll, the Indians leave their pursuit, and betake themselves to the shelter of the nearest beech-tree, till the storm pass over; observation having taught these sagacious children of nature, that, while other trees are often shivered to splinters, the electric fluid is not attracted by the beech. Should farther observation establish the fact of the non-conducting quality of the American beech, great advantage may evidently be derived from planting hedge-rows of such trees around the extensive barn-yards in which cattle are kept, and also in disposing groups and single trees in ornamental plantations in the neighbourhood of the dwelling-houses of the owners.

MOSAIC PRINTING.-Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, has discovered a new mode of printing from paintings, which has all the

qualities of those executed in oil. He has termed it Mosaic Printing, and it is remarkable for its beauty, lightness, and durability.

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN SOUTH AMERICA.-The Rev. J. Armstrong, in a letter to the Secretary of the London Anti-Slavery Society, dated Buenos Ayres, May 7, 1827, gives the following list of Societies of African Negroes, established in Buenos Ayres, by permission of the governing authorities.

"La Sociedad Cabundo, established 14th Dec. 1823, possessing a piece of ground and messuage, valued at 5,050 dollars.

"La Sociedad Bangala, established 8th Nov. 1826, possessing two pieces of ground with cottages, valued at 1,700 dollars.

"La Sociedad de Moros, established 11th August 1825, possessing a piece of ground and cottages, valued at 1,145 dollars.

"La Sociedad Rubol, established 1st Dec. 1826, possessing a piece of ground, valued at 302 dollars.

"La Sociedad Angola, established 20th March 1827, possessing a piece of ground, valued at 250 dollars.

"La Sociedad Congo, established 20th March 1827, possessing a piece of ground with cottages, valued at 850 dollars.

"La Sociedad Mina, established 17th August 1825, possessing a piece of ground, valued at 500 dollars."

"The objects of these institutions," Mr. Armstrong adds, “are 1. To liberate with their funds those slaves who, by their good conduct and industry, prove worthy of this favour, being bound to reimburse the price of their manumission, with interest at five per cent. 2. To attend to the moral education of all the youths incorporated in the society. 3. To assist the industry of the members, by furnishing them with implements for their respective labours; their value to be paid for according to stipulations. 4. To take care that every member observes a moral and industrious conduct. 5. Once in every year to make offerings for the souls of the dead. 6. The funds of the society are composed of the annual produce of the property, and of a monthly contribution of the free members, at the rate of two reals for each father of a family, and four reals each single man. At the time of incorporation, each member pays, moreover, four reals at once.

"The number of slaves in this province, probably, does not exceed 10,000, which number is undergoing a daily reduction, since none can now be born slaves, and every facility is given to manumission. The price of slaves is moderate, seldom exceeding 300 dollars, and no person can demand for a slave more than what he gave. They are also generally treated with kindness; and the regulations for the bringing up of children now born of slave parents are very good, and much in favour of the young generation, such children being born free. I cannot but add, in justice to these countries, that upon the subject of slavery the South American Republics have adopted a much more liberal and enlightened policy than that of their elder sister in the North."