of such parish, and that at and from and after the feast of Easter in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five as aforesaid, the vicar of Hammersmith shall at the like usual period nominate one churchwarden, and the inhabitants of the new parish of Hammersmith shall elect and appoint another churchwarden for such new parish only, such churchwardens to be appointed and elected annually from the inhabitant householders therein, and the persons so to be appointed such churchwardens shall continue in the said office until others shall be chosen in like manner in their stead.

And be it further enacted, That the respective yearly rents or sums now paid by the occupiers of pews or seats in the said church of Saint Paul Hammersmith shall be, and the same are hereby confirmed, subject nevertheless to such and the same powers and authorities for varying the amount of the said pew rents from time to time as are given by the Acts of Parliament in force for building and promoting the building of additional churches in populous parishes, and the same shall be continued to be paid by the respective occupiers thereof; and that such yearly rents or sums from and after the passing of this Act, and until the first day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, shall be paid to the persons now acting as Trustees for the receipt and application of the said pew rents, and after that day the same shall be paid to Trustees, who shall consist of the vicar, churchwardens, and overseers for the time being of the said parish of Hammersmith, and twelve other persons to be from time to time selected and appointed out of the renters of pews in the said church by the inhabitants of the said parish in vestry assembled, and that the present and future Trustees shall pay one equal moiety or half part of the net receipts of the said rents or sums to the said Francis Thomas Atwood and his successors, vicars for the time being of the said church, to and for his and their own use and benefit, and shall apply the other moiety or equal half part thereof in the payment of the salaries of the parish clerk, officers, and servants and also the expenses of providing the several articles matters and things specified in the Schedule to this Act: Provided nevertheless, that the first appointment of twelve persons to act as Trustees with the vicar, churchwardens, and overseers as aforesaid, shall take place on the said first day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, or as soon after as conveniently may be, and that a new appointment of twelve persons, to act as such Trustees as aforesaid, shall take place as soon as conveniently may be after the expiration of three years from the first appointment, and so at the end of every succeeding period of three years for ever; Provided also, that a list or schedule of such pew rents, and of the pews or seats

upon which the same are respectively charged, shall be made out and signed by the Trustees, and shall be registered in the Registry of the Diocese of London, within three calendar months after the passing of this Act, and so from time to time within three calendar months after any variation in the amount of any such pew rents shall take place.

And be it further enacted, That every occupier of a seat or pew in the church of Saint Paul Hammersmith as aforesaid shall pay the rent charged thereon as aforesaid at two equal half-yearly payments, to wit on the twenty-fifth day of March, and the twenty-ninth day of September in every year, and in case the rent of any such pew or seat, or any part thereof, shall happen to be behind and unpaid by the space of three calendar months next after the same shall become due, and notice in writing demanding payment thereof shall have been given to the occupier of such seat or pew, then the said Trustees for the time being shall, and may either enter upon and hold such seat or pew, or let the same to any other inhabitant or inhabitants of the said parish of Hammersmith in such manner as such Trustees shall think proper, and the said Trustees shall sue for and recover the said rent so in arrear by action of debt or upon the case for the use and occupation of such pew or seat, to be brought against the occupier or occupiers thereof, in the name of the churchwardens of the church of Saint Paul Hammersmith, and no such action or suit shall abate by reason of the death, removal, or going out of office of the churchwardens aforesaid or either of them.

And be it further enacted, That in all cases of charitable bequests or gifts, whether in land or money, or money in the funds, or otherwise, which shall have been made or given to the hamlet of Hammersmith exclusively, or for the use and benefit of the inhabitants or the poor of such hamlet exclusively, and in all trust deeds relating to the same in which the said vicar of Fulham is, as such vicar, visitor or trustee, or one of the trustees of any such charitable bequests or gifts, the said vicar of the aforesaid church of Saint Paul Hammersmith for the time being, shall become, and he is hereby declared to be visitor and trustee in the room and stead of such vicar of Fulham as aforesaid, and in all such cases of charitable bequests or gifts as aforesaid, and trust deeds relating to the same, in which the vicar and churchwardens of Fulham as aforesaid shall be by virture of his and their office, trustees of such charitable bequests or gifts, the vicar and churchwardens for the time being of the new parish of Hammersmith shall be, and they are hereby declared to be such trustees, in the place and stead of such vicar and churchwardens of Fulham, and that in all such cases of charitable bequests or gifts as aforesaid, and in all trust deeds relating to the same, in which the churchwardens for the time being of Fulham as

aforesaid, are trustees as aforesaid, or in which a churchwarden of Fulham or of Hammersmith respectively is by virtue of his office such trustee as aforesaid, the churchwardens of Hammersmith to be appointed and elected from time to time under this Act, shall be such trustees in the room and stead of such churchwardens of Fulham, or such churchwarden of Fulham, or churchwarden of the hamlet of Hammersmith aforesaid, as the case may be; and it shall be lawful for such vicar, or vicar and churchwardens, or churchwardens of Hammersmith, as the case may be, to do and execute all such offices and trusts as ought to be done and performed by those, in whose stead they are by this Act appointed, and the person or persons so ceasing to be visitor, trustee, or trustees as aforesaid, is and are hereby indemnified for and in respect of the surrender of such office or trust as aforesaid, and is and are hereby exonerated from the future performance of the matters and things as to such trusts directed to be performed and done, any law, statute, or usage, or any thing in any will or wills, deed or deeds, to the contrary notwithstanding.

And be it further enacted, That the said Francis Thomas Atwood, as such. vicar as aforesaid, and his successors, shall nominate and appoint the parish clerk for the said new parish of Hammersmith, and that the trustees for the receipt and application of the pew rents, for the time being, shall nominate and appoint the other officers and persons mentioned in the Schedule to this Act.

And whereas Thomas Hackman is the parish clerk of the said parish of Fulham, and is entitled to receive certain fees as such parish clerk for and in respect of the occasional marriages of the inhabitants of Hammersmith in the parish church of Fulham, which marriages of such inhabitants of Hammersmith in the parish church of Fulham will be discontinued from and after the passing of this Act, by the formation of the separate and distinct parish of Hammersmith, and the said Thomas Hackman will thereby sustain a certain loss of fees: Be it therefore enacted, That in lieu of such fees, and as a compensation for the loss of the same, the said Thomas Hackman, so long as he shall continue parish clerk of Fulham as aforesaid, shall be entitled to and be paid a moiety of any fees which may be due to and received by the aforesaid parish clerk of Hammersmith, for the solemnization of any marriages in the parish church of Saint Paul Hammersmith as aforesaid, which may exceed the number of twenty-seven in any one year: Provided always, that except in the case of the said Thomas Hackman as aforesaid, and so far only as before-mentioned, and so long only as he shall continue parish clerk of Fulham, the said parish clerk of Fulham shall not be considered to be entitled to any fee for and in respect of any offices or services to be done and performed in the parish of Hammersmith as aforesaid.

And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners for building and promoting the building of additional churches, shall have in all respects all such powers discretion and authority whatsoever for the purpose of carrying this Act into effect as are given to the said Commissioners by any Act or Acts of Parliament, except so far as the same powers and authorities are altered by this Act, or are inconsistent with the directions herein contained.

And be it further enacted, That all and every the directions, enactments, powers, and provisions whatsoever in the Acts of Parliament now in force for building and promoting the building of additional churches shall in all respects apply to the new parish and vicarage of Hammersmith as aforesaid, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the same Acts had been repeated and re-enacted in and by this Act, except so far as the same are altered or varied by this Act, or are inconsistent with the powers, provisions, authorities, and declarations herein contained.

Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall affect, or abridge, or be considered to affect or abridge the rights and privileges of the lord of the manor of Fulham, in right of the said manor, or of the sinecure rector, in right of his rectory, or of the copyhold or customary tenants of the said manor, in right of their copyholds in any other manner than the same are effected or abridged by the express terms of any of the provisions herein-before contained, or to affect or abridge the rights of common of any inhabitants of the parish of Fulham aforesaid upon the commons and waste lands of the said new parish of Hammersmith, which rights shall remain and be exercised in the same manner as the same lawfully might before the passing of this Act, or to affect or abridge the rights of common of any inhabitants of the parish of Hammersmith upon the commons and waste lands of the parish of Fulham, which last mentioned rights shall remain and be exercised in the same manner as the same lawfully might before the passing of this Act.

And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others.

The SCHEDULE of Salaries and Expenses to which the aforegoing Act refers.

Salary to the Parish Clerk.

Ditto to the Collector of the Pew Rents.

Salary to the Organist.

Ditto to the Organ Blower.

Ditto to the Four Pew Openers.

Repairing and Tuning the Organ.
Bread and Wine for the Sacrament.
Washing Surplices and Linen..
New Surplices.

New Books.

Pulpit Hangings and Altar Cloths.

Mops, Matting, Brooms, Dusters, and Mats extra.

Cleansing and Sweeping the Chimnies.

Coals and Candles.

Christmas Decorations.

Repairing and Winding-up the Dial inside the Church, together with any other expenses incidental to the due performance of Divine Worship, as by law required, which may at any time occur.

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.

Page 103. The following is the concluding paragraph of The Narrative of the Imposture of Susannah Fowles, of Hammersmith:

Thus you have heard the relation of an imposture carried on with that cunning contrivance for some months, that it imposed upon the sagacity of a great many very learned and judicious men, and I leave the world to judge whether, all circumstances considered, it could be managed by one person alone, without the assistance and knowledge of her husband and her sister, who were constantly with her. She is now in Bridewell, near Clerkenwell Green, beating hemp, where she must continue till the next session, and take her trial for blasphemy and imposture, pursuant to the warrant of her commitment." She was afterwards tried and found guilty, and was condemned to stand in the pillory, and to be imprisoned one year in Newgate.

Property of the Church, page 105.-The Communion Plate now comprises the following articles:

Two flagons of half a gallon each, thus inscribed: "THE COMMUNION PLATE FOR THE CHAPPEL OF HAMMERSMITH, Weight, 42 oz. 6dwts.; and 42 oz. 5 dwts.