LXXXIX. 9.

Of to folly, LXXXV. 8. Of Hallelujah, CV. 44. CVI. 1, 46. CXI. 1. CXII. 1. CXIII. 1, 8, &c.

OF SOME WORDS OR EXPRESSIONS IN THE OLD TRANSLATION THAT ARE OBSOLETE, UNPROPER, OR AMBIGUOUS.

Under these heads I reckon these that follow. Leasing, Psalm V. 6. Graven, VII. 16. Most highest, IX. 2. XXI. 7. XLVI. 4. LXXVIII. 18. LXXXII. 6. XCII. 1, 7. Lusteth, XXXIV. 12. Making mows, XXXV. 15. Good luck, XLV. 5. CXXVIII. 26. There There, LXX. 3. Fain, LXXI. 21. Lust, XCII. 10. Minished, CVII. 39. He that setteth not by himself, XV. 4. Make ready their arrows within the quiver, XI. 2. Who shall give salvation, XIV. 11. Ceremonies, CXIX. 8.

ORGANO-HISTORICA;

Or the History of Cathedral and Parochial Organs.

NO. XIV. THE ORGAN AT ST. DIONIS, BACK-CHURCH.

HAVING, in some of our former numbers, referred to several fine organs built by Messrs. Byfield, Bridge, and Jordan, we again present our readers with the description of another large organ, the joint workmanship of the above celebrated artists.

The organ at the church of St. Dionis, Back-church, was built in 1732, and, up to the late repair, was considered the best instrument of the before-named artists' make in London. It contains the following stops :

The compass of the great and choir organs is from GG to D in alt, 56 notes; that of the swell from fiddle G to D in alt, 32 notes. The

Cremona in the great organ is by communication: it is the same stop when used in the choir organ. The clarion also communicates from the great to the choir organ in the same way; it is but one stop, and may be used in either organ. The open diapason in the choir, is by communication, in the same way, from the great organ G G to middle C ; the 27 upper notes forming a distinct treble from that of the great organ. The lower octave, also, of the stop diapason serves for both great and choir organ: it is a distinct stop from G (gamut), 44 notes.

The quality of tone in this instrument was equal to that of any of the London organs; but, either through neglect or mismanagement, it has greatly degenerated. The reed-stops appear to have suffered most. The open diapason, especially the bass, is still good, while the stop diapasons retain but little of their original purity, and the chorus is noisy and harsh. Inequality of tone prevails throughout the instrument. It has four pair of bellows, but the wind is very unsteady. If the organ were modernized by the addition of a Venetian swell, horizontal bellows, composition pedals, and an octave and a half of pedals and pedal-pipes, together with another open diapason and coupling-stops, &c. &c. it would be one of the best instruments in London. The reeds still retain their quickness of speech, although they have lost much of their quality.

COLLECTANEA.

NONCONFORMISTS.-In the reign of King William the Conformists amounted to 2,477,254, and the Nonconformists (excluding Papists) to 108,676; so that the former were above twenty-two times as numerous as the latter. The population of England is now 14,000,000, of which we may set aside 1,100,000 as Methodists and hearers at meetinghouses, and near 900,000 as Papists and Dissenters, leaving the Conforming population 12,000,000, which is just twenty-five times the number of the Dissenting or Nonconformist party. And this advance, we must remember, has been made, although the whole Methodist body has seceded from the Church in the interval. Even with the addition of the Methodists the Nonconformists would not much exceed a twelfth part of the Church population.

POLITICAL RETROSPECT.

ALTHOUGH much of overwhelming importance, in respect to the Government, has transpired since our last; still the Revenue is the touchstone, and John Bull is so wrapped up in the contemplation of L.S.D., (being, as the Heir at Law observes, the "Roman initials for pounds, shillings, and pence,") that we must lay before our readers, in limine, our usual recueil.

As compared, then, with the preceding financial year, there appears an advantage in favour of this to the amount of 390,2361., and upon the quarter also a favourable excess of 350,9521. The difference is most striking under the head of the Customs, which are more productive this quarter than the same period last year by 414,205., though upon the

CALENDARIUM ECCLESIASTICUM.

AUGUST, 1834.

SAINTS' DAYS, &c.

AUTHORS to be CONSULTED.

SUBJECT OF SERMONS,

REV. H. J. KNAPP.-The inhabitants of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, upon the occasion of their late Curate, the Rev. H. J. Knapp, leaving them for the living of Willesden, have presented him with a valuable piece of plate, as a mark of their sense of his services during a curacy of twenty-seven years in the parish. The testimonial is a massive salver, weighing 140 ounces, of excellent workmanship, with a rich border, highly chased, surmounted with a figure of St. Andrew, opposite to which are the Rev. Gentleman's arms, and bears the following inscription: "To the Rev. H. J. Knapp, M. A., Curate and Lecturer of the parish of St. Andrew Undershaft this piece of plate is presented by the inhabitants, in testimony of the esteem in which he is held by them, and of the sense they entertain of the abilities and zeal with which he has fulfilled the duties of his sacred office for the period of twenty-seven years." It is gratifying to be able to record this fresh proof of that still existing mutual good-will between the pastor and his parishioners, which some insinuate is now less cordial and intense than it used to be. Mr. Knapp's labours have met with a large reward; and, as Dissenters, as well as those more immediately under his care, have contributed to forward this object, it must be doubly gratifying to this worthy Divine to find that, whilst his clerical zeal has been appreciated by his flock, his neighbours generally had found in his character that zeal and christian charity which they considered fully entitled him to their estimation.

REV. THOMAS UNDERWOOD, JUN.-On the 30th of June, the parishioners of Ross presented their late Curate, the Rev. Thomas Underwood, Jun. M. A., by the hands of F. Coles, Esq., with three superb silver salvers, each having a suitable inscription engraved thereon, and weighing altogether more than 120 ounces, as a lasting mark of their high respect for his public and private character, and of the grateful sense they entertain of his valuable services during a period of nine years.

REV. ERNEST HAWKINS.-We have great pleasure in stating that a massive and beautifully ornamented silver salver has been presented by Mr. Hitchings, in the name of the parishioners of St. Aldate's, Oxford, to the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, the excellent Curate of that parish, bearing the following inscription:-" Presented to the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, M.A. Fellow of Exeter College, by the parishioners of St. Aldate's parish, on his retiring from the Curacy, as a memorial of his eminent services, and as a testimony of their esteem and regard. Oxford, June, 1834."

REV. JOHN HYDE.-The inhabitants of Witney, in Oxfordshire, presented to the Rev. John Hyde five pieces of plate, on his retiring from his pastoral duties, as resident minister of the Established Church for the last 25 years in that place. Appropriate inscriptions were engraved on the plate, expressive of the grateful sense of the inhabitants for his faithful discharge of the duties of his sacred office, his upright conduct as a magistrate, and his benevolence and kindness to the poor, particularly during the prevalence of the cholera in 1832.

THE REV. A. B. CAMPBELL has been presented by a part of the congregation of St. Philip's, Birmingham, on his retiring from the Curacy of that Church, with a purse of one hundred and fifty guineas, as a testimony of their personal respect for him, and their high opinion of the ability and zeal with which he has discharged his ministerial duties.

THE REV. EDWARD CHURTON.-At the recent public distribution of the prizes, the pupils of the Hackney Church of England School, (in union with King's College, London,) presented a piece of plate, value sixty guineas, to their late Head Master, the Rev. Edward Churton, M.A. of Christ Church, previous to their taking leave of him on his departure for the Rectory of Monk's Eleigh, Suffolk, presented to him by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

ADDRESS TO THE KING.-The inhabitants of the parish of Wrington, Somerset, have addressed his Majesty on his late gracious declaration in favour of the Church.

ADMISSION OF DISSENTERS TO THE UNIVERSITIES.-There was never, perhaps, a more striking instance of unanimity in a large body of educated persons, than has been displayed in the subscription of the members of the University to the declarations against the admission of Dissenters into our Halls and Colleges. The following, which we pledge ourselves to be an accurate summary of the list of names, may be an interesting document to many of our readers; and Mr. Wood and his majorities in the reformed House of Commons will do well to consult it, before they finally resolve to force on the University of Oxford a class of persons of every sect, and professing every creed, alike repugnant to the feeling of her sons, and in direct contradiction to the statutes and ordinances of her founders.

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Trinity
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LADYE CHAPEL.-Having on a previous occasion noticed the contest which had been entered into for the preservation of this splendid specimen of architecture, we now call the attention of our readers to a public meeting which was held in the Chapel on the 21st of June, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee.

On the motion of J. J. Briscoe, Esq. M. P. for the eastern division of the county of Surrey, the Lord Bishop of Winchester was voted to the chair; and, after a warm and appropriate address, in which his Lordship alluded to the projected demolition of the City Churches, the business of the day was opened by the reading of the Report of the Committee. This document detailed at length the proceedings from the commencement of the struggle in favour of the Chapel, which being already before the public, it is unnecessary to refer to further.

It gave us great pain to learn, that although the public subscribed 26347. 2s. to the fund, an amount more than adequate to the actual expense of the restoration, yet the contest in the Houses of Parliament, and the struggle with a party of the parishioners, had entailed on the Committee a responsibility to the extent of 11267. 12s. 9d. To raise this sum by a further subscription was earnestly recommended to the meeting, and we learnt with pleasure, on the conclusion, that the additional subscriptions collected at the meeting amounted to above 3701.

This extraordinary addition to the demands on the Committee had been met with a disinterested liberality by a gentleman whose name is so intimately connected with the restoration of the Ladye Chapel-we refer to Thomas Saunders, Esq. F.S.A.