At the Re-consecration 19 years ago, the preachers were the late Bishop of Winchester, and the late Rev. John Keble, author of the "Christian Year," both now removed from us, but both leaving memories that will never pass away, while England keeps her Church and her language. The Offertory in the morning will be applied to expenses of the Choir and Organ. The Vicar cannot at present give an exact statement of the account on this head, in consequence of the temporary absence of the Curate, but he has no doubt that the fund, is nearly exhausted, and probably will be somewhat in debt before the 26th, as it will be necessary to repair the Organ, the bellows and some of the keys having been in some degree injured by the damp of last winter. The Offertory in the afternoon will be for the support of the School, the account may be roughly stated as follows: 3 6 9 7 7 Coal Oil for lamps Large Maps £37 15 10 2 Black board and easel Books, slates, boxes, &c. 86709 23 10 0 19 6 5 0 11 4 10 4 £37 15 10 Besides the balance shown there is School pence due to the amount of £3 and upwards, half of which will be brought to the credit of the account. There is also a small sum between £5 and £6 due in the autumn, but almost all the Annual Subscriptions are paid, so that the School is to a considerable extent dependent on the Offertory on the 26th of July. The Vicar hopes to publish the School Building Account in the August Magazine. CHURCH REGISTER. BURIAL. June 30-Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Collins, Gardener, Stancombe Park, aged 42 years. ULEY cum OWLPEN. The Incorporated Church Building Society has made a Grant of £20 towards Owlpen Church. Mr. J. H. Adamson has ceased to be Master of the National School, and Mr. J. Hazell has succeeded him. The Sunday service at Owlpen will now again be alternately morning and afternoon. Poor women in Uley and Owlpen are being employed, as a charity, in plain needle work. Orders for any articles of clothing, suitable for the poor, will be gladly received by Mrs. Charles Browne, as the supply of work must depend on the sale. It is hoped in time to form a regular work club. A young woman, who has had some experience in an Infant School, wants an engagement as an uncertificated teacher. Apply to the Rev. C. C. Browne. June 3-Gertrude Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Sebastian and Eliza Lusty. "" -William Henry, son of Alfred and Elizabeth Smith. BURIALS. June 5-John Trull, aged 10 years. 17-Willie Nicholls, aged 1 year. 27-Adolphus Edward Harris, aged 3 years. 10-Charles Marsh, Owlpen, aged 64 years. WHITMORE, PRINTER, STAMP OFFICE, LONG STREET, Dursley. BERKELEY. Mrs. Forster, the late Schoolmistress, died in Scotland on St. Peter's Day. The Berkeley Choir has joined the local Choral Association; the Festival will be at Stinchcombe, October 1st. The British Workman, which has succeeded beyond the most sanguine hopes of its supporters, is threatened with a serious interruption to its career of usefulness. Dr. Eyeley has sent a three months' notice to quit the house at present occupied by the committee, and it will be difficult at such a short notice to find another house equally suitable. The Institution is now all but selfsupporting. The Clergy have been asked to have a regular week-day evening Service with Sermon. If there is any reasonable hope of such a service being well attended during the winter, they would be quite willing to begin it. The Church at Purton, and the School-chapel at Wick, are both proceeding rapidly, and look remarkably well. Most of the necessary furniture for the former has been already given or purchased out of the Purton Offertory Fund, a full statement of which will appear as soon as the bills are sent in; but a Bible and Prayer Book are still required. At the present time our Parish Church is undergoing a very great improvement-the removal of the coat of plaster which has for ages disfigured its ancient walls. It is hard to say why it was originally placed there, for it was injurious to the fabric, and most unsightly. The cost of this very great improvement to the external appearance of our noble Parish Church is most generously paid for by Lord and Lady Fitzhardinge. On Tuesday, 18th instant, a Norwegian wedding took place in the Parish Church, and excited much interest in the place. The bride and bridegroom got through the intricacies of the ceremony without any difficulty, and immediately afterwards were married by a Norwegian Clergyman in their own tongue. The quaint Norwegian hymns with which the latter ceremony began and ended, were listened to with much attention by a considerable congregation. The annual Sunday School Feast took place on Wednesday, 22nd instant, and was once more sadly spoiled by the rain, which poured continuously during the latter part of the evening. After assembling in the school-room, the children formed a gay procession with their flags and banners, and marched through the principal streets of the town with the Tockington Band at their head, up the Castle Hill to the Church, where there was a short service. Immediately afterwards they marched in the same form into the Chantry Garden, where they had their tea, and then went down to a field (kindly lent by Lord Fitzhardinge) for games. About two hundred Parishioners sat down to a Public Tea when the children had left, and were to have followed them with the band to the field to help in the amusements, but were prevented by the rain. The balance due to the Treasurer is about £4. CHURCH REGISTER. BAPTISMS. July 5-Henry Myles, son of Isaac and Ruth Cole, Purton. Beatrice Mary, daughter of Henry and Harriet Baker, Berkeley. 12-Thomas Henry, son of John and Elizabeth Langford, Brookend. 19-Charles, son of Charles and Elizabeth Smith, Oakhunger. The School Feast will be held on Thursday, August 6th. The children will have their tea, if the weather permit, on the grass in the Vicarage garden at 4 o'clock, and the Visitors and parents of the children will be served with tea at the School-room at |