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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. rrata to pelure. n a D 32X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 VI PI 3V7.f./5-Ar 'K ADDKlBSS AIVD REPORT, of .THE VENERABLE THE ARCHDEACON OP YORK, TOOSTHER WITH THE Fmoosasmcis or a acsHTnrci) 09 THE PBW HOI.l»Cllt A9ID PER§0]fS ITITCAEi^tlill Vf MJT TUB CMTT MMMfZ. i^-^^am <^\\\\€? (4 l> WisJ'^J At a Meeting of the Pew Hoiden, and persons interested in St. James' Church, Toronto, convened % a Re- quisition of the Venerable Jrchdeitcon of York and the Church Warden, of the said Church, on Wedncsdmj, the 9th day of January i 1839. ^ The Veneuable the Archeacon was called to the Chair, who presented to the incethig the following AnDUEss and Report: GENl'iiEMEN : The eiiuse or our present meeting is indeed melancholy and much to be deplored, but I trust we shall be able through the Divine blessing to improve it as a trial of our Faith, and of the sincerity of our prin- ciples. It is on such occasions as this, that meH*s hearts arc proved, and I feel confident that we shall not be found wanting. Twenty-seven years arc nearly passed since I be- came Pastor of St. James' Church. Many of my dearest and most intimate Friends have, during th:it long period, departed from this world, and it is Iioped to a far happier place of existence, and only a few companions of my own age are now left ; yet the Congregation has increased most wonderfully, and I lind myself chiefly surrounded by those whom I have had the satisfaction of educating, or been permitted to baptize. I cannot, therefore, anticipate any disappointment, when I implore your help in providing an efiectual remedy for the '%W talamity that has befallen us. I «hall, therefore, proceed to explain to you what appears to me, and to many who lire wiser than I am, the most convenient, prudent, and easy method of removing our present difficulties. There are, however, one or two points to which I beg to direct your attention for a moment before pro- ceeding to the business of the meeting. iPiVs/— Although I judged it necessary to open two places of Worship till the Church is again restored, be- cause no one place large enough could be found to accommodate my people, it is not my intention in any manner to promote or sanction a division of the Con- gregation. So far to the contrary, that those who constantly attend the separate places will find the Ser- vices performed to be exactly the same as when we all worshipped under one roof. The Tveverend iVIr. Gra- BETT and I »vill serve alternately at each of the two places, so that the portion of the Congregation who attend regularly here, and the other portion who attend in the College Hall, will find no difference from what the whole Congregation would have done had they been able to assemble in St. James' Church. The time will soon arrive when Chapels of Ea«« will be required at the West end of the City, towards the Garrison-on Yonge-Street, near the Toll-gate, and near the Don Bridge -, and I trust, through Go»*d mercy, that the Mother Church will be in a capacity to assist and encourage their erection j-but this is not the season to think of the slightest separation. In the hour of mw- fortune it ia our wisdom to cling together and to combmt ►rocend ay who nt, and which I T© pro* pen two )red, be- bund to n in any the Con- ose who the Ser- n we all Ir. Gra- the two ion who ho attend rom what hey been I of Ea««i r, towards •gate, and t)*d mercy, y to assist the season ur of mis- to combine all our energies in overcoming the present difficulty, and when we are without encumbrance and St. James' Church is again restored to more than her former com- pleteness, she will hold out a liberal hand towards the building of such Chapels as her children in the neigh- bourhood may require, but at present division must not even be thought or dreamt of. This is our hour of trial *, the hearts of the whole Congregation should be knit together as the heart of one man, and thus shall we be the better prepared to meet the storm and repair the damage which it has made. iSfecontf— There is one other point on which I beg attention— it is, that we are met for one single object, namely, to consider the most convenient method of restoring St. James* Church to its former condition. There is no other question before us, and it is necessary to keep this in view, that we may not consume our time or perplex ourselves with extraneous matters or details which will be more conveniently settled by the Commit* tee which may be chosen to execute the Resolutions which we may finally adopt. On Monday morning, when I had In some degree re- covered from the stupor of the calamity which had fallen upon us, I wrote Mr. Stantok the following letter t "TonowTO, Jaw. 7, 1839, «Sir: " It is with deep sorrow that I communicate to you the great disaster which happened to the Parish yesterday in the destruction of St. James* Church, as . ^ Mdm the Afifcnt of the Phcenix Office, at which it was insured in the small amount of Five Thousand Pounds, Currency. ♦» I have thought it prudent and necessary to insti- tute an investigation as to tb.e cause of this deplorable calamity, which will take place this day, and at which I mean to assist. *« The Report, when completed, I shall forward for your information, and that of the rcipcctable Company for whom you act. . " I have the honor, dec / »* Robert Stanton, Esq." The investigation took place accordingly, and was con- ducted by the Honourable Robert B. Sullivan, Executive Councillor, Christopher A. Hagcrman, Esquire, Her Majesty's Attorney General, John Powell, Esquire, the Mayor of the City of Toronto, Alexander Dixon, Esquire, Alderman, The Rector of St. James' Chmch, and Robert Stanton, Esquire, Agent for the Phonix Company, beincr present and assisting. The conviction at which we arrived was that the Fire was purely accidcntal-no positive evidence could be discovered of its actual commencement, but the most reasonable conjecture seems to be that it had reached one of the Pillars, which bein-in a great degree hollow, acted like a funnel and carried the flame instantly to the roof, and in a few mi- nutes set the whole in a blaze. We now applied ourselves to the consideration of the steps necessary to be taken to remedy, as far as pos- sible, the evil which has overtaken us. On exammmi? tbc Church account, we had the mortification to find I insured lurrency- to insti- plorablo which I ward for ;!ompany I was con- 2xccutive lire, Her luirc, the , Esquire, nd Robert Company, at which ciital— no its actual ;onjccture ars, which inncl and a few mi- Icration of far as pos- examining on to find that the debt amounted to somewhat more thaa four thousand pounds ; a considerable portion of this had arisen from the accumulation of interest. It is true we found two items which may be fairly placed against the large debt : Firs/— Money due the Church from arrears in the purchase of Pews and Rents, about £1 100 iSffconrf/y— The Parsonage House, • ^^^ In all, - £1900 But though these items reduce the actual debt nearly one half, yet only one of them can be made available hereafter for the benefit of rebuilding the Church. After much consideration the following plan sug- gested itself as the best in every respect for restoring the Church to its former state of comfort and accommoda- tion—namely, that the recent Pew-holders have their Pews restored to them in the same state as when first purchased, on paying one third of the original upset price, together with such arrears upon the former sale and accruing rent as may be still due. The consequence of this plan will be that of giving us a new capital of almost je3600. But to explain the operation of the principle, it is to be recollected that the Pews of St. James' Church are ranged under three different classes The First Class valued at .50 pounds The Second " ** 40 '* The Third " 25 " ! 9 . Kow the purchascf of a P^w of the first clats will be entitled to have his Pew returned to him as complete as when first bought, on paying one-third of iJSO, or £10 13fi. 4d. } the purchaser of a X40 Pew on paying ;ei3 6s. 8d.-, and the purchaser of a £25 Pew on paying £8 6s. 8d. It is proposed that to render these pay- ments more easy, they be divided into three cqualmstaK ments, that is to say, the purchaser of a XoO Pew to pay £o lOs. 6d. on being put in possession-the hke sum of X5 10s. 6d. with interest, at six and twelve months^the instalments for the X40 and X25 Pews would beJe4 98.and£3 16s. respectively. Now these payments are so small that they cannot operate with much hardship upon^any individual. The adoption of the principle has this further advan- tage, of securing all the arrears of purchase money, and rent now due-a consequence in itself not only perfectiy reasonable, but which confers a great obligation on the defaulters who are thus put on an equality with those who have paid up for years all demands of the Church, whde their backwardness has added to our dilticulties. Should any defaulter be unablo to avail himself of the advantage proposed, his Pew can be sold to a new purchaser at the full price, and should it be found on examining his accounts with the Chnrch, that he had an equitable claim to any balance, the same may be paid. It is further proposed to apply for Gifts or Dona- tions from the more opulent Members of the Congrega- tion, m order the more readily w jrwator^. «... -^ fcj^^j clavs wil) completo £50, or n paying m paying hese pay- Dai instaU Pew to -the like d twelve :25 Pews f ow these irate with ler advan- toney, and f perfectly CD on the those who rch, while €8. bimself of 1 to a new e found on he had an be paid. \ or Dona- Congrega- nrrnmino' dation of the |ioor, and sucli ether matters as are necessary for rcphi i ^ the ChurHi in its former state of completeness. 1 nm aware that many would most readily meet this call if it wore in their power, hut I trust there are also many who will put tlicmscives to considerable inconvenience to assist in restoring the Church and who consider its destruction, as an ardent and generous spirit told me, like the destruction of part of their own homes. As to mc, though less able than many, I shall be wilhng to go as far as an hundred pounds, including the third of my Pews, and more if found necessary. On the whole, the ways and means appear as follows : 1st, The sum insured, £5,000 2nd, The assumed third in Pews, 2,500 3rd, The debts on the Church will be re- ceived, amounting as already stated at 1 ,100 4th, Donations, which I place low, at 1,000 6th, Pews unsold, 60 at least, _^^ £11,100 Deduct the Debt, 4,200 Balance to commence building i^ 5,900 In regard to these several items it may be satisfac- tory to make a remark or two— the amount assumed for donations is one thousand pounds •, I hope and trust it will rise higher •, it may, however, be lower, and therefore being the only contingent item, it is right to call atten- tion to it, for even if expunged our means are good. q Y / t \ li ^ iu With respect to the ^15(K) taken for Pews unsold, I must confess that the examination of this particular surprised me, as much as it will this meeting. It appears that the Church contained two hundred and eighty-two Pews— of these one hundred and twenty-two only were sold •, some few wore let, hut a great number yielded no revenue. It is, therefore, evident that great numbers who attended Church , for it was commonly full, contribu- ted nothing towards its support. The Pews not disposed of were one hundred and fifty-eight •, now after allowing fourteen foi the Organ and Gallery, eighty-four for the Troop and Poor *, there remain sixty to be sold of differ- ent classes, but assuming them all to be of the lowest class, they will bring £1500. This sum of £5900 will do much more than restore the Church to its former position, and would justify the committee that may be appointed in borrowing such an additional sum as would build the steeple, and procure the Organ, with a ring of Bells. The whole of this Report may be summed up in the following Resolutions : tst. That steps be taken immediately for restoring the Church to the same state of comfort and accommo- dation as before the fire. 2nd That i;or the purpose it be resolved, That the rfcccnt Pew holders shall has c their Pews restored to them in the same state as when purchased, on paymg '-ne-third of the original upset price, together with such > } unsold, articular appears ^hty-two ily were elded no numbers contribu- disposed allowing r for the of differ- e lowest n restore jstify the such an . procure ed up in restoring iccommo- , That the stored to on paying with such H arrears upon the former sale and accruing rent;w may still be due. 3rd. That if any arc unable to comply with the con- dition, an equitable arrange ment be made with them» and the Pew sold to the highest bidder being a Member of the Church. 3rd. That in order to meet the expense of restor- inir accommodation to the poor, and such other matters as°are necessary for replacing the Church in its former state of completeness, donations be solicited from the more opulent Members of the Congregation. Should this plan be adopted it would only remain to appoint a Committee to carry it into cflect, and to commence ope- rations the moment that the Insurance Office in Mon- treal satisfies our demand against it. As the principle on which the Report is founded Ims received the approbation of many present, and its details modified by their advice and assistance. I have only to add that Mr. Ritchie, the former builder, is ready to do the Carpenter's work at the same rate as he did before, and the necessary stone work at a reasonable rate, and to place the Church in its former state before winter. And as every one must allow that the work was substan- tially as well us elegantly done, I therefore consider it no more than justice to Mr. Ritchie, to state that the Build- ing Committee had tiie fullest satisfaction in doing busi- ness with him, and that every thing went on in the jrreatest harmony. ^ ^m n 1 DOW respectfully sobmit this scheme to your con- sideration. It is simple in its principle, easy for the Pew holders, and effectual in accomplishing the object in view. I have avoided minute details because they more properly belong to the Committee that may be named by the meeting. The results, however, at which I have arrived are founded on data that I think will bear inves- tigation. I now conclude with an earnest desire that we may not separate without coming to a final conclu* sion in regard to the business which has brought u« together, for all of us have experienced the difficulty of getting together respectable meetings in this City, aud there is much evil to be apprehended from delay. Which Address and Report being read, It was Resolved, Ist. That the Address and Report of the Venera- ble the Archdeacon be received, and printed for the use of the Congregation. 2nd. That steps be taken immediately for reBtoring St. James' Church to the same state of comfort imd accommodation as before the Fire. drd. That preparatory to the adoption of any piaa for the rebuilding of the Church, it is most essential thai the proprietors of the Fews and others interested in the aflairs of the Church, should be fully informed of the state and condition of the Church property and funds, And also of the amount of the debt chargeable thereon. four con- ' the Pew object in bey more }e named ich I have ear inves- ssire that al conclu* •rought u« ifficulty of City, aud ay. m Venera- for the use rreBtoring »mfort and 13 4th That the Rep jrt be referred to a CommiUco to examine into the property and fuuds of the Church gen- erally, and report thereon, as well as the waya and means to be adopted to carry into eO-ecl the foregoing resolutions, so as to replace the Church m the state m which it originally was, with such altcralion as ihey may suggest. 5th. Tliat the Honourable the Vice Chancellor^ the Solicitor General, John Macaulay, of Yonge Street, George Monro, Charles C. Small, John G. Spragge, Thomas Hellewell, and Clarke Gamble, Esquires, do compose such Committee. 6th. That the meeting do adjourn until this day week to receive the Report of the said Committee. f any piaii lential thai sted in the ned of the and hxkdSf thereon.