The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . ionimproved, and an organ gallery erected for the school was done at the expense of the Government. The Directorswere not pleased. They said:4 These expenses (for ventilation)argue great unskilfulness in those who planned and constructedthe building. The chapel was licensed for all ecclesiastical purposes in1828 by Bishop James of Calcutta. After the retirement of Mr. Tucker the incumbenc
The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . ionimproved, and an organ gallery erected for the school was done at the expense of the Government. The Directorswere not pleased. They said:4 These expenses (for ventilation)argue great unskilfulness in those who planned and constructedthe building. The chapel was licensed for all ecclesiastical purposes in1828 by Bishop James of Calcutta. After the retirement of Mr. Tucker the incumbency washeld by successive headmasters of the Bishop Corrie GrammarSchool until the end of the century, when a native clergymanwas appointed, and the old congregation was dispersed. Thisdid not matter much, as the Holy Emmanuel Church is close 1 Letters from Madras (John Murray, 1843), p. 44. 2 The use of the word half-caste by the authoress was the use of the offensive was intended. Some years afterwards it was understoodto be offensive, and it dropped out of use. 3 Before Tuckers arrival it was known as Ridsdalea Chapel. Madrasiana,p. 35. 4 Despatch, July 23, 1828, 5, CHURCHES BUILT BETWEEN 1815 AND 1825 261 by ; and if there were any funds connected with work amongEurasians or domiciled Europeans attached to the chapel, theyhave doubtless been transferred, so as to be used still for theirbenefit. The chapel underwent extensive repairs and improvementsin 1872 at a cost of about In consideration of itshaving been so much used by Europeans the Governmentmade a grant of towards the The chapel measures 100 x 50 feet, and there is sittingaccommodation for about 350 persons. St. Johns, Tellicherry.—Tellicherry is on the west coastof India in the Malabar District. The East India Companyestablished a factory there in 1683 for the purpose of carryingon the pepper trade. The site was given by the local Eajah, whoprofited from the trade car
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