It  being  then  proved  that  a  majority  was  in  favour  of  this  application,  it  must  be  a
strong  case  to  induce  the  Court  to  over-rule  their  decision.  One  or  other  of  these
circumstances  must  be  clearly  made  out,  either  that  a  gallery  was  unnecessary  or  that
it  was  highly  inexpedient.  That  some  enlargement  of  the  church  is  not  unnecessary
is  very  clear.  In  a  village  near  this  town,  every  one  knows  the  increase  of  population.
The  church,  which  is  of  great  antiquity,  never  monastic,  but  a  mere  parochial  church,
constructed  for  the  then  state  of  population,  which  has  one  gallery  only,  and  that  very
ancient,  half  occupied  by  a  school,  and  the  other  half  by  cottagers  and  inferior  people,
cannot  be  supposed  to  serve  the  parish  in  the  present  state  of  its  inhabitants.
On  this  general  statement  little  evidence  would  satisfy  the  Court -that  the  church
is  inadequate  [194]  to  the  due  accommodation  of  the  parishioners,  and  that  it  would
be  highly  proper  that  it  should  be  enlarged.  It  is  distinctly  proved  that  new  house*
have  been  built,  and  that  several  families  are  prevented  from  going  to  the  parish
church  by  want  of  seats,  while  others  are  obliged  to  go  to  neighbouring  churches ;.
that  repeated  applications  have  been  made  to  the  churchwardens  for  pews,  that  the
church  is  not  capable  of  holding  more  than  200  persons,  and  that  there  are  70  or  80
families,  which,  on  the  lowest  calculation,  will  be  too  many  for  the  present  capacity
of  the  building.
