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THE LATE MB. WILLIAM RIVINGTON.
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Nov . is , 1888 The Publishers' Circular 1431
The Late Mb. William Rivington.
THE LATE MB . WILLIAM RIVINGTON .
A month only has elapsed since we published a letter , very practical in suggestion , from the pen of Mr . William Rivington . We greatly regret to have
to-day to record his death ., Mr . Rivington was the youngest son of the late Mr . Charles Rivington , p r- ~ ublisher ^ ' » 1 —i ¦ * mt ^^ v ** < r ^*^ m * ~ i i- — , *¦ of ^** ^^^ St ^** *^» . w Paul bb ^^ p ^ f- ^ ' » - 'Pfc * w 'r s ** Church - * m ^ ** ^ . » ' ™ ~ m ^ pjp ^ ^ yard f •¦ ™ ~~ ^"" ^ ¦ and ™ ¦ - - ~ ™ - ~ Waterloo » ^ ^ ' — — " - ^ - — ' " ^^ ^*
Place . He was born in December 1807 , and , after completing his school education at Chiswick ¦— father , ' s and business after fh which a few had months at that passed time a branch in his
establishmen ' ~^~* r ^» i *^^ m ^^ rf ^ w ^^ p "a ^* ^^^ ¦ — ^™ ^^ m ^^ t in p u ^^^ , . the v v ^^ ¦ . BBifc ^^ ^ Stran ^™^™ ^^ . ^— w- ^ r ^ v ^ d ^^ - ^ vbj ^ in - ^ - ^—¦— 1 823 — — ¦ ¦— he - » - - ¦— — entered ¦ — — — - ¦» *** - ' tlie printing office of Mr . Richard , Gilbert , 52 St . John b 's SquareClerkenwellwhich had formerly
b *^ elonged *^ ^^ i ^ h 4 b ^ b W \* W ^^^ ^^* 1 ^ P to — ' 1 ' V ¦¦ ' ^ ^ his H ^ , ~ - — un * ^ . — " ^^ cl ^ p >^ pb ^^ e ^« , Mr ^ ^ h ^ F' ^ B ^^ . , w John ^ « ^^ kitf ^ « v " ^^ ' — Rivington ^ ' ^ ^™ " ~— - ^ " ^ ^^ ^ ¦ ^^^ ^^* ^— , ^^^_^ who ^^^ ¦ — — ¦ died in 1785 at the early age of 30 , after being elected *^ ^* ^ - ** ^« p » ms ¦ ~ . ^^^ tm Printer , ^ ¦ 1 *^ ta ^ " p ^ - ^ . ^ mr - ^^ ^ B « to ^^ r ^^ r the - *^ dtp 4 k M r Society r—m ^ - —^ ~* im * ^"" " ^^ ¦ ^* ¦ for " ~~ - ^^ Promoting " ¦ ^ - ^ " *«^ ¦ ~~ - ^^ ¦— - ^^ ^^^
Christian Knowledge , Christ's Hospital , and some other institutions . In 1830 he was taken into partnership by the late Mr . Richard Gilbert , arid
they continued together until the death of the latter in February 1852 . The business of this office at that time was to a great extent the
printing of works of a theological character , which , combined with the high esteem in which reli ' —¦ ^*^ ^* ^^^ gion ^ % " ^ ^ p ^ p ^ JPfa was V » » l rm w * r held 4 V ^^^ ^^ ^ . * ^ ^ in ^^ tm ^ mtm his w ^ " ^^ v parents V *^ ^^ ' w *»¦ ^^ r *¦* ^» «»¦ p ^^ ' in ¦ famil ¦ " » - ^ ' " ^ —™ y f v , 'and ^ - ^ " ^• - ¦ **^ ^ " the ¦ — ¦ " * p »
interest ^ vhich Mr . Gilbert took Church work , were to some extent the original causes of the energy which Mr . Rivington showed in later life
in Church work of every description . After the peace of 1815 the minds of Churchmen i ¦ ^ v ^ r ^ mm ^^^ were ^ p h ^ P ^^^ dP ^ ^^ p ^ F dire ^^^^ Pt ^ . V P >^^ ^*^ cted ^ . ^ ^^^ ^^*^ ^*^^^ to ^^^ ^^ " ^ the ^^^ vv' ^ ^^^^ inadequacy bV ^ ^^ i * ^^ V ^ PB' ^^ ^ . ^^ Bf *^^^ ^*^^ p ! ^ . *^^ ^^ " ^ V ^^* ^ V of ^^^ ¦ ¦ the ™ ^^^ >^ - ^^ r- existittg —^^~ w ¦ i ¦ i v ^ q " ^ ^ ^— v- ^ ^ ¦ V ^ BPL
Church accommodation for the increasing pojafcriationy shown by the Parliamentary census taken in § £ - 1801 ' ¦ , and again in 1811 ¦ ' . In 1818 , after £ 60 , 000 had ^ -
been the Government already collected of Lord by voluntary Liverpool contributions obtained a , Parliamentary ¦ ———* - — ¦ - ^ ¦ -- — — ^^ — - --w vote — — - — , y appropriating » — k ^ r " * — - ^¦» i w ^ ¦ ^^ ^^ . p »* ^^ p . ^ jppfc ^ 1 p * , m 000 - ^^ ^ . ^ ^^ , w 0002 ^^ ^^ ^^ . v , V ^ and ^ fc ^ fc ^ ^^ "jto
in 1824 another of 500 , 000 Z ., to the building of additional churches under Commissioners specially appointed . Mr . Gilbertwho ¦ at that PH time held
the ¦ w PTW — office ' - ^ — — of » accountant »^ - ¦ ¦¦ I ^^ ^ - ^^ » ^^ ^^ ' ¦^ ' ^^ ^^ ^^ to , V T the » ^^ P » S . P ^* . C ^ rf J » . K ' « rf . ^^ ^ tpT dh 4 P |^ Pk . Pfc ^ PH ^ ested iPi Pfc ^ p ^^^ P ^ ^^^ pl to Dr . Howley , then Bishop of London , sugg , that
application might be made to the Commissioners ¦ for ¦« addition — — — ' ' —— ~— — - al —~ ¦ - churches —¦ ^ - - > K in ¦ ¦ Clerkenwell -B > V | . ^ B » PW rV V v b which PJ V T ^ ^^— * ' "' ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^—^^ ^^^ " ^^ p ^^^ , ( . ftrife * 4 ^ b ^ b ^^^^
resulted delton S in the consecration in 1828 and of St of . Mark St . ' s , Phili Myd-Granville S quare quare , , in 1834 . , After this £ 1 , 500 , 000 p , was exhaustedit —~ - — appearing ' — that the Govern ito
ment — - — -- — r— - ^ would — - — •— -- - ^ be — ^ , unwilling ¦ ^ W ^ ^^ ^ iP * VW ^ " ^ ¦ to ™ ¦ ^^^ ask ^^ ^^^ " ^ **^ ^* ¦** Parliament ^^ ^^** ^*^ ^^^ l ' ^ b ^ W ^^ ^^ lAlPW to appropriate additional-funds for the purpose , a society was formed under royal letters for
building , enlarging , and repairing churches and chapels in " ¦ Eng ' ^^^* land ^ and ^^ ^^ —^™—¦ - ^ --r ~ Wales m * v ¦ " ^— ' ¦¦ B II . To ^^^ - ^ pp this - ^ BT ¦ " ^^^ p » ( ^ L tne ^ P" 1 . ^ . ^^ ^^ Incorporated t ^ . B £ p ^ B ^^^ ^^ B ^ ^ h ^ ¦ ^ PP * Ml' ^^^ ^ PPBI ^^^^ f P ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^
Church Building Society ) Mr . Rivington became at once a subscriber , and was elected on the committee . ^^^™ ^ B ^ f ^ t ^^^^ m ^^^ ¦ — — — ^^ ~^^ ^ p
In 1853 , with the view of attracting attention to the above Society , which appeared to him somewhat ~ - — " —¦ - ^ — — inadequatel — -- — - ' — — — ° — — ^^ M ^^^ ^^ ^ ^ ¦ —r ~ y ¦ supported ^ —w—m w ^^ w > ¦ ' ~ n r ^ ^^ ^ b ^ m ^^ - ^ , v he ^ . i ^ ..- ^^ drew ^^ jgik ^^ r w ^ up ^ i »*^^ m' ¦ _« Th ^ pj . ^ p ^^ 9 e ^ p ^^ .
to Claim more of liberal the Incorporated support , ' and Church addressefctlt Building as Society a letter to the Editor of the John Bull ; this he subsequently
the reprinted reorinted signature as as a a of pamphlet mmohlefc ' Londinensis . . In In 1865 18 , ' / 55 an he article wrote wrote , , in under nnrlftr the ' Cliv / rchman ? s Magazine on * Our Church Extension
^ M'f W -mr - ^ -W ™ ^ - ^ - ^ - r -m- «^ ^ r - - - ^^ * v — ^ w — ' - « VW i ^^ pf « J ^ ^^^ ^^^ « Pk ^ Pfc ^ p r ~^*^ ^« . ^^^ ( flkpd ^ ^^^ d ^ ^ J ¦ " Th ^^ L >^ bV M *>^^ * k « ^ l ^ r fc *» P «^ *& ¦ ^^ p ^ f jj ^ , _ he tie Societies appenaea appended , General was was , , and at at the tne Diocesan wish wisn . of or ' Dr Dr The . . Jfhillpotts Phillnotta postscript .
then ^ Bishop of Exeter , incorporated in Mr . ,
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1888, page 1431, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111888/page/5/
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