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(From the Jarnoicette of June 181
ST. ('linlsToPtiCien, MAT 31, Mrs
Ilia Ala,esty's ship Eden, 9f 2d guns. Capt. J.
arrived here on Saturday afternoon last, from Nevis, with the Hon.
and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Barbarities and the Leeward
Islands, accunipa•ted by Mr. Coleridge, his Lrrdship's Secretary,
the Rev. doh,' H. Pinder. A.M. of Barbadoes, and the Rev.
Daniel Gatevard Dacia, A.M. of Nevi', his Lordship's Chap.
loins. Soon after theship came M anchor. Lieut.. Colonel the Hon.
James Airmen. of the Colonial Staf. a Committee of the two
Houses of Legialeture„and the Rte. J. B. Pemberton, oflieiating
Ali: inter •f thts parish. waited on his Lordship mi board, to wel.
come his arrival in this part of his diocese ; when his Lir..ahip sig.,
aided his pleasure to laud on the following morning. Prepare.:
Lions for his reeepdon were ac .ssrdingly made, and on Sunday
morning the Windward lieglinent of 51ditia assembled in Paiir
mall-square, and marched from thence, under the command of
liieut..Coleetel Thompson, to Fort-street, through which his" Lord.
ship was to pass, and litcd the street on either side, the Light
Company occupying the avenue Irvin the western gam of the
Chutch.)ard to the door of the Church. At eleven o'clock a
salute of fifteen guns item the Eden announced his Lord.
ship's leaving the ship ; ana his Excellency the Csptain.General,
attended by the Colonial Staff, and Captain Dowse of the Royal
Artillery, and Lieutenar.t Vi'oribam of the !loyal Engineers, with
his Honour the Chief' Justice, the lion. Speaker of the Assembly,
and othes public characters, the Rev. J. J. Ketie„ Rector of Christ
Church and St. John • the Rev. Wm. Hendrickson, Rector of
St. Thomas ; and the ger. J. B. Pemberton, repaired to the land:
ing-place, where they recetved his Lordship, who proceeded in his
Excellency's carriage direct to the church, which was noon wen.
pied by an immense congregation. The Lord Bishop !taring taken
a seat on the nght of site altar, the Rev. J. B. Pemberton read the
Novice of the. lity ; after which his Lordship performed the Con.
munion Service, his solemn and impressive manner commanding
the deep attention .of everyaudimr, the epistle being read with ex.
cellent effect by the Rev. J. 11. tinder. The Rev. J. B. Pent.]
drum then delivered a sermon trout the sth chapter of St. John's
i let Epistle, v. 7, applicable to the day (Trinity Sunday.) The-
e Holy Sacrament was afterwards administered by his Lordship.
assisted by hit chaplains, and other clergynieh present. His Lord-
ship shortly attar Inc the church, and accompanied his Excellency
the Captain-Geueral to Government House, when he was enter-
tained with a party at dinner ' • and in the evening proceeded to the
camp, the residence prepared for him. •
Early yesterday morning his Lordship, with his Chaplains and
Secretary, visited Cayon and St. Peter's, inspected the Churches
and Parsonages of tooth parishes, and returned to town about nine
o'clock ; he subsequently visited die Church of his parish, and the
Charitable Institution. Ilia Lordship also dined yesterday at Go-
vernment House.

T:ois morni::;.; his Lordship, accompaniettia abnve. set out on a
tour round the island. for the purpose of visiting the Cinical Esta-
blishments in the other parishes.
A meeting of the Legislature is appointed to take place to-mor-
raw ; when his Lordshi we understand, will be sworn in as a
Member of his Majesty's Council of this island ; after which, he
will embark on board the Eden for Anguilla, whence he proceeds
to Antii,ua.
At Nevis (where he arrived on Thursday ev.ning) his Lordship
landed on Friday morning, and was received with every becoming
mark of respect and attention. After visiting the Church of Sr.
Paul. Charles:own, his Lordship proceeded with his Chaplain and
Seeretary, to the Churches cfSt. Thomas. Lowland, and St. James,
iVindward • and also visited the Chapels Intel? erected by Mr.
Cottle and .31r. P. Huggins for the benefit of their slaves. His
Lordship dined at the Government House wiqt a select party. On
the following day he visited the churches of St. John, Fig-Tree ;
and St. George, Gingerland ,• and returned to town, when he was
sworn in as a member of his Majesty's Council ; be then embarked
for dis island.

This visit of our venerated diocesan has been hailed by till classes
of the community with the utmost satisfaction ; and although his
Lordship's stay will be necessarily short, timing to the duties which
he has elsewhere to perform, there is every reason to believe that
the attention he h:is bestowed on the variouesub3ects connected with
sacred office. and the suggestions he biz offered, will tend to
the promotion of the hest interests of the Island.
The Eden, 26, Captain J. Lawrence, C. 13., having on board
Lord Bishop Coleridge and suite, whom she had conveyed on a
visit to those islands of ills 'diocese, situate to leeward of liar-
badoes, returned thither on the 27th of June.--J amulet; Gazette,
July V.