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period of my visit, has been erected through the exer 

 tions of Dr Medley, who was consecrated the first hishop 

 of Fredericton in 1845 ; the latter was established in 

 1828, during the governorship of Sir Howard Douglas. 

 Both of these buildings are connected with shades of 

 public opinion at present in a progressive state. 



The prevailing denominations of Christians in New 

 Brunswick are those of the Church of England, the 

 Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, and Bap 

 tists. Their relative numbers are not precisely ascer 

 tained, but the general attendance at places of worship is 

 stated to be, among the 



Roman Catholics, . . 32,300 



Wesleyan Methodists, . . 24,400 



Baptists, . . . 19,290 



Presbyterians, . . 8,930 



Were these numbers taken to represent the relative 

 proportions of the Eoman Catholic and Protestant sects, 

 they would give too high an estimate for the former. 



The clergy of the Church of England are principally 

 supported by the &quot; Society for the Propagation of the 

 Gospel,&quot; and their incomes vary from 200 to 300 

 a-year currency ; those of the other denominations are 

 supported by their respective congregations. The posi 

 tion of the Church of England in the colonies is rather 

 anomalous, and is the cause of considerable jealousy on 

 the part of the other denominations. It is in some 

 measure established, and has a lead in New Brunswick, 

 and the Bishop takes precedence after the Lieutenant- 

 governor and Commander of the Forces, But it is not 

 established by provincial law, has no provincial endow 

 ments, and performs none of the functions of an estab 

 lished church in the province. The Bishop, since his 

 appointment, lias been very zealous in placing more 

 clergy and building more churches but these clergy 

 men, not being sustained by the people to whom they 



