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effect. Capt. Magher had not only commanded the 

 first mail steamer, but also (he first mail sailing packet 

 up to the time of her being superseded by a steamer. 

 "We arrived in Boston after a stormy and most dis- 

 agreeable passage of nine days. Among my fellow- 

 passengers was Mrs. Haddon and family. (Mr. Had- 

 don had previously gone on.) This gentleman had 

 been sent over to Newfoundland by the Board of Ord- 

 nance in London to superintend the erection of 

 Government House in St. John's, during the adminis- 

 tration of Sir Thomas Cochrane in 1825. It is said 

 to have cost the British Government upwards of 

 ,£50,000. Owing to adverse circumstances, Mr. 

 Haddon has been compelled to seek a home in tho 

 great American Republic. Immediately on my ar- 

 rival in Boston, I waited on my Newfoundland friends, 

 Messrs. Rice and Pearce. The next day I proceeded 

 to see the Rev. Edward T. Taylor, or, as he is gener- 

 ally called, Father Taylor. (The aged ministers of 

 every denomination are called Fathers in this country.) 

 Father Taylor is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church, and has been Pastor of the Bethel Church on 

 North Square from its commencement. It was 

 erected by the " Boston Port Society " in 1828, at a 

 cost of $23,000. The building is of brick, eighty-one 



