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generally adherents of the Established Church. Even 
when the governor is a Dissenter he is expected, and 
finds it politic, to attend the services of the state church. 
Most of the ministers are from Codrington College, Bar- 
hadoes; and are generally steady, quiet men, without 
any gi'eat amount of intellectuality, or high classical 
attainment. Some of the ministers of the Episcopal 
Church are very worthy and evangelical men, and would 
he esteemed in any land ; while, of others, not much can 
he said in their favour. 
Trinity Church is a handsome stone huilding, stand- 
ing in almost the centre of Port of Spain. It has a 
steeple, and helfry, and clock. The original tower was 
thrown down hy an earthquake in 1825. The present 
one, of timher, covered with lead, and graceful in its 
appearance, was erected about the year 1844. The 
English church, as it is called, though not quite so 
large as the Catholic cathedral, is certainly the finer 
huilding of the two. Its site is also better. It stands 
in a grass-grown enclosure, and is surrounded hy a neat 
and substantial iron pallisading, while the sister church 
has no enclosure, and has the public street running on 
either side, making it appear to worse advantage than 
it otherwise would. Throughout the island the churches 
of the Establishment may be said to be superior in 
structure, and more symmetrical in their propoilions 
than those of the Catholic communion ; but it must be 
remembered that the former were built wholly at the 
cost of the Government, while the latter have been 
erected by volimtary contributions, supplemented by 
monies from the public funds. 
The Wesleyans are a somewhat numerous body in 
Trinidad. They have some six chapels, two ministers, 
a catechist, and a staff of local preachers. IMany of 
their members have come from other islands, and have 
settled down in Trinidad. Their members are chiefly, 
if not entirely, of the middle and lower classes. 
The Presbyterians, though perhaps not so numerous as 
