MR. NOBBS'S RETUEN HOMEWARD. 235 
It will be interesting to many readers to 
learn, that the late admirable Bishop of 
Sydney, Dr. W. G. Broughton, recently 
travelled by this line, crossing the Isthmus 
of Panama, on his way from Lima to this 
country. His Lordship reached England 
on the 18th of November, 1852, the day 
of the funeral of his patron, the Duke of 
Wellington, and died in London, deeply and 
deservedly lamented, on the 20th February, 
1853. He had expressed, in a letter to the 
author, much sympathy with the Pitcairn 
islanders, and their Pastor. 
Mr. Nobbs, though a vtell-tried traveller, 
equal to the endurance of no small amount 
of hardship, experienced a full share of 
the trouble and annoyance for which the 
journey over the Isthmus of Panama is pro- 
verbial. He had purposely avoided taking 
much luggage. Not only, however, was 
the charge for conveyance exorbitant ; but, 
notwithstanding all his care, he, for some 
time, lost sight of a trunk, which con- 
tained, among other articles of importance, 
a beautiful set of communion plate, which 
had been entrusted to his care by a friend 
