222 THE LATE BISHOP OF SYDNEY. 
Duke had, many years previous, observed and 
appreciated Mr. Broughton's high qualities, and 
the strict sense of duty by which he was ever 
actuated. He became Archdeacon of New South 
Wales in 1829, and had been long esteemed in 
the Colony, when he was called, in 1836, to 
fulfil the Episcopal office in those immeasurably- 
spread regions, which have sinoe been divided 
into several dioceses. In undertaking single- 
handed so laborious a task, he felt, as he after- 
wards wrote (Feb. 1838) : " My humble confi- 
dence is placed in God, who has hitherto shown 
us His favour and protection ; and so I am per- 
suaded He will continue to do, whilst our exer- 
tions are directed to the promotion of His glory, 
by the extension of His Church upon earth, and 
to the edification of His people here, and their 
eternal salvation in the world to come." 
Bishop Broughton died in London, greatry 
lamented, on the 20th February, 1853. His 
remains were interred in Canterbury Cathedral. 
He had, shortly before his death, expressed to 
the author much sympathy with the Pitcairn 
Islanders, and their Pastor. Speaking of his own 
difficulties in crossing the Isthmus of Panama, 
on mules, by canoes, and railroad, the Bishop 
said that, after the undertaking was all over, he 
had sometimes to pause and ask himself, whether 
it was possible that he had actually accom- 
plished it. 
The Bishop,, notwithstanding the fatigue 
attendant upon his journey, had fully projected 
an important act of kindness towards the British 
community at Valparaiso, wliich circumstances 
