CHAPTEE IX. 
THE REV. G. H. NOBBS IN ENGLAND HIS RECEPTION BY THE 
QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT MR. NOBBS'S RETURN HOME- 
WARD BY NAVY BAY AND THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA AT 
VALPARAISO EFFORTS IN ENGLAND FOR THE ISLANDERS 
INTELLIGENCE FROM PITCAIRN THE FIRST COMMUNION ON 
THE ISLAND MR. NOBBS'S ARRIVAL AT PITCAIRN PITCAIRN 
IN 1853 AID RENDERED TO THE ISLANDERS. 
DuKiNGr his two months' stay in England, 
Mr. Nobbs met with various marks of kindness. 
The prompt and courteous attention shown him 
at the Admiralty, by Mr. Stafford, Mr. T. T. 
Grant, and other gentlemen, he valued very 
highly. Among the visits which he paid, were 
those to the Duke and Duchess of Northumber- 
land, the Bishops of London and Winchester, 
and Archdeacon Grant, at whose houses he was 
a welcome guest. Sir Kobert H. Inglis received 
him with much hospitality ; and he was enter- 
tained with true kindness at Killerton, Devon, 
by Sir Thos. Dyke Acland, one of the most 
cordial and serviceable of his many friends. 
On Wednesday, December the 15th, two 
days before he quitted England for Pitcairn, 
Mr. Nobbs embarked at Portsmouth, on board 
the yacht Fairy, and proceeded, by appoint- 
ment, to Osborne House, where he was received 
by Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, and, after a 
