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SAMUEL MARSDEN. 
representations sent home, as called for a searching inquiry 
into the chaplain’s conduct, the result of which was, that the 
Governor received a command to make known to the Rev. 
Gentleman, not only the fact of his being honorably acquitted, 
but that the home Government, in approval of his conduct, had 
added £100 a-year to his salary, and ordered a suitable residence 
to be erected for him. Another anecdote will also show the early 
state of the colony. Mr. Marsden had repeatedly complained 
to the Governor of the dangerous state the place was in where 
they assembled for divine worship ; the Governor continued 
to take no notice of his representations. At last, one Sabbath, 
in the midst of the service, a master mason, with a number of 
convict assistants, bearing ladders, tools, and hods of mortar, 
came with great clatter into the midst of the congregation. 
Mr. Marsden demanded the cause of the interruption ; the 
man told him that the Governor said, the church was in such 
a dangerous state, that they were to lose no time, but go 
immediately and commence the repairs. Mr. Marsden told 
them, at any rate, to stay until the service was over. They said, 
they could not, the commands were imperative ; then, said he 
to his congregation, as we cannot worship God here, let us go 
where we can. He immediately arose, still habited in his 
surplice, and followed by his congregation, he went to the 
Court-house, and there concluded the service. 
Such was the estimation in which he was held by the home 
Government, that Governor Macquarie was ordered to under¬ 
take no measure of importance without first consulting the 
senior Chaplain, and one of the first measures of that gentle¬ 
man was pressing those who had been living in a state of con¬ 
cubinage, to marry, many of them having large families, making 
their visits at Government House contingent on their doing 
so. This had the desired effect, and some of the chief families 
in the colonies have thus originated. 
On Mr. Marsden’s arrival, he found Governor Phillip 
had left, after having founded the colony, and Governor 
Grose then occupying his post, who was succeeded in 1795 
by Captain Hunter, who, in 1800, was replaced by Cap¬ 
tain King. It was this Governor who obtained two New 
