and the Rev. William Guille having left the island for preferment, at Christ Church, Hants, the Rev. Peter Maingy was chosen in his place. After a conscientious discharge of his ministerial duties, the church was deprived by death of this faithful Minister, December the 13th, 1826. Few pastors

have been more deservedly beloved, or more sincerely lamented, than Mr. Maingy; the estimation in which he was held was evidenced by the general feeling of regret for his loss, and bore ample testimony to his public and private worth. Mr. Maingy was succeeded by the Rev. Charles Neville, who was elected January the 16th, 1827. One of the Ministers is paid 1207. per annum, the other 1007., out of the assessments on pews, etc. At the annual meeting of proprietors, held December, 1827, it was agreed that the salary of the Ministers should be increased each 307. per annum, commencing July, 1828. The English church service is the only one to be adopted under the Order in Council, and no ceremonies are to be performed without the consent of the Rector. The regular service commences every Sunday at half-past ten in the morning, and again at half-past six in the evening. There are prayers on every Wednesday and Friday, at noon, and likewise on the festivals; with prayers, morning and evening, every day in the week preceding the administration of the sacraments: in the evening on Tuesday in such weeks, they have a sacramental sermon. The sacraments are administered twice in each quarter. At this church there is also a weekly lecture, every Wednesday evening, supported by voluntary contribution and collections, except on the weeks of the sacramental sermons. The further particulars respecting this church may be seen in the Appendix, where the Order in Council and other documents are copied. The rents of the sittings, which are all now in the hands of the proprietors, are from 17. to 17. 4s. each, according to their situation. The parochial library, established under the auspices of the Society for Promoting Christian

Knowledge, the 10th of March, 1821, for the use of the poor, is kept in the small vestry room in this church. Application for the books to be made to the Rev. C. D. Isdell, who attends every Sunday morning, after divine service, to issue and receive the books, the number of which is about two hundred.

The next object that claims the attention of the stranger, is the Royal Court-house, situated in Manor-street. In former times, the business of the States of the island, and of the courts of law and justice, was conducted at the Plaiderie, near Pollett-street; but this being found very inconvenient, the present Cohue, or Palais de Justice, was erected, in 1799, in a more elevated spot, near the upper end of Smith-street, to which it has been lately laid open to view, by taking down some houses. This court was built at the expense of the States, and it is reported to have cost about 70007., before the last great improvements were made. On the right of the entrance is the Greffe-office, where all the registers, both of

The Sub-Committee first appointed to superintend the library, were the Rev. Thomas Brock, the Rev. C. D. Isdell, the Rev. A. Sabonadiere, Rev. Richard Potenger, Rev. William Guille, and John Jacob, Esq.-Edit.

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public ordinances and private agreements, are preserved. the left is the improved Common Court, where justice business is transacted behind this is the room for the advocates, the witnesses, and officers of the court. Above stairs is the Grand Hall for the meetings of the States, and where law and criminal causes, not decided upon in the court below, are heard and determined. In 1822, great improvements took place throughout the whole of the interior of this building. The lower court was much enlarged, and made more convenient. The Greffe-office was increased in length, and a new elegant stone staircase was erected. The court above was made more convenient, both for the purpose of the States and court business : a room appropriated for the magistrates to withdraw into, and a room for the advocates, etc.; and it may now be said that these courts are as convenient as any county courts of law in England. These alterations were carried on under the directions of Mr. J. Wilson; and, without flattery, it may be said that they have been most judiciously designed and executed. It appears, from the meeting of the States, the 25th of April, 1823, that the expense of these improvements amounted to 20571. 18s. 9d.; a sum exceeding the vote of credit to the committee of managers for this purpose, at the former meeting of the States, by 17577. 18s. 9d. Upon the question whether this should be allowed, there were great debates, and it was carried only by a majority of one vote. In the upper court there is an elegant full-length portrait of their late most respected Lieut.-Governor, Gen. Sir John Doyle, K. G., C. B., and K. C., presented to the States by himself, soon after he had left the station. Since the aforesaid improvements were finished, accommodation for the country Jurats, etc, have been erected, for their horses and carriages when in attendance upon the court.

At the top of Smith-street, and adjoining Ann's-place, stands the Government-house, the residence of the Lieut. -Governor.

This was erected by a private individual, N. Dobree, Esq., who sold it to N. Le Mesurier, Esq; and it was alienated to Government by him, September the 17th, 1796, for 27507. It appears that, soon after the purchase, several alterations and improvements were made to the house, at a considerable expense. The house is placed in a very convenient, and rather elevated situation, and well adapted for the purpose. At the Secretary's office, passports for the continent are to be obtained. His Excellency Lieut.-Governor Major-Gen. Sir John Colborne now resides here; whose zealous and consistent exertions for the general improvement of the island, render his government deservedly popular.

CHAPTER IV.

It has been before observed, that the Town Hospital would claim the peculiar attention of the stranger: it may with truth be asserted, that no institution of the like nature in any part of the world, can be better conducted than is this asylum at the present period. Dicey informs us that Mr. Nicholas Dobree, sen.,1 was one of the first projectors of this hospital: that about the year 1741, several generously humane and charitably disposed persons subscribed largely towards the building."The foundation was laid in 1742, and the whole fabric was finished in the middle of the next year. In describing the hospital he says, "It is 110 feet in length, 40 feet in breadth, a double house built with stone, two stories high, and eleven sash windows in each story, besides large garrets; it has two vaults and three cellars: there are also out-houses and apartments of about 140 feet long, built in form of sheds against the wall, which contain bakehouse, washhouse, storehouses, and the rooms in which to confine insane and disorderly persons. The whole circuit of the ground where the hospital is built, the garden and outhouses, contain more than an English acre of land, all enclosed

1 Dicey's History of Guernsey, p. 177 and 185. M. Nicholas Dobree, the same gentleman who published three charts of the islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, and Jethou, from an actual survey taken by himself, on which there is no date. On a monument in the town church, he is described as follows:"Ce zèlé citoyen donna ses soins à la securité de la navigation, à la perfection du Port, et à l'erection et establissement de l'Hospital de cette ville, dont il fut jusqu'à sa mort le principal soutien; et il mourut le 18. de Nov. 1751, agé de 73 ans." It appears by the States Committee report on the college affairs, that the land belonging to the hospital, was the gift of the Le Mesurier family.-Edit.