8. The Postmaster, who is paid by the home government, receives 80l. sterling per annum.

The judicial officers connected with the colony are numerous, considered with respect to the population; but as none, with the exception of the chief judge, receive pecuniary remuneration, and he only 300l. sterling,[[72]] and from fees, the appointments, although high-sounding, are, with this exception, only honorary, and almost parallel with that of the unpaid, though not less useful, magistracy of England. The appointments are as follow:​—​A chief judge; four assistant justices; a chief baron of the exchequer; judge of the vice-admiralty court; registrar of the vice-admiralty court; two masters examiners of chancery; registrar in chancery; provost marshal, advocate, and attorney-general; procurator and solicitor-general; three king’s counsel and a coroner, (the latter receiving 300l. per annum sterling from the colony.) The office of coroner is filled by Sir Robert Horsford, the attorney-general. To these must be added two stipendiary magistrates, appointed under the provisions of the act for the abolition of slavery, and paid by the home government.

The ecclesiastical establishment now comprises a bishop, receiving 2000l.; an archdeacon, receiving 500l. sterling from the British government; the rector of the parish of St. John, receiving, with a curate, 330l. from the colony; the rector of the parish of St. George, who receives a stipend of 230l. sterling; the rector of the parish of St. Paul’s, who receives 250l. sterling; the rector of the parish of St. Peter’s, who receives 300l. sterling; and the rector of the parish of St. Philip’s, who receives a stipend of 275l. sterling.

The stipends are raised by rates on the several parishes; and in addition to these, the clergy receive the usual surplice fees.

There are several day and night schools belonging to the Established Church​—​viz.,

St John’s​—​one boys’ and one girls’; two infant-schools at the Rectory; on Manning’s Estate, Cedar Valley, Marble Hill, St. James’s, St. Luke’s, African Hospital; three evening-schools in St. John’s, and four Sunday-schools, besides at the various parishes in the island. The instruction which is generally given is reading and repeating the scriptures and church catechism, and also certain lessons and hymns. The number of children instructed by the clergy may be reckoned at about 2300.

There are twelve churches, including four chapels of ease. One of these chapels of ease is the private property of the Honourable and Reverend Nath. Gilbert, the descendant of the founder of Methodism in this country, which contains 400 sittings.

Sittings.
St. John’s church contains1600
St. George’s600
St. Peter’s, (town of Parham,) old church300
St. Philip’s, (near Willoughby Bay)433
St. Paul’s, (Falmouth)400
St. Mary’s, (Old Road)250
St. John’s parish has three chapels of ease​—​one at Popehead, called St. James’s420
Bendall’s Bridge, St. Luke’s400
And one in town150
St. Peter’s, one chapel of ease, (private property of Nath. Gilbert)400
St. Philip’s260
St. Paul’s, (a temporary chapel at English Harbour)350
St. Mary’s, (in Ffryes Valley)250

There is also a temporary chapel at the common gaol, which may be supposed to contain 150 sittings. The Rev. Robert Holberton volunteered, in the early part of 1829, to deliver a religious discourse every Sunday morning, between the hours of seven and eight o’clock, and has not grown weary in this laudable cause. He attends the prison at all times when serious consolations are required, and more particularly those who may have to suffer death by paying the penalty of the law.

Account of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
Baptisms.Marriages.Burials.
1836Parish of St. John’s310112150
St. George’s743836
St. Peter’s1165224
St. Paul’s744739
St. Mary’s604014
St. Philip’s1224019
Total756329282
1837Church662246393
1838 ”528316313
1839 ”723468420
1837Wesleyan Society960112
1838 ”1080114
1839 ”95085
1837Moravians3830318
1838 ”2490256
1839 ”2650254