m me "Sir James was made a lord!"

When I joined him at breakfast, an hour after, he gave me so
many interesting particulars which he had heard, that the
account could not be disbelieved; but the entrance of two
letters removed every shadow of doubt. The accounts from
England of the reception of this event everywhere, from all
classes and parties, have no parallel; and it seems to me as
if the dignity had been deferred to prepare it for greater
glory and additional lustre. We must indeed, as you say, be
more than mortals if we could be unmoved at such things; they
are so great that we have need to pray for a humble spirit to
keep us from being "exalted above measure,"--and to make us
remember that this donation is an additional "talent," which we
are bound to use by our influence and example, in the cause of
"whatever is holy, just, and of good report."

When the intelligence was known to the inhabitants of Guernsey, that
the Admiral had been raised to the peerage, by the title of "Baron de
Saumarez of Guernsey," all classes of the community fully manifested
the pleasure they enjoyed at this signal honour; he being the first
native of that island who had taken his seat in the House of Lords. On
the 6th October, 1831, the bailiff officially announced the joyful
news in his Billet d'Etat, in the following words:

LORD DE SAUMAREZ.

The elevation of one of our citizens to one of the highest
dignities of the kingdom, cannot fail to inspire us with the
most lively gratification. His Majesty has rewarded, with the
most distinguished honour, the eminent services which he has
rendered to the country. Guernsey, which, besides the public
man, recognises in him all the virtues which adorn a private
station, ought, on this happy occasion, to testify how
sincerely she honours his character. To mark our esteem, the
authorities of the Bailiwick, at the head of the whole
population, ought to crowd around him at his return and
proffer their congratulations. I should fail in my duty to the
States, were I to neglect affording them this opportunity.

In reply to this address, the States unanimously agreed to meet at the
court-house on the day after the arrival of Lord de Saumarez, at
eleven o'clock in the morning, and thence to repair to the residence
of their noble fellow-citizen, and felicitate him