ere is a Roman Catholic chapel and a Wesleyan meeting-house; and two
Presbyterian congregations assemble themselves in Paramatta; nor in this
enumeration must the convent lately commenced by a few "Sisters of
Charity" be forgotten. The Romanists are rather numerous in this town,
and very active. In a private letter received from the neighbourhood of
Paramatta, after stating the hold possessed by the English Church upon
the affections of the people, the writer observes, "from the pretensions
of the dissenters I cannot affect any the slightest uneasiness. Our
danger is from Rome. I know not what to anticipate in that quarter.
Their exertions here are gigantic, and really do them credit." Why
should not the efforts of our purer and more Scriptural Church be
equally strenuous? On the south side of the river is St. John's Church,
which is quite removed from the principal increase of the population,
that having taken place chiefly on the opposite bank. The Rev. Samuel
Marsden, who was chaplain in New South Wales for more than forty years,
bequeathed 200_l._ and gave a piece of land to promote the erection of a
second church here; but for one reason or another, no progress had been
made towards this desirable end, and in a letter dated January 1842,
Bishop Broughton stated his resolution to commence the good work, even
with the scanty resources at his disposal, hoping that the sight of a
building in progress would awaken the liberality, and stir up the hearts
of those that were able to contribute.

Windsor is the next town in the colony of New South Wales, which
appears to be deserving of a particular notice. It is in the county of
Cumberland, and stands upon a hill rising about 100 feet above the level
of the Hawkesbury, upon the banks of which river it is built, and is
thus placed beyond the reach of its occasional destructive floods. The
town is situated on a point of land lying between the Hawkesbury and a
stream called South Creek, running on the other side; and so numerous
are the windings of the former river, that although not more than
thirty-five miles in a straight line from the sea, the distance by the
Hawkesbury is 140 miles. The destructive propensity of the colonists to
root up and destroy all trees, whether in the way of agriculture or not,
would appear to have worked wonders in this neighbourhood, for among
other advantages detailed in an advertisement of property to be sold
there, it is stated that fire-wood is