c lantern was exhibited, and
we were glad to find that our school-children could explain all the
Scripture slides quite correctly.

Mr. Horsburgh accompanied Mr. Chambers to Banting that day, to assist
him in his work for the Balow Dyaks; and soon after, Mr. Gomes arrived
from Lundu with a large party of men and boys; but I have already
described their visit. My dear husband went off to Calcutta again in
September, and was consecrated Bishop of Labuan on St. Luke's Day,
October 18, 1855. Sir James Brooke added Sarawak to his diocese and
title on his return; indeed, the small island of Labuan, no larger than
the Isle of Wight, was only the English title to a bishopric which was
then almost entirely a missionary one. The Straits Settlements,
including Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, were then under the Government
of India, and Labuan was the only spot of land under the immediate
control of the Colonial Office. The Bishop of Calcutta would, from the
first, have been glad to part with so distant a portion of his then
unwieldy diocese, but it could not at that time be effected. As soon as
the Straits Settlements were passed over to the Queen's Government, the
Bishop of Labuan became virtually the Bishop of the Straits, and, even
long before that, performed all episcopal functions in those
settlements; but the title has only lately been altered.

As I was not present at my husband's consecration, I cannot do better
than transcribe good Bishop Wilson's letter to the venerable society
(S.P.G.), describing the ceremony.

Calcutta, Bishop's Palace, October 22, 1855.

Thank God, the consecration took place with complete success on
Thursday, October 18th, St. Luke's Day. The Bishop elect arrived
some days before, the Bishop of Victoria on the 16th, and Bishop
Dealtry (of Madras) on the 17th. The crowded cathedral marked
the interest which was excited. We sent out two hundred printed
invitations to gentry, besides requesting the clergy to attend
in their robes. There were more than eight hundred jammed into
the cathedral, and hundreds could not gain admittance. The
clergy were thirty. After morning prayer the assistant bishops
conducted the elect Bishop to the vestry, where, having attired
himself in his rochet, he was presented to me when seated near
the Communion table. Her Majesty's mandate was then read, and
the commission of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. The