PETERSFIELD.
CONSECRATION OF THE NEW CEMETERY.—That portion of the cemetery which is set apart for burials according to the rites of the Church of England, was consecrated on Monday last by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. His Lordship was met at the entrance to the ground by the Clergy, Churchwardens, and members of the burial board, and escorted to the Chapel, where the petition for consecration was presented by the Incumbent, after which the religious service appointed for the occasion was read by the Bishop, and a Psalm (xxxix), was sung by the children of the National School, of whom there were present 126 boys and 97 girls. The weather was tolerably fine, and there were from 500 to 600 persons present. The site is admirably admired as one of the most beautiful in the neighbourhood, and the laying out of the ground and its appropriate decorations with shrubs and evergreens, reflects great credit on the taste and judgment of the burial board. On the previous evening (Sunday) the Rev. M. A. Smelt preached a most impressive sermon on the subject from Gen. xxiii. 17, 18 coupled with Rev. xiv, 18.
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