Amherst Record: After Bishop COURTNEY had laid the corner stone of the English church to be erected at Fort Lawrence, Judge Morse, who consented to give an address, was listened to with great interest. The Judge referred to Fort Lawrence as the first place in this country visited by an English clergyman and to the visit to the place of Rev. Dr. WOOD, one of the early ministers of the society of the Propogation of the Gospel to foreign parts. His visit was in 1792 when the woods were full of hostile savages and French. ... He repeated his visit to the Fort in 1754 and for the last time in 1756, at which time he performed services at Fort Beausejour or Cumberland, that fort in the meantime having been captured by the English. The next Englishman who visited it was Rev. WILKINSON who came from Boston, there being very intimate connection between this country and Boston sloops of war coming and going frequently bringing supplies to the fort and taking away troops. It was not until about 1760 that a resident clergyman was stationed in this part of the country. At that period settlers began to be interested in the town of Cumberland and an organized community was established. Rev. John EAGLESON, one of the missionaries of the C. of E., was sent here, living first at Fort Lawrence and afterwards at Westmorland. He remained about 17 years. During the rebellion of Eddy in 1776, he and Major BARRON, with a number of others, were captured and carried to Boston, and if he ever returned to Cumberland, that fact is not recorded. The judge then spoke of the formation of the first church at Sackville built by the late Judge BOTFORD at Westcock. He also referred to the church at Amherst built through the instrumentality of the late James S. MORSE, father of the Judge, Charles BAKER and others. It was the first brick church built in the province and cost 900. The builder was Mr. REVEL who escaped from the Bastille during the first French revolution and got to this country where he lived for a time. He married one of the Crawford family, representatives of which are claiming Amherst.