CHAPTER VII.

Marriage of the Queen—Education in 1842—Foundation-5tone or the Colonia 1 Building laid—The Governor withdraws his patronage from Public Insti- tutione—Dispute between the Governor and Mr. Pope—Election dis- turbances in Belfast—The Currency Question—Responsible Government discussednGovei-nor Huntley succeeded by Sir Donald Campbell—Earl Grey's reason for withholding Responsible Government—The death of Sir Donald Campbell—Ambrose Lane, Administrator—Sir A. Bannernian, Governor—Responsible Government introdneed—Temperance movement. —Thc loss of the “Fairy Queen”—Dissolulion of the Assembly—Gov- ernor Bannerman succeeded by Dominick Duly—The Worrell Estate bought by the Government—J. Henry Haszard parishes in the Ice Boat-— Census of labs—A loan wanted—The Imperial Guarantee promised, but not given—Resolutions praying for a Commission on the Land Question—

Charles Young, Administrator—Biogrm)hieal Sketch of Bishop McDonald —Death of James Peake.

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_ {N February, 1840, the Queen was united in marriage to t Prince Albert, of Saxe-Cebivlrg-Gotha, and in Novem-

ber of the same year the Princess Royal was born. In- telligence of an attempt to assassinate the Queen reached the Island towards the end of July. The culprit was a lad named Edward Oxford, a servant out of place. As Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, was proceeding in a carriage for the purpose of paying a visit to the Duchess of Kent, at her residence in Belgrave Square, they were fired upon by Oxford, who held a pistol in each hand, both of which he discharged. The shots did not. however, take effect, and it was subsequently discovered thatthe youth was insane.

The governor, Sir Charles A. FitzRoy, having been appoint- ed to the \Vest Indies, he was succeeded by Sir Henry Vere Huntley, who arrived in November, 1841, and received the usual welcome. In March of the year following died the Hon-