122 HISTORY or PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

sented to the governor was one from the ministers of the \Vesleyan Conference of Eastern British America, assem‘ bled in Charlottetown, who represented a ministry of * upwards of a hundred, and a churCh-membership of about fifteen thousand.

General Williams, the hero of Kai‘s, visited the island in‘ July, and received a hearty welcome from all classes. He was entertained at supper served in the Province Building. The Mayor of Charlottetown, the Honorable T. H. Havi-r land, occupied the chair, having on his right hand Mrs. Dundas and General WVilliams, and on his left, Mrs. E. Palmer and the Lieutenant-governor. The Honorable lVIr. Coles acted as eroupier.

0n the thirtieth of December, 1859, at Saint Dunstan’s College, died the Right Reverend Bernard Donald McDonald, Roman catholic bishop of the island. He was a native of the island, having been born in the parish of Saint Andrew’s in December, 1797. He Obtained the rudiments of an Eng- lish education in the school of his native district, one of

the very first educational establishments then existing on the island. He entered, at the age of fifteen, his alma mater,—-\ the Seminary of Quebec. Here he remained for ten years, during which time he distinguished himself by his unremit- ting application to study, and a virtuous life. It was then that he laid the foundation of that fund of varied and exten- sive learning—both sacred and profane—which rendered his conversation on every subject agreeable, interesting, and instructive. Having completed his studies, he was ordained priest in the spring of 182-1, and he soon afterwards entered on his missionary career. There being but few clergymen on the island at that time, he had to take charge of all the western parishes, including Indian River, Grand River, Miscouche, Fifteen Point, Belle Alliance, Cascumpec,