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rear of the Wellington Hotel, where they exhibited their dexterous feats of horsemanship to an admiring cr0wd of spectators who witnessed nightly, for a time, the achievements ofthe first circus that had as yet visited Charlottetown. The music of the brass band in attendance was perhaps more

appreciated than the performances, but, however, all were delighted.

In 1830 the General Assembly met for the despatch of business during March, and the celebration of His Majesty’s birthday on the 23rd of April was attended by the usual salutes, guard of honor, military review and levee at Government House.

The following vessels having 432 settlers on board, arrived here from the 19th May to August: Col/ind, from Bideford, 74; Corsair, from Greenwich, 206; Minerva, from Norfolk, 80; and 72 from Suffolk by the Pictou Packet, these latter having first landed at the town of Pictou. A detachment of the 34th Regiment was brought over this year from Pictou to relieve the 96th, they being under the command of Captain Ruxton.

The citizens on the morning of the 5th of August were not a little surprised on beholding a vessel enter the harbor and approach the wharf without any visible means whatever of being propelled through the briny waters, but was nevertheless heartily cheered by a gazing crowd who had assembled on the wharf. She proved to be a steamer—the first to enter Char- lottetown harbor—-and as such was welcome. The Richard Smith, that being her name, was on a pleasure trip from Pictou, having several gentlemen on board belonging to that place. Next morning the Governor and a large party were invited to have a sail up the Hillsborough, which was greatly enjoyed by all, after which she returned to Pictou, where in due time she safely arrived.

One of the most important events of the year was the passing of an Act “for the relief of His Majesty’s Roman Catholic subjects,” which Act provided that all statutes imposed on Roman Catholics, civil or political, should be repealed, and that all Roman Catholic subjects be admitted to equal rights with Protestants, now and for all time to come.

Official intelligence of the death of King George the Fourth, which had occurred at Windsor Castle, on the 26th of June,