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     On the 6th Septembe1 a large steamer arrived In Charlotte- 
     
     town, the sight of which made the people gaze in wr’mder and 
     
     admiration as she dashed into the beautiful basin of the 
     
     Hillsboro against wind and tide. This elegant and substantial 
     
     steamer was named the Royal VVz’l/z'am, and was on her way 
     
     from Halifax to Quebec. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Governor Colonel Aretas W. Young, who had been appointed 
     
     to succeed Governor Ready, arrived from London on board 
     
     the ship William Pit on the 27th. He landed on King’s 
     
     \Vha1f, under a salute from the battery, and was received 
     
     by a guard of honor commanded by Captain Machen O11 
     
     reaching Government House the oath of office was administered 
     
     to him in the presence of Colonel Ready and members of the 
     
     Council. Commenting on the close of the late administration, . 
     
     it had been truly remarked—said the Regz'rter—that no event ‘ 
     
     occurred for a long period which more deeply excited the feel- 
     
     ings of the community then the departure of the late popular 
     
     Governor, Colonel Ready. On leaving Government House 
     
     he was accompanied by His Excellency Governor Young, the ' 
     
     Chief Justice, Members of the Council and many other gentle- 
     
     men. On the wharf where he was to embark the numerous 
     
     spectators assembled there formed into two lines and stood ' 
     
     uncovered while the procession passed between ; thus the deep 
     
     silence which prevailed,—broken only by the guard presenting ’ 
     
     arms—spoke a more eloquent farewell than the most impassiom 
     
     ate language could have conveyed. His Excellency after 
     
     taking a hasty leave of the gentleman nearest to him, hurried 
     
     on board the Packet as though eager to escape from a scene 
     
     which must have proved overpowering to his feelings. The 
     
     vessel was cast off from her moorings, her canvas spread‘to the 
     
    
   
   
    
     breeze, and midst the roaring of artillery from the battery and 
     
     forts he was soon wafted from view. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The new Jail, recently erected on Pownal Square, having 
     
     been completed, the prisoners who were confined in the dingy 
     
     old fabric were removed thereto on the last day of the year. 
     
     The cells of this prison were arranged within the excavation, '_ 
     
     the material employed in their construction consisting of red 
     
     stone cemented together and strengthened with iron bolts and 
     
     cross bars; the walls being of solid wood twelve inches in 
     
     thickness, firmly secured with iron. The second story was 
     
     divided off into debtors’ apartments, while the rooms on the