MILITARY AND CIVIL. 10! 
     
    
   
   
    
     for the return of a Mayor and ten Councilmen was held on 
     
     the 10th of August. The town having been divided into five 
     
     wards, each ward to elect two Councillors, while the Mayor 
     
     was to be elected by a vote of the whole. The majority vote 
     
     gave Robert Hutchinson, Esq., merchant, the honor of being 
     
     the first Mayor of the City of Charlottetown. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The various officials in connection with the city comprised 
     
     a Recorder, City Clerk, Treasurer, Surveyor. and Collector; 
     
     also a City Marshal and Police Force. The Fire Department 
     
     came under the control of Mayor and Council from this time 
     
     forward. 
     
    
   
   
    
     During the latter part of September, the mail steamer Lady 
     
     Le Men/amt, decorated with flags, arrived from Pictou; on 
     
     entering the harbor she commenced firing her guns until she 
     
     reached Pownal Wharf. The citizens thinking something 
     
     extraordinary had taken place flocked to the wharf, making 
     
     enquiries as to the cause of such a demonstration, when the 
     
     captain in a sonorous voice called out “ Sebastapol has fallen!” 
     
     The people from one end of the wharf to the other cheered 
     
     vociferously, the city was illuminated at night and bonfires 
     
     were lit in different parts, and all were merry. The capture of 
     
     this strong fortress brought the Russian war to a close, and peace 
     
     was concluded a few months after. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The census taken this year showed the population to be 
     
     71,000 and the number of schools 268, attended by II,OOO 
     
     pupils. 
     
    

    
     The year 1856 witnessed the opening of the Normal School 
     
     for the training of candidates for the teaching profession, and 
     
     the placing of a clock as a public time-piece in the tower of 
     
     the Roman Catholic Cathedral. Its four black enameled dial 
     
     plates, with golden hands and numbers, were seen from their 
     
     high position at a great distance, while the silvery tone of the 
     
     bell announced the hours. This was the first and only public 
     
     clock in Charlottetown for many years. 
     
    
   
   
    
     An Infantry Corps of Volunteers was formed under the 
     
     command of Captain Neil Rankin, Lieutenants John Lea and 
     
     J. J. Rice, designated “ City Guards.” They wore uniform of 
     
     blue with facings of scarlet, while their arms were short rifles and 
     
    
   
   
    
     accoutrements black. At the opening of the Legislature in 1857, 
     
     they formed a guard of honor to His Excellency the Governor in