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arrived and landed at Pownal Wharf, where he received a cordial welcome, a salute of 15 guns being fired by the artillery under Captain Pollard. At 3 o’clock, His Excellency was sworn in at the Council Chamber and the Battery Corps was drawn up on Queen Square for the purpose of saluting, and as spunyarn wads were served out for the occasion, the report of the guns were not only terrific, but twenty-three panes of glass in the front windows of the building were broken in pieces.
Meanwhile preparations were being made for the reception of General Williams, the hero of Kars, Inspecting Officer of Fortifications, who was expected here during July. A public banquet in his honor was to be given at the Colonial Building, it being fitted up for the occasion. On Queen Street an arch was erected, decorated with flags and mottoes referring to the hero’s defence of Kars. On the morning of the 7th July, the booming of artillery at George’s Battery proclaimed the landing of the heroic General, who was received on Pownal Wharf by Governor Dundas, and conducted to his carriage. A procession comprised of the Members of the Government, the Mayor and Corporation, the Free Masons, and other civil Societies were formed, and the General was paraded through the principal streets of the city to the Colonial Building, where an address of welcome was presented to him; from here he was escorted to the Governor’s residence, and at night the city was beautifully illuminated ; a large bonfire gave an additional brilliancy to Queen Square and surroundings.
The newly embodied Artillery being ordered out for inspection on the 8th, they paraded on the barrack grounds with the field guns; as the Inspecting Officer arrived, accompanied by the Adjutant General, he was received with a salute of 15 guns; and as he advanced towards the battery he exclaimed in a sonorous voice, “why men, you stand to your guns like old soldiers.” Paying a pleasing compliment to the recruits, the General said he would advise having a supply of Enfield Rifles forwarded here, as he was sure from what he had seen of the drill and discipline that they would make good use of them in defence of their homes, should it ever be required of them, and that it would also strengthen the military power of the Provinces.
In the evening the General attended a banquet held at the
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