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A convenient drill shed having been procured, the Artillery, Prince of Wales and Irish Volunteers, were then instructed in rifle exercise and company movements, infusing a spirit of rivalry and patriotism among them. Other Volunteer Com- panies throughout the rural districts were also instructed at their local headquarters.

On the 13th of December, The Right Reverend Bernard McDonald, Roman Catholic Bishop of Charlottetown, died at St. Dunstan’s College, aged 62 years. The deceased prelate was a native of the parish of St. Andrew’s, where he obtained the rudiments of an English education. At the age of fifteen he entered the Seminary of Quebec, and was ordained priest in 1824. During 1829, he was appointed pastor of Charlotte- town, which mission he filled until the year 1836, when he was consecrated Bishop of Charlottetown, in St. Patrick’s Church, Quebec, as successor to the Right Reverend Bishop MacEachern.

Aided by charitable and munificent donations, His Lordship was enabled to establish a convent of ladies of the Congrega— tion de Notre Dame; and also that valuable institution, St. Dunstan’s College, which was opened in 1855, a few years previous to his demise.

The City Artillery having been the first corps to organize, they were also foremost in equipment, and in providing them- selves with military uniform; therefore, in opening the Legislature of 1860, they were directed to man the Battery, fire the salutes, and furnish a guard of honor to His Excellency the Lieut. Governor. Accordingly two gun detachments were detailed and placed in charge of a non- commissioned officer in the Barracks Square, where the salutes of fifteen guns each were fired; while the principal division of the corps, consisting of three lieutenants, two sergeants, and fifty-six gunners, comprising the guard of honor, were drawn up in front of the Colonial Building under command of Captain Pollard. The crowd of spectators who had assembled to witness the early dress parade of these Citizen soldiers, was exceedingly large, but a great want was felt, viz 2 that of a band of music,—the life and spirit of all military dlSplay. As the hour of opening drew nigh, the booming of artillery was heard in the distance; then proceeded by a troop of cavalry under Major Davies, His Excellency arrived, and