I78 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     twenty-one guns, and the march-past, which closed the proceed- 
     
     ings. The movements of the marines, sailors and militia, gave 
     
     evidence of the most careful and thorough drilling. 
     
    
   
   
    
     At the close, the different companies were addressed by His 
     
     Honor the Lieutenant Governor, Col. Worsley, and Capt. 
     
     Beaumont, of the Canada. Afterward there were three cheers 
     
     given for the Queen, three for the Governor, and one for Mrs. 
     
     McDonald. In the evening the city was literally thronged. 
     
     The firemen’s procession, in which the Hook and Ladder and 
     
     Salvage Corps Companies took part, was a very gorgeous affair. 
     
     The different fire engines were tastefully decorated with 
     
     flowers, and mottoes, and horses were gaily attired. As the 
     
     procession traversed the principal streets, all had an oppor- 
     
     tunity of witnessing it. 
     
    

    
     The illuminations were very fine. Queen Square seemed a 
     
     perfect blaze of light. All the public buildings, the Island 
     
     Guardian and Patriot offices, the principal stores and private 
     
     residences, were also illuminated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The fire works were brilliant in the extreme,—-the sky was at 
     
     times lighted up with rockets and the burning mottoes—-—“Our 
     
     Jubilee,” “God save our Queen,” etc., were grand and beautiful. 
     
    
   
   
    
     H. M. S. Canada was also illuminated, and added to the 
     
     brilliancy of the scene. The best of feeling characterized the 
     
     multitudes who thronged the streets. On the second day, 
     
     which was clear and hot, the city seemed astir at quite an early 
     
     hour. There was a regatta in the forenoon, in which some of 
     
     the crew of the Canada took part, and which drew multitudes 
     
     to the wharves. At noon, a royal salute was fired. Shortly 
     
     after r p. m., the children of the city schools, accompanied by 
     
     their teachers, began to assemble on the stand prepared for . 
     
     them on the south side of the Market Square. At [.30 His 
     
     Honor the Lieutenant Governor and suite arrived on the 
     
     Square, which by this time was densely packed with people. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The school children now joined in singing the National 
     
     Anthem, after which an address was delivered by the 
     
     Lieutenant Governor, followed with some timely counsels to 
     
     the children by W. E. Dawson, Esq., Chairman of the School 
     
     Board. At the close, three ringing cheers were given for the 
     
     Queen. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Then the grand procession formed and commenced its march