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pioneer of that body in this Island - Benj, Chappell ,first postmaster of Charlottetown, who died Jan. 28, 1825, 1ged

86 years, Mr. Chapell , who was'a wheelwright, came to the colony in 17743 He leit New London where he lived in 1778, to come to Charlottetown. Reverend T. DesBrisay being the only Minister here, he became identified with this congre~ gation as church'warden, and assisted in clearing the ground in the square in 1801 for the erection of the Established Church.

The introduction.and spread of Wesleyan Methodism on the Island was largely the work of Mr. Chappell . He supported Governor Patterson and Mr. Callbeck in their pol- itioal measures. He incurred, in common with Patterson's friends, the enmity of the proprietors. ’

Not far from the remains of Callbeck will be seen an inscription to Peter Stewart, Enq., who for twenty-five years discharged his public duty as Chief Justice of this Island. He died November 1805, aged 80 years, Mr, Stewart came to the Island in 1771, and was appointed Chief Justice June 24, 1776. He was a member of the Council during the administration of Patterson, and President in 1779, 1785, 1790. Memorials and counter memorials were sent by Stewart and Patterson to the Imperial authorities in oppositicn to each otherc

Two very fine tablets of freestone, once placed on pillars, remind us of John Stewart, Esqo, and his wife, after which Mfg Stewart, where he lived, is calledo He was the son of Chief Justice Stewart and was Prince Edward Is- land's first historians His account of the Island publish» ed in 1806 in London, is well written and gives a faithful description of life in this countrya Mrc Stewart was young when he came to the Island, and during a comparatively long life was engaged in public affairs. In 1790 he was appoint- ed by the Crown as ReceivermGeneral of Quit Rents. He was elected a member of the Assembly in 1784, High Sheriff in 1787, Speaker of the Assembly from 1796 to 1801, and from ‘ 1825 to 1851, and was also Phymaster of His Majesty's Forces

in Newfoundland. Mr, Stewart presided at the first public meeting, June 1825, for the erection of a place of worship for the Established Churched of Scotland in.Charlottetown. A Portrait of Mr. Stewart, by Harris, hangs in our Assembly Room. He died, aged 74, in 1854‘,

As we pass along we notice an inscription to Lemuel Cambridge, Esq., who, it says, died in 1875 aged 74 years. The firm of L & A. Cambridge was the principal one here during the early 1800's. Their store, later used by