PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Legislature to enable those who had been baptized or married by him to have the rec- ord entered upon the parish books, provided the fact could be substantiated by the testi- mony of living witnesses. Mr. Adin during his ministry seems to have done little that left a deep impression on his ﬂock for noth- ing concerning him has come down to us. True. he found the little community con- vulsed in political and social turmoil, inci- dental to the effort then being made to get rid of His Excellency (Note 5). But strife seems to have been the normal condition of life at that time, in the theological as well as the political arenas, so that this in itself will scarcely account for the absence of any rec- ord of work done by him. When Governor Smith was recalled Col. John Ready was appointed to succeed him (October 21, 1824). One of his ﬁrst public acts was to issue a proclamation calling for the repeal of all statutory recognition of slavery, which was still a legal institution though the right to hold slaves was no longer exercised. As further evidence of growing enlightenment a bill was introduced at the next session of the Legislature (I825) extending political rights to Roman Catholics, but it was lost on the casting vote of the Speaker, John Stew- art, of Mount Stewart, who though he fa- voured the principle of the Bill, thought the colony ought to await action on the part of the mother country. This same Legislature offered the Chaplaincy, which heretofore had been held by the Rector of Charlottetown, and which carried a stipend of £20, to the Rev. L. C. Jenkins. He, however, felt NOTE FIVE

merci‘ilce'r'iﬁ‘;:sﬁiéhrl‘ft‘lgeﬁ"&b'éi’if‘ih1" L‘ZE‘Siiiﬁ'r‘é “$23; more than four years: and when it met and prepared 218$? tiﬁn'ifnii'ﬂ. "(233%. '§3§n°’s€§'£§th'é%2§p2§ 3%; Xl‘f‘e‘ﬁcﬁrﬁﬁg’ﬁlﬁﬁmi‘ilﬁi $25.: $333? 2%?!

ish authorities with the result that the Governor was recalled.

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obliged to decline it as he did not consider that he could properly fulﬁll the duties whilst residing at such a distance from the seat of government, consequently Mr. Adin was ap- pointed. He did not enjoy it long for next year ( 1826) he resigned and returned to England. The last time his name appears on the records is in the grant of the old par- ish graveyard, which had been used for nearly ﬁfty years, but was only formally deeded by the Crown this year (to the Min- ister, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Charlotte). Advantage was taken of the Bishop’s visit to have it consecrated. The grant and deed of Consecration bear the same date, October 12, 1826, and were reg- istered that day. - This graveyard was used by all the Protestant population of Char- lottetown until it was closed by Statute, Jan- uary I, 1874.

When Mr. Adin left CharlottetoWn the Rev. William Walker was placed in charge of St. Paul’s and ministered therein until June, 1827, when the Rev. L. C. Jenkins was inducted as Rector and Mr. Walker sent to replace him temporarily at St. Eleanor’s.

During this time the population of the Island had been steadily increasing. A cen- sus, taken this year, showed the total number of inhabitants to be 23,266. Charlottetown had shared in the general growth and con- tained about 3,000 souls. v

As a consequence the congregation of St. Paul's had for some time found the church building inadequate to its needs. It was now decided to build a new one and on July

‘ 30, 1828, a committee of nine was appointed

to select a site and arrange for the erection of the proposed ediﬁce. At the request of this committee the Governor in Council con- sented to grant the eastern portion of Queen