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admiration of those who had assembled to witness the display.

At 2 o’clock the windows of the Market House—where a plentiful repast had been prepared—were thrown open, and the people invited to the colonnade to regale themselves. Between the hours of 2 and 4 o’clock many hundred persons partook of this liberality. The interior of the edifice having been arranged for the reception of the gentry, the Governor and Lady Mary FitzRoy were among the number who honored it with their presence, thus the day was happily passed. In the evening the firing of the 9 o’clock gun at the garrison was the signal for a general illumination, then every dwelling, from Government House to the humblest cottage, was instantly lighted up. At 10 o'clock there was a display of fireworks on Queen Square, while rockets ascended from the garrison from where also at short intervals the report of field guns reverberated over the town until ailate hour. During the while the streets were filled with carriages and pedestrians, and notwithstanding the indulgences of the day, before one o’clock, a. m., all was quiet and at rest. The remembrance of this day is still cherished by all who participated in its celebration.

Her Majesty, during February 1840, married Prince Albert of Saxe-coburg—Gothe. Thus following the train of events, the English orphan became a sovereign, a wife, a mother, grand- mother and great—grandmother, and as may be safely predicted, is destined to have the blessings of many generations around her in the days of declining life. Having entered the sixtieth year of Her reign, Her Majesty has not only gained and held the reverent love and devotion of Her own subjects, but has won the respect and veneration of the whole world.

In reference to Her Majesty’s Coronation it may not be amiss to lay a synopsis of it before our readers, as recorded in the London [/lmz‘rated News of that period :—

“ Amidst great pomp and ceremony the coronation of Her Majesty took place in Westminster Abbey, London was awake very early that day, and by six o’clock strings of vehicles poured into the West End, crowds of foot passengers also were on the move all converging towards one point.

“At ten o’clock a salute of twenty-one guns, and the hoisting of the Imperial Standard in front of the palace, intimated that Her Majesty had entered the State Carriage. The procession