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     the orb in her left hand. The swords and regalia were delivered 
     
     to gentlemen who attended to receive them from the Jewel 
     
     Office. It was nearly four o’clock when the royal procession 
     
     passed through the nave at the conclusion of the ceremony. 
     
     As the Queen emerged from the western entrance of the Abbey, 
     
     there came from the thousands and tens of thousands of her 
     
     subjects assembled in the vicinity thunders of acclamations and 
     
     applause. Similar greetings awaited her on the whole of the 
     
     homeward route; and the scene was even more impressive than 
     
     in the morning, as Her Majesty now wore her crown, and 
     
     the peers and peeresses their robes and their jeweled coronets. 
     
     Enthusiastic demonstrations took place throughout the 
     
     country, and public dinners, feasts to the poor, processions, 
     
     and illuminations were the order of the day. Every town in 
     
     England had its rejoicings; while in the chief continental 
     
     cities, British subjects assembled to celebrate the auspicious 
     
     event” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Serving here on the staff of non-commissioned officers with 
     
     the Highland detachment, was a young man whose sleeve 
     
     cheveron denoted that he held the rank of Sergeant in his 
     
     company, and as he was then in charge of the Garrison 
     
     Hospital, he diligently and carefully studied the virtues of 
     
     medicine, noting the disease of each patient, and the secrecy 
     
     of the cure effected. He left here with his company to join 
     
     headquarters, but having obtained his discharge some years 
     
     after returned to the Island, and settled a few miles north of 
     
     the town, practicing as a successful physician, also cultivating 
     
     a large tract of land which was also a profitable venture. 
     
     Becoming interested in politics, he offered himself for election 
     
     and was returned to a seat in Parliament, and was familiarly 
     
     known as the Hon. Kenneth Henderson. His death occurred 
     
     some years since at an advanced age. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The troops on duty at the Garrison were relieved in June 
     
     1839, by the arrival of a company of the 37th Regiment, com- 
     
     manded by Major Thoreau. This year 700 emigrants arrived, 
     
     600 of whom came from Ireland and settled on the estate of 
     
     the Revd. Father McDonald. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1840, a Bazaar in aid of the funds of the Ladies’ Benevo- 
     
     lent Society was held during February, which realized the 
     
     handsome sum of £251 115. 11d.