MILITARY AND CIVIL. 11! 
     
    
   
   
    
     right Royal reception should be given—placed at the disposal of 
     
     the government a sum sufficient to defray all expenses attend- 
     
     ing his visit. 
     
    

    
     The Prince of Wales left England on the Ioth of July, on 
     
     board the warship Hero (91 guns), accompanied by the Frigate 
     
     Ariadne, (28 guns), arriving at St. John’s, Newfoundland, on 
     
     the 23rd. As had been previously arranged, His Royal 
     
     Highness, was to visit the capitals of Nova Scotia, and New 
     
     Brunswick, then that of Prince Edward Island, which was to 
     
     be on the 9th of August. 
     
    
   
   
    
     From early in July, preparations were sounding everywhere 
     
     throughout the city. Queen, Prince, Kent and Water Streets 
     
     were adorned with eight beautiful arches. Fronts of houses 
     
     in many parts of the city were ornamented with transparencies 
     
     and evergreens interwoven with flowers, whilst flags and banners 
     
     were waving in all directions, the suburbs sharing largely in the 
     
     general decorations for the occasion. The Colonial Building 
     
     was renovated and adorned as a Drawing Room, Ball Room, 
     
     Banquet Hall and refreshment apartment. Government 
     
     House, where the Prince was to be entertained during his 
     
     sojourn, was likewise placed in order. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On the 6th of August, H. M. S. Cossack (16 guns) arrived in 
     
     port, having on board a detachment of the 62nd Regiment 
     
     under the command of Captain Wilkinson, consisting of 3 
     
     lieutenants, 6 sergeants and 80 rank and file, bringing with 
     
     them the Regimental Band of twenty-eight instruments and 
     
     Queen’s colors. This detachment was despatched here to 
     
     perform garrison duty during the sojourn of the Prince. The 
     
     troops having landed they [marched from Queen’s Wharf to 
     
     the old Barracks, Sydney Street, the Band playing the tune of 
     
     “The Bold Soldier Boy.” The Barracks and the fortress being 
     
     within the limits of the city, a more lively scene was presented 
     
     than if those military stations had been at a distance. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Early on the morning of the 7th, the Imperial French 
     
     Frigate Pomona, 36 cannon,~—this being the name of all 
     
     ordnance in the French service,-—entered the port of Char- 
     
     lottetown and cast anchor opposite George’s Battery, and was 
     
     saluted from the 9 pr. guns of the Artillery under Captain 
     
     Pollard, which was immediately replied to. As the Pomona 
     
     unfurled the British flag at the foretopmast head, it was