-1... convey the BishOp and his suite to the schooner which was anchored in the harbour, and thus amid expressions of good will on all sides terminated the visit of Monseigneur Plessis to Charlottetown. The chief personages of the place appear to have been delighted with the clever and synmathetic Bishop. and he in turn speaks must warmly of the kindness he received and of the beauty and promise of the budding town, of which he writes: 'Its elevated position, its beautiful scenery. the breadth of its streets, of which the widest are one hundred feet. the narrowest sixty; the elegance of its private houses, and of the few public buildings already erected. give promise that Charlottetown will one day rank among the most beautiful towns of North America. Already it yields the palm to none in Canada, except that it has not that air of wealth which gives so striking an appearance to Montreal. There is an English church, new and renarkably elegant Court House or Hall of Justice and barracks for the soldiers and officers of the garrison, separated one from the other by a spacious court yard. This garrison consisting at present of a hundred men forms part of a colonial regiment. named the Royal New Brunswick. It is conmanded by Captain Shore, an officer whose merit has lately been put to the test of a court martial by which he was honourable acquitted, to the great confusion of those who had accused him. Near the barracks and on the bank of the river is a battery of six or seven pieces of Cannon and a mile from there on the extreme end of a point jutting into the River is a blockhouse. furnished with more pieces of artillery. These two batteries form the protection of the town in default of better“. Bishop flessis left one of his attendant clergy, the Rev. N . Beaubien. to minister to the spiritual wants of the Acadians on Prince Edward Island. and it was arranged that he should receive the dues in all parts north and west of Charlottetown and Tracadie. while Father McEachern should receive those of the eastern section of the lsland. it being understood that each clergyman should

attend all families of his own nationality irrespective of the location of their