On Prince Edward Island have passed away and that through arrangements made by the local government with the landlords the tillers of the soil are now the owners of their farms or may be so. The first Protestant minister settled on Prince Ed ¬ ward Island was the Rev. Theophilus Des Brisay of the Episcopal Church. He resided in Head and rode into Charlottetown every Sabbath morning to preach. He arrived on the island in the year 1775 and officiated as rector of the Episcopal church in Charlottetown from that date till his death, which took place on 4th March, 1823. He was descended from the exiled Huguenots of France , and was orig¬ inally a Presbyterian. As a preacher he was thor¬ oughly Calvinistic, of liberal mind and kindly dispo¬ sition. Before there were any other ministers on the island he baptized the children of the Presbyteri¬ ans—indeed, the children of Protestants and Cath¬ olics alike. Bishop McEchern of the Roman Cath ¬ olic Church was the next settled minister. He is said to have been a man of truly Catholic spirits, and like Parson Des Brisay , to have been respected and beloved by all. Not a few of the Presbyterians and other Protestant parents received baptism for their children at the hands of the good bishop. Rev. James McGregor was the first Presbyterian minister who visited and preached in Head. On his first visit, which took place in 1791, he spent two weeks in St. Peters and two in Head. On landing in Charlottetown he hired a horse and rode out to Head, a distance of about fifteen miles. 57