Anglican Church. In 1860 it was Theophilus who placed a landmark that exists in Charlottetown to this day. Theophilus wanted a ﬂag standard in front of the drug store to honor the visiting Prince of Wales. He heard that there was an old 18 lb. cannon barrel on the ground at Fort Amherst that was not being used. He obtained it and placed it in the ground in front of the drugstore with the barrel pointing skyward, so he could place a staff and ﬂag in it. it became a town landmark and still stands on Grafton Street, at the corner of Queen. In 1874, Theophilus DesBrisay sold ”Apothecaries Hall” to Dr. Frank Beer and George E. Hughes, who erected a large brick building on the site that became Hughes Drug Company. The intersection in the center of the city eventually became known as ”Hughes Corner". A stone building was erected on the corner in 1901, and the name ’DesBrisay Block’ can still be seen etched in stone on the south side of the building. A plaque on the west side of the structure indicates its designation as a "National Historic Site”.

The Baptist Church’s concern about its small debt continued. Despite its efforts, it was unable to draw from the membership the £60 still owed for the construction of their church. The interest was kept up to date but the concern about the principal did not appear to be addressed seriously. They did prepare a ‘Subscription Paper’ that was always available for anyone who was willing to sign it. It seems that every penny in excess of preacher and maintenance costs would be directed to missionary work, and in 1848 we ﬁnd the ﬁrst reference that ”...a collection will be taken up after the next communion for the poor.” They owed £60 but it seemed that there were always things of greater importance.

Membership continued to increase and among those baptized was George Scantlebury and John Jury, the Grafton Street watchmaker. His home on Kent Street was where Thomas DesBrisay and a few other believers ﬁrst met in 1835. John Jury would also be remembered as one of the ﬁrst in Charlottetown to make silver plate 'daugerotype’ photographs, providing some of the valued early images of the city.

Pastor Silas Rand, who brought new preaching enthusiasm to the Charlottetown Baptist Church, announced that he was leaving at the end of December 1849, to accept a new calling. The Church had grown to a point that it required a full time leader and the trustees immediately sought out former pastor Benjamin Scott and asked him to consider returning. Rev. Scott had a large congregation at the St. Peters Road (Marshﬁeld) Baptist Church who did not want to lose him. However, ”...after deliberate and prayerful consideration”, he agreed to return to Charlottetown, with a few conditions. Benjamin Scott needed £100 a year compensation but said that if the church could not pay it, he would personally obtain £40 of it himself, from friends. He also wanted to alternately preach at the St. Peters Road church and at the Lot 49 church every Sabbath morning, preaching every Sabbath afternoon in Charlottetown. If this could be worked out, the St. Peters Road Church agreed to pay £20 annually toward his wage. Everyone agreeing to his terms, Rev. Benjamin Scott, for £40 a year, returned to the church he had helped establish. It should be realized that Rev. Benjamin Scott’s wages, in today’s money, would amount tojust over $230 annually.

Thomas Broadwell had taken over as church clerk in 1847, when Lawrence Tremain resigned. Up to this point in time, clerk Broadwell's notes reﬂected only the serious matters to be dealt with; general information was usually not detailed. This changed in 1850, when Thomas Broadwell turned the clerk’s job over to a willing James DesBrisay. James, like his father, was a respected local businessman