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INAUGURATION

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OF THE

W^tUUti awd la«fe?t; Mawuraettt,

At Halifax, on Tuesday, 17th July, 1860.

C&mmitlec.

H. PRYOR, Esq. J. DUFFUS, Esq.

A. M. UNIACKE, Esq. £. BINNEY. Esq.

W. J. ALMON, Esq., M.D. J. C COGSWELL. Esq.

HALIFAX, N. k

PRINTED BY JAMES BO WE^ AND SONS

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INAUGURATION

OF THE

Wdsftfd and ^mht ^ommmi

At Halifax, on Tuesday, ITtu July, 1860.

(Jt-ommittcf.

H. PKYOR, Esq. J. DUFFUS, Esq.

A. M. UNIAOKE, Esq. E. RINNEY'. Esq.

W. J. ALMON, Esq., M.D. J. C COGSWELL, Esq.

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HALIFAX, N. S.
PRINTED BY JAMES BOWES AND SONS

1860.

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* The InaiiQ-uration of the Welsford and Parker Monument,
dedicated specially to ihc memory of those gallant officers, but
also intended to connnemorate the leading battles in whieli the
English took part in the late Crimean war, took jdacc upon Tues-
day, the 17th July, 18G0. The celebration was most imposing,
the interest excited being more general and more heartfelt than
has ever before been awakened within our city. All classes
joined in doing honor to the occasion. Tiic weather was all that
could be desired.

The peculiar interest felt in this celebration arose from the fact
of its being the first public demonstration of the kind that has
ever taken place among us. The Legislature ha,s on some occa-
sions, very recently in the eases of General AVilliams and Gen-
eral Inglis, recognised the high public position of some of our
countrymen, and the names of these two heroes are dear to us.
But they are still living, enjoying their honors. Tiiey may rise
still higher in the herald's list. Welsford and Parker have pass-
ed away. They can win no more honors on earth. Welsford
had lived lonii; amon"; us, and his name was a household word,
Parker's family are identified with the soil. Falling as they did
in that desperate charge on the Redan, what wonder that so soon
as the news was brought to us, the idea at once arose that their
memory should be handed down, as is usual in the case of much
loved and much honored friends, upon something durable. The
list was prepared and quickly filled up. A Committee of warm
friends took the matter in hand. The Legislature under diflfer-
ent administrations, forgetting party feelings, generously voted

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4 INAUGURATION.

JiiinJsoinc sums, in order that the monumc it might bo worthy of
its every day increasing public interest. After some delay,
arising from causes beyond the control of tho Committee, the
work was at length put in hand under the direction of George
Lanj. Gradually it rose to view, stone by stone, a short dis-
tance within tho gateway of the old Cemetery in Barrington
street, — that cemetery also being now in progress of restoration
t(» neatness and order, and being likely, before many weeks aris
over, with its handsome iron railing and gates, to become \\\
ornament to tho city. The Welsford and I'arker Monument will
add to its interest.

Upon Tuesday, the 17th July, at about half-past one o'clock,
tho proceedings connnenced. The G2d and G3d llegimcnts, with
their bands, marched to the Cemetery, and took positions on
either side of the monument. The bantl of the ()3d then
marched to the (Irand Parade where the procession was formed,
and which then led off in the following manner : —

The 63d Band.

The Volunteer Artillery.

The Volunteer Sappers of the City and Dartmouth.

Scotch Pipers.

The Volunteer Rifle Battalion.

City Band.

Heads of Departments.

Corporate Body.

Executive Committee and Subscribers.

Masonic Body.

The Artillery took up a position to the south of the monu-
ment, the Sappers and Rifle Companies took ground to th.c north,
closing in with the Regulars and forming an open sipiare — in-
side which were the ladies and gentlemen who were admitted l)y
ticket.

Wlien the procession reached the monument the members of
the Executive and Legislative Councils broke off, and passed
into the north gate of Government House. The Masonic Body

a worthy of
)mo delay,
imittee, the
I of George
I short (lis-
Barrington
restoration
j weeks aris
become \\\
luuient win

me o'clock,
nients, with
)()s'ition.s on
G3d tlien
kvas formed.

WEL8F0RD AND PARKER MONUMENT.

passed into the southern and through the northern gates to the
monument, forming an open line, through which His l*]\cullency
the Lieutenant-Governor, the Masonic Grand blaster, the Ad-
miral and several Naval officers, General Trollope and Staff, tlie
Executive Government, the Legislative Council, the ('orporate
IJodv, and the Executive Conunittee, passed to the raised plat-
form whii'h had been erected at the nortli. south, and west sides
of the monument. On the platform were the Gountess of Mul-
«-rave and daughters, the ladies of the Atbuiral, the General, and
the iAIiiyor, and of several of the h.-ading members of the com-
munity.

II. iVyor, Esquire, the Chairuian of the Executive Commit-
tee, announced that tlie proceedings would commence with pray-
er, and tlie Kev. Mr. Scott then offered up a solemn invocation
of the blessing of the Almighty upon tlie work in hand.

His Excellency tlum addressed the assemblage as follows.

ITMOUTII.

P the monu-
th.e north,
sipiare — in-
idmiLted by

members of

and passed

asouic Body

THE LIEUT.-GOVERNOirS SPEECH.

It is with the greatest satisfaction that I have accepted the
invitation of the Committee to preside on this interesting oc-
casion .

To a person occupying the position which I have the honor to
hold, there can be no duty so pleasing, or which conveys such
unmixed gratification as that of doing honor to those to whom
honor is justly due.

We are met here to-day to do honor to two gallant sons of
Nova Scotia, and to inaugurate a Monument to their memory.

It is not my intention to detain you long, or to descant at
large on the gallant deeds or private virtues of Major Welsford
and Caotain Parker.

INAUUURATION.

That is a duty wliicli T think it bocoiuos me to loavo to the
fj;(!nthMrian who has unilortukon to deliver an Oration on this oc-
«;asi()n.

[ think, howt'vpv, that it may not bo inappropriate for mo.
while w(! are (htlri-^ honor to these (wo gallant sons of Nova
Seotia, to remind you that there are others of whom this cokmy
may be justly proud.

There are, I doubt not, some hero present, perhaps many,
who remendjer a day when two ships were Ki;^iiall«'d ;is entering
this port, — both wore the; British ensin;n, — one had, U!itil lately,
worn a difr-rent fla;:;, — both were nnu;h disabled by recent con-
flict, — both carried a mournful freijijht of the wounded, tlie dy-
ing and the dead ; but a few short hours before they had been
eng:iged in mortal strife at no great distance from the city, and
after one of the most gallant actions (sver fought iii)oii the seas,
the victor bnmght her e(.uc[uerod foe into this pert. That ship
was at the time eomuuuuled ])y a Nova Scotiaii : her (-aptain
having lieeii mortally wounded in the action, the counuand de-
volved upon Lieutenant Wallis.

Soon after this the blessings of peace were shed over the world.
It is not my intention at the present time to s])eak of tliose of
this soil who have distinguished themselves in tlie arts of peace,
but there is one name which I inu>t mention, because he be-
longed to the Naval service of his country, and though not en-
gaged in active war with the enenjies of his Sovereign, ho did
contend with foes not less fearful, and difficulties not less appall-
ing, in encountering all the dangerous hazards of tlic Arctic
Ocean, — I need not say that I allude to Sir Edward Belcher.

Years passed by, and again the floodgates of war wore opened,
and again we see Nova Scotians stepping forward in tlie ranks,
and gaining for themselves and for the country of their birth
names which will be handed down to posterity.

The Crimean war broke out. If we look at Turkey we see
the gallant General who now commands Her Majesty's forces on
this side the Atlantic, contendino' ao'ainsfc odds and difficulties

ivo to tho

»n this oc-

■e for mo.

H of Nl»Vil

his cokmy

ij)s in.'Uiy.
H ontorinj^
itil Uitoly,
ocont con-
m1, tlio tly-

hiul boon
? city, and
1 ilio seas,

That shi[»
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iiiuind (le-

tlio worhl.
f those of
of peace,
Lse he be-
ll not eii-
;ii, he did
jss appall-
hc Arctic
Julcher.
re opened,
he ranks,
^lieir birth

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forces on

iifficulties

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WKLSFORD AND PAUKHIl MONUMENT. t

which m'\[f]\t have well ap[)alled the stoutest heart, and showing
what one dtjtermined nnnd, aided by a few hundred brave spirits,
could Bccoinplish in the hour of danger and of dilhcnity ; and
when at hist obliged to capitulate, not by the arms of his oppo-
nents, but by fnuiine, he did so in a manner which brought no
di.scredit to his country.

.\gain, in the (himea, we see the two gallant officers in whose
nicmiM-y we are this day met, foremost in the fight leading on
I heir men to the deadly brench, and finding a soldier's grave in
a far distant land.

St^arcely had this war ended, l)efore the sound of ])attlc was
Mgain heard. A nuitiny broke out in India, and again we see a
Nova Scotian carving out a name which will be rememliered by
future goneratiftns — for the name of Inglis will c\er l)e associ-
ated with the undaunted defence of Lueknow.

I have individualized thc.*<e names, not because I believe that
they are the only Nova Scotians who have distinguished them-
.selvcs, but ])ecause their names are familiar in our ears as house-
hold words.

jr« want no monunu;nt to fix them in our memory, but a time
will come when th(! lapse of yt.^u'S will veil their gallant deeds,
and I rejoice to think that this monument may then exist, and
that the youtli of that day nuiy then be induced to empiirc into
till' deeds of their ^refatliers.

1 rejoice to see this day around ine so many of those who, at
my call, h;iv(! couu? forw:n"d to take up arms to defend their coun-
tiy. God forbid that their services should be required for that
purj)ose, but should that day ever unfortunately arrive, knowing
what Nova Scotians have done, I feel con "dent they will emu-
late the deeds of their countrymen, shew what a free and united
ptM>ple can do, and spurn from their native land any foe who
«liall dare to invade her soil.

Tims far I have confined myself strictly in referring to the
names of those who have gained their renown in the naval and
uulitary service of their country, but, before concludino;. to one

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INAUGURATION.

other name f must allude — a name so universally beloved, re-
vered, and respected throughout Nova Scotia, that I should not.
T am sure, be consulting your wishc^, as I should not certainly
be consulting my own feelings, were I not to mention it. Yes-
terday, the spirit of the venerable Chief Justice, Sir Brcnton
Halliburton, passed from this world of strife and trouble. In
his death Nova Scotia sufFc-ed a national loss. Bred in early
life to the profession of a soldier, he, by his ability, soldierlike
bearing, and gentlemanlike conduct, secured for himself the
patronage and regard of the father of our beloved Sovereign.
When he left that profession fur a more peaceful avocation, his
talents, application and perseverance, soon justly gained for him
a seat on the ^encili of tlie Supreme Court of this Province, a
position he occupied for more tlian half a century. A jus* and
upright Judge, his courteous manners, and honorable conduct.
Voon placed him at the head of his profession ; and after a life
far exceeding the space ordinarily allotted to man — honored, ln--
loved, and respected by all — he has passed from among us, to
reap ilie reward of his many virtues, without leavins; a sinsilc
enemy behind. The gain is his, the loss is ours. God grant
that profiting by his bright example wc may so prepare oursel\<-s
for that day wlicn it may please the Almighty to call us hence.
hat our end may be as peaceful and cahu as his.

His Lordship tlien introduced the Ite>-. George W. Hill, who
addressed the assemblage as follows.

ORATION.

We meet this day to unveil a Public Monument. Tlic
cireumstances which have led to its erectinii d'.^mnnd from us a
public inauguration. Our countrymen, whose names and heroic
deeds it is designed to perpetuate in their native land, were en-

eloved, re-
houkl not.
1 certainly

it. Yes-
r Brcntori
luLle. Ill
1 in early
.soldierlike
Imsclf the
Sovereign,
catioii, his
ed for him
'rovinee, a
. jus* and
i conduct,
after a life
tnored, lie-
ong us, to
5 a single
Jed grant
i our^eKcs
us hence.

Hill, who

mt. Tiie

frfim \!8 a

md heroic

, were en-

WEL8F0RD AND PARKER MONUMENT.

gage<l in a cause of universal interest. They were actors in a
tragic scene on which the whole world gazed with eagerness und
trembling. The Crimean war in which they played their part, up
to the very day of victory, evolved the hope or dread, the sympa-
thy or hatred, of almost every people on the earth. Some
looked on from afar as spectators only, but had no share in the
terrible encounter. It was not so with us. Ever proud that we
form an integral portion of the British Empire, and ever re-
joicitig in our allegiance to that gracious Queen, whose virtues
shed lustre on her crown and lend power to her sceptre, our
warmest interest.- in that mighty struggle were called forth. The
success of our nation and the honor of our Sovereign were as
dear to us, as to Englishinen at home. Whatever affects the
loyal sultjcct in the British Isles, affects the loyal subject in the
British Colonies.

The occasion which has assembled us on this hallowed ground is
in itself the proof that we arc thoroughly idcntifieil, in feeling and
in fact, with the parent country. No alien or foreigner whose
eye rests upon this massive memorial, as he wanders through our
city, will mistake our nation, doubt our patriotism, or misappre-
hend our sympathies. It is raistid to the memory of Iriive men
who left GUi- shores to serve, and die for, their country and their
Queen.

The cause in which they fell was that of justicic and humanity.
The honor of the ]3ritish Empire was at .stake, for the pledges
of a sacred treaty were to be broken or maintained : the gener-
ous impulses of a free and magnanimous nation were aroused,
for the weak were about to be overwhehned by the strong. The
armies of England went forth to check the career of an am-
bitious autocrat, and firm as a rock on ocean's shore resist the
rushin'i tide of living hosts that rolled down from tbe boundless
plains and mountains of the north. When the alarm was given,
(liousands of bravo hearts and Rtron": arms answered cheerfullv
the call. No sooner had the guardians of the land authorita-
tively announced the fact, that danger loomed in the distance,

INAUGURATION.

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than the latent spark leapt as electricity from heart to heart, and
higli-spirited nioii left the farm, the factory and the forge, the
ducal palace and the lordly mansion, to unite and conquer in a
holy cause, and teach the world a lesson that self-aggrandisement
and usurpati(.n would not be peimitted in an age° of Freedom.
Unused to privation in those prosperous homes " where health
and plenty reigned ;" unaccustomed to close restraint where lib-
erty and law hold equal sway ; and unfamiliar with scenes of
carnage, it was marvellous how men of every rank displayed
such endurance, discipline and bravery, from the hour on which
they touched Russian soil, until they entered the desertc"". city of
Sebastopol. The unabated courage of those serried ranks as
they bore up against the torrent of fire which poured with impet-
uous fury down the heights of Ahna, can scarce bo pandleled in
history. As if the very law of Nature was reversed, the op-
posing stream rolled up the hill ; as the resistless tide upon its
flood meets and drives hwk with an angry roar the feebler river
descending in its channel bed, so the armed host, despite the ad-
verse current, swept onward and upward until they reached the
loftiest summit and crowned it with the standaid of old England.

Amid the gl(X)m and fog of that cold dark day which usl.ered
in one of the bloodiest struggles that has stained the earth, there
were signal and brilliant instances of valor displayed by officers
and men, that must ever redound to the honor of the British
army. The church bells of the besieged city, as they drearily
rang ere morning dawned, and tolled bef, ivhand the funeral
knell of friend and foe, formed a fitting prelude to that sad day
of weary woe and wanton havoc. It was a long series of daring
deeds, of deadly encounters hand to hand, " of despairing rallies\
of desperate assaults," until as conquerors against feaiful odds
the banner of victory again floated on the heights of Inla-inian.

That desperate charge of cavalry, when men literally rode
into the jaws of death— up to the cannon's mouth and between
the long lines of murderous artillery— must ever stand out in
bold relief amongst the boldest dc^ds of heroes. To the gallant

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WEL8F0RD AND PARKER MONUMENT.

bcart, ami
forgo, the
|ucr in a
ndi.soment
Freedom,
ere liealtli
vhero lib-
scenes of
clispiayeJ
on which
0'^. city of
ranks as
ith inipet-
■alleled in
, tlio op-
iipun its
blcr river
to tlie ad-
iclied the
Eiit^land.

1 usliered
I'th, there
)y officers
e British
r drearily

2 funeral
sad day

of daring
ig' rallies,
ifiil odds
ikeiiiian.
illy rode
hotvvccn
d out in
10 gallant

rider on his impatient war horse that pawed in the valley, and
at the sound of the tru^ipet rushed to the charge at Balakhiva,
the graphic language of the P]astern patriarch may he applied —
■' he goeth on to meet the armed men : he mocketh at fear and
is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword."

Looking away from these exciting and wilder scenes to others
not less harrowing, nor needing less skill and courage, though of
a different kind, we watch with unfeigned admiration and pro-
found respect that refined and gentle woman, who, with noiseless
stop, flits like an angel of mere}" through the long vistas of
wounded and dying men. By niglit, as well as day, her sweet
voice is heard, and her confiding countenance is seen, as she
glides throiigli dormitory, corridor and hall — always present
wherever wanted and responding to every call. From many a
pillow the voice of blessing falls upon her as slie hastens past to
some anxious sufferer whose life-blood is fast ebbin<x from his
lacerated frame, ])orchance to lessen by her ministerinii' hand
some dying pain, perhaps to hear in confidence a last message
to a fond mother or an anxious wife, — perhaps to reassure him,
as he steps into the dark valley, of His love and mercy who
redeemed by His blood a guiby world.

In this page of histoiy so diversified we Nova Scotians have a
[)lace. We have rea})ed the laurels and we have suffered loss.
We hav) participated largely in the honors and rewards bestowed
on chi\alry and talent, but we have also had cause to mourn.
\\q. ever hail with a lawful })ride the mention of his name, as we
not long since gladly welcomed back to his native land, that brave
and distinguishe(l man who now connnands the army in British
North America. The soldiers and statesmen of all Europe unite
in unmingled praise of the moral courage, the patient endurance,
and the moulding and controlling influence of his strong will
over other minds; while his own country presented him with a
swoni, liie Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland bestowed
upon him a generous pension, an^l our noble Queen conferred
ujton him the rank and title of a baronet. And thus we see

INAUGURATION.

our sliare in the triumph in the native of our own Annapolis —
"ThoIIeroofKars."

But it was not our lot that we should welcome home asrain all
our countrymen, and weave fresh chaplets for their brows. We
once raised the trium pliant paean : we now chant the funereal
dirge. This day we are assembled to dedicate a monument to
those wlio galhintly fell upon the battle-field, and though they
lived not to be crowned with garhmds in the land that gave them
birth, or returned to hear the panegyrics of their friends, our
children and our children's children shall read their names en-
graven upon the sculptured stones which we have raised to their
memory and honor. Upon th<,' cessaticm of war, many of our
citizens, desirous of raising some permanent memorial, which
would at once testify our indissoluble connection with the great
national event which had just transpired, and our own feelino-s
of respect and honor Cor the detid, most generously subscribed
themselves and elicited from others in the Province the necessary
means. Unwearied in their efforts to make it worthy of the
(^ipital, and of universal interest to Nova Scotians, they applied
to the [^(igislature for a grant of money. Their recpiest was re-
sponded to both by the late administration and present govern-
ment with such patriotic generosity, that the long cherished
design has been accomplished in a numner beyond their early
hopes, and the whole Province may now be proud of tlie hand-
some monument which adorns our city.

It has been reared to coivnuemorate the names and deeds of
those who have honored the land of their nativity, but especially
signalises Major Welsford and Captain Parker. These men
were both natives of Nova Scotia. And in order to show how
completely they are identified with the Province, and, therefore,
how becoming in us to raise a monument to them, I may be per-
mitted to give a brief outline of their family history, and a sketch
<'-f tbeir personal career.

WEL8F0RD AND PARKER MONUMENT.

mapolis —

p, again all
ows. Wo
e funereal
aumeut to
ough they
gave them
ionds, our
names en-
cd to their
ny of our
•ial, whlcli
the great
n feelings
suhscribed
' necessary
hy of the
ey applied
st was re-
it govern-
cherlshed
their early
the hand-
deeds of
especially
hose men
show how-
there fore,
ly be por-
1 a sketch

PARKER.

Captain Parker (William B. C. A.) belonged to one of our
oddest colonial families. He was the great grandson of the Hon-
orable Benjamin Green, who came to the Province more than a
century ago, and before Halifax was settled. He was a native
of Massachusetts, and bom in the year 17 lo of parents highly
ftjspected in that then loyal colony. The circumstances under
which he reached, and finally made this his adopted home, were
extremely interesting. AVhen that highly talented and chival-
rous man, Mr. William Pej)peral, Colonel of Militia, who waa
afterwards preferred to the dignity of Baronet of Great Britain
for liis signal conduct, raised amongst the merchants and trades-
men of the New England States an efficient army, and set sail in
1 745 for the purpose of besieging Jjouisburg, then in possession
nf the French, Mr. Green was one of that enthusiastic band
who followed his fortunes. Upon the successful termination of
that almost romantic advimture, ho was appointed to act as Sec-
retary of the colony, which office he held until 1748. On the
well-known 8ch of Juno, of the following year, the Honorable
Kdward ( ^)rnwaHis arrived with a fleet of thirteen transports and
one sloop of war in our noble harbor, and very soon after de-
s))atched the •' Snow Fair Lady" to Annapolis to acquaint Gov-
ernor Mascarinc of his arrival, and with instructions for him to
|)rocoed immediately to Chebucto, as our town and harbor M'as
then called. In obedience to his orders Colonel Mascarine
came, and on the 14th July the Civil Government was organ-
ised, when he, together with Captain Edward Howe, Captain
•John Gorelunn, Benjamin Green, Provincial officers who accom-
panied him from Annapolis, and John Salisbury and Hugh Da-
vidson, members of Governor Coonallis's suite, were sworn in
<Iouncillors on board the transpoii ship "Beaufort," and sat
around a table of oak which is yet carefully preserved in the
small Council Chamber in the Province Building. Mr. Green
was appointed Treasurer in addition to his seat at the Council

INaUGURATION-

Boartl; and when Governor Wilmot died, in 1766, he was elect-
ed, for the time being, to the high post of Governor and Coni-
maridor-in-Chief. Upon the appointment by the Crown of the
Right Honorable Lord William Campbell to the Governorship,
Ml. Green resui^ied his ordinary i-ank and duties, but was again
fiuminoned to assume the reins of administration for both Govei^
nor and LieutGnant-Governor in 1771, and discharged with great
ability the duties of both these high offices for nearly a year.
Just at the close of his command he died. On yonder hill is
the rude tond)Htone which marks liis grave, and strangt-ly con-
trasts with the imposing structure raised to his great grandson,
ii jf It briefly and truly tells his history in tlio quaint language of the

day. " Ilere lieth the body of the Honorable Benjamin Green,
Esquire, who departed this life on I'jth October, 1772, in the
60th year of his age. He was of a public spirit, and a great
encourager of the good of this town and Pre vine from the set-
tlement of which to his deatli, he was employed in the principal
offices of Government with honor to himself and the approbation
of all," His son Benjamin succeeded him in the office of
Treasurer. Of this man's children a son of admirable inventive
talents, but retiring disposition, entered the Koyal Navy and
distinguished himself at the battle of Trafalgar, receiving a
medal for his useful services and conduct- A daugliter married
an officer of the arm.y, Captain Samuel Smyth Parker, of the
(Mth Regiment, and was the mother of our lamented country-
man. He was born in Lawrencetown, a village situated some
few miles eastward from Halifax, and after receiving his educa-
tion at the academy at Horton, under the Rev. John Pryor, his
mother, who had now become a widow, obtained for him a com-
mission in October, 1839. He was gazetted as Ensign to the
same regunent in which his father had obtained his company, and
was for a ehort time stationed in this garrison. In February,
1843, he became Lieutenant, and exchanged to the 78tli High-
landers. For twelve years he served in India, and was then
jproraoted as Captain to the 77th Regiment in January, 1865.

WELSPOllD AND PARKER MONUMENT.

} was elect-
and Coni-
own of the
vernorship,
t was again
loth Govei^
with great
rly a year,
der hill is
mgfly con-
grandson,
lago of the
Ilia Green,
72, in the
id a great
)m tlie set-
c principal
pprobation
! office of
! inventive
Navy and
^ceiving a
ir married
:er, of the
I country-
ated some
his ediica-
Pryor, his
im a com-
;n to the
pany, and
Pebruary,
Sth Uigh-
was then
ry, 1855.

He enjoyed his new rank only a few troublous months. On the
third of September, he had an opportunity of displaying martial
bravery, and he fully manifested it Having accompanied
Captain Pechell of the same regiment, a gallant and much be-
loved young officer, to post some sentinels in the advanced
trench near the Redan, the whole party, with the exception of
Captain Parker and one man, were killed by the enemy. Hav-
ing sent this man to report the circumstance, a number of Rus-
sians rushed out from the works to make •hi«i-'a prisoner, whr i
he a1)ly defended himself, shot two of tliose who attacked him
with liis revolver, and eventually succeeded in bringing into the
camp the dea<l body of his friond. It is said that for this con-
duct lie received the thanks of the (Mineral Comrnandinfr the
Liglit Division, and wiis recommended for the Victoria Cross.
On the (.-losing memorable day of the final bombardment he un-
sheuthed his sword for the last time. He not only reached the
Redan, but there is some ground to believe that he was amono-
the last who stood upon that blood-stained parapet.

Tho folhjwing exbruct from the letter of a private soldier,
which appeared in the " United Service Gazette," is supposed
to have reference to him ; — " A panic seized the men. * * *
After the rush became general, one officer of the 77th and I
stood alone on the ground which we held so long and paid for so
dearly. He turned round and asked me my name. I told him.
He saiil he would recommend me to my Colonel. Poor fellow,
he had scarcely spoken, when a shower of rifle bullets flew past
us, and he fell into tho ditch." It is thought and believed that
this gallant officer was Captain Parker.

At the ftsisault on the Redan his career was closed. As a
man he wof ••tni^'ble, unassuming, and kind-hearted. He v/as a
member of t^*- George's Society of this city, and by that body
is yet affectionately remembered, as their liberal subscriptions to
this monument amply testify. As a soldier, fidelity to the tmst
reposed in him. and stfifldinpss in nprfirirminof hia /Infw movVii/l

liiii military career. Like hundreds of his brave companions

INAUGURATION.

I il

who Still live, he bore cheerfully the burden and heat of the long
«;ontinued contest : and uh many another whose loss is wept and
mourned, ho rose valiantly at the call of duty, and on that day
of rninglinjT grief and triumph, in the fore-front of the hottest
battle, ho foil and died a soldier's death.

WELSFORD.

Major Welsford (Augustus Frederick) was born in Halifax.
llm father was (*re-m«-.*^ Lt.-Col. Welsford, of the 101st Regi-
ment. On yonder hillock repose the ashes of his mother : her
tombstone, raised by himself, gazes down to-day upon the monu-
ment erected by his countrymen to her son. She was the daugh-
ter of Piiilip Marcliington, a merchant of some note and property
in this city. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, wIk)
honored her husband with his personal friendshij) and confidence,
wan the godfather of her son.

Whilst still young he was sent to England, for the purpose of
obtaining his education. After a short stay he was brought back
to Halifax, and sent to the Grammar School, where he was pre-
ftared for College by (lint accomplislied scholar and divine, the pre-
*'nt Garrison Ciiaplain. From his training he went to the Univer-
sity of King's College, Wi'ulsor, and enrolled his name amongst
many others whose words and deeds are widely known. In
those classic halls he recited in flowing Greek and nervous Latin
the exploits of ancient warriors ; and as in the fiery ardor of
youth he besieged the famous Troy, so in the vigor of manhood
his day-dreams became stern reality, and he stood in panoply be-
fore Sebastopol.

On leaving College Welsford purchased a commission, and
was gazetted as Ensign to the 97th Regiment in (February)
1832, became Lieutenant in (July) 1834, obtained his Company
in (January) 1838, and was promoted to a majority in (Janu-
ary) 1850. All these steps he received in the same regiment
which he first entered, and which he accompanied to different
parts of the world. On their return from Corfu about twelve
years ago, Major Welsford resumed his acquaintance with his

WKL8F0KP AND PARKKR MONUMMNT.

t of the long

is wopt and

on tliat day

the hottest

in Halifax.
101st Ilcgi-
lother : her
1 the monu-
5 the daugh-
iid property
5ussex, who
confidence,

purpose of
ought back
le was pre-
ne, the pre-
the Univer-
10 amongst
nown. In
vous Latin
y ardor of
f manhood
anoply bo-

ssion, and
February)

Company
in (Janu-

rcgiment
I different
ut twelve
I with his

I old friends, and made many now ones. His genial disposition.
his aocomplishments in the fine arts, his general information ac-
cumulated from rending, observation, and iningling much with
me!i of different nations, rendered him a pleasant and agreeable
companion.

Like Captain Parker, he was a member of St. George's 8(»-
clety, ami (sipially esteeined. For his College he (Mitertaincd the
wanncist affection ; enrolled himself as a contributor to the newlv
;n.v)rporated association of the Alumni, and always attended its
y(!arly Kncjxmia. His tuimo is bleude^l tor the future with this
ancient seat of h-arniug, by the foundiitiou of a prize annually
tM./npetcd for by students in their iirst year ; and as each anni-
versary of his death re(Mn-s, '• his g.iMant and loyal deeds are
commemorated in Latin," and In the samo hall in which his voice
W{us once a funiliar sound, tha President of the University pre-
scuts Uie successful camliilate with the " Welsford Testimonial,"'
founded by his old friend and cla.«sma<e, Di-. W. J. Almon.

Whei the !)7th w;us ordered to b^nglond he accompanied the
regiment, and after having spent some little time at Chobhain
Camp, wont to (Ireece in the latter part of the year 1854.
C(»lonel Lockyer having been suddenly promoted to the rank of
Brigadier-tJeneral, the ct)mmand of the reginjent devolved on
Major VVelsford tor some time during the trying winter before
i^ebastopol ; and it is rejKirted of him tliat with a good combi-
nation of moral and physical stnmgth. he succeeded in that, of
which I believe a soldier in time of war is justly proud,— never
absent fn»m his duty one day.

In Lord llaglan's despatch of 28d l)ecend)er, 1854, he is
briefly mentioned as having aided with two hundred of his men
in repulsing the Uussiatis in a serious sortie, thus affording \is
anthentic testimony that he was not inactive or ever far distant
from the scene of peril. Letters written by his personal friends
and privates of his regiment speak in eulogistic terms of him, as
a thorough soldier and kind-hearted man,— as "beloved hy ]w
brother officers and revered by his men." Nor whilst be dii^

INAIIGURATIOM.

(!bar}j;od his oiirthly duties, does ho poem to have forgf)tt«n his

Mrt)d. Infiiniitoly iissociatin^jj with the woll-known Captain V ic-

ur.s, thoy Ixdd a icli^ijious servife in Wolford's tent a few (hiv-s

IjofHro th(! death of that Christian man. [n sub.seciuently writ'ii*:

■w Kutrhiml he thus appreciates religion as ilhiHtrated in that do-

■vuut Centurion : — '• Whilst Vicars entered into all the interests

a/id <luties of a sohlier, his lijis and life held one unelianging

story of the love of ('hrist.'

M lenj^tli <lawned that day wliieh ltrou<»;lit gri(^f into a thoii-
p^Mid homes, and eliid in sahic ten thousand forms. To the well
known story of the s';orni;ng of the Risdan — tiu^ fearful (larnage.
tht! unrivalled bravery, the terrihle saerifieo, the mere handful
arrayed against the enormous host whit^h. under (rod, alon(^ 1<m1
to the disa|>jiniut<'d hopes aiid ultiniate liiilure — we need (mly
refer so far as nece.ssary to de.-erihe the [)art which Wcdsford
bore. The 07th U<'giment had furnished 8()() men — 1 (50 for the
Ladder, and '2(10 for the .storming party. The ladder party were
under the command of Major Wclslbrd, who had always been
ambitiotis t(( lake a foremost place in the assault. As early sis 6
o'clock, A. M., the regiment jiaraded, and each party niarche*! to
their respective stations. Eight men w(>re tohl off to each bid-
der, and they had orders only to leave the trench when the ap-
pointed signal was given from the Malak(>lf. Six long, weary
hours of suspense were they compelled to wait, when Major
Welsford's eye caught the rockcit signal whi(^h told that the tri-
color of France was waving on the eaptun^d tower, and first
g:ive the words, " Ladders to the front." As lions roused frtun
tJieir lair the brav(! cohort rushed towards the lledau, and reneh-
ing the deep ditch, plained their ladders and scaled the p:irnpeLs
in face of a murderous fire. The storming w)lumn followed
elosely on.

" Then poalod the notos oninipofent to chann,
Aiul lilt- ioud loflsiu ioiied ilieir inst alariri.
In vniu. alas ! in vain ye gHUant fcto
From rank to rank your volleyed tliunder flew."

(Chwring «n as l;>e.^t he (ould his already sadly thinned fullow-

WBLSFORD AND RARKEIl MONUMKNT.

rgottcn h!5
aptain Vic-
a few (hiys
itly writhij:
in that de-
le iiit<!rt'^-ts
iinclianging

ito a thon-
Fo the woll
111 (!arn5v<!;('.
3re handful
I, !«l()n(^ 1<m1
* need (inly
•h Wctlslord
-1(>0 for th.'

party wcro
Iways been
s early Jis 6

niarchc*! to
each liid-
hen tlu\ ap-
long, weary
vhen Major
liat tlu; tri-
r, and first
•oiised from
, and rofu'li-
hc p;irnpct^
an followed

crfi, OH WoLsfonl endoavored to enter the worLs hi.s head was hcv
erod from his \m\y. The emljrasure of the Ro(hin was to him
the portal to eternity. Tims closed the canwr of one whow
I memory we this day honor, and whoso n(tble hearint; is so toueh-
in»;ly pourtrayed in the lines of a fellow-student : —

* " And thon, hravo Wolnford ! when tho biittU-'s vitii,

,; Koiled itH red ntirfji's on tho firm Kt'dan.

f Thou wUh the Hrst upon tho rain|iart. stood,

And bathed its .stoucB with tliy devoted blood."

Surrounded by mrny of that army whose martial [)rowess has
■ been the theme of centuries, and on whose breast.s now pjlitter
the medals and decorations so valiantly won up(»n tlit; battle-field,
w(» have cause to be pn»ud of the fi^allant corps to which our
countrymen b(dono;»Ml. To the distino;uishctl (Jcncral in c"— '
mand, as the head and representative of the brave men wtio
stand around us. we, as British subjects, offer you our gratitude
for your signal service to the nation, and our a<lmirati<m of your
valiant deeds. To re<M)unt V(»ur heroic acts, would onlv be tO'
recite the history of the past. In honoring our conntryrtien, rc-
memlu^r that we honor you. Tliey were natives of our land, but
tliey were your (!onipanions in arms. This monument is reared'
to N^ova Scotians, but it is reared to your fellow-soldiers who
fell, as you would fall, in dt)ing their duty to their co- ntry and
their Queen. The very names en2;niven on its sides embraco
th(? wide range of th(^ most eventful scenes in the Crimean cam-
paign, and though our fellow-colonists were not present at either
Alma or Tchernaya, those noted places in the general history
are recorded with the chisel. And when you leave these shores,
and bear your unstained banners to some di.stant land, you will
reujember with j)l(!asure that you aided to inaugurate a memo-
rial to your fallen comrades.

It is more thnn pleasing that in dedicating a public monument

to Nova iScotian soldiers, the Nova Scotia Volunteers stand side

1 by side with the brave troops with whom our countrymen served

I so long. To the noble Lord who represents our gracious Queen.

^ and who haa hoaored us with his presence here to-day, we owe

Qj«ed foH<n

INAUOUKATIOH.

I: I

i!>l<

III

11^

a.ul pny our ;.rateful tlmnks for thu.s hrin;?ing out, mi essential
••I«"nont, ,M our nntioual relations. To His Lord.slnp, on whom
mst« tho ..rcvlit of this mc.von.ont. which .« tangibly presents our
>My with th,. British E,npiro, as well as to you, this eerenu,-
">.''i >nu.st be .loubly interesting. Like your fellow-count ryinon
you are natives of the Province, or have adopted it for* your
h..ine. and like them you are sworn soldiers of your Sovereicm
V.)u have before you eminent exa.r.ple.s of military (alcnt, an.fof
iM.gland's readiness to reward it in your own distinguisiuul coun-
trymen, the - Hero of Kar,<." and the dauntless defender of
'l.ueknow." % these sacred stones you are reminded that
the earthly crown is not always reached, and that a soldier n.ust
be prepared to die.

Numbering in your i.-ndvs the very flower of the land, in a-c
position, strength and form, your country may w.dl b,' proud"of
you. They honor your r..ady respr.nse to lh<. call of the noble
l^^irl ; your willingness to sacritire time an.l business • your de-
voted attention to the neoe.ssary training: your rapid attainments
and your martial aspect. But while tlu-y point you out with
pr.de. ,t IS not because they wish or hope that vou will take part
in the "pomp and circumstance of glorious war;' we rathi-r
had you as the pledges and harbingers (,f peace. It is danrr(>r-
ous to beard the lion in his den ; and bold will be the enrmv
who dares to plant his foot upon your native soil, to invade
the sanctuary of your homes, or trea.l upon the ash.;. ,n yy,
dead. On you we look as the giianlians of our lar.i,' .•,„'* ,;
best ramparts of our coast ; to you wo look to uphold and che-
^ nsb that loyalty which characterized your foretat hers, and now
marks yoPrselves, and which so often finds vent from Nova Sco-
tians' hearts id the inspiriting prayer. "God save the Queen."

To one ov;^vUed m your corps it is my pleasing duty to call
special at.--)t :.t., and thus publicly award hiui the honor so

lastly due. Men of ovro,." r"/-*c~- --1 - 1 ,

"'-h piOieMiuii uau rrade adorn your

ranks,— merchants, lawyers and physicians, the skilful artisan
and the mgenious meclianic. are banded together—champions in

)ur
le

WKLSKORO AND I'ARKER MONUMKMT.

•Jl

it jiTi essential
ship, on whom
y presents onr
», this eereino-
iV-countr)fnion,
il it for your
>ur Sovereign.
Jalent, iunl of
igui.sh(ul coun-
^ defender of
eniinded that
» soldier nuiMt

land, in ajre, I
be proud of
of the nohli?
;hs ; your do- 4
attainments,
►'ou out with '
iVill take pjirt M

we rather
ft is dantji^r- *
' file enemy *
il. to invadt? «
ih«j.s o,i your '>
int.' :'\u' t',if
Id and ehe- *
rs, and now '■
n Nova Sco- ^
B Queen."
duty to eall
le honor so
adorn your
ilful artisan

ampions in

'^ I

1 (M»njinon cause. Tt was a cItl/''> soldier, Goor<j:'' l^au":, who
<iflrvo{i with sueh admirahle taste :ind finished ext'cutiitn thai
t'ml>h;in of British valor vyhieh crowns this nionuinenlal pile. His
nam» is as.sociated with some of the most suhstantial and elalio-
rat»^ structures in our eity : it is now blend(M| with a nionument
whinh will i,e held sacred hy posterity. As we knew not that so
(nany warrior^' hearts were beatin;^ luMi(>atli the calm exterior (»f
our eountrymen until the suuunnns c.nuc. ,-<() we knew not tliat
thi^ proud king of bca-^^ts lay lurkin;; on our shores or emliethled
ill cur roek. until the skill of our sculptor lifted the veil that
coneealed him, and presented to our view the majestic Lion.

In orectin;^ this eud»I»Mn of liriiish soverei«>;uty to Nova Scotiun
valor, we have selected this eonsecrated spot as in harmony with
the ptirp(>se. Ouf fathers sleep around us until the archangel's
trumpot shall announce our Lord's retiun to earth. A halo of
sojenuilty invests the restiii;!; {)la('e of the dc^jiarted, atid \\\i\h it
reminds us of our latter end, should lead us to s«M>k salvation
throui^h that lU'deemer who conseei'ated thr tomb with his pn>-
senee.

And if the plaee bo meet, is not the time? VesI — in tlie lan-
;^i:i}j;e of anotluir — " It is fittln^r that we should on the .same day
express our sorrow at the loss of one of Nova Scotia's most hon-
ored son-i, who.se laurels, earned In <-ivil life, will be as utdadin?
as any won on the bloody hiMu;lits of the lledau. If unswervine:
reetitudi! of {)rinelple, consunnnate ability and knowled<);e of hiw,
-lod the most courteous and «j(Mitlemanlike demeanor in the dis-
charnje of the great ofliee of a Judge, eould render any man illustri-
ous, the memory of Sir Brenton Halliburton can never be effaced
from the history of Nova Scotia. Tried by the most severe of
ail te.sts, the lapse of time, he has only ri.son in the estimation of
his eountrymen. Discharging for more than half a century the
duties of a Judge, he has not only come out unscathed froni the
crueibie ut' time, but his reputation is more brilliant at its peace-
ful (dose than at any former period of his life. Full of year«
and honors he has gone down to the grave ; he has faithfully

INAUGURATION.

omplayed the talents entmsted to him, and in so doing ha^
reap Ml the reward of the unbounded respect and confi<lenw of
hirt contemporaries." The dep.irturc of that venerable ptitriareli
not only filLs the liour with seriua^nesa, but elothos with solemn-
ity the j)la(!e.

This burij.,1 ground is the grand centre of our early Provincial
history, Here lie the remains of our ancestors, our first settlers,
our le.iding men. Upon their tomb.stones may be read tlie brief
n.irr,',tive of tlieir own cancer, and hints of the times in which
tJiey lived. Incidenfs of deep interest are here and there re-
orded, and dates of iinjmrtant events are found and setfled by
the .short (Epitaphs upun tlirlr tablets and head.stones. Near u'.
ar. the monunicnts -,.f .ru-ny men of military and naval fune,
who in maintaining England's honor died on fielil :uu\ fio<Kl,
(M.>so beside u.>^ are the remains of some of tlitit gallant crew
who fought and bled upon the "Shannon's" deck, v/hei: she h«(!
captivo the -Chesapeake," Hore is a memorial to Lieut^'nani
Floyd, who fell with Nelson at Trafalgar, and n.onumental stom-,^
to many another of that noble band who breast the waves and
rule iho s(>as. Not far distant are the tombs of able generals
officers and men, who, in the di.^astrous .scenes of civil war
raging in the ohl colonit'S well nigh a century ago, lost their
hvos. On yonder rising groun(J may be seen a c(.nuuemorativo
st.>ne to Lieutenant !>,. James, who was lost in the ill-managed
and ni-fated " Tribune." as .she lay rocking upon the " Thro re
Cap," erected by the grandfather of that illustrious Prince of a^
illustrious nu)ther whose aj.proaching visit already gladdens our
h\nd.

But I dare not attempt to recourit lh(> names of those wh.>
rest in this hallowed ground : some who once ruled in ehurel.
and .Htate, whose forms in our streets were as familiar as the stP-
which glitter in the sky, and whose voices as the ripph> «f tht •
waters which lave our shoies : some who reared our hoine^
and tilled our soil, ancestors of our skilled me(;hani;;s anJ
arti8aa3,~name6 dear to our citizens by a thousand immoi]*i.-i

1 so doing h-M
] confidence of
erable ptitrlanjh
)S with solemn-

arly Provincial
ur first settlers,
! read the brief
times in which

and there re-
and settled by
ne.i. Near n^
d naval fame,
lelil ;uid flood.
t ,2"allaiH er(!n
. v/liei: .she h-d
I to Lieut4^na)i[
iinieiital Htont-.'-
the waves and
able genera It;

of civil war
ago, lost their
oniniemorativo

10 ill-managed
the "Throre

s Prince of aji
gladdenw our

I of those wh''
led in chunb

11 r a,s the 8tp'>
ripple of tht

d our home-
e(;han:c's iml
1 mcmoi',itJK4

WELSPOUn AND PARKKB MONUMBNT. *2,<i

m Standing amid the sepulchres of the departed, allow mo to
VIose with the eloquent and appropriate lines of one who in Le-
gislative Halls lately moved and advocated a supply of meiuis
towards this memorial of the dead, taking the liberty of chaiiging
ino word only, and that for the sake of application : —

" Room for the dead • * * • *

For those and for thoir works who are not here.

Not hore I oh, yes, our hearts their jjroHcnoc fee 1,
V'icwlesH, not voicolcsH, from tho di-opcst shclli*
' On nicrnory's shore hfirnionlous ecli()(!.s steal,

> And naniea which in the days L(<>ni; by w-cre spells.

Are bhnt with that soft music. * ' * *

'riif Roman •^■atlicrod in n stately urn

The, (hist Iio honored — while the sartred fire

Nourished by vestal hands w'as luaile to burn

From age to as?**. If fitly you'd ar,)ire,

Honor tlie dead, and let the sou Hiin<j' lyre

Recount their virtues in your festal liours.

(iatlier their ashes hijjrlH'i* still, and hitrher.

Nourish the patriot tlame that liis'ory dowers,

And o\ er btav nuura jjfraves <,'() strew your choicest flowers. '-

I^urin^ th(i deliverv of the Oration, wlnM-e nsference wfis made
to Mr. Lang, the seulpior wlio constructed the njoniunent,
the lion on the to[> of it was uncovered, and its fine proportions
displayed to public view. Loud cluMsrs greeted tlie unveiling of
the noble work of art.

Some coniplimoutnry remark.s ot the llcv. Orator. Mr. Hill,
tailed up Major-General Troll<«pe, w!io, in an energetic and hu-
morous speech, praised tlu; Volimleers for their attention and
(►roficiency, and stated his I'aiiie-t desir(> th;it the whole [K)pula-
tion of th(! province .-liould bccomo .H)ldicrs, and prepare to de-
tend thtiir couotrv io tlicsc tryinii; times when. no man couM nay
wliat gnvit ev(Mit.s an hour miglit liring forth.

layor,
thi« most in.tercstin"" day.

" After the inauguration ceremonies were concluded,'' Rays

ill

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INAIHJIJKATION.

thoSiin. " tlie companies of Rftnrnlars marched to their rcKfKT-
tivc Banjicks. Tho, Vohmtoer Batfalion and the Freemasons
proceeded down Pleasant Street, as far as South Street, thence
to Ilollis Street. Their march np flollis Street, northward, was
p'rhap.s the finest qjecjtacle of the kind that Halifax has ever
witnci.vsed : first came a hm,^ lin(^ of .-Vrtilleryraen, then the fine
»-onipanies forming tlie Battalion, marching left in front,— and
bringing up tlie i-ear the various Lodges of Freemasons, hearir»g
numerous hamiers and (iecked with rich regalia. On arriving at
the residence of the Grand Master, tlu^ llonble. Alexander K(;ifli.
the Masons halted and complimented Mr.';. Keith and family with
Masonic honors. After which thoy marched ahuig ITellis Street
to (reorge Street, up the latter to Harrington Street, and th<-nce
to the Masonic Hall, where they were dismissed."

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their rcsjKT-
! Freemasons
Street, thence
rthward. was
fax has ever
lien the fine

front, — mul
sous, beann<i
n arrlviri<r at
ander K(>i(h,
J family with
Ilollis Str<H»t
, an<l tlnuce

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