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 At Halifax, on Tuesday, 17th July, 1860. 
 
 
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 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 
 
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 H. PKYOR, Esq. J. DUFFUS, Esq. 
 
 A. M. UNIAOKE, Esq. E. RINNEY'. Esq. 
 
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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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 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 
 
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 )()s'ition.s on 
 G3d tlien 
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 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. 
 
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 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 
 
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 That shi[» 
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 re opened, 
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 ^lieir birth 
 
 •J we .see 
 
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 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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 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. 
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 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 
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 us hence. 
 
 Hill, who 
 
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 WEL8F0RD AND PARKER MONUMENT. 
 
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 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, 
 
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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. 
 
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 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 
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 iipun its 
 blcr river 
 to tlie ad- 
 iclied the 
 Eiit^land. 
 
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 I'th, there 
 )y officers 
 e British 
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 sad day 
 
 of daring 
 ig' rallies, 
 ifiil odds 
 ikeiiiian. 
 illy rode 
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 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 
 
12 
 
 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. 
 
 la 
 
 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 
 
/ 
 
 14 
 
 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. 
 
 15 
 
 } 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 
 
16 
 
 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. 
 
 17 
 
 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^ 
 
 I 
 
m 
 
 mi 
 
 IS 
 
 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- 
 
 I 
 
WBLSFORD AND RARKEIl MONUMKNT. 
 
 19 
 
 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 
 
p 
 
 20 
 
 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 
 
 
I 
 
 WKLSKORO AND I'ARKER MONUMKMT. 
 
 •Jl 
 
 I 
 
 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 
 
 4 
 
 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 
 
22 
 
 INAUGURATION. 
 
 
 I! 
 
 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 
 
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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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 rthward. was 
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