Historical records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Artillery

—N. B. GARRISON ARTILLERY. 75was fired by a company of artillery under Major Nicholson.In 1848 Colonel Hayne became assistant adjutant-general inthe place of Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Robinson, who had diedshortly before. The death of Major Thomas L. Nicholsonoccurred in this year, and the vacancy thus caused was filledby the promotion of Captain S. K. Foster to the majority.Mr. G. Sidney Smith, of St. John, remembers the funeral ofMajor Nicholson, at which he says the artillery was presentunder Captains Foster, Melick, Wright and Stewart.The "Courier" of 19th May, 1849, contains the followingaccount of the celebration of the sixty-sixth anniversary of thelanding of the Loyalists, which had been observed on the previousday:"The anniversary of the landing of the Loyalists in thiscity in 1783 was celebrated yesterday. Flags were to be seenfloating from the dwellings of many of the descendants of theloyalists and from other conspicuous situations, and some ofthe vessels in the harbor were bedecked with their colors.The St. John companies of the New Brunswick Regiment ofArtillery fired a royal salute at noon and marched through thestreets preceded by one of the amateur bands playing somelively airs. In the evening Queen's square and its environswere crowded by a dense mass of people to witness a displayof fireworks. The exhibition exceeded anything of the kindever seen here, and was grand and beautiful in the extreme,and reflected great credit upon all concerned in getting it up.The committee of management were Major S. K. Foster, ofthe Artillery ; Captain T. E. G. Tisdale, City Rifles, and Mr.John Sears, all descendants of the first settlers of St. John."The annual muster of this year was held on the 9th October.The 1 8th of May of the next year was observed by thefiring of a salute and a display of fire works on the Queen'ssquare similar to that of the previous year.There were several promotions in 1849, among them that