Historical records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Artillery

N. H. GARRISON ARTILLERY. 29the sum of ten shillings per man conveyed which was paid bythecity.•July 13th, 1813, witnessed the bringing of three prizes intothe harbor of St. John by H. M. schooner Breem, under commandof Lieutenant Charles Hare. This event and thewrecking of H. M. S. Plumper at Dipper Harbor are referredto in the late J.W. Lawrence's 'Foot Prints.' In July, 1815,Crookshank & Johnston, as auctioneers, offered for sale thewreck and unrecovered part of $70,000 in specie which hadbeen destined for the Commissariat, but had by accident gotinto the locker of Davy Jones.News was brought to Halifax by the Empress, packet, whicharrived there on Saturday, May 21st, 18 14, after a passage oftwenty-nine days from Falmouth, that the allied armies had enteredParis and restored the empire of the Bourbons. At St.John the tidings of the abdication of Napoleon and the restorationof the peace of Europe were hailed with delight. Onthe 23rd May an ox was roasted whole, in King square,and the city was illuminated. The eventful period in the historyof St. John with which this chapter deals, is graphicallydescribed in the recollections of James Bustin, who was born inthe year 1800, and was a lad in the days which he recalls. Thefollowing extract ismade from a copy of his reminiscences whichhe had prepared for his family, and for its reproduction here, aswell as for much valuable assistance in the preparation of theentirework, the Battalion is deeply indebted to Clarence Ward,Esq., a gentleman whose gracefully writtensketches of the earlyhistory of the city, are as accurate as they are delightful. Mr.Bustin says :'The inmates of the almshouse, (then situated'where the Dufferin hotel now stands) had, in 1808 to take'other quarters for a short time there being an apprehension