CHAPTER VII.

Marriage of the Queen--Education in 1842--Foundation-stone of the Colonial Building laid--The Governor withdraws his patronage from Public Institutions--Dispute between the Governor and Mr. Pope--Election disturbances in Belfast--The Currency Question--Responsible Government discussed--Governor Huntley succeeded by Sir Donald Campbell--Earl Grey's reason for withholding Responsible Government--The death of Sir Donald Campbell--Ambrose Lane, Administrator--Sir A. Bannerman, Governor--Responsible Government introduced--Temperance movement--The loss of the "Fairy Queen"--Dissolution of the Assembly--Governor Bannerman succeeded by Dominick Daly--The Worrell Estate bought by the Government--J. Henry Haszard perishes in the Ice Boat--Census of 1855--A loan wanted--The Imperial Guaranty promised, but not given--Resolutions praying for a Commission on the Land Question--Charles Young, Administrator--Biographical Sketch of Bishop McDonald--Death of James Peake