Races were a favorite pastime.

Cricket and foot-ball had now become quite common.

On the old square situated between York street and Wilmot's alley the youths of the city daily assembled to practise these sports, while the military occupied a space within their own ground.

The inhabitants also enjoyed the music furnished by the 52nd band, which almost daily performed in the officers' square.
A large and imposing structure was now being erected upon the exact site where the former Government House stood.

The present building, owing to its greater proportions, consequently covered more ground.