92 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     enable him to maintain the majesty of the law. These forces 
     
     consisted of the troops of the Garrison under Captain Dwyer, 
     
     with 60 rounds of ammunition per man, a troop of cavalry 
     
     under Captain Davies, and 120 special constables. These 
     
     were despatched to the locality in order to be in readiness for 
     
     any emergency and took up their quarters in the Presbyterian 
     
     Church near by. During the absence of the troops from the 
     
     Garrison the trained militia company under Captain Loban, was 
     
     ordered to the Barracks to take charge and perform garrison 
     
     duty. But military service on the nineteenth was not required, 
     
     there being no election, as two of the candidates had with- 
     
     drawn from the contest, and the soldiers returned to Charlotte- 
     
     town on the day following, having had a pleasant day’s outing 
     
     in the country. The exact number who had lost their lives in 
     
     this disgraceful affair is not known, but from eighty to a 
     
     hundred persons were suffering from wounds received in 
     
     the melee. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The anniversary of Her Majesty’s birthday, and that of Her 
     
     coronation, were celebrated as usual on the 24th May. On 
     
     the 14th of June, a company of the 7th Regiment commanded 
     
     by Captain Evens, and a detachment of Artillery arrived to 
     
     relieve the troops of the Garrison, who had been stationed 
     
     here for twelve months past. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Governor Huntley’s term of office having expired, Sir 
     
     Donald Campbell, of Dunstaffnage, was appointed his suc- 
     
     cessor; arriving here in December, he was greeted with more 
     
     than ordinary enthusiasm, particularly by the celtic population, 
     
     as Sir Donald himself was a descendant of an ancient Scottish 
     
     family. His Excellency received the oath of office at the Council 
     
     Chamber in front of which the troops of the Garrison were 
     
     drawn up under Captain Evens, and as usual a salute was fired 
     
     by the artillery. 
     
    

    
     On the 30th of March, 1848, Governor Campbell accom- 
     
     panied by his son George, and a number of gentlemen, drove 
     
     in sleighs to Belle View, crossing the ice from there to Point 
     
     Prim, where His Excellency inspected Point Prim Light 
     
     House, which had recently been erected. The whole celtic 
     
     population of that place, with a piper at their head playing 
     
     the martial air of “The Campbells are Coming, hie ho, 
     
     hie ho,” marched to the place and tendered a hearty welcome 
     
     to His Excellency and party. After luncheon, which was