96 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     The troops of the Garrison were relieved during June by 
     
     the arrival of a Company of the 42nd Black Watch, com- 
     
     manded by Captain Rollo. Their landing attracted a large 
     
     number of persons to the wharf, as they were dressed in full 
     
     Highland costume, and marched to their quarters to the 
     
     martial sound of the pibroch. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This year was made memorable by a gale of unusual violence 
     
     from the east north-east accompanied by a heavy fall of rain. 
     
     It commenced on the evening of the 3rd of October, and 
     
     continued next day and night with great fury, wrecking some 
     
     seventy odd fishing vessels on the rocks and sands of the 
     
     North Shore of the Island. Among them were, “5sz far/e,” 
     
     14 men, “Mary Malian,” 12 men, and the “Lady Franklin,” 
     
     I4 men; lost at Rustico, all within one mile of each other, 
     
     not one of the forty men on board saved. Although the storm 
     
     was so fierce, one vessel rode out the gale off Tracadie in 
     
     about 15 fathoms of water. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The meeting of the Legislature in 185 2, and anniversary of 
     
     Her Majesty’s birthday, passed OH with usual demonstrations. 
     
     A detachment of the 72nd Highlanders arrived on the 11th 
     
     of May, commanded by Capt. Rocke. Though a Highland 
     
     Regiment this corps did not wear the kilt. 
     
    
   
   
    
     During the dry weather in May, the underbrush in the 
     
     forests became ignited in various districts and as the fire was 
     
     uncontrollable many barns, houses, and valuable property were 
     
     destroyed: at St. Eleanors a dwelling house, outhouse and 
     
     work shop were burnt; on Lot 47 a saw mill; at Montague a 
     
     grist mill; at Monaghan Settlement two houses and two 
     
     horses ; at Murray Harbor Road, a stable and valuable horse. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In July, H. M. S. Devastation (6 guns) arrived in port from 
     
     the Gulf where she had been stationed for the protection of the 
     
     fisheries against foreign encroachment, H. M. S. Bari/12k (6 
     
     guns) also arrived on the 12th August, having on board Admiral 
     
     Seymour, the Commander-in—chief of the British North 
     
     American Station. Admiral Seymour landed under a salute 
     
     from George’s Battery and was received by a guard of honor 
     
     under Captain Rocke. A number of foreign vessels were 
     
     seized in the Gulf of St. Lawrence {or violation of the fishery 
     
     convention, and condemned during the summer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The official reports of the state of education at this period