164 HISTORICAL SKETCH 0F PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     Prince County; Austin C. McDonald, Ephraim B. Muttart, 
     
     King’s County. 
     
     The result of this election proving adverse to the adminis- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tration of Mr. McKenzie, he therefore resigned, and Sir John 
     
     A. McDonald was then called upon to form a new government. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The local Assembly met on the 27th February, Capt. Samuel 
     
     McRae being in command of the guard of honor, the militia 
     
     band as usual was in attendance. The salute was fired by the 
     
     rst Garrison Artillery. Next came Her Majesty’s birthday and 
     
     Dominion day, when royal salutes were fired, as usual on such 
     
     occasions, the two batteries firing alternately, The officers in 
     
     command of a guard of honor are appointed in the order of 
     
     senority, except when in a state of sickness. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The 24th August this year was marked by events of no 
     
     ordinary interest to the inhabitants of this Island. His 
     
     Excellency the Governor General and Royal wife, the Princess 
     
     Louise, being on a tour to the Maritime Provinces, were 
     
     expected to arrive in Charlottetown on the above named date. 
     
     Royal Princes,——descendants of Her Majesty the Queen,——to 
     
     the number of three, had visited our shores during the last two 
     
     decades, and now we are happy in receiving the gracious smiles 
     
     of one of her fair daughters. Preparation for the reception 
     
     now engaged the attention of all parties. Seven arches. as 
     
     tokens of welcome, had sprung up in various parts. Two 
     
     large stands with rows of seats, a carpeted dias and a beautiful 
     
     arch was erected by the local government in front of the 
     
     Colonial Building. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A respectable landing stage and raised carpeted platform, 
     
     surmounted by an arch gaily decorated, were placed at the head 
     
     of Pownal Wharf, while a second arch stood at the foot of 
     
     Pownal Street,-—all at the expense of the city. Next, the city 
     
     firemen, under Captains Strickland and Large, demand our 
     
     attention. Their cleverly conceived arch, surmounted by No. 
     
     I Fire Engine, was erected on Queen Street, opposite the 
     
     market place; and their steam engines were decorated with 
     
     many devices. The fine decorations of the merchants in front 
     
     of their establishments attracted much attention, while prepara- 
     
     tions for an illumination of the city were cheerfully undertaken. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Caledonia Club proposed holding their annual gathering 
     
     on the second day after the arrival of the distinguished visitors.