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r 1 event in Charlotte‘- w3,,°§}_i,’{.,}’y was the visit here, in August, 13 , of HRH. Albert Ed-,

Brd prince of Wales, eldest, son ,‘,', dueen Victoria. who NM‘ , Kng Edward VII and the

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the detailed ac- w,,m'o1 ﬁg James B. Pollard in his “Historical sinetoh of Prince Edward Island” the following sum- mgyy will be read with interest; 31-.epal‘M.0i'Y to the Princes re- ception. We secret" mgded to Chariot wn .th long 9 pounder suns. toss!-her -with mujpment and a supply of ammu- nition, to be u as a salutini! wmy for the fortress. one hundred stand of cavalry appoint-

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caslon, embraced unit)’ or um him, ..thr0|l8h novernor, Dundas. our shores. His Royal mguuess grut:l0l1eiy'IGqlliucaii. and the legislature thereu voted 1:. mm of money “to ail. ex- pehm of the reception. ' The Prince left England on the ion: of July on board the warship "Hero" (91 guns) Iocymganied by are frigate '-.Ariadne' ( guns . lie arrived at St. John's. New- gounrilaud, on the 23rd and ar- xuigements were made for his vis- it to the Prince Edward Island plug on the 9th of August

street Decorations

From early in July. preparations re sounding everywhere th . t the city. Queen, Prince. Kent (1 Water streets were adorned in eight beautiful arches. Fronts housesinmanyparts of the ty were omameuted with trans- ... ancies and evergreens inter- oven with ﬂowers. whilst

.. banners were waving in

.. lions, the suburbs sharing ly in the gene ‘ decorations r the occasion. The Colonial Building was reno- icd and adorned as I Di-sag?‘ ‘It Ball Room, Banquet

ind refreshment apartrneut. Gov- rnment House. where the Prince ms to be entertained during his njourn, was likewise placed in or-

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on the 8th of August, HMS.

Cossack" (16 guns) airrived. in

ort, having on board I. detach-

icnt of the sand Regiment under

main Wilkin- lieutenants

. bringing with can the l- o! twenty-eight in- Queen's . _ .

'- Soldier Boy." Barracks

Imperial Pr ch frige. "Po- (36 canngil) enigma‘?! the of Charlottetown. cast her

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ygsit of Edward Then Prince of_Wale$. Occurred Nearly ‘M Eighty. Years Ago and

meats were subsequentiﬂ received.

of government, ma ’- ‘c ' a.nd= semibled upon a dais in front of the

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e Royal visitor to be approach g the harbour. There was hurryin to and Iro; those whose duty i was to receive the Prinoe_assemhled on Queen's Wharf where His Highness was to disembark. From the landing stage a walk nicely ted reached to a carriage in will g. on each side of wh-ich the guard of honour was post comprising detachments of the 62nd Regiment under Cap- tain Wilkinson. and the Prince of Wales Rifles under Captain Lea.

The Irish Volunteers, under

Captain Murphy, were posted as a m

guard of honour at Clovernmcm I-louse. Prince was selected tulery, commanded by Lleut. Mor- r .

Civilsocietiestakinrrpartlnthe ‘ ‘ " werotho st. An-

surmoun‘ ‘ with mayor. corporation, members of the Freemasons.

Bar and Assemb in and officers of milit.'a in scarlet tunics, shskos

Upon a dais posits the land- ing stage were 39 judges, clergy. white and crimson plumes. and sashes oi’ crimson silk.

When abreast of George's Bat- tery. the Royal squadron was greet- ed with the first salute of 21 guns.

A Warm Welcome

At ten minutes of two o'cloc Royal salutes thundered from the warships in port, indicaitin that the Prince had gone aboaz-5 his enrou‘ for the landing steps; I ‘fgw minutes ‘later th: boomine llery I Gwnze Battery announced His Royal in to have landed.

Prlince—w'ho wore the dress uniform of a Colonel in the army —:was welcomed by the Lieutenant Governor and escorted to Govern- ment House amid the cheers of tho populace.

On Rochford square upon an elevated platform were a thousand neatly attired children, who as the Prince approached sang the Na- tional Anthem. The Royal car-

resurned its way through the crowd at the lodge gale where the guard under Lieutenant Morris was mounted; the spectators halted but still their cheering continued.

On the following day. at L1 o'- clock, the ndnce held a levee a Government House, and later in- spected the Volunteers who were dirawnup in on order under command of Mn or, the Hon. T-H

gmviland. _ - _

At 1 o'clock the Judges. members recorder. t‘ citizens as- sented

colonial Building and

. D” Street‘ His Royal Highness with addresses

of welcome. me guard of hon-

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land. comprised thelsrtiilery under -

kl Pollard. Prince of

Ca p in leaand

: the Iris; ‘llltgiiirfirtcmsl under Captain

Murphy. Two covered stands were

erected for,the Mcommodai-ion of tn, ladies‘. who were’ present numbers. Fbllo this event the Prince ttended a pmmensde, held 03 ﬁov House‘ grounds. _. ' ''-‘Entcrtainment

’iiirtrr'i§.ir'rrnerrr 1 ...‘rs' ‘ provldéd by A

a ride around the Rnyﬁmh 9' TM prince. the Governor. and two or

three other gentlemen vaulted to ‘

their saddles and 81011! Kent street at a bris trot. taking the St.‘PeteI"s Road to the Mount Edward

~Aatbehour Hlshnees

aaturdatbe

mg n of honour and voiuu

into polﬁidu ..m''”....r - ' Gnoehs At 1tah:'c%gr of the no Standard at

lowest emit‘...

nt House,

'3“-V b°°m1!|8 .01 artillcr at ‘a

wry. ii that the visit of the Prince of ales‘iio our shores Md was abo tndto mum“

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have.

The Prince on the occasion of his visit here was in his nineteenth year. He was accompanied the lsivfuktaeof Newcastle, the pm or

rmans, mi 0‘ we Ron! ‘sum other members

The Gun Memorial

Malor Pollard adds the foliowin ‘mews?-1118 note: “On the rernovfl of the ordinance from the block- house in 1856. an 18 pounder gun was allowed to slip from its sling and roll over the bank of the fort- mss to the water's edge, where it remained for several years. In 1330, d'lI1'§n8 Jilly. when all were pre- paring for the reception of the Prince. the late Theophilus Des- Briaay. Esq. had the gun brought to Charlottetown and placed in e ground. in an upright position

with the manic upwards, at the village boys at Bandringh

north single of Queen and Grafton Streets: - stout ling-start of can- side-rwble length was placed in the MN. hour the summit of which the Union Jack was displayed'dur- his the ihreedamraojournofﬁis

: ‘and though the staff has beennanoved many years, ﬂiegunrmniinserecnug mo- mento of the I.‘r°"rrr.:""m....‘

of Wales to Prince lﬂwud Island

\' ‘ .- .-. ‘nozzle: numeral’ he is equally at, Qnly

‘and or-many ear; is Kins George V’: deathyhe virtu the sporting estate

. in set- ing as" stalker for his friends. For so excellent and keen a aho

,3 the King's Canadian tour holds ou “d 3 the plains of Canterbury. much

especial p he hopes ‘to off" his round cl duties. Bart his some shooting is not new to him. 5?.“ “ti” ".’..‘i°‘r"°r.ﬁ‘ °’ "“‘ ’§““}“'

ans p a o courage urng his East African safaris in loss. on one trip he shot a lion and two buffalo in quick success! r, and on A “‘ well-remaniber ’ occasion he brought down a charging rhin- oceros at 30 yards.

‘The rut '.l‘I-lot At Sandrlngharn

Cricket and football are games at which the King showed early

mmise. But by the nature of

rigs he has had few opportuni- ties to play them in later life: the Prince did not go to school, and it is hard to muster 22 men— at short notice in a. Royal circle. Nevertheless, in their unrestricted days of early youth the King and his brothers played man a game of both cri and foo ll with

father, King ; his or. than Heir to the ﬂirone: and Mother. who was to be King au-

rldesgoeswi was oneothis tsandheis

930": Ill! lovedspeedsnd

there. ‘

-also

own train through the Otirs. gorge

the astonishment of a little crowd who waited to greet him at one of the stations. Instead of acknowledging their cheers from the Royal saloon. he stepped down among from the engine- driver’s cab, wiping his grimy hands on a piece of cotton-waste.

Family Film-Making

The King's interests are not all athletic. He was one of the earliest advocates of cine- hotogrnphy. some years ago a 2101 ywood com- pany asked his permission tomake a picture of the two little Prin- ceases at play in their Piccadilly garden. "You can tell the com- panylmske m-yownfllms ofmy daughters" was his reply.

He has a whole series of these home-made movies. which are a constant delight to family parties, on such occasions, too, t.he King can sometimes be persuaded to

. supplement the entertainment by an enhlaition of conjuring.

Both he and the Queen are fond

5mdrm8'hIm- of reading, and ureymrougrrt with

ﬂiemtothe Palace swell-stocked of. snothrn books. They alilring forxnusic,and

N5 though theycui seldom attend

public . they are enthusi- astic and appreciative wireless lis- teners.’ . the Kin knows more about me inddo has set than do most radio ‘fhns"..

l MEMORABLE EVENTS IN HISTORY

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6) constituency lnce.

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srnplatsd, he, too. will command the Assembly.

The Colonial Building, sinoe Ocmfeder- sirloin known as the Province Building

nnrmty centre, lxlslstive administrat'rve. social and intellectual. The most fateful If not the most brilllsrit function was the Charlottetown Conference of Septem- ber. ms, which adjourned to Quebec in October, and formuiatel me resolutions mi became the hula oi Confedera-

Enrly Governors '

The early governors of B11100 Edward Island had to provide their own resi- dences; and they either bought a house like Fanning, lived in barracks like Smith or rented like Ready. It was not till 154.3 that a Government House was ouiit. '1‘he present government house is the original building remodelled and re- paired from time to time. Today, iihc Lieutenant Governor often uses his pri- vate residence quite as much as his of- ficial residence; but in prre-courfederr tion days Government House meant more to Charlottetown than it has since 1:873. The churches in Charlottetown had to struggle into existence much ‘after the manner of otherlpublic me first meetln, for worship was held in private residences or in public taverns. Ihenasortofconmwnchmohwasused by both the Church»! England and dis- senters: but as the people became more prosperous they . undertook to build churches of their‘ own. in keeping with the dignity of their professions and the taste of their congregation. Todny, for Igjts size, Charlottetown is well supplied ’ with attractive church homes. church of

ilmgland. Roman. Catholic, Presbyterian, ' United and Baptist.

In Oharlotteiﬂwn. too. is situated the apex of the educational pyramid, Prince of Wales College,‘ an outgrowth of the Central-Academy“ which expanded with the‘ needs of the Province. and was as- sisted by a descendant of Capt. John

d, brought the early

“‘ settlers to lot 38.. Just beyond the city limits at. Duuto.n's University has been developed so that it serves a

widerhanlisownprovu acorn- binsdllnryand erected

Island artist, whose "rumors of Con- hssmadehimsowellknowu.

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also the Provincial head-

ways: and in ivthss been erected the new Canadian ‘National Hotel which is doing and provide ac-

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As no great industries are established lnthelslsnd. itl.snott)hehomeofmer- chant princes, shipping magnates or re- tired millionaires. It is probable, therefore. the/t no private houses will be erected in Charlottetown, and that all improvements in public buildings will be the product of local, civic pride and democratic contributions; But, if, when the Island was poor and land-lord rid- den the colonial building. government house. and the Central Acedemyncould all be built, more is no reason why I much niore. prosperous and more num- erous people of today cannot continue to Improve their capital.. ‘

Past & Present '

The tradition of the past is stroniz in Charlottetown to manyof this citil: o 0.- the desire is strong to link the past with the present, Port In Jois with Chur- lotleiown. Though the city does not hopefto grow until it has spread out to Port In Jbie it does hope to make the latter the playground of the former. Thus the site of Port Ls Joie were adequately marked by a monument to its history and if a golf course and club- house were provided there for tourists and motor transport regularized between the new hotels and the old capital there is no reason why the living past could not be an inspiration to future achieve- ment’ and Charlottetown continue to be cultured, contented and prasperous, s oityo(me¢noriesstriv'lngtcmakeam0d- In city at beauty.

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