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APRIL 24, 1884

Canadian Fine Arts.

Tne annual exhibitien of the Royal Canadian Academy was opened at Mon- treal on Tuesday, the 15th inst., by the|

‘ m a j Governor-General, Lord Lansdowne. | His Excellency delivered an excellent | speech ou the occasion, 1a the course ot | which he said : —

“There is one thing, at any rate, as to) which | think we have all of us made up | our minds, which is that as each of the pre- |

sent nations of Europe, and | am glad to| say the kindred nation on the other side of | our own frontier have schools of their own, | so we in Canada intend to have a school of painting. [Applause.] What will be its characteristics! They must, of course, be a matter of conjecture; but we may, I think, prophesy something with regard to them. It should, in the first place, have a dis- tinct individuality of its own, for it will have grown up at too great a distance from the European schools to be imme- diately influenced by them. It will, } { should hope, be pretty strong in portrait- | ure. A disposition is already observable on the part of ‘your people to secure portraits which shall be arecord of the men who have in public life dene good work for the Dominion. [Applause.} I am giad to know, for instance, that the faces and figures of the fathers of Confederation are to be preserved to us on a Canadian canvass. {Loud applause.} Again, it will be strange if, im a country where nature has done so much, we did not excel in landscape,

and I should expect your Canadian artists to devote more of their atten- tion to these two branches than, for

instance, to the painting of battle pieces with which I hope we shall have very little to do, or to the resuscitation of historical or classical scenes. |Hear, hear.| Besides this there should be an immense opening for architectural and decorative art in a country of which the population is expand- ing so rapidly, in which old cities are de- veloping so quickly and new oves spring- ing up on every side. [Applause.] One characteristic | hope the Canadian school

will certainiy have. It is a character- istic which I think belongs to our best modern English artists. I mean

honesty and truthfulness and absence of conventionality in their work. [Applause. ] This is, I think, one of the best features ot modern English art; whether you take the | painters of portraits or of landscapes, or of animals, or of scenes taken from an- tiquity. You will, I think, find an amount of conscientious handling and of fidelity to nature for which you would have sought in vain haif acemtury ago. Our landscape painters, for instance, have studied amongst the woods and fields and rivers. When they paint a tree it represents something more than a mass of foliage of some vague description. When they paint a rock we are left in no doubt whether it is granite or papier mache. When there is an animal in the foreground there is no uncertainty, as Ruskin once said, whether it is a pony ora pig. (Laughter and applause.) These men, when they handle nature, do so rever- ently and faithfully, there is not only force but there is precision in their work, and just as you may search in vain in the writ- ings of Virgil or Shakespeare or Tennyson for a single passage in which nature is care- lessly or inaccurately treated; so in the paintings of these artists you will search in vain for prefunctory or generalized treat- ment of the scenes or objects which they have endeavored to to reproduce upon their canvass.”

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That Contemptible Article.

Witn respect to the contemptible article in yesterday’s Patriot, we have only to say that the statemeat or insinu- ation that a partnership existed betweeo Mr. MelIsaac and the Examiner's repre- sentative, is absolutely false, and that the ExamInerR’s correspondent did not participate in Mr. McIsaac’s pay to the extent of a single cent. We need hardly remark that we do not atiribute the con- temptible article to the Hon. David Laird, It was, of course, the work of some ‘‘slhareholder”’ or “outsider.”

As to the statement of the Examiner that Dr. McIntyre had in his vote oa the Prohibition question been treacherous to the temperance cause — we cheerfully withdraw that accusation; and have ne doubt that Dr. McIntyre will take an early opportunity to explain why he left the Commons Chamber immediately before the vote on Mr. Foster's Prohi- bition Resolution was taken. No doubt, his reasons were good.

The motion in fuvor of which the

ys DAILY jj AN Mot.

incur extraordinary peril or risk in the effort to secure the reward hereby offered. The United Sta‘es will in no event be in- volved in any fu'nre hability or responsi- Lility beyond the said reward, and the de- termination of the Secretary of the Navy as to the right of any man to the said reward or share thereof shall be conclusive upon all persons. Witness my hand at my department, in Washington, of the said 17th day of April.”

The R. C. A. Exhibition.

Among the artists represented at the exhibition now open in Montreal, are Messrs. C. J. Way, Allan Edson, G. Jacobs, F. A. Verner, M. Matthews, H. Sandham, Homer Watson, R. Harris, F. C. Gordon, A. Boisseau, F. M. Bell Smith, W. Raphael, T. M. Martin, F. M. Kuowles, G. H. White, L. R. O’Brien, A. J. Pell, T. ©. Sorby, J. W. H. Watts, W. Brymner, Mrs. Schreiber, F. Day, Paul Peel, W. N. Cresswell, A. P. Coleman, James Griffiths, J. A. Smith, W. Pye, R. McCausland, J. T. Rolph, C. E. Porteous, G. F. Stalker and J. C. Mills.

The Montreal Gazette, in its first notice of the Exhibition, says,—

“Entering the gallery the first object which attracts attention is Mr. Harris’ bie- torical picture of Quebec Conference in 1866, at which were discussed the condi- tions upon which the Canadian confedera- tion wasfounded. This painting may be fittingly described as great; for not only is it great so far as concerns dimensions, but its meritorious greatness and the proten- tous gravity of the circumstances which have

it is designed to commemorate, found it a place in the Senate Chamber of Canada, by instructions

for which it was designed and exe- euted. This admirable work, without a doubt the ablest picture of its kind painted

\in Canada, is made up of some thirty-

three delegates and their secretary. The scene is the old parliamentary buildings, Quebec. From three windows of the room in which the delegates are gathered is ob- tained a magnificent view of the St. Lawrence, looking down the river. In the room the chief actors in this most momen- tous event are grouped in wonderfully easy attitudes, the stiffness which is frequently seen in pictures of this kind being altogether avoided. Indeed one cannot but feel, looking at this group, all the freedom and ease of life is given to the figures. The portraits are all excellent, though the eighteen years which have inter- vened have made changes in the faces and the carriage of the members of that meeting, who still survive. Probably the chieftain, who stands behind the table in his ordin- ary nonchalant style, is the one with whom time has dealt the most kindly. Sir Charles Tupper stands easily at the end of the table, Sir Hector Langevin being almost opposite to him, while between them sits the late Hon. George Brown, immediately behind whom, and on the other side, sit the late Sir George Cartier and Sir Etienne P. Tache. Noone can fail to recognize Sir Alexander Campbell, Hon. Mr. Chapais, Hon. W. Macdougald, Hon. Peter Mitchell, Judge Henry and some others ; but there are some lower province gentlemen with whom the Montreal public will not bo so familiar. The atmosphere of the picture is one of its many good points. This, from the composition of the picture, must have been by no means easy to obtain. The freedom and boldness with which the paint- ing is handled are something new in the portraiture of this country, and the stereo- typed black cast which is usual in groups has in the present case been avoided with admirable judgment. The coloring is ex- ceedingly rich, a feature which is notice- able in some of the other pictures which Mr. Harris has contributed. The country has reason to be congratulated on having so important an event in its history placed on canvas in so able and artistic a manner uy a Canadian.

Apropos to the allusion made to the rich- ness of color which Mr. Harris produces in many of his pictures, reference may not in- aptly be made to No, 65, entitled ‘‘From Sire to Son.” This subject is a far differ- ent one, and had to be treated in a different key, and this was done with that know- ledge of valués which the artist so well understands. This is an admirable picture, its motive being forcibly carried out. A father well advanced in years, holding in his hand a skull, is giving to his boy some sort of teaching, to which the youngster appears to be affording breathless attention. The contrast between youth, age and death is wonderful. ‘fhe drawing of the heads of the grey-haired father and of the youthful son is particularly fine, and all the artist’s free, bold handling is exhibited in this work. Another eminent picture of this ertist is No. 35, entitled: ‘‘All, all are gone, those old familiar faces.” The sentiment here illustrated will appeal to nearly all who see it, for almost every-

Doctor voted, affirmed that this country —from Cape Breton to Vancouver! Island—is now in favor of total pro-! hibition ; but of the truth of this. state-|

meat there is no tangible evidence | whatever; the motion which the | Doctor shirked set forth in detail the

principles and circumstanceson which a prohibitory law must be based, and, after a constitutional appeal to the people, should be enacted. We withdraw the| charge of treachery, and merely ask the Doctor or bis friends to rise and ex- plain.

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Editorial Notes.

—The United States Secretary of the | Navy has offered a reward for informa-| tion regarding the fate of the Greely ex-| pedition. On the 17th inst., he issued | the fcllowiag proclamation :—

“Notice is hereby given that the Govern- | ment of they United States wiil pa, a re- | ward of $25,000, to be equally paid or distributed to such ship or ships, person or persons, not in the military or naval service | of the United States, as shall discover and rescue or satisfactorily ascertain the fate of the expedition of Lieut. A’ W, Greely, an | officer of the United States army, and his} command, consisting of about twenty-four | persons, which in the month of August, in | the year 1481, landed from the Proteus at | Discovery harbor, in Lady Franklin Sound,

in lat. 81.44 north, and fon. 64.45 west. | bas

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| dead in his arms. | last mentioned, all Mr. Harris’ pictures which

one has had experiences similar to those of the sad-browed figure which sits in front of the desolate hearth,

he picture is painted in a low key, in excellent keeping with its sentiment.

In striking contrast with the two last- much,” and ‘‘At it again,’ both of which are upon a very small scale, They tell. their own story so well that it is needless further

to enlarge upon them. They have, of course, all the artistic merit for which Mr. Harris is known. This artist has among others life- like portraits of Mr. Henry Lyman, of this ci y, and Mr. H. S. McLennan, also a

sentimental drawing in illustration of an old

ballad which tells the story*of the Jady who,

receiving a shot intended for her lover, fell With the exception of the

we have mentioned are in oil.

The Witness says,—‘‘One fertile brush, | none of whose products could be spared, is | that of Mr. Robert Harris. In addition to his great historical picture of the ‘Fathers of Confederation,’ we must mention several portraits in this painter’s best style, including that of Mr. Henry Lyman ‘‘An old Canadian fiddler,” with that rich red-brown background so conspicuous in the ‘‘Herodiade” in our last loan exhib- ition; and the old man in agonized thought of the familiar faces that have deserted his hearth,—are both masterpieces.”

scotia ltipinnd bidet,

Sir William Harcourt, Secretary of State

for the Home Department, in a speech at

Derby, Wednesday evening said: ‘‘England

no right fo annex Exypt. England is ighs

Vowels are waruvil nbt (0! quite an empire enti

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[SexciaL Desparcugs To THe Examiner. |

An Earthquake in England. Lonpon, April 22.

At 9.30 o’clock this morning an earth- quake shock of considerable force was felt in the eastern counties of England. At Chelmsford, it was very severe, causing much terror. At South End, chimneys were dashed to the earth, and much damage {done. At Shoeburyness it was less severe, but a very distinct shock. The Globe says the shock was felt in the Strand, London. The duration of the shock was three seconds at Ipswich. At Hangenhoe tbe place looks as it had been bombarded. An invalid died from terror. The damage at Wivenhoe alone is £4,000. At Coggeshhll a number of school girls rushed panic-stricken into the streets, and many were killed by falling chimneys, ete.

The Freshet on the lIatercolonial. Sacnvitte, N. B., April 24.

The papers report the freshet to have been general throughout Maine, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. The amount of damage done to mills, bridges, etc., cannot yet be told. Reports of damage come from all quarters. The water on the Tantramar marshes is subsiding. The trains of yesterday met at the break near here, and tranafarred mails, passengers, etc. It is expected the break will be tem- porarily fixed to-day, so as to permit trains to pass over. The Intercolonial Railway is reported as very seriously damaged.

Gone to the Grand Jury. Toronto, April 22. In the Ontario conspiracy case, Chief Justice Hagarty was very strong in his language against the conspirators, and the press defending them. The case has gone to the Grand Jury.

¢. P. R. Stock. Orrawa, April 22. It is stated that Duncan McIntyre has dispozed of his entire interest in the Canada Pacific, having sold $5,000,00 of stock at fifty-one.

Gordon’s Safety.

Carro, April 22. The latest despatches leave no fears as to Gen. Gordon’s safety.

Weather Bulletin.

Probabilities for the next 24 hours for the Maritime Provinces. Toronto, April 24—10 a. m. All Canada, light to moderate winds; fine mild weather; stationary or higher ten- perature.

METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, Charlottetown, 24th April, 1884. Highest temperature yesterday . ........ 50 0 Lowest temperature (read at midnight),*. .35.1 Lowest temperature this morning ....... .32.3 Temperature this morning, at 8 o clock . .42.9 Temperature this afternoon, at 1 o’clock...49.1

PAPER HANGINGS, im great variety of patterns,selling very low at the London House, wholesale &

retail. April 24, 1884.

Citizens’ Skating Rink,

7 General Annual Meeting of the Share-

holders of the Citizens’ Skating Rink

Company will be held in the Rink, on Wed-

nesday, the 14th day of May, at eight p. m. By order.

W. W. STANLEY, } Secretary. Ch’town, April 23, 1884.—3aw

W. WHEATLEY,

(Or Wueartry & Soxs, CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E, Istanp)

Vommission Merchant,

269 BARRINGTON STREET, EALIVAR,. WM. <8.

aa” Special attention P. E. Island produce.

April 24, 1884.

Imported Shite Stallion OAK’S HEART.

AK’S HEART will stand for this season

at Whittey’s Stables, behind the Glas-

gow House, on Grafton Street, Charlottetown, and at the fen Mile House, Lot 50.

The first trip to the Ten Mile House will be on Wednesday, the i4th day of May next, and he will stay there until Thursday night following. This will be continued every fortnight during the season.

TERMS—For the season, $10, cash, at time of first service; or $12, on approved paper, payable on 15th of Cciober next.

For turther part’culars spply to the owner,

GEORGE TWEED Y, Charlottetown,

given to the sale of

N. B.—This horse is now in Truro, and Will arrive here on the opening of navigation

April 24, 1884—6i eod wkly Im

Grand Orange Tea.

PUBLIC TEA will be held in Pownal, on 12th day of July, of which farther particulars will be given ip Uue time,

By order of Committet,

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GREAT CLEARANCE SALE.

URING the next few months, W. & A. BROWN & CO. will clear out, at greatly

reduced prices, about 850,000 WORTH OF DRY GOO Ds,

the greater part of which was saved from the fire.

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This is a positive clearance sale, as we mean to be ready for our new premires In early fall.

We trust our customers will not fail tefind us out.

Remember the Place: Harvie’s Old Stand,

NEARLY OPPOSITE WATSON’S DRUG STORE.

W.& A. BROWN & CH.

Ch’towa, April 21, 1884.- dy wkly

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Tats.

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KASONS why L. E. PROWSE sells the CHEAPEST HATS R in the city:—

lst. Because he does not believe one man should pay double because another does not pay ANYTHING. .

2nd. He buys in the best makers’ best styles, buys for cash, and sells for cash. |

3rd. He does. not believe in the old rule-—ask large profits and want to get rich too fast—but is satisfied with a SMALL ADVANCE ON COST.

4th. He buys carefully, has no dead stock, keeps the LATEST STYLES always on hand, and at the right time.

Wess Come all, and be convinced that money can be saved by purchasing your Hats from

Ls. Hi. PROW SE,

Sign of the Big Hat, 74 Queen Street.

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Charlottetown Boot and Shoe Factory.

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BOOTS END SHOES ARE MADE OF SOLID LEATHER,

And give great satisfaction throughout the Island.

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gs@- Tho Best merchants sell them, and when buying be sure and ask for

our make. | DORSEY, GOFF & CO. Ch’town, April 12, 1884.—eoai wkiy

GREAT SALE OF New Cottons.

We have just opened a large Stock of .

ENGLISH AND AMERIGAN PRINTS,

NEW SPRING STYLES, Received Before the Advance in Duty.

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We have an immense stock of

GREY AND WHITE COTTONS,

Purchased when the Cotton market was at the lowest point ot depression.

iKieecy Cottons, Sheeting Cottons, Pillow Cottons,

TABLE LINEN AND NAPKINS,

‘Towels and Towelling,

| And other House Furnishing Goods.

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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL |

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Ode neenionin |

CHOICE YEAS, VERY CHEAP! |

By the Chest, Halt-Chest, and Quarter-Chest. Also, in Pecknede) of 5,10, 15 and 20 pounds, |

GEO. DAVIES

Ch’town, Feb: 11, 188

TAPESTRY, SCOTCH RD BRUSSELS CARPETS,

| Street, Charlottetown

Prince Edward Island Hospital, MEDICA(, | OARD: Dr. Hobkirk, Cousniting Physiciqn. Dr, Johnson, Dr. Taylor,

Dr. Beer, Di, Dawsen, Dr, Warburton, Dr. MacKay.

Matron— Mrs, Hannah Robinson.

Applications for admission may be m to the Visitirg Physician or Matron, at the Hospital, daily (Sundays exc ptedy, between ten and eleven, a in, or by correspondences with any member of the medical Board, or the Matron.

The friends of patients will be admj from two to four, p,m. every day (+7 Sunday). ( or

The general visiting day for perrons wigh. ing to see the institution is Thursday gf each week, from two to four o'clock, p, m,

D. R. MACLENNAN,

Secretary of Trustees April 24—eod wkly :

ODDFELLOWS' — Natal Day Celebration,

GRAND CONCERT

Minstrel bute: tainment,

—IN THE— MARKET HALL, 0 Monday, 28th April, 1884, PROGRAMME,

PART I,

renee LE 8. eos SR Po vs ck ee WON IR . 05s <n edone » smnlall Mr. Reid Vocal Duet........ Misses Borr and MeLeod Violin Solo........ .......Mr. Vinnicombs Tetee Bow... es, Mr. W..J. 01 el x. abun id . 162. -:-- Mise K. Krai ioabrmmmeinls, i:3. «ib i cies oe Orchestral Highland Eccentricities....Mr. A.J. McInnis PART IU.

Charlottetown Amateur Minstrels,

Omen R iS. ei ois a oe calc deel

Chorus—The Full Moon Union....Compan

Song—Gwine Back to !)ixie. .. . Brudder Bones Song—Annie of the Vale...... Brudder Toots — Song—A Boy’s Best Friend is his Mother... .

Song—Ellie Rhee.............. Signor Basso Song—The Belle of Tennessee. . Mr, Str Song—Tapioca.............. Brudder Plantation Walk Round—Whose dat foot

eis on sul big soda Company

The above will be interspersed with genuine jokes of the most refined character.

Titles of the pieces on the firet part of pro- gramme will appear next week.

Doors open at 7.15; Concert at eight.

TICKETS— Reserved seats, 50 cents; un- reserved, 25 cents; to be had from members of the Committee, and at the usual stores.

THEY. L, CHAPPELLE, Sec’y Com. April 19. 1884,- 5i

To Builders & Archiects

& PECIAL QUOTATIONS given for this Ss season for

BRITISH PLATE GLASS,

Wincows and whole stcre fronts, all in one piece, at the “City Hardware Store.”

NORTON BROS,

April 2i—tw

IMPORTED STALLION |

DY AUCTION, on the arrival of the first | boat from Pi tou, a very fine dark bay Fntire Horse, from Ontario. This Horse has taken first prizes and diplomas at Toronte, Hamilton. and other exhibitions. Paiticulars on a:rival of horse at Char- lottetown.

A, McNEILL, Auctioneer, Ch’town, April 21, 1884.

WANES, LONT, FOUND, de.

SIDE-SADDLE (English make) will be sold ata bargain. Apply at this office. {ap24

"BO LET—About the Ist May, a Cottage on Weymouth Street. Apply to F. Haszarp. [ap24 3aw

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\ ANTED—A Young Man accustomed to

rubbing saws, to work in Steam Mill Steady employment and good wages.— MARK Whioent & Co. [ap?3 3i wkly li

Wy ante a SERVANT GIRL for general housework. Apply to Mrs, Alley, Dorchester Street. {ap2l

OR SALE—TWO WAGONS (second- hand). Apply to John R. Warren, corner

Cumberland Street and St. Peter’s Road. [ap2t i pd

oe NURSE MAID (a good needle-woman preferred) to go to Stellarton, N.S, Apply to Mrs. Col, Gray, fapl8

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Inkerman House. r oO LET The Dweiling Liouse and Shep

on Great George trect, next to Deales Corner. Rent moderate. App.y to Mss. E. Borris. [apls V YANTED IMMEDIATELY—A GIRL for general housework, in a sm

family. Apply atthe Fish Market, Grafton [apl7 ai eo

‘s°O LET—On the St. Peter's Road, half a mile from the city, a neat, well finished Cottage, with half an acre of land attached. Pleasantly sitrated. Formerly occupied by Mr. Cook, Apply to Hector McLeod, 56 Peter’s Road, East Royalty. [m rr N guaranteed salaries—with Commisi0b— four first-class positions for men of go

| a & co. | address, —Buavurr, GakreTson & Co., Orcet

Department, St. John, N. B.

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