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 SOUVENIR 
 
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 OP THE 
 
 netit^s Jmlitlet 
 
 AN AC"COVNT OK THK 
 
 Celebration at the City of Saint John, New Brunswick, 
 
 IN honor of the Jubilee Year of the Reign of 
 
 Her Most Gracious Majp:8ty, 
 
 Queen ViijtoFia. 
 
 saint JOHN, N. B. 
 
 J. & A. McMillan, 98 and 100 Pkince William Street. 
 
 1887. 
 
Entered, according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the Year 1887, 
 
 Bv J. & A. McMillan, 
 
 In the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, at Ottawa. 
 
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INDEX, 
 
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 Introductory, 
 
 Committee, 
 
 Sub-Committees, 
 
 Official Programme, 
 
 The Polymorphians, 
 
 St, George's Society, 
 
 Jubilee Sunday. 
 
 Services at St. Paul's Church, 
 
 Services at Centenary Church, 
 
 Union Sunday School Services, 
 Church of England Sunday Schools, 
 
 Services in the Churches. 
 Episcopal Churches, — 
 
 Trinity 
 
 St. James's, ... 
 
 St. Mary's, 
 
 St. John's, 
 
 St. Luke's, 
 
 Mission Church, Portland, 
 
 St. Jude's, Carleton, 
 
 St George's, Carleton, 
 
 Methodist Churches, — 
 
 Queen Square, 
 
 Carmarthen Street, 
 
 Exmouth Street, 
 
 Carleton, 
 
 Portland, 
 
 Presbyterian Churches, — 
 
 St. David's 
 
 St. John. '[ 
 
 St. Andrew's, 
 
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 Index. 
 
 Ht. SU'plu'n's, 
 
 Calvin, 
 
 Carleton, 
 
 Bitptixl Churches, — 
 
 Leinster Street, 
 Hriissels Street, 
 (ierniitin Street, 
 
 Fiiirvillt", 
 
 Carleton, 
 
 Portland, 
 
 Confire^^ational Cliureli,. 
 
 Disciples of Christ, .... 
 
 Monday's I'uocEKDiNfis. 
 
 The Re>ir«tta, 
 
 The School Children's Celebration, 
 
 Sir Leonard Tilley's Address, ... 
 
 Dr. Al ward's .\ddress, 
 
 Hon. Senator Boyd's Address, 
 
 Oratorical and Musical Festival, ... 
 
 Address of Dr. Stockton, 
 
 .Vddress of Dr. Macrae, 
 
 Hejuling of Jubilee Ode, by W. l\ Dole, 
 
 Address of Mr. Justice King, 
 
 .\ddres.s of Sir Leonard Tilley, 
 
 TUEi«DAY'.S PrOCEKDINOS, 
 
 The Parade of the Polymorjihians, 
 
 Order of Procession, ... 
 
 Darktown Fire Brigade, 
 
 Moncton Polymorphians, 
 
 Portland Polymorphians, 
 
 The Queen's Drawing Room, ... 
 
 The Armored Lancers, 
 
 The Zulus, 
 
 The Japanese Pagoda, 
 
 The H. M. S. and Band-Stand, ... 
 
 Noah's Ark, 
 
 Thy Tableaux " Canada," 
 
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Index. 
 
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 fhe"Hlin(l Half Fliindrod." 
 " Fairy Land," 
 
 Presentation of tlio (Queen's I?iist to Trinitv Chiircli hv St. ( Jcoim-'s 
 Society, " 
 
 Sermon by Canon Hrij^stofke, 
 
 The Bust rnveiled, 
 
 The Clioir, 
 
 The Military DiHphiy, 
 
 The Artillery, 
 
 The Fusiliers, 
 
 The Rifles, [[[[[[ '']['[ ''" 
 
 The Route, ]][[[ ''"'[ """ 
 
 The Fireworks and Illuminations, 
 
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 :mmm t\jik (Queen's jlrMu, 
 
 St. John, N. B. 
 
 »N the lS)th of JiiiH', 171)4, IMiiicc IMwanl, I'atlur of our 
 y>^Mw Queen, landed at the foot of Kinu" street, and that event 
 t,V^^ was simialized hv tlie first ilhiniination that L'^niced this 
 eity. Ninety-three years hiter, to a (hiv, we find the citizens of St. 
 John jouiinir in tlie lieartiest demonstrations of loyalty t(» the throne 
 by celel»ratinij the Jui)ilee of Prinee Edward's daujxhter, our tfraeious 
 Queen, Vit tohia. 
 
 ►St. John a])|)roaehed the (juestion of the eelehration and its form 
 with eonsiderahle deliberation — in stron;^ contrast with its line ot 
 action in kindnvl mattei"s in the })ast. Months before the 20th ot 
 June various Jubilee schemes were su<:fj;ested by incorporated bodies, 
 as well as by private citizens. Some of these su<(^r(.;;tions were 
 practical ; others were pre-eminently visionary. But it takes time 
 to sej)arate the wheat from the chaff, and, thanks to the })rotracte<l 
 discussion thus engendered, the winnowing was so thorough that, 
 when the question eanie before the Common Council for direct con- 
 sideration, the aldermen, each and all, were fully informed as to the 
 views of the great mass of the people of St. John. It was forthwith 
 decided to organize, and to call in a nund)er of leading citizens to 
 assist in the j)reparation of the Jubilee progrannne and in the num- 
 agement of the celebration. The General Committee, thus formed, 
 
 comprised : 
 
 His Worship Mayor Tliorne. 
 Aid. McGivern. 
 " Blizzard. 
 " Jordan. 
 " Stackhouse. 
 
 Aid. Lantalum. 
 " Woodburn. 
 " McCarthy. 
 " Belyea. 
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 Aid. Robertson. 
 " Tufts. 
 " Raskin. 
 " Davis. 
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SOUVKNFU OF THK QiKKN's JtIJILEE. 
 
 vMd. Sliaw. 
 
 " Morrison. 
 
 C. W. Wtldcn. M. !'. 
 .1. V. Kllis, M. 1'. 
 linn. Jiinii-s Ik'ver. 
 
 Aid. IVtirs. 
 " KnuTson. 
 
 \N!> 
 
 Aid. Knodell. 
 Smith. 
 
 C. N. Skinner, M. V. 
 Hon. John I'>oyd. 
 lion. J. I>. Lfwin. 
 Hon. I)tivid MclA'llan, Provhicial Seeretan/. 
 lion. K. J, Kltchif, Solicitor General. 
 A. A. Stockton, M. V. V. ^V. A. (^iiintnn, M. I'. 1'. 
 
 SihiK Alward, M. I'. T. Jolin Ik-rryMiiin, M. I >., .M. 1*. 1*. 
 
 R. W. \V. Frink. 
 \V. Frank Ilathi'wav 
 lioylf Travcrs, .M.!>. 
 .Jauu'H Ki'vnohls. 
 (". A. Kvtri'tt. 
 II. 1). Tnioi.. 
 
 Harris All;in. 
 1 1. Lt'sti-r IVtcis. 
 I. Allen Jai'k. 
 Thomas FnrioiiK. 
 John McMillan. 
 J A. Col. Jilainc. 
 Lt. Col. Arnistroiifj;. 
 Major H. H. McLean. 
 Thos. AValker, M.H. 
 Capt. (ico. J{. Scdy. 
 (leorj^c F. Smith. 
 [Major K. T. Stnrdee. 
 John Jackson. 
 E. J. Wet more. 
 (ieor),'e F. Harding. 
 Jarvis Wilson. 
 Alex. Macaulay. 
 E. D. Mc Arthur. 
 1). Kussell Jack. 
 Kobert Fulton. 
 W. B. Carvill. 
 Gen. I). B. Warner. 
 R. F. Quigley. 
 J. F. Ashe. 
 
 (ieorjje I>lake. 
 .las. McNichol. 
 F. .McLcod, (^C. 
 A. C. Smith. 
 F. K. Barker, C^. C. 
 James R. Ruel. 
 James A. Hardiufr, Jfigh Sheriff. 
 
 R. (niricii. S. L. Brittain. 
 
 R. A. Payne. 
 
 James Manchester. 
 .1. \V. Lawrence. 
 Charles Masters. 
 .1. .\llen Turner. 
 John Wilson. 
 
 W.H. Thome. 
 
 ( leorge Robertson. 
 
 Andrew Finlay. 
 
 (ieorge .\. Barker. 
 
 Simeon Jones. 
 
 S. Z. Farle, M. I). 
 
 James A. J^stey. 
 
 H. A. McCullouKh. 
 
 ( harles Nevins. 
 
 S. \V. Wilkius. 
 
 W. Watson Allei. 
 
 I. J. Olive. 
 
 Hon. T. R. Jones, M.L.C 
 
 J. Macgregor (irant. 
 
 W. K. Vroom.' 
 
 Robert Cruikshank. 
 
 Thomas 11. Hall. 
 
 R. Love. 
 
 R. M. Knight. 
 
 J. A. Clark. 
 
 P. W. Lander. 
 
 Thomas Hunter. 
 
 John H. Leah. 
 
 W. n. Merritt. 
 M. II. (iallagher. 
 J. JI.T(.le. 
 Capt. W. Clark, 
 (ieorge W. .\llen. 
 Thos, M»'Avity, Jr. 
 J. W. (Jilnior. 
 J. S. Boies DeVtber. 
 Arthur Kveritt. 
 M. A. Finn. 
 lOdward Sears, Jr. 
 J. Fen. Fraser. 
 W. J. Frviu. 
 L. J. Almon. 
 FMijah Ross. 
 Charles King. 
 James Straton. 
 C. A. Macdonald. 
 Thomas Kickham. 
 Samuel Hutton. 
 J. W. Daniel, M. 1). 
 E, A. Powers. 
 
PrKMMIXAKY OlUiAXIZATroN. 
 
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 Music 
 
 ( (HU- 
 
 Thw ooiiiiiiittcc, with Hi.- Woi'Mliip Mayor 'riionic in the chair, 
 and Mr. A\ anlrojx'r acting' as scM'rctary, nut in the Court Ilonso on 
 the evcninj^ of May l<»th, and, after considcrahlc (h-hatc, appointed 
 a 8uh-c<»inniitt(.'(' to su<.fjr«'f*t a pro^n-anmic. At an a<lJonrn('d tncet- 
 in<r of the ^rencral cotnniitti'c, held on the ('vcnin;^' of May -'nst, the 
 s*uh-('oinniitt('(' snljniittcd the following jtrojrrarnnie foi- nmsideration : 
 
 SiNDAV, .IlNK I'.hii. 
 
 Si'ivicfs in the (lidi-reiit C hiu'ciies, and that tlie ik-r^'y in ciiar;;!' of their 
 eonjfre^ations in tlie city he each reiinested to preach a sernion, and iioM u 
 service in cornineinoration ot' Her Ma/ -t .''h Jid)ilee on tiiat day. 
 
 Monday, 'Jn-. . Jink. 
 
 In the niorninjj, a Ke^iitta in the I, irlior, connnencinu' :it '.• o'fliuk ; alMi, 
 music hy tiie l)ands. 
 
 In tlie at'ternoon i procession (»4 the childr' i. ot the l'rc«' Schools. 
 by the liands on the Kinj; and (^neeii S(|ii;iit ,. 
 
 Jh the evening, o itorical and nins' al Ustivj). 
 
 TrR«I).\V, 2 1 ST .Jt NK. 
 
 In the niorninj;, Pcdynioriiliian disphiv, coinineneinK at s o'clock. 
 nieinoration service in Trinity Church, coinnicncing ai 11 ""lock. The lui- 
 veiling of tlie hust of Her ^Fajisty, placed hy t!ie St. (ieoi-ge: Society in 
 Trinity Church, to take }>lace at this service. 
 
 Jn the afternoon, military display coinniencing at '1 o'clock ; also, niiwic on 
 the King and (^neen Sijiiares. 
 
 In the evening, illuminations hy citizens and display of fireworks; also, 
 music on the squares, 
 
 Ap])ended to the report of the sub-coniinittee was a draft of the 
 proposed regatta; also a suggestion as to free ferry eoiunnmioation 
 Avith Carleton, and an estimate of the cost involved in carrying out 
 their reeoniniendations. 
 
 The report was adopted, with a few minor amendments, and the 
 
 following Committees were appointed by the Mayor in accordance 
 
 therewith : 
 
 Oratorical and Musical Festival. 
 
 ('. W. Weldon, M.P. Aid. Woodburn. Aid. Tufts. 
 
 J. V. ElliH, M. P. Dr. Fred. E. Barker. Aid. Robertson. 
 
 A. A. Stockton, M. P. P Hon. John Boyd. James R. Ruel. 
 
 Simeon Jones. 
 
 Hon. R. J. Ritchie. 
 
 Aid. Ba.skin. 
 
 SilasAlward, M.P.P. 
 J. W. Lawrence. 
 Chas. A. Everitt. 
 I. Allen Jack. 
 
 James Reynold. . 
 Thos. H. ilall. 
 John W. (lilmor. 
 
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 Souvenir of the Queen's Jubilee. 
 
 A. C. Smith. 
 
 11. D. Troop. 
 
 lion. D. McLellan. 
 
 C.N. Skinner, M. P. 
 
 J. Berryman, M. D., M. 1\ P. 
 
 Thos. Walker, M. D. 
 
 J. W. Daniel, M. D. 
 
 W. II. Thorne. 
 
 (I. A. Barker. 
 
 Regatta. 
 W. B. Carvill. 
 \V. E. Vrooni. 
 Aid. Morrison. 
 Aid. Belyea. 
 CJeo. F. Smith. 
 Aid. Peters. 
 Aid. McGivern. 
 Aid. Davis. 
 Robert Fulton. 
 
 R. W. W. Frink. 
 John Kerr. 
 Fred. Blaekadar, 
 John Wilson. 
 
 ('has. Nevins. 
 S. W. W 11 kins. 
 Andrew Finlav. 
 
 Lt. Col. Armstrong. 
 
 Lt. Col. Blaine. 
 
 Fireworks and Illiiiniiiatioii. 
 
 II. A. McCuUongh. 
 D. K\issell Jack. 
 John F. Ashe. 
 Aid. Lantalum. 
 
 rolyiiiorpIiiniiK. 
 
 J. Fen. Fraser. 
 Aid, Shaw. 
 Aid. Knodell. 
 
 f^lijah Ross. 
 Samuel Ilntton. 
 (leorge Price. 
 Aid. McCarthy. 
 Aid. Emerson. 
 J. Alfred Clark. 
 Aid. Staekhouse. 
 W. Watson Allen. 
 M. II. Ciallagher. 
 
 Aid. Blizzard. 
 John II. Leah. 
 Thos, Kickham. 
 R. A. Pavne. 
 
 (ieorge Blake. 
 R. Love. 
 
 New IJruiiswick Artillery. 
 
 Ca])t. (leorge B. Seely. Major A. J. Armstrong. 
 
 62ii<l Fusiliers. 
 
 Major II. II. McLean. 
 
 Itaiuls and Mnsie. 
 
 His Worship the Mayor. Lt. Col, Blaine. 
 
 Lt. Col. Armstrong. 
 
 James McNichol, 
 R. F, Quigley, 
 
 W, II, Thorne, 
 Arthur Everitt. 
 Charles Masters, 
 
 Richard O'Brien. 
 
 Major E. T. Sturdee. 
 
 Edward Sears, Jr. 
 Aid. Smith. 
 Aid. Jordan. 
 
 Railway and 8tcanil)oat Fares. 
 
 George Robertson. James Manchester. 
 
 Robert Cruikshank. T, McAvity, Jr. 
 
 Hon. T. R, Jones. John McMillan, 
 
 The committees afterwards met and elected chairmen as follows : 
 
 Oratorical and Musical Festival, ... A, A. Stockton, M. P. P. 
 Regatta, A. C. Smith. 
 
Preliminary Organization. 
 
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 Fireworks and Illumination, 
 Polymori>hians, ... 
 
 N. B. Artillery, 
 
 fi2n(l Fusiliers, ... 
 Bands and Music, ... 
 Railway and Steamboat Fares, 
 
 John Kerr. 
 ... Charles Nevins. 
 
 I ieut. Col. Armstrong. 
 ... Lieut. Col. Blaine. 
 
 nis Worship the ^^ayor. 
 ... W. II. Thome. 
 
 These gentlemen, with His Worsliip the Mayor and tlie Board of 
 Aldermen, composed the Executive C'onmiittee. 
 
 After several meetings of the several sub-committees and the 
 executive, the following official programme was issued : 
 
 Sunday, June 19. 
 Commemorative Religious Services in the several Churches of the city, 
 
 Monday, June 20. 
 
 y.OO A. M. — (iRAND HE(iATTA in the Harbor, when vahiable prizes will be 
 competed for, according to the progranniie preparcil by the Regatta 
 (Committee. 
 
 2.30 r. M. — Assembly and FROcEs.moN of Children of the Free Public 
 
 Schools. 
 4.00 p. M. — Musk- by Bands in the Public Squares. 
 
 8.00 V. M. — Oratorical and Musical Fkstival in the Fxiiibition Build- 
 ing. Orations by Sir Leonard Tillcy, C. B., K. C. M. ( i., Lieutenant 
 (Jovernor; His Honor Mr. Justice King; Rev. Donald Macrae, I). 1).; 
 Alfred A. Stockton, Esq., LL. D., M. P. P. Music by tiie City Bands 
 and a Chorus of Ladies and ticutiemen. 
 
 Tuesday. Junk 21. 
 
 8.00 a. m. — (iRANd Polymorphian Parade by the II. M.S. Pulymorphian 
 Club of St. John, and Visiting Clubs. 
 
 11.00 A.M. — Memorial Jubilee Service in Trinity Church. 
 
 2.00 p. M. — (Jrand Military Display, participated in by the New Bruns- 
 wick Brigade of (Jarrison Artillery, the (')2iid Battalion St. John Fusi- 
 liers, and the St. Jolm Rifle Company. 
 
 9.00 p.m. — (}rand Display or Fireworks and Illumination of Public 
 and Private Buildings. 
 
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 Souvenir of the Queen's Jubilee. 
 
 'I 
 
 THE POLYMORPHIANS. 
 
 Long before the ( ominon Council and Citizens' Committee had 
 entered upon their joint duties, much had been done in at least one 
 (juarter to make the \'i(TOHrAN Jubilee the brightest and most suc- 
 cessful demonstration of tiie kind ever witnessed in St. John. The 
 Haymarket S(juare Polymorjihians had been quietly working for 
 months to surj)ass in every detail their long to be remend)ered 
 parade on St, John's Centennial Day, 18th May, 1883, and in this 
 they received cordial and able assistance from Portland and Moncton, 
 where atfiliatory ])olymorphian associations were established. The 
 orticeix and mend)ei's of the Haymarket Scjuare Polyniorphian Club 
 who took jmrt in the celebration, are : 
 
 Officers. 
 
 Chas. Noviiis, President. W. II. Love, Secretary. 
 
 J. F. Fraser, First Vice-President. V. ( loodere, Assistant Secretary. 
 
 li. J. WWk'ma, Second Vice- Prcvdent. I). McQuarrie, Treasurer. 
 
 J. Slater, Jr., Third Vice-President. John Dolierty, Senjeant-at-Arms. 
 
 Chas. Jackson, Fourth Vice-President, (.ieo. A. Campbell, Asst. Serg't-al-Anns. 
 
 Alston, W. 
 Alwaril, Louis. 
 Allinghani, E. 
 AriustronfiTi Iteverly. 
 Belyea, David, 
 liertrani, J as. 
 Buchanan, — . 
 Ikxter, IL W. 
 Black, Samuel. 
 Belyea, \V. R. 
 Barker, (ieo. A. 
 Brooks, J. A. 
 Bourke, W. IL 
 Berryman, Alex. 
 
 Members. 
 
 Givan, C. F. 
 (iodsoe, Oscar. 
 Graham, John, 
 (ioodwin, A. L. 
 (ioodere, F. 
 Graham, Jas. 
 Gregg, Arthur. 
 Greenwood, P. 
 Hall, Jas. 
 Hopkins, John. 
 Hunter, W. 
 Hunter, Andrew. 
 Higgins, M. 
 Johnston, Robt. 
 
 McRobl)ie, Malcolm. 
 Nixon, Jas. 
 Nixo!i, Robt. 
 Nevins, Chas. 
 Noble, J. I. 
 NichoU, Robt. 
 t Nelson, J. 
 Nugent, Robert. 
 Nicholas, Christopher. 
 0'Shaughne.ssy, Robt. 
 Patterson, Sam. 
 Patterson, Chas. 
 Patchell, I. 
 Patchell, W. F. 
 
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Preliminary Organization. 
 
 Byrne, Joseph. 
 <,'arr, Kobt. 
 Coyle, A. 
 Crawford, Win. 
 Campbell, (i. A. 
 Campbell, Norman. 
 Clawson, S. 
 Campbell, Wilfred. 
 Campbell, W. J. 
 Calvert, Clias. 
 Cox, W. 
 Clawson. .Ju.s. 
 Carney, J as. 
 Cameron, Joseph. 
 Crookshank, Arthnr. 
 Dooley, M. J. 
 Duncan, Alex. 
 Day, (}. R. 
 Donahoe, John. 
 Dalzell, Fre<l. 
 Dryden, II. 
 Deneh, Robt. 
 Dunlop, W. 
 Doherty, John. 
 DeVae,' C. N. 
 Doneghy, Andrew. 
 Dick, Oscar. 
 Evans, W. E. 
 Ferguson, Fred. 
 Eraser, Jas. ¥.. 
 Eraser, J. E, 
 Era.ser, Jas. 
 Foley, John E. 
 Farmer, R., Jr. 
 Foley, E. L. 
 Eoss, F. 
 
 Farmer, Arthur. 
 Frost, G. D. 
 Foster, Jas. 
 Griffan, John. 
 Gough, Arthur. 
 
 Jackson, ('has. 
 Jackson, Robt. 
 James, C. 
 Jackson, ( ieo. 
 Kerr, R. S. 
 Kiloran, P. 
 Kee. Samuel. 
 Love, W. II. 
 Lafferty, Robt. 
 Leetch, C. II. 
 Madigan, R. 
 Markham, .'vlfred. 
 Manson, Jas. 
 Marshall, Fred. 
 Meehan, Thos. 
 Melvin, R. ,J. 
 Matthews, Joseph. 
 Murdock, J. A. 
 Morrison, Aid. J. F. 
 Moore, Wni. 
 Malcolm, Wm. 
 Mct^uarrie, David. 
 McLaughlin, W. 
 ^IcQuarrie, Dan. 
 McAllister, J. 
 McAdoo, (Jeo. 
 McLaughlin, G. 11. 
 McDade, Wesley. 
 McCaim, 1*. 
 McAdoo, W. J. 
 McCarthy, M. 
 McDade,' W. J. 
 McDevitt, Thos. 
 McQuade, John. 
 McAndrews, G. 
 McDade, John. 
 McKenzie, p]. 
 McCarthy, George V 
 McCarthy, W. 
 McLean, S. J. 
 McG ill vary, Neil. 
 
 Pinney, .1. 
 Petei-s', Aid. T. W. 
 Paul, Alex. 
 Paul, ( i. R. 
 Petch, Gus. 
 Ross, John R. 
 Ross, Louis. 
 Ramsey, David. 
 Ritchie, S. 
 Rawlings, R., Jr. 
 Richey, S. 
 Ross, Rod. 
 Rawlings, (Japt. R. 
 Wcott, W. (i. 
 Scott, C". R. 
 Scott, Walter. 
 Sterling, E. 
 Stephenson, A. F. 
 Selfridge, John. 
 Simon, Dr. J. A. 
 Sullivan, Patrick. 
 Storey, W. J. 
 Slater, John, Jr. 
 Sterling, Jas. 
 Slack, Richard. 
 Steele, John. 
 Thomas, John P. 
 Thomj>son, John. 
 Tufts, Frank. 
 Thompson, Alex. 
 Thompson, Oliver. 
 Wilkins, S. W. 
 W^arren, Fred. 
 Wilson, Al. 
 Wilson, Andrew K. 
 Wilson, Alfred. 
 Williams, M. 
 Wilkins, R.J. 
 Williams, \V. 
 Williamson, A. 
 
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 Souvenir of the Queen's Jubilee. 
 
 THE PORTLAND CLIB. 
 
 Officers. 
 
 Jolin Johnston, C. K., President. 
 V. F. Brown, Vice-President. Kichard Rawlings, 2nd Vice-President. 
 
 K. H. Kubins, Secretary. Duncan Lingley, Treasurer. 
 
 Frank S. Williams, Asst. Secretary. Geo. Gorham, Financial Secretary. 
 Herbert >]agles, Sergeant-at-Arms. Herbert Howe, Marshal. 
 
 John Andrews. 
 Robert McConnell. 
 M. I). Austin, Jr. 
 ]Ierbert Mason. 
 JIazen Brown. 
 H. R. Rogers. 
 John I?r()wn. 
 F. W. Ritihie. 
 Wm. Bnullev. 
 Alex. Rubins. 
 Janies Black. 
 Chipnian Ritchie. 
 (JeorgeT. Black. 
 John Salmon. 
 Melvin t'ohvdl. 
 Isaac Stevens. 
 Fred, ("uiniinghani. 
 
 Membkrs. 
 
 R. LeBaron Stevens. 
 Robert Cochran. 
 Frank Smaller. 
 P'red. Carvill. 
 John Sarah. 
 Joseph Corkery. 
 J'rank Spearin. 
 Purdy Chesley. 
 James Kelly. 
 E. H. Tvigles. 
 J. W. Smith. 
 Frank (iorham. 
 Joseph Sarah. 
 Hiram (Jiggy. 
 A. E. Fowler. 
 .Joseph Horncastle. 
 K.White. 
 
 Frank Hammond. 
 R. Patterson. 
 Joseph Irvine. 
 F. Gallop. 
 Wm. Irvine. 
 F. Lingley. 
 John Lloyd. 
 Alex. Brown. 
 John W^atts. 
 Wm. Patterson. 
 A. ('. Chapman. 
 Herbert Creig. 
 John Maxwell. 
 Geo. Eagles. 
 Roily Elliott. 
 John Duffy. 
 James Williams. 
 
 ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY. 
 
 Early in the year the niembers of St. George's Society deter- 
 mined to celebrate the Jubilee in a fitting and substantial manner. 
 To this end a select committee was appointed, and the result of that 
 committee's labors was the recommendation to the society to place a 
 bust of Her Majesty the Queen in Trinity Church. This proposition 
 
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 was adopted with enthusiasm, and the execution of the bust phieed 
 in the hands of Mr. John Kogei-son. The appearance of the bust, 
 as it now stands in Trinity, testifies to the artistic H(U'litv with which 
 Mr. Rogerson discharged his responsible task. The figure is one- 
 half size larger than life, so that when seen from its exalted position 
 it appears to be of life size. The bust and pedestal together weigh 
 450 lbs. Mr. Rogerson made a faithful copy <>f one of liassano's 
 latest pictures of Her Majesty, adding thereto the coronet, which he 
 copied from a coin. Every detail of the picture is well worked 
 out. The Ordei-s of the Bath, and of Albert and Victoria, etc., are 
 displayed on her breast, and depending from her hea<l, beneath the 
 coronet, is the veil, also delicately traced. 
 
 The corporation of Trinity fitted up the western wall of the 
 Church for the reception of the bust, which was ai)propriately placed 
 over the historic Royal Arms, that at one time adorned the walls of 
 the Council Chamber of the Old Town House, Boston. On each 
 side of the western door a wall screen was erected, and above the 
 door was placed a Gothic canopy, having three pinnacles, with beau- 
 tifully carved finials on each. The upi)er portion of the canojiy is 
 done in delicate tracery, and the bust placed on a corhcl (»f oak 
 ornamented with oak leaves on a gold and black background. On 
 either side of the corbel appear the figures 1M37 — IHSJ. The old 
 Coat of Arms, rescued from the church during the great fire of ]M77, 
 is placed on a shield beneath the bust, and on either side are twin 
 ebonized columns with twin cajjitals. The canopy is six feet wide, 
 and its height from the floor 1() iwt. The wall screen extends 12 
 feet on each side (»f the door, making its entire length about .']2 feet. 
 The woodwork was designed by ]Mr. J. T. C. ]\[clvean, and executed 
 by Messrs. J. it J. D. Howe, ]Mr. Rogerson doing the necessary 
 carving on the canopy. The unveiling of the bust fonned one of 
 the most interesting portions of the exercises of Tuesday, the 2lst 
 June. 
 
 While the mendiers of St. (Jeorge's were thus exerting them- 
 selves to honor the (^ueen antl the occasion, the lady friends of the 
 Society were procuring from England a beautiful banner, which was 
 
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 Souvenir of the Queen's Juhilee. 
 
 formally presented on the evening of Saturday, June 18th, in the 
 rooniH of the Church of England Institute, in the presence of a large 
 gathering of the menibers and their lady friends. A short musical 
 ])rogramme, consisting of a pianoforte duet by Messrs. E. E. Gubh 
 and W. (i. Lawton, solos by Rev. J. ^I. Davenport and J. Harry 
 Pepper, and a cornet solo by Prof, Williams, was lii*st carried out in 
 iin enjoyahh! numner, after which jMi-s. lirigstocke, Mrs. (J, Sidney 
 Smitli, Mrs. II. Ij. Sturdee, and Mrs. A. Everitt, representing the 
 ladies making the ])resentation, took j)ositions upon the platform, 
 near to the veiled banner. The Kev. Canon BuKiSTOCKE then, on 
 behalf of the ladies, withdrew the veil, revealing the beautiful ban- 
 ner, and, on behalf of the lady friends of St. George's Society, pre- 
 .xented the colours to them. In making the presentation he said 
 
 lie was called upon to perform a task whieli lie felt totally unable to 
 acooniplisli. He stood before tlieni as the representative of a body of kind 
 ladies who desired to show their great interest in St. (leorge's Society, and 
 who, he prestUTied, desired that it should succeed in its objects. They had 
 most kindly ]M-ovidcd for the Society this most magnificent banner. Referring 
 to the mottt) of the Society, Fides Patrm SaluK, he understood that by 'Fides' 
 was meant 'fidelity,' and if they were to expand that word in the idea in which 
 it was embraced, he thought it meant patriotism and loyalty. He believed 
 tliat these ladies who had so kindly taken this part desired to show patriotism 
 and loyalty in St. John, and he ventured to say it wa.s the only sentiment which 
 Avas going to raise St. John and make it a great city. He found men were 
 going over the whole of this country simply to get a living. That was not 
 patriotism. Could they not do something for their country ? Could they not, 
 with some sacrifice and some princijjle, try to raise the country and take a 
 pride in it? The occsision which the ladies had chosen to make this presenta- 
 tion seemed to be a very auspicious one, being in connection with the Jubilee 
 celebration of Her ^lajesty's reign. Without further remarks, he would, on 
 behalf of those he represented, present to the Society this most handsome 
 banner. He derived great ,jleasure from his part of the transaction, and hoped 
 that it would serve to remind the members of the Society of the principles 
 that had made England great, and of the very kind friends to whom they were 
 indebted for this gift. 
 
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 The President of the Society, Dr. F. E. Barker, Q.C, receiv- 
 jng the banner, said that 
 
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 On behalf of the Society he had very great pleaKure indeed in aeceptinjiij 
 from the ladies of St. John this handsome gift. lie was quite sure it would he 
 treasured long indeed, not only on account of its merit as a work of art, hut of 
 the kindness of the ladies in presenting it, and for the interest they have thus 
 taken in the society. If the duty of ))resenting the banner was one of pleasure 
 lie was sure his of accepting it was still greater, and on behalf of St. (Jeorire's 
 Society he desired to express their gratitude to the ladies for bestowing this valu- 
 able gift. Speaking of the objects of the society, he explained that chief amon^r 
 them was the fostering of that very sentiment alluded to by the rev. canon in his 
 remarks, and that of looking after persons of Knglish descent rcjiuring as- 
 .sistance. Jle said that these acts, and acts like these, served more to promote 
 that sentiment of loyalty. In reference to the auspicious occasicm alluded to, 
 he said they were now on the eve of the day set apart for the celebration of 
 that event. It was pleasant for them to know that tiie first occasion on whicli 
 this banner was to be used would be wiicn the society was called upon to take 
 jiart in the services to be held in Trinity Church, and that then they woidd 
 feel they were carrying a testimonial from the ladies of »St. John. They 
 would be carrying it in honor of the greatest woman in the Tnitcd Kingdom, 
 a woman they all respected and loved, not only in her public but private i-a- 
 pacity. lie could not say more to express the society's deep gratitude to the 
 ladies for their gift, and on behalf of the society wished to convey to them 
 their thanks for the verv handsome testimonial. 
 
 The banner is of white corded silk ground. In the centre is a 
 semblance of 8t. George on a spirited horse in the act of s})earing 
 the dragon. It is worked in brilliant corresponding colors, and is a 
 beautiful work of art. At the top are the words " St. George's 
 Society," worked in silk, under which Is a fringe of gold and red, 
 two inches deep. On the bottom are the words : Fides Patrm Salus, 
 worked in many colors of silk also. Down the sides of the front are 
 entwined ros« s, thistles and shamrocks, all worked with appropriate 
 colors. These are within two borders — as indeed are the inscrip- 
 tions also — of closely-worked red and gold. Gold and red fringes 
 hangs from the bottom of the banner. On the back of the banner 
 there is a large red St. George's cross on white ground. The start' is 
 of ebonized wood handsomely turned, and on its top a spear-like 
 cap of polished brass. The bar to which the banner is suspended 
 is of brass wich ends like the top of the staff. The bar is hung to 
 
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 Souvenir of the Queen's Jubilee. 
 
 the Htaff by colored sill: cord, which is carried over tlie points of the 
 l)ar, the ends hcin^ finished with tassels. 
 
 At a special business meeting of St, George's Society, held just 
 before this convei'sazione, Mr. Charles Masters presented the society 
 with a handsome silver mounted ebony baton, adorned with the 
 ribbon of St. George, and bearing on a gold shield the inscrij)tion : 
 
 PRESf:NTED TO 
 
 ST. c}eorgp:'s socip:ty 
 
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 Charles Masteiis. 
 
 1887. 
 
 JUBILEE SUNDAY. 
 
 Tin; first of the three days set apart by the commonalty and 
 citizens of St. John for the celebration of Her Majesty's Jubilee was 
 one of the brightest of the season, akin, in fact, to its two successors. 
 Queen's v,e;»tlier graced the entire Jubilee. Flags floated from 
 every staff, but conspicuous over all were those displayed from the 
 towel's of Trinity and St. Paul's. Every church was thronged, but 
 for the general ])opulation the great attractions were the church 
 parades of the Artillery and Fusiliei's. 
 
 At St. Paul's. 
 
 The New Brunswick Garrison Artillery, whose original organiza- 
 tion bears date 17i)3, attended the Jubilee divine service at 11 a.m., 
 in St. Paul's (Valley) Church, by special invitation of the rector 
 and church wardens. This brigade is composed of five batteries ; 
 two with headquarters in St. John, and one each in Carleton, Port- 
 land, and Fairville. The southern transept was completely filled by 
 the corps, the band occupying a position near the organ. The con- 
 gregation filled the spacious edifice to the doors. The full brass and 
 
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 reed band, numbering 24 ins^trumeiits, under the leadei-ship of Mr. 
 C. H. Williams, late bandmaster of H. M. S. Royal Alfred, accom- 
 panied the singing, and tlie ettect was grand as choir, congregation, 
 organ and band united in the National Anthem and Old Hundred. 
 The service was that prescribed by the Lord Bishop of Fredericton, 
 and was conducted by the curate, the Kev. Mr. Ki;ii). The sermon 
 was preached by the rector, Kev. Canox DkVkhkii, from Leviticus, 
 XXV., 10 : "And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year," etc. 
 
 After briefly commenting u])on the significancy of the Jubilee 
 under the jMosaic law, he said : 
 
 We meet together this morning to observe a Jubilee of not less import- 
 ance, most assuredly, than that enjoined by God liimself. We cannot chiim, 
 indeed, the voice of heaven commanding us to hallow this fiftieth year; but 
 as a great people, as the subjecis of our most gracious sovereign, Qiekn' 
 Victoria — (Jod's anointed — we gladly accept her suggestion and obey her 
 command to meet on this year, and to celebrate the Jubilee of her fifty years 
 reign. It is a time of thankfulness for national mercies ; a time of national 
 joy and national thanksgivin";^. Annually as the time of harvest comes around, 
 bringing with it pleasure and joy, the nation's lieart throbs with gladness and 
 the nation's voice is uplifted in praise and thankfulness to the giver of those 
 blessings. Occasionally, at irregular intervals, those in authority have sum- 
 moned us from time to time to thank God for the restoration of peace after 
 a bloody war, or for the victory attained in a righteous cause. At other times 
 we liave been summoned to thank God for deliverance from a pestilence that 
 would bring, were it not averted, desolation to our homes and drive our popu- 
 lation abroad. Happily these occasions of thanksgiving are rare ; but there 
 is one even rarer still — that is, the present jubilee, in which we celebrate 
 the completion of 50 years of a glorious reign of a most illustrious sovereign. 
 The Jubilee brings to our minds subjects for joy and subjects for thanksgiving. 
 We may indeed rejoice without being thankful, but that joy is liardly 
 Christian; that joy is hardly human. When we have blessings, and many, 
 many blessings for which we feel thankful, then our joy is of a lieavenly 
 source; it is the joy which God causes in tlie heart and which brings with it 
 our sympathies and our love. Now, for a few moments this morning, and they 
 must be very few under the circumstances, I beg to call your attention to some 
 of those causes for joy and thankfulness which we, as part of the great British 
 nation, possess. I ask you to consider the preservation of Great Britain's 
 national life and independence as one of the many causes for national joy and 
 
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 SorVKNIU OF THE Qi'KEN's JmiLEK. 
 
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 universal tlmnkfiilness. We know that Great Britain is an object of envy to 
 the Hurrounding nations ; there are those who would gladly see her place 
 blotted out of the map of the world; there are those who would gladly see 
 her Hag trailing in the dust, and her soldiers — the defenders of that llag — 
 van(iiiisliod ; but it is with God's great mercy and the strength and courage 
 of the British people and their army and navy that Britain remains steadfast 
 in the possession of her national life and her national independence. Alas? 
 though we may never have occasion to fear assault from without, there are 
 dangers within that may sap to tiie very foundation the life of the nation 
 and render its i»cace and happiness very (juestionable. There are those who 
 are disloyal to the throne, who are unpatriotic, and who, if they had their 
 way, would assuredly destroy the (Queen's greatness and hapj)iness as much as 
 those who envy her greatness amongst the other nations. There are other 
 causes too, which even more than the rebel or the enemy attempt to effect the 
 same object. What of the luxuries and vices which, alas! strike ruin so far 
 and wide, even in Christian P^ngland, and which are so many sources of weak- 
 ness, which are so many diseases eating into the very roots of her national life 
 and independence ; and these might prevail, and would, no doubt, prevail, 
 were it not for tlie guardianship and the strengthening power of the God of 
 Heaven. It is then owing to God's merciful providence that England main- 
 tains her present position among the nations of the world, her pre-eminence, 
 so long held and so long a source of great joy to her people; blessings not 
 only to lierself, but let us say to nations around, 
 
 National peace, though it is often disturbed, is another great subject 'for 
 thankfulness. When we look back dui-ing the last fifty years, and bring to 
 mind some of the many disastrous wars in whicii England has been engaged 
 
 — though she came out victorious, though her glories increased by reason of 
 lier victories — yet when we remember liow nuuiy lives have been sacrificed, 
 how many homes were made sad and sorrowful, and, alas 1 how many to this 
 day are feeling the ill effects of those disastrous wars, than we have reason to 
 be thankful that these sorrows are past; that now in this, the Jubilee year, 
 our fiftieth year, our Queen looks abroad upon dominions as wide almost as 
 the four quarters of the world, and, as she looks, sees peace reigning over all 
 her people, and sees, also, that for the most part those people are prosperous 
 as well as peaceful. This reminds us of another subject of national well-being 
 
 — material wealth — which, under God's providence and the energy of Eng- 
 land's people, is possessed by Great Britain. Wealth, we know, is not always 
 a great blessing, because it is at times perverted by the few who have obtained 
 it, but it is intended to be a blessing to its possessor and to others in addition 
 to its possessor. If we have great wealth, what means and opportunities have 
 we of doing good to all people, as well as to our immediate neighbor? Once 
 
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 more, let nie a«k if England's progress, not only in niateriiil wealth, but also 
 in knowledge in the arts and sciences, in the various means of promoting 
 health, happiness and joy, which Kngland possesses, and has possessed, during 
 the last fifty years, are not so many great advantages — though these, like 
 every other thing, may be turned to evil — and though the inventions which 
 ameliorate the evils of life are sometimes turned into instruments of destruc- 
 tion, yet these gifts come from God — they are given to man in order that they 
 may be used for (Joel's glory and man's well-being. Once more 1 turn to the 
 great efforts made during the last fifty years, to tiie great improvements made 
 during the reign of Quken ViCToniA, and to the diffusion of Christianity, not 
 only throughout Kngland and her dependencies, but even beyond her do- 
 minions, and I ask if the progress of Christianity, that great civili/.er of the 
 world, ought not indeed be to us a subject of constant tliankfulness and praise 
 to Almighty God ? But, alas ! there are many yet unvisited by the light of 
 the gospel. We know that if all the power and all the means in the posses- 
 sion of QuEKN N'ictoiua's subjects were used for the advancement of Christ's 
 kingdom, that the knowledge of the Lord would cover the earlii as the waters 
 cover the sea, and that all nations would come to Ilim antl bow down before 
 the King of Kings, and King of Glory. 
 
 I have briefly enumerated some of the reasons then why we ought to keep 
 this Jubilee, but I am reminded also that all those blessings are connected 
 with this day and with the preservation of one very precious life ; i)recious 
 to us for the many benefits we have derived through her rule ; precious to 
 us for the example she has shown all around her; precious to us for the 
 purity of her life and the tenderness of her heart and the sympathy which it 
 has ever shown to those in affliction ; precious to us because she is God's 
 anointetl, and because He has allowed her to reign so long in the hearts of her 
 people as well as over countless peoples and nations. Surely on this day, 
 with our hearts as well as with our lips, we have to thank God for His mercies 
 — especially to our gracious Queen, and for His mercies througii her to us 
 and those around us to-day to whom I will say a few words, becau.,e they 
 seem more especially to represent the Queen than the others do. We are all 
 subjects of QuEKN Victoria, but there are those among us to-day who have 
 taken an oath of fidelity to her, to serve under her flag — the flag of their 
 country — and they remind us of the gracious sovereign they serve, and of 
 the loyalty they and we show towards her — fidelity to her and fidelity to their 
 country. May I remind them of what the flag which floats over this church, 
 and under which they serve, is a signal ? It is a signal of fidelity ; it is a 
 signal of a united empire ; it is a signal of the Christian faith ; it is a signal 
 of Him, the great captain of our Salvation ; it is a signal of obedience — for 
 He was obedient even unto death under the command and will of the God of 
 
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 SorvKNiu OK TMi: (^ikkn's ,IrMri,i;i:. 
 
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 Heaven. He Iioh set us an exiunple of ildelity towards our Father in lieaven 
 as well as to our sovereijj;n on earth. Surely, when we see this fla^ it should 
 remind us of our duty to (lod, it should remind us that we must he faithful 
 even unto death, obedient to all duly constituted authority an<l loyal to the 
 reigning sovereign. Jiut whilst wc thank (iod with our lips, let us remember 
 that it is needfid, most needful, that we should show forth His praise in our 
 lives. Whatever has made England what she is, it is through the principles 
 of Christianity; it is through its righteousness; it is through its holiness as a 
 nation, just in proportion as individuals are righteous an<l faithful, that (iod's 
 l)lessing has been continued to un, and so should we endeavor, with God's 
 grace, to show forth in our lives those virtues which He demands of us. We 
 should cast away all jealousies, envies, and those other failings which cannot 
 produce good. Let us banish these, and we will rejoice in this .Jubilee Year 
 — rejoice in the possession of purer hearts and more loving feelings than we 
 ever had before. 
 
 In conclusion, the rcvi-rcnd canon njudc a special appeal on 
 helialt' (d' the tunc! for rotire(l ministers, for which the oftertoiy was 
 set a[)art. 
 
 At Ckxtknary Ciiircii. 
 
 The St. John Fusiliers, in full force, attended niorninjj^ service at 
 ('entenary ]\[eth()dist ( 'hurch. The congregation lunnhered over two 
 thousand persons. While the Battalion were filing into their ])laeos, 
 Mi,<s Ennis, the organist of the cluirch, played Viviani's celebrated 
 " jNIarch of the Silver Trumpets," ending with " Harmony in the 
 Dome," a composition by the same author. The Battalion colors 
 were placed by the ])reacher's desk. Above the left of tlie platform 
 hung the banner of the Centenary Band of INIercy, designed and 
 executed by Miss INIay Smith. The services commenced by singing 
 hymn 902, "O King of Kings, Thy Blessing Shed," to the tune of 
 Rockincjham, in which, as in the othc hymns, the organ and choir 
 were accompanied by the fine band of the Battalion. After prayer 
 by Rev. Dr. Pope, thr choir sang Schubert's Te Deum. The first 
 lesson, from Proverbs, xxxi., was read by Rev. Dr. Pope, and congre- 
 gation and choir joined in chanting Psalm xxiv. to a chant by H. J. 
 Vaughan. The second lesson was from Romans, xiii., and Hymn 
 746, "Onward, Christian Soldiers," to Sullivan's well-known tune, 
 St. Gertrude, was sung with fine effect. 
 
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 Ri:v. Dk. LATFfKRX took for Ium toxt llovolntions, viii., :>, 4, ') : 
 
 "And allot lii>r an^<>l ciiini' uml stonil at tlii> iilliir, liiivini; a uoMi'ii I'l-nscr: ami tlu-ri- was 
 Hiveti unto liiiii niiirli ino'iiMt', that lie slimilil oiler it with tin- praycrt ol' all siiiiis (i|)nii 
 the K'ol'li'ii altar which was hct'ori' tln' tliroiic. 
 
 "Ami the fiiiuikc of the liieciisf, whiih canic ii|> with the players of the siiiiit..s, iwccilil- 
 eil up b(>riirt> (iixt out of the uiiKei'!* Iiaiul. 
 
 "Ami the aiiijel took the eenser, ainl tilled it with lire of the altar, and east it into the 
 earth: and there were voiee.s, and thumlerings, and lightnings, and an earthi^ii.ike." 
 
 Dr. Lathcni said : 
 
 Tlie Book of Kevc'Iation lias many mysn-rii's y»'t to la- imfoMed. Il 
 makes marvollons disclosures in r(';j;ar(l to the fiiiiirt' of tlio world and the 
 church. Its main sections are typified and re[)rescnted by appropriate imaf^ery, 
 seals, trumpets, vials, and angelic ministry, lines of symholism hegitinliij^ at 
 • L date of the I'af.mos vision and running on to the great fonsiimmation. The 
 iirst section is that of the seals, the breaking of seven seals, suggestive of the 
 unfolding of divine plan and purpose in providence and grace. It closes with 
 the vision of the white-robed ones, where in the aggregate we have t!ie f"si;lts 
 of reden(ption, Ji multitude which no man can number, from every nation, and 
 kindred, and i>cople, and tongue — white-rol)ed and blood-washed, that stand 
 before the throne of Uod and of the Lamb, ascriiiing salvation to Him that 
 sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb forever. Another main section of this 
 book is represented by trumpets, the blowing of seven trumpets, a martial 
 instrument used for the proclamation of jubilee, indicative of revolutionary 
 movements, the beginning of a joyous era. This brings us to the eleventh 
 chapter and closes with the announcement: "Now are the kingdoms of this 
 world become the kingdoms of our God and of His Christ forever." The last 
 main section of Kevelation is represented by vials, the pouring of seven 
 vials, and closes in the nineteenth chapter with the thrilling triumphant 
 hallelujah, "The Lord (i(xl omnipotent reigneth." Then, towards the end of 
 the book, we have in right sequence the last things — t'i«» first and second 
 resurrection, the appearance of the great white throne, the glory of tlie 
 heavenly Jerusalem, the city of God and the home of the people. Then in 
 Revelation we have subordinate scenes. One of these is the vision of liigh- 
 priestly ministry, gra[)hically depicted in the text. I may speak of the royal 
 priest, of the ministry at the golden altar, and of conseiiuent results. 
 
 I. The royal priest is the Lord Jesus Christ, the angel of the covenant, 
 our great high priest — a living, glorious, everlasting Saviour. The most 
 magnificent disclosures of the Apocalypse have reference to the [lerson, office, 
 and work of our Divine Redeemer. In the opening vision He walks in the 
 midst of the golden candlesticks ; His head and hair white like wool, for He 
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 is the attribute of His infinite existence ; I lis voice is as the sound of many- 
 waters, as the mighty, majestic swell of the ocean ; His feet as burning brass^ 
 molten in a furnace, the emblem of purity; His countenance as the sun shin- 
 ing in the strength of its own dazzling splendor, the symbol of underived 
 majesty. In the sublimest vision of this book, expression of the perpetuation 
 of the sacrificial idea and efficacy, the Redeemer is the Lamb in the midst of 
 the throne as newly slain. The throne of the eternal is as the burning 
 sapphire. Around the throne are living creatures, and elders, and countless 
 throngs of worshipping angels. But in the midst of all, in the very centre of 
 the universe, stands the Divine Redeemer as of a lamb slain. Mementoes of 
 the cross and passion are perpetuated, and scars of Calvary mingle with 
 jasper, emerald and gold. The burnings of seraphim, blending with songs of 
 the redeemed, sweep up into lofty ascription. Worthy is the Lamb that was 
 slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and 
 glory, and blessing. In another vision of royal glory the Saviour is King of 
 Kings, Lord of Lords. It is impossible not to feel the force and thrill of dis- 
 closures such as these. The angel-priest who ministers for us possesses all 
 regal attributes. 
 
 "The hoad that once was crowned with thorns 
 
 Is crowned witli glory now; » 
 
 A royal diadem a<lorns 
 The mighty victor's brow." 
 
 To Him we render homage due to Him as Supreme Sovereign, Lord of all. 
 
 II. The ministry at the golden altar is brought into special prominence. 
 The imagery of the pa.ssage comes to us from the service of the ancient 
 sanctuary. There was a two-fold ministry of incense in tabernacle and 
 temple worship, annual and daily. The annual offering was on the great day 
 of atonement, when the high priest filled his golden censer with fire from the 
 altar, put costly fragrance upon the burning coals, and with the sacrificial 
 blood entered the holiest place of all, stood beneath the brightness of the 
 Shekinah, sprinkled blood upon the mercy seat, and the atonement was made. 
 Once in fifty years the lirst thing that followed was the sound of the jubilee 
 trumpet. It was a joyous sound heard all over the land. Debts were cancelled. 
 Prisoners were liberated. There was a period of rest and peace and recovered 
 rights for all. The subject finds application in Charles Wesley's stirring Jubi- 
 lee hymn, " Blow ye the trumpet, blow, the gladly solemn sound." There was 
 also under the thpo. -Hcy a daily ministry of incense on the golden altar. It was 
 connected with the daily sacrifice. The priest ministered within the veil. 
 The lamb slain for an offering was on the altar. At the same time the people 
 in the outer court were bowed in prayer. Thus prayer and incense were 
 blended together. That was an impressive scene in the earthly sanctuary. 
 
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 Rut the vision opens to us a more glorious scene in tlie heavenly places 
 themselves. Our great high priest, the angel of the covenant, stands for us 
 at the golden altar, which is before the throne of (iod, having the incense of 
 His fragrant and meritorious sacrificial ottering. Thus i)rayer is hallowed, 
 consecrated, wiifted up to God. Not a tear of contrition hut finds its way to 
 the golden censer. The altar is said to lie before the throne. Once there 
 was a veil. But when the great oflering was made once for all, tliat veil was 
 rent in twain, and a new and living way opened up to God. 
 
 III. The prevalence of prayer is a direct result of priestly ministry. Of 
 the prevalence of prayer, the prayei's of all saints, we have threefold evidence 
 — ascending incense, falling flame, and the sweep of inward mediatorial 
 movement. In olden times, when the worshipper applied tire to his ofl'ering, 
 and beheld the smoke go up in a straight colunm toward the open sky, he 
 was satisfied. That was an understood sign of acceptance with God, and a 
 pledge of conse(iuent blessing. Thank God for tiie privilege, the presentation 
 and the prevalence of prayer I To-day we think of u grand embassy to the 
 throne of Omnipotence. Remembering that it is the will of God that inter- 
 cession should be made for all men, and first of all for the rulers of the earth, 
 we feel how fitting it is that petition should be oflfered for our Iteloved Queen. 
 I ciinnot think of a more suitable form of petition than that of the imperial 
 parliament: "That Thou wouldst be pleased to direct and prosper all their 
 consultations to the advancement of Thy glory, the good of Thy church, the 
 safety, honor and welfare of our sovereign and her dominions ; that all things 
 may be sc ordered and settled upon the best and surest foundations, that peace 
 and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety may be established among 
 us for all generations." 
 
 As evidence of the prevalence of prayer, we have the falling flame. Fire 
 ^.as cast out upon the earth. Sucb flame has in all ages been the consecrated 
 symbol of the divine presence. At the dedication of Solomon's temple, 
 scarcely had the last petition left the lips of the king, when the splendor 
 of God's holiness Wiis over the house, fire came down upon the altar, and 
 the priests could not minister because of Glory. Nor fades it yet, that living 
 flame. It is a glorious thing for the sovereign to lead the way in acknowledg- 
 ment of God, 
 
 As evidence of the power of prayer, the prayers of all saints, there is the 
 sweep of inward mediatorial movement. There were " thimderings, lightnings, 
 voices, and an earthquake," languiige in this book expressive of the sweep of 
 national revolution, made Jo subserve religious progress. How has it been in 
 the course of fifty years? G bstacles have been removed. The dark continent 
 has been explored for comm sree and for Christ. The government of India, 
 
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 once unfavorable to spiritual enterprise and to the crown rights of the Re- 
 deemer, has been put upon a new basis, and under the immediate administration 
 of the Empress (^neen has entered upon a new history. China, with her teeming 
 millions of people, is open to Christianity. Isles of the sea have been flooded 
 with light. Canada, at that time an insignificant dependency, has grown into a 
 great Dominion of the empire. The Methodist Church had but a handful of 
 people forty years ago. Now it ha.s a million adherents. A mighty inii)etus has 
 been given to all moral movements designed for the uplifting of humanity and 
 the salvation of our world. Time would fail to tell of progress in our city 
 and province during this Victorian period. When, in 1837, the proclamation 
 of Victokia'.s accession to the sovereignty of the empire was officially an- 
 nounced to the then M.iyor of this city, its institutions were not wliat they are 
 now. There was no Centenary church at that time. Where this beautiful 
 sanctuary now stands was a pile of rock. An objection urged to the erection 
 of the first church here in ISU'J was that it was too far out of town. But the 
 Centenary, from its elevaiion, is now the crown of the city structures. Here, 
 with the congregation, meet civic and military dignitaries to celebrate the 
 Jubilee of our beloved (Jueen. This one fact forms a measure of magnificent 
 material and moral progress during the Victorian period. In our churches 
 there has been the cousunmiation of Union. We are nearing the time when 
 "all Saints" shall be one in purpose, sympathy and efiort. To Jesus, who 
 lives and reigns Redeemer, King, Creator, be all the praise. Loyalty to an 
 earthly sovereign in many essential qualities is but a reflection of ti; at homage 
 which is due to the King of kings, and by natural transition of thought, on 
 this Jubilee occasion we pay a fitting, a loyal and loving tribute to our gracious 
 sovereign, who for fifty years has swayed wisely and beneficently the most 
 ])otent sceptre of earth, and who has presided over an empire, with its colonies 
 and dependencies, more magnificent than was that of imperial Rome — an 
 empire of which the proud Spanish vaunt is true, that on it tl"^ sun never sets. 
 Fifty years ago, June, 1837, while England was ringing with the plaudits 
 of the people, an immense audience thronged St. Paul's cathedral just as we 
 are met here this morning. The pr acher who that day occupied the metro- 
 politan pulpit gave utterance to national thought and feeling. " What limits 
 to the glory and happiness of our native land," he said, " if the Creator 
 should in his mercy have placed in the heart of this royal woman the rudi- 
 ments of justice and mercy ; and, if giving them time to expand and so bless 
 our (>hildren's children with her goodness, lie should grant to her a long 
 sojourn upon earth, and leave her to reign over us till she is well stricken in 
 years ! What glory ! What happiness ! What joy ! What bounty of God !" 
 Have not the sanguine anticipations thus eloquently expressed been abun- 
 dantly realized? Macaulay, soon after the accession, amid a burst of ap- 
 
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 plaiise, referred to the fair girl (^ueon iiimn whose brow, amid the pomp of 
 gorgeous ceremonial and the acclamation of the people, had been placed the 
 crown of a kingdom destined to become one of tlie mightiest upon the glol)e. 
 Was it not in a Irnly prophetic strain that he anticipated the time when future 
 generations should speak of mighty changes resulting in universal good, as 
 happening in the reign of good (^ikkn Vktoiua. The ex(piisitc lines in 
 which the national Laureate breathed a prayer neiirly forty years ago, in its 
 noble idea, hiui been receiving a growing signiticance. 
 
 May children of otir children t<!iy 
 
 "She wrounlil her fieople lastinjr px'd, 
 tier court was pure, her life serene; 
 
 (iod Kave her peace, lier land reposed ; 
 
 A thousand claims to reverence closed 
 In her as mother, wife, and (iueen." 
 
 Even slight incidents have been indicative of character and purpose, and 
 have been treasured up in grateful memory. We have remembered how, when 
 august officials, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chamberlain, 
 liastening from Windsor to Kensington Palace at an early hour in the morn- 
 ing to announce to the Princess Victoria the fact of her accession, the first 
 words she spoke were a request for the prayers of the Archbishop on her 
 behalf. It was noted at the proclamation made from St. James' Palace, June, 
 1837, that the youthful (^ueen was moved to tears by the earnest acclamations 
 of the people that thronged the royal |)ark. The tribute paid to the Hible as 
 the foundation of national welfare has been authenticated. To a native prince 
 she sent a superbly bound copy of the Bible with the message, "This is the 
 secret of England's greatness." Stated on the grave of the dairyman's daugh- 
 ter, in the Isle of Wight, a minister of the provinces, on a jjilgrimage to that 
 spot, found a lady in dvess of mourning seated with a little girl. This lady 
 he came to know wa.s t^ueen Victoria, seeking to impress salutary lessons on 
 the mind of her daughter, Beatrice. The (pialitics exhibited l)y our beloved 
 sovereign, though of an unobtrusive character, have endeared her to all 
 hearts, glorying in the glories, sorrowing in the sorrows of her people. Taken 
 in connection with her regard for the weal of her subjects, her wise exercise 
 of sovereign prerogative, her manifest regard for things that work for purity 
 and righteousness, even more than splendor and success of policy and admin- 
 istration, have reflected an untarnished lustre upon her reign, and have chal- 
 lenged the respect and admiration of all civilized nations of the earth. 
 
 The Victorian period, comprising the past fifty years, in national devel- 
 opment and progress, has been without ])recedent or parallel in the history of 
 the nation. The spacious times of great Elizabeth constitute a proud period 
 in English history. The a^-e was one of starry literary splendor. But the 
 fifty years of growing equal rights, of emancipated manhood, of broadening 
 
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 commerce, of brightening science, of widening empire, of expanding charities, 
 of grand literary achievement, of conquering spiritual enterprise, associated 
 witii the reign and fame of Victoria, form a glorious epoch in the annals of 
 our race. In no part of the empire has there been more real or rapid pro- 
 gress in all that pertains to tiie well-being of the people than in this Canada 
 of ours. Canadians, with the Loyalist blood in their veins, bound by close 
 ties to the sea-girt isle our fathers loved so well, and taught their sons to love, 
 unite with other parts of the empire in loyally celebrating the Jubilee of Her 
 Most Gracious Majesty, the (lueenliest of all queens, revered Victoria. God 
 save the Queen ! Long may she reign over us, happy and victorious. 
 
 This hurried tribute, prepare.l during a few bus) hours in the city, may 
 fitly close with the lines of a Jubilee poem of genuine merit, addressed by a 
 gifted lady of Canada to the (^ueen : 
 
 " O royiil lady '. 
 ' % - () |)r'>ii(l |jn]>rfs.-s of u widf-i'Xti'iKlini?, 
 
 Miiny-clinu'd oinpirc — ^{reiit Sovereign ' 
 
 Of a mighty niition — ijracious ruler 
 
 Of oiir fair l)oiiiiiiioii — from all tliese vast, ' 
 
 Far rcacliiiig realms — from the jiopulous isles 
 Of thine own universal sea; on this, 
 Thy .luhilee, the many inillioned 
 People greet thee, thy children bless thee, 
 The kingdoms of the world siUute thee ; 
 While from the veiled glory of that liigher 
 Court thy royal hushand wateheth over 
 Thee; till, at the last, the splendor of thine 
 Karthly erowii undimineil, thou shalt heai- 
 The eall of that great voice to go up higher, 
 Where, joining thy beloved, thou shalt enter 
 - Thine eternal heritage — (Jod-crowned." 
 
 Biirinir tlio oftcrtory the choir sang the anthem "O Praise the 
 Lord," l)y Berthokl Tours, after whicli all joined in singing "God 
 Have the Queen." After })rayer and benediction, as a concluding 
 voluntary the organist gave 8cotson Clark's " Processional," a march 
 of a martial and soul-stirrhig charactei', during the playing of which 
 the vast congregation slowly left the church. The Fusiliers then 
 marched via Princess, Charlotte, St. James and Carmarthen streets 
 to the drill shed, where tliey were dismissed. 
 
 Union Sunday School Services. 
 Jubilee union Sunday School services were held during the after- 
 noon in Centenary Methodist and Trinity Churches, and the attend- 
 
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 ance was very lariro. Tiio Sunday Schools in connection with 
 Centenary, Queen S(]nare, CaiMuarthen street and l^orthmd [Methodist 
 churches occupied the ])ody of Centenary churcli, tiie seats in the 
 galleries ])einji' packed by ])arents and friends of the scholars. His 
 "VVorshi}) [Mayor Thohne occupied the chair, and on the platform 
 were Ivev. J)r. Lathern, of flalifax, Kev. J. W. AVadma.v, Kev. 
 D. D. Mooia:, .J. W. Lawrence, Es(|., and Henry IMelick, Es<i. 
 After the siniring of hynnis by choir and congregation, ]>rayer by 
 Kev. Dr. Lathern, and reading of a j)ortion of the Scriptures by 
 liev. J. AV. AVadman, the children repeated the ten coniniandinents. 
 
 Mayor Thorne then briefly addressed the children, expressing 
 the pleasure it gave him to see such a large gathering. He read 
 from the Roynl Gazette, published at Fredericton on August ")th, 
 1837, a j)roclaniation issued by Her Majesty Queen Yh'Toiua, " for 
 the encouragement of jHirity and virtue, and for the jjreventing and 
 punishing of vice, j)rofaneness and immorality," s\nd showed the 
 children a document bearing the signature of George HL The 
 ])aper, which is the projjerty of J. W. Lawrence, Esq., is an order for 
 the recruiting of the 92nd regiment of foot, and is dated Feb. 28, 1782. 
 It is signed by C. Jenkinson, at that time one of the cabinet, ami 
 afterwards Earl of I^iverpool. It is to James W. Stuart, lieut. 
 colonel 92nd regiment of foot, and is countei-signed l)y Geor<je HI. 
 
 J. W. Lawrence, Esq., next addressed the scholars. He said : 
 
 The Roijal Gazelle Exlra, of August otii, 1837, from wliicli tlie cliafmian 
 has just read the Queen's prochimation, like that gentleman, belongs to the 
 reign of Victoria. It is the official copy from the office of the Provincial 
 Secretary, Fredericton, to the Mayor of St. John, Kohkkt F. Hazkn, Estj., 
 announcing the death of Kixo William and the accession of Victoria to 
 the throne. It is an historic paper, the iirst issue from the press of New 
 Brunswick in the reign of Her Majesty. It is something remarkable that fifty 
 years afterwards this historic document should, in the hands of the Mayor of 
 St. John, take part at the Jubilee of the(^ueen. This copy of the Gazelle was 
 printed at Fredericton in the office of John Simpson, father-in-law of the 
 Rev. Dr. Lathern. When the Prince of Wales was in St. Jolni, in ISGO, 
 Dr. Lathern was stationed here, and took part in the loyal demonstrations of 
 that day. It is fitting, therefore, that at the Jubilee morning services in 
 
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 SorvKNiK or the Qieen's Jiuilei:. 
 
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 Centenary lie slioiild liave ofUciated, and should also lake part this afternoon 
 in this great gathering of Methodist Sunday Schools. Truly, there is a divinity 
 that shapes our ends, rough hew them as we may. The news of the death of 
 King Wilmam, June 20th, 1837, fifty years ago, reaehed us via the United 
 States, jtassing through Boston, I'ortland, Bangor, Iloulton, Woodstock, 
 Fredericton, and thence by steamboat to St. John. The official intelligence 
 was not received at Fredericton until oth of August, 46 days after the accession 
 of Princess Victoria to the throne. At four o'clock in the afternoon of the 
 Hull of June, 0.3 years ago, Prince Edward, father of the Queen, landed at 
 the Market Scpiare amid the great rejoicings of the people. The day is 
 therefore an historic one connected with royalty in our city. My venerable 
 friend, Hknry Melick, Esq., who is here on the platform, has lived under 
 four sovereigns. When the Jubilee of George III. was commemorated in 
 1810, he was 14 years old, and now, in his 92nd year, he joins with the Sunday 
 Schools gathered in Centenary Church in celebrating the Jubilee of Victoria. 
 His prayer is, " Long live the Queen." The sight before me this afternoon, of 
 such a grand gathering of the young connected with the Sunday Schools, 
 recalls the days when I, too. was a Sunday School scholar. It was in the year 
 1826 that the first Church of England Sunday School was opened in this city. 
 The Methodist and Presbyterian Schools are older. In the former, for years, 
 reading, writing and cyphering were taught. To the late Dr. Gray, for many 
 years rector of Trinity Church, the organization of the first Church of Eng- 
 land Sunday Sciiool in St. John was due — a school with which for over 25 
 years I was connected as scholar and teacher. The first book I received was 
 Watts' Divine Songs, a present from my teacher, and in it I learned over sixty 
 years ago : 
 
 " Let (htifs (IcliKlit to liurk aiul liito, 
 l""(>r (iml liatli iiiiuii' ihcin so; 
 lyCt bears ami lions growl and fight, 
 For 'tis tlR'ir nature to. 
 
 But cliildren, tliey should never let 
 
 Their angry jiassions rise: 
 Their little hands were never made 
 
 To tear eaeh others' eyes." 
 
 Rev. Dr. Latiiekn followed with an interesting address. His 
 remarks were especially devoted to the pei-sonal character of Her 
 Majesty, whom he ekxincntly eulogized. He remarked that his 
 wife, when in England, had been presented to the Queen, and he 
 regretted that Mrs. Lathern was not present to describe their beloved 
 sovereign to the children. 
 
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 Eight floral trihutos to Ilor Majosty were tlicn ofK'ivd ' l)v as 
 many yo'inj; ladies. The young nii.s.'^es, each of wlioin was attired 
 in white, ascended the platform, carrying a floral offering, and recited 
 a few lines. The young ladies were blisses Annie Lingley, Lulu 
 Ellis, Edith Lockhart, and Anna McLaughlin, of Centenary school ; 
 Edith Coond)s and Jennie Butcher, of (^ueen Scjuare school; and 
 Maud Shaw and Ella Salmon, of the Portland school. 
 
 Rev. J. W.Wadman, of Carlet()n,made a hrief address ; jNIe.S'irs. 
 Fowler, Smith, Binning, and Olive sang " I\emend)er Me," and 
 "Jesus, Lover of my Soul"; the Doxology was sung by the choir, 
 and Rev. D. D. Moorp: pronounced the benediction. 
 
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 The gathering of Sunday School children in Trinity Church, at 
 3.30 p. m., was one of the largest ever held in the city. The pro- 
 cession of scholars through the streets to the church was one of the 
 most beautiful sights of the Jubilee. Each school bore its own 
 handsome banner, and all the scholai's wore badges, each school 
 having a color (tf its own. The badges bore the name of the school, 
 
 and the inscription : 
 
 Junp: 10, 1887. 
 
 (QUEEN'S JUBILEE. 
 
 Over 1,500 scholars entered the church, smd conse(|ii('ntly there 
 
 was room for but few visitors. The nund)er from each Sunday 
 
 School was: St. James', 200; St. Paul's, 250; St. IVIary's, 200; St. 
 
 Luke's, 200; Trinity, 200; St. George's and St. JudJ's, 175; St. 
 
 John's, 200; and Wiggins' Orphan Asylum, 40 — 1,525 Sunday 
 
 School scholai's. In the church, the altar, pul|)it, font and lectern 
 
 were tastefully adorned with flowers, and the diflerent banners, while 
 
 in the church, were placed against the granite Pinal's. So large was 
 
 the congregation that it was 4 o'clock before all were provided with 
 
 seats, and the service was somewhat abbreviated in conse({uence. 
 
 The singing was congregational, and the exercises opened with the 
 
 hymn : 
 
 " Now has come tlie golden year." 
 
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 The ])rayei*s were read hy Rev. Mr. Raymond, and the lesson, 
 
 I. Peter, xi., 9, to end, by Rev. L. G. Stevens. Then the chihlren 
 
 sang 
 
 "(.) («(>(1, our fatliors' (iod and ours." 
 
 The sermon was i)rea('hed hy Rev. Canon Brigstocke, who took 
 his text from Leviticus, xxv., 10: "Ye shall hallow the fiftieth 
 
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 A collection was taken in aid of tiie Protestant Orphan Asylum, 
 and the service closed with the National Anthem. 
 
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 SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES. 
 
 Ejuscopal Chiirolies. 
 
 JuniLEE services were held in nearly all the churches in the 
 city and vicinity, the special music in all, and floral offerings in 
 many, adding much to the heartiness and the etiect. The congrega- 
 tions were very large. 
 
 In Trinity Church, morning and evening service was con- 
 ducted by the rector. Rev. Canon Brigstocke, and the curate. Rev. 
 
 A. J. GOLLMER. 
 
 In St. Jaimes' Church, Lower Cove, Rev. C. I. James, rector, 
 preached in the morning from Leviticus, xxv., 11, and in the evening 
 from I. Peter, xi., 17. 
 
 Rev. AV. O. Raymond, i)astor of St. Mary's Church, "Waterloo 
 street, occu])ie(l the pulpit at both services. The evening discoui"se 
 was based on Isaiah, xii., 2. 
 
 In St. John's Church, Rev. AV. H. Sampson, curate, preached 
 in the morning, with special reference to the Jubilee, ircin Daniel, 
 ii., 25. 
 
 Rev. L. G. Stevens, rector of St. Luke's, Portland, ])reached 
 in the morning, and Rev. AV. H. Sampson in the evening, to large 
 
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 congregations. Rev. Mr. Stkvens' sermon wus from the text, I. Tim- 
 othy, ii., 1,2. 
 
 A large Union Jaek floated high ahove the west end of the 
 ]\[issiox Chi'Kch, Porthmd, from early morning, eaeh day of the 
 Jnbilee eelehration. Thnie services were held on Sun<lay — Holy 
 Eneharist, H a.m.; iNFattins, 1 1 a.m.; J'^vensong, T.-jOp.m. — at ail 
 of whieh the special ])salms, lessons, prayers, hymns, etc., is.sued hy 
 the Diocesan for the Jubilee, were used. The psalms were sung to 
 Gregorian tones; Te JJeum, Magnljicat, etc., to music by Stainei-; 
 the hvmn.s, to music from " Hvnnis Ancient and Modern." The 
 ])riest in charge, the Kev. John ^I. Davenpout, ])reached twice. 
 In the morning, after tracing the history of the word JubiK'c and 
 showing its aj)plicability to the present national rejoicing, he dwelt 
 upon the careful training received by the Pkin'CESS Victokia, an<l 
 her conscientious devotion to the task of self-improvement. The 
 evening sei'inon was a se(juel to this, and set forth the (Queen's con- 
 sistent and pious discharge of duty in every ])hase of her many- 
 sided life. Two sj)ecial traits in her character were exhibited, viz.: 
 her deep sense of responsibility to God for her j)osition and op|)or- 
 tunities, and her sympathetic tenderness of heart. As a high-minded 
 constitutional monarch, jealous for the purity of her court; as a 
 loving wife, and devoted, wise mother, Queen Victoria was shown 
 to stand pre-eminent, and, therefore, justly claimed her j)eo})le's 
 hearty thanks to God. 
 
 Two services were held in St. Jude's, Carleton. In the morning 
 Rev. J. L. Ciiisr, the rector, ])reache<l from I. Peter, ii., 17, and in 
 the evening from I. Hanmel, x., 24. 
 
 Si)eeial sermons were ])reached in St. Geokoe's Ciii'HCH, Carle- 
 ton, morning and evening, by the rector, the Rev. G. (). Doniss, the 
 texts being Psalms, xxix., 1, 2, and llabakkuk, ii., 1. 
 
 MetluMlist Clnirches. 
 
 A large congregation assembled in (^ueen Square Church at 
 the 11 o'clock service, when Rev. G. M. Campbell, of St. Stei)hen, 
 preached from II. Peter, iii., f^, and in the evening Rev. W. W. 
 

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 SOUVKNIR OF Tin: (^IKKN'h Jl'KILEK. 
 
 LoD(JK, (if Corinviill, 1*. K. Ishiiid, hascd liis sermon on Koiuans, 
 xiv., 7, S, !l. 
 
 / V In Cahmai!TJ[i;n Stui;i:t C'liriu.'ii t!io cvcnintr service was eon- 
 
 <luete(l l)y the Kev. ])r. Steumxc;, of Ontario. 
 
 At ExMOUTii Sti^kkt Ciii'RCii, Kev. W. W. Loikji: preached in 
 tlie niornin<r, and Kev. (r. ^I. CAMriiELi. occupied the pulj)it in the 
 eveninj,', selecting as his tevt j\cts, v. 2!). 
 
 In tlie Carletox Methodist Church, Kev. J. W. Wadman, 
 the pastor, preached morning and evening. His 11 o'clock discourse 
 was based on the words: "I speak concerning Christ and His 
 churdi," and his evening sermon on the text '' Whosoever will be 
 chief among von, let him be vour servant." The music bv the choir 
 was especially fine. ' 
 
 In Portland Methodist Church, Kev. K. S. Crisp preached 
 in the morning from Matthew, xxi, 4.S, 44, and Kev. Dr. Lathern 
 occupied the puli)it in the evening. 
 
 Presbyterian Cliiirelies. 
 
 At St. David's Church, the j)astor. Kev. George Bruce, 
 j)reached two excellent sermons aj)propriate to the celebration. His 
 text at the morning service was taken from H. Chronicles, ii., 11, 
 and II. Chronicles, ix., ><. The evening sermon was based u])oii 
 Psalms, cxlvii., 20. The central idea of the latter sermon was the 
 peculiar favor shown by Cod to the nation in placing Her Majesty 
 at its head. 
 
 The rev. gentleman dosed his morning sermon as follows: 
 
 Queen Victoria lias presided in a house of spotless purity in the midst of 
 all the temptations and the flattery of a court. The court itself has been firm- 
 ly controlled, and vice in the most exalted in station has been condemned and 
 excluded with a courage and determination which knew nothing of wealth or 
 rank or popular applause or military or political influence. Not splendid 
 vice but purity of life was the guiding principle. Surely we can say it was 
 because the Lord loved the nation He gave this life upon the throne for fifty 
 years. And how sorely it has been needed let the sad story of the wretched- 
 ness of many lives of wealth and indolence and proud rank and name, but 
 testify. Looking deeper or liigher still we find the source of all this a humble 
 
 
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 trust in Ootl. llore is tlie secret of tliese actions whicii liave so won the 
 lieartB of her subjects. From her parents she liad learned those les.^ons of 
 liuiiiility, of salvation, of God's love in Christ; and in her life she had 
 learned to know their meaning and their power. ( )ne hiimhly accepting 
 salvation cannot see beauty in pride, and one a child of (iod need not Ite 
 puffed up by an earthly throne. Tiie heart that has learned to love the Friend 
 of Sinners can readily learn to love what is {\{.'i\y to Jlim. Most fervently, 
 then, do we thank Him for the long life of our beloved tiueen, and for these 
 and all other blessings which the nation lias enjoyed in lu-r reign, and tinite 
 in praying that tiod's blessing may continue to be abundantly jjoured down 
 tipon her. 
 
 The service.s in St. John Ciiuurii, both niumiiit^ jiud ovciiiiiu-, 
 were suited to the occasion. The anthems, which witc a(liuifal)Iy 
 rendered, were: "The Ijord is King" (NoveUi), and " Wake, tlie 
 Year of Jid)ilee " (Perkins). The ])astor, Kev. T. F. FoTiiKUiXf;- 
 IIAM, preaclied in the morning from J'roverhs, xxix., 2: " When the 
 righteous are in authority the jK'opk' rejoice;" tind in the (;vening 
 from Dent., viii., 2: "And thoii sluilt rememher all the wjiy which 
 the Lord tliy God led thee these forty years." The two sermons 
 really formed one theme — Why do we celel)rtite the Jubilee? 1. As 
 a tribute of regard for the best of sovereigns. 2. >Vs an expression 
 of gratitude to God for national progress. 
 
 At St. Andrew's Church, in the morning, Kev. L. (J. Macneil 
 preached from Revelations, xix, 12: "On His head were many 
 crowns." The platform wa.s beautifully decorated with choice flowers, 
 and over the organ was the inscription, in white letters, '■ God save the 
 Queen." At the evening service the church was crowded, and the 
 pastor preached from a portion of Nund)ers, xxix., 1 : "It is the day 
 of blowing the trumpets." He contrasted the festivities of the Jewish 
 Jubilee year with tliose of the present Jubilee, and drew suggestive 
 lessons from each. Lessons to be drawn from the present anniver- 
 sary celebration were, in his view, of thanks for the momirchy ; that 
 the ancient British throne had so long been filled with a person of the 
 highest excellence ; and of thankfulness for the admirable training of 
 the young Queen. He outlined the progress which has been the chief 
 glory of the Victorian age, under the heads of practical science and 
 
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 art, politics and comniorcc, niorul progress, and the niarcli of Christ's 
 cliiirch, cloi^iii^f with an cHi'ctivo pfroration. Diiriiijr the service a 
 tJuhiU'e anthem, specially composed by Jlerr Max Stkune, was 
 finely reiKh-red. It proved a sujrf;cf*tive and striking' com|»()sition. 
 
 The mornin<^ service in St. Stki'HKn's CiirKcii was lar^'vly 
 attended. Ivev. Dr. Mackak preached from Leviticns, xxv., 10. 
 TJje purport of tlie sermon was to show that, underlying the 
 ancient institution of the Jubilee, were the facts: (1), That all 
 souls, were (lod's; (2), That all possessions, lands, etc., were Ci(»d's; 
 and (IJ), That the sanctity of family life was re<,'arded by (fod. 
 That these facts ])ointed to cer.uin principles on which, history 
 ])roved, the j)rosj)erity of nations depended : (1), Keverence for (rod 
 — religion; (2), Regard to the family life — piety; (S), Regard to 
 the sacredness of the rightsof property, which underlies all morality. 
 That the stability, etc., of the great nations of to-day may be gauged 
 by the place occu])ied by these three amcmg their peoj)le. The 
 preacher showed that among the English-speaking peoj)les the res- 
 pect paid to all three — Ciod, the family, property — was high, and 
 so far, the highest among nations. That in regard to religion and 
 the sanctities of home life, especially, the influence of the Queen had 
 been most beneficial. The sermon closed with some reflections bear- 
 ing upon Her Majesty's character, and the duty of all to be " kings 
 and queens" in the sense of ''ruling their own spirits," etc. The 
 musical services included "The Qu.en's Anthem," and the anthem 
 "O be Joyful in the Lord, all yo Li aids." Rev. Dr. Mackae's 
 evening discourse bore upon the etfv'ct ; of the leading changes of the 
 fifty years of the Queen's reigu v.pon the religious prospects and 
 duties of to-day. These changes, or rather those dwelt upon, were : 
 (1), The extent to which the earth is now known ; (2), The growth 
 of the English-speaking peoples ; (3), The decay of religious bigotry, 
 together with the growth of the spirit of religious indifference; (4, 
 glanced at). The spirit of atheistic or destructive enquiry. The 
 musical services were appropriate to the subject. 
 
 Rev. A. McDouGALL, pastor of Calvin Church, preached his 
 Jubilee sermon from Psalms, xcvii., 1 : " The Lord reigneth ; let the 
 
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 onrth rejoice." In oj>eiiin|f, the reverend gentleman took up the 
 (juestion, What is loyalty? and answered it at s(tnie Icnirth. Dealint; 
 with tlie prrtgicss of the past fifty years, Kev, Mr. M(.I)uu(}ALLsaid: 
 
 We need Hciircely j^o beyond the liniits of our own I)(»ininioii. Look 
 where we will — at tie farm, the fannlioiiHo, the country h-IiooI, tlie villa>,'o 
 church, the roads, the towns, the cities, acadeinicH, colleges, institutions, work- 
 shops, factories, jxistal services, in short, in every field of action, and a won- 
 derful change and nmrvellons improvement meets us everywhere. Who would 
 liave tbought, even twenty years ago, that at so early a date as the present a 
 grand highway of communication would he opened across our I>ominion, by 
 means of which our motherland would exchange commodities with her 
 friends and relatives in southern and eastern seas? Yet such is now a reality, 
 and a reality the importance of which few of us can duly estimate. It is a 
 privilege and a blessing to live in ; ..jh an age and in sudi a country, pessi- 
 mists and croakers notwithstanding. The preacher referred to the missionary 
 work of the age, and the great work of temperance reform, and concluded by 
 saying that facts justified the declaration that the Lord reigns, and in the hope 
 of a much brighter, more beautiful, and a far more glorious future, we ?ould 
 utter the words of exhortation and encouragement, "Let the earth rejoice." 
 
 In the Carleton PRESBYTEiiiAN Church appropriate nuisic 
 wa.s rendered by the choir, and a Jidiilee Herinon wa.s preached by 
 Rev. W. J. Stuart, from Levitieui«, x\v., 5>, 10. The National 
 Anthem wa.s sung at the beginning and ch)se of the service. The 
 preacher briefiy referred to Her Majesty's accession and the advances 
 made in the past fifty years in many ways. He contrasted the 
 Canadian rebellion in IH'.M with the now completed idea of Lord 
 Durham and the confederated Dominion so haj)pily eonsiinnnated. 
 He referred to England's greatness, and expressed tite hope that the 
 Anglo-Saxon race would oomhine together in the next fifty years so 
 as to make war impossible. The preacher next took up the religious 
 aspect of the Jubilee. In the course of his sermon he referred to 
 the fact that he celebrated his own jubilee this year. 
 
 Baptist Churches. 
 Rev. Mr. Bishop preached in Leinster Street Church both 
 in the morning and evening, supplying Mr. Gordon's place, his 
 text being in the morning from Micah, vi., 6, and in the evening 
 
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 from Romans, x., 10. There Avere large congrej^ations. At the ch)se 
 of the evening sermon, the Rev. J. A. Gordon said, tluit 
 
 Against the protests of his friends and a consciousness of his own pliysical 
 weakness he could not allow the day to pass without reference to the Jubilee 
 which is being celebrated throughout the English speaking world. There is 
 no contradiction between the deepest type of religion and pure patriotism : 
 Fear God and honor the king. It is a fault of ours that we do not give 
 sufficient expression to our j)atriotisni. It becomes useful as it is expressed 
 in words and deeds. Next year the Jubilee of the coronation of the 
 (^ueen will be celebrated; it is hoped she will live to witness it, and he 
 (Mr. Gordon) hoped he would be strong enough to preach a sermon on the 
 occasion. She had illustrated the fact that a woman could lead a nation to 
 victory in all things. Her lot was cast in troublous times, but her life and 
 character, like the lives and characters of Deborah and Esther, were altogether 
 blameless. The more prominent one is the more exposed he is to *he blaze 
 of criticism, but Her Majesty is unscathed. Her fifty years have witnessed 
 wonderful changes. There is no such nation as England — no such character 
 as its (^ueen sii;,ai:ns. Britain is like John the Baptist, preparing the way for 
 the Lord. One can live longer now in ten years than in fifty at the beginning 
 of her reign, and hence the importance of all our acts is intensified. There 
 is no lack of freedom in the Empire for those who do right, and no greater 
 liberty could be desired. There are difficulties to be solved — the Irish (]ues- 
 tion — the (juestion of church and state — the liquor traffic — but these will 
 finally be adjusted. Mr. (Jordon paid a high tribute to the Queen's womanly 
 (jualities. She goes from cottage to cottage with a bible in one hand and a 
 basket in the other; a missionary who never forgets that men have bodies as 
 well as souls. He hoped England and the United States would always con- 
 tinue rivals in doirg good, and that the Queen might long live and reign over 
 a worthy people. 
 
 In Brussels Street Church, in tlie ah.sence of any pastor, Mr. 
 James S. May deHvenHl an address from Proverbs, xi., J), in the 
 morning, and in prayer 'Mentioned the Qneen's Jul>ilee. Prof. L. 
 E. WoRTMAN spoke ehxjuently in the evening from 2nd Corinthians, 
 iv., 18. 
 
 Rev. G. O. Gates, A. M., pastor of the Germain Steeet Ba ptist 
 Church, preaehed a Jubilee Sermon to a large congregatioti from 
 Levitieus, xxv., 11, "A Jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you." 
 Said the s})eaker, in referring to the text ; 
 
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 You will note in the history of ancient Israel that tl;ere was a close relation 
 between the sabbatic and jubilee years, the latter beinj;; an intensified form of 
 the former. It was a rest time ; during the year the lands and vineyards were 
 to rest. It was a year of good will. Debts were to be cancelled, personal bonds 
 broken, alienated possessions restored to tlieir former owners. Tiie great object 
 of all this was a moral one. Such comiiiands given im|)lie<l tltat man in his 
 greed and .selfishness is ever departing from the patii marked out hy his Maker, 
 and needs to be reminded again and again of the rights of others and his own 
 duties towards (rod. Well had it been for Israel had this wise legislation iu 
 regard to the sabbatic and jubilee years been stoadfastly observed — and well 
 for us if God's voice in the history of the past be heeded. We can not fail to 
 see that even in our enlightened age selfishness reigns; and 'tis well to con- 
 sider the lessons taught by that prince of legislators of :i,000 years ago. This 
 is our national Jubilee. Victoria, on wh.ose empire the sun never sets, to- 
 morrow will have, by the goodness of God, been (^ueen 50 years. And while 
 with the millions of subjects we heartily unite in singing " (rod Save the 
 (^ueen," we do so not only because of a religious loyalty to one placed in 
 authority, but because she has as (^ueen guarded with Christian fidelity the 
 trusts reposed in her. In he*, her subjects have found "a wiser, gentler 
 happier Elizabeth." Three other of England's rulers have enjoyed the dis- 
 tinction of fifty years c)f rule — Henry III., Pxlward III., and (ieorge III. Tiie 
 speaker briefly referred to these kings, noting some features of their reigns, and 
 some traits of their character, and showed how fiivorable was the comparison 
 in regard to our age and ruler — that after fifty years of reign none of them 
 occupied so high a place in the esteem of the world, in the atlections of the 
 nation, as does Victoria — that none of them could look back on the years of 
 their rule and note such progress and prosperity. Some of the principal 
 events in connection with the political and commercial aspects of the last fifty 
 years were noted by tae preacher, such, for instance, as the establishing of 
 penny postage (in wliich connection reference was made to the name of Rowland 
 Hill) ; the transfer of the East India possess! '^s from the East India Co. to the 
 crown in 1858, etc., etc. ; thediscovi ly of the ^ -th West Passage by McClure ; 
 the Crimean war; the Indian mutiny ; telegra^jhic communication between 
 Europe and Americu by submarine cable, etc. — noting that all along the lines 
 the progress in material prosperity has been unrivalled. But we must turn 
 to the moral world to note the greatest progress of the past fifty years. The 
 condition of India, China, Siam, Japan, Africa, with doors closed against not 
 only commerce, but alas, the gospel, has wonderfully changed during the past 
 half century. The closed doors have been thrown open to the civilized nations 
 and to the Christian church, and now in ihie Jubilee year a call such as never 
 came before bids us g'^ up mid . ake these lands for Christ. The victories won, 
 
 
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 the triumphs of the Cross, are but the beginnings of the j^loriotis era when the 
 nations of earth, long in darkness, shall have the liglit c ' the glor of God 
 shining upon them. The sernivon closed with <in appeal to Christians to inaKe 
 the Jubilee year one of unselfishness and one of consecration to the Lord. The 
 preacher asked those to whom all the years have been yar? of bondage to 
 come to the Saviour, who would give them freedom. He a.sked the Christians to 
 remember the benevolent character of the Jubilee years of Old Teotaraent days, 
 and called to their mind tiie open doors for doing good. Said he : As a denom- 
 ination, this year is a Jubilee yeai'. Fifty years ago our fathers in prayer laid 
 the foundation of our loved Acadia college. Let us aid in the proposed 
 $50,000 Jubilee Fund. This year in this Province we are building a seminary 
 of learning. Let us put our shoulders to this work, and while we sing "God 
 Save the Queen" and "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," let the 
 gladness of soul find a practical application in not only the drinking in of 
 God's blessing, but in being blessed in return. 
 
 Rev. \V. J. SwAFFiELD, pastor of the Fairville Baptist 
 Church, preached his Jubilee sermon to a large and attentive con- 
 gregation, from Leviticus, xxv., 11. 
 
 Rev. (}. A. Hartley, pastor, preached in the Carleton Free 
 Christian Baptist Church in the morning, and his son, Rev. 
 Fred. C. Hartley, i)reached at the afternoon service. In the 
 morning Rev. (t. A. Hartley^ took for his text Leviticus, xxv., 11 : 
 "A Jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you." 
 
 In the Portland Baptist Church Rev. AV. J. Stewart, the 
 pastor, preached a sermon ap})ropriate to the festival from Leviticus 
 xxv., 10 : " Tills is the year of Jubilee." 
 
 Coiigrreg:ati<>nal Cliiiifli. 
 Rev. J. B. Saer, the pastor, prcjached in the morning from the 
 25th chapter of Leviticus. In the evening, IVIr. Saer preached 
 from Esther, iv., 14 : " And who knowoth whether thou art come 
 to this kingdom for such a time as this?" In the prayer follow- 
 ing the sermon, Mr. Saer j)rayed fervently, not only for the Queen, 
 but for the President of the United States, and for })eace and 
 good will betvt-eeu the two great English-speaking nations. The 
 hymns at both services were of an appropriate and loyal character, 
 the closing hynni commencing "God Save Our Gracious Queen." 
 
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 Services in the Churches. 
 
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 Sunday evening, Elder Capp preached in the Cobi'rg Street 
 Church (Discipies of Christ) to a goodly congregation, on the 
 Jubilee and its lessons, from Proverbs, xxix., 2 : " When the righteous 
 are in authority the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth 
 rule the people mourn." 
 
 Services were held in several other churches, in all cases to large 
 and attentive congregations. 
 
 MONDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 
 Queen's weather graced the three days' celebration. This morn- 
 mg the sun rose brightly on a city resplendent with bunting. Flags 
 floated from every staff on the peninsula, and bunting adorned every 
 vessel in nort. St. John's streets were alive at an earlv hour with 
 residents as well as visitors, but as the hour of nine drew nigh, the 
 great mass of humanity poured down towards the wharves, each and 
 all bent on securing good jwsitions from which to view the regatta. 
 The weather was all that could be desired, as, although there was 
 sufficient vand for the craft in the sailing races, it did not nuike the 
 water too rough for the shells and other rowing boats. The harbor 
 was dotted with craft of every description, and preser'.ted a lively 
 spectacle. The Artillery, Fusiliers, and City Cornet Bands, stationed 
 0:1 the ea;^t side wharves, at regular intervals along the coui*se, en- 
 tertained the assembled thousands with choice selections of timely 
 music. liieut. Governor Tili.ey, Mayor Tiiorne, Mayor Sturdee 
 of Portland, and U. S. Consul Murray viewed the races from the 
 steam yacht Dream, while the regatta connnittee and membei's of the 
 executive committee took up positions on the tug Storm King, near 
 the ferry landing. 
 
 Tlie Regatta. 
 
 The first event was the CENTREnoARD Sloop Race, for two prizes of $40 
 and $10 respectively, in which there were the following starters: 
 
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 Souvenir of the Queen's Jubilee. 
 
 Name. Entry, 
 
 W. II. Lo<;an, Sloop ,7«&i/ee, 
 
 GlCOR'iEdlLliERT, Sloop i)o»tf?), 
 
 Wm. K. Thompson, Sloop Camilla, 
 
 IIknuy a. Lawson Sloop (^ivid, 
 
 JoitN AitiiOTT, fi\(jtjp Alice, 
 
 NKrtKMiAii LouAN, Sloop Dolphin, 
 
 Anokkvv Lawson, Sloop TVatad, 
 
 Colors. 
 White square, with blue border. 
 Small jack. 
 Yellow uud red. 
 Red cut pennant. 
 lUue pennant with white star. 
 Red square. 
 Red and white pennant. 
 
 Klijaii Ross, Sloop British Queen White pennant. 
 
 The course was from a point opposite Lawton's Wharf to a turning boat 
 near Black Point; tii<.-nce in a southwesterly direction to and around a boat 
 moored to the southw". ! and eastward of Partridge Island, and back to start- 
 ing point, keeping to t; ard of the island ; the turning buoys to be kept 
 to starboard in roundir^. 
 
 The sloops had a Hying su n, passing the starting point as follow.": Brithk 
 ^>ee?i, 9.38 ; Dolphin, Q. 37 ; JubUee, d.36; Z>att'7i, 9.39; Camilla, 9.41 (20 sec- 
 onds) ; Vivid, 9.39 ; Naiad, 9.37 ; Alice, 9.40. The wind was light, being from 
 the southwest. It was therefore necessary for the vessels to beat out of the 
 harbor, but they had a leading wind coming in. The British Queen was soon 
 ahead of all the other competitors, and turned first. The Alice turned second, 
 which place she wrested from the Vivid iiear the turning point. The British 
 Queen won, with the Alice second, the boats taking positions according to their 
 time, kindly furnish.ed by the secretary, Dr. J. W. Daniel : 
 
 Actual time. 
 II. M. s. 
 
 Corrected time. 
 
 II. M. S. 
 
 L British Queen, 2 
 
 2. Alice 2 
 
 :5. I'ivid, 2 
 
 4. Jtibilee, 2 
 
 5. Dawn, 2 
 
 6. Naiad 2 
 
 7. Dolphin 2 
 
 S. Camilla 2 
 
 1 
 
 50 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 18 
 
 20 
 
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 25 
 
 20 
 
 55 
 
 21 
 
 10 
 
 20 
 
 15 
 
 2;} 
 
 40 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 15 
 15 
 16 
 19 
 19 
 22 
 
 17 
 24 
 37 
 41 
 16 
 24 
 42 
 37 
 
 The Fishermen's Race (pair-oared) came next, the starters being: Lee 
 Brothers, Fawcett Brothers, and Logan Brothers, the two first named belong- 
 ing to Carleton, and the last to Strait Shore. The distance was one mile, and 
 the prizes $30 to first, $15 to .--icond. The Lees protested against the Logans, 
 claiming that their boat was not of the meusurement called for by the con- 
 ditions of the race. The Logans got the best start and steered well through- 
 out. The Lees were not doing near as well. The Logans turned first, aiul 
 the Fawcetts were soon around. On the return there was a pretty hird 
 struggle for first place, but the Logans were too much for their opponents, and 
 won by several lengths, the Fawcetts being sncond, and the Lees a consider- 
 able distance behind them. The time of the Logans, 14.20; the Fawcetts, 
 14.28 ; the Lees, 14.35. 
 
 

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 The Amatkur Single Scull Race was then called on, the starters being 
 H. Z . Logan, Geo. Dalton, and Wni. O'Hara, the course being to and aronnd the 
 beacon, and the prize a nief al. Tlie start was a grand one, the contestants 
 being, as far as could be seen from the starting point, on even terms until the 
 turning point, the Beacon, was readied. Dalton turned first, O'Hara second, 
 and Logan last. On the return, Dalton had an easy thing of it, although 
 O'Hara rowed a game race. Dalton won in 20.5, with O'Hara second and 
 Logan third. 
 
 The Professional Single Scull Race was the next event, the starters 
 being Wallace Ross, IL E. Vail, and Ed. Ross. The three went off together, 
 but soon Wallace Ross' long, po'.verful strokes put liim away to the front and 
 Ed. Ross dropped out of the contest. Vail, plucky little fellow that he is, did 
 his utmost to overhaul the giant, but failed. Ross won in 21. 4S, the distance 
 being three miles, and the prize $40 to first and $15 to second. 
 
 In the three mile Fouu-Oahed Professional Race the following crews 
 started : 
 
 JubileeQueen. — G. Lord, «<(oA.e; J. McLeod, a//. »uW.; Jas. W. lie\yea, fore mid.; 
 
 J. Lord, bow. Colors, wliitu. 
 . — Richard J. Nagle, .stroke; Sylvester Gookin, a//, mid.; Richard Gookin, 
 
 fore mid.; Jeremiah Casey, boir (Jubilee crew). Colors, blue. 
 . — Harry VM, .<itroke; Absalom Logan, aft. mid.; I'kiward Roi», fore mid.; 
 
 Nehemiah LogaD, Jr., bow. Colors, yellow. 
 I. X. L. — L. Sullivan, .v/ro^'e; John McGinnis, aft. mid.; Wm. llariiard, /ore «tW.; 
 
 George Sullivan, boir. Color.s, red. 
 Hattie Ross. — George I'riec, stroke; Thomas McLeod, (///. mid.; Fred. Lord,/oc« 
 
 mid.; Joseph Staekhouse, 6oif. Colors, pink. 
 
 The Sullivan and Geo. Lord men g Jt off together and in front of the 
 others, but the latter crew lost considerable ground, being compelled to stop 
 rowing to allow a schooner to pass them. This, with an accident to the boat, 
 made it a difficult matter for the men to row, but they stuck to it and showed 
 that there Wiis good stuff in them. Tlie Logans turned first, and the Nagle 
 crew and the Geo. Lord men turned the same buoy, both losing ground in 
 consequence. p]ach crew claims that the other was to blame, and it was left 
 for the judges to decide which boat was in the wrong water. The Logans led 
 till the Beacon was reached on the return, when the George Lord men passed 
 them. The Lords won, with the Logans second, the Nagle men third, the Ross 
 men fourth, and the Sullivans last. The time of the winners was 19.45. 
 
 The contestants in the thrRe-mile Amateur Four-Oared Race were: 
 Clakence. — Wm. McShane, .stroke; Robert Nicholl, aft. mid.; Thos. Wisted, /oc« 
 
 »H id; Patrick Keefe, 6oit). Colors, blue. 
 Nkptune RowiNO Ci-iMi. — Chas. J. Coster, stroke; T. T. Laulalum, aft. mid. ; J. V 
 
 Lantaluni, /ore mid.; Wm. F. Lantalum, bow. Colors, red. 
 
 The Neptune crew won easily in 23.11. 
 
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 yame. 
 Henry Gai-iiraith, 
 Samuel Hutton, 
 Thomas IK'rns, 
 Henry Kino, 
 
 Colors. 
 Small ensign at main peak. 
 White at main peak. 
 Small Jack at main peak. 
 Blue pennant at main peak. 
 
 The Paris Crew, in their old boat, the St. John, then made tlieir appear- 
 ance and were Instily cheered. As they rowed down the harhor whistles 
 were blown, and everyJbody was cheering the men who once made St. John 
 famous by their rowing. 
 
 The Log Rach; only bronght out one man, Florence O'Regan, who sailed 
 from the judge's boat to tlie shore and back, without getting a wetting. 
 
 Tiie Two-Sau. Boat Ka-ce bronght out the following boats : 
 
 JJntry. 
 
 Brother's Pride, 
 
 Custom J louse Boat, 
 
 Anonymtt, 
 
 The General, 
 
 Galbraith and Biirns objected to the boat sailed by King, but they were 
 started all the same. The Brothers^ Pride won, with the Custom House boat 
 second, and Tkr General third. In the afternoon the referee gave the four- 
 oared professional o/e' s i : itions as they came in, disqualifying the Nagle 
 men for turning the wrong buoy. 
 
 On Saturday night, June 18th, at the meeting of the Regatta Committee, 
 Mr. Calder, from Campobello, was present, and urged that his sloop Falmouth 
 be allowed to enter the sailing race, his entry having been refused by the 
 Secretary on account of the size and character of his vessel, which was of the 
 style called Quoddj' boat, and at least seven tons measurement. The difficulty 
 was got over by arranging that the winner in the sloop race should sail the 
 Falmouth for a purse of ?2o. The British Queen having broken her main 
 boom, the next boat, the Alice, was sent off, the race resulting in a decided 
 surprise for everybody, especially the owner of the Falmouth, as the Alice 
 came in a winner by 5 minutes 35 seconds, without time allowance. This 
 race came off' immediately after the finish of the sloop race. 
 
 Dr. Walker was umpire for the rowing races; Thos. S. Adams for the 
 sailing races ; Dr. Frink, Geo. F. Harding and J. F. Harding, time-keepers ; 
 and Aid. Stackhouse, measurer of sloops. 
 
 The School Children's Celebration. 
 
 It wfl" d happily conceived provision of the Executive Commit- 
 tee that a foremost place should be given to the children of the 
 public schools in the Jubilee celebration. As soon as the programme 
 was arranged and approved by the Council, the chairman of the 
 executive committee. His Woi-ship Mayor Thorne, who is also a 
 member of the Board of School Trustees, placed himself in com- 
 munication with John March, A.M., the secretary of the board 
 
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 and puperiiitondent of the city scIiomIs, who at once entered heartily 
 into the project of gathering; the piij)ils to<;ether on Kin<i:S(|uare, to 
 listen to addresses by His Honor the Lieitenaxt Govkknor, and 
 other distinjxuished (.'entk'nien, and to unite their youni; voices in 
 singing tlie National Anthem. On the first annoiincenient of the 
 proposed demonstration, not a few of the ])arents and friends of the 
 children expressed fears that sufficient safeguards could not bo 
 thrown around the little ones to ensure their ])rotecti()n from the 
 pressure of crowds of peo{)le who would naturally desire to 1)0 Avit- 
 ne&ses of a gathering so unique in the history of the city, and on 
 calling the principals of the several schools together, Mr. March 
 was met by the statement that so generally had this idea taken 
 possession of the minds of the citizens, there was strong reason to 
 believe that many department would be only very j)artially repre- 
 sented in the contemplated gathering. The superintendent at once 
 directed that every teacher should immediately inform the children 
 of the nature of the pro[)osed demonstration, and to assure them 
 that no pains would be spared to protect them from overcrowding, 
 or undue pressure from the crowds of spectatoi-s. The })rincipal8 
 took up the work assigned them with spirit, and by their efforts, 
 seconded by personal visitations and addresses to the children by the 
 superintendent, and the prompt assurances by His Worship the 
 Mayor that no grounds whatever existed for any want of confidence 
 in the good will of the public towards the children on such an occa- 
 sion — which he gave in sundry public gatherings at which he was 
 called to speak — the fear-s of the parents were allayed, and prepara- 
 tions were pushed on with vigour. 
 
 Simple but appropriate badges were prepared for the children 
 and teachers — blue, red, and white ribbons, inscri'.^d : "Public 
 Schools, City of Saint John; Queen's Jubilee, June 20th, 1887," 
 with the city arms for those of the primary, advanced, and high 
 schools respectively ; and woven silk bearing a portrait of Her 
 Majesty, with the legend : " Quetm of an empire on which the sun 
 never sets; 1837, Jubilee, 1887," for principals, school officers, and 
 trustees. 
 
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 No school was hold on the morninfr of the 20th, hut all the de- 
 partnu'iits assemhled in their own rooms at one or half-past one 
 o'clock p. ni., as the distance from the ])lace of the central gathering 
 was greater or less. 
 
 By two o'clock all the schools of Carleton had marched from 
 their several scliool buildings to Union street, at the head of Rodney 
 wharf, from whence, ])receded by the Carleton Serenade Band, they 
 marched with great i)recision to the floats and on board the ferry- 
 boat Western Extension. On reaching the eastern side of the har- 
 bor the [)rocession re-formed, and Avith music and tlying bannei's 
 proceeded through Princess, Prince AVilliam, and King streets, to 
 King S(}uare. 
 
 Meanwhile the Saint Philip's School, with the Colored Fife and 
 Drum Band, marched from the east end of Queen street, by way of 
 Pitt, Duke and Charlotte streets, to the south side of King Square. 
 
 At the same time the seventeen departments of girls of the A"ic- 
 toria school, the two departments of girls of the Saint Vincent 
 School, and the seven dei)artments of girls of the Saint Joseph's 
 School, ])receded by Mr. Superintendent March and jVIrs. J. F. 
 Carr, the i)rinci])al of the Victoria School, proceeded up Sydney, 
 and were followed by the nine departments of boys of the Saint 
 Malachi's School. The eight de})artments of boys of the Leinster 
 Street School marched by way of Carmarthen and King streets to 
 the eastern entrance of King Square. The ten departments of boys 
 and girls of the Centennial School marched through Brussels, Union, 
 and Sydney streets to the north-eastern entrance of King Square. 
 The two departments of boys of the Waterloo Street School came 
 down Waterloo and Sydney streets and along the north side of King 
 Square to the north entrance. The three departments of the Boys' 
 Grammar School came by way of Union and Charlotte streets to 
 the north-western entrance. The four departments of boys of the 
 Charlotte Street School, and the boys of the King S(|uare School 
 marched to the south-western entrance to the Square. 
 
 By the time these schools were well on their way, all the walks 
 of the King Square had been entirely cleared of people, who took 
 
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 up })ositu)ns around the four sides of tlic square, outside the cnolo- 
 
 .sure, and were easily kei)t in jjlaee by the ])olice force, stationed at 
 
 intervals of easy conuiuinication, and under the pei-sonal direction of 
 
 the chief, John R. Marshall. A stand about four feet high iuid 
 
 been erected in the niorninj^upon the south walk of the S(|uare, facin<; 
 
 the fountain, and upon it were pithered His Honor Sir Leonard 
 
 TiLLEY, K.C. M.G., the Lieutenant Governor; Hon. Senator Boyd, 
 
 chairman of the Saint John School IJoard ; His Worship Mayor 
 
 Thorne, Aldermen Peters, Kobertson, Knodell, Buzzard and 
 
 Tufts; A. C, Smith, Escj., and other mend)ers of the executive 
 
 committee; Silas Alward, Esq., Q.C., D.C.L., E. J. Wetmore, 
 
 Esq., trustee of schools; Lieut. Col. J. K. Armstrong, and othei's, 
 
 including a nund)er of ladies. 
 
 Precisely at half-j)ast two oVdock, four bands, stationed at the 
 
 four cornel's of the square, bega.. to l)lay, and at the same moment 
 
 the several processions arrived at their resj)ective entrances and 
 
 nuirched in the most perfect order to places assigned tliem in front 
 
 of the Lieutenant (lovernor's stand. On arrival they were addressed 
 
 by His Woi-shij) Mayor Thorne, who welcomed the children of the 
 
 public schools to a participation in the Jubilee festivities, and then 
 
 introduced the Lieutenant Governor, who was received with a hearty 
 
 round of cheers. 
 
 Sir Leonard Tilley's ADnRE.«s. 
 
 Mr. Jihajor, Teacher-'^, and Children : 
 
 We are assembled to-day to commemorate the fiftietli year of Her Majesty's 
 reign. This Jubilee year will be celebrated throtighoiit her vast empire, the 
 extent and greatness of which will be better understood when I state to you 
 that our beloved Queen's authority extends over one-fifth of the habitable 
 globe — that nearly three hundred and ten million, or one-fifth of the whole 
 human race, acknowledge her autliority. It is stated, by what I consider good 
 authority, that the area of which tlie British Empire is composed is five times 
 as large as the Persian Empire was under Darius, four times as large as the 
 Roman Empire under Augustus, larger than all the Russias, three times as 
 large as the United States of America, sixteen times as large as France, and 
 forty times as large as Germany. It is therefore said the sun never sets on 
 the British Empire. We should all be proud to belong to so great an empire. 
 
 Its development since the commencement of Her Majesty's reign has been 
 most remarkable, especially in the colonies and dependencies. The popula- 
 
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 tion of tlie empire, its trade, its commerce, its wealth, its mamifacturos, its 
 educational advantaf,a'S, all, all liave had a marvellous tlevelopment. How 
 remarkably have the educational advantages of New ]5runs\vick increased 
 during the last fifty years! We have proof of this in the scene now before 
 us. Here are nearly four thousand healthy, well dressed and intelligent 
 children, a sight to gladden the heart of every man and woman present. We 
 know that their educational interests are well cared for. Competent judges, 
 who examined their work at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, bear testi- 
 mony to the completeness of our system and the superiority of the work 
 exhibited. All honor to the authors of the system and to the men and women 
 who have given their lives to the carrying of it into successful execution ! I 
 may be pardoned for digressing for a few moments, in calling your attention 
 to the fact that it is just 10 years to-day since this city was laid in ashes. May 
 we not, in passing, ofler grateful acknowledgments to a Gracious Providence 
 for all His mercies and blessings during the past ten years. The 20th June, 
 1877, was a most disastrous day for this city, and we are even now only 
 realizing fully its fearful results. But the pluck and enterpriseof our citizens 
 have re-built our city in a more substantial and imposing form. Could our 
 people who then saw our city in ashes have had a vision of what we see to-day, 
 ten years later, they would have been cheered on in their work. We should 
 be grateful and thank God. 
 
 You, dear children, commenced the proceedings here to-day by singing 
 the National Anthem. Of late years I have been impressed with the fact that 
 in the musical portion of our religious services there is much of prayer 
 as well as music. When I heard you singing "God Save Our Queen," it ap- 
 peared to come so much from your hearts that it was no doubt accepted as a 
 prayer for our noble and virtuous Queen, and so it will be with the millions 
 who this week will heartily join in singing the national anthem. Our Queen 
 has proved herself a most constitutional sovereign; but she has done more — 
 she has won the hearts and affections of her subjects by the purity of her life 
 and court; by her sympathy for her suffering subjects; by all her womanly 
 virtues and graces. 
 
 It is said that on one occasion Her Majesty was welcomed by 80,000 
 children, and that she has seldom, if ever, been more affected by any popular 
 demonstration. Could she have been with us to-day, she would have been 
 much pleased, and would feel that the loyalty of our people is still sincere. 
 I am sure you will all join me in the expression of the hope that our gracious 
 Queen may be yet spared many years to reign over us. God save the Queen. 
 
 At the close of the Governor's speech another round of cheers 
 was given, followed by three times three for Her Majesty the Queen, 
 
The School Ciiildrkn's Ci:lj:i5ratiox. 4$ 
 
 led off by His Worship the Mayor. Sir Lfoxard Tilley then 
 called for the singing of the National Anthen>, and the vast con- 
 course of boys and girls, under the direction of Professor Max 
 feTEKNE. accompanied by all the bands, and sustained by the teachers 
 sang with splendid voice and all their hearts the following verses! 
 
 (iod save our j,'raci()iis (^ueen, 
 Lon/; live our noblo (^uccn, 
 
 U()(l save the (^iieen ! 
 Send her vic'toriotis, 
 Happy and j^'lorious, 
 Long to reign over us, 
 
 <iod save the Queen! 
 
 Tliy clioieest gifts in store, 
 On lier be pleased to pour, 
 
 Long may she reign ! 
 May she defend our laws, 
 And ever give us cause 
 To sing with lieart and voice, 
 
 God save the Queen. 
 
 Far from our mother land, 
 ^"obly we fall or stand 
 By England's Queen. 
 
 Through fields and forests free, 
 Britons undaunted we 
 
 Sing with true loyalty, 
 
 God save the Queen ! 
 
 When the National Anthem had been sung. Mayor Thorne 
 cal ed upon Dr. Silas Alward, M.P.P., who ^.iefiy addressed the 
 chddren. 
 
 Db, Alward's Address. 
 Who could be an unmoved spectator of so bright a scene, where beauty 
 and innocence blend their n^ .tchless charms ? You lay aside the duties of the 
 hour to join fifty millior., who speak your own tongue, in celebrating the 
 Jubilee year of our gracious sovereign's reign. This will constitute a red 
 letter day m the ca endar of your school period. Marking, as it does, a great 
 epoch m the nation's history, its interest will increase with the passing years 
 On such an occasion the mind very naturally travels back to the distant past 
 and strives to picture the scenes of other days. Nineteen hun.lred and 
 
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 forty -one years ago a world conqueror, with liis cohorts, crossed the straits 
 that separated Gaul from the shores of an island veiled in tiie mists of a 
 gloomy ocean. Its people were barbarians, living in wretched huts and 
 clothed 'n the skins of wild beasts. Their religion partook of the fiercenei 
 their natures. Brave and warlike, they gave their invaders a warm recej)t. ., 
 for they were the ancestors of those who formed the squares at Waterloo, 
 stormed the heights of the Alma, and, through a tempest of iron, brought 
 relief to the beleagured garrison of Lucknow. Ca'sar said of tiiem, "They 
 were a strange peojjle, and could not be taught to know when they were de- 
 feated." For live hundred years the Komans ruled this stubborn people. 
 Contrasted with the glorious mountains and bright plains of Italy, it was a 
 cheerless land. Koman mothers hushed their children into awe in describing 
 the wild man of Britain. Last to be conquered, she was the first colony flung 
 tvway when fierce invaders from the frozen North overran the boundaries of 
 the Roman empire, and bore down the civilization of centuries. After the 
 lapse of these years how fares it with this once worthless Roman colony ? 
 Rome lives but in song and story. The colony is a mighty world power, 
 whose vast possessions constitute a heritage fourfold that of Rome when 
 the summit of her greatness, and whose popidation is more than doul)le 
 of Rome in the days of Ca'sar. 
 
 It was something to have lived in the days of Elizabeth — an age of great 
 men ; it was something to have lived in the days of Anne — an age of brilliant 
 victories; but it is something more to live in the days of VicTouiA — an age 
 of great men and no less l)rilliant victories. Peace hath her victories no less 
 renowned than those of war. The splendid triumphs of science that surround 
 us and lessen the burdens of life, and add so materially to its comfort, are its 
 proudest trophies. 
 
 Amid sucli stirring scenes as these, and in the gladsome sunlight of this 
 delightful June day, it would not be graceful on my part to detain you with 
 lengthened remarks. On such occasion*, speakers are wont to indulge in 
 stock-taking, and are apt to point out, with commendable pride, the advance 
 we have made. In no department of human enterprise has greatei progress 
 been made, during the past fifty years, than in the very work in which you are 
 engaged. In our city over fifteen per cent, of its inhabitants are enrolled on 
 the lists of our public schools. Instruction is brought to the very doors of the 
 poor and lowly, and no one can plead want of means as an excuse for ignor- 
 ance. In fact, ignorance with us is a crime. Our system of education is 
 second to none on this continent. Fifty years ago the profession of teaching 
 was considered a degrading one ; now it ranks among the most honorable in 
 the land. Fifty years ago the mode of instruction was a disgrace to a civilized 
 people. Now it is our pride and boast. So in the fatherland. Before the Ele- 
 
 
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 mcntary Education Act of 1870 iKnomnce was rife niiiong tlie masses, and the 
 means of a liberal education within the reach of only the favored few. In IMo j, 
 the grants for jtublic education in (ireat Hritain amounted to only t;}!>'»,<)'21 [ 
 in 1885 they had increased to ,£4,013,()()(). The average number of scholars in 
 attendance in primary schools in (Ireat Britain, in 185"), amounted to only 
 5()9,000; in 1885 it had swollen to 3,826,280. The increa.se of sc-hool children 
 since 1875 has been 70 per cent., or .seven times faster than that of population. 
 IJut I fear of being betrayed into making a speech, and know that these dry 
 figures, or even figures of speech, on such an occasion, must he irksome. 
 W ishing you may long be spared to remember this happy day, and be faithful 
 subjects of our (^ueen, I shall not detain you one moment longer. As you 
 go forth to iill your various stations in life, bear in mind a solenui responsi- 
 bility rests upon you to act your part worthily, as becomes such as are heirs 
 of all the ages, and live in the forenjost files of time. 
 
 His Worsliip the Mayor tin u culled upon Senator Boyd, Cliair- 
 raan of the School Trustees, who spok > briefly. 
 
 Hon. Mr. Boyd 
 said he could only re-echo the words of the Lieutenant Governor, who had 
 expressed so well the feelings of all who gazed at the animated scene of youth 
 and beauty before them. A few days previous he had witnessed a school 
 gathering at Ottawa, where some tliree thousand had a.ssembled to welcome 
 the Queen's representative back to his home; but, grand as that demonstra- 
 tion was, he could congratulate St. John that to-day, as on past occasions, the 
 city by the sea was not behind any other in Canada in its manifestation of 
 earnest and hearty loyalty. Sir Leonard has told them of the educational 
 progress made in Victoria's reign, and they ail knew that no one could be 
 more kindly disposed to her youthful subjects than was our good and beloved 
 Queen. In this regard no more fitting representative of Iler Majesty could 
 be found than the Lieutenant Governor, who is with us to-day. When a boy 
 at school he enjoyed his holidays, and now that he is chairman of the New 
 Brunswick Board of Education, let us, dear children, ask him to obtain for 
 us in this Jubilee year that extra holiday time we have been so long and so 
 vainly asking the Chief Superintendent to grant us. Perhaps the Governor's 
 influence may obtain from that officer what ours cannot. We in the midst of 
 the smoke, fog, rand, dirt, and dust of the city, need more fresh air than do 
 the scholars in country districts or inland towns ; we need more play of 
 muscle, more exercise of limb, more lung expansion, than we can get in city 
 school rooms, and so many parents wisely Jet their children stay in the country 
 till the first of September. Why, then, should we ask teachers to return in 
 the middle of the heated term, when the schools are not half full, when only 
 
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 twenty or thirty scholars unwillinpfly saunter in, and twenty or thirty other 
 members of the same classes remain behind in tbe country? If all started at 
 the same time, all would do better work in the sj-.orter period, and do more of 
 it, too. I know what it is to be ti;'d to a desk or to be shut up in a ware- 
 house, and, although sixty summers have passed over my head, I am just as 
 much of a ' oy as eve*^ I was, need a change as much, and enjoy a morning 
 romp in tlie woods, a row on the river, a sail in the bay, or a cast of the line, 
 just as heartily as ever I did, — and so say all of us, girls and boys, old or 
 young. Let all who agree in tl-.is, and approve my propo.^ition for an extra 
 fortnight, hold up their hands ! My friend beside me, Mr. A. Chipman Smith, 
 .suggests the waving of handkerchiefs as more emphatic. Well, we will adopt 
 that suggestion, or any method that will induce the Lieutenant Governor to 
 suggest to his Board to give these extra holidays to St. John. It will afford 
 great pleasure to the city Board to carry out such a decree. My young friends, 
 may you come back from your vacation stronger, merrier, more ready than 
 ever to do your work, and may you long remember this great Jv.bilee, and 
 sing with ever increasing heart and voice, and with even more vigor than you 
 did just now, " God Save our Gracious Queen." 
 
 More cheers were given, which ended with han/l-clapping and 
 waving of hats and handkerchiefs. The sight presented at this 
 time was of the most inspiriting character. The inner circles of 
 little girls and boys ; the widening circles of the older girls, backed 
 by the larger boys of the Advanced and Grammar schools ; the 
 pretty dresses and flying colors ; the happy faces and cloud of hand- 
 kerchiefs ; the music of the bands ; the dense mass of people outside 
 the green enclosure, and the crowded windows and housetops of the 
 build'ngs surrounding the Square, together with the cloudless sky, 
 the umbrageous trees, the playing fountain, and withal the spirit 
 w^hich animated the whole demonstration, formed a scene which can 
 never be forgotten by those who took part in it, or by even those 
 who were merely spectators. 
 
 Over three thousand children participated in the celebration, 
 which lasted for about two Iiours, during which time the great 
 crowds had, with the heartiest good will and patient endurance, 
 waited for a better view of the children than could be obtained while 
 they were massed around the Governor's stand. But they were fully 
 repaid for their waiting by a sight never before witnessed iu St. 
 
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 St. 
 
 John. Mr. Superiiitendent March issued a few simple directions in 
 a voice tliat reached tlie ears of every chikl on the < rounds, and in 
 an instant thero was a kaleidoscopic movement of color and form as 
 the compact crowd of children separated off into schools and hands, 
 and to the inspiriting strains of martial music marched off west- 
 ward through the main avenue to the drinking fountain at the head 
 of King street, thence southward, and so on around the outer walk 
 until they had compassed the Square. As the Carleton contingent 
 returned to the starting point ihey filed out upon King street and 
 proceeded in reverse order Lo the ferry. For some time every walk 
 in the Square was filled with children marching and countermarch- 
 ing, so as to hring the several departments to their own proper exit, 
 on reaching which they filed out and hack to their school huildings, 
 whence they were dismissed to their homes. 
 
 The music of the hands added greatly to the interest of the 
 occasion, and was much enjoyed by the thousands of children and 
 the greater thousands of adult spectators. 
 
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 One of the grandest gatherings ever seen in St. John was that 
 in the spacious Exhibition Buildings in the evening. Kvery seat 
 was occupied almost as soon as the doors were opened, and fin* three 
 hours the vast assembly was entertained with scholarly orations and 
 sui^erb music. Over five thousand persons were present, fully two- 
 thirds of whom were ladies. Promptly at eight o'clock His Excel- 
 lency the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Leonart; Tillp:y, accompanied 
 by the orators of the evening, took their places on the platform. 
 The Oratorio Society, under the leadership of Mr. Gum?, was seated 
 at the rear. There were also })resent, occu})ying seats on the right 
 of the Lieutenant Governor, Mayor Thounk, St. John ; IVfayor 
 Sturdee, Portland ; U. S. Consul I^Iurray ; Lieut. Colonel Arm- 
 strong; I. Allen Jack, Recorder of St. ^ohn* Judge Palmer; 
 Dr. Silas Alward, and others. At the recpiest of the Mayor, the 
 vast assembly arose, and, as with one voice, accompanied by the 
 bands and Oratorio Sotiety, gave that anthem which never fails to 
 call forth patriotic feelings. 
 
 
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 His Worshi},' Mayor Thorne tlien briefly addressed the meet- 
 ing. After disclaiming any intention of making a speech, the 
 Mayor read a few extracts from some historic documents. The first 
 was from the Royal Gazette of August 5th, 1837, and another was 
 the original proclamation here of Her ISIajesty's accession, signed 
 by 48 of the then prominent citizens of St. 7 .n, the greater num- 
 ber of whom have passed away ; indeed, but two of the signatories 
 are now living — Hon. John H. Gray and Mr. Gi Botsford, 
 of Fredftricton. In addition to these, the ^layor showed the letter 
 from the Provincial Secretary of the day to the then Mayor of St. 
 John, Mr. Hazen, directing him to proclaim the accession of Her 
 Majesty the Queen with the customary honors. His Worship intro- 
 duced Dr. Stockton as the first speaker of the evening. 
 
 Addukss of a. a. Stockton, LL. D., D.C. L., M.P. P. 
 
 Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Ocnllemen: 
 
 An auspicious event calls us together. We are assembled to mingle our 
 congnitulations upon the fact that Her Majesty the Queen has completed the 
 fiftieth year of lier prosperous reign. This splendid representative assemblage, 
 all alive with patriotic enthusiasm, attests the affection and devotion of our 
 people for the person and throne of Her Most Gracious Majesty. We cele- 
 brate on this occasion no ordinary event. From the time of William the 
 Conqueror to the present, only three British sovereigns besides Queen Vic- 
 toria have attained the jubilee years of their reign. Henry the Third reigned 
 57 years ; Edward the Third, 51 years ; and George the Third, the grandfather 
 of the present (^ueen, (JO years. More than ordinary interc t should naturally 
 attach to such an event in the case of any ruler of the empire, and that inter- 
 est should be especially emphasized in the case of a monarch so distinguished 
 for personal qualities and so unsurpassed in strict adherence to constitutional 
 methods as Queen Victobia. 
 
 This is naturally a time for retrosp^ft and comparison. What were we as 
 a nation or as a dependency in 1837 ? What are we in 1887 ? In methods of 
 government, in knowledge of arte and science, in material growth, in the con- 
 ditions of our political and coraraercial relations with the rest of the world, 
 liave we retrograded, have we been stationary, or have we made satisfactory 
 and substantial advance? These are pertinent enquiries — they belong to an 
 occasion such as this, and with your permission I shall attempt to answer sorie 
 of them. It has truly been said that ours is 
 
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 A land of old and fair renown, 
 Whore freedom lirnadens slowly down 
 I-"roiii precedent to precedent. 
 
 The broadening down process in our history of tlie last half century has 
 been by no means slow or unsatislactory. During that period there has been 
 intense activity, keen competition, and abundant success. Material increase, 
 intellectual culture, scientific discovery, the harnessing of nature's lorces to 
 mechanical invention for man's convenience and comfort, have ha<l greater 
 development during the Queen's reign than during any one hundred years 
 previously. Amid the exhuberant circumstances attendant upon such a cele- 
 bration as this — the stirring music, the expectant throng, the sympathetic 
 listener, one is very apt to be tempted into exaggerated laudation. I hope to 
 escape that criticism, and yet I am certain a sober statement of what our 
 nation has done, and its relative position to-day among the nations of the 
 world, must cause satisfaction, admiration and gladness to fill every honest 
 heart. 
 
 When the Queen ascended the throne her Colonial subjects of European 
 descent were under two millions, now they are nine millions; of Asiatic 
 descent in her Indian empire, 96,000,000, now 254,000,000 ; and her subjects 
 of other origins in the colonies and dependencies were 2,000,000, now they 
 number 7,000,000. In other words her colonial and Indian subjects in 1837 
 were 100,000,000, now they have increased to the immense proportions of 
 270,000,000. The material growth of the empire has more than kept pace with 
 the increase of popu'<\tion. Her Majesty's reign has been especially rich in 
 mechanical invention i and applied science, in sanitary and economic improve- 
 ments. The application of steam as a motive power in traversing continents 
 and oceans belongs to the past fifty years, while the practical use of electricity 
 is yet in its infancy. Morse first publicly exhibited his telegraph in 1837 ; 
 he fyled his caveat for a patent in that year, but it was not patented till 
 1840. The telegraph was first brought into practical use in 1844, that being 
 the year the cities of Washington and Baltimore were connected by the electric 
 wire. There was no electric telegraph in use when Victoria began her reign. 
 Twenty years ago there were only about 2,000 miles of submarine cable laid 
 thronghout the world ; to-day there are 107,000 miles, costing $185,000,000, 
 and all this vast system of submarine cables, with the exception of 7,000 miles, 
 is entirely under British control, and is the result of private enterprise. There 
 are also 1,750,000 miles of land cables in existen.-e to-day, and these have been 
 laid at an estimated cost of $260,000,000. The first telegraphic message sent 
 over the wire in this province was in April, 1851, from Mr. John Wilson, 
 at St. Andrews, to Dr. William Bayard, in St. John. These electric nerve 
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 into close contact. A debate in the imperial parliament any night is the next 
 morning read and dis^-uss jd at the breakfast table throughout the empire. 
 "While the opening of the steam railway, in 1830, between Liverpool and 
 Manchester may be claimed, and rightly so, to have inaugurated the system 
 as a commercial enterprise, yet the development of steam power by land and 
 sea, for locomotion and for mechanical and industri!;l pursuits, has taken place 
 during Her Majesty's reign. Tlie first railway company incorporated in this 
 province was the St. Andrews and Quebec Railway, on the 8th March, 1836. 
 It was the only one incorporated in this province prior to the Queen's acces- 
 sion. Since then, especially after 1801, railway incorporation acts strew the 
 pages of our statute book almost as profusely as forest leaves the ground 
 in the late days of autumn. In looking over the names of the incorporators 
 in the early acts, one is struck with the changes time has made. Not one of 
 the incorporators of 1836 is alive now ; and in the act of 1851, incorporating 
 the European and North American Railway, but few now survive — our res- 
 pected Lieutenant Governor, Sir Leonard Tilley, whom we are glad to have 
 with us at this time, is one of the few survivors. As late as 1852, in our own 
 House of Assembly, in a debate on railway resolutions, a prominent represen- 
 tative from Kings County frankly admitted he had never seen a railway. 
 Thirty years ago we had no line of railway into St. John. To-day we have 
 in this province nearly 1,400 miles of railway in operation or under actual 
 construction, intersecting it in all directions. In proportion to population, I 
 believe we have a greater railway mileage than any other country in the 
 world. The new lines proposed, many of which are already incorporated, and 
 which their projectors, relying on local and federal subsidies, fully expect to 
 build, will, when completed, about double the mileage we already have. 
 
 Fifty years ago a steamship had not crossed the Atlantic. The year 1838 
 is memorable in history. On the 4th of April of that year the Siriiis sailed 
 from Cork, and on the 8th of the same month the Great Westeim sailed from 
 Bristol bound for New York. Both vessels reached their po'.t of destination 
 on the 23rd of April — the Sirius twelve or fifteen hours i.i advance of the 
 Great Westeiii. These were the pioneer steamships to cross the Atlantic ocean. 
 The change since then has been truly marvellous. Llagnificent floating 
 palaces, capable of steaming twenty miles an hour — richly freighted /f'lth the 
 products of all climes and all lands — carrying tens of thousands of passen- 
 gers in pursuit of pleasure or gain, are now thickly studding every sea, and 
 are almost hourly arriving at or departing from the great seaports of both 
 continents. This facility of transit and communication has drawn the nations 
 of the world closer together — multiplied their exchanges of products, and 
 created an inter-dependence and intimate acquaintance far beyond that of any 
 former time. Cowper's lament — 
 
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 Lands intersected by a narrow frith 
 Abhor each other. Mountains interposed 
 Make enemies of nations who had else 
 Like kindred drops been mingled into one, 
 
 may have been true a century ago, but not so to-day. Enlarged knowledge 
 and easy and frequent intercourse have fostered and stimulated the mercantile 
 spirit of the age, and in that progress no nation has reaped more abundantly 
 than the British empire. A few comparisons will establish my statement. 
 The figures are taken from statistics of the years 1837 and 1885, no later 
 statistics than 1885 being conveniently available. 
 
 In the American dependencies the imports have risen from $26,000,000 to 
 1128,500,000 ; the exports from $25,000,000 to $107,500,000. In the Australasian 
 colonies the imports have risen from $7,500,000 to $317,500,000 ; exports from 
 $6,500,000 to $260,000,000. In Africa the imports have risen from $10,000,- 
 000 to $50,000,000; exports from $7,500,000 to $60,000,000. A large propor- 
 tion of this colonial trade has been done with the United Kingdom. The 
 total imports and exports are eleven times greater now than in 1837. British 
 imports to the colonies in 1837 were $56,500,000; in 1885, §272,500,000. 
 British shipping trade with the colonies in 1835 was 3,700,000 tons ; in 1885, 
 56,000,000 tons. In 1885-6 the sea-going registered tonnage of the world was 
 6J million tons ; and 4.i millions, or more than two-thirds of the whole amount, 
 belonged to the British empire. In view of these expressive figures, we may 
 well exclaim with pardonable pride: 
 
 " Britannia needs no bulwarks, 
 No towers along the steep, 
 Her march Is o'er the mountain waves 
 Her home is on the deep." 
 
 I would like to speak of our great progress in the production of books and 
 newspapers and consequent dissemination of knowledge, but time will not 
 permit. I can onlv glance hastily, and consequently imperfectly, at some of 
 the political problems of the reign. Dark and th/eatening clouds hung in 
 the political sky when Her Majesty became Queen. Canada was in rebellion, 
 and the Chartist movement in England was not only causing grave apprehen- 
 sion, but had actually broken out into deeds of violence and bloodshed. Lord 
 Durham was sent to Canada to get information and report. It is no exaggera- 
 tion to say his report is one of the ablest state papers ever written. It 
 grappled with the difficulties in Canada, and it propounded political principles 
 which, since acted upon, have blossomed into representative institutions and 
 responsible government for all the considerable colonies of the empire. 
 Responsible local self-government for the colonies is one of the great facts of 
 Queen Victoria's reign. 
 
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 The Chartist movement died out. The principles it espoused, viewed from 
 the standpoint of the present, need not have caused any alarm. The charter 
 contained six principal planks — universal suffrage, vote by ballot, annual 
 parliaments, the payment of the members of the House of Commons, the 
 abolition of their property qualification, and equal electoral districts. These 
 are not propositions to frighten people of the present generation. In fact, 
 two of them have already become law in England ; three of them fully, and 
 four partially, in Canada. Payment of members of the imperial parliament 
 would not, I think, shake the timber of the old constitution very much. It 
 has worked so well in Canada there is a feeling among some of the recipients 
 that it would add strength and dignity to the constitution to increase the in- 
 demnity. The tendency of the past 50 years has been to centre political 
 power in the peo[)le. The successive reform bills have given the franchise to 
 hundreds of thousands who were formerly denied it. Formerly the ruling 
 power was found in the House of Ixjrds ; to-day the power is decidedly with 
 the Commons. In the first cabinet of George III., thirteen members were in 
 the Lords and only one in the Commons. A cabinet so constructed at the 
 present day could not live a week. 
 
 The reform bills of 1867 and 1885 made very large additions to the elec- 
 toral lists — over two millions — and by that much added to the power of the 
 people. Going back for a little over fifty years, and the list of reforms is a 
 splendid one. Catholic emancipation in 1829 ; the reform bill of 1832 ; the 
 repeal of the corn laws, and the navigation acts ; the factory laws for the pro- 
 tection of women and children ; the reform bills of 1867 and 1885 ; the dis- 
 establishment of the Irish Church ; the great advance in a system of national 
 education ; the opening of the universities to all classes and creeds ; and the 
 reform in the administration of both civil and criminal law, have all, with but 
 two exceptions, taken place since the Queen began her reign. 
 
 Unfortunately, there is discontent in Ireland. All attempts thus far have 
 failed to bring content and happiness to that portion of the empire. This is 
 not the place to discuss the Irish question. We all regret the present position 
 of affairs, knowing well that the English methods of government in the past 
 have not given peace to that unhappy land. Let us earnestly pray that British 
 statesmanship may ere long successfully solve this hitherto apparently in- 
 soluble problem in such a manner as to remove all causes of discontent with- 
 out impairing the integrity of the empire. 
 
 England has had but two wars of any magnitude during the Queen's reign 
 — that with Eussia in 1854, and the terrible Indian mutiny in 1857. No 
 great practical advantages came of the Crimean war. Ii, however, taught our 
 great rival in the east that the men who fought at Inkerman and Balaclava 
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 and on the field of Waterloo. The lesson may also have indefinitely post- 
 poned the appearance of the Russian eagle at the Kliyber Pass, and the advent 
 of the Russian iron-clad into the Persian Gulf. 
 
 The Indian mutiny will always stand out in ghastly relief. It brought 
 into prominence a splendid array of military chiefs of whom any age or 
 country might well be proud. The political effect was to transfer to the 
 ■crown the complete government of the country. The East India Company 
 <;eased to rule in India. But thirty years have produced a si)lendid change 
 for the future peace and prosperity of that extensive portion of the empire. 
 In 1857 the people of India, led by their hereditary princes, were waging a 
 cruel and relentless war to throw off British supremacy; in 1887 only the 
 memory of that terrible crisis remains, while many of the great feudatory 
 princes are now in London pledging fealty to their Empress-Queen and 
 heartily joining in the Jubilee celebrations. 
 
 A recent English writer has pointed out somewhat fancifully, but with con- 
 stitutional accuracy, that the ^sovereign of the British empire is immortal, in- 
 fallible and omnipresent I Do not allow yourselves to be startled at these 
 propositions. The sovereign is immoi'tal as it is a constitutional maxim " the 
 king never dies," the succession is never interrupted ; infallible, as under our 
 system of government "the king can do no wrong;" there must always be 
 advisers responsible for the acts of the crown ; omnipresent, as the Queen in 
 person, or by dej^uty, is always present in her courts administering justice. 
 
 The life of the (^ueen is not by any means an idle one. It is said she reads 
 all the despatches, particularly those relating to foreign affairs, and to the 
 army and navy. Lord Palmerston once lost his post of foreign secretary for 
 neglecting to submit a despatch to the t^ueen before sending it. 
 
 It is also a mistake to suppose the Queen has no great powers in the ad- 
 ministration of affairs. Those powers are great, although rarely exercised. 
 By virtue of her prerogative, a few yeai-s ago she abolished purchase in the 
 army after the lords had refused to pa.ss a bill for that purpose. She is the 
 fountain of honor, and could, if so disposed, create all her subjects peers of 
 the realm. While she cannot increa«e her army and navy beyond the limit 
 allowed by parliament, yet she could disband the army and navy altogether. 
 She can declare war and conclude peace without the intervention of parlia- 
 ment. She can veto any bill passed by both houses of parliament. It wouhl 
 be a dangerous exercise of power, and has not been exercised by any British 
 sovereign since the days of Queen Anne. The house of commons can, also, 
 refuse supplies to the crown, but the right has not been exercised since 1688. 
 
 One of the chief glories of Queen Victoria's reign has been her great 
 regard for constitutional government. A slight mistake — natural under the 
 circumstances — wac made in the early days of her reign in the case of ap- 
 
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 pointments of officers of her household ; but it is now universally admitted the 
 contention of Sir Robkrt Peel was right. 
 
 Much of our political liberty and material prosperity is due to the wise and 
 conscientious discharge of duty on the part of the Queen. Our country has 
 made rapid strides in all that makes a nation great and powerful. We possess 
 a great advantage over those of 1837. The Victorian age will, in the future, 
 be looked back to as one worthy of emulation. The verdict of history will be 
 that our noble Queen, by her purity of life, by her sympathy with her people, 
 by her active co-operation in all great popular reforms, has added dignity and 
 lustre to the British crown. The flag that floats from yonder flagstaff, in one 
 sense, is nothing but a piece of colored bunting ; but in another, and a higher, 
 and a nobler sense, it is that and very much more. It is the flag of our coun- 
 try. It represents the wealth, the culture, the energy, the power, the Christian 
 civilization of the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. May Queen 
 Victoria long be spared in health and in strength to rule over this extended 
 empire. 
 
 Standing, then, as we do, in such a commanding position as a nation, with 
 one hand grasping the results of all past achievements, let us stretch forth the 
 other with contidence towards the future of our country, and God grant that 
 that future may be bright, happy and glorious. 
 
 Handel's Coronation Anthem was beautifully sung by the chorus,, 
 accompanied by the oi'diestra, and Rev. Dr. Macrae was then intro- 
 duced.. 
 
 Address of Dr. Macrae. 
 
 Prosperity, protracted prosperity, furnishes a topic proverbially prosaic ,•; 
 and, besides, the interest of my theme — "the woman, Queen Victoria" — 
 has already been discounted, not alone in and by the eloquence of the honora- 
 ble gentlemen who have preceded me, but through the overmastering place 
 that it has occupied in the thoughts of all present, in company with myriads, 
 besides, for a lengthened i)eriod. I must then be content, during the minute* 
 prescribed in the programme, to throw out a few inadequate words at a great 
 subject, trusting to those caring to listen to fill up from their own recollection* 
 the scanty and defective outline which is all that I can aspire to present. 
 
 Among the many noteworthy features of ihe period spanned by the reign 
 of our beloved sovereign, the most conspicuous, looking at the past, the most 
 significant, if we may venture a glance forward, is, in my belief, the advance 
 throughout the whole earth of the English speaking peoples. " For reasons," 
 observes a recent writer, " no man has fathomed, under laws no man pretends 
 to read, pressing towards results as yet obscure, a single family of the human 
 race has, during the fifty yeai-s, grown, and grown unceasingly ; has absorbed 
 
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 all who sought its protection ; has struck tlown all who resisted its advance, 
 until now, were it united, no other family could resist its anger or venture to 
 defy its behests, until it promises, or threatens, one day, to master the world 
 and all that it contains." Were it but united ! To-day we may, in one res- 
 pect, I think, affirm, without qualification and without fear of the averment 
 being questioned, that vast, overmastering, fearless family j.t united; feels with 
 one heart, speaks with one voice. (Jreat Britain and (ireater Britain, and the 
 daughter beside us not less fair and prosperous than her mother, do honor to- 
 day with glad . animity to the venerable lady who for fifty years has presided 
 over us as Queen. They are actuated not solely by loyalty. To myriads of 
 those from whom salutes the most cordial and unreserved proceed, she is not, 
 she never has been the constitutional ruler. And yet a great wave of feel- 
 ing, call it by what name you will, unequalled in depth, unexampled in extent, 
 is sweeping to-day over that empire, where, in a manner, there is no night, for 
 the sun never sets upon it, and over vast portions of the earth besides. Cities, 
 towns, villages, churches, associations, clnbs, not only of the J^nglish-speaking 
 people of Great Britain and her dependencies — not only of the countless tribes 
 of other tongues embraced within the empire's world-wide bounds — but from 
 sister lands, are sending up their congratulatory oHerings. And these are 
 elicited, from what ? Manifestly not simply, not mainly — in many instances not 
 at all — by any sentiment of loyalty towards the monarch ; but in every case 
 chiefly, in hosts exclusively, by feelings of respect, of reverence, almost of 
 personal aflbct ion cherished in the hearts of all to the woman. And why? 
 Perha{)s no life on earth has been spent under so fierce and ceaseless a blaze of 
 critical observation. Of not one liave the incidents — has everv incident, 
 utterance, movement, been so persistently chronicled and commented upon. 
 Kot only, not even princii)ally as the Sovereign, but most of all as the woman, 
 maid, wife, mother, widow, has this Queen of Britain, Ireland, countless colo- 
 nies, Em])ress also of India, been for fifty years at the t<ar of a world-wide 
 public opinion. And what is the verdict of to-day ? You have uttered it 
 over and over. The echoes of your voices are repeated from city to city and 
 province to province, so that with almost literal truth we may call the earth 
 girdled from east to west, enwrapped from north to souih by a sound i;s of 
 many waters, as of mighty thuiulerings : "The Queen, God bless her I God 
 save our gracious Queen." 
 
 With the thoughts of most present the picture of the Queen has mingled — 
 has been familiar as that of a sister or mother, from earliest childhood. In 
 common with the majority of this great assembly, actuated by a single emotion, 
 it has never been my privilege to have seen the Queen. On the other hand, I 
 remember no moment of existence during which, from coin, book, or statuette, 
 her features were not a mental possession. My first libations at the fountain 
 
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 of knowledge are associated with her youtliful features. A tin toy phite, 
 issne<l Ity some enterprising descendant of Tubal-Cain to conniiemorate Her 
 Majesty's coronation, containing in the centre lier medallion, and around the 
 rim her name, the date of the event, and the letters of the alphabet, found its 
 way into my liands, amid the backwoods of Nova Scotia, a.s a plaything at 
 once and a jtrimer. A few years later I most innocently perpetrated, like 
 many another, when postage stamps were first introduced, my only remembered 
 utterance of treason on a scale sufficiently appalling. For entering, a child of 
 some ten years of age, a post oflice in a ])eaceful Scottish Highland city, I hor- 
 rilied the loyal keeper ))y dc|)ositing two shillings upon the counter and de- 
 manding in return twenty-four (Queen's heads? Loyalty to sovereigns as such 
 had, you may conclude, taken no very profound hold of my childish imagin.-i- 
 tion. Those trivial incidents illustrate, on the other hand, to what an extent 
 the countenance of our sovereign has been made public pro])erty ; more 
 familiar, 1 take it, than that of any other human being who has ever existed. 
 
 And so with her life as a whole. Had I hours during which to count upon 
 your patience, instead of minutes, I should like to dwell upon her early train- 
 ing ; her demeanor when first it dawned ujjon her that, possibly, probably, 
 almost certaiidy, it would be her destiny t(; occupy the throne; her recei)tion 
 of the tidings that she was actually sovereign ; her first act as such, and beau- 
 tiful courtesy to the widowed Queen-<h)wager. I should rejoice to picture her 
 courtship, necessitating, as it did, tluit she should be the party proposing — 
 anil yet a piece of genuine love-niaking; her happy married anil domestic 
 life; the pin-ity of her court ; 1..^; training of her many children ; the shock of 
 her widowhood, now covering more than one-half of her lengthened period of 
 ruling; the respect, attachment, almost veneration, which have grown up 
 aromul one whose position in so many particulars is a i)Osition of solitary, as 
 it is of well nigh, if not of quite, unexampled dignity and grandeur. But to 
 review the twice-told tale of Her Majesty's life af'er this fashion would be an 
 endless business. Enough that at every turn we meet with what commands 
 our admiration, on account, especially, of her varied quickness of symijathy, 
 and that flawless propriety of conduct which is surely one of the richest fruits 
 of a noble, womanly character. 
 
 Victoria of England has shown no marks of Avliat is commonly denomi- 
 nated genius. From a purely political point of view, her ])redecessor, Eliza- 
 beth, or Catherine of Russia, may be ranked above her in what James I. used 
 to term king-craft. But, thank God, surely, that Victoria has not been an 
 Elizabeth, a Catherine, or as her quondam contemporary, Isabella of Spain. 
 In general, however, I am not here to claim for our sovereign "every virtue 
 
 under heaven." 
 
 " A being not too bright nor good 
 For human nature's daily food," 
 
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 is the impression slie makes. As a ehild she is credited with havinc; heen im- 
 pulsive; likely enonp;h ! and stMiu'tiiut's not a little williil and imperious. 
 Be it so. Let us freely allow that she is not of the 
 
 " l'"iuiltilj' faiiltlcss, Icily regular, splt'inliiUy null, 
 Deud perfection, no more" 
 
 cla.ss of mortals. "NVhat then? T do claim that she was trained and has 
 .schooled herself to hold her iinj^dses under a control so firm that even go>sip 
 has heen check-mated, and tlioui^h not reduced ahsoiutely to silence, has proved 
 again and again, hy its own self-contradictions, the fictitious worthlessness of 
 the occasional ahsurdities which it has conuuitted to tiie myriad tongue of 
 rumor. "What solitary incidtiit recorded of one whose whole existence has 
 been practically lived under tlie eyes of millions can he quoted which does not 
 redound to her credit as a woman? Of all kinds of temptations, the most 
 fiery or insidious are those attemlant ujion well nigh unbroken prosperity. 
 How has she endured them? Perhaps tlie most significant compliment ever 
 paid to her was conveyed in the words of a woman, wife of a Welsh stone- 
 mason, employed as nurse of I'rince Arthur : "The t^ueen is a good woman, 
 quite fit to have been a poor man's wife." And 1 remend»er how, when 
 plunged into the distress of widowhood, one cry went ui> from all lips, "The 
 poor (iueen !" And as the widowed lady, did ever woman in any rank of life 
 evince proofs more unceasing of what we ministers are accustomed to term 
 "the hallowing, sanctifying influences of sorrow?" N'o one, 1 have ventured 
 to say, claims genius in its current acceptation for our sovereign. Jhit it is not 
 adulation to assert on her behalf two attributes of the finest grade of genius in 
 the loftiest meaning of the word — the unfailing good sense, and the quick, 
 womanly sympathy. Take one example of lumdreds: the message cabled to 
 Mrs. Garfield immediately on receipt of the tidings that she was a widow? 
 closing with the words, "May God comfort you, as only He can !" 
 
 But, indeed, the Queen's messages and letters and acts of sympathy form a 
 volume by themselves. And the range of its subject matter would be from 
 kings and queens — those dethroned ones especially from France, who were 
 glad to take refuge in the island home, surrounded by the silver streak ; to 
 wounded soldiers ; to Presbyterian ministers, a McLeod or a TuUoch ; to the 
 •widows of the shipwrecked or of those lost in mining disasters, and the lowly 
 cottages of the poor. And these proceeded from the dictation of no cabinet 
 council. The prompting which gave rise to them had its origin in the breast 
 of no constitutional adviser. They sprang spontaneously from a heart which 
 prosperity has not rendered callous, and which sorrow has fertilized into an 
 activity of benevolence. Yes, a large-hearted and liberal benevolence, more 
 largely and variously proportional to her means than is at all commonly 
 imagined. For it is a mistake to call the Queen a wealthy woman. Measured 
 
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 l»y the demands of Iut station, lier income is not lavish. The revei-se. Ever 
 and anon a paraj^rnph apiniirs crediting her with being the lioarder of mil- 
 lions, with speculating on the stock market, with being an investor on a pro- 
 <ligious scale in real estate. The writers are of that class who imagine that 
 in the capacious vaults of the Hank of f'ngbind vouchers are accumulating in 
 the name of some Smith, or Jones, or other world-wide family, whose repre- 
 sentatives are chiefly now in these colonies or in the I'nited iStates — vouchers 
 for property estimated in millions existing in some out-of-the-way corner in 
 the immea-Hurable isles of Jiritain, Only the wily lawyers who work up these 
 representations ever did, or ever can, profit by them; and only the penny-a- 
 liner can benefit by the stocks or estates n\ysteriously credited to our sovereign. 
 Well nigh every cent she receives has its place fixed for it ere being received. 
 And the chief wealth of our (^ueen is tr.*^ riches of deeds of benevolence. 
 Otherwise, measured against some of her own sul)ject8 — nuich more, measured 
 against the Vanderbilts, Ooulds, and Kussell-Sages, of New York — our British 
 monarch is comparatively poor. In short, (^ueen Victoria has been to an 
 extent rarely ecjualled, her people's sovereign. She has entered into her 
 people's life ; partii-ipated in her people's annisements ; partaken of her 
 people's festivities; shared in and mingled with her people's sorrows ; set an 
 example in regard to her religious duties ; satisfied the most exacting in her 
 family relations ; as well as commanded respect by her discharge and endur- 
 ance of the cares, the tasking cares, of official labors. 
 
 Did ever sovereign find happiness to an ecjual extent in doing kindly deeds 
 among the poor? Osborne has its legends of one dressed simply in black 
 found reading the Scriptures in a cottar's home to a dying invalid — the rea<ler 
 was the Queen. Balmoral has materials for volumes, recording her intercourse 
 with the j)easantry, among whom, trusting herself without any protection, she 
 was once saluted by an aged woman, it is said, with an extra warm shake of 
 the hand, the old dame's best bowl of buttermilk, and the words, "Is this yer 
 ain sel, Mrs. Albert?" 
 
 I must not shock tlie temperance societies by relating how, visiting the 
 fleet, she tasted the grog and complained that it was not strong lou . ami, 
 in her diary, commends the virtues of Athol-brose, and in go - like 
 
 a healthy woman, in no way indiflerent to the comfort of g aii eating 
 
 and drinking. 
 
 I must simply pass over what her influence and example in the prac ice of 
 public worship have eflected toward breaking down the walls of religious 
 bigotry and prejudice. I must be silent about her good offices in relation to 
 the patronage and culture of art. I nnist leave untouched the beneficial 
 effects throughout the world of the simplicity and purity of conduct, scrupu- 
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 It will be felt, however, how these facts thus hastily glanced at have been 
 among the strongest bulwarks of the throne which she has occupied so long. 
 What throne in Kurope has not the while known <hanges, most of thein more 
 than one? From how many have the occupants not been hurled by the hand 
 of revolutionary violence, or even by that of the assassin? Attempts at 
 assassination of our beloved sovereign there have indeed been, not once or 
 twice, resulting in escapes l)ordering — we may surely be pern)itted to use the 
 word — on the miracuijus. With what calm courage the youthful woman 
 bore herself amid tlie shocks thus created, for most of them — all, I think, 
 save one, occurred during her earlier years of ruling — is matter of history, as 
 is also her almost intercession on behalf of the weak-minded or partially insane 
 unfortunates by whom these attempts were perpetrated. But in no instance, if 
 I remember right, did these deeds sj)ring out of a plot involving political 
 designs, or manifesting on the part of a class either hatred to monarchy, or, 
 much less, ill-will toward the monarch. And their eflects? Their effects 
 ■were simply to enhance the attachment borne by all classes to one who carried 
 herself so bravely, and to cherisli ever-increasing gratitude to Almighty God 
 for her providential preservation. 
 
 How different the narratives of her visits to the various portions of her 
 British isles, and occasionally — I wish I coidd say frecpiently — to Ireland; 
 how different her reception in the midst of her loyal subjects spontaneously 
 providing a gala-tlay festivity in honor of her aj)proach, from those of 
 monarchs every step of whose progress nuist needs be sedulously reviewed 
 beforehand, and then as sedulously guarded during the hours of procession I 
 Much of this, no (U)ubt, is due, under God, to the character formed in her 
 people and expressed by them in the blessing of constitutional government. 
 But much remains which we cannot but trace to the character of the woman. 
 
 Just one word, to be done, as to tlie connection of the Queen's life with tlie 
 children. Among them, among yours and mine, from generation to genera- 
 tion, the name of Victoria, together with 'hat of Alukkt thk Goon, ought 
 to be canonized, and shall be, if the story is rightly told to them. For is it 
 not a matter of history that to the Queen the English-sj)eaking people are in- 
 debted for their acquaintance with Santa Klaus, and all the flutter of hope and 
 expectation and delight of which that renowned saint is the annual author. 
 W^hen some of the most noted discoveries of her age are superse<lcd — steam 
 replaced by balloons, the telegraph by telepathic communication, and even 
 photography, beloved of all homely-looking people, shall have yielded to pro- 
 cesses more startlingly life-like, to figures reproducing color and form and 
 voice — when books now yielding lame and fortune to their composers are for- 
 gotten — the name of Queen Victoria may live not less through the joy that 
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 children, parents, yea, the hearts of all, throngh Santa Klaus' contribution to 
 the mirth of the Christmas time, than through any or all the other events 
 personal to herself, or trimsactions of her reign combined. 
 
 And now, few of us may hope to witness the 20th of June, 1937, the cen- 
 tennial of our Queen's accession. Long before that period's dawn, it is not 
 treason tc predict, however we may regret and even deprecate the prospect, 
 that her ivign sliall have termii^uted. And changes incalculable will assuredly 
 have taken place in the political as in all other human relations. In the 
 hiotorios of her era, by wliich our gand and gi-eat-gi-and childreu shall be 
 instructed, it may be that amid the accounts of political occurrences, of literary 
 movements, of scientific advances, of coiiimercial develo])ments, of religious 
 revolutions, her namt; may rarely be mentioned in coniparison with what we 
 of the present day may deem her due. But be the empire of tiie future what 
 it may — and surely its ])rospects were never more brilliant than at this mo- 
 ment — one prediction we may hazard with something approaching to absolute 
 positiveness ; it is that the men and tlie women and the children of the Eng- 
 lish speaking lands of that day, whether residing beneath our l^J^orthern con- 
 stellations, or lighted by the Southern Cross — in fatherland, out on the prairies 
 of our great Northwest, or in our cities by the sea, shall commemorate with 
 grateful gladness that reign of whicli we are celebrating the jubilee. One 
 title will then be felt to be more accurately descriptive than any other of the 
 period contemplated by us this evening, and will be conceded to it by common 
 consent of the nations. It is that of the \'i('TORIAN P^ra. And before all else 
 that title will link itself in all lands with the character of the woman. 
 
 God cheer the aging widow's heart ! 
 
 Let Thistle, Rose, and Shamrock green 
 Twine leaf and flower with loving art 
 
 lu garlands I'or our (iueeu I 
 
 Tlie Artillery Band played a fine niedloy of English airs, after 
 •which came The Jubilee Ojje, by W. P. Dole. 
 
 CARMEN ACADIUM. 
 
 Pnesenti tihi vicUuros largimur honores. 
 
 WiDK over land and sea, 
 Through all the zones of the full-rounded earth, 
 Where sounds the music of our English speech, 
 
 Or men claim British birth ; 
 
 Where'er the soil is free, 
 
 Nor taint of tyranny 
 Dwells in the air ; 
 
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 Where honest fathers reverently teach 
 Their sons to worship fre-loni, pnre and fair, 
 Now let glad song arise and pions prayer, 
 Let merry feast and grave solemnity 
 . Show to the world a mighty nation's jubilee. 
 
 n. 
 
 For Britain now 
 Marks with r. clear white stone the happy day 
 That fills the casket of these fifty years, 
 
 Since on her ancient throne, 
 'Mid fervent prayers and brave men's lusty cheers, 
 Victoria first sat down, 
 Calm and serene, 
 Wearing npoti her fair young brow 
 
 The proudest crown 
 That ever beamed forth stainless honor's ray ; 
 A maiden Queen, 
 Trusting her people's love and fearing God alone. 
 
 III. 
 Through her dominions vast — 
 Widened and strengt li ened by her glorious reign - 
 > Beats a strong pulse in myriad manly breasts 
 That glow with generous pride 
 Her sovereignty to own. 
 Not upon hireling bayonets stands her throne ; 
 
 On loyal hearts it rests 
 Of men free-born, whose truth will still sustain 
 Justice and right so long as life shall last, 
 Howe'er in peace or war may turn the uncertain tide. 
 
 IV. 
 
 For wheresoe'er in the wholo world 
 Britannia's fearless flag may be unfurled, 
 Free as the breeze it sports with are his hands, 
 And free his mind, who 'neath that banner stands. 
 
 F'rom Freedom's chosen seat, 
 Old Father Thames bears grandly to the sea 
 The spirit ard the laws sprung from good seed 
 Sown broad.^ast by strong arms on fruitful Runnymede 
 O'er wild waves wafted by all winds ;hat blow, 
 
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 That seed strikes root deep in all soils that know 
 The tread of English feet; 
 
 Where in the Orient 
 The sacred Ganges from the Abode of Snow 
 
 Draws fertilizing streams 
 To enrich and gladden the broad plains below, 
 
 And ancient Indus tells 
 The march of nations through the misty past, 
 There the fresh light of Liberty dispels 
 The hoary tyrannies and darksome dreams 
 "Which all that wide-spread land so long have overcast ; 
 There Britain's Queen unnumbered millions greet 
 
 As Highest Majesty, 
 With glowing words and gestures reverent 
 Hailing their Empress, just, beloved, beneticent. ^ 
 
 V. 
 
 On Africa's dark coasts, 
 Where slavery and horrid heathen rites 
 From age to age have trod man to the ground, 
 Eearing tlieir flag on high are Britons found, 
 Teaching God's gospel, 'stablishing the laws 
 In which the freeman's inmost soul delights, 
 
 Unfolding tlie Great Charter — source and vital cause 
 Of tiie bright glories their loved country boasts. 
 There, too, has spread the fame 
 
 Of sea-girt England's power and Queen Victobia's name. 
 
 VI. 
 
 And where, 'mid Austral sea.s, 
 A wondrous island-continent stands large, 
 Stretching her eager arms out to unfold 
 The commerce and the arts of distant lands. 
 Ottering her pastures rich, her mines of gold. 
 To all strong workers who will help discharge 
 The duties her grand destiny commands, 
 Catching the influence borne on every breeze 
 From the dear island home so far away, 
 Stout British hearts unwavering display 
 
 The hereditary love of order that hath been. 
 And that shall be for aye. 
 
 The Euipire's bulwark firm, tha safeguard of our Queen. 
 
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 VII. 
 
 In our own bounteous Canada outspread 
 From ocean's shore to shore, o'er half a continent, 
 Far as Victoria's gentle rule extends. 
 Over fair cities, villages, and farms. 
 Where 'mid this Xew World's natural wild wealth 
 Flourish the Old World's sciences and arts, 
 Where just laws cover, and no tyrant harnls. 
 The humblest homestead innocence defends,' 
 Where a large liberty breeds sweet content,' 
 And nurtures highest hopes in patriot hearts, 
 Where pure religion guards our moral health. 
 Lest atheistic breath infect our blood. 
 Or false philosophy pollute our souls,' 
 The current of our love still eastward tends 
 To Mother England, like the copious flood 
 Lordly Saint Lawrence to tlie Atlantic rolls. 
 By swelling inland seas and noble rivers fed. ' 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Here, too, the gallant race 
 Sprung from brave sires who won 
 These pleasant seats from the stern wilderness, 
 Cherish the memories time cannot efface 
 Of Cartier bold and Champlain chivalrous, 
 Of all the brilliant names and efforts marvellous 
 Whose story closed when down sunk the sun 
 That s.iw Montcalm laid low 
 liy the same blow 
 mich left the undaunted Wolfe dead though victorious 
 JSotlung but mutual tenderness 
 
 Survives that shock of war: 
 
 In accents of Old France are heard toHlay 
 The hearty cheers that echo far. 
 From lips which falter nut to say, 
 Once and again, again, 
 Vive! Vive La Kcine! 
 
 IX. 
 
 And we who dwell 
 By rugged coasts that break the ocean's swell. 
 Firm as our surf-beat rocks still keep the faitli 
 Our lathei-8 lived and died to hold secure ; 
 
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 Still learn tlie sacred text that plainly saith 
 Reverence to God is due, honor to lawful kings ; 
 
 Still pray, whate'er each fleeting season brings, 
 Victoria's healtli and wealth on earth may long endure, 
 And in the world to come her happiness be sure. 
 
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 Through all the realms that own her sceptre's sway, 
 Let subjects of that Empire grand wherein, 
 Whate'er his kindred, creed, or color of his skin, 
 No trembling bondman draws his weary breath, 
 
 No maid or matron fears the tramp 
 Of hostile legions, no invader's camp 
 
 Finds room — let all display ' 
 
 Their love for the good Queen 
 Who, monarch, woman, mother, still hath been 
 True to her trust alway; 
 Who hath kept ever green 
 His precious memory whom Death 
 With envious shaft struck from her widowed side ; 
 Who hath to all mankind supplied 
 Ensample bright of truth and grace and dignity serene. 
 
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 O'er mountain, plain and seas 
 From stations far and wide 
 That mark Britannia's stride 
 The globe around ; 
 From steep Vancouver Isle to Newfoundland, 
 From Good Hope Cape to Arctic shores ice-bound, 
 From outposts of her power, like sentinels that stand 
 Guarding her people's rights, 
 
 In every clime. 
 Let joyous songs arise : 
 Wherever Liberty 
 Illumes the earth and skies, 
 Now let the flags float free 
 
 On towers and heights; 
 Swell now the glad acclaim 
 That greets Victoria's name. 
 Hail now the happy time 
 That ushers in our Sovereign's golden jubilee. 
 
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 The Fusiliers Band tlioii ])layofl " Oenis of Scotland " in its 
 usual finished style, and the following address was delivered by 
 
 Hon. Mr. .Iustkk King, LL. D. 
 
 Your Excellency, Your Worship, and Fellow Suliject.'^: 
 
 An occasion such as tliis could liave liappened but tliree tinios before in 
 English history. Ifenry III., Edward III., and George III., ahnieoi" English 
 sovereigns, reigned as long as Quep^n Victoria. The fifty-six years of Henry 
 III., from 1216 to 1272, are chiefly memoraMe for the limitations imposed 
 upon the monarchy, the confirmation of the charter, and the first meeting of 
 the House of Commons. They are also momorahle for the first foundations of 
 the Oxford Colleges, and for the building of that famous abbey in which Her 
 Majesty will to-morrow render public thanksgiving, surroundeil by the memo- 
 rials of six centuries of immortal renown, 
 
 " Whore bubbk'S burst, ami folly's ilunciii^ (uiim 
 Melts if it cross the threshold." 
 
 The second reign of fifty years was that of the third Edward, which left 
 its legacy of glory in Crecy and Poitiers, a'^d in which was first seen the day- 
 break of that bright simimer's day of England's commercial prosperity in 
 which we live. Four hundred years later came the memorable fifty-nine 
 years of George III., which were ushered in as Wolfe won (Quebec, and Clive 
 India; which lost the half of America, but consolidated an empire in the 
 Efist ; which gave to England the three greatest statesmen she ever saw, her 
 greatest admiral, her greatest soldier, and her greatest poets this side of 
 Milton. The glories of those years were ample endowment for the full life 
 of many a nation. 
 
 AV'e are now come to the close of the fiftieth year of Qcekn Victoria, 
 and even as we assemble here the advanced hours in England have brought 
 the opening of the fifty-first year. We oflTer our loyal and hearty congratida- 
 tions, and join in thanksgiving for the blessings and crowning mercies of her 
 reign, and not least that Her Majesty reaches this day in health and strength, 
 at an age which justifies the hope of man\ years to come. It illustrates the 
 improvement in the physical condition of the race, that we have ha[)pily 
 amongst us, in vigorous health, and at what we are accustomed to regard as 
 a not very advanced age, many who have attained much greater years than 
 were reached by any English sovereign during the nearly seven centuries from 
 William the Conqueror to (reorge II. No sovereign of I^ngland during that 
 Tteriod, with the single exception of Elizabeth, reached seventy years, and of 
 the nineteen immediately preceding the House of Hanover, but two attained 
 the age of sixty, while ti:e average of the nineteen was but forty-five. May 
 
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 Her Majesty long be spared to reign over the Empire, Queen of the United 
 
 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Colonies and Dependencies 
 
 thereof, and Empress of India. 
 
 A recent writer of a popular but not very strong history of the English 
 
 people deprecated what he calls "drum and trumpet history," and the division 
 
 of historical periods, according to the reigns of the sovereigns. But it is 
 
 easier to leave the drum and trumpet out of a book than to take them out of 
 
 the nation's life. They are the throb and pulse of life, and history without 
 
 them ifi not Englisli history. The English nation was not founded and built 
 
 up as a peace society. In Elizabeth's time it was said by one whom the world 
 
 has adopted as its own : 
 
 " This England never did, nor never shall 
 Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. 
 
 Conit' the three corners of the world in arms i. 
 
 And we shall shock them." 
 
 And as to the place of our kings and queens in history, the questions of 
 sovereignty and empire were at least real and vital facts — probably the most 
 real and vital facts in the actual life of the times. In our times the strife of 
 parties takes tlie place of dynastic disputations, but the life of a modern 
 ministry is too brief for historical division, although we must not forget that 
 Mr. McCarthy has written a most interesting account of England under Glad- 
 stone. There remains, therefore, nothing better than the old-fashioned plan, 
 familiar to us from the Book of Kings and from the general practice of his- 
 torians, of regarding tiie sovereign who exercises the highest function of state 
 as having some connection at least with the public life of the people. It 
 would be difficult for the oldest hand at labelling a period to characterize by 
 a single epithet tlie varied course of English history during the reign of 
 Victoria. It is a record of progress. It has witnessed territorial expansion, 
 marvellous growth of commerce and manufactures, discoveries in science, 
 wonderful inventions, the diftiision of education, inaprovement in public 
 morals and manners, the growth of the democratic spirit, and the widening 
 and deepening of the basis of the constitution amongst the primal and indes- 
 tructible elements of society. 
 
 For the first twelve years of the reign clouds hung low in the sky. There 
 were bad harvests, with few exceptions, famine in Ireland, general distress, 
 Chartist riots, and commercial disaster which neither the introduction of rail- 
 ways, the repeal of the corn laws, nor the establishment of freedom in trade 
 were effectual to remove, until the discovery of gold in California, and soon 
 afterwards in Australia, acted powerfully upon the industrial life of the 
 country, just as the discoveries of new continents woke into activity the intel- 
 lectual life of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Then followed, broken 
 
 
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 only hy occasional interruptions, and continuing nearly to our own time, the 
 extraordinary and unparalleled development of English commerce and manu- 
 factures, during which the volume of trade was more than quadrupled. 
 
 The alliance between France and England, after centuries of estrange- 
 ment, was a remarkable and gratifying fact that marked the second decade of 
 tl. e reign. The public life of the country lias, during the reign, been enriched 
 by some great and many eminent names. Sir Robert Peel was trained in an 
 earlier school, but it was in the early years of this reign that he set the seal 
 to his enduring fame, and passed into the rank of Chatham, Pitt, Burke, and 
 Fox. Russell, Palmerston, Derby, Cobden, Bright and Salisbury are other 
 illustrious names. The first years of the reign saw the growth in public life 
 of two men, then young, and of nearly the same age, whose equal genius, 
 ambition and temper marked them as rival champitms, and for tlie larger part 
 of the reign they divided and appropriated the attachment and regard of the 
 nation. It will be for posterity to award the palm. In pure literature, 
 Shakespeare and Milton still block the way. There is no progress beyond 
 them. And, in view of the literary glories of (xcorge III., with its band of 
 immortals, Scott, Byron, Shelley, Keats and Wordsworth, let us pause and 
 admit that we are again turned back. The best thing for this generation to do 
 in literature is to turn back and study the masterpieces of Elizabeth, tlie early 
 Stuarts, Anne and George III. 
 
 Upon the memorial medals to be issued by command of the Queen from 
 the royal mint to-morrow, the genius of steam and electricity are fittingly 
 represented. Fire and water, the simple servants, always with us ; good 
 servants, but bad masters (we know them both) ; enemies of each other ; yet, 
 when brought together, not too close, but with a half inch of boiler plate be- 
 tween, what wonders spring from the union ! And electricity — in everything 
 but lying so quiet that for ages it was not known it was there — startling, when 
 nature suddenly unlocks her reservoirs of it, but when discovered in its hiding 
 places, as obedient as a child. Men in their day have had the weakness of 
 tliinking that they liad come to the end of the road, and that there w:us no 
 going on beyond, only to have the next generation smile at their simplicity. 
 But I feel bold to say as to the great achievement of transmitting thought that 
 upon us have the ends of the world fallen. Let time run on for ages, and yet 
 this achievement of this age can not be superseded, for when thought may be 
 communicated through thousands of miles and under roaring seas in the 
 space of a few seconds, what practical advantage can result from any lessening 
 of the time, as though it were the record of a race horse that were in ([ues- 
 lion? Mere improvement in method, or upon the line of invention repre- 
 sented by the telephone does not diminish the final character of the telegraph. 
 And in modern civilization there are no lost arts. 
 
 
 
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 Turn now from these records of progress io the person and office of the 
 august and gracious lady wlio is the reason of our assembling. We celebrate 
 fifty years of the reign of the Queen — fifty years of devotion to public and 
 private duty, a bright example to all in high or humble station, domestic 
 happiness, simple tastes, courage under personal danger, constancy of affec- 
 tion, fortitude under afHiction, quick and ready sympathy, faith amidst clouds, 
 and a steady flame of love for country over all. It is also fifty years of the 
 British Empire that we celebrate, fifty yeai-s more of constitutional monarchy 
 and freedom. During this, what events affecting sovereigns and states have 
 occurred. Assassination in Russia, the curtailment of Austria but the strength- 
 ening of what remains, the foundation of the Kingdom of Italy, changes of 
 dynasty in Spain, the dismemberment of Turkey, the extension and consolida- 
 tion of Germany ; in France, a kingdom, a republic, a second emi)ire with 
 loss of provinces and a second republic ; in the United States, one of the most 
 destructive wars of modern times, waged between those who would preserve 
 the nation as it had been and those who claimed the right over large territory 
 of governing themselves — with victory for the national idea, and with the 
 happy result of peace and amity ; and during all that time the steady growth 
 of the oak of the forest which was planted over a thousand years ago andr 
 which has stood firm amidst the changes of time and which still stands. May 
 the hand of no axeman be turned against it. 
 
 It is 1060 years since the first Anglo-Saxon king who substantially united 
 the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ascended the throne, and she whose 
 jubilee of sovereignty is now celebrated is direct descendant from Egbert. 
 What history and romance in her veins I Through Alfred the Great and the 
 line of patriotic Saxons ; through that able prince, the second Henry, who 
 united in his person the Norman and Saxon lines, the founder of the judicial 
 system of England, and whose wars with France and contest with his illustri- 
 ous subject, the great a'Becket, make up a story of surpassing interest;, 
 tlirough the two great Edwards, the first and third, the one called the English 
 Justinian, the other, the father of English commerce; through Mary Queen of 
 Scots, " weeping captivity and shuddering fear, stilled by the ensanguined 
 block of Fotheringay " — through these and such progenitors our Queen 
 comes to us to-day. God save the Queen. 
 
 This continuity of blood is something more than a genealogical fact. It is 
 a fact of empire ; a proof of tenacity, constancy, moderation and settled gov- 
 ernment; the continuous evolution of the political life of the nation. It ha» 
 its value. It is tonic to high imaginings and noble thoughts. Of what good 
 is this long line of recorded and lofty descent? It is of the kind of good that 
 art and poetry are, and the fine wines that stir the blood and set in motion 
 the thoughts of men. 
 
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 It has been often said that tho British constitution is a growth. It was not 
 formed of set purpose, like tljat n)arvellou8 creation of the itolilical insight, 
 the American constitution, but it was shaped and hammered into form by ten 
 thousand infhiences woriiing through a thousand years, (lo out where the 
 work of man has not interfered with the processes of nature. Tiie stone upon 
 tiie side of tiie mountain is tiiere where it is, to stay where it is, or to roll 
 to the phxin beh)w, because thousands of tlie influences of nature, the rains 
 and dews, snows and frosts, upheavals of spring and floods of winter, centri- 
 fugal and centripetal forces have shaped it as it is and keep it as it is. 
 Kothing exists to-day in the IJritish constitution but as the result of forces 
 working tlirougii centuries. The liberties of this day, the monarchy of to-day, 
 are related to all that is behind them. Study history then — study the records 
 of your race and nation, and learn how you and your most valued institutions 
 are flowers that burst the sod prepared by ages for their appearance. And so, 
 am I asking too much wiien I ask you to consider, as I have done, how the 
 event of to-day enfolds within it the past — and when I ask you to remem- 
 ber that our Queen is (^ueen because the settled mind of the nation, resting 
 upon a historical basis, sees no reason to break with its long and storied and 
 honored past, rich in war and peace, in science, art and literature, in the 
 passion and the promise of human life? 
 
 This was the notion of that great man, Edmund Burke, whose reputation 
 widens and deepens with time: "A nation," he says, "is not an idea only of 
 local extent and individual momentary aggregation, but it is an idea of con- 
 tinuity which extends in time as well as in numbers and in space. And this 
 is a choice, not of one day or one set of people ; not a tumultuary and giddy 
 choice: it is a deliberate election of ages and of generations; it is a constitu- 
 tion made by what is ten thousand times better than choice ; it is made by the 
 peculiar circumstances, occasions, temi)ers, dispositions and moral, civil and 
 social habitudes of the people, which disclose themselves only in a long space 
 of time. The multitude for the moment are foolish when they act without 
 deliberation ; but the species is wise, and when time is given to it, as a 
 species, it almost always acts right." 
 
 The distinguishing political characteristic of the last fifty years has been 
 the growth of the democratic spirit. This has been due partly to the example 
 of the American reptiblic, but more to the working of principles operative in 
 England long prior to the existence of the American republic. It rests upon 
 the truth that one man is as good as another if he behaves liimself as well, 
 and that no persons or class of persons are so much interested in government 
 as tliose who are governed. Hence the rule of the people. 
 
 Is there then any danger to the monarchy from this growth of the demo- 
 cratic spirit ? Compare the feeling of the people towards the monarchy 
 
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 to-day with that shown in any former period of English liistory — even in 
 the days wiien the divine rigiit of kings was believed in, and when tlie 
 royal touch was a specific for the cure of certain diseases, and say whether 
 freedom fails in its i)ledges of stability ; or compare the monarchy in the 
 iiftieth year of Vutoiua even with what it was in the Hrst decade of the 
 reign, when the peace of the kingdom was frequently broken by chartist riots. 
 If the monarchy was ever stronger, when was it? Was it in times of dis- 
 puted successions, when the country was divided into hostile camps? or in the 
 days of strong religious ditlerences, as of Mary and Elizabeth ? or when 
 Charles T. was beheaded, and James driven into exile? or in the early Georges^ 
 when the hearts of a large jmrtion of the people were in France with the 
 Pretender? And how does it stand on principle? Is it not according to 
 reason that the throne is strongest when the liberties of the people are the 
 greatest? Why should a people who govern themselves give up institutions 
 which have come to them as an inheritance, and which have been associated 
 with the triinuphs of war and peace? Has a democracy no love for the past, 
 no reverence? I think far otherwise. I think too highly of the democracy 
 for that. The system of government which made it possible to create an 
 island home for freedom — light over the stormy waves which no tempest has 
 extinguished — and to i)lant a circle of free and prosperous communities 
 around the globe, and under which science, art and literature have liourished ; 
 so that if you ask where is to be found the widest learning, where the most 
 advanced science, where the highest literature, where the widest commerce 
 and the greatest manufactures, you are pointed to the British Isles ; a system 
 of government, I say, under which all this is possible, and where civil liberty 
 and private rights are protected, and where a quick public conscience responds 
 promptly to the appeal for justice, need not fear the people. 
 
 But are not democracies simple and economical, while monarchies are 
 complex and expensive? But when has it been proved that simplicity is 
 everywhere the highest test of merit. The philosophers tell us (do they 
 not?) that progress proceeds from the homogeneous to the heterogenous, and 
 that evolution is by dillerentiation. Certainly the highest organisms are not 
 the most simple ones. 
 
 The grooves of the rifle arrest the simple and direct action of the explo- 
 sive by consuming a portion of the force in imparting a rotary motion to the 
 ball, and so the ball leaves the gun with less initial velocity than if fired from 
 a smooth bore, but when the simple direct force shall be spent and the ball so 
 propelled come to the ground, the rifled bullet will be flying on its way to do 
 its mission. 
 
 The nature of man is not moved upon most powerfully for long periods by 
 single forces. Government is a complex contrivance, and a monarchy enlists 
 
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 and 
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 feelings of human nature in its favor, evokes attaclmients to a person, finds 
 rest and repose in the stable centre of government in a way that other systems 
 of government may not do — while the imagination is satisfied hy the conuec- 
 tion of the past with the present, and hy the cireumstance of ilignity, and hy 
 the devolution of power upon the head of the state, not I)v an act of seeking, 
 nor through excitement and contest, and with the ai)proval of only a portion 
 of the people, hut by the order of nature, and in the way of nature, silently, 
 and hy virtue of organic law. llence 1 think it true that the oldest form of 
 government, sanctioned by the general practice and assent of mankind, and 
 modified by time, may still be found the form which will hold its own against 
 all comers. 
 
 The philosopher Hume, in his essay on "The Origin of (iovernment," has 
 maintained that " the vast apparatus of government has ultimately no other 
 object or purpose but the distribution of justice, or, in other words, the sup- 
 port of the twelve judges." A very comfortable doctrine for the twelve 
 judges. 
 
 Hallam, however, says that " the utility of any form of polity may be 
 estimated by its eflect upon national greatness and security, upon civil liberty 
 and private rights, upon the tranquility and order of society, upon the in- 
 crease and diffusion of wealth, and upon the general tone of moral sentiment 
 and energy." 
 
 It is, therefore, fellow citizens, because of this combination of highest 
 esults with the historical basis and continuity of tlie moniirchy, and with the 
 liigh personid qualities of the sovereign, that we are led, not only hy our 
 loyalty, but also by our reascm to say, "(Jod save the Queen" ; and, passing 
 from the person to the othce, to e.Kclaim, as in the noble coronation anthem 
 sung to-night, "May the King live forever." 
 
 Sir Leonard's Address. 
 
 His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, on being introdiicefl by 
 the Mayor, was received witli immense cheering, histing for some 
 minutes ; on its subsidence, he said : 
 
 3Ir. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, — 
 
 I ask you to kindly give me ten minutes at this hour of the night and I 
 will consider it a favor. (Applause.) Eighteen months ago I thought I had 
 delivered my last address to the people of St. John. A kind Providence has 
 spared me to see this year — I am thankful to say he has spared me to see this 
 day — a day long to be remembered, not only by the people of St. John, but 
 by the millions throughout the whole of this great British Empire. (Vocifer- 
 ous applause.) I am thankful that I have been permitted to hear what I have 
 
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 lieartl sn oloiiiiently and so ably said by the gcntlenion who have itrecedod 
 me to-night. 1 felt :is every nian and woman in tliis building I have no 
 <loubt felt, that when we lay our heads down upon the pillow to-night we will be 
 liappier and better than we were when we rose this morning from our beds — 
 (applause; — we will be more contented, beeauso we have Iiad brought up 
 vividly before us what it was necessary should )>e presented on an occasion 
 like tins, and might be justly i)resented to us every year of our lives, and that 
 is the i)ositiou we occuiiy aa a portion of this great and noble British Empire. 
 (Loud cheers). 
 
 I will not occupy your time Iiy repeating what has been said by the 
 speakers who have preceded me, but I say this, that it is a marvellous thing, 
 and I think it has never been known, at the e.xpiration of lifty years of any 
 sovereign's reign, or at the expiration of the reign of any sovereign, that 
 there has been such a imivcrsal expression of love and attachment to the sov- 
 ereign as is felt and will be expressed this day and this week throughout the 
 ]>ritish Knipire. (Kntluisiastic cheering.) It is true what has been said here 
 to-night, that in the last lifty years the territory o jv which Her Majesty 
 reigns has been (piadrupled ; it is true that the conmierce of the Knipire ha.s 
 been increased in that time five-fold ; it is true that the tonnage that has 
 entered at the ports of the British Empire in that period has increased 
 twenty-fold ; it is true that in her ])opulation there hiis been an enormous 
 increase, it has more than doubled, i. early trebled ; it is true that electricity 
 has enabled us to speak, as it v/ere, to our friends on the other side of the 
 globe; it is true that the discovery or. the application of steam to the propell- 
 ing of steam vessels has brought the most remote parts of the world much 
 nearer together, and it requires less time now to come from the most remote 
 part of the world than it did, at the commencement of the Queen's reign, for 
 some vessels to sail from Partridge Island to the port of Liverpool ; it is true 
 th.at the education of tlie masses has advanced — and what a magnificent sight 
 it was to-day — every citizen of St. John and every resident of the Province of 
 New Brunswick present must have been right glad to see that sight to-day — 
 a sight that would do the heart of any man good — that of some three thou- 
 sand children gathered on the King St^uare, clad, not in purple, all of them, 
 and fine linen, but so well that you could not distinguish the child of the 
 millionaire from the child of the workman. (Prolonged cheering.) We had 
 there evidence of the great progress made throughout the Empire, and 
 especially throughout the Dominion of Canada, and more especially in the 
 Province of New Brunswick. I repeat here what I have already said to-day, 
 "All honour to the men who were instrumental in giving to the people of 
 this Province the educational system that has been spoken of by men of 
 great experience in England who have examined the work of our children, as 
 
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 being emial if not HU[tt'rior to that of any part of tlie Colonial Empire," and 
 all honour to the teariiers who have so sncccssfully workt-d out that system. 
 (Enthusiastic applause, which continued for some minutes.) 1 say tiiat 
 throu>,'hout the whole Empire, as was said here to-nij,'ht, there has hecn great 
 advancement in tlu' arts, in tiie sciences, in education and civili/atioii. 
 (Cheers.) Hut let me say this, that our heloved sovereign had hut a small 
 part in bringing all this about; it is true that .she was a most constitutional 
 sovereign; it is true that she has administered, as no other sovereign in the 
 IJritish Empire has adniinistere<l, with less friction, the government of the 
 country for fifty years, and all honor to her for hiT conscientious discharge of 
 lier duties. ]5ut there is something else behind all this that gives her the 
 position that she occupies in the hearts and in the adections of her sid)jects 
 throughout the length and breadth of the Empire. (Api)lause and cheers.) 
 Nay, more, it is not coulined to the Empire, l)ut in every portion of the civil- 
 ized world to-day slie is beloved and esteemed as a woman, as n mother, and 
 I have on several occasions in the United States had the pleasure of speaking 
 with reference to our sovereign, and it has invariably called forth hearty 
 demonstraticm on the part of the people of that coinitry, our c( usins. our 
 wayward cousins, who 1 hope, after seeing the great blessings we as IJritish 
 subjects now enjoy, may be led to come back to the old fold again. (Applause, 
 cheers and demonstrations wliich lasted for several minutes.) There in that 
 country I have seen as much enthusiasm and as much devotion jind as nuich 
 love for our sovereign as I have witnessed throughout portions of our Empire. 
 The feeling of reverence and respect for her is world wide. What is the 
 cause of it? It is her pure and spotless life, her large sympathetic heart, the 
 wonderful ability she has shown in the discharge of the duties of her exalted 
 position. Every woman in the world should sing Cuxl Save (^ueen Victoria. 
 We shall all feel happier and better from what we have ht.ird here to-night. 
 Let me say that throughout the length and breadth of this Empire we will, 
 by taking into consideration the advantages we enjoy to-day compared with 
 what we did fifty years ago or twenty-five years ago, appreciate them more 
 fully than we have done in the past, and there is not a young nuin or a young 
 woman in this assembly, having heard tlie truthfid statements made by the 
 several gentlemen here to-night, that will not feel happy that they were born 
 when they were, and we who have passed middle life, and some of us who are 
 nearing our three-.score years and ten, will only regret we were not born five 
 and twenty years later than we were. (Applause.) 
 
 My friends, on this interesting occasion, it is satisfactory to know and to 
 believe this to be the case. They say that the privilege of an Englishman is 
 to grumble, and 1 recollect when in England of hearing tradesmen grimdile 
 because the Queen did not give as many entertainments as they thought she 
 

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 shoiikl, so that their profits would have been more ; and though tlicse and pos- 
 sibly some others of our people may not be prepared to join heartily in this 
 Jubilee celebration, it is not because of a want of respect for the (^ueen, but 
 it is because they think that the government are not dealing wisely with refer- 
 ence to a portion of the empire. l?u(, accepting these views as correct, this 
 should not be visited upon the (Queen's head — (applause) — for "the Queen 
 can do no wrong." It may be because we are farther removed from Her 
 Majesty than those of her subjects who reside in the British Isles that we are 
 more loyal, I think, than they ; and, as Iler Majes'-v remarked when I had the 
 lionor of being presented to her, " I take a deciJ interest in my Canadian sub- 
 jects because they are so loyal." (A[)plause.) The enthusiasm of thi'* vast 
 assembly is an evidence of the loyalty of our people, a loyalty for which we 
 are proverbial, a loyalty which I am sure will continue. I can only say in 
 conclusion that whicii I am sure will have a response from every heart present, 
 " Long nuty our noble Queen live to reign over a happy and prosperous peo- 
 ple." (Enthusiastic api)lause, during which the honorable speaker resumed 
 his seat). 
 
 TUESDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 Th« I'lirade of Iho Polyiiiorpliiiiiis. 
 
 Queen's weather sfniilcd its sweetest on tlie third day of the 
 Ju})ilee festivities. From early dawn till midnight tlie streets were 
 thronged Avith a ha})j)y, orderly, and respeetahle multitude. The 
 first feature of the day, iri fact the great ])opular feature of the cele- 
 bration, was the parade of the Polymorphians, representing the jity, 
 Portland, and Moncton. The Moneton contingent arrived by the 
 Intercolonial express at five o'clock in the morning, and were met at 
 the station by a recejition committee, who escorted them to Cruik- 
 SHANKs' restaurant, where breakfast was served for the party. By 
 seven o'clock the Polymorphian head(piarters was a scene of be- 
 wildering activity. Grand Marshal Rawlings Jind aides were among 
 the first comers, and thus had ample time in which to form the vari- 
 ous detachments in their proper (jrder. By 8.20, the formation 
 
The Parade of the PoLYMouriirANs. 
 
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 liaving been completed, the i)rocessi()ii moved up Brussels street, from 
 Haymarket Square, in the following order: 
 
 Mountc(l 1^)11(0. 
 
 Sergt. Weathorhead, Fred. Jenkins, Harry Kilpatrick, and John Ww<therhead. 
 
 Chief of Police Marsind and Detective John Rinir 
 
 Police Sergeant Watson and John Colwell. 
 
 Sixty-Second Fusiliers Band, 20 pieces, J. M. White, bandmaster. 
 
 Mounted Armored Lancers, S. W. Wilkins in connnand. 
 
 Tableau representing Britannia. 
 
 N. B. B. G. A. Band, 120 pieies, James Sullivan, leader. 
 
 The Blind Half Hundred Band. 
 
 The Blind Half Hundred Kegiment (oOtii), in connnand of Jiobt. Nixon. 
 
 Platoon of Police. 
 
 City Cornet Band, 20 pieces, C. H. Williams, bandmaster. 
 
 Fairville Fife and Drum Band. 
 
 Barouche containing President Johnston and Utllcers of the Portland 
 
 Polymorphian Cluu, 
 
 Representation (.f the Five Decades .,f (,)ri:i.;x Victoria's reign, by the 
 Portland Polymorphian ( lul>. 
 
 Portland Club Tableau, representing^ (Queen's Fiimily. 
 
 Barouche containing Mayor and Aldermen of ^[oncton. 
 
 Moncton Cornet Band, 21 pieces, David Stewart, bandmaster. 
 
 The ]Mikado, by Moncton Polymorphians. 
 
 Tableau representing Canatla. 
 
 Zulu Band. 
 
 Zulus, in charge of the Chief, David McQuarrie. 
 
 Fairyland Tableau. 
 
 Miniature Haymarket Square and Band Stand. 
 
 Noah's Ar; 
 
 Chief Darktown Fire Brigade in a Cart drawn by a Ponv, and driven by 
 
 Master P.everly. ' 
 
 Darktown House, vlrawn by Four Horses. 
 
 Darktown Fire P.rigade, with Engine. 
 
 Darktown Hose Reel Company. 
 
 Darktown Hook and Ladder Cart, drawn by Two Oxen. 
 
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 Souvenir of the Queen's Jubilee. 
 
 Every foot of the streets travei'sed liy the procession was lined 
 with spectat()i"s, sidewalks, windows and housetops being crowded. 
 Tlie processioji ])roe(>e<led as far as liichjnond street, and tlien up to 
 Waterloo, going to ^Market 8([uare by tiie following route : Along 
 AVaterloo to 8vdney ; along Sydney to south side King.S|uare; into 
 Charlotte street; along Charlotte to Knig; down King to Germain ; 
 along Germain to St. James ; along St. James to Prince AVilliam ; 
 along Prince William to Market Scjuare. AVhen the head of the 
 parade reached M\\\ street the word "halt" was given, and the Dark- 
 town Fire lirigade's house was driven on to j\[arket S(puire and 
 there set on lire. This was followed by an alarm from the laborers' 
 bell, and Chief Hunter's cart came along at a rai)id pace, the 
 "chestnut gong" attached to the wagon ringing continuously. This 
 was followed by the hose reel, engine, and hook and ladder company. 
 The tire was by this time making its appearance through the roof. 
 The l)rigade got connection with tlie hydrant, and the hoseman, 
 coupling tlie branch l)ijx', put a stream of water on the fire. Mem- 
 bers of the brigade rushed into the burning house and rescued the 
 furniture in a manner aflbrding great amusement to the spectators. 
 The crowd in the square was immense, and many got a thorough 
 wetting from the Darktown's stream of water. One tap on the 
 laborei's' bell announced that the lire was all out, and then the men 
 assembled for roll call. M, C. McRobbie called the roll as follows: 
 
 Rupty Keys Ilvmter, Cliief. 
 
 Winder Up Vaughan, District No. 1. 
 
 Call Mo Slow Jackson, District No. 2. 
 
 Just In Time Manson, District No. 3. 
 
 First There Tufts, Foreman No. 2. 
 
 (Jetting (old Frost, Assistant Foreman No. 2. 
 
 Ring Caong Wilson, Captain 11. & L. 
 
 AVili Shine Patehell, Lieutenant II, & L. 
 
 Joint First Steele. 
 AVill You Vonw Mullin. 
 Give Her Fp IVti-h. 
 Come Down Leetcb 
 Joint There Bovd. 
 
 Iron Pot Burns. 
 Slippery Crookshank. 
 No Color White. 
 I'igiron Seeds. 
 Scott Act Smith. 
 
The Parade of the roLYMoitPiiiANs. 
 
 Water First Alston. 
 
 Out First Dick. 
 
 Join On Lowrv. 
 
 Soft Soiip Stewart. 
 
 Just Too Late C'liristie. 
 
 O. Liver Tlionipson. 
 
 Riglit Side I'p Xufrcnt. 
 
 Evaporate Kennedy. 
 
 Kvery Time Evans. 
 
 Plank Sidewalk Wineliester. 
 
 False Ti-eth Foss. 
 
 Jay Eye See I'urke. 
 
 Fish Patterson. 
 
 Trunks ( )'Sliautrluu'ssy. 
 
 Iron vShutters Daniery. 
 
 Canvas Williamson. 
 
 Factory Cotton MeCartliy. 
 
 Ildse Inserted Tootli ^Iclliilil)ie 
 
 Paste Pot Conr.,)lly. 
 
 Pajier Siiank Catlu'rs. 
 
 Jintfl*' Dinsmore. 
 
 Rustic Violinist Kennedv. 
 
 The })n)ces!3i()n, resuining its route, proccc^lcfl iiloiii;- Dock and 
 ]\rill streets to Main street, Povthiiul ; up Miiiii street a.s far as 
 Douglas Road ; out Douglas Koad around the grounds of Ht. Peter's 
 Church ; back down ]\[ain street ; out Paradise Row ; across the 
 Wall street bridge, and along the (*ity Road to place of starting, 
 where they were disbanded. 
 
 The Darktown Fire Brigade, as a burles(pie, was one of the best 
 things ever seen in this city. The chi(^f's wagon was a small csirt 
 drawn by a pony. On the cart was a trunk labelled "the chief's 
 Avardrobe," and a gong on the side was called " the chestnut gong." 
 The chief was dressed in blue trousers, red shirt and white helmet, 
 and carried a trumpet four feet long, labelled " the chief 's growler." 
 Previous to leaving the Haymarket S(|uare this trumi)et was pre- 
 sented to Chief Hunter by Alderman Peticks. The hook and lad- 
 der wagon was drawn by two oxen, contained several old worn-out 
 ladders, and by the driver's seat wa.s, " Drive slow, ]\IcDernu)tt," 
 " Slow but Sure." On the hand-engine was "Bound to Shine," and 
 "Get there just the same." The hose-reel was draMu by a jackass. 
 After the procession broke up, the Darktowns, before sej)5irating, 
 gave three hearty cheers for the Queen, Chief HirNPEii, and Treas- 
 urer McRoBiJiE. The following are the correct names of the brigade : 
 
 A. Hunter, Chief. Frank Tufts, Foreman "2. 
 
 Waiter Vaughan, District No. 1. (ieo. D. Frost, Assistant Foreman 2. 
 
 Charles Jaeksou, District 2. Albert Wilson, Captain \l. ik L. 
 
 James Manson, District 3. William Patciiell, Lieutenant IL t't L. 
 
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 John Steele. 
 William ^IiiUin. 
 Augustus Petch. 
 Charles Leetch. 
 James Boyd. 
 William Alston. 
 Oscar Dick. 
 John Lov.ry. 
 Andrew Stewart. 
 James Christie. 
 Oliver Thompson. 
 
 Kohert Nugent. 
 K<lward Evans. 
 Edward Kennedy. 
 James Dinsmore. 
 Albert AMuchester. 
 L. Foss. 
 James Burns. 
 A. II. Crookshank. 
 (ireorge White. 
 Sainuel Sppds. 
 John Smith. 
 
 John Burke. 
 ("Iiarles Patterson. 
 Kol)ert O'Shaughnessy. 
 Thomas Damery. 
 Arthur Williams. 
 George V. McCarthy. 
 [Malcolm C. McRobbie. 
 William Cathtrs. 
 Edward Connolly. 
 George Kennedy (Loch 
 Lomond), violinist. 
 
 The latter occupied a scat in the house of the Brigade, and 
 furni.shed music during the procession. 
 
 The Moncton Juhilee Polymoi'hian Club 
 
 Represented the Mikado, and were one of the ])est features. Their 
 costumes were handsome, and they were a])phtuded and cheered as 
 they passed the crowds who had a.ssend)led at every point to witness 
 the procession. The members in the procession were : 
 
 Charles T. Nevins (President), Mikado. 
 
 W. II. Murray (1st Vice-President), Lord High Executioner. 
 
 Dr. C. W. Bradley (2nd Vice-President), Poo Bah ; 
 
 J. W. AVhitehead (Treasurer), Pish Tush. 
 
 J. B. ]\Iayer (Secretary), One of the Chorus. 
 
 M. Mullin, Nanki Poo. 
 
 11. G. Selig, Katischa, 
 
 Fred. !Moore, -j 
 
 F. Davison, t The Three Little Maids. 
 
 J. McKeever, J 
 
 J. V. Skillen. 
 
 E. II. Neal. 
 
 F. A. Marr. 
 F. Givan. 
 
 A. J. Gorham. 
 W. E. Fair. 
 F. C. Ackman. 
 George Ferguson. 
 
 J. McLean. 
 S. Hunter. 
 J.O'Sullivan. 
 J. McQuarrie. 
 D. McC^uarrie. 
 A. Iliilstead. 
 T. Wilkins. 
 W. Davidson. 
 
 D. Crandall. 
 J. StaHord. 
 B. Moss. 
 D. H. Charters. 
 W. D. Charters. 
 R. D. Jones. 
 P. Ilalpin. 
 W. Parker. 
 
TUE I'ARADE OF THE POLYMORPIIIANS. 
 
 John Ferguson. 
 M. G. Rogers. 
 
 AV. :McIIaflk'. 
 F. Tennant. 
 Dr. C. A, Murray. 
 
 A. J. McAhu y, 
 J. McCoy. 
 
 Murray Fleming Avas the Grand ]Mai-slial of'tlieMonctou con- 
 tingent and George Ackman the Drum jNIajor. 
 
 The Portland Polymorpiiians 
 
 made an excellent impression on the thous^ands of spectators who 
 thronged the streets, housetoi)S, etc., and their appearance deserved 
 the applause they received. They gave a rej^resentation of the five 
 decades of Queen Victoria's reign. Tlie ladies and gentlemen 
 taking part in this representation were as follows : 
 
 FIRST DIX'ADK. 
 
 Queen, ^liss Elliott ; Maidii-in-Waitiii(j, Miss iSalmon and Miss Kawlings. 
 Guard — A. Ruhins (Captain), James Duttey, John Watt, If. A. Maxwell, 
 A. Brown, James Black, (ieo. Eagles, Joseph Irvine, A. C. Chapman. 
 
 SECOND DECADE. 
 
 Prince Consort, Alderman G. R. Vincent ; Queen Victoria, Mrs. A'incent ; 
 Maids - in -Waitinij, Miss Weatherall and Miss Gray. 
 
 Guard — R. II. Ruhins, John Andrews, II. Rogers, F. Carvill, F. Cunning- 
 ham, W. Brayley, Joseph Ilorncastle, F. Ilaunnond, II. Gregg, II. Eagles. 
 
 THIRD DECADE, 
 
 Prince Consort, E. Elliott ; ^i/ccji, Mrs. Elliott. 
 
 Guard — F. Williams, F. dorham, R. Elliott, Isaac Stevens, F.Ritchie, 
 James Smith, James Willijuus, M. D. Austin, Jr., T. Hannah, James Cham- 
 berlain. 
 
 FOURTH DECADE. 
 
 ^ueen, Mrs. Charles Colwell. 
 
 9uard — William Irvine, C. Ritchie, F. Spearin, H.Mason, L.Sutherland, 
 P. Chesl»»y, B, Brown, Joseph Sarah, F. Smalley. 
 
 FIFTH DECADE. 
 
 Queen, Mrs. John Rubias; Maids, Mrs. George Gorham and Miss Lena F. 
 BuboH. 
 
 Guard — John Salmon, John Sarah, William Johnston, II. Giggey, R. 
 White. S. Miller, R. McConnell, F. Brown, M. Colwell, E. McBeath. 
 
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 Souvenir of the Queen's Jubilee. 
 
 THE qt:een's drawing room 
 
 Avas a fine addition to Portland's excellent display. The children 
 taking part in this tableau were: 
 
 Queen — Miss Lily Courtney. 
 
 Guests — Annie Slisnv, Miipffie Sliaw, .Jennie (iroc^an, IFazel Smitli, Louise 
 Chesley, Hobble ( iregory, Editli C'liesley, Florrie Smith, Marion Sniith, Lizzie 
 Flewelling. 
 
 P(Hjcs — Harry C'liesley, AVillard vSmitli, Harry ]?ro\vn. 
 
 Officers Cdrn'ufje — Master (lorham, Colonel. 
 
 THE AKMOREU EANCER8. 
 
 The armor worn hy the Lancers was modelled after the pattern 
 worn by the Englishmen who took part in the crusades. It Avas 
 made to resemble jjolished steel, and looked very handsome ; indeed 
 it would have been a difficult matter to have imagined anything 
 more attractive. The Lancers were some twenty in nund)er, the 
 members being : 
 
 J. E. Fraser. 
 James Sterling. 
 J. Brooks. 
 F. Ferguson. 
 A. Donahue. 
 .John O'Regan. 
 •J. I'atchell. 
 
 S. W. Wilklns. 
 Robert Jackson. 
 Kobt. Joluistou. 
 S. McLean. 
 S. Millican. 
 E. Nichol. 
 Clias. Knodell. 
 
 Jos. Cameron. 
 J. Magee. 
 R. Rawlings, Jr. 
 Wm. Hunter. 
 J. Slater, Jr. 
 P. Killern. 
 W. Belvea. 
 
 The Lancei-s wore a black velvet tunic covered with spangles, 
 witli a steel plate, on the back of which was endolazoned a scarlet 
 St. George's cross. Leggings of silver were worn, and helmets of 
 the same stuff, with red plumes. The knights were, of course, 
 mounted, and each carried a silver shield containing St. George's 
 cross, with a cone in the centre of it. Each member also carried a 
 battle axe, and they made a fine appearance, being admired by all 
 who sav; them. S. W. WiLKiNs was the captain, and J. E. Eraser 
 the lieutenant. 
 
 THE ZULUS 
 
 were certainly the finest looking contingent in the procession, and 
 were generally considered one of the most unicpie features in it. 
 
The Parade of the PoLYMonriiiANs. 8i 
 
 There were 54 of them, incliulin^c. the cohered fife and drum hand 
 which prece.led them. They wore close-fitting suits of bhick doth' 
 witli a necklace and apron of red and white. Each man carried a 
 shield and assagai. The chiefs were David ^SUqvAniur \iex- 
 ANDER Du>x-AN, EuGENE DoNOHUE, and the members were 
 
 X. Drisooll. 
 J. McDade. 
 
 E. Dalton. 
 Will. .AleDade. 
 J. (rriffin. 
 
 W. Davis. 
 
 F. Dalzell. 
 
 H. McQiiarrie. 
 (t. McAndrews. 
 J. McLaughlin. 
 J. Sunpson. 
 F. Gleeson. 
 S. Patterson. 
 
 J. Moody. 
 S. Thom})son. 
 J. Doherty. 
 J. Case. 
 E. Allingliani. 
 M. McCann. 
 J. Brady. 
 A. Dunn. 
 R. Derrali. 
 J. Dtincan. 
 L. Ahvard. 
 A. Shea. 
 
 (). (lodsoe. 
 C. McFarlane. 
 Cr. Dufiy. 
 II. AfcLaughlln. 
 L. Eoss. 
 
 E. Wilson. 
 
 ( r. Crawford. 
 
 F. Ilayter. 
 J. Kafierty. 
 S. McAfee. 
 S. Ritchie. 
 J. McAfee. 
 
 The head dress of the Zulus was made out of the head of an 
 Atrican ram, from which the horns protruded. Their war cries were 
 blood-curdling, and they certainly made a grand appearance. The 
 colored band at their head played choice music under the direction 
 of William Diamond, their leader. Their drum major, Steve 
 i^ESLiE, discharged his duties in an acceptable manner. 
 
 THE JAPANESE PAGODA 
 
 attracted a large amount of attention, and was the work of J Fen 
 Eraser and Charles Kevins. It was decorated in true Japanese 
 style, and the design was excellent. 
 
 THE H. M. S. AND BAND STAND, 
 
 in miniature representation, was a highly creditable piece of work- 
 manship,and a very correct representation of the Havmarket S(,uare 
 hi the square and on the band stand were twenty-three boys dressed* 
 1.1 red coats, with blue facings, white pants, red stripe and blue bun 
 representing bandsmen and soldiers. The boys were : 
 
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 Herb. Thomas, Captain. Hugh Tail. 
 
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 Andrew Phillips. 
 K. Thomas. 
 Fred. Carr. 
 Wallis Milligan. 
 James Millican. 
 \Vm. Jenkinson. 
 Charles Jackson. 
 
 Joseph (iough. 
 James McAllister. 
 Kohert M<-Allister. 
 JIarry Dunn. 
 I )aniel Mcl^uarrie. 
 R. Irvin, 
 George Kelly. 
 
 Orvell Irvin. 
 Wm. Me(iinlay. 
 Thomas Love. 
 Harry Alward. 
 Herbert McBride. 
 John Slater. 
 Louis Angevine. 
 
 The repre.sentjition was drawn by four lior.ses, kindly jdaced at 
 the disposal of the Polymorphians by James McKinley and 
 WiLiJAM KiLPATRiCK. Tlie designers and builders were William 
 McAdoo, Roijeut Carr, George Campbell, George Day, Jas. 
 Graham, and xVrthur Gougii. 
 
 noah's ark 
 
 was designed and ])lanned by George Sands, and the workmanship 
 he displayed with the l)rusli is worthy of all prai-se. On canvas 
 running around the urk were painted animals of every description. 
 Noah's family in tlie ark were represented by Robert Carr, Geo. 
 Campbell, George Day, Arthur Gougii, James Graham, Wm. 
 McAdoo, and Charles James. 
 
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 THE TABLEAl', "CANADA," 
 
 was one of the finest in the line. The large wagon, drawn by three 
 horses, presented a very handsome appearance. The body of the 
 wagon was covered with red dotli, and stripes of white and blue 
 were above and beneath it. The top of the conveyance was beauti- 
 fully trimmed with red, white and blue. Sitting around on a raised 
 platform were a large number of little girls dressed in white, Avith 
 blue sashes, and wearing wreaths of flowers on their heads. In the 
 centre sat Miss Morrison, who represented Canada, beautifully 
 attired. It was an exceedingly attractive spectacle. The girls who 
 took ]y,\rt in the tal)leau were : 
 
 Annie Belyea. 
 Janie Belyea. 
 Ilossie Belyea. 
 Josie McBride. 
 
 Maggie White. 
 !Mary Rodgers. 
 Laura Graham. 
 Lillie Clinio. 
 
 Sadie McQuarrie. 
 Laura Warren. 
 Bella Ross. 
 B. .Saunders. 
 
The Parade of the Polymorpiiians. 
 
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 Sadie Jackson. 
 Martha Jackson. 
 
 Nettie Vanvvart. 
 Nettie ]\ennick. 
 
 Lottie Tlionias. 
 Katie Miiiiroe. 
 
 THE BLIXI) HALF HUXr)RF;i>, 
 
 reprosontin.. the oOth Kegi.nent, was „n,ler connnand of Ko,rr. Xr von 
 and headed by thoir own hand. The nmrchin.of the men wa..aH 'that 
 could be desired, an<l the uniforni.s of red looked well. They were : 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Kohert Nixon, CV>lonel. jj^,;,i r„„,,,,_,, ^..^^^ Lientenant 
 
 1 rank Cxoodier, Deputy Adjutant. Alfred Sutelifle, D.nun Major 
 
 .Samuel (lawson, Captain. ].,.,.,!. Marshall, Staff Sergeant. 
 
 John lloss, Surgeon. 
 
 PIONEKR.S. 
 
 William Scott. Samuel Black. George Ilanlan. WiHian. Willian,.s. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 Thomas Ramsay. Thomas Wilson. K. J. Cooper 
 (has. Patterson. George McAdoo. John Hopkins. 
 
 Jolin Me(^uade. 
 John McNeill. 
 John McAllister. 
 Fred. M'arn. 
 
 James Milligan. James P Vaser. I)i,„iel ( h-iiiiu 
 
 Wm.McKenzie. John Penny. West. McDade. „, 
 
 James Peacock. Neil McGillvary,, James McLeod. Charles Myei-s 
 
 BAND. 
 
 W. Sheehan. J. Dairn 
 
 M. Vincent. 
 AV'. Quiglev. 
 S. Hoyt. 
 G. Carpenter 
 W. Ring. 
 
 F. O'Neill. 
 T. Marshall. 
 J. Finn. 
 C. Sheehan. 
 
 E. Boden. 
 P. Wells. 
 J. Low. 
 
 J. Harrington. 
 H. Lockhart. 
 W. J. Mc^ranus. 
 F. Muri)hy. 
 
 "FAIRY land" 
 
 was one of the prettiest and best representations in tlie whole dis- 
 play. A large number of little girls were neatly and beautifully 
 attired as fairies. They were: * ' 
 
 Miss Higgins, Queen of the Fairies 
 Josie McQuarrie. Lillie Benson. Tessie Rusk. Laura Munro. 
 
 Cr ssie Ross. Maud Mills. Tessie Blair. Beautv Mvers 
 
 iiell ^eil. Gertie Rusk. Gertie Northrup. Tillie^McDade. [ 
 
 The tableau was designed and built by R. J. Wilkixs and 
 William McCarthy, and is deserving of the highest praise. 
 
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 AT TRIMTY ( HLRCH. 
 
 Presentation of the Queen's Bust by the St. George's 
 
 Society. 
 
 At lO.oO, Tuesday morninir, the members of Saint George's 
 Society and the city corporations of St. John and Portland met at 
 the Court House, and, led by the Band of the f)2nd Fusiliers, marched 
 to Trinity Church, vui Sydney street, the north side of KingS(|uare, 
 Charlotte, Kinj^, and Germain streets. The beautiful banner pre- 
 sented by the ladies was used on this occasion for the first time in 
 public. The Society halted in the church yard and opened ranks, 
 so as to allow the City and Portland corporations to first enter. 
 
 On reaching the door the corporations were met by the clergy, 
 who preceded them into the church, the band and organ playing a 
 processional hynui. The mayors and aldermen were a'^signed seats 
 at the upper end of the church, the members of St. George's Society 
 occupying seats near the door, in close proximity to the bust which 
 w-as to be unveiled, and which was screened with flags. 
 
 The clergy in attendance, in addition to the Rev. Canon Brig- 
 stocke, rector, and Rev. A. J. Gollmer, curate, were : The Rev. 
 G. ScHOFiELD, Rev. Canon DeVeber, Rev. D. B. Parnther, Rev. 
 L. G. Stevens, Rev. J. R. Campbell, Rev. A. J. Reid, Rev. H. M. 
 Spike, Rev. J. C. Titcomb, Rev. ^Y. H. Street, Rev. O. G. Dobbs, 
 Rev. C. J. James, Rev. J. M. Davenport, Rev. R. Mathers, Rev. 
 R. E. Smith, Rev. W. H. Sampson, Rev. H. Montgomery. The 
 prayers were intoned by Rev. Mr. Reid, curate of St. Paul's Church. 
 Rev. Canon DeVerer and Rev. C. J. James read the lessons. 
 
 Sermon by the Rev. Canon Brigstocke. 
 
 Sing unto the Lord; for lie hath done excellent things; this is known in all the earth. 
 
 — Isaiah xii., 5. 
 
 The occasion wliich lias brought us together to-day in this liouse of 
 prayer, though not ununn.' in the liistory of the nation, is unique in the cir- 
 cumstances which attend it. Other sovereigns than our gracious Queen, as 
 
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 you well know, have boon ponnitted to celebrate the jiiliilee of tboir iviiin, but 
 never has the ceU'bration bffii observed amid such national ])n\vi r, |i( ;uv anil 
 prosperity. Abundant causi-, tiieret'ore, at once arises tor our assi'niblini,' \w\\' 
 in an unwonted nianner to ofler a special trilmte of praise and tiianksuiviny to 
 Almighty (iod for the excellent things which He hath done for us during the 
 last lifty years, and to make them known in all the earth. Well it is tiiat we 
 have come together, and ghidly do 1 welcome yon here in this place, wiiich is 
 of itself a noble monument of loyalty to the tiirone, and a striking testi- 
 mony to the value set by our forefathers on national unity, and national in- 
 tegrity. 
 
 It is needless to say that thoughts crowd fast and thick on the mind as we 
 turn our attention to tiie auspicious event we are now perniitte<l to ceielirate. 
 But as mucii has already been saitl on the subject, and time is short, 1 purpose 
 passing on at once to point out what I conceive to be two of the chief lessons 
 of the hour. 
 
 1st. A lesson of gratitude. The events and changes of the last half cen- 
 tury have placed the British nation foremost in the world. At no period of 
 our history has progress been so rapid, so marked, and of so beneticenl a charac- 
 ter. Take a map showing the limits of the British I^mpire in 18.S7 and com- 
 pare it with one of 1887 and you will at once see one of the greatest changes 
 that has taken place in its enormous expansion. The Roman Emjiire — the 
 last great Kmi)ire of antiipiity — was only one-fourth of its size. All the 
 Eussias are an eighth less. It is sixteen times larger than France, and three 
 times larger than the United States. The British Empire is estimated to 
 cover one-sixth of the entire surface of the globe, and cn>braces one-fourth of 
 its inhabitants. The most striking event in connection with that growtli was 
 that which took place on May 1st, 1876, when the Queen was proclaimed 
 Empress of India, and nearly 200,000,000 subjects were added to the empire. 
 Again, there has been rapid jirogress in the amelioration of the condition of 
 the poorer classes. This is chiefly seen in the establishment of a system of 
 jmblic education, which, though far from perfect, confers great benefits, and 
 the extension of political power. The time was when "the i)eople" meant a 
 mass of wronged pereons, or at least those who were supposed to have no 
 rights, and were called to obey laws which were made solely by and too nnich 
 in interest of the higher classes. The rights of all are now respeited, and 
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 suspicion as an instigator of sedition, or the advocate of a dangeroiis licentious- 
 ness. In this connection there have been many and fierce struggles, and so 
 thei'e always will be, so long as selfishness and avarice make men uiu-easonable 
 and exacting. But they are fewer than they were, and will one day, we trust, 
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 and consideration of the nation, and "the rights of the people" is no longer 
 a political watchword. Note again the changes made by the development of 
 mechanical skill and the discoveries of modern science. I need not particu- 
 larize. It is well known how the application of steam and electricity have 
 entirely altered our modes of trade and revolutionized the world. Hardly any 
 more striking example of the changes that have taken place in the time occu- 
 pied in the transmission of news is to be found, than that furnished in the 
 Royal Gazette of this province, dated August 5th, 1837. From that document, 
 for which I am indebted to our city historian, I learn that the death of William 
 IV., and the accession of Queen Victoria were not officially known here till 
 forty -six days — more than six weeks — after they occurred ; while now all that 
 takes place in any part of the world is known as soon as it transpires. The 
 world, I say, has been revolutionized. The modes of carrying on commerce 
 are all altered, when a merchant of Japan can telegraph to his agent in London 
 or New York ; where millions pass from house to house by the stroke of the 
 pen ; when the crops of the field or plantation are all pledged for the market 
 before they are harvested ; when railroads cross continents and open a line of 
 rapid communication round the world. All nations, races, and people really 
 form one vjist organization of labor. A brotherhood of nations is formed, and 
 a world-wide sympathy has to a great extent sprung up. Through the rapid 
 means of communication, and the vast productive power now in operation, 
 famine is almost impossible. Through the advancement of social science pes- 
 tilence is a very rare calamity, health and vigor of constitution have been 
 nuich improved, and even duration of life has been extended. Through the 
 progress of medical science greater skill has been developed in the treatment 
 of disease, and suffering has been greatly lessened. 
 
 Nor would I omit to mention the advancement of knowledge that has 
 characterised our age, and the placing that knowledge within the reach of the 
 people by means of educational institutions of every kind, and public libraries. 
 And I would further remember that tide of Christian benevolence and philan- 
 throphy which has flowed forth and caused to be erected hospitals, asylums, 
 homes for the diseased, the incurable, the fallen, and the destitute. Parks, too, 
 have been opened by many cities for the recreation and amusement of the 
 toiling masses, and Christian sympathy has stepped in to regulate the hours of 
 labor for children and others in factories, lest the pressure of work should 
 bring on disease and premature death. 
 
 When we think of all these things, as we are called to do at this time, what 
 ought — what must — our feelings be but those of gratitude io Almighty God, 
 who, notwithstanding our national sins and vices, has been pleased to bless us 
 so abundantly ? What abundant reason have we to praise our God with the 
 best member that we have that He has given us such enormous territories 
 
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 with all their vast resources — lands in many respects flowing with milk and 
 honey — where our sons and daughters and overcrowded populations may find 
 a home and sustenance. We know that others will take a different view. 
 Their thoughts will run in a different strain. Look, they say, at tlie general 
 depression, and how can we be thankful and rejoice? Nay, more, it is thought 
 that England has reached, her climax of glory and that the future will see her 
 decline. We cannot stay to-day to argue the point, nor is it worth while to 
 hazard predictions of what shall be ; but of this we are sure, that nothing can 
 tend more to darken the future than to forget the loving kindness of the Lord, 
 and withhold from Him the honor due unto His holy name : 
 
 For the priceless gifts of knowleilfje, 
 
 Which by genius now are ours ; 
 For the ever patient science 
 
 Which extended human powers; 
 For the girdle which has girdled 
 
 With quick sympathy the earth; 
 For the intercourse of nations 
 
 Which checks the steps of dearth. 
 For the deepening sense of brotherhood 
 
 Which makes all nation's one ; 
 For the dawning love by which, God, 
 
 Thy will may yet be done. 
 We praise thee, O God. 
 
 2nd. A lesson of responsibility. It is by no chance that we are the 
 greatest nation on the earth, and as such have a birth-right of great blessings. 
 God is the judge. He putteth down one and setteth up another. He dis- 
 tributes His gifts for the good of all, and calls those who have them to 
 disperse and scatter them abroad. Holding, then, as we do, a position of 
 exceptional power and influence we are called to great responsibility. We 
 cannot doubt that our position as a nation is closely analogous to that of Israel 
 of old. Israel was given a unique position that it might be a divine instru- 
 ment for blessing the world. And we, in like manner, occupy a position not 
 granted to any other nation, that we may serve all mankind. Our aim should 
 be surely that the British nation should be the realm of religion, truth, 
 justice and righteousness. The power we have, and the vast possessions we 
 occupy are not for our own aggrandisement, but that we may make known the 
 religion of Jesus Christ and the blessed fruits of righteousness as taught us 
 by Him. Too often has the British nation been known abroad for its greed of 
 gain and oppression of weaker races. Vengeance has often quickly followed 
 such conduct, and vahiable lives have been sacrificed. We have in Christianity 
 the true ideal of what our duty is, and the power to carry it out. Wherever 
 the British nation holds sway, there may the incarnate Saviour of the world l)e 
 known, and manifested by a reverence for humanity and a reverence for God. 
 
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 But while directing attention to the blessings that have come to ns through 
 the last lifty years, and our responsibilities in possessing them, we must 
 specially note the fact that we are very largely indebted for them all to the 
 sovereign on the throne, our noble and gracious Queen. To-day we cannot 
 fail to go back in thought to that most affecting scene in AVestminster Abbey, 
 in 1838, where, amid the splendors of gorgeous ceremonial, and surrounded 
 by veterans in the church and state, the crown of England was placed on the 
 head and the sceptre of power given into the hands of the youthful Queen. 
 The promises then held out have not been belied. The first document issued 
 by Her Majesty on her accession, and bearing date June 21, 1837, was "for the 
 encouragement of piety and virtue, and the preventing and punishing of vice, 
 profaneness and immorality." And now that fifty years have passed, we know 
 how much she has done herself by example and influence for the promotion 
 of truth, purity, and honor. She was called to fulfil the highest destiny ever 
 given to any woman, and she Iuls done it. Through all the years of her 
 long reign, through all the vicissitudes of chance and change, of prosperity 
 and adversity, she has lifted on high a name which bears no taint of suspicion, 
 and knows no reproach. So wisely and so justly has she wielded the sceptre 
 of her power, that throughout her vast dominion she not only commands the 
 obedience of her three hundred millions of subjects, but their dutiful and 
 affectionate loyalty. Her nobility of character and generous sympathy for 
 those in distress and misfortune have shown tiiat the splendors of royalty have 
 not made her forgetful of the wants of the nation, and closely endeared her to 
 the hearts of her people. It has been said that the Victorian age will be 
 remembered, not for its political changes, nor military triumphs — for, thank 
 God, it has been for the most part an age of peace — but rather for its family 
 virtues and sympathy for the poor. There could not be a nobler record, for 
 family virtue is the strength of the nation, and sympathy for the poor is the 
 truest manifestation of Christian grace. Beyond all that we shall ever know, 
 we have in our gracious Queen a priceless heritage ; and as we think of her 
 on this day of her jubilee and see her in the zenith of power, receiving to-day 
 the homage of millions and the good will of the world, surrounded by all the 
 glitter and pomp of worldly glory, let us not forget to pray very earnestly — 
 for Satan can fall like lightning from heaven — that she may never lose 
 sight of the fact that she is but the servant of Him who is the King of Kings 
 and Lord of Lords, and that when He calls her to give up her account for " the 
 ten talents" entrusted to her care. He may welcome her into His rest as His 
 faithful servant, and give her the crown of righteousness which fadeth not away. 
 
 We rejoice that this great occasion is not to pass away without a permanent 
 memorial, which, through the generosity of St. George's Society, has been 
 erected in this Church. It is becoming that that Society should thus testify 
 
Presentation of the Queen's Bust. 
 
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 its " loyalty and attachment to the throne." With much satisfaction we shall 
 receive the gift, and trust that it will tend to perpetuate and ho' I up for 
 imitation those principles which have made the nation so great and our t^ueen 
 so loved and honored. 
 
 The Bust Unveiled. 
 
 At the close of the sen-ice, Dr. F. E. Barker, the president of 
 St. George's Society, and the vice-presidents. Mayor Stuudee, of 
 Portland, and Arthur Everitt, Es(]., arose and took up positions 
 immediately under the bust of Her Majesty. They were joined l)y 
 the Rev. Canon Brigstocke and the church wardens and vestry of 
 Trinity. Dr. Barker then presented the bust to Trinity Churcli in 
 the following address : 
 
 To the Hector, Church Wardens and Vesti-y of Trinity Church, Saint John: 
 
 Gentlemen, — It has pleased an all-wise Providence to permit our most 
 Gracious Queen to complete a half century as sovereign of that great empire 
 of which our Province forms a part ; and in response to those dictates of 
 loyalty to the Crown and personal devotion to Her Majesty for which our 
 citizens have ever been distinguished, we have to-day been i)artlci})ating in 
 proceedings designed to celebrate this happy event, and of which the service 
 just concluded has formed an important and appropriate part. 
 
 The members of St. George's Society of Saint John have thought it be- 
 coming in them, on so memorable an occasion, to signify by some permanent 
 proof, not only their attachment to the crown to which they owe allegiance, 
 but also their appreciation of those many virtues which have endeared Iler 
 Majesty to her subjects throughout the entire empire. They have, therefore, 
 •with your permission, for which they desire to express their thanks, placed in 
 this church a bust of Her Majesty, which, as president of the Society, on its 
 behalf I have the honor to present to you. In committing this testimonial to 
 your care, I desire, in the name of the Society, to express the hope that it may 
 long be preserved here as a memorial of this happy event in Her Majesty's 
 life, and a proof of that loyalty to the Crown which it is one of the objects of 
 the Society to promote, and which more than a hundred years ago was so con- 
 spicuously exhibited in the lives of those who founded the church of which 
 you now form the governing body ; and who, on the spot where we are now 
 assembled, erected an edifice consecrated for divine service, in which they and 
 their descendants were permitted to worship for nearly a century. 
 
 E. T. Sturdee, Fred. E. Barker, 
 
 Secretary. - President St. George's Society of St. John. 
 
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 The flag which hid the figure from view was removed by Dr. 
 Barker during the reading of the address, to which the Rev. 
 Canon Brigstocke read the following reply : 
 
 To the President and Members of St. George's Society in the City of St. John: 
 
 We, the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church, have 
 pleasure in accepting at your hands to-day the costly, artistic, and api ropriate 
 gift of a bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, as a memorial of the Jubilee 
 year of her reign, and in testimony of loyal devotion to her throne and person. 
 
 Entrusted, as we are, with a church which of itself is a monument of 
 loyalty and attachment to the throne of England, we heartily appreciate the 
 sentiments in which your gift originated ; and recognizing, as we do, that the 
 virtues and graces which adorn Her Majesty and endear her to her subjects are 
 Divine gifts, we are glad they should be held in romembrance in so fitting and 
 worthy a manner. Your memorial will never fail to recall with pleasure the 
 happy event we are permitted to celebrate, and will, we trust, do much to per- 
 petuate the memory of the life and character of our illustrious Queen, the 
 noblest sovereign that has yet ever sat upon the throne of the British empire. 
 
 Signed on behalf of the corporation. 
 
 F. H. J. Brigstocke, Rector. 
 June 21st, A. D. 1887. 
 
 The National Anthem was sung when all had returned to their 
 jdaces. The benediction was then pronounced by Rev. Canon 
 Brigstocke, after which the clergy descended and marched out of 
 the church, followed by St. George's Society and the corporations. 
 The church Avas crowded during the service, and hundreds were 
 unable to obtain admission. 
 
 St. George's Society marched back to the Court House, where 
 they were photographed. 
 
 The performance of Handel's Coronation Anthem, " Zadok the 
 Priest," would have been a credit to the Sacred Harmonic Society 
 of England. It was most inspiring and thrilling. The voices were 
 excellent, full toned, and well balanced. The precision was admir- 
 able. The same must be said of the amateur orchestra, under the 
 modest and able direction of Professor Andersen. That Mr. Gubb 
 sustained the whole with tasteful organ accompaniment goes without 
 saying. The balance of all was most excellent. No instrument, as 
 
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 often happens with such selections, was too proniinent. The other 
 music was Berthokl Tours' Te Deum and Benedidiis in F, and Tallis' 
 Responses. Nearly all the Trinity choir are members of the Ora- 
 torio Society. The choir was made up as follows : 
 
 Decano. 
 
 Cantoris. 
 
 Soprano. 
 
 Soprano. 
 
 Miss Hattie Mathers. 
 
 Miss K. Sturdee. 
 
 " M. E. P. Sturdee. 
 
 " Edith Sturdee. 
 
 " Jeannette Halliday. 
 
 " Kate Mills. 
 
 " Lucy MacLauchlan. 
 
 " Pauline Beard. 
 
 " Lizzie Hatheway. 
 
 " Edith Symonds. 
 
 " Kate Burpee. 
 
 " Kate Berryman. 
 
 
 " I^uoy C. Jarvis. 
 
 
 " Maggie F. Smith. 
 
 Alto. 
 
 AUo. 
 
 Mrs. Thomas Patton. 
 
 Miss Lizzie Smith. 
 
 " H.L. Sturdee. 
 
 " Minnie Coy. 
 
 M'.ss Evelyn Laskey. 
 
 Mrs. J. Wilson. 
 
 " Lucy Littler. 
 
 Miss Alice G. Ilea. 
 
 Tenor. 
 
 Tenor. 
 
 G. C. Coster. J. Wilson. 
 
 J. A. Coster. M. F. Manks. 
 
 F. H. J. Ruel. J. Mundie. 
 
 W. H. Beer. T. P. Bourne. 
 
 
 W. H. Horn. 
 
 Bass. 
 
 Bass. 
 
 S. J. Smith. W. Manks. 
 
 A. M. Smith. Jas. Manning 
 
 M. Guillod. J, N. Rogers. 
 
 G. B. Hegan. G. R. Ewing. 
 
 G. S. Mayes. N. Littler. 
 
 A. G. Burnham. Alf. Porter. 
 
 
 C. A. Macdonald. W. E. Smith. 
 
 ORCHESTRA : 
 
 Herr August Andersen. 
 
 Miss Annie A. Sutherland. 
 
 Mrs. Alex. Watson. 
 
 Mr. A. M. Magee. 
 
 Miss Maggie MacLaren. 
 
 " W. A. Ewing. 
 
 " H. Marion Holly. 
 
 " W. G. Strattin. 
 
 " Florence Bowden. 
 
 " G.F. Calkin. 
 
 ORGANIST : 
 
 Mr. E. 
 
 E. Gubb. 
 
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 The Military Display. 
 
 The Military of St. John were aii.ong the first to move in the 
 direction of a fitting celebration of tlie Jul)ilee of Her Most 
 Gracious Majesty. No portion of the Canadian militia were more 
 enthusiastic or painstaking in preparations than the City Brigade 
 of St. John, and every officer and man of the force, who on 
 that day assembled to do honor to the Queen, as well as every loyal 
 citizen, could not but feel proud of the men who, as citizens and yet 
 soldiers, thus shewed their loyalty to a beloved Sovereign, and their 
 devotion to a patriotic service to which any man may feel proud to 
 belong, and which, thus parading in a happy time of pea:e, called 
 to mind the many victories of similarly attired soldiery in every 
 quarter of the globe. 
 
 The number of the Militia allowed in St. John is necessarily 
 small, and the strength of corps had been this year further reduced, 
 but what was lacking in strength was fully made up by the enthu- 
 siasm and attention to drill of all ranks; any vacancies in the 
 diflferent corjis had been easily supplied from many applicants, all 
 being anxious to wear the uniform of Her Majesty on the occasion 
 of the celebration of her Jubilee ; and when, at 2 o'clock on Tues- 
 day afternoon, the bugles gaily rang out the " fall in," there were 
 very few absentees reported, and these only from unavoidable causes ; 
 the different corps represented were the New Brunswick Brigade 
 of Garrison Artillery — five batteries ; the 62ud St. John Fusiliers 
 — six companies; and the St. John Rifle Company. The Brigade 
 was formed in line of quarter columns on the Barrack Square, in 
 •command of Lieutenant-Colonel Arbuthnot Blaine, Fusiliers; 
 the strength on parade of all ranks being. Artillery, 184 ; Fusiliers, 
 241 ; Rifles, 35. The Oflicers present were as follows : 
 
 New Brunswick Brigade Garrison Artillery. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel, John K. Armstrong; Acting Major, Major and District 
 Paymaster Andrew J. Armstrong. 
 
 No. 1, Prince of Wales' Battery.— Captain George B. Seely. 
 
 Lieutenant Robert R. Ritchie. 
 
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 To. 2, Carleton Batterv. — Captain John J. (rordon. 
 
 Lieutenant Arthur A. Clark. 
 
 No. 3, Portland Battery. — Captain Stanley D. Crawford. 
 
 Lieutenant George K. McLeoJ. 
 *Jiul-Lieutenant Cha«. F. Harrison. 
 
 No. 4, St. John BATTEnY. — Captain (ieorge W. Jones. 
 
 2nd-Lieutenant T. Edw. G. Armstrong. 
 
 No. 5, Fairville Battery. — Captain Edw. J. Scammell. 
 
 Lieutenant James A. E. Steeves. 
 
 Adjutant — Captain C. Frederick Langan. 
 Quartermaster — Major Richard Farmer. 
 Surgeon — John W. Daniel, M.D. 
 Assistant-Surgeon -^Joseph Andrews, M.D. 
 
 Lieutenants A. S. Benn, E. H. TurnbuU and W. W. White, and Paymaster 
 George F. Smith were absent from the City, on leave. 
 
 62nd St. John Fusiliers. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel, Arbuthnot Blaine (Brigadier); Majors — Joseph J. 
 Tucker, Hugh H. McLean. 
 
 No. 1 Company (B). — Major Edward T. Sturdee. 
 
 2nd-Lieutenant John P. Vrooni. 
 
 No. 2 Company (A). — Captain Hawtrey J. A. Godard. 
 
 Lieutenant Henry H. Godard. 
 
 No. 3 Company (E).— Captain Matthew B. Edwards. 
 
 Lieutenant David Churchill. 
 2nd-Lieutenant James Manning. 
 
 No. 4 Company (F). — Lieutenant George F. Thompson. 
 
 Lieutenant J. Fenwick Eraser. 
 2nd-Lieutenant George M. Cleveland. 
 
 No. 5 Company (C). — Captain John P. Hegan. 
 
 2nd-Lieutenant F. Herbert J. Euel. 
 No. 6 Company (D). — Captain William C. Magee. 
 
 Lieutenant Sterling B. Lordly. 
 
 Adjutant — Major Frederick H. Hartt. 
 Surgeon — Thomas Walker, M. D. 
 Paymaster — Major James Devlin. 
 Quartermaster — Captain John S. Hall. 
 
 Captain George A. Eraser, Lieutenant Cyrus Y. Gregory, and 2nd Lieuten- 
 ant Murdock F. Bruce were absent from the City on leave. 
 
 The St. John Rifle Company was under command of Lieutenant 
 J. Fred. McMillan, Captain J. T. Hartt and 2nd-Lieutenant 
 Edw. a. Smith being with the Wimbledon Team in England. 
 
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 The coloiu*s of the Fusiliers were carried by 2nd-Lieiiteimnts 
 Manning and Cleveland. 
 
 Major Alfred Markham, of the 8th Prince.s.s Louise's New 
 Brunswick Regiment of Cavalry, acted as Orderly Officer to the 
 Brigadier — Lieutenant-Colonul Blaine. 
 
 The Brigade appeared in review order, the Artillery and Rifles 
 wearing busbies, while the Fusiliers wore bright new uniforms and 
 bearskins, every company on parade being well sized, and smartness 
 and cleanliness showed everywhere, the flashing of accoutrements in 
 the sun evidencing the care which had been devoted by every soldier 
 to this particular parade. The whole force, with bands playing and 
 coloui-s flying, soon took up the line of march to the Market Square, 
 the Artillery — under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Armstrong 
 — leading, headed by their band of twenty-three pieces, followed by 
 the Fusiliei*s — commanded by Major Tucker — led by their band of 
 twenty playei"s, and the Fife and Drum Corj)s, numbering seventeen, 
 the Rifle Com])any being in the rear of the Infantry. On arrival at 
 the Market Square it was found a large crowd had assembled, and 
 great difticulty was experienced in keeping the necessary space for 
 the troops, while every window and roof in the vicinity was occupied 
 by eager sight-seers. The Fusiliers and Rifles were drawn up in 
 line, facing the south, the Artillery being opposite to them, facing 
 »he north. The latter were allowed to stand-at-ease, as they did not 
 take part in Trooping the Colour, which ceremony was to be performed 
 by the Infantry. The officers of the Fusiliers and Rifles having 
 fallen out, the Adjutant formed the regiment into guards, and this 
 interesting parade was then gone through with in all its various 
 details, the escort for the Colour being in command of Major 
 Sturdee, and marched off by Lieutenant Churchill, with Lieuten- 
 ant GoDARD as Subaltern for the Colour. The ceremony of 
 Trooping has been so often described, and is so well known, that 
 any description of the different formations is unnecessary, and it 
 will, therefore, suffice to say that the Fusiliers had thoroughly 
 practised all the varieties of the drill, and the different duties by 
 Officers, Sergeants, band and drums were steadily performed, and 
 
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 with the utmost prccisiDii — the niovcnionts several times cnllin<^ 
 forth apphiuse from the si)eetatoi>i. It may here he noted that tiu.s 
 Corps was the fii-st militia regiment in New Ikuiiswiek to jH-rt'orm 
 the ceremony of Troopiiif; the Color.r. The duties of Field Ottieer 
 were discharged hy Lieutenant-Colonel liLAiXE, while Major 
 Tucker acted as Brigade-]Major. Sergt.-Major T. Mackenzie, of 
 the Infantry School Corps, Frederieton, who was attached to the 
 Fusiliei*8 for the day, acted as Drum Major, and rendered excellent 
 service to the Corps in other ways. The Artillery then took up a 
 position in line on the right of the Infantry, extending down the North 
 Wharf; and the whole line took open order prej)aratory to tiring 
 a fell de Joie ; a detachment from No. 1 Battery of Artillery, under 
 command of Caj)tain 8eely, then proceeded to man the guns 
 stationed at the end of the Wharf, and a Koyal Salute was tired, 
 the Brigade taking up the fire hetween each seven rounds, when, 
 after a Koyal Salute and three cheei-s for the Queen from the whole 
 line, nmss of colunnis was formed ]>reparatory to nuirching past. 
 The Brigadier and Staff taking up their stations at the foot of King 
 street, the saluting base occupying nearly the width of the street, 
 the whole Brigade went by in column, and, after changing ranks on 
 Chipman's Hill, went by again in quarter colunm in excellent form, 
 the massed bands and drums playing the " British Grenadiers " and 
 the march from "Patience," and when they again passed the Briga- 
 dier at the double, to the tune " Weel may the Keel Row," round 
 after round of applause was heard from the spectators. After a 
 few moments of well-earned rest, the Brigade marched in mass of 
 columns up King street, the Artillery leading, and line to the left 
 was formed on the leading company, and a volley fired by com- 
 panies from left to right; the Artillery then prolonged the line to 
 the right, and another volley by companies was fired, followed by a 
 volley by battalions ; the line then broke into colunm to the right 
 and, after retiring, advanced in mass up the hill, when a two-deep 
 brigade square was formed on the front company, officers, hoi*ses and 
 bands being in the square, and volleys were fired by both standing 
 and kneeling ranks ; the square then advanced up King street and 
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 wheeled into line of qnarter columns — the latter wheel calling 
 forth e»ixjcial praise from the Brigadier; a deployment ♦ the right 
 was then made, and the whole line then retired, and advanced 
 in review order, the bands playing, and a general, salute was 
 given, thus ending a most successful and interesting programme 
 of nuuKBUvres, which called forth the highest praise from many 
 competent judges, and the citizens of St. John nuiy well feel 
 proud of their little force which did so much towards the celebra- 
 tion of the Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty. The Brigade 
 was then marched through the principal streets of the City back to 
 the Drill Shed and dismissed, each corps having been previously 
 addressed by conmianding officers, and thanked for the steady 
 way in which all the movements had been performed, and for the 
 attention to their duties during the afternoon. Through the kind- 
 ness of Major Tucker refreshments were provided for the men of 
 the Fusiliers immediately after the dismissal. 
 
 This account of the Jubilee military display would be incomplete 
 without a Avord of praise for the Brigadier, Lieutenant-Colonel 
 Blaine, who handled the force with the utmost judgment and skill, 
 displaying a rare knowledge of military movements combined with 
 a willing desire to afford every citizen an opportunity of witnessing 
 the display, while at the same time the arduous duties of the officers 
 and men were not overlooked. Lieutenant-Colonel Armstrong 
 and Major Tucker were not wanting in zeal or efficiency, and each 
 manoeuvred his battalion to the utmost satisfaction of all ranks. 
 
 Tlie Fireworks 
 
 at King Square in the evening were the finest seen in this city for 
 years. The Fire Department set them off, the work being done by 
 Chief Engineer Kerr, District Engineer Wilson, Captain Frink of 
 the Salvage Corps, Foreman Blackadar of No. 3, assistant foreman 
 of No. 2, and C. F. Langan, James Dawson, Wm. Unkoff, James 
 Melick, AVm. Barlow, and Jas. Thomas. The display included 
 sky rockets with stars, serpents, rain trails and showers, parachute 
 rockets, sancisson mine, meteoric mine, colored mine, shells or floral 
 
The Militauy Disi'lay. 
 
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 lioml), colori'd Ixtiiib or florul shell, nu-U'oric shells, .lapimcsc willow 
 shells, exhibition batteries, plueiiix batteries, illuriiinatioii li^rhts, a 
 huiee-work wheel, fairies' frolic, tht' revolving;; t'oiint liii, the union 
 shield, Mexican ^lorv, the ^'vroseope, tive-|>ointe(l brilliant, illumi- 
 nated diamond, , Japanese fan, ma^'i<' star, N<'ptune's trident, |»ulm 
 leaf, illuminated sun and <liumond, union fan, star and sun, polka 
 dance, and numy others. The last piece was "(Jod Save the (^ueeii," 
 which was very fine. The dis[)lay was witnessed by thousands of 
 |KM)ple, the fireworks being set oti' from a stage in front of No. > 
 engine house. Tiie Fusiliers, C\iy < 'oronet and Artillery Han<ls 
 played on King Sipuire until after 10 > lock. To C'hief Engineer 
 John Kkhh belongs the credit of setti U}.; off tlie closing piece of the 
 fireworks — "God Save the (^ueer . A.ler tbr liisplay from No. 2 
 EngiiH! House, there were fireworks from Nw. .{ rooms. 
 
 The Portland fircvorks and bon 'in were a complete success. 
 The display was made under the management of the Portland Poly- 
 morphians. A feature of the afliiir wms ihe huge bon-fire of one 
 hundred oil barrels. The blaze of this fire from Fort IIowc Hghted 
 up the whole surrounding country. The closing piece of the fire- 
 works, a bust of the Queen, with the words, "God Save the (^ueen,". 
 was very beautiful. President Johnson and othor officers and mem- 
 bers of the Portland club worked hard to make their display a 
 success, and they succeeded. 
 
 The Illiiiiiinations. 
 
 The. illuminations and decorations throughout the city formed a 
 fitting close to the Jubilee demonstration. All the public buildings, 
 engine houses, volunteers' headquarters, etc., were resplendent with 
 lights and devices, and the stores vied with each other in extent and 
 originality of display, while n)any private residences were gems of 
 beauty. In all sections of the City proper, Carleton and Portland, 
 bunting, flags and colored lanterns were profusely displayed. It 
 was well nigh midnight before the crowds hud faded away, whc 
 the streets assumed their normal aspect, and the Jubilee was a thing 
 of the past.