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UURINC the iiiKlit of llic 2-]\\\ nf N!artli. 1884, after a sixty hours' sail from S,in I'miui-co in thi' t ;m;uh.in I'iRitu- sti'i\iii'ihip .lA'v/f tourists, ami vm(1i lioiM-ful f\|x'ttatioii, thai at«>ut si\ Ei.ni. on ihf luoriiiiig of tin- iBtli u«* o|»i'nitl ihr diHir of our tatiin ami stepi>f(l on ciftk. Korthnr days wu had lui-n ga^iiij; al the " uaicrs wan ' of n tiorthtTti •;ea, and on Saturday nij;hl uv fill aslci-p tireil wiili watL-tnnj; the uiihroki'ii line of the distant Aun-rlran coast : but un Sunday we awoke to liiid ourselve<> in an earthly pandisi; that surpassed in loveluiess any- thing that we had Iwfure 1 vni drcanil of Ktx iina(;ined. 'Hu* .st.eno that met our eyes wis one of cxtnnif lieanty. ( )ti our rij^lu hand, as we steamed blowly up the strait',, we han our lefi wnr iIil* green fir clad hiiU oi \'ancomcr Island, their dark outlitn-s shMwinK dis- tinctly af;-e of water, ami llu-n, laither away on the luainlaml, the isul.Ued snow pe.ik of Moinit Maker. 1 he dark fir hills of the island had an aspci 1 of luulisturbed re^ttulness w hieh diarrmd US by its contrast with the j;IitierniK rip|}U-s of thi* straits an| X'icton.i . but that me;iiit tlial \'ictori.ins who were ;e-t slaps \..\\\ niter at all lines, and ihcn tin- low roi ky pronioiiiorv tliat s-]Kir.(ies it (rum the Viitoii.in Inlet. The Victoria h.irboin is not lasily .iccc'-sible, lor it is entered tlirouRh a narrow wimlim; cti.imul half .1 null' or mine in leiiylh ; but Its bare rocky *hores were prehrred b\ the cir.y settlers to the thickly- »o4ided laiiil that Mirround^ Lsf|uim.iU. A m w wliarf. for the beiti-i aecominodation of sicami-rs rif l.irj;e sj/c. has reu'iulv U-en built at ihc rntnnicr to (br Inlet, and it was there tliat niornlnt;, ju>i In lime to en.dile one of our f trrian minister from Onlaiio. who w.is not i.-nd but lilt lovily ,>undav I \oun^ IVcsIm mmh IUKj,M-e, ' itU' while h> the i I"' e\;niltnrd lai still unseen town. ' lai iw tr.ive!). umbered •■-■ to gratify his wish to Litirnd ehun li. We were detained . ^'u^tonl House oflicr. but, IvuiiiK our I iflgir Imxcs t Monday muiiiing, w<'. too, were soon driving tow.irdslhc ■|en minutes Uur the Hags li.dfuiast hii;li on the (iovcrnmeni buildings told us die news of I'rtnce l.eoiMild'n death. It was 11 nuI gn-<*iiag for n^ ; but it reimnded iis thai, although we were separ.ited fn-m the land of our birth by a liiitd ol the i-.irth s sml up-, we still (onued part of that great nation whuni sorrow aiul joy unite in one throli of v\m|»rttby. and ihat we weie aKo in one of the many hotnes thai her son^ have made for theniselvi s allo\erilie world. ;\ i|U.irter of an hour's drive through one of the suburbs of the town, paal pretl\ one storveil cottages .nid more ambition-- villas, brought lis to the I>riard Hotel, winch is one of the Ww brii k building ^ m \'ii lori.i. It is A large, '■-iinie. Ilal looted hoilve, deMilule ot any auhitectui.d prelfUMnlis, with sm.ill ll.ii windows of uni(*)rui -i/e .md shajie pl.ned at uinlorm ihs taiues ,)li round Us lour sides, I o cieure dryness 11 is coveieil with a co.u of Vermillion paint, for owing IoiIm- <|n.i1it> ol the ila\ die brick uiaile m ihe IVovince u very iw.rous. Ihe liri.itd Hotel Is trulv cosmopoliian in ii- iimimgi'iueid. It ii " rim ' by a Irenehman anil a t ierm.m, whose ne,u connections, we are told, h.id been eui-jnary •h'h in thi- hoiiseho^K of no leswT in'i>onage* than .i King o( l'iussi,i anil a Huke of Suibcil and . and the king of I'lUssia's m.iii, it wa^ nporled, h.id evm had the hnnoiii ot l)eing iirtiporatily transhrred to ihr- t,iii( -n of I' nglaiicis .i-rviie during one uf Her Maifsiys visits in lieitnanv. These illustrious himinai'es iin* U" more: but their " souls go m.in hing on, ' and their traditions and reciiit . tire laithlulb handed Ion, 1 -truck us at lirst sight as belli); tioi unlike n small market town In Knglaiid , but the siri'ets. as in nil American and Canadian villages cien, are broid and straight, running at tight .inghswith one another. Miere are no unsnspei tec) short cuts, no ri,iirow winthng l.uies and altevs, and no qtiaini corner's, Mui there is snthcieni megnlaiity Irt the shops and houses, tinil e\e(]il in ihi' main sUeets, whli h h.nr In in m,ic|e level bv the Iree use of gunpowdei, the wooden sulew.ills ale lie<|iieMtlv iiiterniplMJ by gieat lilmks ol in. k, .Ml sorts .ind sj.-es o( hoiivis are jumbled together, antj "rookeries :ind hovels, from whiih the p,iint has ham ago disappcaied, stand side by siili- perhaps with a btatnl new red hiick building, A hw |M)uiids of p.iint would gicitiv imoiove ihi- iip|MMranie of the luwii, but umkr Ihe mllneiiee ol aiie\|Mvted '1 m' the \icto(ians uie gradually fnecluig a iiii'te i.idical change bv tran^femng the mhuU anil shabby collages bodtiv into the ciiunlry. li is no nrieoinmon sighi to see one ol lliese b.ime houses removed Itoin its old location and slowly moving down n Mierl ; ,ind it Is Inlelesiing to w.iti li lis piogiess huni dav to il,iv. iinlil il Ib safelv l.imlid on ii Hulinrban h»t. Mut ro iity made bv iiiau will ever be woilliv I'f Ihe naiutid beauties amlilM whlih Victoiia Is placed. Duly a New Jciiisalem. with walls of jas|HT aiitl gates of |H'ail, wouhl lit iigtitly Inlu Muli It settlne, Ihe ,ind llnitv mmvs ago. in ihe middle ol this cenlurv . Vicloiiawas mrti'ly a post ( I tlie llndson lt.iy ( luipaiiv, and fori Sircet and Iktstian Sireel Mill icmain lo Kiinnd one Id the da\s when il wa-. necessaiv tor the (radlng station lo be 'iiltu tenilv hatihi d lo wiihstand an attack Iroin the liutluMF. .\l ihiil time the finlyditrtt lottmuintcation wiili l.nglandwas Ihe itnp thai wafs yeaily loailet'. In laimlon, and In kU kIow months croued Ihf Atlnntle ocean, roiintled laitr Horn, and ear.ince of the Indians on the shore. In those days cverytliing was d.ited from llie arrival of " the ship, " anil it is even said Ihat weddings were al tinier put off unld " the ship should bring a fresh supjily of rings. In 1858 gold was discovered on the mainland, in the ilistiict of <'arribon, on the I'piwr l-'raser. and this news al once brought thou.ands of adventurers from all parts of the world, bui es|Mcially bom ("aliforiia, where a reaction had succeeded Its lirst burst of prosp rity, .\i one lime, as many as ao,ooo men wereencam|x?dou H^-acoii Hill, in tin- neighbourhood of \'ictoria, waiting fo cross the Stniits. Tlie two Kiitish I'rovmces on the nininl.ind were New (Jeorgia, iilong the coast, so n.imed by VanouNer, and New Caledonia in the interior, which ovveil its n.ime to the patriotism of the two Scoivhmen who were the lirsi h> m.iko their way down the liasrr River to the sea. In 1858 tliesr two teiiiioiies were loiuied into the col.iny of Itiitish ('olumbia,'but until the year 18OO the Island o[ V.incouver remained a disiiiut colony. (.)n the 20th of July. 1871. Hriti-h oininn nl, others remained and turned their attention to agricullurf and ihe develop- ment of various mdnsirie-,. One man toM me thai he cinie out Irom I'aigland in 185H. intending 10 " niakt- bis foitune and reiuin in limr for ( hristmas ; " but after a separaiiou of ten ve.iis, his wife followed him, and this province has become their home. A c'omp<'tency. if not a fortune, has been the result of patient work. I his h,is been the experience ot hundreds of others, who wire hrst allured by dreams of gold, and have since slowly re.ipcd the fruits oi d.iily induMrv. In the spring of 1H8.1, when we arrived in the lotnny, Victoria had enjoyed a {|uarter ofa century of quiet peaeefnl ila>-.. ibiiing whieh aeady, it shivv, progress had been made. A monthly ami then a we.-klv m.iil boat from San Francisco had bunighl about moie r,tiiiil communir.ition with laigl.iiid and the l-',asl. in 1883 the Norlh I'acihc line wis oi«'iad lo Port- land. ,iml steamer connection established three times .1 week ; while a few months after our arrival the merchants ot Victoria h,id to brace themselves to meet the eslgencies ot a d.vily mail. I.onilon and I.iverpoil bu-iricss house-, had sent out theii renn seutatives, and the Hudson iViv Company's ship w IS no longer the only one iliat sailed fiom laig^iad to Vai . ver Isl.md. Indeed, we weri; lold ihil 'he wholesale houses in \\ h.iil net li.ul iM'Come more than ecjii.d lo the demamls made upon ihein. . \k .ally since I .istern Canadi.in tirms h.id also sent llieir agents to the province. Running parallel with Wharf Sireel is t iovernnient Street, when* the prim ip.il retail shops ,ire to be hmnd. The I'ost ( Mtice, the banks, and the iiews|».iper olfices are.ibo in < lovernmenl Street ; an to die advis,ibilitv ul allowing iheni m the futuie admi-sion into the rrovince, and the ( hinese i|Uesiion is regarded b" the people ot Ihilish 1 'oluiubia as one of the iiiosl important ipiesiions ot the d.iv. 1 1 |s reckoned thai there are nearlv la.txK) t hinese already in the rroviine. the entire populiition of which is estimated at do.ofni. 'llie greater number t.f thenrt aie employed on ihe Canadian Pacific Railway, tor whose lapiduaistructinn their labour has been imlispens dile ; others aie engaged in mines, and market gardening is almost tuonopoli^ed by tliem. In the .uiiumn ot 1H84 Comtnissioiiers, appoinud bv the Hominiou tiovernmeni, vhited Hriilsh t olumbia to impure into ttie Mib|ect, and i olleel all the cvi.Ieme they could get. Iheir report has jii'-t been |iul.|isheil In tm.iwa, and is fivour.dle to the Miiiiese, who-e l.iboiir they declaie t. ' Ihe local House of |a;t:islature has tepHed to this repoit bv pasMiig ,1 resolution to evilude the ( hinese, and this week r^ h.ive been ~ent bat k to the ,\iniil.,in co.is| without Ulng ,ilUiwed to land here. Ihe c.ipi.un who brought them ovu had widely taken lie precaution to ex.ii t their retiitn fares biloie he tt»ok them 011 iKi.ml, .\ < hinainan has usually no intention of becoming n permnuenl settler lu I'll* louulrv. It is his ambition to niake enough nioney to Tetnrn lo ( hina ami get a wife; though pos^bly he m.iv look forwaul to «ominB back again to e.iru more money when Ihe liisi fortune I"* e\)ii ndeii. Mean- while the wife rem ims at home n< ( hin,i. Ibis Is one of ihe strongest n-a^ons for objeitnig lo the t hiiu'se as i olonists. Rlt:hl al the opposite end lioiii Chinalow n. Ih.d is lo say, nl the south end III (love.nmeiit street, Is the suburb ihloUgh whlened early In January wiih .»'rv form nml clrcumsinnce that ran lend illKnlty lo the occasion, !•> the l.ieutrnanl- (htvemor, who rendu Ihe spiti-Ii prejuired h»r him by thp I'lenner. Ihs otficers of the artillerv and tlie mllllla iiltind his hotiour. and \\> all the ilitt \ Jink 4, 1885.) THE CANADIAN GAZETTE. 203 • of Viitori.i \% also present the Htjuw* pri'scnts a brilliant antl imposing specincle. Tin; scsMon liUls for alxmi a couple of months, and prayer?, are read evrry (lay Iiy the niinii^trrs of the various denominations in turn — liy the Lord Itishop nf the diocese, and also hy his < urates, and hy the Haptist, Wcsleyan, and I'resliyterian jwr^ons. The kunian talholics alone h.ive drclined the inviiaiitm Riven to ihem. This arranj,'em»'nl, whieli is aiecpted as the natural itiin^' l>y all Canadians, suniewhat surprised us ICn<;lish DisHMittrts. The present Trovincial Parliament is not desiitiitr either of orators or wits. 'I he Hon. Mr. Kolison. Provincial Secretary, whose recent s|)ecch on the proposed ^x.\w\ to the ( anadian I'acitic Kailway. in lunsideratiun of the exten'-ion of the line from Port Mootly to Coal Harliour, j,'iiiiii"B i^ i>tronK vote for the (Jovernment, is perhaps ctfusiilrn-d hoili Iiy politie.il friends ami opponents to Im- the oralur of the day. lie spoke uiih eloquence of the national railway thai " would enihrate the Orient and the Ottident," and foretoM the huiir to he fast .ipproacliiiiK when " eniunicrce «oiild come and bow at the l.ip (.f ( clutnlii.i." As a siM-cimen of native wit I may (piolf Mr. nnnsniuir, whd. when a Will kiiouii law,i.*r moved the resolution that the (liinese U- hrricforlli '"vcludi'd from the province, at once proposed as an arnendmenl iIku " no lawyer sin mid he allowed to defend them in court, " and " no to.d merchant l>e allowed lo sell them coal," he hirTiself In-inj; the great collierv propritMor. .Ml ni.de hoiiseh(p|i|ers who have resided one year in the province enjoy the franchise, white all married women vnie alonfj with thiir hush.inds ftir the election of school trustees, unmarried female householders ii-loi)e d ship Sut/tiure jil.iyed every hue Satuid.iy afternoon last sunnner ; and wl:;'n the season's trieket matches were over on IWacoti Hill, the ( ifiverninent grounds Itceame the f^eiieinl holiday /r«i/«-:Tria. Mugj;ies, low phaetons, and basket carriages, ^-enerally driven hy their owncrH -for Victoria does not luiasi more th.m three or four liveried coneliman- ;ind occasionally one or two girls and men on hi'rseh.uk wnuld as'-emhie helween three and four o'cloek. and t.ike up positions on the drive . while those who hail walked would lind seats ini thesttps and terraces, or loitiT on the grass. Victoria cannot Ixjast f)f many tine horses. »^)iiit!t stradv punier., that .1 timid lady niav drive without fear, and will p.Uiently submit to .ed l.i lences or posts while their niistresses \m\ calls .uid do their shojipifij;, are the f.ivourite .imni.ds, Uowcvi-r. tlie siHriied vhite charger of Major . who. spurred, and with martial hearing, rides into Vieioria every d.tv frmn his suburban villa, adapts himself lo the way-, of the cjimtrv, and i!oe , not disdain lo In- tied to a post outside the ru.stom H<'ev,- ,iiid I 'uiuii (.'hih doors. At these Saturd.iy afternoon gatherings in the t Iovernment grounds I.ist sunuiier Admiral Lyons and his fellow otticers weri' well known figures; indeed, wilhoiit 'he naval elet.M'ols Victorian Sin iety ws a str,inf,'er. on first miviiif; with Victorian fmiely, is the ob)fle [H*opIe ha\e to look u[H>n Ihemsebt s .w colomsts. Om- explan.iiion of this is, .loubiless, thi' voiiih uf Ihe colony. 1 he diler [wople have all been born in 1 nj:l.HnI. .irnl \u\\v kcpl up I i 'Tiistaiil inlenijiirse with home, often sending their children tlu-re to he edui lied ; and thus iht-v do not took upon ihemscKes as other tli.iti Knulish iMi.ple, Many of the Hudson Kiv Companv's othciaN, who were (or the most part inti-litgent Srotchmen. in the early d.i\s i.f the s,-til cut nmrrieil Indi.ni wives ; liul iheir children generallv mnsider ihemsetvis as beNuiuing to ihcir fatlier's |M-opIe, and u\\>\\ s|HMk with an accent that woulrl do credit to the Hrbndes or e\rii to a lowl.iml cnuiity. liut one rould hardly ofTend an ol<| Itritish (dhimliian settler more scrioiislv th.m bv iisHimiing him to be a t an.idian. I he |e.ttousv ol ( '.tnada ami of t 'anadian inlluence h,is. until recently, been .1 sining leeNni; , and t'anadi.ini^ h.ive Ihmmi h'oked upon as intnulers, wislunn to reap the j;ood ihuiRs they have had no share in protluun^'. Ibis feeling, however, is alreailv mm h modified, and will die away altogether as interconr'-e Iirtwii-n the dilTenrit provinces of tlic Dominion is facilit.ued hy ditet t nnlway loinmiinl eailnn. Ouiinf: Ihe jmsl ycnr or two a great many voung Knylishmen haw- arrived ill the Province. Those of hem who hnve U-en trained in huslnesH halitl-*. ami loiumand some tapoil. do wr-ll. Ww mumih men of ^ood lamiK, for whom no lilting career presents itself at lioine, iuid who lome mil with a few liiindred pounds in tln'ir jioi kets, ami wnli \,ij,'ue ideas ctt t.iMniiig 01 cattle rai-ini:. -ire olten nun li di appointed with the reahliC'. th.it meet I hem, lliltish I ohinibia is not .in a^ncultiiial count 1 v. It will alw.i\s be clii' iper to import whe.it .iiid tithei ^lain tiotn the cieal pianiesfit llie North West reiiiiory than to i;towthei,i here, li I islx-en dcMribt d .is "a^e.i of nmnnliiiis." In these mountains are luddcti vast tn-a-iires.if c.i,d ami it on. which will prove a b.ickb.n.r of strennili in the (iitiire. hut .it presi tit the •' N'oii know wli.it 1 mr.in, don't >oii know ' * \oiiiif; ni.in hopelesstv con fronts iheni, \inonj' these nioiintains. and ilo.elv shut m by iliem, are high valleys or t.dile l.inils. of p.uk like chahictet. which ate admirably niliipled loi i.ittle ranches. Itut these are ten or twelve d.ivs touiney fiuiu the tallway line, and Ihe traveller along ihe lia/er knows nothing of them. The cuhiiation of fruit, at a point as near the lcky Mountains as is praciic ible, proh,ihlv offers tin- niosi promising ch.iiice to thi' man of sniall capital. Viit'.ila Is well and cheajOv Mip|>lied with hint ftoin < ihluini.i, but friill j;rowerH oil the malnlaml will have ihe whole of the S'.nth \\esi 'li'trltoites ;i', far ,is U'inniiM'^' thrown open 1ervisir)ti of the lute Prince (.oasort. llie contr.icts for clc.iring and making the roadway have alt iKin given oui, and it is expccteil th.it the line will be ojwn ffir tralTic within two years. y\ line of steamers is cert.iin to connect O al Harbour, on the mainland, either with Nanaimo or Lhemainus on the is!,ind coast , and It will then Im.* seen whi-ther Victoria will utain her prcetiiincnce in the province, or wheihir for business purivces she will l**- sit()«trsedcd by Vancouver, as the Pacilic terminus of the ( inadian Pacific Railway h.is bt en named. Her natural |>osition and her climate will always make Victori.t the favourite place of residt'nce. .She is styled a "city of homes ' by htr American n*"ighb(»urs. There are l)nt few houses of any preteiisifins to sixc or tn,ignilicence in the rambling suburbs; but siuicious one-storeyed cottages, with verand.dis overgrown with honeysuckle and trailing roses, have hitherto N-eri tlie f.ivouri'e dwelling houses. The ihlliculty of getting dtiincstic help has prob-ibty t»*-en one cause of their popularity ; but for lieauty and picturesquencss the cotntnonpl.ue vill.is which are now Iwing built cannot compare with them. However, I iinisi not ahuw; the villa:-, for one of them has l)eeii converted by us into a very pI'MS-inl horiKr. 1 lie climate of Victoria resembles thai of the south of I'.ngland. When we arrivetl in March. erocus<;s, snowtlrops, anrl daffodils were blooining in the g.irdens. and the smell of sweet violets filled the a*r. Within a month the cherry and tln'ii ttie apple trees wenr in blossom, and there was st arctdy a conis-'r of the town wliere they were no! to l»e seen. Swcelhriar and wild dogroscs tovered cvo look fresh and dchc.de, and d.ix/lirigly f.i r in the sunshine. One fccK that among them, if .111) where, must 1.0 ill! island valley ufA^iti.,!!. Wh^rp f.dis imi Imil, or run, or nn> ^aiu*. S'ircvcr wiiol l.lows Inu.lly. If the Slimmer evenings are coldi'r ihe winters ure, on the whole. less severe th.tii in Lngl.ind, There are he.ivy laiiis in the autumn , and Last 1 teci-mlh-r we liad wli.\t was re^'anled by the t)lri. 1 inhabllatits .is an ixccp- tioiially cold ">n.ip. " Tor !i forlniKht the tti* mujinelcr registereil from eiuiil to fourteen degrees of frost, and this w.is intensified by the north wind which Tjiiiid its w.iy into every corin'r of the -slightly buifl frame houses. V.\':r'- morning the en-ani in the |i;iniry, the w,iti*r in the tilter, ami even the Iteer h.id to Ik- thawetl , white our ( hitia Ih)v put on every day vtiie atl- diiioiial .iriicle ol elnthing, until he more ne.irly resenihled a lea cosy than atuihin^ else. Put this st.ite o( things, happily, did not last long. In I.uiuary and T'cbruarv we h.nl mild moist weatlier, with showers of ram tverv ilay ; then spring burst suddenlv upon us. A year lias jutssed awav » I mdeil at the Outer Wharf on that lovelv .^^iinday i.iorninj; in M.m h. liijil.uid now does not seem to Ix' so far disi.ini horn us ,)s V.incouver Isl.ind to our fnends at home, Indeed, a voting TaiKlishuiari .issmed me ih.it one of the advanlar^'-'s of Viciona i^ lli.il it is not "shut itl' from the world, or Irom what Ihis hithetto iiiadt> our World, " it is only iwebe d.ivs bom Loiiilon, ' ite (oriiinued, spe.iking ns we slioL-lil have done a year ayo of a country place in Siirn-y or Kent, connecii'il by hoviilv tr.iins with town. I Iiis >ouiig ftllow's ideas are MUiiewhai ahead of bis time, no doubt. Nevertheless, |he day it appntach' m^ whi-n the womlerlul power of steam will pr.u iic.dly annihilate ihslunce. .Vt any r.tle. within a few months we shall bi' able to tiavil Irom Vaii> ouvrr Island to I'.n^t.ind wiihoiit setting loot oil foreign ^oil. A I I i,iK have M.'d (.lirly well, aNo snine de..i.riptioris ot iiinber. In this coi.,.iviion tin- dei re.ive m ilu proclin tioM o| while pine in tlii' lui.twa d)^lti^ I will, it is staled. Ik' about one third less thin l.isi yi ai. The demand hir white piiie s.]u.ire imibet Ins nr.i. however, Milled in' the home market. .\ coii-iderabk' ijuintitv iif this imiber is ivpniied stilt iti hrst li.imt-.. On the whole a H'^'d -piint; tiade is anticipated. 'I he lal*- fresnels have proved somewh.it ilis.istious to mill owners, but the i-htent of lossvu is ililhcult lo aseeit.iin. ' I 111 MANinm.v WiiiM iHdi'. The secretary of the I-'urmeit' I'nion of M,iNiioli,i tejioit . tliit llie prospects 11 te ih.it .1 mon* abittid.int (fop, m iH'tlei >M|idltlon. Will be liai\es(i'd ihi-, >e.it lliait last, and thl'< Wilt lo II larye I \ieiit iomin'iisiile for any sm.iller acie.ig"- that may be miwh, tl m iiotewoiihv til, It the entile westirn poilioiis ..f i aiiada an- underping a marked ibati^e ni the moie i-\teii