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(TiUA.v Wiuiinocag Reserv(!d Surplr.a Fund -I '" ■ uadividPd Profit ;r.'"'.;;'.:;;;;::::;: ''vtl^'^jiN"- en oreat st, james sTfiEEi. Bfinclh- amount of yn^«,v^/V;:,fe.,s^:'Ji7; Brant life l'(ll(!cHumI Am ui,:^. '.;'!''' P'T^a-e'l to r.«y:\My r,.ii,V.ini,."-_ tl■•"■^<^r. rC , 1 I inviniinii. "K-.ii' 1, IT lue oriKin.il unnuai M0>7TREAL. WILLIAxM McGIBBON, rAMILY GROrEH, MERCHANT TAILOR, G E N T L E M E N"S IfAB E R DAS H E R, ALBION CLOTH HALL, -Vc. 124 ORSAT ST JAMES arHEET. ___^ MONTRSil,. J- AND LWESXMENT COMPANY. '"t'" supply and the AlarmTolegr^i h *U if S'n ''^'' """""l P«5-m™t nf M.17 win ,«,„.o for „ -hn , ' bri^ti-TH. and thnt it will oontinua tn .flv,„i ,„ ,k ' •','"' '^''^ r" "' V.lLUABLE_DIBCOVEitY. From old and joucg, from riA »ud poor, froci jhish-boin and lowly, oomea th« Cnivarsal Vuio* cf I jiriiiee fur HALL'S VEGETABLKblCILIAN UAIU Rfi- NEW'KK. It if a perfect and miraculous article. CuraEliald- jness. -Mahes hair grow. A butter droesing ih-m any l"cil" or"i,cimfttam." Softens br.ieh, dry and wiry Ihiiriut) Boiistifiil Sill'.on TreMes. But above all. J tlieirreat wonder i8 the rajidityv I1 ,vhioh it re«-' tores I GRAY HAIR TO ITd OaKflNAL COLOR. itw.llnottak.^u long, Jisagreeible trial, to prova QHRISTM A S ,& NEW YEARS^ SAVAGE 4 LYMAN «08iiJont Keorotary. • T IFE AND G^LVRANtfiE A TT^ve th« houOT of announcing to tiieir numerona Fnonda and the Public. THE KECEPTIO.\ OF THEIR IMPORTATIONS I^OB TBB HOLIDAY SALES. iMONO nimi ABU GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, Fi.VE JJBWELLERT of all desciiptions. ELECTRO. PLATED WARE Id all it« va.iol>-, BEST TABLE CUTLERY. I •WARDLK MASTLB CLOCKS, - --—-.-..= ou. ,. •Wa an! LadiM' ROSEWOOD and LEATHER A.N.VI;aL IVOmiE 'r'. oVKR OX. 000 -,« DLEbilNG 0ASE8, and BOYS', flttod cn,„i,le(o. ! "At, >k.,cb .n ca.sada-moktueIl. ' *" ' tho t,ulh of tkia matter. The lirat application wllVdo — AUSO,— ' —"-• -'- • 01- A 1; A XT EE DE I'ARTMEXT. SILVER Tea «!,! r .r « ^ : "' ■^'-^-^ il'^K DEPARTMENT. , «°^'*'^'^" ">l"^" ""NATL- HALOOLOK returning blLVER To» and Coffee fieta. Cup,, Goblota, ,' „I'' a^-f.i""" ^ Li.o A,.urnnce. .l>i, ,S,Ucry i.,u„ ^ •^■^'^''''^' »n":'|at. Hank yr other Fra- , «'■ '^i-' P''""' to lustrous, thining snd Ijeautiful Ir.ck. j l^^M .nYari^eto-ihTm f?om thod'cklcatS' i ^'^ ^"^ """'' Sic'li'^n Ha,rR,„ewer; no ctb,r LI I E nfcPAIlTMENT. CHE IV i'O BUY, PLEASANT TO IKY. and aUKB xvwi VUlfSf fealvers, Jugj, Forlrs, Spoons, Ludloi, to Ac — AKD— A GREAT VARIETY OP ■ ^' ^ A' C' r G D ,v , Of BEAUTIFUL 4 NOVEL DKSION^, i .hbis^^'ft;:?^^!;^- '^^H^n;;'^:,;!; ^^^^o xo do you goodi The whol. forming the flneat and largest «,urtm«t i ^(1^^?/:^^^^?^:^ " "'"P"'"^"*'" '""ouu at any There are uiany imltatio... B. ,„« yo„ ,r»our« they cTtir offered for Inipecticn and nale .«=• ,cA^ Cstbedral Blork . ! ^ t^" I'rf'f";™- , >u v.. mi», invested (old No. 303) Mont--' ^L*>^--> »^ '^ * I iiUWARD RAWLINO'i, iVcr.tf„,„. Agentofw"- ■■V \ ins IS ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT TO THE MONTREAL OAZBTTR. THOS, RIDDELL T I T . M U S S E N , Hu noniitaatly on hand a h«aT7 (took of tbo bent \ ikpobtib or HN0LI8H 8TATI0NHRT, , BRITISH, INDIA and FRENCH 000D8, Paper, Pent and Bnrelopes. OVERLAND PAPER, TINTED PAPER, Blaok Bordored Paper, K N I V B 8 . INK, Ao. 4i«. EDWARD C. WARD, Uniwd Statu Claim Aoiirr, MoDtreal, fur th« ool- luctioQ of Peoaloni, Boaotin, Arrean of Pay, %iA Priie Honey due to Canadian Soldiri and UtamtH for aerrioea la tho United Etaten Army and Nary; loruM AND EVKBY REQCISITR FOIt WRITING* Wboleiale and Retail, !54 & 66 Griat St. Jambs Stbkbt, X MAS P R ES E NT 8. MRi. WALTON Juet oponod out a cplandid asfortmont of " "" O'lOoa (tnd WORK • - FANCY O'lODa (tnd WORK dirsct fromLoNrox and Oebmany, and aUo n lar«ie and elegant eelHction of LoKDu.N TOY and "NuLSy.vA Son's" GIFT b00K8, ezprenalyfor Holiday Presenta. Carpeting!, Rug;, DruggotA, TRIMMINGS ANU SMALL WAKIS. Wholetale an'/ Ktlail, 257 i»D 259 NOTRE DAME STRBBT, 'E. L. SNOW, AssOCIATe AoKNT, I To whom all oorreepondenoe may be addreued. aJ«o, fur the oollection of ClftLmg of other pa Bgainit the Unitod Staws. When Claims are allowed, Certlflcatos for amoantu due will be Issued by the Department at Washing- ton, and paid ai this Agency. Corner of St. Lamboit Street, MONTRnAI,, [Establisherl 1842.] " "LAND O' CAKE S." C. ALEXANDER Uu on hand a largo supply of CAKES of all Undj. SCOICn BUNS and SHORT BREAD, ICED and ORNAMENTEB CAKES, OONFECXIONBRY of the ohoioest and beat quality, FANCY BOXKS and ComueopiBS. ■V.Br- Breakfast and Supper Parties supplied with made Dishes— all kintiu. C. ALEXANDER, No. 391 Notre Dame Street. H OME AND COLONIAL ASSURANCE CO"Y. (Limited.) Authorised Capital a;2,00O,00O 6t«. I Issued Xl,u,u, OUStg. I HEAD OFFICES: ! 6y CornhUI, London, Enolaxd ; 13 and 15 Merolianta' Enohange, MusxBEtL. ' BOARD OF~DiRECTORS. OoTcmor—louii PiTTKRsoif, Esq. i^*;iu«v-0'otertior— Alkx, iTaASKK, Esq. MANUFACTURED LOCKS. ! FIRE AND LIFE BOARD. ' T. W. Mackbak, Esq., Uhnirman. Wo offer for Siilfl, Looks in all Tarietie", comprising tji;iii Him, Mortice. Kiore Door, Dead. *o., io., together ""' with all descriptions of Malleable Iron Castings, manufactured by tho Provincial H.trdware Mannfao- tunng Co., Kingston. 81)2 EVANS A EVANS, 455 St. Vaul Street, Montreal. SII. MAY & CO., • SfCcassoRS TO CoBSB ^*3r:AvDi'V^l^e'•E1■ rs-Treatment of BiSKASES curcfullj attended to, by Letter, or at tlic OHice of UB,S. PltAlLT ds SON, >o. IS Notre Wamc Street, corner of Bousecours St., iam Patri''k Adam, Esq., M.P., Biair Adam, Kinrosshire. William Fiederick Baring, Esq., Dirc'ror of the Bank of Hindustan. Stephen Busk, Esq., Director oi uio Mo.-chani Banking Company. William Duthio, Ksij., Director of the Standard Bank of British South Africa. Alexander i'raser, Jisq., (late of Maolaine, Watson & Co., Batana.) Lewis Froser, Esq., (Maolaine, Frajer i Co., Sin- gapore.) Clark Iryine, Esq,, Hyde Park Square. James Lyall, Esq., (Lyall. Rennie & Co , Calcmta. ) James MoMaster, Esq., Director of the Merchant n.inking C.mpany Brinsloy de Couroy Nixon, Esq., Queen's Gate Gardens, .lohn Pattcison, Esq., Director of the AUiancf Bank. Felix Pryor, Esq., (of tho lata firm of H. A J. Johnson * Co ) John Swindell, Esq., (Swindell A Matthews,) Mincing Lane. Henry Thnrburn, Esq., 5 Qneensborouah Terrace. Tno.MAa MiLLM, Mananrr. KoaaicK A. Black, ,vURLAND, LAFRICAIN & CO., ■■-' ScCCESaOBB TO GXOBOB MATTHRWa, KKGRAVERS, LITHOGRAPUERflA PRINIKEa 60 St. Francois Xavler Street, opposite the Poit OfBoo, MontreaU Corporation, Railway, and other Bonds, Certifi- cates of Stock, Haps, Plans, and Insurance PoHoiea, Bills of Exchange, Cheques, Drofta, Notes, and Clr- oulars, BILL, NOTK AND LBTTBR HEADINGS, inevery style. Wedding, Visiting, and Business Cards, Coot* o Arms, Crests, Monograms and Book Plates, eagrared and printed la the newest styles. Seals, Presses, Dies, Door Plates, Silver Ware and Jewellery, engraved at moderate rates. Note Paper and Envelopes emboeaod and printed with Crests, Monograms, 4o„ in ntry color. Drafts, Cheques, Notos and Bills of Exchang* for general use, kept in Stock, Wholesale and RetaiL ^^^^ BURLAND, LAFRICAIN A CO. GALBRAITH « BROWN, TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, USVBANICS mSTITOTS BUILDISU, Otwit St. James Street. All orders supplied at tho low est possible prieea. Q HEAP DRY GOODS STORE. GAGNON, WATSON A CO., Importers of, and Wholeealo and Ratnil Dealers In. BRITISH, FRKNOn AND AMERICAN DRY GOODS, No. .303 NOTRE DAME STREET, 303 MONTEBAL. MeEsrs. 0., W. 4 Co. respectfully inform their friends and customers that they have removed to their old stand, No. 303 Notbk Damb Stmw, and will continue to keep a well-assorted Stock of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS. Their leading departments are : SILKS-Blaok, Gros Grain, Gros de Nanles, Radaa- mere. Tissues, Fancy, Plain and Coloured in every shade and variety. SnAWI.S, DKESa goods, mantles, BOSiURT OLOVBS. LACE GOODS, RIBBONS, SEWED MUSLINS, AXt> BRADLEra CELEBRATED DrPLEJT STEEL nOOP SKIRTS. Together with a very extenatve Stock of FAMILY AND COMPLIMENTARY MOURNING GOODS. The largest and best aaaortwl atook of Woollen. Merino and Cotton HOSIERY to be found in the olty. Alrzandsb's asp Dt;oHiiBa'8 KID in all ihadel and siaea. GLOVES oiitrval .sliaist &,ut\it ILLUSTRATED SUPTLEMENT. MONTKHAL, MONDAY, DKCKMIiKR 2.-,, l-C,".. [I'lticK 7^1). (fVoM II :).tUiiia l)rti..l,i,ni:imn'l l,y.l. II. W,fll., r.i'.r llu .M.,i,lri,il l.\i;,llr.) ITGS. LAURENCE A. A Dry Ditch, about 8 feet Joop B. Tlio Town Wail, tlie I'arapetof nhioh is oniy about 4 foettliiclt, of masonry. C. Monsieur VauJrcuil, the (Jovornor-Ciono.'ari Palace and tlie I'arndo. D. Montieur de Longucuil's Ilouse. E. Tlie Furt. nnly a Cavalier, without u I'iirapet. F. House of Mens do Cullicio. U. Sisters of tho Congregation. I. Tho Jesuits' ilirdi'ns unl Chureh. K Tho I'arish f huroh. L. Hardens of Muns. Bra-ison anl de (^luain. M. Tho ^Mnn')^y Hosia'aland •■ardeus, N. The Market I'laco. 0. Kooollcts Convent a: d 11 nicni 1'. Reo.iilet i; ito, v. Tlio Pow ler M.inazire. Ml L* O. Mons. Liniereb' (liirdens. MU.NTUEAL IN THE LAST CENTURV. Ajijicarance of l/tf City. The above plan of tho city, originally " pub- lished ly Tlicnms J llerys, tieo(;rnpher to His Royal lliglmess the Prince of Wales, Jan, 17,"j8." (George the Second's Frederick of unfortunate mcuioiy) speaks for itaelt. The town then con- sisted of what are now the East, West and Cen- tre Wards, St Mary a, St Joseph's, and St Law- rence's Suburbs, were only throwing out the first shrota of the architectural tree which now threatens to o'ershadow the Mountain, and St Ann's, St Antoine, and St Louis Suburbs, were merely represented by the de Oulliere, the de Liniere, and another Seigniorial homesleireat St James Street, and seems to have been ap|iropriated to the use of the Protestants. As it 13, bones and other sad relics ol humanity i are generally found when the earth i-< 'lintiirbed in thelocalitiesinquestion. Large (luanti'ii s were exhuned when the foundations ot the Weslexan Chureh in Great St James Street were excavated, I —others have been dug up in Notre DaineStnet, j at its intersection with the Place d'Armes, and still more along the sidewalk below the llauk of [ liriiish North America. This the jiroprietors [ near the places ii.dicated, but especially on tho 1 North side of Great St James Street, may readily verily by digging a foot or two into their cellars. The Catholic Cemetery seems to have been trans- ferred to St Antoine Suburbs in the early part of the present century, Rn en Tru«tee.s to rercive a dei d i f the l.iirj i[,i: (.-round in lru.':'}''"V7'''';i the (iM^iiion will prohsbly iirH« wIih li.^r i will be li'ri'e,! into u public garden or divijid into buildiug lota. „ ., ,. Thf FoTliKC'itionf But to fpvprl to the eiirly rtnysof Montreal It3 first fortitiiti'iona were h mere imlnmle has my tbr.wn up to protect the hutB ol the se ler whi-n tl.iU tM,nsumiu;ite mpo /.» '"' J*"'' ^ warriors pro-eeded to burn and harry all the .ut- seUlenients on the island. These were aubae- nuently Hupplenieuted liy i bastion and a detec- tive r.^1. nib. , built on a little h,ll on what is now Dalhousie »inare, the which la Btill, called /,- CibiMU by 1 he oldest inliabitanta. This was lonx previous to HJO, when, aaya Smith, in bia His- tory of Oanada;— . "Tho wooden worUi. ervtel f'-r"'? i;.''";;'^" I;;, Mc.M real >T«re in .u.h a state o' 'b "indiitinu that ho (i.,vornii.oiit of t'riiiioa, uirccte.l bv an «rrct. h.it stone work. bhouldbeerrcteil. and iw.iycars.itier hey ■ere boKun. The money .im.eiutod t . three h. n Ired thousand ivrot (a hvrewa« equal to ''"l- '« ' «,";i llvaneoiaid paid by the intoDd^ntou ot theK. yal Troa"ury. The K inn ot France," oontoiuea t miih. " by an Arret of his Oouned of .State, in the year. 1 ,41, directed that one-half of that suin shouM reiuain on Hit .M ijosty 8 account, ai.d that the ^eiuinary it M nlreal (?t. Suli.ice) and the inhabitants shou.d he obliiod to rep 'y the "iher half to bis tiUmli ■ Ihe °o minlry as Lords of llio Island of Montreal, two thou "nd l.rres. and tlio citizens fou- thoii.<.ind livros »nnu.illy ui.tdtheeai.ital was paid til. 1 i.cse s;i i,s oontinutd lo hooilectea u„iil. the year I, o'. Ihe niKi^otrepirtiti n and colkciion wa8 settle i hy the Judi,'9of Montreid iind the Attorney I leueral, ana h'luohmatedbyilHlJoverncjrand .ntendauii sotliat whatever sum or prop.rlion ol the four ihou.aud livrea they raioil oaidi cilizm, he w s cumpoUtd to pay by the Uoyal Cuu-tulilontreal. ' Wars and rumours of wars were then circling through the air; the EuKliah colonies oil the At- lantic Coast were contemplating the extinction ot i French power on this continent, and c inseiiuenl- I ly "there was no example of refusal ever known. The tax was cheerfully paid." This more sub- j atantial iiuadrangle of defeuccs-which, by the way, was never [lut to any practical use— and could not keep out Amherst in ITiJO or Mont- gomery's "Provincials' in 1775, was " htteen feet high with bitllements; having six or seven gates, lar«e and small," one of which was at the North-Eastside ot Dalhousie Square, another at the foot of Jacipies Oartier Place; anotheratthe foot of St Sulpice Street, and still another at the Custom House S(iuare— then a market place-the remaining three being on the outlets of the fol- lowing streets ; Port, N'citre Dame (West) and St Lawrence. Itsexisteuce is perpetuated by t orti- Gcalion Lane, on the line of which its .North- Wtsteruface principally extended. Hemooal ol the Forlificat'.ons. In the early part of the present century, the city hiving o'erleaped its former bounds, and the walla having become a decided nuisance, it was resolved to remove them. The Lower Canada House of Assembly, in 1801, consequently passed an Act appointing the Hon James McUiU, the foun lerof .MeGiil College ; Hun John Richardson, and Jean .Marie Mondelet, N.P., father of Mr Justice Mondelet, Comm'ssioners, &c , to reruove them. The walls had been erected at the joint , expense of the Government and citizens. A si- j milar partition attended the cost of their remov- al, the expense being equally divided between the \ Government and the citizens. When this work I had been completed (anno 1817), the Commission- l ers proceeded to lay out a square and wider - street on the Western terminus of the city ; and, | readily agreeing, decided to perpetuate the me- | morv of their labours by conferring their name j on the square, (the present Hay Market,) which . was accordingly dubbed " Commu-sioners I Square,'' and continued to be known as such un- 1 til a few days before the Prince of Wales' arrival, | when some of the Councillors very cleverly pro posed to alter its name to Victoria Square in commemor,itiunoi%&A visit; the which was done, and strange to say, after all the talking, and m.inument erecting proposals, it is the only me- morial of the Prince's visit to Montreal, the Fortification Removal Commissioners readily came to an agreement respecting the name of their square, but seem to have had a little " till' over the name of the new street. Before they widened it, it was called St Auguslin Street. Mr McGiU SuffBcctcd that, in its new state, it should be C 11 d McGilfSlreet, and entered it as such on the deed of homologation. Mr Richardson con- tended, on the contrary, that it shou.d be callea after him, and did likewise on the deed. Mr Monddct also put in his claim, arguing with equal justice that it should be kDOV,n as .Mondelet Street, and in his turn also entered it as such. It is hard to tell which legal Paris decided the question between these three contestants, but the deed now ir the r/rc(V shows th.it Mr Riehard- ani's and Mr Mondelet'a names were eraned, and Mr MclJiU's allowed to remain. U is dillicult to Hay if any portion of the old French wall la still above ground, The water front of the Quebec (iate liarrack is supposed to be built up- on a part of it, and is the only portion lelt, being with the old liarrack on Water .itreet, near the Military Hospital, the only vestige remaining ot French military power in this city, The Ooverii- inent store housi s of Ihe nncien rr;itmf were in the same part of the town. East of the Honsenoiirs Church ; and owing to the venality of Varin,^^ the (Joinmissary of the Marine,' and .tl artel, the Storekeeper," two gentlemen who displayed great talent in cheating the French (Jovernment out of its stores, and charging for ttiem twice over, early received the name of L, a naive which Still adhereato the lane on which they abutted. MilUunt Onjanization of the I'roviwe. At this period, 17J'.i, Montreal contaiiied -l 000 inhabitants. Three Rivers \fi 0, and (Juebec b,700, the total population of the cnlony being estimat- ed at '.'U 000, 8,0110 of whom were Indians. Never- theless the military organization of the Province was so perfect that Montreal alone had a niilitia force of about l.OOo effective men. 'Tina was by virtue of the Feudal Law of Fiefs, which obliged every man in the colony-the Noblesse excepted ' -to enroll himself in the Militia, and provided for the appointment of a Captain in every Parish, 1 who was responsible to Government tor the drill and good order of his men. " WhoD the (! jvorninont winter! the seryioes of the Militia as aoluicrs, the Cijlonol.s of Militia, or the Town .M ijore, in oonseqaenco ot a ro^uipition troiii the IJivornorlieneral. sent orders to, the tovoral Captains ol .\Miua in th9 Co'intry Panshos, to lur^ nib a certain number ot Milit amen chosen by tho,e ollioors, who ordered the drafts into town under an e covt,iommanded bv an ollicor of Militia, wtto cm- ducted thorn t.i the Town Major who furnished eacdi Militiaman with a Kun, a caput, a Can*?'*?,'; »^^V* breech clout, a cotton shirt, a cap, a pair »f 1«K W- a pair of Indian shoos and a b'anket 'fef w"!'' ''' they were raaichod to the garrison fir which thoy were destined. The Militia were gener.illv reviewed onco or twice a yeir to inspect Iheir arms. j i So far our chronicler. He omits to state what drill they *ere subjected to, but we gather from \ other sources that they acted as partisans or bush rangers, and the employment being con- genial to the martial race they readily came for- ward whenever the war drum sounded, and the French Carignan, Carillon. Languedoc, liearne, Guienne, La Sarre, Berry and Royal Roussillon infantry regiments, then stationed in the colony, marched forward to the tune ot Malirouk s'en va en yuerre We learn from the same source, and quote the statement for the edihcation of the public of the present day-that the French Canadians, although only numtier- ing from 80,000 to 90,f'00 souls,— Amheisl s regiments being included in the previous enu- meration of the population of the colony ,-were so martial and well organized that they had 01 companies, or 7,97ii men in the Government of Quebec, I'.l companies, or 1,115 men in the Govern- ment of Three Rivers, and 87 companies, com- prising 7,331 men in the Government of Montreal, "making the total effective Militia men at the reduction of the colony 20,433 mea." 1 MiHtanj AJministralion. i The organization, too, was very simple, con- ] sistine in Three Rivers and Montreal of the . following Staffs : a Governor, pay 3,000 livres ; I a Lieutenant du Roi, '2,000; and a -Town Major, ' 1 200 The sum of 1,300 livres was also allowed, i as appears by General Murray's report, for ' pay I of the garrison," but as no garrison existed, in i latter years at least, these 1,.'J0') livres "were per- 1 nuisites to the several Governors," who gener- ' ously allowed the Town Majors 100 livres and 1 two barrels of powder " for signing the rolls ot these prolitable men in buckram. i Titles and Pay of the Legal Authorities. The legal gentlemen employed 'othe civil ad- ! miuistration of the city were by i.o means so w-ell ' ortid as their military conter- loraries, as the " Lieutenant-General Civil," o.Sherill, only re- ceived a yearly allowance of 4" J livres, or i 18 los. 3lg per annum, and the " P ^cur?iir du Roi or King's Attorney, 250 livr- a, or Xlo 8d 4d. a year; scarcely enough tr pay for the powdering of his ponderous wig • nenever he had to ai>pear before any of the eleven bigger wigs of the bon- seil Superieur," or General Court of the Oolony. The titles uf auother ci.iss of huiclionarie=, somp of whom were quartered in the city for the behoof of the disorderly and evil subjects of llis Most Christian Majesty," will remind the re_ader of Olivier le Daira, Petit Jean, and some of the other characters so graphically described in "Quentin Durward." Those were the " Prevot des Marechaux de France," salary 500 livres, and lo livres per diem when IravoUing-an ofhcer who was employed in tracing roads, and apiiears to have been a crosa between a Police MagHlrata and a Land Surveyor. An " Exempt' under him, who had Ihe smaller salary ol joo livres, and " 7 livrea 10 sols travelling charges, when In tlie execution of his ollice," a species of detective, m fact, the only one in the district. Four Arch- ers" 175 livres each, and -what do you guess, reader-neither mine nor less than anotliet I etlt Jean, "a Hangman," with the comparalively re- spectable sum of " 300 livres" per annum. His- tory does not state whether this distinguished "liulsher" resided here. The probabilities aro that he formed |)art and parcel of the Governor- General's retinue at tiuebec, where, after the Con- (iiiesl, a black man named Frank lilled the ini- porlant post, and was so "popular and well liked that a person could argne„bimself un- known if he was not known by lilack brank, for the truth of which, sec that pleasant, chatty book by Philibert de Gaspe, the " Canadians of Customs Duties, .j-c, in the Old Duys. ' Small as were the greater part of these sala- ries they seem to have been sullicient, com- bined with their other means, as provisions were comparatively cheap, and no luxuries such aa tea, sugar, Ac, were usually imported. Wine only paid a duty of loa. per hhd. ; rum, i jtl ; bottled wine, Jd per bottle, and Ban de \ le, 5d per gal , the duty from these sources produc- ing £8,018 2s !!d in 1737, the revenue of the (.ov- I ernment from all sources only aitiounting to A 13,- ! 004 Via lOJd. A drawback again from which of i;523 was allowed to the Governors for liquors imported by them. All these duties were col- lected at Quebec as Montreal was not constitut- ; ed a Port of Entry until 1832. This pleasant stateof things, cheapness of provisions, &c., did ' not, however, last long, and It is surprising hovj the functionaries of the ancien rejjime managed to exist and get along towards the close of tho ' first halt of the eighteenth century, at which period, by the way, 1752, the export of the cereals of the country began, two vessels sai ing from .Quebec in that year with wheat to Marseilles, ' which " was found merchantable. JJiijh Prices of J'rovisions in the llth Century. "The brave, long-winded, enduring and frugal inhabitants, "constantly employed in parties against the English Colonies, had not time to cultivate their lands, and though the scarcity of arain had long been made known to the Govern- ment of the country, yet the creatures and friends of Intendant Bigot were allowed to ship off vast quantities of wheat to the Westlndiesto the manifest injury of the people of the colony ; i so much so that wheaten bread waa a rarity , and they had to subsist on oats and barley, ibis proved to be the case for some time after the con- (luest, as may be seen by the Proclamation issued in January, 1700. " By His Excellency James Murray, Esquire, Brigadier-General, Ac, &c , of all Hia Majesty's Forces in the River St. Lau- rence," kc , &c., who found it necessary to hith« prices of provisions at the following rates, to ll- cenbe all " British Bakers and Butchers,' and or- der that a departure from them should entail a penalty of live pounds, and imprisonment it the offence was repeated :-Bread, per lb ; white, od ; ! middling sort, 4d ; brown, 3d. Butcher's meat : beef, 5d; mutton, lOd; veal, ()d ; pork, 4d. ' Prices had been much higher before the procla- mation of this order, and it is a wonder how the French officials managed to make both ends meet. Monsieur Bigot's " card money" factory was then in full blast, and as he managed in three years alone, 1757-9, to issue Letters of Exchange on the French Treasury to the amount of 00,000,000 livres, which were duly honored, it is clear that they could well afford to pay more than 5d for white bread and lOd for mutton. Trade of the Cittj. The custom returns of the last year of the past century, show that the trade, of the colony was tr fling, and that it centred at Quebec. A tew =.ail boats kept up the communication between the two towns, and were of so light a draft that they could easily moor alongside the river bank and load from it. Vessels of upwards of 300 tons could not ascend to Montreal, and its foreign trade was carried on by small brigs and barques, many of which were built in shipyards at the foot of the current. This being the case, a glance at the pioneers of a new order of things, -at the commencement of a work which materially as- sisted to place Montna! in the proud position she now occupies as one of the great centres of com- munication on the Northern continent, will prove probably interesting. The QuebecJlercuryoH\iB : (Uh November, 1809, thus describes the farst of thes '—a vessel built by the Honorable John Mol- aon, in this city ; — „ ■ , , . i i "On Saturday morning, at 8 o'clock arrived here, ' from Montreal, being her liret tnp, the steamboat \ \ \ ad iiiippftrt iipl" under ) livr('B,mnl rlien In the etectWe, ia uiir " Arch- yoii xupaa, lotliei I'elit ra lively re- mum. HiB- IstinKuialieJ uliilities aro B linvcrnor- Fter tlieCon- llcd tlio im- r" Bnd well iiinisflt' iin- iick Fmnk," sunt, eliiitty JaiiudiHuuof I l)ii;/3. ( thcae aalft- licient, cora- 3 proviaionS DU liiiiiriea ly imported, r hlid. ; rum, , Ertu de Vie, ircps produc- 3 of the (Jov- ilingto £13,- om which of d for liiiuora fa were col- lot constitut- riiia pleasant iona, tec, did irpriaing bow ime managed I close of the ry, at which of the cereals 1 sailing from to Marseilles, nih Century, ng and frugal ed in parties I not time to he scarcity of ,0 the Govern- jreaturcs and Uowed to ship West Indies to >f the colony ;" ^a a rarity, and barley. This ! after the con- itmatioD issued ellenoy James 111, &c., &c , of iiver St. Lau- !99ary to fix the Qg rates, to li- chera," and or- hould entail a sonment if the lb : white, 5d; iutcher'a meat : ;d; pork, 4d." ore the procla- ronder how the joth ends meet. lotory was then in three years Exchange on the t of GO.OOO.OOO it is clear that ore than 5d for year of the past the colony was ;juebec. A few icntion between ght a draft that ! the river bank rarda of 300 tona and ita forcii^n ■iga and barques, yardaat the foot ase, a glance at ■ tbinga,— at the h materially as- roud position she ; centres of com- inent, will prove ec Merciir;/ of the ribes the first of orable John Mol- ock arrived here, ip, the steamboat ILU.STUVTKIt .v.rPI'I.KMKNT To TIIK MiiNTllH.M, (i.\/.KTTH. I 'Accfmnuidali' n.' wl'h ten I'lUKcnKcrH, 1hi» \n the lir.it \ll^»e\ i f thekiml ihat ever api>flar»ear. will bo confi- derably' auguiontej. Jvo wind or liilo can stop her. Sho lias '■■ foot kcol, and K'. footon dtik. Therrioo for a pasinKP up is nii.e dollars, and einnt dollars di.wn, thfl vfHHel supi'ly- inv iTcivmioni'. 'flie ureiit advani age a tie ndioK a ves- sel 80 oiniitiuclcil Ik, that a iiasnaKeiiuL} beoa'oiilat- «iltn t)ftdc(tero(f icrtair- ty. in point ot'tiire : which Odnnot be the case with any vffsci iroiiellcd by aail, only. The steamboat receives her inipiil!* ircm an open double iipoked, periioiiUiouliir wheel, in eorh tide without aiiy cir- cular bond or rim To the end of each double bpoke is li.x^d a fuunro bosrd, which enters the wa'er. and by the rotary niotu n of the V* jl actH like a pad- dle. The wheels lueiut and kept in motion by (toim, operating within the vessel. A mast is to be 11x0(1 in her, tor the pur- pofe of using a sail when the wiijd is favorable, which will oc'ca'ionally accelerate her head- way." Another steamer call- ed the Strif(sure was built in 1813, and seems to have been quite a pa- lace compart d with the Accomnwdution. She hada"ladies' ciibiu. con- taining eight bertha or couches for reposing ;" a gentlemen's cabin," cal- culated to lodge forty- four persons with conve- nience, decorated with pilasters, medallions, cornices, curtaina, Ac, and was 13" feet kiel by 24 feet beam. The tiri^t passage to Q"ebec was made in " only -2 hours and a half, notwithstand- ing the wind was easter- ly and blowing strong." A few ytars before the advent of these levia- thanson this continent — theae vessels that could defy "wind and tide" — the mail communica- tions of the Province were almost as primitive as those ot the Mother Country in the seven- teenth century. In the winter of 1792, there was only a fortnightly mail between Mon- treal and the United States, a monthly mail with England, and a fortnightly mail with the "Upper Countries." In the winter of 1797, a great step was taken,— the mail to Burlington was dispatched once a week, aLd the mail to England every fortnight. EliSKINE CHURCH. The large church which has been erected tliis summer on the corner of St. Catherine and Peel Streets, ia for the congregation of the Rev. Dr. Taylor, who, being nearly all residents ot the West end of the city, found it necessary to part with their present building, and erect a new one in a more central locality. The foundation was built in the autuma of last year; the works were re-eommenccd eatty the lullowiug spriug, aud being pushed on with rigour, the walls were built and tower erected, and enclosed by the roofs and spires, in good time this autumn. The finish- ing of the interior will be proceeded with this win- ter, BO as to enable the congregation to hold Di- vine Service there in May next. The building ia 134 feet by 82 over projections, the recess. The base- ment id 14 feel clear height, and ia of the whole aize of the build- ing,!' inning scImmiI room, vestries, .tiv Tin- archi- tect ia.Mr. C. P. Tliinuas. The contractors are : — For ma.Hon^' work, Wil- son k McPiirlaup ; car- penter:!' work, McDonald k Holtnea ; plaaterera' work, Phillips AWand ; metal work, W. Reed; painting, II Milieu ; gla- zing, .1.0 Hpeiu'e ; heat- ing, \V. N'ichoUou. ERSKINE CHURCH. Lnoravcd l^t/J. II. Wall.irfor tlie Moi:trtul Gaictlr. 90 feet in height from ground to apex of roof, 50 clear height inside Tower 22 leit (-(luare, 120 feet in height, and total height of tower ntd B|iire 185 feet. It is ralcula'ed Ihal the building will afford comlorlable bitting accommudaliou for 1,200 people. The style of the church ia of the 2nd, or so- called Geometrical iieiiod of En) church and galhrita. In the interior the pe«s are made curved, radiating from the pulpit. The galleries occupy three sides of the church, and are approached by four staircases, one being at either end. The pulpit ia in an arched and groin- ed recess at the end, with atained glasa windows, platform Ac , and will have communication with the minister's vestry, and library, at the back of The congregation o f this church ntgaui/ted itself into a religious as- sociation in or about the lirst quarter of the pre- ■enl century, and was conatituted at the in- Itance of several Scot- tish Emigrants ciiuuect- ed with the Secesaioo Church of l^cotlrtnd, who, " when wriliiig to their friends at hi me, com- plained of the religious deatitutiun in which they felt themselves here," and ultimately induced the United Associate Sy- nod to send out several ministers. (Jne of theae Gentlemen, the Rev. Mr. lobertaou, arrived here in 183.! and proceeded to form the lirat SecesaioQ Church. Thegreatcho- lera of iLat year, how- ever act in, and one of its lirat and most regn tted viclima was Mr. Kobert- aon, In the following year the R'v. Mesars. Murray and TayhT were sent out, and directed to complete the good work which Mr. Robertson had begun. The congre- gation then met in Mr, lUuce's achool room, io McGill Street, but this, owing to the impulse the congieatiun now receiv- ed, soon proved too small, and the temporary use of the American Presbyterian Church, then fully completed, was requested, and free- 1 y ai d gratuitously granted at such hours aa It was not needed by ita own congregation. In the meantime the foun- dations of the building on Lagauchetiere Street, now about to be vaca- ted for the more com- modious building, de- picted in the above engraving, were luul, and the building waa niiiidiv advancing, when the cholera again pet in", find the work had to be abandoned. Tie firtt btorv had then been erected. This waa now liHStily covered in, and nearly fifteen years elapstd ere the edifice was finally completed in Hcccrdance with the origin,! design; the Re- verend VVm. Taylor, the present learned and venerable incumbent, being installed as its first liastor. The church then, in I&34 5, consisted of 200 members, and Miiiported a Sabbath School in connection therewith, which was largely attend- ed, and taui;hl by sixteen or seventeen members of the congregation. The church has since large- ly increased in numbers and wealth, and is pmong the most ir.fiuential in the city. The old 'ouild- ing alluded to is a striking example of the truth of Hishop Hcikely's older proverb, that " Wist- ward the .star of Empire wends Its way." Al- thot;hh in the heart almost of the city, the time is not far distant when it was looked upon as "very unfavorable,'' on account of its distance from the city.'' The Pres de Ville market then stood on the site of the ground presently occupied by the Chriatian Brothers; and Craig Street was an open ditch, crossed here and there by wooden bridges. ILMSUTATKI) Sfl'l'l,K.MKN I' I'o TIIH MoNTI.KAl, C.A/.KTTK. ar. JAtll'H'.OlIJllOU Thijh'iililiriB, Biliutpil on Si. UiilhtTiiie .Street I West), \» ft UDO'I ei- ftmple or early Kiik- liHh ftri'hitci'tiiri', Biiil consisU 1)1' u imvc, clmn- col, organ cliiinln'r, vi-a- try, tower imilaiiire. Tlio nitvc ij H I ici'i by I J feot, eimiiiul liy ail open tiiiilicrcil roof rlAnn to tlu'lic'inlit ol IJ left, the I'riiii'iiuilj ol wliich S|iriiix Irom jiolislipd Bioie cortii'lij. Theclmn- ci'l ia 111 !i'ct d'M'p by 20 t'l'i'l wii|p,n!iil of prii|M)r« lioiiiili' lii'iiiht, tlie C'il- inu biinn "viaiii'tn bead- ed" in fllml>P, and dcco- rati'ii wiib Kiild atara on a tiliio Mniiind, The tower Is on the W( at side o( tbi> church, disiirct from iIih main biiiliiiuK, Imt connected with it by a corridor, whicli, with the lower 8'ory of tlie tower, forma the principal entrance. The Hpiro rises to n htinht of 130 feet. The chancel window consiata of live compartiiipnta in wiiMi, and ia finished with a rich tracerled head— in the centre opcn- DK ia a full-length fi:iuro of the Saviour in atained glass ; the rest of the v.indow being filled with glaf^s of a geometrical design. Two ot the side windowa, and tlie centre lancet windowa in the South gable, are also staintd ginsa, illustra- tiye of Scriptural sub- jerta. The tower and apire are thegift of Mrand Mrs Charles Phillips, as a memorial of a deceased brother. In the lower siory are three atained glass windowa commem- orative of the object, and alao illustrating Scrip- ture subjects. The material used for the building ia Montreal stone ; the roof being covered with alate from the Melbourne quarries. The church poaseases a very fine organ, and we understand that a peal of bells is shortly to be p'are 1 in the tower The ?eaf3, which are open, alford accommodation for 5.")0 sittings. The ar- chitects are Messrs Lawford and Nelson. TRINITY CHDRCII, VIGER SQUARE. This noble edificf, of which we give an interior view, was onnned tVir Divine Worship in Septem- b-rlast. The building is in the early English style of Gothic architecture, and consists of nave and aislea, chancel, tower, and spire. The lower story of the tower, which is the only portion of it at present finished, forma the principal entrance porch ; and there arc, in addition, two aide en- trances giving accesa to both baaement and gal- leries. Theh-iigth of the church inside ia 114 feet and the width C^ feet. The chancel, which is in the form of an apse, is SC, feet wide by 23 feet deep. The nave is 4 ' feet wide, and has a groined ceiling, ri.iingto a height of 32 ft. The molded ribs dividing the groins, spring fron; corbels between the nav> arches-the corbels conaistiag of small shafts, with foliated catia and baaes. The piers of the nave are formed by clustered shafts, and the moldings of the arches are bold, and well undercut. The aialea, in which the galleries are placed, are each 12 feet 6 inches wide, and have panelled plaster ceilings, with the roof timbers exposed. The front of the gallery ia made to pro- ject between the nave piers in such a way as to form an agreeable variation to the usually stiflf and formal outline of this feature. The body of the church is lighted by 12 windows of three lights, each with traceried heads, There arecle- CHUROH OF ST. JAMES THE APOS Euijraivd hi/ J. II, Wall.rr /nr the Mcntrml Ui.-etir, reatory windows over these formed in the roof. The chancel is lighted with five two-light win- dows, also with traceried heads. The ceiling ia groined, and the ribs springing from lone and slender shafts in the angles of the apse. Under the windowa ihere ia a uredoa, consisting of an arcade of small, criap-headed archea and columna. The side windows are glazed with quarried liirhts, with a stained glass margin round the different compartments. The clerestory windowa are filled with atained glasa of Viried deaign. The chancel windows, of which there ia only one at preaent completed, are to be fitted with rich stained glasa. The one finishf d ia a memo- rial to the Rev Mr Willoughby, a former Incum- bent of the church. The pulpit, reading desk and lectern, are rich and appropriate m design, the carving being par- ticularly well executed. The pewa are all open, and flITord accommodation for 1,300 sittings. Under the church ia a large and well-lighted basement, 14 feet high, divided into Sunday and dav school, library, classrooms, &c. In rear of, and attached to the church, is a building now almost completed, containing sexton's house, veatry, poor-relieving room, and steam apparatus for heating the church. The completion of the tower and spire— the gift of William Molson, Esq,— is already under contract, and will be finished in the course of the ensuing summer. The spire will rise to a height of 218 feet. The church is built of native limestone. The body of the work being of natural face-coursed ashlar The weather- ings, groined and mold- ed work aie finely chisel- led. The roof is cover- ed with slate fr< m the Eastern Townships, laid In ornamental bands.— The spire will be framed of wood, and covered with galvani/.ed iron. The contractors for the stone work are liiiir- goin A llruneau ; for the wood work, Kdward • Maxwell; jdaatering, Phillips 1^ Wand ; paint- ing, II, Millen ; stained glass, J, 0, Spcnce; heating, lighting and ventihiliim, 0, (Jarth ; clerk of the work, T, Parkinson, The build- ing has been designed by, and carried out, under the able superintendence of Messis, Lawford & Nelson, architects. Trinity Church, St. Paul Street, Montreal, formerly occupied hy the congregation of Tri- nity Church, Viger Square, was built by th» late Mnjor Plenderleith Christie, who, by deed of donation, transferred it to the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, reserving the presentation to hia heirs, represented b y Trustees, the first of whom were Colonel Wil- gresa, the late Jeffry Hale, and W. McGinnis, Esq. It was opened for Divine Service in 1840, under the incumbency of the Rev. Mark Wil- loughby, who had charga of it until his death by ship fever in 1847. Ha was aucceeded in 1848 by the Rev. A. Digby Campbell, l^f. A., on whose resignation, in 1858, the present incum- bent, the Rev. Charles Bancroft, D.D., Canon of Christ Church Cathe- dral, was appointed, (lately the Rev. Horatio Grey was appointed as- sistant.) The building was ca- pable of seating about 750 per.'ons ; until 1859 it was filled by a most respectable and influen- tial congregation. About that time the Pio- teatant population of Montreal gradually be- gan to move Westward, and ere long it was considered, ow.ng to that cause, and the proximity ot the church to the Bonsecours market, advisable to diapoae of it and build another in a more deairable locality. Thia waa finally decid- ed upon in 18G0, when the church in Oosford Street, which had been occupied by the Christ Church congregation after the burning of the old Cathedral, until the erection of their hand- some edifice in St. Catherine Street waa pur- chased. This church accommodated about the same number as the old one in St. Paul Street. It waa soon found to be too small for the increas- ed, and continually increasing congregation, and waa only purchased for temporary occupation, while plans for building a large and more suitable church were being considered, matured and car- ried into execution. The committee, selected by the congregation, to whom they intrusted this verv important work, appear to have acted with deliberation and judgment in the selection of a site, as well as in the style and general plan of the church. The situation chosen is command- ing-fronting on St. Denis Street, while nearly the whole side of the cbureh is open to Viger Square. Since the opening of the church on the 17th of September last, the congregation has been steadily increasing ; already about fifty families have taken pews in addition to those who were pew holders in the old church. The building is capable of seating about 1,400. The pews are TLB, ll.i U-iTi;ATil> Sl^rPLKMKNT TO Till', MdNTll-.M. i:\/.\:\\V. rentpd at to nucli rich •Itlinu, THfyinK, iin- oorilinir tii miimtion, fniiM ?7 ildwn ir> fij r«rli IiirHiiniim Ttieae rnti'S «t« t ii'efilinKly moderHtf, I Brikuliir y as Ihi y lire not Hiilijict to piirili'iHc money. Till- Siiiiil»y pchool atliiclied Id ttip cliiirch Blrewily iiimitirrs near- ly 4 0, anil till re ia ft iliiy (leliiM'l of about on, liHlt' of wlirm re- ceivB Knttuiloua i D - itrucciun. AMKKICA.M'llKSBY TElllANOIllJKClI. TliH American I'rca- byteiiiiii Ohiireh, a t tlie corner ol Dorcliis- ter iind Uruiniuond Htn eU, is A miisaivp, plain tjiiildiiiK, the ar- chitecture emnloyed being of a very varied character. It la an ex- act copy of I'ark I'res- livterinn (Miiirch i n Brooklyn, N, Y. Tlieapire, at the cor- ner of the two atreeta, riara with a graceful form to the height of 2UU feet from t h e ground. The audito- rium ia nearly tquare on the plan. All the pewg are curved, ao that aittera will face the preacher without the iuconvenience of turiiing partially around. The front of the gal- leries form a figure re- ■emblicg an ellipse ; at one end (that fur- thest from Dorcbeater Street) ia placed the pulpit, and immediate- ly benirid is the org in and choir. The church will com- fortably seat over 1,200 persona. The lecture and school rioma are in rear of the church, and are each capable of ac- commodating 200 peraona. The ceilinj; of the church and walla are to be painted in fresco ; and the windows are filled with stained trlasi". The coal, exclusive of the ground, is about fifty thousand dollars. The contractors for the mnaona' wnrk are Mesara. Payette 4 Perrault; for the curpeutera' work, Georue Roberts; plasterine, Phillips & Wand ; paiiiting, A. Craie; roofing and healins, Prowee & MiFarlane. Tho whole carrleii out under the stii erintendance of Alex. U. Hutchi- son, architect. It appears from Boaworth'a " Hochelsaa l)e- picta" that the American Presbvterian Congre- gation in this city was organised in Dtcember, 1833, and that the persons who then established it were oriuinally members of the St Andrew's Congresation, then in pnssi's.-iinn of the old church of that name in St. Peter .Stieot. " Keel- ing them?! Ivea aggrieved by certain measures thire i)ur8iied, they seceded, and formed them- selves into a body with a name sianilieant of their natioral origin." Bosworth then goes on to aay, that for a longtime the new congrega- tion was destitute of any house for public wor- ahip, and, after considerable delay, purchased the piece of ground on the corner of Great St James Street and the Haymarket, now occupied by Mr. Harrison Stephen's new store, and imme- diately proceeded to erect a suitable building, the corner stone of which was laid in June, 182.5 The building thus erected was occupied in the winter of 1826, " although then in a very un- finished stale," and two or three years aeema to have elapsed before it was thiirou^lily completed. Its first pastor was the Rev. Joseph S Christ- mas, ayoung gentleman of great piety and talent, who assumed pastoral control in August, 1834, at the early age of 21 years, and ministered un- til 1828, when he was compelled by the state of his health to resign his charge. The Rev. Mr Bonar, the present Pastor, paid the following beautiful and eloquent tribute to hia memory, in NTERIOR OF F.UO'-r.u !,i .1, II. I TRINITY OHURO : :k',r m,- till- M,nl,-t,:l fu ■:ll. the memorial sermon delivered in tl e old church on the ;il)lh A|M-il, IS ;,'>, the day or; W; ith the congregation HriHlly left it : — "Mr. CliriHtin;i.i, nltlinn;^li nnly in hi-* fwi-ii ty-nr^t yi'iir, Will in cvt-ry rcspcrt a truly rf irmrkiililc iniin, !unl fxi'i'tfil All intln< nee ui>'in ttiis church uiid upnii the .■^Itirlti] il jntt'rcstt, of tin* city, Krciitcr, pcrlmpn, than UP ith'f nmn llo posjicflscil a 'fclicatn niKirni/ n, i •■> n HI tho lii'iinty cf tilH ciiinph'xion rihT Rniccs t-f I t, r ■■» II. S"tli;it hid vn,-y npp>'iiriilicH jiitcrcntcd th'Mo I \^ ih tt!ii>iii he met. (Iniccfiil, Kciiial tiinl uprightly, WiJi .1 u vc fnr Miitiiriil MciMiery iiiKJ .^pft^wion tor poetry iirnt ,!riiwin,r, tie Iniii iin un'tecstninliiii? thiit wnx P'-iih. t iitini;. I'leiir itiiil rti'iiiol, iiii'I a nieiie ry reiiLaiktihle for its retenti.insn us. t'e^iileH this hirt piety wiiH (lecpniiil nnleiil, Jm kiiowledui' exti'ii.tivo jintl v;irie(i, tiin devu- tioii to till work uiithiuL'inir. hi;* feurle-*-! ti'Ift ty aoil Ithlitiner*.', of Hpeci'li.-ucli, tlmt iieeorditiK to Ilr. .^piiiL'iie'rt Aiiiiai,, of tlie Aiiieiiean Pulpit i>er>ons -i ine times left the chnrcli in Montreal. 'hrealeniiiL.- to slioit ' im. Vet alonu' with this lieliad a heart keenly sen-itive ami iinick to s\ mpathi/e with any f-,rm of sulh-riioj:. lie was ad- niiiahly adapted to the peculiar waiits of the conmemi tioii and of t he city, ns well as (jiiiek to impiove . ppor- tiuiilies, and to turn even apparent di.-advantau'es to protit. He Tl led all the^c ,) ual I lica ( ioii s tor hi- Work. Not only pietv. tint nior;iN. were at a low state in the communitv' when ho o' tered uiein his ministry His own con.u'reuatiou was hetcroacnoiiH. composed "f jtersons from varioiiH parts of the I'uited Stat,'-, as also from ircothind. Kii;.'Iandand Irelaiid.-f.'W of them maklnmmy nrofi ssion of Koilliness. Yet his clearand chastcflermous, like his pra\er-. fuMy wi itten out and committed to memory. \ racefully thdivered,, t onsh calmly and with- imt the slightest marks .d" enediou or passion, secured Ihe atlioition of all. He al-o elleclively cmidoveii the IMihlie press to arouse (h,, coriimuuity and call its atten- ti n to Questions of ri'liuion and m-u-aiity. The conse- ,|iiehce was u work of ^race moie lhoroUL:h and pcriuii- iieiil in its ro-ults than any other wtiich li.i.s vet 1 eon enjoyed ill this city. The t'hurch wlii, h had ,uifv thirty nii'lnhers when ho hoKaii his ministry, ho left alter lOur years with 171 names on its roll. AMiouiih Mr. Christ- mas' uraud ohject was the conversion of men, ho wa.s zeahius iii the snpiiort of m rality. Porceiviinf that the ilrinkinu cnstnms of si ciety with their conseiinent in- icmpcrancc lormcfi ihcKr! at f untam of inimol ilil) . and the chief hindrance ol the Gospel, ho ftttnckcd them with a feartossnesB and a vigor which overcame all op- position. Dntho evoniiiaof JunoUth, 18'JH,lie urffitui/oil the lirst Tempenince Poeiely formed in Cantida. with :iil monihers—he hoadin(;tlio list, and winninw the others more hy his cxamhlo than hy his elorjnence. The in- tluence of Mr. t hristmas shaped tho destiny ff this church, and ha.s heou a livint; power in this city ever since. The few remaining, who were old ein^imh to know and appreciate him, still entertain towards his memory a renpoct aud affection tiuch as uo succeeding Paetur has t II ithhi |o M III. Mr. I'hriitlinas WAM citiiHtmln- ed (o re,|1li>st ll'llrilhisalnn oil aci'olllit of fall 1 II R lu-alth. 'I ho fo lely at llr-t rel^i-ed 1 1 ne. „lo to (Ills ri-,iii,'sl, and «,n I f yielil,,! when no ri-ason- ahle ho'ivs ,il hli reeoterf while I aaior lid lo' en- tertained, lie dli-d t w II )eaii4 atti'ruards, when .Mist elilelilU' <'Potl til,' piU* torai,< Id I d til'' hirif* i hull h' M ot New \,>tk Ills liKoTal lieinion wat pleat lied li) Pr. ^pllllK " He was mici'eeded, afti I an interval o f more than a year, by llio Rev. 11. W. Per- kitiH, who was liistiiil- I'd in .May, Ih:)'|, and n inaiiii'il in charge tin- Ill lli« ;ilst June, \KiO, when ill hiiilth liirceJ liini til leiiili r his re.'ig- natiou, and he pro- cii ildi'd 111 Iho Western Slates. The Uev. Ca- leb Strong succeeded Mr. Perkins in the fall of ihesanieyear, dying in January, IMI.i, at the early ago of .'11 years. The Uev. John Mcheoil was installid as thelidirtli I'MStur of the rongregatiiHi on the 7lh of November, 1H47, and attir a min- istration of ten years, was dismissed at his ownreipitst, in order to inter on another spher of labor. Th« pnsent popular and amiable Pastor, Kev, Jiiine.j B. liouar, was in-tailed on the 5lh of ,)uly, 185i^, The mem' era of thi' congre,,'atiop havoeve' been remark hlo to' their liberality, and, a' onu time, when the I'dticaltonal wants of the cummiitiity Wi re sadly U'glected, siis- aihi d a tree schuol in cniipiciioii with the cliurch at a heavy aiiniml expense. The hiiildipg «l the corner Of Great St.. Tames Str-ot, proving inad.iiuate for the nipiil'y ir:crcaBii'g coiign guiiiiii, it was de- termined eevernl years ago to remove lu a larger and more commodious building. Ti^e present si'e on Dorchester Street was pccordin Iv pur- chastd, and the old building sild at public auc- tion, when it brought upwards of :?30 500, Mr. Harrison Stephens being the iiurthaser. Bos- worth gives the following explanation of the causes which led to the secession of the Am';rican Presbyterian Congregation from St, Andrew's Church, " The .Society" r.«t. .Andrews Chun hj formed in the year lso4. and ass' liirire private ro m, nlnler llm luBtoial care ot the K,' . idliert Kasi fiom Ihirvi.-. ItoxlnirKsliiie, who con- tinneil in that othie unlit ls.'4. when ho rositsned his ihiiruo in eonsenueiice of the increasing infirmities of aLO' and II health ; his deciinin;.' days were liiftde cod- fiitalilehv a liliiral ullowuuee from thechuich. Doth Mr. Ka.'' ton and the orli-'ilinl coiim elation belonKed to the PiUKlier Seci'ssion in .^cuthnid, and colipidered thepiM' ves to he in connection with tho AsBociato Uo- formed .-^yiiod in that country ; hut this connection not lieiiii; formally lickiiowledKed hy the Syie d, on tho p u- posod resignation of Mr. Kuston. the coliKrejiution ro- sidved to inociire ft minister of the Church of i^cothind, ' and none else.' The Uev. ,li hn liurtis, M.A„ succeeded M r. l-asfi n, and the conirrejiation from that time hecHino connected Willi tiio Istahlishid Chiirih of , 'Scotland, .S.'ino of tho nienihers not heing satislied with this chan'.'e, withdiow. ml huilt « separate place of worship, known as the Ameiic n Preshyteiiiin i liuicli." Tho Uev. >lr. llurus ( olii'iined Minister of .,;t. Andrews until Is;;!), when on leaviiiL: for ."coiland ho was succeeded bf the Hev, I'r. .Mathi'S'.u. the piesellt Veneruhlu uud OS- teemed iiienmhent ol t-t. A udrews. The memorial sermon already alluded to, thus speaks of the founders of the American Presby- terian Society in this city, immediately after the Secession of the congregation from St. An- drews :— " A paper was circulatcil to sec how much could be oh- tained for the support of a separate orKanlzat on. Thd ti'st meeting of the suhscrihers was held on Dec. 24th, 18'i2, when sixty-six pers' ns weie present, of whom only three remain to this day : At this meetiiiK the Secretary, Mr. .Tiicoli ItiKolow, reported that alioul one liniiilred per- sons had already suhscrihed upwards of £3411 fur each of two years. It cannot now ho ascertained who was the active orifcrinators of thi- Diovcment Hut, at this meetinz Mr. ,Iacoh DeWitt was chosen chiiirman, and Mr. Jacob Bigeluw, Secretary. Messrs. Wni. aioorc. SaQiuel Ucdgo, H. iiirchj, he says, " was midid r-ir worship in a ILLrSTKAlDL) 8L I'l'l.l'.MKN T Ti> TlIK MONiltKAl. OA/.KTTE. ii.#, ^,#^^^^ AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Engraved by J. 11. H'liM-cr/or thi Montmil OiKflle. and Isonc rillchcnck doIiviTcil ndiIrrsB<-« Rivinfr coprnt i inp, sotlmt it Booms prrlmble thosp were the men who The friends of the new enternriie seem to have ™',?°' ':'^:;.'.';r.,(',r"'l'.",'.'..,';f ';,:'.;'".f;;'!!:;'r/."'"'if;,'.™'' I e.'-j?""!^:'","",*"'""."" Pre»bytermn socio..)-, <« they poasessedmuch zeal and unanimity, although only fire or six seem to have been professing Chris- urging unaniinity uluhik the puliscriljorB. >ie.«, Beaver aud Fortes alito tuuk au active pun iu this meet- wore tilso the Committee then elected for the eusuing year." ILM-.STH.VTKDSI I'PLKMKNT TO Till: MUNIllKAL OA ,I:TTK. ettm to bare illhoughonly ;3siDg Cbria- tlftni. TliPi* wfrc siready four cburches for the •ocommoiimion of the Protestants in the com- munily. 1 he promoters could not obtain a legal right to holii property or to enter Into contracts, nor could their pastor be legally (lualilied to perform the highest and tenderest ollicea of the piistorate, iin inherent riu'ht which was not ob- tained until July 18:)J There was no rich man either in the congregation, most of whom, never- theless, were in comfortable circumstances. For three years they had no church home; the first year they leased the Wesleyan (Jhapel, the second ami third years the St. Peter Street Uhiiroli, when they again returned for a few months to the W-sleyan Chapel. Further dilK- culties arose when they sought to obtain a Pas- tor, 80 that everything seemed to conspire against them." They, however, seem to have pertevered with a devotion, a unanimity, and a sell-denml that were praiseworthy, and won tor them at last the coveted success. Yet aniiually, ypsr .-.y jrrir, up to within t>;n or twelve years! the leading men, in additioa to their personal Siibscriptious, had annually to make up a defi- cit in the income of the Society. The conse- quences were delay and a debt, which was not removed until a comparatively recent period As soon as Ih^' Society was form'ed, the Reverend Josejjh Sandford, whom they highly esteemed, received a call, which, very much to their regret, TERRACE BANK. Kngriml hi/ J. II. W.UI.er for ilie Unntreul (liztltr.. he declined to accept, and again refused when a second time called upon. The S^^ciety ultimate- ly gave a unanimous call to the Rev. Joseph S. Christmas, whose age hitherto seems to have been an impediment, and after preaching three sermons, he was finally installed The following is a list of the present Ruling El- ders :-Hiram Seymour, E. O.Tuttle, Geo. Hagar, FI. A. Nelson, B. Lyman, E F. Ames, George Childs, D. P. Junes, John .McLennan, Geo. W Reed. The present Trustees are E. Atwater, George Brush, N. B Corse, C. Fitts, E. K. Greene, (leo. Hasar, B. Lyman, H. A. Nelson and M. H. Sey- mour. "TERRACE BANK.'' Tlw Jlesi,l,m-e iifJnhn Rnl,mth, Esq This handsome mansion, the residence of one of ourmo.qt pnhlieaiiirited andlihsm! citizens, occu- pies one of the finest situations on the town side of our beautiful mountain. From its size, and the style of ita architecture, which is "domestic Gothic carried out in its integrity, it forms one of the inost conspicuous private edifices in the neighbourhood of Montreal. The frontage to- wards the town or west side is 80 feet exclusive Of a small wing ; by a depth of 57 feet exclusive of the bay windows which latter give a pleasing outline to the fajade. Judging from the exterior of the building, we should imagine the roomg must be lofty, and that the total height above the level of the spacious terrace and carriage drive, must be upwards of 4 i feet to the cornice of tha main portion of the house, while the lofty en- trance tower is upwards of 80 feet in height. The stone used in the body nf the work ia rock- faced limestone in narrow courses; the bay win- dows, quoins, architraves, balconies, dormer windows, Ac, are of the finest description of Ohio sandstone, molded and dressed. The roofs which are high pitched and surmounted by ornamental iron crestings, are of Canada slate in bands of different patterns. The whole of the buildings, as well as the spa- cious and well aiipointed stables, coach-houses, &c . have been carried out from drsigns furnishea by Mr. Hopkins, the Architect. No expense ap- pears to have been spared by the wealthy pro- prietor to m.ilic thfi whnlp or.c of ths most sub- stantial as well aa one of the finest residences on the Island. MERCANTILE LIBRARY BUILDING. The new and elegant house of the Mercantile Library Association is a fine building, and the first, we trust, of a series of first-class edifices on what should be one of the leading streets of the city. The base of the Association's building is 10 lLl,rs^1I!ATED SUPPLEMENT TO THR MOXTHrAI. OAZHTTR of limeBtonp, from whicli s|)rinK9 i I ft hand- 6onii'ly(iecorHtc(l front of Ohio eajdsioiie, 58 fiet liijili and ,M ffet wid", dividfil into thri'P 8tory3 nf various designs, as to window opeiiinn3 tiui] other di'- taila; tlie style bi'inR Italii'ti, and ftpi)lied Willi very goi d ell'eet to Eiroet Hrcliitecmrc, The (.eneral plan (d'lho b\ii'ding is that i^f an H, and e&nsidts of two main portions connect- ed by a spacious hall goinji half wiiy through the structure, and froui a wide staircase on one side of the latter, access is Kiven to thu various rooms on each story. The entranco to this hall ia in the centie of the fiujiide, and 13 teet in width. Ou each side of the hall is a handsome 8lio|i, having good cellar acconiniodation ; and in the rear portion of the building, on the ground floor, are three large rooms, consisting of a board room and two class rooms, t!-e whole of which can be thrown into a fair sized lecture room, or place for holding meet- ings. Facing the stair- case, in the cntre of the building, isauothi r fine room, well adapt- ed for classes orcllicis. The lieiglit of this sto- ry is 14 feet inchta clear. On the lirst loor, fronting on Ht. Bonaventure fctreet, is the reading room, .TO feet long, 40 feet wide and n feet high, witli an entrance trom the front hall or landing The library is imme- diately in rear of this fine room, and is 48 feet long by 28 i n width. Between these two rooms, and sepa- rated from them by glazed partitions, is the librarian's cilice, 80 disposed that he has entire supervision over the whole flat.— The second, or upper story is laid out as ^ lecture room, and is of tho same size and proportions as the reading room; while in the rear, over tha library, is another, large and well proportioned! i.nd lighted, intend( ci for a museum era picture gallery. During the day time this room is lit up by a sky-light, and at nighi hv gas burners, so arranged thataneiiual and good liaht falls upon the pictures or articlesexliibited. llie main staircase terminates on this level, and op- posite to it, between the lecture room and the picture gallery, is a smaller room suitable for of- fices in connection with the gallery, or for quiet, studious, reading. This ujiper story ia 17 feet high, and as well as the lower, nandsoraeiy laid out and finished. Lavatories and other conve- niences are provided in the lolly and airy base- ment. The entire building is heated by steam. Architect, J. W.Hopkins. JESUITS' CIIURCn. Pome idea of this magniliccnt edifice, at least in its proportions, if not in its artistic decorations, may bo found in the foiiuwiiig slight sketch : — The church is 104 feet long, by a mean breadth of 'M fi-et, thu.s distributed ; 1st, an interior ves- tibule of 17 feet, surmounted by a first gallery for tlie people, and a second for the organ ; 2nd, from the foot of the church proper to the com- mencement of the grand nave of the Iran.'ept, 8.5 feet, divided into five arches of 17 feet each ; 3vil, from the transept to the balustrade of the choir, 40 feet; 4tli, from the balustrade to the end of the Bancluary, 52 feet. Of the breadth, 40 feet is oc- MERCANTILE LTBRART. i:i0-imd lit/ J. II. Wdl.rr for the ili.nlreiil (ku.ltr. cupied hv the principal na^e ; on eaoh side, 15 feet lor the side aisles ; 13 feet for side chupids ; the transept is 144 feet from one extremity of the grand transverse nave to the other, and 120 feet in the side aisles. The two grand naves are 75 feet from Hoor to roof, and the side aisles 32 feet. The style is the later Greek, the interior columns, capitals, itc, being comiiosite. The whole build- ing throughout is beautifully decorated. We be- lieve we are right in saying that the painting of thischurch is a poem, the key of which we must look for in its unity, the source of all true beauty. There is here for the eyes a mute but el.iqueut poetry, a permanent sermon. In chronological orderi the first mystery is the nativity of the Sa- viour. In the transepts wc find two episodes which appear to have allusion, the one to education the other to Apostolic life. At one side, above the chapel of St. Ignace, is a representation of our Saviour blessing the children iire.sented fo him by their mothers ; i[i tjip pecond medallion is the infant .lesns amoni: the Doctors. Above the cliapel of St. Framjois Xavier is the touching scene of the resurrection of Lazarus, k number of other characteri-tic paintings till up the other panels. Under the roof over the ennctimrv is the representation of the tour and twenty elders before the Throne of God and the Lamb. The other illustrations will be of a similar clinraeter. The tone i.s warm, vet subdued, and the colours used are suitable to the grave character of a building used for divine service. A brief description of the establishment of " the Oompiny o f Jesus" in Montreal may bo of interest in connection with the above fine edifice — the St. IVler'sof Ih: O.Jcr in this Province; espe- cially as thfc'r early history is intniately connected with the an- nals of the city, and they seem to have bt'en the first to predict the advantages of its site, prophetically foresee- ing its future wealth and importance. Their arrival dates from 1020, the year in which Father Brebeuf land- ed at Hochelaga on his noble mission to the Hurons of the Upper Country, and li r s t noted the eligibility of its situation and its ca- pabilities. Ten years later he again visited the forest-covered is- land, and again r. cog- nized its importance. Father Le Jeune, who was then established as a Missionary at Me- taberouste, now the town of Three llivers, came up the river to verify Father lircheuf a observations, and was so impressed with their force that he commu- nicated them to the Hundred Associates— a trading company chartered by the French Government; calling their aitention to the puny Indian en- campment as a site, " qui sera pent etre nn jour une (/rande vilte." H i e representations had their due effect. — The Governor of the nascent colony, Mons Montmagny, came up from Quebec to inspect it, and five years after, owing to hia epresen- tationa, M. de M lison- neuve, one of the Hun- dred Associates, as also the founder of the city, and the first Gov- ernor of the island, -ailed from France with three or four f imi- lies, and proceeded to - settle it. He came up by water, and on the 17th May, 1642,— a me- morable day in the annals of the cuy,— itie Supe- rior of the Company of Jesus in Canada, the Rev. Father Barthelemy Vimont consecrated the site selected and offered the first mass celebrated west of Three Rivers and Quebec. At the close of the mass a '"hastily constructed chapel' was dedicated and in this the host was de|)0sited. Some writers, Bouchette among otheri, say this ceremony took place on the >ite ( i "tl. ( Indian- village of Hochelaga." But this ia open to (pies tion. Tlie ceremony seems to have taken place at Pointe a Calliere. and the first building. " the hastily constructed chapel" alluded to. was erected on the same site, the one now occupied by the Royal Insurance Company's building. A more formal consecration of the ground took place on the Feast of the Arsiimption of the Virgin Mary, at which many French and Indiana were present, and nothing was omitted by the pious founders " to give tlie natives a lofty idea of the Christian religion '' Tradition says that after the ceremony M. de Maisonneuve ascended the mounlaiu aceompauied by "two old In- dians," who told him that they belonged to the nation which had formerly occupied the beauti- ful country he then beheld. The poor old Sa- chems then pathetically said, wincing with grief, hut endeavouring witli all the stoicism of the In- dian and the warrior to maintain a stubborn composure. " We were a numerous people and hU the hills which yon see to the east and to the south (the country between the Richelieu and the St. Lawrence) were peopled by ua. The i ilc^criptlon bli, ong- iraportance. s Jeune, who established onury at Me- p, now the Dhree llifera, the river to her lireheiif a jng, and waa ied with their t he commu- thera to the Associiitea — g company by the Rovernment ; leir aitentioQ ny Indian en- it as a site, t pent etrf un (;rande ville." prosentntions due elTect. — rernor of the jolony, Mona 5ny, came up bectoinapect ?e veara after, hia epresen- M. de M lison- ae of the Hun- isociateg, a a founder of the the first GoT- the island, om France ■e or four t irai- proceeded to He oame up ■, and on the ', 1642,— ame- ly,— llie Siipe- aada, the [{ev. •rated ttie site iss celebrated At the cloae 1 chHpel' was rag deposited. Iher^, pay thia J "tl.( Indian- open to quea e ti\l Richelieu and J by us. The Hurong drove from thence our acceatora some of whom took re- fuge with the Ahenanuia, some with the Iroquois, and Bome remained with their comiuerora.'' What would the ■' two old In- dians'' say now it they could rise from their plough-furrowed graves and behold the wl.itd- faced hordea who have in turn overrun t hen- hunting grounds and trodden down the Huron and the Abi'naqiiig, the Ottawa and the Iro(iiioi8 involving all in .xfer- mmatinn and a common fate? Father lire heuf ap- pears to have visited the infant settlement several times after its establish- ment and was finally burnt at the stake by the Iroquois -a death which he endured with all the meekness and heroism of the Apostle and the Martyr, His death took place on the Itith of March, li;4LI, by which lime the Jrsuits were firmly established in the settlement, and although constantly on missiooa to the Heathen Tribes on the borders of the great Lakes had al- ready founded several in Btitutions and acted as pastors to ihe commu- nity, a cure which I hey handed over to the St. Sulpiciaiis on iheir ar- rival here in August, 1657. They then seem to have left the Island only returning in 1G92, when they settled down with the intention of remtiin- ing permanently, and built a church and resi- dence on the site now oc- cupied by the Court House and the Champde Mars. Nothing remark- able occura in their an- nals in this connection until the middle of the next century, when the Society was supiuesaed and its estates conlisrai- ed. Nearly a hundred years elapsed before they again came forward in connection with the Pro- vince. In IHIl, forty- one years after the death of tlie last member of the order in (Janada, Kather n.rXSTRATEp STPPLEMENT TO TIIR MONTREAL (iAZETTE. n |i|. ■...,,, THE CHfROH OF TBB "oESlI Uctilr^f'!^ Il?,'i''«.lt. *'>- ^«n>«n Catho- , $20,000. The plan of the church is in accordance lie BIsliup of the Hioces'e' iiroPHPdurt n,. 1,!= I "" L".7 ■" ■•;">= ^" ■•»>•" loiu accoruance hrst visit to Rome and while there was ,o11bv ' ^'"'„"''^ "'''""S' »' B'st'op Bourget who was impressed with the t.ilen a and e^eL v o f^ , ,'^ ' f""^ 'mprtssed with ihe proportions and the members of the Order It he reml^,-?. I '' '''''If'" "^ "'? i""'"'i'' "^^ "'" church of the Gesu members of the Ordw/ '<'l^.' i . . fibrv^'^'£F^''-^'-'^'^-"rif!;^ s?rr^f.mhHr.V,r ,' "n"""'"""'''. "'xl i" M"V, 184.'. Bisl^oJ's I>hT!1 oti'ws found employment in the to ine omp, r,y (or the space of live veara Two feTst^n'lhe'wen'" ""'¥?' "'>" '"^es^deep ^ terest in the wel fare of the Society, appealed to and'alS''. T"'"^^^ Montreal .In li's beha t' "> BLV mrinJfo'"" "*? l>f'"ni>tly responded feverHid-il.""' "'"^ >>mte Montreal with Lachiue, that it bec.ime an ot'.ictot desire even before the paseiiig of the Coii3liiut:on Act in 1731 In the first Pruviuci ,1 1 iiliament under thai act, which comnienreH i's .^.i,iui, iiilK-oi-miier, IVdi, -i bill toetlect that ob- ject wa> pioprjsed by one i.f the memb-rs for Mon- treal. I he bill did not pass, because the und-r- t.'„ of the turnpike road, then by the foot of the Cote St, Paul, continu- ing till it arrived at a tioint between the St. Joseph and St Antoine Suburbs, when ihe route waa to fork out and di- verge.one branch to cross the St, Lawrence and Quebec Suburbs, and enter the river below the King's Naval Stores at the foot of the Current Bt. Mary, while the other branch was to enter above the harbor near the Ship Yard The for- mer branch was for the present abandoned, from insufficiency of means; and the latter route, owing to soma difficulties, was altered so as to bring its mouth near the windmills. The Canal is 28 Ji et wide at the bottom, and .8 at the water line, with five feet depth of water throughout, and 18 inches from the water line to the level of the towing path. There are ia the whidc six locks, each one hundred feet in length, and twenty feet of opening, wiih an entire fall of forty-two feet, and a regulating lock at either end. The workmanship of these locks, and the various stone bridges along the route, are all of mr.sonry of a suiifrior and most eubstantial character, creditabl- to the builders, to the cmin- try, and to the whole unlertaking; the I ri Igea et the extremities are elegant as well as durable. This Canal, at the time of its formation, was greater as to bn'a'l'h, depth of water, and length and breadth of loi^k". than any similar work in Oreat liritain, with theexcepti mof the Caledon- , iin and the^For'li unci i!lydf ciinals. The stone of , which the brid,;e3 and' locks were built, was br mslit from t'.e opposite shore, near the Indian viUime of Cauulin.'iw.ii.M, In addition to itaric 1 eellent ci'ialiiiis, Ihe cheapness of its carrif g- , be- • ing conveyed entirely bv water, rendered it very \ eligible for the purpose. In forming the canal, the j quantity of rock excavation was found very great, I and pivaenltd an unexpected obstucle to the pro- ; gressof Ihe work; but the increased labor, ex- j pi'nse, and delay oec^isioned by it, were more I than compet sated by its durability : thia part o i the oansl can never need repair. 12 ILLUSTKATED SUPPLEMENT TO THE MONTREAL GAZETTE. ■2(5 feet beRin, and U feet high. The steamboat •• t'mmda" was built in 1831, 175 feet in length, '2(J feet beam, and 11 feet in the hold ; alao the steamboat '• Eaule," lor Mr. James Greenfield, 1 10 feet long, 24 feet beam, Dj feet bold ; and the ch'arch, and erection of a vestry and orK»n cliHrn- stcaiiiHr " Oanndian I'atriot," 130 feet long, 22 ... .V„ ..„,i„i3bed porticos of the original -i.^««™. "J?,^ « rf ^?°iiK'l^^J.T ,^1 ■.°S; ST. LUKES OHliRCr, DORCHESTKll STREET EAST. This Church has recently been enlarged, and otherwise improved. The add lions consist of north and south trfinsepts ; extnnsion of tlie ber. The unfi . structure have also been completed. The build ing is now capuble of seating 500 persons, and, Jrom present indications, it is more than proba- ble that a further enlargement will, pre long, be found necessary. The style of the structure is early English, of the thirteenth century, the ma- terial being Montreal stone. The mouldlnn^. buttresses, and other projections are drebsed,aiid the plain surfaces are of rough ;)i>7'(« work in courses- The roof is covered with slate, and, in- ternally, the timbers and boarding are stained and varnished. There is a commodious and nedtly furnished basement under the whole church, admirably fitted up for Sunday School purposes. The chancel has a hanlsomo trace- ied four-light window, which, as yet, however, is only fitted with plain Blazing. The west win- dow is fitted with stained glass, of a geometrical esign, and is the gift of a member of the congre- gation. The rest of the openings are glazed in diaper lead-worls, with a margin of stained glass. The bell turret, so essen- tial to the external ap- pearance of the building, IS still wanting. Its construction has only been postponed for lack of funds, the completion of the more important portions of the structure having exhausted all che means at the disposal of the Building Committee. The church is built upon ground presented by Mrs (J'ustice) Aylwin and the late James Logan, Esq. The remains of the late Dr Blake (whose monument formerly oc- cupied a portion of the Bite) are interred in a vault beneath the chancel, and a tablet to his memory has been erected in the south transept by his daughter, Mrs Aylwin His Lordship Bishop Fulford was chairman of the original Building Committee, and it is doubt- less to his good taste that we are in great part indebted for what is admitted to be one of the neatest ecclesiastical edifices in the Diocese. Reverend Maurice S. Baldwin, M.A., is the In- cumbent. THE OLD SHIP YARDS. [From IlochiUtga Dipida.] The first ships built in Montresl, were those constructed by Mr David Munn, who commenced bis operations about the year IS 'G. Two or three years afterward he eniered into partnership with Mr. Robert Hunter : the vessels ihey built were generally 200 to 350 tons burthen ; oiie, the '■ Earl of Buckinghamshire," was 600 tons. J. Storrow & Co. ouilt two vessels in 1808 and 180!). James Dunlop, Esq., in the three following years built several, of 330 to 350 tons burthen each. Mr. James E. Campbell was engaged in the work for several years : the vessels he constructed were puny. In 1833, the steamboat "Britannia," for John Torrance i Co., 130 feet long, 24 beam, and 7 J hold ; In the same year, the " Varennes,' tor K isco k Co., 1 to feet long, 23 beam 7) hold ; also the steamer " .Montreal,'' for Mr. James Wait, 'M fett long, IS beim, 5 hold. In 1334, was built the ship " Toronto' of 315 tons, tor Captain Collin- son, running between this port and London ; also the •' Brilliant" and " Thalia," each 472 tons, for James Millar k Co , sent home for the Baltiu trade. The ship " Douglas," 348 tons, was built in 1835 for Captain Douglas; tho bark " Glas- gow," 347 tons, for Millar, Edmonstone & Co., sent home— and tho bark " Thistle," 2iU)tons, for ST. LUKE'S CHURCH. tho same firm, sent home for the West Ind a Trad',— were built in 1836. In the following year the "John Knox," a bark of 347 tons, for the s.ame company, sent home ; and in 1838, were built the following— the ship " Gypsey,'' 572 tons, also for Millar A Co. ; the bark " Colborne," 240 tons; and the brig " Wetherall," 252 tens, both for Capt. CoUinson. THE OLD WATER-'WORKS, IN NOTRE DAME STREET. [Vrftm H')i:hdaga Depida.'] The city of Montreal, and the parts thereto ad- jacent, are supplied with water under an Act of Parliament of the year 1801. The old Company, under the management of 'Thomas Schiefelin and others, laid out a very large sum of money in order to supply the city by wooden pipes from a source in rear of the mountain ; but owing to the scanty supply of water and the pipes bursting constantly, they could not proceed in their ope- rations. In th-" year 1819, the Company sold its charter to tne late Thomas Porteous, Esq., and others, who took up all the wooden pipes and re- "iiid iron conduits of 4in bore, which lasted up generally of the same burthen. Messrs. M'Kenzie i lo the year 1832. The work's were then pur & Beihune, and James Millar & Co , built a num- ber of vessels. Mr. Gould states that there were i built in the Province, in 18.i5, 61 vessels ... 22.036 tons. in 1826, 59 — ... 17 823 — in 182'', 35 — ,., 7.540 — in 1828, 30 -- ... 7 272 — decreasing till 1831, when only 9 were built. The Canada Ship Building Company from London began to Duild in 1828, but finished only two vessels. In the year 182'J, Messrs. Shay & Mcrritt took possession of the yard ; and the" following stea- mers and sailing vessels were built there under the siiperintend'ince of Mr. E. D. Merritt. The steamboat "British Ameriei,'' 17) feet long, 3 ■ feet beam, 10 feet high, for Messrs. .lohn Torrance it Co., as a trader between .Monireul and Quebec. In 1830, the steamer "JuhnBull.'' for Mes.^vs. John Molson & Co.. also as, a trader between tl Is city and Quebec ; 182 feet long, 32 feet beam, 12 feet high ; has two engines, each 85 horse power. In the same year the steamboat " St George" was built for .fohn Torrance .% Co ; IfiOfe»t long, chased by the present company of proprietors, who have laid out considerable sums of money in improving them. The main conduits now laid down througli the principal parts of the city are of iron of 10 and 4 inches bore, and the other paits are laid down with lead ar,d iron pipes of dimensions in proportion. There are now up- wards of 11 miles of main conduits laid down. The water is (breed by a steam-engine of fourteen horse power from the river St. Lawrence up into two cisterns in a building in Notre Dame Street, containing a ((iiarter of a million of gallons. Montreal is better supplied with water than any other city on this continent, with the excep- Jiiitl r>f I'hikdrlj-.hi-i. From the commencement of these works up to the present time, the sum of nearly Jt7i',000 has been expended by the several Companies. M. J. liavs, Esq., is the manager of the works. Those who have no wells, and are not supplied by tlie Water- Works, are served by water-car- riers from the river. We introduce the above description of the old works for the purpose of showing the enormous progress made in this respect within the last ten years. Our present water system is now second to none in the world, as the reservoirs are now on the mountain, and fire engines have been en- tirely dispensed with. The description is valu- able, as a record of the state of things which existed thirty years ago. A REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE A HUN- DRED YEARS AGO. [^V"wi llndirlnga Hrputa.] On the Cth of December, 1764, an occurrence took place, which not only created a great sen- sation here, but engaged the attention of the Go- vernment in Britain. Mr. Thomas Walker, a Justice of the Peace in thi" city, having, in the discharge of his ollicial duty, exposed himself to the displeasure of an olfioer in the army who had been engaged in a dispute about lodgings, was violently attacked in his own house on the even- ing of that day. A par- ty of persons in disguisn entered the house; and Mr. Walker, on rising from his chair, received a wound in bis forehead from a broad-sword. ■'--- Attempting to reach his bed-chamber, where his arms were deposited, he was attacked by five or six of the ruffians, and was so severely bruised that oe sank down into a chair. On recover- ing himself a little, he struck at two of the par- ty, but was soon over- powered by the rest, who not only attempted to throw him upon the fire, but wounded him severely on the head, which felled him to the ground ; and wl lie he was in that situation, one of the ruflians, kneeling down, cut off a part of his right ear, and endeavoured to cut his throat, which Mr. Walk- er prevented by his struggles. In conse- quence of th.'s o u t - ran this as- sault trulv called in the letter from the brcre- ?aryo State to the Governor of the Province, '•such treatment as is a dJBUrace to all govern- ment;" some were tried and acquitted ; but none who were actually engaged in the transaction were apprehended, or, at least, convicted of the crime. At length, however public confidence was rest ..ed, the pursuits of commerce and in- dustry were extended, and the general state of society improved. A DARK DAyTn" MONTREAL. [ Frmn IlMholiign I\'lwUn} A remarkable natural phenomenon, attended with no small degree of terror to many, occurred at Montreal in the year 1819. The account of it attracted so much attention, even in Europe, as to be made the subject of an elaborate Essay read before the Plinian Soei>('/ of Edmhurgh, On Sunday the 8th of November, dense black olouds were diffused over the atmosphere, and tbern (p)1 from them a heavy shower of rain, which, after it had been allowed lur some lime to rest, was found to have deposited a substance, which to the eye, the ta^e, the smell, Pfsented tlie resemblance of common soot. Ihe sky, during the morning, occasional y displayed a sliiiht greenish tint, and the sun, through the hnze which surrounded it, appeared, of an unusuaUy bright pink color. Before evening, the weather cleared up, and the next day was frosty, On I I tbe enormous lin tbe last ten is DOW second voira are now have been en- iptioa is valu- tbings which rCE A HUN- 3. I.] an occurrence d a great sen- tion of tbe Go- aas Walker, a baving, in the }3ed himself to army who bad lodgings, was se on the even- it day. A par- ions in disguise he house ; and ker, on rising chair, receiven in his forehead broad-sword, ng to reach hamber, where were depositod, ttaeked by five Lhe ruflians, and everely bruised iank down into On recover- elf a little, he two of the par- was soon over- by the rest, only attempted ' him upon the wounded him on the head, lied bim to the and wlile he that situation, F the ruflians, down, cut off a is tight ear, and ired to cut his rhich Mr. Walk- ented by his I. In conse- of this o u t - irown into the le inhabitants be streets, and their homes ) lively was the 3 military, that a shop to pur- idy on the coun- event bis com- 3 bo-rid assault issued a procla- I, offering a re- r the appreben- m concerned in e Province, also, ed guineas, and . one of one hun- vere apprehend- rned in this bs- from the Srcre- )f the Province, ;e to all govern- litted ; but none the transaction ionvicted of the iblic confidence mmerce and in- general stale of fTREAL. •dill nenon, attended many, occurred The account of even in Europe, elaborate Essay r/ of Edinburgh, )er, dense black atmosphere, and shower of rain, J lor some time ited a substance, smell, presented oot. Tbe sky, Uy displayed a through the hnze of an uDuauaUy ing, the wfather was frosty, On t I Tuesday the 9th a weighty vapour de- scended from a thick stratum of clouds that seemed progressively to deepen in color and density. This was an awful day : the super- stitious were alarmed, and even the thought- less were struck with a mixture of astonish- ment and terror, at an appearance for which no one oould account At sun-rise the clouds varied in color, some times assuming a greenish hue ; at oth- C8, a dark and almost pitchy black. The sun, at that time, appeared ot a dingy orange co- or, which at momenta varied to a hlood led, andatotbers to a dark brown with but a .slight 'IPKree of luminosity remaining. Towards aoon tbe darkneaa was 80 great, that it was 7ouTid neceasary to lave cHndles biirninc :n the Court House, the '^■luliP, and :no8t ot 'he public nllices in -he city. The gloom Alternately increased or diminished, accord- ing to the ascendnney of the wind, which, dunnit the day, wag very litfiil and change- able. The inhabitants began now to expre.=3 their surprise, and in- dulge their specula- tions, as to tbe prob- able cause of so unu- siial an appearance Fv t i . ■ , . . likely that a volcano T J "I ■^°'^** In: Appeared tenor of the Province ^^ ^"™' forth in the in- and ashes were nom"'""' ''^ '"ol^e. vapour, -Mountain near it, hvZ "'"''' **'® "''y- Even the the extinct crater of o ?*''*''*"*" "'"'ed «o be tiie credulous supnnoitiy°','*°°' ^"8 by many of tipns; and the ciVr •, ')j"*'^e''''8U'ned its opera- about to undergo t'L 'ef" ^L "' '"'^e appeared neum. By some an ri-® °^ Pompeii or Hercula- to the effect that tL • . *^'^'""P''*''y ^»^ quoted at some period hi ^ "J""^ ^ Montreal would, »i,ii„.u. ^. "• "6 destroyed by an earthquake snores and surrounding coun- JLLL^IRATED SLPPtKMENT TO THE MO.NTREAL GAZETTE. try should that somTimm"/'" ""hurt. V OtheTs'supposTd set on fire, and ff?«tTk°^^ ^°^ Prairies had been same winds which fV,nL7^£^ V^ ^"J""" "" «he The few animaia t?Jl*'* '''^''*I°""°'f Aames. hurried with hortii'"''*.""*"''''! 'o be seen, places of shelter --.n "'^^*'' ^^^" respective raournful sounds 'HnL'"*".^' of .cattle uttered be restless, and '«n fLP*'"'"="'«'' ^ appeared to storm were d Ltln^.i '"'''*''°''"'s of a coming three o'clock ttrS^W^ K^'L'^r*"''''- Towards the North Lpt h?rl'J''^ ^"^1.°^ '''""'^s "-om brought the ohsc.,r,'lJf''-.°'"',!' "■" ♦"'^n, and moment of gererai 'oL° it" *"'?'•«■ '^'''^ ^«' a to have arrived T^;^~'^* O""? aPPeared now and became iL nth« J'?"'*-;' •'*J'^ »'"'''• I'l-^atb. the most viv(dfla«fe •'"?''' ?'"^ '?'"'f"'- 0"«of residenis h-d ever h.S'^''*'"'"' "'*' '''^ °^^^^^ clap of thunder thi?^^' T!"'^ succeeded by a ed for some mnntJ 'Th^°'''''''''/^7"*'"«t- otherq enimllv S V. T'l'S .''as followed hv I zens feltnre ane»r1h^'"£'' '° '^"^ affrighted eiti- from the tremh,rnrof'theVn '"''"J •'•'r''?°' '■•""'• Rain again fell of .hi I "J"" ,"'"*" "'^''' feet- ance as on the nrl.i r '"S® '',*'■''• '""'V appear- brightness uce^de ':"b,u",l'^- ^ ■"""f't'"-' lected an,l ot B, ', . the clouds ag» n col- the »nmmit of th„"L''*,*''"'"fu'^?.' '"fn ♦" '•'•ike Parish Ohurch it re?m«;?V'"l'^"°""' ^''*''"'i« ball at the foot of thl '" ^"''^ touched the ine and whTrlfn„ i ,ho,?r' ""' ''"""""''d Plar- descended to th«e\J,',l^hT..T""4';^!""-'* .>^°:heV?,;'''-"S'^™'^«»«"''"'^edfr;mt;'r;w^ Ffre ! 'rb; tkv w»r*' ''T?^'"^ ^'''^ "'« "^ "f the Place d'ArmT.JL"'"'''''''','''.^''''''^ '"> «'oom, "wellinK br th« fl JJ'"":°""''''' "t"" continually fromrh?a%;,^e„ '"s"?eets W' r'"'".""'^*'' '" the benda of .i,« • '"^**t8 . while, towerinu over M i; IR'S U U lii D INGS. ''"•"■'" ■<'fV'!/ J. II. nalLrr forth: Uonlnal lk,:dl<: tion of'sparks rendered luridlby the incumbent and surrounding bi'ze : in the evening it appear- ed like a light-house seen out at sea. By great exertions the fire was extinguished: about a quarter ot an hour'previously, the iron cross fell on the pavement in front of the church with a tremendous crash, and there broke into many Pieces. A small piece that had fB'Ien before lighted on tbe roof of the corner house in the square, partly penetrated the roof, and there re- ^otJ^h.^ J^^ -f'S 7'''^'' ^^'^ ''""e'' during the day had deposited larger quanties of soot than on Sunday, and as it flowed through the streets It carried on its surface a dense foam resembling soap suds. The evening again became darker ■ and thus ended a day which may be classed among the dies atri of Montreal. The range of this phenomenon must have been very extensive for several of its flppearances were noticed at S.T,="r *t'"n •' ^'"''s'0'1 above, and in many parts of the United States. A similar darkness ■s said to have occurred in Canada in the year 1781, and the time of it is still known by the name of the r/a,-/c Sundaii. The cause of it is still unexplained. tering Iby |.;. McLean, 13 Silversmith, and hy Mr. E. Muir, Jun., as a drug shop ; the furni- ture in which is of a very rich character, iind was made b y Slessrs. J. A W. Hil- ton, from desigLS liy the architect for the buildings. The second slure is occupied by Mr. H Prince, of musical fume, and the third by .Messrs. Gngnon ii n d Watson as a retail dry goods s'ore. ZThe second and third stories are divided into odices, two o f them on the second story being occupied by the Lancashire In- surance Company. — The fourth story i a used by the Free Ma- sons, as a Lodge Room, which is fifty-two feet long by thirty-four feel wide by sixteen feet hi}{h ; adjoining t h e ' Lodge Room are seve- ral waiting and ante- rooms. The .Masonic Fraternity are deco- rating their room in a very handsome man- ner. Access is had to the olli- 3 and Lodge Room by tbe door next t b e E.vpresa Office, from which a wide ataircHse communi- cates with each .floor. The mason work was done by Messrs. Burns k Taylor, car- penter work by Mr. Robert Weir, plas- ,,ainting by A. Craig, gHiva'iii7ed''irou"w7.rir\iy' Messrs. Prowse & Mc- " ■ The whole baa bee? executed froin the J __ , .. --.nipnflpnPA ot A Inv Farlane. ine wnoie naa oee^ -— ..„~ .«„ designs and under the superiotendence of Alex. C. Hutchison, Architect. MUIR'S BUILDINGS. Miiir's buildings, whichform the corneFof Notre Dame Street and the Place d'Armes, have been erected (or E. Muir, Esq. The frontage on the I former Ftreet is sixty-three feet, and on the 1; t- ! ter forty-five fppt. As these buildings are to be used for retail stores anil officeq, all the light, for which cniikl only be obtained from tbe front: it has been neces- sary to devote the greater portion of the fron'npe fpopenings for glnss, and make the stone-woik as light, as consistent with safety and strength The columns for the first story are tliree-qunrlHra rtiiimetpr detached from the piers behind them and all the small columns of tbe upper stories are "ntirely detached from the piers. Each col-imn hag a richly-carved capital, from which pprineg the arches, the soffits, of which are made deen by k-'-pirg the surface .,r (lie glnss nearly to the in. .!<■ ^f the wall, producing dipih.so great an I efs'inul m street architecture. i i»il the lines of the cornices and belt couiseg ' are continuous and without break, except at the cireiilar angle. The fonts are crowned with a bold, massive cornice, With deepty-sunk dentils. Tlip ground-floor is divided into three stores the first or one next the Place d'Armes, being o««»pi«d »■ K ihow-room by Mr. R. J^inUry SKETCH OF WESLEYAN .METHODISM IN MONTREAL. As with a river of immense width and impres- sive associations, so with an important form of church orEsnization, either general or local, much justifiable enthusissm may be felt in ascer- tnining the character of its use. Did it spring like the Nile, as a youthful giant from some great inland lake, or like the Amnzon, bubble oti- sciirely into existence in some far off region ? Did it first a.=!?ume shape like the Ohristiiinity of An- tioch, when "a great number believed and turned unto the Lord," or like that of Phillippi, when a solitary female whose " heart the Lord opened" was tbe first-fruit? The commencement of Methodism in this city, 'iniiuestionably belonged to the latter type. Much obsciiriiy rests uiion the date and circum- stances ot its intrnduction, but there is sulflcient evidence to warrant the conclusion that it could pot be later than 1785. On the 13th of March, 1780, Dr Coke, the world-wide Evanirelist, who cros^ied the Atlantic eighteen times while prose- cuting his great mipsionarv life-work, and who WHS the " fir.n Protestant Bishop in the Western riemisiihere," wrote " an address to the pious and benevolent, proposing an annual fuhscription for the suiiport of missionaries in the Highlands and adjacent lalarda nf Scotland, the Isles of ,Iersey, Guernaey, and .N'ewfoundland, the West Indies, and the Provinces of Nova Scotia and Quebec." This address, which was quite a lengthy, lucid, and f'orrible dociiraent. contained the following suggestive eenlence : " In the province of Quebec a few pious soldiers have formed societies at Quebec and Montreal on the Methodist plan, among whom we have reason to believe that our preR-her;: wniiM K- frlsdly FrCeived." Who these pious soldiers were, under what circnriistancea they laboured, and to what extent they succeeded, are questions intensely interest- ing, but to which we are unable to give a definite U'ply. Possihlv. thev may have been a detach- ment of the "l-llh Regiment, disbanded about that time, and a commissary of whieh named Tuffey had commenced in Quebec in 1780 to officiate aa a locnl preacher. This soldier had conferred upon him the honour— which an Apostle might have *n\i%i\ «»fpr««chiBg tbt first Methodiat lermon ILLUSTUATED SL'PPLEMKXT TO THE MONJTIEAL GAZETTE. in British North Ameri- ca. At that day, when the population of the whole of Canada did not exceed that of Montreal Eow— when John Wes- ley was preaching with almost youthful vigour in the three KioRdoms, and Charles was penning his incomparable hymns, and Fletcher was shed- dine upon the parish of Madeley the unction nf heaven, and the marvel- lous Asbury was still in early prime, a few there were in the homes of this city who, calling them- selves Methodists, " fear- ed the Lord and thought upon His name." How this small society, on whose behalf D r . Coke appealed to the "pious and benevolent" of Great Britain and Ire- land, ebbed acd flowed during the next seven- teen years we know not. The eighteenth century had closed its eventful volume before we next hear of it. In the year 1802, the Rev. Joseph Sawye-, u minister in connection with the New Yurk Con- ference, and at that lime Btaiioned on the Uny of Quinte, visited .Montreal. Tue Object of this u«- Tout iivaugtlist— whose name is tiiill aweel in the 'Jburclics, and who had, a jhort lime jire- viouoly, tieeu m.ide the honoured luslrumeut of the cunvert>iou of ilie sub- Sequemly distinguished Naihan Bangs— waS to ascertain it a minister coulu be iirudeniiy sta- tioned in ihid city. He found a tew who received him cordially, and us- eiated him in obtaining a place lor preaching. A small society of seven was organized, the scan- tiness of the numoer proving that, in the ab- sence of proper minis- terial oversight, n o i much progiess, if any, had been made during the seventeen years of its existence. 1803 was a memorable year in the liistory of LowfrCauHda. Slavery still existed to some ex tent in the Province. - About 300 negroes win in bondage in the dU tricls of Montreal, ThtK Rivers, and Quebec, bu' by the decision of Chief Justice Ojgoode, deliver- ed at the place just named, slavery was de- clared to be inconsist- ent with the laws of the country. By this .Act Can generation in advance of Etiitla id. Thi'i rei letter year was also memorahlu, Methodif hat imdili'i(? tiv a zeal- ous layman, Mr. Richard .McGinneig, who, at this I time, took an active part in the aff'iirs of the iu- j fant church. With the exception of three months j spj'n* in Quebec, the Rev NHthan Bangs,— then in his 27th year, and full of saintly fervour, which ; burned with undlmmed brightness to the close I of a long, useful and hnnonrable life, -laboured j the next twoypars in Montreal. At the c'ose of i the first yenr, the young Minister found thnt hi.i ! expenses had exceeded his income by S-tO. Mon- I treal had not then earned Its well sustnincd re- I putation for liberality. At the commencement : of th= 7 --.nd ysar Mr' H^n^i \:W-^:\ ii roor-.i, nnd , with some success, butminy liKTlc'ilties p'lrsued his pastoral labours Reviewing this period, he i says " the Society was small and I hid to grap- i pie with many emharras^menta ; but God siip- I ported me through them all, and now half a cen- I tiiry later, I still praise Him for all His goodness to me then." About this time, one Sabbath day, two men atrolling along Little St. James Street, heard the I street as the French Chnrch and in clos- prox- imitv to it The onlv individual now living who snbscrihpd to this buildine, and who rptnembers the ministry of Dr Jiangs, is ,Iohn Torrance, Esq who came to Montreal lu 1807, and who still survives amongst us, in the possession of "a green old age." . , * ,r . , • ' Dr Bangs was re-appointed to Montreal in 1812 bv the American Conference, but the brpnk- ing out of the war prevented his coming, - Bishop Asbury counselling its inexpediency ; and hiid it not been for the Rev. Tbomis Biirch, a British subject, magnanimously volunteering to till the vacanci', tl^ia city, with its 52 mpmbers. would havp been unsuppl'ed for the whole ot that un- toward period. As it was 1813 presented a va- cancy, which, combined with the feeling of na- tioml antaeonism, fostered by the war, led to an apnlicatinn beini made to the Wesleynn Confer- ence in Knuland for a miniateriKl supply This apnlioation was favourably responded to. The Rev Messrs. Richard Williams and John Strong, miuiBtera sucoeilively in charge, were warmly i I. i I of Gbristian Psal- pioceediog from f its rooms. They ed, and eventually in. The whole 3er- deeply Impressed that before leav- they voluntarily 'Cted themsclved the smallj but de- number, in whoso le saiictunry they so unexpectedly 1 themsi Ives. One ■m, .Mr. Thompson, eft behind him a ler of respectable ndants, who reside ipally in this city its neighbourhood ; ither, Mr Kraser, 1 d to patriarchal , and only recently d away, being, at ime of his decease, ildest member o f hurch of his early p. ISO.") the small 90- / of 20 members pro- i the erection of a ■h, with a dwelling he Minister, bnt it lot until two years thiit the project as- d a practical form, blv some at that nlnhtcouncil delay, denounce the con- latcd erections as nary ; and not with- eason. A email so- , unable with com- omeet the moderate nd of its Minister, certainly not placed le most promisinB ion for the speedy [ruction of a church I parsonage. Mr. e, however, obtain- jbseriptions in the !r Province and the ed States, and af- ards went to Eng- whcre he waslarse- iisted. Montreal did , in the person of its dijg elder, what res of struggling ches have done ', from Gaspe to Sar- n reference to Mont- And nobly has she jnded to the de- is made upon her. case during the 57 3 of her subsecpient ry has she " forgot- he heart of a Btran- e projects, so liheral- 'vised, were shortly ended, and in 1808 all stone church in f S* .Tns» pit Street r St. Sulpice) was ally dedic-ited tnthe •shin of Almighty This fir.at aub-itan- iroductnf Methodist •prise still remains ;io pnme side of the and in clos" prox- iiiil nnw living who ind who remembers is .Inhn Torrance, in 1807, and who he possession of "a ed to Montreal in mce, but the brenk- lis coming, - Bishop pediency ; and had ins Hurch, a British nteering to till the i2 members, would ' whole of that un- 13 presented a va- the feeling of na- the war, led to an Wesleynn Conl'er- ■rial supply This psponded 10. The 3 and John Htrong, rge, were warnaly ( i received by the people, but found their right to the occupancy cf the church uueslioned by tho presiding elder for Low er Canada. When the case came before the Bri- tish authorities, it was urged by them that the greater part of the a- mount required for the ct'irch and pnrsonage had been contributed in England, and as the ma- jority of the people pre- ferred, and hud formally, solicited \iw appoint- ment of the English. Mis- sionaries, it would con- duce to the success of the (iospel were they allow- ed peacefully 10 occupy the ground. With a view to Hu iimieable a' just- ment, the Kev. Messrs. Black and Bennett, two prominent .Ni.vaScotian Ministers, were deputed by II, e .M.ssiouaiy Com- mittee in London, to at- ten.i 111, Baltmiuie Gen- eral Conference in May, Ixl'i. The question how- ever, was, ULlurluuatc- ly, left au opeu one au- »u l.'')e*i|;i£2l3t January, 1834. by the Rev. H. CroJComBe, Wsi. .^<)uirc, and .lohn Harry, all ir In the next eleven years the Mother Church BudhertwoTigorouB branchea remained exter- na ly the same, with the exception of the change in the East from Gain to Ht. Mary Streets In- ernally there was consolidation and growth. Under the luminous and faithful ministry of Messrs. Lusher, appointed for the second time, Croscombe, Barry, S.|»ire, Lord, Ritchey, He- therington, Price, Borland, Havard, Brownell, k^2°/^.'i,''*'J.*' 1o"erell, Richey, Churchill and Uavis, the church had " rest" and " multiplied " Mr. feKjuire states that more than 'Juo were con- verted in the winters of '41 and '42, and that the Society maintained the si)irit of harmony and THE WESTERN ME- THODIST CHURCH. This beautiful churchi situated on Dorchester Street (West), was com- menced in the summer of last year, f.nd i; the lar- gest of the three or four churches lately erected under the ausj)ices of the Trustees of the Metho- dist Church Extension Fund, and is intended as a branch of the centre or Great St. James Street Church, Ibe building is 12Gteetby 74feetoyer projections ; height from «round to apex of roof, 72 feet; tower and spire, 1G5 feet. The walls are built of strong rubble masonry ; faced with narrow courses of dark blue limestone, with hammer dressed surface. The jambs and arches to openings throughout, as also, set-oil's and quoins to buttrtEses, and other dressings are of cut Montreal limestone. The windows and door- ways are pointed with tracery in the heads of different patterns. The interior has accommo- dation for about seven hundred persons with- out galleries. The roof is open, shewing arched principals resting upon auointeT«rl"H''"^^'=°^''«'3- The pulpit is in | whfrh alin f„^*'' *.°v.^ 8roined recess at the end, TheMiniltPr^?'/''^ ^''K" g»llery and choir The basement T/'/''^," ",°'l" »''» ^'^^'^ R*"""- tractors wpla^n"""'- "^^^"^^^ &c The con- raul t anrt P»*L'?"°"' ' ^tone wJrk, Messrs. Per- Ruth6rf^,rrf .T'f carpenters' work, Mr. Wm. "on • Dai^l'J ''^'*!'"'.."'°''''' Aitken and Morri- son, pamrers' work, Mr. Murphy; glazing, Mr ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT TO TUB MONTREAL GAZETTE. painted with plain bold tracery. The roof is covered with purple slates having ornamental cut horizontal bands in red and green slates. The total height of tower and spire at end is 130 feet. The whole being covered with galvanized iron, the pinnacles being of the same material The architect is Mr. 0. P. Thomas. MOLSO.VS liA.VK. This beautiful building has three frontages or facades faced with Ohio standalone. The shafts of the Doric columns of the portico, and those of the Corinthian columns forming the centre story on the Great St James Street front, are of polish- ed Peterhead granite, the sombre red tint of which has a striking effect contrasted with the pale yellow colour of the main body of the build- racter, showing that the designing of them baa not been neglect id by the architects, as is too often the case in modern buildings. The architects were Messrs. George and John James Browne. THE CURPURATION IN 1839. I /V..m lr„lul,i,i,i Oriu.tn.l The civil government of Montreal is adminis- tered by Justices o( the Peace, who are appoint- ed by the Governor of the Province. They are at present forty-six in number, and have power to make certain flsaesementa for defraying the necessary expensos of the city, and to enact and enforce such bye-laws for its regulation and ai- vantage as are not inconsia'tent with the statute.s of the realm. For a shorV period the municipal allairs of the city were MOjLS.ONS BA.VK, EASTER.V METHODIST CHURCH. fhL^'f,''nh'"''''J^^'"" by "'» Trustees of the Me- thodist Church Extension Fund to accommodate the continuous growth of the numbers of their members in the Eastern section of the city. The //. «nH «?^K^ ■'."""n'*'^ °° "^e corner of Sherbrooke 7 ' f.°,i^'^''\"*'sBarrommeeStreet8,frontingonthe former. The^style is Gothic. The body of the he Lhtof'.h!" •'if ■" f';'"' .over proj.cfnns. The neightof the church inside is 45 feei, of base- ^,t 1% f "'? "'ei'^a under the whole of the build- \^nnf '• .°* church accommodates from 5 to OU I persons including an end gallery. There are no side galleries. The roof is clerestory and IS made to show the timbers inside ; the princi- pals are arclies resting upon Ohio stone corbels, the whole^beiDg grained oak. The choir is placed n an arched recess at the back of the pulnit so that the singers face the congregation. Under lue clioir IS the ministers veatry, access to which 18 obtained by a concealed stairway under pannelling of choir front. There are three en- I trances on the trout, aud one on the side serving also a? entrance to basement, the full of the «round enabliPK it to be entered on the basement floor level. Of the external appearance of the building a good idea can be formed from the en- graving ; the walls are of dark blue limestone ia random courses with rough face, the dressings to buttresses being of c.u.t-stone. The windows are ing. The principal entrance to the Bank is in the centre of the ground floor of this front, and the private entrance in the East or court fayade, en- tered frotn the same street. The third front, on St. Peter Street, has a separate and independent entrance to commodious chambers which occu- py the Hrst and second floor, and are to be leased to public companies as offlces. The substruc- ture of the principal fagade on Great St. James Street, is a stylobale of massive vermiculatcd rustic, from which rise broad pilasters or rusti- cated piers on either side of the central projec- tion or portico, which extends to the street line, the whole, including one tier of openings, and surmounted with a regular Doric entablature. Of the hve compartments into which the ground floor of this fagade is divided, the central one is somewhat wider than the reft, and displays a handsome entrance door-way of large propor- tions and deeply recessed, approached by a flight of steps externally. The windows have semi- circular heads, radiating rustics, moulded jamba, carved imposts and masks on the key stones. 1 he doors are constructed of plate iron with oak framinga, cast iron mouldings with ornaments and medallions bolted thereon, and finished to imitate bronze. An entablature marking the se- paration of the second siory from the third oj attic, and projecting forward in the centre of the building over the four Corinthian columns ; is enriched with modillions and dentils to corres- pond m nchnesa and effect with the capitals of the columns. The upper part of the building is terminated with an attic comic, breaking for- ward in the centre of the building, which corres- nnnds m wj.ith with the poriico on the ground floor, a bus the effect of a centre, indicated by the projecting portion on the ground floor, ia maintained throughont the whole height of the building, and, being surmounted with a sculptur- ed group, forms the most prominent feature in the composition. Another noticeable feature in this building ia the stacks of chimneys carried up above the attic comic These are executed in rubbed 8andgtone, and . , of an ornamental cha- 1 managed by a .Mayor and Common Councl. An Act passed the Provin- cial Legislature in 1S3:', forming Montreal into a Corporation, and trans- ferring the authority from the Magistrates to the corporate body ; but in 183C, the Act of In- corporation hnving ex- pired, the Ooverument iigahi piisscd iuto tliM I'anils of the Justices of ilie Peace. The citv is Ji;pr«'.seDti(l in the Pro- vincial Prtrliament by four .Members, the Rnet Hud West Wards into which it is divided, re- turning two each. The period of service in the House of Assembly is four years. Under the Corporation the city and suburbs were distributed into eight wards, for the more convenient ar- rangement and dispatch of busines.s. These are East and West Wards, the Wards of St. Ann, St Joseph, S. Antoine, St Lawrence, St. Lewis and St. Marv. Another division of the city may be called the Military, according to which the battalions of militia, which are six in number, are collected from the . , portions of the city or suburbs in which they reside. ESTABLISHMENT OF M'GILL COLLEGE. [Froin Ilnrfichi'ja Di'iiktu.'i n the year 1814, the Hon. James M'Gill, an ulent merchant of this city, bequeathed in OpU.vuv >uv^i\.Liauv v/1 Luia i^ibjr, ucij uoatllOU lU trust to The Royal LvSTiTDTioN/or l/te Advance- ment of Learning in Lower CanadX, the valua- ble estate of Burnside, at the Mountain, together with the sum of ten thousand pounds, for the en- dowment of a College which should bear bis name. The will waa tor several years contested, but was at length decided in favour of the In- stitution. In 1821 the College was incorporated in conformity with the intentions of the founder ; and the Governor aud Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada, the Lieutenant Governor of Up- per Canada, the Chief Justices of Montreal and Upper Canada, the Lord Bishop of Quebec, were, by the charter of incorporation, appointed Gov- ernors of the Institution. The following Profes- sors were appointed in 5823 : Principal and Pro- fessor of Divinity, the Rev. G. J. Mountain, D. D., ot the University of Cambridge; Professor of Moral Philosophy and learned languages, the Rev. J. L. Mills. D. D., of Oxford; Professor of History and Civil Law. the Rev. J. Strachan, D. D., from Aberdeen ; Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, the Rev G J. Wilson, A. M., from Oxford; Professor of Medicine, Thomas Fargues, M.D.. from Edinburgh. It waa not, however, till the 24th of June, 1828, that the corporation of M'Gill College obtained full pos- session of the property bequeathed to it. * • The first degree conforred by the College waa that of M. D., on Mr. W. L. Logic, 24th May, 1833. Ten or twelve other gentlemen have since received their degree in the same. The only Pro- fessors at present ('39) connected with the Insti- tution are those in the Medical Department. They are as follow :— Dr. Holmes, Dr. Robertson, and Dr Stephenson. There are besides two Lec- turers— Dr. George Campbell on Surgery; an^ Dr, Archibald Hall on .Materia Medica. '.} 1, fc ;niDg of them has cbilects, aa ia tou inga. Ueorge and Joba i I.V 1839. Iii'tn.\ itreal ia admiuis- I who are appoiat- )vince. They are , and have power for (lefrayint; the and to enact aad egiilalion aud ail- ; with the statutf:) iod the muuicipal of the city were ed by a. Mayor and on Council. Au lesed the Provin- gislftture in 1S3J, g Montreal into a ration, and trana- the authority >e Magistrates to porale body ; but , the Act of 111- ition havin;; p.\- the (inveruinent passed into th" if the Jiintices of ice. The citv ia Dtrd in the I'ro- Parliament by ambers, the Kast 'est Wards into it is divided, re- two each. The of service in the of Assembly la ars. Under the ition the city and were distributed ht wards, for the convenient ar- ?nt and diapatch lesR. These are id West Wards, rda of St. Ann, ■X>h, S. Antoine, rence, St. Lewis Marv. Another of the city may d tlie Military, ig to which the la of militia, eaix in number, Bcted from the of the city or L COLLEGE. nea M'Gill, an bequeathed in ar the Advance- idX, the valua- mtain, together nds, for the en- boald bear bia eara conteated, rour of the In- la incorporated of the founder; nt-Governor of overnor of Up- [ Montreal and ' Quebec, were, ippointed Gov- llowing Profea- icipal and Pro- Mountain, D. dge; Profeasor languagea, the 1 ; Profeaaor of r. Strachan, D. f Mathematica G J. Wilson, of Medicine, )urgh. It was , 1828, that the lined full pos- i to it. • the College >gie, 24th May, nen have since The only Pro- rith the Insti- Departmeut. 5r. Robertaon, lides two Lec- Surgeryi and lico. ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT TO THE MONTREAL GAZETTE. 1 1 \ MCDONALD'S TOBACCO WORK.S. . We give an illuatration representing the exteti- n''^ \°}i?^° '"°l^^ °' Mesars. McDonald, Bros. & Co., 1C3 Water Street, which will be completed by the Ist January. On the 8th November the roof, which waa of wood, took fire, and waa com- pletely deatroyed. An additional height of two T^iT-M-'"'-",?.^'^,^'*.*?" oy"'e proprietors. The building la 135 feet long and 35 feet wide The atone walla are of great thickneaa, and are now upwards of a hundred years old, the build- iiig being the aame which is represented on the S v,r°K Montreal as It exiated in the year 1758, aa published in to-day'a iasue of the Uaielle. The 5th, or top story, ia to be uaed for drying and flavoring rooms. The 4th atory ia intended tor leaf and assorting rooms, and will be fitted up with boilers for diaaolving the liquorice, of which there ia used daily from half to three- quarters of a ton. The 3rd and 2nd atorya are for rolling rooms, i. knowledge of skating being fully as easen- tial ««io k^six aa the gentler but leaa healthful practice" at tfiepiajio or the accomplishments ^ 13 of social life. In the Ame- rican cities coniDHmtive- ly few "eic'lusive" clubs have (18 yet been eslab- iahed, tlieKretit Unwash- ed, the Shoddyites, and the I'etroltnimites Rene- rally olitaininB admit- tanro to the same rink on the payment (j| the same fee— a lield for which there is a larfie opeiiinn in thii city, as none of the rinks -the Montreal, the Victoria, Ouilbaull's and lirons- don'anresiilliciently cen- tral tor general piiriioaes, and an e(|uiillv good one would probably bo well supported by the less exclusive i)oriiiin ot the public if erected in the vicinity of the Champ do Mars or the Hay Market and [iroperly nianaf^ed. With the object of show- ing people at a distance from these congenial re- gions how a hrst-clasa Skating Rink is laid out ''°'',^"''.?''K'*d. we herewith give an engraving nf the \ iclorm Rink on Dorchester street, with a general description of the way it is conducted : — VICTOniA SKATINO niNK. This Rink was constructed during the season of 18U:3, and was tirst opened to its subscribers for use on the 24th December, of that year. An Act of Incorporation was obtained from the Legislature on the application of James Tor- rance, John (Jreenshields, John Lewis Geo M Millar, Alfred Brown, J. J. Jones, Thos. Mor- ?• v" I °^^'^' nenllemen of this city, under which the Club holds and manages its real es- tate, of a v,ilue now o( about $30.fiii0, while their capital stock is kept within the limit of 300 shares, ot ^W each, or ■* 15,000 The building is situate on Drummond Street on a lot of 120 by 12 7 feet. The area for skating 18 202 feet long by 80 feet wide, covering a space n^LUSTRA FED SUPPLEMENT TO THE MONTREAL GAZETTE. V I C T R I.A SKATING R I.N K . of about KiO square feet. Thia ia apanned by a aemi-circular framed roof rising to a height of .12 feet, and constructed in such a manner as to give I an apparent lightness of effect, combined with ■ great strength, the arched principals ot the roof springing immediately from the ground. The skating area is surrounded on all sides by a platform 10 feet wide tor promenading, and in the centre of one side is a recess in wbich ex- tending over the platform, is a handsome and conmiodiouB gallery for the music, which is sup- plied weekly by some of our line military or other blinds- The Rink ia lighted during 'he day by large windows on three sides, and at night by six pen- dant riiiys or stars, each containing 48 burners, and by a bracket light atta.-htd to each of the 48 principals of the roof, containing in addition 102 burners, making with those in the orchestra some 500 jets, by which the building is brilliantly and ellectively iluminated. There is also a uniall gallery at the west end over the entrance door, from whi''h an excellent riiii]) iluil of the whole may be obtained. The building fronts on iJrummond Street, anU is entered by a spacious hall, on each side o f which, and opening on the platform, are sepa- rate dressing rooms for ladies ami gentlemen, with hatand cloak rooms attached. These rooms are furnished with nu- merous biixea, each with lock and key, and of suf- ficient size to hold the skates, boots, kc. They are also stove wtirnieil aid throughly comfort- able. 1 h e superintendent lives on the premises, oc- cupying rooms over the entrance hall. ., , ,. . , . Messrs. Lawford & Nelson are the Architects. The business of the Victoria Rink is managed by seven Directors chosen annually bv the sh.ire- hoiders, and all application for admissions, as annu.il subscribefs, are made to and determined by the Directors. The sk .ting season opens about the middle of December, and continuesiilmost un- interruptedly, for four months. The Rink being opened for use from 8 A.M. till 10 V M. Skating has been enjoyed as far on as the 1 jth of M>iy. Fancy Dress entertainients take i-lacc two or three times during the winter, which are tlinmged by enthusiastic skaters, with their (riends as spectators, numbering in all some l,.'in(i or 2000 persons The effect of this stirring crowd, with the inspiring music, biiHiant lights and extra illu- minations cannot be adeijuatHlv described Mr. James Torrance was made a life member, as n recognition of his services in oruauizing and bringing the project to so successful au issue. J^OTICE OF REMOVAL. THOMAS MAY & CO., tMl"0BTKB.1 or BRITISH AND FORBION FANCV Q '"'«' in.^truuients, and KujHirwr- to niosi ol iliofe imp Tted. ile rc-noct- m.L!'!'"®' critioi.'m, and will sell on the most liberiil tcruifl, at Ion- /iriren ^Hiiw Uoo.MS-7i) Ureal -t. James Street. l/AGLirEuliSL)ity," KLVG & QUEEN STREETS, MONTREAL, GEORGE BRUSH, PRorniETOR, "■nxiTACTrum STEAM ENlUNfcS, MINn\a, PUMPINO, ANI' OTHER M.ACHINEHV HENRY J. BEN ALL AC K, FAMILY CROCKl!, ' K N K II A L DEALER I .V TEAS, COFFKbS, AND CHOICE (iKOCERIES JioXA V]:.\Tl HE HI I J. i>/.\(;, SKlNrRKAI,. Agent for Sharpe's celehra ed Finnin Iladdies. E, ATVVAiiat & CU, OIL. LEAD A.vr. COLOR MKKCHAXTS, VAHNI-U MANUFACTl :RER3, No3. 17, 10 & 21, ST. NICHOLAS STkEET, MoxraKAt.. I liNTU.N & COoPEK, ■Aninufacturers A Wholesale Doalors m BO (1 T .^ A > \} SHOES, 5:4, E2u .V K^ ST. PAUL STREET. i L. B A W G « & < O , I • Succcsco s to T. L ^ti;k.,f 4 Co , Maraifac- turers of fKLT and COMI'OSITIuX ROOFIMJ BMJLISH I'iiLT ROjFI.'«a. Ac. Cflbe: No 1> Place D'Ahmes Hiti,, opposite City Bank, Montreal. / The inep haU ytar ^^ A lULLI Ush eetlli Fubllo. ,/ of an» i-ol re id niao a Bnmll V at the weal end lifi rntriiiice door, vh'irh Hu rxeellcnt I "il of the whole I* obliiiocd. liiiililinK Criints on uond Strt'i't, and red by a spacious on each side o f , nnd o|ji>Qing oa iitfonn, nre uepti- icsaiiig rooiiia for and Kcnilfiuen, iitand cl(jak rooms fd. Thrae rooms rnijtipil with nu- i b HV 'VLLACK, a, n IN 3E GROCERIES l>l\t;, innin Ilnddies. ; Co, IF.liCHAXTS, ChERg, VH/ir i;r. i\s, r/.-. I'oalers in SHOES, riEEET. & • o , A Co , Manufac- :ijX ROOFI.^ii, '. Om;e: Ho !' Bank, Montreal. ( '/ THE ROYAL KIRK AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL £2,000,000 Sterling, LARaJRKBKRVB FUND. Annual Incomeexcceda £COO,COO Sterling. LIFl DEPARTMENT, Amongst ottie great ailTMitsgM ofTereJ by thij Oonpany 'o Asuera ue : MODBRATBIATBS OF PRBMIUH. DAYS OF eAOB ALLOWBD with moat liberal Interpretation. PROMPT SITLKMENT OF CLAIMS. BONUSES «lar«d every Dye years, which ban been equal tTWO PBR CENT PER ANNUM en Sam AsbuI. The inereain the business of this branch for the half year in 64 amounted to upwards of HALF A MILLIOieXEBLmO, olearly thowinc the hiah estlmaO the Company U held by the Fubllo. SOCIAL NOTICE. The nsdetned bega to sail attention to the Aot reoantly pad by th« Lagiilatare at Qaebeo. §•• enrlng t« Wivi AND, OR, CHILDREN, Policies cAastu'tuiceB on the Livea of thoir Itisbaads or Fathers, AuUmedWam or taken out in their faroor. troa the oredf of the AMnred. BTwyfnmation aa to RATES OF PREMIUM, e., wl/ oompare moat favonrably with «f any MauOompany, will be givaa on ap' OFFICE AND SAMPLE ROOMS, 340 NOTRE DAME STREBT. (Neit door to HL Francois Xayier Street.) The following aro some of our well known and fayourite braadi : LION la'j CROWN U-i UNION l*. DIAMOND lys ANDERSON 12'« HUBERTON 12'» UENRICO IZ-s PRINCE OF WALES la's imiTANNIA 16'8, g's, and4'i ROYAL ARMS 8'b and 4'i VICTORIA 8-9 ana4's rORGET-ME-NOT 4's CAUTION!! As Mannfaoturers haye imitated some of oar prominent brands, oar Card and Trado Mark, u above, will be stenoilled upon every box, as a protection to ourselves and to the large number of the Trade who prefer oar Manufactures. LEAF TOBACCO. 100 Hbds EENTUCKT LEAF, In lots to suit purohasers. rOB RUB B7 McDonald brothers, 340 ^ ; DAME STREET, Next door to St. Francois Xavier Street. PRKBENT8 for the HOUDAYS AT HILL'S LIBRABT, Qreat SU James Street. BIBI^S AND COMMON PRAYKR3, I ILLUSTRATED WORKS, i coukcb bbkviobs, kt., I T'>Y BODES, In rtrlaty OKRLSTMA.S AND NEW YEAR BTATIONBRT, NOVELS HND LIGHT UTBRATURH. MODERN LITHKATUKK, TRAVELS A ADVENTURES, for Boys, BOOKS FOR YOUNO LADIES. SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKtf, PHOTOaRAPUS and DIARIES. CRAYON DRAWIN.M. ALMANACKS, and POCKET BOOKS, THE POETS ELEQANTLV BOUND. fiW LiaaAST Ticaiia From $4 per aaanm aad upwards, or Id per Vol., daily. f^ ^woS No. 1 PLAOG IVARMES OHAMBXR& MONTREAL BUSINESS COLLEGE AND TKLEORAPHIO INSTITUTE, NoBDBnMiR's BuitniNO, QaiiT St. Jims Stbut a Branch of Bryant. Stratton & Oo.'s Intamattonal Chain of Commeroial Colleges, established la Montreal, Toronto, Boston. Mew York, Brooklyn. Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Toledo, Detroit, Ohioaco. Milwaakoo, St. tanw. BridKeaort. Ctioa, Ogdena- burgb, Covington, Uatrisburgh.IiOuiSTilla, Memphia, New Orleans, and U(. Paul. Yoang men theoretically and praati«aUy ednoatad for business. S^ Book-keeping, Commeroial Arithmetle, Bosi- ness Penmanship, Commeroial Law. Telegraphins and Phonography. Soholarghips isnued at one point arc good for unlimited period in ail the Collages. The " College Journal." oontainlng fall Informa- tion, muled free to all sending their address. FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE. Established 1B26. SCOTTISH PROVINOIAL ASSURANOK Oo. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. CAPITAL mFb million STSSLim ImaUd in Ctinado— $1)00,000. Cakada Hrad Officb, Mortbzai.. ZhVftrtorj— Hugh Taylor. Esq., Advocate: Hon. Cha*. Wilson, MX.C; WilUam Bache, E«i., Banker; JeekMB Roe, tin,, Banker. ,Stcrelarti—A. SAvasoR PAUia. Lt(Kii Adviter—STRJiCBUi Bnatnci, Q.O. KedicaJ Adviifr—'Wu. VaASZB, MJ>. PRENTICE, MOAT k CO., SBOKSBS, MERCHANTS' EXCHANQS. AOBfTS FOB TBI >ee Bank of Urerpool, Loadoa fi 14 VI lU.nSTUATKD SIPPI.I.NTKM 10 THE MONTKI.M, (iAZKlTl.. ILLUSTKATED SUPPLKMKNT TO THE MOXTHKAL OAZKTTR. SPECIAL NOTICE. 1 J ilBCIlL DBIOi iSSDeiiCi CiPJlNI (;JIIEF OFFICES— 19 and 20 CORNHILL. LONDON. KN'JJLANR Oj^i-»it^\.l, ti;-i,r>oo,o()o sterling. L£FE DEPARTMENT. BONUS.- -Polirip^ efTectcd before tbc 31st Ucetmber nex\, on the I'rofit SchIl', and pnving Annual Prtinuirn, will purtjcipate in the next Oivision of rrofils. There are MibMantial grounds for beli(\ing that tlic Bn.\i'.»< will be exceptioial'y large in ccDsequeDcc of the KECKNT SELECTION c( lA\i:>, the low rate uf Mortidit)-, tiie lai^h class of busines.-!— the poli'ie;; nearly average .£1,000 .Sterling each— and from the ecotioiny which the l>ed of Settlement enlorees in the manngement. Kighty per cent of the rrolils of the whole Life a. id Annuity business are divided among particicipating I'olicy Holdrx Claims are paid one mouth after Proof of Death. By a recent Act of Parliament a Wife can now hold a Policy on the Life «( her Husband Free from all other Claim. Fi RE DEPARTMENT. The di-itingnibbiug principle of the ("onipany has been thi! establishment of :in eiiuitabie ria.ssitiration. chargin)? in ahcnses .: priiinium proportionate to the risk. The succe.s.s which has attended the Company's operations has hccu such as fully to realize the most sanguine exprtatioM of the Directors, who have resolved to extend the bnsmess more widely, and now o'tfcr to the Canadian public PEITECT SECURITY guarantpced by large Subscribed Capital, and Invested Funds. PROMPT .SETTLEMENT OF Cf^AlMS. — The Directors and tieneral AgenU, being jrentlemen lar^'ely enjiged in rommerce, wdl take a liberal and business-like view ol all tjuestions coming heloie them. FREDERICK COLE, Secretary. • MORLAND, WATSON & CO., General Agents fur Cmda. OFFICE.— 38.') A.Ni> 387 ST. PAUL STiiEET, MONTREAL. Surveyor— B.. -MUNRO, Montreal. I)nprctor of A(:r/n-irs—T. C. LIVINGSTON, P.L.S., Upper C,adn. P?* ■OSTA15LISHED 1860. HENUY IT. GRAY, DIKPENSINQ AND FAMILY CHEMIST, ifo. Hi .S'(. Liiicrmfr Main titritt, M K f a K A L . Ph»i)iolan«' ProscriptioDB carefully pruparod. aad fonrarded to all putt of iho City. r^ ARPETS : VKLVETH. CARTE TS IMPKKIAI.", bTAIK lAItPETS, BKI'S^'KLg. KUiDEHS, liKAUfH 11I'0.S. I. RICHARDSON & CO., PLUMBERS, 0A8 AM» STEAM FITTaRS, BKLL HANaKK?, .Vc, U ST. LAMUBHT II II 1. . MO.VTBBAL. Cooking StovM Fitted up for HoatinK Bathe. Lockt ReiJdired uml Kii/> FilUd. TAPK3THY. DriCIl I "DOR MATS, WILLIAM BENNET iCO., BOOKSELLERS ANT> KTATIONKR AND OilVKKAL NBW.S ACIiTia, 27 GREAT ST. JAMKS STRET Orpoiito th» Pest Office. MiijiTatiL. OBSRY" HENbEnY^irDO.", MiNrPiCnklMU felLVtBBMITlH & JjllLERB, R G If TS ! GIFTS !! GlFTjJ BIBLES, PBAYER BOOK^, CHURCli SERVICES, WESLEY\S HYMNS, and a large and beaatifal aejortjnenlof ILLfHTRATBD TOY BOOKS, »J1 niitable for Xmaa and Now Year's Proflents, af ROBERT MTLLKR'S, .V(. I'rnnrou Xnnier Strerl. Have opomdaSnOW-ROOM in .MUIH'.' lOCK, Thi) newoct dpsiBrna In all thu al)OT» Constjintly Place a'Armea, in connection with their Fioo' on rnrnivn.l Alun Onii,;Streot, and invito inccootion to (jOL^SIL- rocLivoa. Also. VKKaud PLATED WARl.ti o^ ihoir own odun- ^, ,,r,,, ,^,, ^, ^^,^ , t'on, oswsll BS imported WATCHSS, JBWLLii- FLOOK OH, CL0TM8, : RjVii-.,whicU Ihoy oiler nt moderato prices. EnKllsh and Araorican, In all widths, uiid cut to any 'liiiiec^i.jnf . CrRTAINS. J. BAVi.t.i iTuiiM call particular atlsntion at thl< ' YES .t ALLEN, Munufaoturs of _ HaEDWAIvE, SiDVFfl. IrIN RA.l.IM.iS, .V ,ic. N'./S. 115 to I'i.) ({ufen .^troet [llspoKTEB'a Note. -.Messrs Ires 4 AUenam- facture m their eataliUiihuiont a great vaty of tyIo3 of Hardware, inolud'.nfr l,.)cka, Iihas, fojuvo reason to thi.« department, which is cooiDlate Heales, fc'ad^iroas, btoven. Iron I'urniture, . Ao! DAMASKS, -JLLIOT'B TBADI IIAILK ^tSl-^ DENTIFRICE sKcunsn. For Prnfrving and t'lmtumn the T-.i',. Twenty- teri'« "P«rieDc* testifies t" the val.i* ot KlUof, in uU itii branches, comprisinji LACE CIRTAr.VS. PEKINADES, .\KUA.=' I'LOinS, i'RIXaES, COKNirE POLKS, '-■.vR.VICES, .vc.Ac, At.BO :\ unnAT vakistt, F'lAN'O A' Their preniisea are estensive. cocupjing miaoo frcin W to loo feft, and they employ alx ir,0 ha:i.l<. In the Foundry Daparlmeiit thcjavo facilities for executing every ciaas of work. Id the lightest to the heaviest.] Tlil.yaiM.:?, JOHN MATIIEWSON & SN, iCEstablishcd 1821,) SOAP, CAN'DLE i OIL MANUFACTUR.s OirER FOR i^ALE- F.!r':^>'i-.y\ |-, TABLE COVKRS. tSOAPS-Ciimmon, Crowr. Liverrfol. Steam Re Pale - .. ,. — - .. Red Pale. P»!e Yellow. Family, Compound Ernt^ Wljite and Lil/. (i^*-J Oil Bunp for Fiili ^•03 imitating?* A8kto'Jl#, ""?' %'*"■ ■ - '"'" .*'•<*. " I i ■ ' " .M 1 . \ i .M I () l> S , p,,,^^ ,..^g,_ ^^,^ ^^^^^^ ^^j ^ Adam i