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May 3ls(, 18HH. UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA LIBRARY ARCHIVES •'*»:'? K» .«-- f4r* »,. €bc C?c^e»0 r-^. '■''lA'* - ^ s^-^r \-fi %" 9S *- i'x*. J--,iJ ;^ iT" *. [1 / *-^f^ ^ **»- '-SI &>; t^"" ^S^^i-'^j* *'*-tS '-■ '>^:si^i>'S^ 1 ♦* How youngly he began to serve his country ; How long contimie<1." CORIOLANIS. m& B-A-nSTQ^TJET — TO Sir Francis Hincks, CITY CLUB, MOJ^TREAL. Montreal, May 31st, 1883. rnrnmn m: >iji)' ' p 4, »t-V#'*^*'*"'*'*'"^'i ,y^ J -*•■>,-««': .»,»««*1»»« ^t:/!:,,/v f T X ' t, n y 'S ■V V BANQUET .■■ ,"i TO SIR FRANCIS HINCKS, CITY CLUB, MONTREAL. • : - -Ml.' « 4*» » Montreal, May 31st, 1883. * ' Tho Montreal City Club is a non-political institution, and gathers to itself many of the leading literary men and merchants of the city. All kinds and shades of politics, and all classes of business are represented there. Sir Francis Hincks is the President, and to very many members his almost daily presence is a great delight. His clear memory, stretching back for half a century, corrects many an historical blunder. It occurred to some of the members that a dinner in honour of their President would be an appreciable mark of their esteem for him personally, and their recognition of the credit due to one who has devoted much time and great abilities to the service of his couutry. The following pages record what was said and done on that memorable evening. A. J. B. 2037747 Mr. Tiios. Cramp occupied the Chaii', arul was Hupported on his right by tlio guest of the ovoiiiiig, Sir Fnincis IlincUs, K.C.B, Mr. Thos. While, M.P., Mr. George Hague and Mr. Fred. Hague, and on his loft by Mr. T. S. Brown, Mr. David Law, lion. Win. McDougall, Q.C., C.B., liev. A. J. Hray and Mv. T)'jMald Macinas^er, Q.C., MP. Tho Vice-Chair was occupied by Mr. Andrew Robertson, and among those priesent wore Messrs. P. W. Henshaw, B. J. Coghlin, Wm. Angus, J.J. Cuiran, Q.C., M.P. Edward Murphy, James Stewart, Wm. Kinloch, '' " E. K. Greene, O. W. Craig, James Darliug, J. N. Greensbields, John Kerry, W. H. Kerr, Q.C., C. A. Geoftiion, Q C,, Edward Carter, Q.C., James Crathern, Captain Ormond, R. P. McLea, John Rankin, J, A. Ready, G. W. F. Carter, W. S. Walker, John Macfarlane, C. R. Hosmer, John L. Morris, James A, Ciintlio, John McLean, John Boattie, J. O. Ik'llhonst", Edward Evuuh, A. F. Gault, S. Finlay, Jonathan Hodgson, W. H. Turner, J. P. Rose, R. Wlilte, S. E. Dawson, W. M. Ilamsay, C. C. Foster, L. H. Boult, M. P Kyan, Gilbert Scott, C. Cacsils, ! W. Cassils, W. W. Ogilvic, W. FarroU, ThoH. Trimble, John Ogilvy, R. B. Angus, Wm. Clendinnong, John Livingstone, Hon P«'ter Mitrhtll, Henry Bulmer, 8. Couhion, D. Gruham, S. H. Ewing, J. Wolffe, TboH. Craig, Wm. O'Brien, Perceval Tibbs, James O'Brien, P. S. Stevenson, S. C. Stevenson, John Atkins, J. H. Plummer, A. C. Camming, W. C. Tower, — Batterbury, , C. N. Armstrong, William Stephen, J. C. Stewart, Ottawa, J. C. Rose, W. McDougall, L. N. Benjamin. After the good things had been freely discussed, "' The Chairman rose and proj^osed the first toast of the evening, "Her Gracious Majesty the Queen," and in doing so, referred to the great anxiety that had recently been caused by the rumoui's that Her Majesty was seriously indisposed. These rumouivs, however, he was glad to say, were without serious foundation, but he would ask them, in singing the Xational Anthem, to em|)hasizo the words, " Long live oui Gracious Queen." 5 » ' * Tlio (oawt wuM hononrod ainidsl llio girutosl ciilhiiNiaKni, thoHO pi'CHriil Niii^iny; (ho XatioiiHl Anllujin. , i Tho CiiAiHMAN, in ])i'()|)<>sinn; \\\o tdnst ot' '■ Tli(> riovernoi'- fit'iu'ral," said the Marquis of'Lorne was not only llu' ropivsontativo of Hor Muji'stN' Imt ho had married a Uoyal PrincosH, in whoso woU'aro all Canadians f'olt tho /lijroatost intoiosl. Ho holon^od, also, to a voi'v anoiont and nohlo Soottish hoiiso, which ^avo him an addi- tional ( laim to our I'o^ai'd It was undoi'stood that their departure would take place hefore tho (dose of the year, and he was convinced ho ox])resHod tho /^I'noral sentiment, when wishing them all prosper- ity whei'over IhtMr lot was cast. He asked leave to mako an addition to tho toast, and pro[)osod "His KxcoUoncy tho Governor- (ieneral, and Hor Itoyal llighiu^ss tho Princess Louise." This toast was also received with ^reat enthusiasm. Mr. Champ, in rising to propose tho t'»ast of tho evening, said ho desired to cx[)i'ess his thanks to tho nuMuhers of tho Chih for tho honour of j)residin^ at this hanciuot to their Pi'esidcnt. The City Clult was young, hut its President was one of the most distini^uishcd men in Camida. (Cheers.) Wore he to attem[)t anything like an ade(|uate rofoi'once to his puhlic services, it would he a sort of history of Canada dui'ing a very l(,>ng and eventful period. His o\yu iTcollcction dated hjick nearly forty years, and at that time, in 1844, Sir Francis was in Montreal editing a very influential journal, tho Pilot. Ho had hoard Sir Francis say not long ago tluit he was indehted to his connection with tho press for tho principal op])ortu- nitios of his early cai'oor, and he (Mr. Cramp) would say that this fact ])lacod them all under additional ohligations to that important and powoi'fiU profession. (Hear, hear.) The time he was now referring tt) was a stormy pei'iod, and we now enjoyed what might be called a great calm. But it was well to recollect the struggles that had gone befoi-e, and we had now at his right hand one of tho old pilots who had weathered the storm, and, having cariied them through the dangers of the voyage, they rejoiced now to meet him in this snug harboui*. (Cheers.) These were the early da\'s of respon- sible Government, which had not been conceded without great diffi- culties, while there existed both in England and Canada, among powerful politicians, a great unwillingness to bring it thoroughly 6 ilito pnu'tico ; aiid pci'liupH hoiuc of tho mont iin)><)rtaiit sorvicen of Mr. IliiicUs ill llioHO VwuoH woru h'\» loii<;HUHtuinod and vi^oroii.sHupportof tho claim i'ov tliocoiistitiilioiial Mystem, into tho Mtrugglo for which ho throw himHolf with charactorinlic oiioigy. (('hooiH.) It was right in thoho (pilot tiino.s to roinomhor tho Hghting dayw gono by, jmuI thoHo to whom wo owo in a large moasnio tho privilogos wo now enjoy, llo waid tho^o wore Hghting dayn, and it only roquirod a pu.sHing rot'oronco to tho Drummond and tho Mottalt and DeBlouiy uloclioni!*, during Lord M.otcalfo'8 administration and tho groat party Htrugglo which then wont on, provioim to the appointmont of Lord Elgin. Thoy would many of them rocolloct tho day on which tho Royal aisHent was given to tho llobollion Losses Bill, the events of that night when tho Parliament Buildings wore burnt. Perhaps some of them were out tho following night when not over dolicitto attention^ were paid to our guest of this evening and his colloaguos, Mr. Lafontaino and others — (laughter); then the progress of Lord Elgin to old Government House, by Notro Dame Stroo', and the not very ott'octivo cavalry escort when ho left after receiving the address of Parliament. On the other side of tho river wore marshalled tho * Pj-airio Hens," as thoy wore called, commanded by their old friend Captain Fortin, who was now doing more peaceful and very valuable service in promoting the telegraph system of the Lower St. Lawrence jind (rulf. (Choors.) If he referred to these matters it was princijmlly to show the difficulties which then surrounded practical politics, and thus to bring out tho extent and value of tho services which their friend iiad rendered to Canada in face of obstacles that would have seemed almost insurmountable. There could be no doubt whatever that to Sir Francis Hi neks wo were indebted for the introduction of our railway system on a comprc- hoDsive scale, and especially in respect of the Grand Trunk Railway. (Cheers.) It had been always a matter of surprise to him that this fact had not been more generally recognized in the city of Montreal, which had, without doubt, been enoimonsly benetittod by the increased facilities for travel and commerce thus created. He could recollect goin^j to Toronto by stage when it ometimes took four daj-s and three nights of incessant travel, and later, when Parliament sat in Toronto, which was best reached via Rouse's Point, Burlington, Schenectady, Niagara and Hamilton. Tho development of trade, consequent upon upon railways, wjih Hiniply iiu-alciilahU^ All honor, thoivforo, to the man who, uhovu all othors, had \tvvn iiiHtniniontal in hi-ingin^ ahoiit tlu^ho ivHiillH. (CheiM'H.) Thou wo ha. «' ould suit you to accept it, it would give me very great pleasure to submit to 'le Queen tt»e name of a statesman so distinguislied in Colonial administration as yourself. Lord Palmerston joins me in the >\isb that you may be able to undertake this office. •j •)> . ■ •' Believe me, ' V ' L ' , ,, ' . >,., ," Yours very truly, ' * « William Molksworth. ^ " P.8.— The salary is £4,000 a year. " To F. Hincks, Esq." (Cheers.) The second, written a few days later, proved what had long been known to the intimate friends of Sir Francis, that tho offer had been entirely unexpected, and that ho had asked for time to Considei' it. The third, also from Sir William Moloswoi'th, contained this sentence : — "I have just received a letter from the Queen en- tirely approving of your being appointed to the oftico of Governor of Barbadoos." (CHeers.) The next was dated 9th October, 1801, from the Duke of Newcastle, i-ne distinguished nobleman who, they would recollect, had Jiccompanied the Prince of Wales to Canada. It otfered Sir Fi'ancis the government of British Guiana, and said : — " I trust that this appointment vvill be acceptable to you, as affoixling, on the one hand, a wide and important field of activity and useful- ness, and on the other a token of He Muje^ty's approval of the energy and ability with which you have administered Iho Govern- ment oi BarbadocH and Windward Islands." (Cheers.) Then fol- lowed one from the same nobleman, dated Ist July, 18G2 : — " DoWNiNU 8TBEKT, 3I»tJuly, 1862. *• My Dear Mii Hinckh, — It. giyes me vory great pleasure to infui'm you that tliu Queen Iihs been gruciousiy pleased, on my recommendHtion, to confer upon you the diBiincti(ation ff the negroes there. I think it was considered that emancipation in the West Indies was a total failure. I wrote and gave a letter to Mr. Tappan, in which I held that nothing could be more successful than the emancipation of the negrcjcs in the West Indies. Mr. Tapj)an pul)lished that letter, and in 1851), partly in consequence of that, I was called upon by the Anti-Slavery Society, at a meeting in London, at which Lord Brougham pj'esided, and asked to move the principal resolution on the subject, and upon that occasion I had the honor to give expres- sion to my sentiments, and proved, as I contend I did, that ivGe labor was infinitely cheaper than slave. I was able to state from ray own knowledge, that no greater mistake could be made than to su])po8e that negroes are naturally indolent and unwilling to work. In the colony of British Guiana — in which there were a great number of Chinese and coolies from India — the heavy work was really porfoi'm- ed by the negroes. Aftei- my i-eturn to Canada fj-om the West Indies, there was much misunderstanding as to the circumstances rnder which I accepted office. I returned after an absence from thin country of flfteeri years, and other men had got ii\to public life ; and after an absence of fifteen years, my being called to an irapoj*tant department of the Government was not generally favored ; and, I know, no doubt, it was thought by many that I had some personal object to gain by it. Now, I wjsh to be understood that in accepting office in tliis country I actually made a personal sacrifice. I have been frequently sneered at as being an Imperial ])ensionei'. The pension which I had granted to mo is that of every Colonial Governor who has served a certain pei'iod, and it requires him to serve his full period in order to get his full pension, and, if I had at the time in question, served another term, I would have been entitled to the full pension of £1,000 sterling. At that time I had a ^air chance of getting another governorship, and I hav'3 every reason to believe I would have got it. When I returned to Canada from the West Indies I came merely on a three months* tour, and I had no idea that Sir John Hose was going to vacate office. I found, however, that Sir John Rose was determined to retire, and that all the bank charters had expired, and |i li 13 the policy of the Government, with regard to these bank charters, most unquestionably did not meet the approval of the Houhc of Commons, and there was very great difficulty standing in the way. It was conveyed to me that there was a gi-eat desire on the part of gen- tlemen connected with the banking interest that I should undertake the office. Then there was besides the question of the silver nuisance which I'equired the prompt action of the Govei-nment, and my con- viction that I could aid in the satisfactory settlement of these ques- tions was my chief inducement to accept office. Salaries of ministers were then considei-ably less than at present, and during the whole of my incumbency one-half of my Canadian salary was deducted from my Imperial pension, which reduceriate, I think, that on such an occasion as this we should remember our Parliament, for most of us in this City Club take some part in the political affairs o. our juntry. We freely discuss the pros and cons of free trade and protection — of the ins and the outs and such like importtmt matters to office holders and ofHco seekers ; and while I do not suppose that any man at any time gets converted by the arguments ho hears, yet, I am certain, that it tends greatly to tone down the asperities of party debate when conducted in the good- atured gathering of a smoke room. At any rate, we learn that there is something to be said on the other side, and that is always worth learning — we learn also that our opponents are honest pien, moved by impulses and convictions as profound and sincere as those which prompt us. One day in the week it is my, as it is of other clerics, duty to discuss that unknown quantity you call your soul. We conduct a moral diagnosis which amuses you. We offer medicine which you never dream of taking, but here we concern ourselves about what is practicable and knowable and understandable — that is to say, politics and commerce. For I am bound to say that very little theoiogy gets talked, and for a simple reason, the Presbyterians know nothing of the Westminster Con- fession, the Episcopalians know nothing of the thirty-nine articles, and the Methodiste — well they are so well represented, that I think I must allow that they understand a good deal about several things. Well, as a club, it has come to pass that we are giving a com- plimentary dinner to our President, who deserves this and a great deal more at our hands. He has lived long and greatly in the ser- vice of his country ; he has conducted many campaigns, fought many battles, sometimes gaining and sometimes losing ; has com- mitted many blunders, no doubt, and achieved many great successes we know, and now the grand old veteran, with eye undimmed and natural force unabated, looks back upon the well-fought fields of conquest and defeat. One thing is certain, that Sir Francis Hincks B 18 has filled a lar^o plnco in the hintory of tliin conntiy ; ho ImH l)Con identified with many gi'oat and important movomentH, and I hopo the time will never come when Canadians will forgot the men who have grown old in public sorvice. Wo have heani from our guost to-night tho story of a long political life, and I am sure that wo have all loarnt this fact, that a political lifo is at no time an easy life, and that the raan who devotes himself to it must expect that with tho triumphs will be mixed much bitterness and many sorrows. Our early Parliamentarians had tho foundations of a nation to lay and the constitution to build with many examples before their eyet*. They had old world Monarchies and new world llopublics to choose from, and, best of all, dearest of all, gi-andost of all, as I think, our glorious British constitution, with its unquestionable charter of lib- erties. But. gentlemen, although they had all these before their eyen, I can very well understand that the political machine was not very easy to handle, and that they had to make experiments in govern- ment, and an occasional shift to meet an emergency. I can verj- well imagine that Parliamentary life in Canada, political life if you will, has been a rough and exciting game. At Confederation it was a battle of great intellects, and since Confederation it has been forced upon Parliament how to satisfy seemingly antagonistic interests. And, gentlemen, I am prepared to believe and to assert that the men who set their hands to this work wore not prompted by a merely selfish love of notoriety or power. But what a mercy God gives us men with souls for such work. They are ambitious, of course, and I am glad of that. A man without ambition is a man without a backbone — a poor, mean and measly thing, and not worth the salt ho devoui s. Sir Francis Hincks was ambitious, and that is why he did so well. And depend upon it, gentlemen, you may take it as a rule that only tho men deserving power get it. Accidents will occur, let nature do her best. Small men will sometimes be in big places ; mean-souled men do, at times, impose upon society, but the fraud is soon discovered. I do not believe that Sir Jonn Macdonald has been and is actuated by a merely vulgar love of distinction. I believe he has the public good at heart. I do not believe that Mr. Blake and Mr. Mackenzie attend session after session of Parliament from " pure cussedness," and to turn the other party out of office. I believe tliat they arc moved by nobler and purer motives. And 1 would say the same of 10 n »o iHt vo nd .he )iu' Einil J' en. our ' l\b- 8yo», very vern- very f yon it WftH forced jrestH. lomon merely ert «« ic, and B. ftll the Parliament. Gontlemon, T want that we shall see the need and value of public 8piritt'< I noHH. And 1 think that we neoiiluti()ii ot Canada was not ^ivalt'i' than that of oiii' loading Province to-ihiy. The nunihor of nuMnhorn of Parliament wan Icks tlinn that of the Le^iHhitive AKneinhly of Ontario. There wert'. within the territory now comprising the Dominion, less than tifty milos of railway. Political tliscuiiHion centred upon ttio ('ler^y RcservoH, the Hcignorial Tenure, municipal institutions, and the question of education. Those have all heon settled ; und to-tlay we have no dominant church recognized by the State; we have free UmdH, an educational system in which the rights of minorities art< carefully guarded, and a municipal system under which the most ahsolute control over local attairs is given to the people. And all these changes, conferring great benefits upon all, have been brought about without doing injustice or wrong to any. [Cheers.] As tr» the Parliament of Canada, looking bacik ujmn the record of these thirty-odd years, the people had no reason to be otherwise than satisfied. In this new country, where the race for wealth is intense, and where, without any moneyed (duss from which our legislatoi-s may be chosen, it was something to say that no ))ublic man had ever been convicted, few ha»«lorNhip at thu head, and diHciplino in tlie I'ankH. ThiH did not noeesHarily involve a lack of indopcndeuoe. A mombci* of Parliament had \m ruMpuuHibilitioM to tho country, to hiti con- atituuntH, and to hiM own oonNcienco ; and whoro he bolieved the policy of hiH leadorH, not on Homo more incident of Parliamentary routine, but in the laiger NeuHe uh affecting tho country'ti interest, WUH Huch as he could not Hup|)ort, his duty wuh to inform Iuh leadorM of tho fact, to induce them if poHsible to chanj^o tho policy, and failing that to reuign hiu 8eat, which he had obtained as a Hupportcr of thoHC leaders, and obtain from hix conHtituonts the right to prevent the success of the policy even at the riwk of defeating the party. Whoro won made no pretence of belonging to either party, although he could not recollect any member who had been elected to Parliament except as belonging to one or other of the great particH, this rule had no application. They sacrificed their usoful- ncHH and inHuonce to tho so-called role of independence. [Applause]. Jle again expressed his satisfaction at boint; present on this occasion and earnestly trusted thai Sir Francis Hincks would be spared many years to render, in the metlnxls which are still open to him, further service to the country he had alread}' served so well. [Loud cheers.] Mr. Donald Macmaster, Q.C, M.P.,al8o responded to the toast. Jle said, after hearing the eloquent speech of his friend, Mr. White, who was an oracle with his own, and highly res])octed by the other, jiolitical party, it was not needful for him to say much in reply to the toast of Parliament. He saw, too, that the talented member for Montreal Centre was present, and though his name was not on the caixl for a speech, in consequence of his not being a member of the club, he knew that the assemblage would not forego, for their laws were not construed with the strictness of those of the Modes and Persians, the pleasure of hearing one so qualified to respond for Parliament as Mr. Curran. (Applause.) He (Mr. Macmaster) also saw among them a veteran Parliamentarian, one of Her Majesty's Privy Councillors, a man widely known for his experience in public life, and one too, who had taken an active part in those early struggles, in which the guest of the evening participated* He knew they all desii'ed to hear the speech of the Honourable Mr. McDougall, who 1)eii)g one of the founders of this confederation, had most appropriately been requested to propose the toast of " Our Dominion." Political life brought strange vicissitudes, and Mr. Me ' jugall was now ten.porarily excluded from Parliament though not from public life. He joined heartily in Mr. White's hope for the return of men like Mr. McDougall at an early day. For liiese reasons he (Mr. Macmaster) thought i'ui w> f: . 4 Hon. William McDouoall, (^.C, in proposing the toast of " Our Dominion," said that it was by chance that he was present among them, as he had been passing through the city from New York to his home at Ottawa. Hearing, while in the city, that the present demonstration was in contemplation, he felt, that though he had on former occasions crossed swoixls with the guest of the evening, that, admiring, as he had always done, his great talents, the grand services he had rendered to the country, the ability he had displayed as Inspector-General, his rescuing of the country's finances from the deplorable condition into which they had fallen, that he could not, under these circumstances, leave the ci^y without attending this re-union, and thus miss the opportunity of testifying his great regai*d for Sir Francis Hincks as a man, and as a '2^ 8tutoHm:m with whuin ho vvu» in accord. (Loud ap]»hiusc.) There woi'o Home qucMtions, of coiirse, on which they dittcrod, but in many great and buriiinji; quoHtiouH they were in accord. As a prominent instance, he might Kay that he entirely agreed with him on the boundary dis- pute between the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario. He expressed the opinion that it was the duty of the members of Parliament to expedite the settlement of this burning question. He referred to the gi'eat services that Sir Francis HincUs had rendered to the country, and said that no one who wrote the history of Canada could omit the name of Sir Fiancis Hincifs. (Applause.) He expressed the belief that party Government was beneficial to a country, as it was by opposition and discussion that the truth was elicited, and he, therefore, believed in it. When Confederation was first agitated in 18G4, a great discussion ensued. He referred to the events of Con- federation, and said that in 1850 he himself had urged such a scheme to bring about a settlement of the existing difficulties. He defended in the main the principle upon which the British North America Act was based, and said that it should be remembered that this was the Act of the people of Canada ; they had been given the privileges of preparing their own constitution; the Imperial Parliament had put it into law, but had not changed one clause of it, and whether it was good or bad, the people of Canada were responsible for it. (Ap- plause.) He was of opinion that the Act had worked well, and tended to tbe material and moral welfare of the country at large. He had, on his recent trip through the States, met many friends, and he had on all occasions told them that though the inhabit- ants of Canada were fewer in number than those of the United States, yet they possessed a great and extensive country, and that they hoped in a few years to be even equal in number to them. As regarded the question of Canadian independence, he could only say that he was a Canadian at heart, and he wished for no sudden change in the future. He hoped and he believed that this was the wish of the great majority of the people of Canada, that the countjy would remain as it was, under the protecting arm of Greal Britain. Nothing was paid for this protec- tion, nothing was lost to the country by it, and the moral effect of the connection was alone sufficient to protect the country. (Applause.) Looking at their position, therefore, it did seem to him that there was no other people who enjoyed a more liberal, a freer and a 21 ho and )f the er the )i'otec- of the ause.) 1 that and a more iiulepciulent poHition thtin tlie people of Caiuwla. (Ai>piaiii!*o.) He, thcrcforo, I'ailed to nee wliy any eliauge was iieccHHary. ( ApplauHC.) Believing this, lie would say let us develop within ourselves. He eould not concur in the veuuirks of some of the sjieakers, that the memhers of a party should at all times follow their leaders, hut believed that they should impress on and discuss with their leaders matters of importance, anil said that Confederation had been brought about simply by the members of each party forgetting their past ditterences, and uniting together for the common good of their country. He concluded his renmrks by again expressing the pleasure he felt at being present to do honour to their guest, and resumed his seat amid loud applause. Mr. T. S. Brown, whose experience of this country extended ftirther back than any one present, in rising to respond, was greeted with '^heers. He said that he stood before them eighty years old and blind ; he had knocked about the streets for sixty-five years, and he had haJ somewhat of an eccentric caieer, like a knight errant dashing into every skirmish, without seeking companionship or asking reward. His account had been roughly kept; the entries sometimes in gald and sometimes in greenbacks; bad marks for a good day's work, and good marks for nothing at all. The public had made up the account, and with the greatest good nature in the world had brought down the balance in his favour, or he would not have been here to-night. He stood here as the representative of the old Loyalists of the American Revolution. When he was a child at St. Andrew's, Nev/ Brunswick, his grandmother could tell him that her grandfather hjvd been a Royal Governor, that her uncle had been a Royal Governor, and th>it her cousin had been a Royal Governorl Her cousin. Sir John Wentworth, was the last Royal Governor of New Hampshire, and was then Governor of Nova Scotia, and her brother had died Governor of Grenada. His family had been in the country 200 years, and weie, therefore, not foreigners. (Applause.) He was himself thoroughly x\merican. The Loyalists, as they all knew, came into the Dominion and lined the frontier from the Bay of Fundy to Lake Erie. If they were not more numerous it was because the King was unfair in drawing the line. King George III. did not draw the line in the right place ; he gave the fine coat of many colours to his wicked and rebellious children, and give his good children little more than the col'ar. (Laughter and applause.) 28 'J^ho line should have been drawn from Portsmouth, N.ll., to Luke Ontario, nnd then along through the watoi-s to Detroit, and thenco Htraight to the J^aeific, leaving U8 the boundary at the 42nd instead ot the 4(Jth degree. But he might tell them that the good old King was not altogether at fault. He instructed his Commissioner at the Treaty of Paris in 1783 to demand the Ohio as the southern bound- ary of Canada ; but the French instructed the Spaniards to demand all the country west of the AUeghanies. " No, no," said the British Commissioner, " if we give it to Spain, Spain will give it to Prance, and then we shall be back where we were 24 years ago." The Americans were cute ; they closed a secret bargain with the British Commissioner, lo the disgust of the other Powers, and that made the boundary where it is. King George, thinking that the Americans would quarrel aud never want the land back, kept possession for about twelve years of the southern shores of the lakes and country westward, but the Americans, getting united and saucy, said " You are trespassing, and you must give up that land,'' and he withdrew his posts. We had now a country from the Atlantic to the Pacific ; it was what, in geometry, is called a line (that is all length, without any breath). But length was of no consequence now. Fifty years ago (Quebec was, by the average of fast sailing vessels, 35 days from Liverpool ; but when our friends of the Syndicate finish their work, which they were doing most diligently, It would not require half that time to proceed from Liverpool to Vancouver Lsland ; therefore we must hereafter count not by miles but by hours, and consider that the extremities of the Dominion were not far off. [Applause.] He also represented at this gathering those great and glorious French- Canadians who fought the battle from 1818 to 1837, that had enabled us to have a Dominion. Fifty-five years ago (in 1828) he became very intimate with Mr. Papineau and Mr. Yiger, aud all the heads of the Canadian party at that time. He acted with them for about nine years, up to 1837. They had been charged with doing nothing, and he was asked what they did. There were 300 Bills now to be found in Quebec that were thrown out by the Legislative Council of that day, which showed, at all events, that they tried to do something. (Applause.) But he would say that they did not keep a tin-shop or descend to tinkei-ing. They were shrewd men, and they saw that " right " was the only strong thing in the world, and small as the field was there was sublimity in their pertinacity and determination 29 to have it. But it was liointod to the masthead above their reaeh ; the halyards were cut aiiid it came down " hy the run," to be taken up by their honored yuest and his tViends in 1843, when they jdaced our rightH upon the ]»edestal of |)ublie opinion, whore it still remainH as our palladium. (ApplauHo.) He had waid that our Dominion wa8 only a line, but it was a very long line. In the Lower Provinces we had immense coal bods (and coal mines ai*o now the wealth of the world), which would supply the whole Atlantic Coast. Then we came to old Quebec, rather worn out, it was true, but a little deep ploughing would bring us up. And then we wanted a bettei" understanding with our French Canadians ; they were in the majority — six to one against us — but nevertheless we had the moral power, and if we chose to exert it wo would have an immense influence in the Province of Quebec. As regarded the City of Montreal, ho would say: "1 have one country, and the countiyis, fii*st, Montreal." (Applause.) Montreal should be one of the first cities of the world ; we had a water-course to the ocean for the largest ships that float, and we hail behind us an iidand water-cijurse to the centre of the Continent, such as could be found nowhere else in the world. This central point should he made a great city, and he thought the young men must make it so. There was a race rising up who were capable of following in the ti'acks of those who have gone before an«l to do far more than they had done. (Applause.) It was upon the young merchants that the progress and prosperity of Montreal de- pended, and it was upon the progress and prosperity of Montreal that the prosperity of the Dominion depended. In Ontario we had one of the finest Provinces on the face of the globe. Beyond Lake Superior there were 100,000 square miles of land, which Sir Francis Hincks says should belong to Ontario, and Sir John Macdonald says ho is not quite sure. (Applause.) We know little about it, except that there was a railroad of about 400 miles in length running through it, and that there was a place called Eat Portage, but In an area that is as much as England and Scotland put together there must bo im- mense wealth in lumber, minerals and agricultural lands. This land must soon have its population ; its western limit was the 95th meri- dian, which is exactly the middle of the Continent, Halifax being the . G5th and the Pacific Coast the 125th meridian. Therefore we only get half-way through the country when we get to Winnipeg. Now, west of this, before the Kocky Mountains were reached, there were 30 'W 150,000,000 of acres of farm land, or four timos the area of tho in- habitc'l p'li't of Ontario. He had soon Ontario rise from 100,000 to 2,000,000, and tho simo density of population would give 8,000,000 of inhabitants in this seotion, and popuhition filled up very rapidly now-a-days. Thi.s 150,000,000 of acres of land at $1 an acre, repre- sented $150,000,000 ; or the same quantity at $30 an acre represented $4,500,000,000, with all the houses and animals and other valuables upon it. (Applause.) Gold fields were not 80g*,od, he said, as grain fields, but they were more attractive ; already a great amount of gold had been scratched out of tho Rocky Mountain range, and there was plenty more there if we dig for it. The coast of British Columbia, four hundred miles in length, was a great maritime site, and Vancouver's Island was large enough for two or three such kingdoms as kings fought about in olden times ; and, there again we had coal beds to supply the Pacific Coast in the same manner as our eastern coal beds supply tho Atlantic Coast. There is mineral wealth from one end of our line to the other. On the north shore of Lake Superior, and under those barren looking rocks, ther^j was silver enough to build a pyramid as big as the pyramid of Gizeh — a big calculation, but remembering what little figures they counted with when he was a boy, and the big ones used now, he was not startled by a million of cubic feet of silver, weighing 600,000,000 pounds, in coined coin dollars worth $10,000,000,000, or twice and a- half the debt of Great Britain. All this might be extracted within one century. We were attached to England by a stout hawser ; the English end was made fast, and we had the loose end that we could <'pay out" or "pull in," as we please. The English smiled good- humored ly, because they thought if they commanded us to make it fast, and began pulling, somebody might cut it. We were the most loving and dutiful children so long as they allowed us to have our own way in everything; then we were sure that should we get into a scrape, they would got us out, and should there ever come a tight- ness in the money market, it was a good thing to have a rich uncle over the way to endorse for uh. If we were loyal under such circumstances, as Canon Carmichael would say, '' Small blame to us." (Laughter and applause.) But they must remombo" that nations, as well as railroads, when competition grew too strong, instead of fighting, amalgamated, and should the time ever come when, after bridging Vancouver Island to the mainland, 81 ^m cutting A 8bip channel from the bottom of tho Tliidson's Bny to the Atlantic, and a winter paMsngo from liattin's Bay to tlio Mnekonzio ]livor, wo would get a little wonry and troiibleil about the frontier line, we can telephone to Washington, " Thin boundary lino \h a nuisance; you have Custom House men thicker than telegraph polos, and if is a botheration to everybody. Can you not abate it?" ** Not one cent," is the reply; "if you don't like tho line wipe it out." ''Can't afford it," say we. •* What do you want?" is the reply. " A great deal," say wo. " How much ?" ** Well, wo want you to take our public debt." " All right." *' flivo us fifty j-oars' freedom from taxes." " Cortainly." " We have got a lot of old pensioners, and we Wiint to provide for some more.' " Very good; we can take on a few thousand." " We want all the Customs duties paid." "All right." ♦' Wo are willing that tho mail bags be marked * U.S.' instead of * V.R.,' but in everything else we wish to remain just as we are and do just as we please-" " All right ; do you want anything more?" "No, not to-night." "Well, wipe out the line then." They all understood whnt better terms meant, and they could at any time send delegates to Washington. They would find plenty of fellows there to log-roll with them, and thoy could get anything they pleased. Now, he would ask the honored guest of the evening, whether, considering all these things, the £oOO,000 paid to the Hudson's Bay Company did not effect tho grandest land speculation the world ever saw. [Applause.] He said, in conclusion, that none could think more highly of their honoured guest, Sir Francis Hincks, than he did, but his education had been mercantile, and instead of repeating long things thoy generally wrote "ditto." Now, Mr. Macmastor had said a great deal admirably and not one word tt>o much, and therefore he would say, as everyone at the table would say, " Ditto, ditto, ditto." [Loud applause.] " THE PROFESSIONS." Mr. Edward Murphy thought the toast he was about to propose, viz., " The Professions," was one beyond his scope ; he would^ therefore, without any preface, offer the toast, which having been duly hononred, Mr. W. H. Kerr, Q.C. — Mr. Chairman, Sir Francis Hincks and Gentlomei : At this hour of the evening, the truth of the old adage "Brevity i; the soul of wit" will be recognized without difficulty, 32 annal statiHtics of (Quebec, and behold one of ihe most uneducated populations in the civili/.ed world. Look at the Legis< laturo, so engaged in quarrelling over the distribution ot the spoils as to be unable to attend to the pressing wants of the Pi-ovinee. Investigate the condition of our Bench, and realize the position of a country where Judgeships are the counters with which the leatlers of a party pay supporters, whose only claim to the dignity conferred is service rendered in the black mire of politics. But, sir, it is a matter of congratulation that wrong is, after all, but short-lived. We see the eternal principle of right illustrated in the case of our distinguished guest; the strong prejudices which at one time obscured from public recognition his great services to the Canadian people have disappeared, and his name, engraved on the the tablets of history, will go down to posterity as one who deserved well of his adopted country. As the best answer to the toast, permit me, sir, in conclusion to quote the words of the Lord Chancellor of Enghmd, which, pregnant as they arc with truth, I commend to the earnest attention of all who hear me : — "Liberty and Law are the two great pillars of the State; each is absolutely and indispensably necessaiy for the perfection of the other. Without liberty, law would easily degenerate into an arbi- trary system — I might almost say an intolerable tyranny. On the other hand, no man's liberties would be safe, either as to his person, his political rights, or his private rights of property, if law were not respected, independently administered, and loyally obeyed. Mr. E. Carter, Q.C, in reply, thanked the assembly for the honour done him in calling upon him to iiipresent the legal profession. "The Professions," he thought, very properly followed such toasts as that of "The Parliament" and '' The Dominion." He spoke of the difficulties presented by the mixed law of this Pi'ovince, which was largely to be credited with the " law's delays." Having mentioned several leading men of the country who had been trained in the law, he said it must afford the greatest satisfaction to all present to do honour to the guest of the evening, especially as all classes of the community were well represented. •M Mr. C. A. (lEoFKiiioN, Q.C., liaviiii^ boon loudly rnllod for, Haiti tli.it though tho only Kienchnu)n pi-osont thoy wore all CanndianH, and ho hoped thu ruco divihiotm that had ho long uxJMtcd would hooii diHap])eni'. Ho had liHtonod with ploanuro to tho rominiHConeoH of tho Freneh-CanadianH b}' Mr. T. S. Jh'own, and although tho French in thia country wore originally a conquered race, all that feeling waH long uince dead, and ho had groat ])loaHuro in thinking that all woro fast bocoming Himply Canadians. (Applause.) " TRADE AND COMMERCE." Mr. Hague said: In proposing the toast of tho Trndo and Commerce of the Dominion, I desire to preface it by a few words of testimony with regard to the great practical ability which Hir Francis Hincks has displayed on various occasions when in charge of the finances of the Dominion. This was particularly the case in 1870, when differenceB of opinion had arisen, apparently irreconcilable as to the tormH on which the charters of the banks should be renewed. The Government of the day was in considerable perplexity ; many of their own followers were entirely opposed to the policy they proposed to pursue. 8ir Francis Hincks, on returning from the Went Indies, and assuming the office of Finance Minister, devoted liis special attention to tho solution of this knotty and intricate question, which involved wide and diversified interests, and by his sound experience and practical judgment, was able to suggest a scheme which Parliament accepted as satisfactory, and embodied in legislation. That settlement was of the highest possible value in developing the great resources of Ontario, and in benefiting the commerce of the whole of Canada. With regard to this commerce it is haidly possible for those who hava recently arrived in the country to conceive the limited extent to whicii it had attained previous to the introduction of railways. The old Provinces of Canada occupied a narrow strip of territory to which it had been confined by the astute diplomacy of our immediate neighbours of th<^ United States. It was, indeed, supposed at this time, that they had obtained by such diplomacy all that was worth having of this portion of the continent. Events have proved otherwise. Norlih of line 45, north of the great lakes, and north of line 49 in the North-West, we have proved by experience that a magnificent territory exists. But the opening up of this territory in the eavly stages was a very slow and laborious business. La Salle and Champlain, two great explorers, whose names are worthy 8i to bo rniikiid willi that ui ('oluiuhuH, luul upuutd up tu tlio viuw ut' iiiiiukiinl iiuinuiiHu rogiuUH in tlm iiitttIom«!Ut iuid cultivation littlf, iuduo*), was dune. Canada tbun was largcdy a rogiun of grunt foroMtd, of rivorfl whoHo navigation was iniixulcd, and of Hti'otclu's of country in which roudn, bridg'irt, cultivation and civili/ation wevii (intiroly unknown. To givo you an iiloa of the povoity of the Province of Ontario in thoHO days. 1 may statu that whun thu Ilnnk of Uppor Canada had obtained its chartur, witti power to conununcu business as soon an $40,000 of capital was paid in, a [>eriod of twulvc months ohipsed before it was possible to collect, throughout the whole Province, oveu three-fourths of this small Mum. It is a fact that the balance liad to bu borrowed from the military chest of the day, in order to enable the bank (which was the sole bank in existence in Upper Canada at thi8 time) to commence business. 11/ diat of hard labour and unexampled perseverance, considerable progress had been made ui) to the time whnn railways were fust introduced into the country. From that date, the progress of Canada has been rapid and unexampled. To enable you to judge of wliat that progress has been, I ask your attention to the fuUowing statistics of the banks. These statistics,. I may mention, arc all founded upon the system of returns which was initiated, nearly thirty years ago, by the distinguished guest of tne evening, when holding the otfice of lus})uctor-Guneral. The corapuriHon includes simply the old Provinces of Canada, viz., Ontario and Quebec, both at that time and since : — III 1858 tho paid-up capitul of thu banks was fl 17,388,000 In 1883 it had reached 54,700,000 In 1858 the circulation wiis only 7,800,000 In 1883 it had increased (including Duminion notes) to 35,500,000 In 1868 the deposits wen; 0, 100,000 In 1883 they had risen to 133,000,000 including deposits in the Post Office and uther savings banks and loan companies. In 1858 the discounts reached $ 30,100,000 In 1883 they had risen to 160,000,000 In 1850 the whole volume of exports and imports was 40,000,000 In 18ti8 it had increased to 130,000,000 lu 1882 it was about 210,000,000 36 I'ho trade of Canada in 1881 was larger in proportion to population than that of the United States, while our shipping, again in proportion to population, was more than four times as large. These figures indicate a progress of which any country might be proud. So much with regard to the past ; hut the future is no less pro- mising. We are now opening up a new territory of magnificent proportions, containing enormous areas of fertile and practically inexhaustible land. During the few years in which the North-West has been settled, it has progressed at a rate even more marvcillous than that of the older Provinces referred to. And being a prairie country, we have reason to expect a rate of progress in the future, which will throw everything previously experienced into the shade. Our children, in th^'^ Canada of ours, have a magnificent heritage. We have a political constitution that combines all the advantages oC a Monarchy and a Eepublic. We have well-administered laws ; a Government far more amenable to public opinion than that of our neighbours of the United States. We have retained and perpetuated so much of the monarchical and social conditions of the old land, as is needful to give solidity and permanence to our freedom. And there can scarcely be a doubt that, in this northern portion of the American Continent, we shall carve out a destiny for ourselves that will place us in the very front rank of the nations of the earth. T now ask you to join me in drinking the toast : " The Trade and Commerce of the Dominion." Ml'. F. W. Henshaw, President of the Boaid of Trade, in res- ponding, said the toast which had been so ably proposed by Mr. Hague, " The Trade and Commerce of Canada," was one that never failed to find place on occasions like the present. It was one so wide in its scope that it was difficult, in speaking to it, to prevent oneself from trenching upon grounds that should bo occupied by speakera to other and kindred sentiments, so intimately connected was it with banking, agriculture and manufactures. The commercial progress of Canada during the last fifty years had, in proportion to the number of its inhabitants, far outstripped that of any other country, and it was perhaps fortunate that occasions like the present were once in a while offered, where information, valuable to ourselves and important to the outside world in its trade relations with us, might be more extensively imparted. To givo anything like a HI al to lor Int lus, a liistoiy oflhc growth of'tlio tnide ami commerce of C;in:ula since llie time when Montreal was morel}' an outport of Quebec in 1882, when the channel between those two cities was scarcely 14 foot in (Jopth, would be impossible at this time, but ho would give them a few figures and facts which would bear out his statement that, in propor- tion to the size of our population, wo had within the last fifly years outstripped in trade and commerce any other country. It was very gratifying to be able to speak of the-o things in the presence of one, who, for nearly forty years, had been so closely indontifiod with tho trade, commoi'ce and goveinmoi»t of this country ; and might they not say that much of tho prosperity of this country which wo wore so ])r(>ud of to-'Jay, was attributable to those wise statesmen who had successively thiough this long period down to the present time guarded the interests of trade and promoted commercial intercourse beyond our borders. [Applause.] The Imports at tho Port of Monti-oal, had, in 1835, boon $3,543,600; in 1840, $5,428,263; in 1845, $8,515,324; in 1850, $7,835,7T5; in 1855, $15,120,321; in 1860, $16,019,584; in 1865, $24,301,'7«>2 ; in 1870, $31,524,801; in 1875, $35,106,948; in 1880, $42,412,648, and in 1882, $50,527,497. Our Exports had been in 1835, $1,154,270; in 1840, $1,593,711 ; in 1845, $2,652,450 ; in 1850, $2,053,874; in 1855, $2,692,086; in 1860, $6,257,950; in 1865, $6,730,564; in 1870, $19,027,153; in 1875, $19,935,228; in 1880, $32,245,941, and, in 1882, $26,503,001. This had, ho lemarked, been in Imports a gain of 1,400 per cent., and, in Exports, of about 2,400 per cent. Ho went on to sj^oak of tho tonnage and class of vessels which had visited this port from 1835 to the present, which tho following tabulated statement will best illustrate : — 1835 1840 1845 1850 1855 1860 1865 1870 1875 1880 1882 No. Steam Toiinag:u. No. .Sail. were sailing ships.) loniiajft. ^^ Toima-fc r 108 22,873 (There were no separate figures 23*^ 3;[ 266 previous to 1855, but all "( 910 51*848 [211 46^156 48,454 203 53,999 76,174 259 121,359 74,928 358 152,943 4,771 626,550 182,934 680 316,846 6,345 819,476 130,677 642 386,112 6,178 811,410 152,530 710 628.271 6,489 1,044,380 79,013 648 554,692 5,947 848,780 5.545 45,385 78,015 133,912 255 435 475,741 475,679 197 222 295 536 386 356 2)9 INLA.VU CRAhX No. Toiinasfc. 38 111 1882, tlic vnia.i of ntcjiin toniiu^^c to tnailiug wjih us 8lj to 14, while the total of inland and woa-going ve."*selH was (J,505, of 1,408,472 tons. Another marked sign of improvement had been, that although in 1867, shortly aftoi* the ship channel had been deepened to 20 feet, the wharfage accommodation at Montreal was : with 20 feet of water, 1*31) miles; under 20 feet, 1*78 miles; making a total of 3"17 miles. In June, 1882, with 25 feet of water there were 16,458 feet; with 20 feet of water there were 2,391 feet; from 10 to 20 feet of water there wore 5,960 feet, or 24,899 feet in all, equivalent to 4*7 miles. The present revetment wall had been commenced in 1832, when Montreal was merely an outport of Quebec, and the channel in Lake St. Peter began in 1843. The Lachine Canal opened in 1825 with 4^ to 5 feet of water, and to compai'e facts with the present condition, formed, indeed, ground for wonderment and congratulation. But in addition to all this, the census figures of Montreal and Hochelaga revealed an astonishing advancement in ouj manufacturing industries. In 1871, the capital invested in them had amounted to $12,078,664; the number of hands, 22,774; the total value of their yearly wage*, $5,653,205 ; the yearly amount of the raw material consumed, $20,867,492 ; and of the product, $35,803,920. In 1881, the capital invested amounted to $35,233,693 ; the number of hands employed, 35,290 ; the yearly wages earned, $0,395,337 ; the value of raw material consumed, $33,994,749, and of the goods produced, $65,131,181. This was surely satisfactory pi'ogress. [Cheers.] The toast proposed by Mi*. Hague, and which he (Mr. Henshaw) had had the opportunity to respond to, was one that he hoped would ever be cordially received ; for nothing could be more to the interest of Canadians than prosperity to the trade and conmierce of Canada. [Applause.] Mr. J. N. Grs£N8Hieli)8 then ro^e to propose the toast of " The Press," and spoke of the good feeling and harmony prevalent through- out the country, which he said was due very largely to the influence of the Pjiess. Mr. E. K. Grekne also spoke to the toast, which, having been duly drunk, Mr. EiCHARD White, in reply, said that the plea^antest duty that in his memory had ever devolved upon the press of this city would uiidoublodly be that of recording this evening's entertainment. Ho would not say more owing to the lateness of the hour. ' J., 39 Mr. John F. Norrir, of the TTerald, also spoke in reply to the toast, after which The Chairman gave the " Next Merry Meeting," and Rev. A. J. Bray proposed the health of the Chairman, with a vole of thanks for the admirable manner in which he had presided and carried out the programme. The gathering then dispersed.