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Q < J Showi With a Map of the" City, latest Improvements and Extensions to Ju^y, i886. - ^nd the Business Cards of Representative CdmtHercial Houses in the, centre of the City, )9iitered according to Act of. Parliament, in the year i886, by N. Murray, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. ''%. VIE- The Canada, i formed bji eastern an Ann's. The< by the nai spot when miles long of the whc one fifth o Monti taken by t on the let Montreal t House, dr< seat of par Moun of France, Mountain country m: mountain t the next is the conica Green Mou the river th Victor was considi made of 25 side of the c was erected Alexander DESCRIPTION or THB VIEWS AND PLACES OF INTEREST — IN — Montreal and Vicinity. I M l — \ The City of Montreal, the commercial metropolis of the Dominion of Canada, is built on an island of the same name, 30 miles long by 10 broad, formed by the River Ottawa debouching into the Kiver St. Lawrance at its eastern and western extremities, the former at Bout de I'lsle, the latter near St. Ann's. The city was founded on the 8th of May, 1642, by Maissonneuve, and called by the name of Ville Marie de Montreal ; the first clearing being made on the spot where the New Custom House now stands. The city proper is about 3^^ miles long by 2 broad, and has a population of about 150,000. The population of the whole island is about 200,000, of these over one half ere of French and oiie fifth of Irish origin, and as to religion about two thirds are Roman Catholics. Montreal surrendered to the Bnglish on the 8th September, 1760. It was taken by the Americans on the 12th November, 1775, and retaken by the British on the Uth June, 1776, On the 25th April, 1849, the self-styled "Loyalists" of Montreal assaulted the Governor General, Lord Elgin ; entered the Parliament House, drove out the members and set fire to the building. For this reason the seat of parliament was removed from the city. Mount Royal, so called by Jacques Cartier, in 1535, in honor of the King of France, rises about 700 feet above the level of the River St. Lawrence. The Mountain Park covers 430 acre». A fine view of the city and surrounding country may be got from the top. Looking southward across the river the first mountain to the left is Montarviile ; the next is Beloeil, or St. Hilaire Mountain ; the next is Rougemont, with the Yamaska Mountain behind it. To the right is the conical shaped Mount Johnson, standing alone. In the far distance, the Green Mountains are to the left, and the Adirondacks to the right. Looking up the river the Lachine Rapids may be seen. Victoria Bridge, the longest bridge in the world, at the time of its erection was considered the eighth wonder of the world. It is 1^ miles long. It is made of 25 tubes, supported by 24 piers and the two end abutments. The lower side of the centre tube is 60 fett above the summer level of the St. Lawrence. It was erected in 1859 by James Hodges from the designs of Robert Stephenson and Alexander M. Ross. It was formally opened by the Prince of Wales in i860. MONTREAL AND VICINIfY. The heigl t from the bed of the river to the top of the centre tubj is io8 feet. The greatest depth of water is 22 feet. The centre has an elevation of about 20 feet above the ends. Cost over $6,000,000. The current at the bridge runs at the rate of 7 miles an hour. In the spring the water sometimes rises over 20 feet above the summer level of the river. The Gulf of St. La-.vrence was discovered by Jacques Cartier on the loth of August, 1535, and that being St. Lawrence Day, he called the river in honor of (iiat saint. The Lachine Canal is 8^ miles long and overcomes a total rise of 45 feet. It has 5 locks. The breadth of the canal at the bottom is 80 feet and 120 at the water surface. Montreal has 75 churches, viz : — 20 Roman Catholic, 16 Presbyterian, 14 Episcopal, 12 Methodist, 3 Congregational, 3 Baptist, I New Jerusalem or Swedenborgian, I Advent Christian Church, I Unitarian, I Lutheran or German Protestant and 3 Jewish Synagogues. There are 5 Protestant Churches in which the services are conducted in the French Language viz : — 2 Presbyterian, I Episcopal, I Methodist and i Baptist. The Parish Church of Notre Dame, erroneously called the French Cathedral, stands upon Place d' Armes, Notre Dame Street. It seats 10,000 people com- fortably, and when crowded it has been known to hold 15,000. The length of the church is 255 feet, and the breadth is 134 feet. The two principal towers are 227 feet high. The Bourbon Bell, the largest in America, weighs 24,780 pounds, it is 8 feet 7 inches in diameter and 6 feet 9 inches high. It is one foot thick. The clapper weighs 860 pounds. The bell costs $25,000 and the church altogether cost over $6,000,000. St. Peter's Cathedral, built after the i.\odel of St. Peter's at Rom,e, is expected to be second only in the world to that edifice. It is half the dimensions of its namesake at Rome. The foundation stone was laid in 1868. The dimen- sions of St. Peter's at Rome are 613 feet long, 286 feet in breadth and 435 feet to tbe top of the dome. The dimensions of St. Peter's at Montreal are 333 feet in length, 222 in breadth, and 256 in height to the top of the cross. The Bonsecours Church, erected in 1771, is the oldest and most picturesque church in the city. The Notre Pame de Lourdes, built in 1874 for the purpose of illustrating the dogma of the Immaculate ("onception, is the most beautiful church in the city. Christ t hurch (the English Cathedral), and Fulford's Monument, St. Catherine Street and Union Avenue, are the finest specimens of Gothic Archi- tecture in Nortli America. St. Ga1)riel Street Presbyterian Church is the oldest Protestant Church in the I-'ominion, and it has the oldest Protestant bell in Canada. It was erected in 1794. J he water of the city is taken from the River St. Lawrence about a mile above the Lachine i^apids, and is pumped from the Wheelhouse in the western limits of the city to the large reservoir on the side of the Mountain, a distance of over 3 milis. From the large reservoir the water that supplies the city above Sherbrooke .Street is pumped to another smaller reservoir further up, on the side of the Mountain. 'J he Ice Palace of 1885, erected on Dominion Square, was loo feet high, 160 feet long and 1 20 feet in breadth. The Lachine Rapids is abo.it 7 miles above Montreal and about 2 miles below the town of Lachine, at the head of an island called Heron. To shoot the Rapids SaturdJ TM the wea Square] At the anywhe strangel Th the Qi AmericJ obligin/ equally] MONTREAL AND VICINITY. is a very pleasant aud exciting excursion to those who do it for the first time. The round t ip can be made in less than two hours. During the summer season trains leaves Bnnaventure Depot at 7.55 a. m. and 5 p. m. to connect with the boats coming down the Rapids. On the 1 jft hand, close to Lachine, is the Dominion Bridge Works. This is the building that attracts most attention on the road out to Lachine. A fine view of the city and surrounding country may be had on a clear day coming down the River from Lachine. Villa Maria Convent, on the west end of Mount Royal, near Cotes des Neiges, is seen very conspicuously coming down the River. Opposite Lachine is the Indian villlage of Caughnawaga. Parties interested in Indians can take a train to Lachine early in the day and go over to Caughnawaga in the Indian '*Mail Boat" and have a pleasant lime in the Indian village for a few hours and then come back in time to shoot the Rapids in the evening. Parties whishing to see the Indians without going out of town can see them round the railway station pedling their fancy work. The Tuque Toboggan Slide is erected in winter on the grounds of the Montreal Lacrosse Club. St. Helen's Island, now used as a public park, is the most popular place for picnics in the city, llie Island is named in honor of Champlain's wife, the first Europe an lady that came to Canada. The buildings on the lower end of the Island were used in times gone by as baracks for soldiers. They are used now as a powder magazine. The original Indian village of Hochelaga was situated about the site of the English Cathedral. Montreal has the best hunting establishment on the continent of America. The Victoria Skating Kink is the largest and the best in Europe or America. The principal drives in the city are : — the drive round the Mountain, visiting the new Elevator, the Exhibition Grounds and the two Cemetries, and going round the 14 stations of the Cross in the Catholic Cemetry ; drive to Lachine, drive to Longue Pointe, drive to Back River, drive to Victoria Bridge. Close to the Bridge is the Immigrants' Memoiial Stone an enormous stone taken from the bed of the river and erected by the workingraea employed at the Victoria Bridge in memorial of the 6,000 immigrants who died of ship fever iu 1847,-8. The (irand Trunk General Offices, the Point St. Charles cattle yard, the Point St. Charles Shooting ranges, and the Victoria Bridge Boating Club House are all in the same vicinity. The Montreal and Shamrock Lacrosse Grounds are well worth a visit on a Saturday. There are only two railway stations in Montreal viz : — the Grand Trunk in the west end and the Canadian Pacific in the east end. The principal Hotels in Montreal are: — the Windsor Hotel, Dominion Square, the largest and the grandest in the city, near the Grand Trunk Depot. At the Windsor Hotel Mr. J. T. Morey has a staff of drivers not to be surpassed anywhere for courtesy and the amount of information they are able to impart to strangers relative to the points of interest in the city. The Richelieu Hotel, near the Canadian Pacific Railway Depot and neat the Quebec Boat, is the only first class hotel in the city that combines the American and Europe an systems. The Richelieu also has a staff of drivers very obliging and well informed about the city and can speak the two languages equally ^cU. \ MONTREAL AND VICINITY. The Pt. Lawrence Hall near the General Post Office hAs been for many years the leading hotel in Montreal. It is in the business centre of the city. The talmoral Hotel opened in i8S6 is the last first class hotel opened in the city. The tourists sneak in very favorable teims ot it, It has a first class Drug Store attached to it. The Albion Hotel is an old established House. Strangers going theie the first time they come to town dont seem to wish tor a change the next time. 'Ihe Musevni of the Natural History Society on University Street is well wcrth a visit. The first Breech loading cannon ever invented may be seen there. It was used by the French in one of thtir expeditions against the Indians. The Indians attacked the canoe in whicii the cannon was placed a d u] set it, on the borders of Lake Oka. The canron lay for a while in the bottom of the lake and one part of it was lost and never foun(i. The finest sptcimens of mummies to be seen in any musei.m may be seen there, some of them 3,500 years old, without a hair of the head removed. From 1685 to 1801 Montreal was surrounded by a wall, 'ihe latter year an Art of Parliament was 1 assed for the rtmoval of the fortifications. Ihe fortifications extended frc m the present Victoria Square to the Canadian Pacific Railway Depot. From these two extremties the walls extended to the river, about half a mile at the greatest breadth. The Young Men's Christian Afsociaticn, corner of Craig and Victoria Square : — Reading Room and Library open from 8.30 a. m. to lo p. m. Young men whether residents in the citycr strangers, are welcome. A young man coming to town looking for employment would do well to call. V tanley Street Presbyteuan Chuich, adjoining the northwest coiner of the Windsor Hotel, is a very plain church. Like the Highland Scotch Churches there is no instn.mental music at divine services, and the singing consist mostly of P.sajms. 1 here are Galic services there during the winter season Parties coming to town from Celtic settlements would do well to identify themselves with the congregation. J he Grey Nunnery Hospital, corner of Guy and Dorchester Streets, has over 800 inmates. It should be visited at 12 noon to see the procession. It was founded in 1694. Villa Maria Convent, at Cote St. Antoine, is the Mother House of the Grey Nuns. It is tiie largest convent in America. It has accomodation for looo nuns. A ride of 5 mi es may be got on the Street Cars for 5 cents, and cars may be changed when necessary without extra charge. A drive of over 6 miles, from the Post Office to Mount Royal and back, may be got for 25 cents. There are two observatories en Mount Royal. Generally =peaking, the principal streets of the city run from east to west, almost parallel to the Kiver St. Lawrence. The east end is the French quarter and the west end is the English quarter. The following are the principal towns and villages in the vicinity of Montreal: — Coteau St. Louis east of Mount Royal, pop. 2,o;o; Coteau St. Pierre, pop. 2ro ; Cotes des Neiges, 3 miles from Montreal, pop. 1,200; Cote St. Antoine, 2 miles from Montreal, pop. 1,000; Monklands, at one time the residence of the Governor Generals,now Villa Maria Convent, is located here ; Cote St. Paul, 3 miles west from P. O., pop. 1650; Cote St. Luc, pop. 300; Cote Visitation, pop. 300; lachine, 9 miles from Montreal, pop. 3,500; Laprairie, a \illage on the south shore of the River St. Lawrence, between Lachine Rapids and Victoria Bridge. TTie first railway in British North America was run from here to St. John in 1836, pop. 2,200; ay :st, ter. of lote Ithe lote tote liie, )ids Irom e. "un/ ^_ ^% \ri -iU y^'^K % IF "6 •'5^- i&! Lori Mail Not! miles froi St. ] low St. I St. V^erdun, i Villj The the Hank Champ (1 Square a lionsecou St. 1 St. James Red path the Monti Convent, Square an Mont a great di: The 5 She was b made her and 4t}j o] Coun altogether and 8 Eng quarterlies records. 'J he \ circulation is the Frer the Gazetti Monti Lodges. There Partie Handbook Bishop 6^ The Miscel I'or T duce a tari quarter for party that \ xMcGil Scotland, \ institution. different Pr MONTREAL AND VICINITY. Lorigue Pointe, 6 miles east of Monlieal, pop. 450 ; Maissoneuve, pop. 350 ; Mount Royal Vale ; Mount Royal Avenue ; Notre Dame de CJrace, 2 miles from Montreal, pop. 400; Outremont, 2 miles from Montreal, pop. loo ; St. Louis of Mile End, 2 miles from the city, pop. 2,coo ; Town of St. Cunegonde adjoins city limits cf Montreal, pop. 2,coo ; St. Henry, 2^ miles from Honaventure Depot, pop. 9,000 ; P. O., pop. lO.COO I St. John Baptiste village, i mile from Montreal Verdun, is on the road from Montreal to lachine. ; . Village of St Gabriel, west end of Montreal, pop. 5,oro. The other principal places of interest in Montreal are the New Post Office, lh3 Hank cf Montreal, the Harbor, extending over 4 miles ; Viger Garden?, Champ de Mars, Jacques Cartier Square and Nelso;i's Monument ; Victoria Square and the (Queen's Monument, the Court House and new City Hall, Ijonsecours Market. Tuesday or Friday is the best day to visit this place. St. Patrick's Church, Jesuits' Church and College, Notre Dame de Nazareth, St. James' C;hurch, Hotel Dieu Hospital, McGill College, IMesbyterian College, Redpath Museum and Molson Hall, the Seminary of. t. Suljiice, otherwise called the Montreal College and Grand Seminary, Sherbrooke Street west ; Hochelaga Convent, Mount .t. Mary Convent, Fraser Institute, Art Gallery, corner of Philii s Square and bt. Catherine Street. Montreal has a iirst class Veterinary College attended by Students from a great distance. The second steamer built on the continent of America was built at Montreal. She was built by Mr. John .Molson,and was called the "Accomodation". She made her first voyage in 36 hours, between Montreal and Quebec, on the 3rd and 41}} of November, 1809. Counting Newspapers and Journals in French and English, there are 50 altogether published iu Montreal, viz : — 6 French and 5 English dailies, lo French and 8 English weeklies, 8 French and 1 1 English monthlies, and 2 English quarterlies. Besides these the different institutions have each their journals and records. 'J he Witness is the leading protestant organ, but the Star has the largest circulation, 'Ihe True /F//'//fjj and Z^?.?/ are the Irish Catholic organs. V Atircre is the French Protestant organ. The Herald is the Liberal morning paper and the Gazette, the oldest paj er in the city, is the Conservative organ. Montreal has 28 Masonic, 12 Orange, 9 Odd Fellows and 5 Good Templar Lodges. There are 15 Banks, 24 Fire Insurance, and 15 Life Irsurance Offices. Parties wishing for fuller information about the city will find it in Dawson's Handbook of the Dominion "Montreal Past and Present" published by George Bishop ^ Co. ; "The All Round Route" published bythe Canada News Co. ; The Miscellaneous Information in the Montreal Directory. For Tariff of Hackney Carriages, every licensed cabman is obliged to pro- duce a tariff of rales on application, but the party that gives cabby an extra quarter for himself is apt to get a gocd deal' of useful information, more than the party that gives as little as he can. McGill University was founded by James McGill, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, who died in 1 8 13, leaving $150,000 for the foundation of such an institution. It is Protestant in its character, but undenominational, all the different Protestant bodies having equal privileges in it. MONTREAL AND VICINITY. In 1817 the first Bank in Canada was established at Montreal by an Association of merchants, and was named the Bank of Montreal. On the 9th of June, 1853, Father Gavazzi a celebrated lecturer, formerly a famous Roman Catholic Priest, lectured against the Church of Rome in Zion Congregational Church, and a riot ensued in which about forty persons were killed or wounded. The City o f Montreal is 315 miles nearer to Liverpool than the city of New York, and one third of the whole system by way of the St. Lawrence is in comparatively smooth water. The distance from Montreal to Chicago, by the St. Lawrence is 158 miles less than the distance from New York to the same city. {\ -^i-. jloiflf to Visit the principal places of izitevest in the shortest , time fov tlie least money. — %m* «- In whatever qiiarter of the city you are lodging, the first place to visit is the Notre Dame Church. From the Windsor, if you do not wish to hire a cab walk down Windsor Street to the comer of St. Antoine Street. From there take the street cars going east, and tell the conductor to let you off at the Post Office, and then a few paces from you is the Notre Dame Church and several other places of interest. A few blocks east from there is the New City Hall, the Court House, Nelson's Monu- ment, St. Gabriel Street old Presbyterian Church, and not far away is the Bonsecours Market and Bonsecours Church. While there you may visit the Harbor and the New Custom House, about a half mile farther west. Then walk up McGill to Victoria Square, trom whence you may get the street cars to take you to the principal places of interest up town. First visit the Notre Dame de Lourdes, near the corner of St. Catherine and St. Denis Streets. From thence retrace your steps westwards, till you come to Bleury Street, anrl there is the old Jesuits' Church and college. Then turn up to St. Catherine Street west, till you come to the Art Gallery, corner of Philips Square. Then visit the English Cathedral and the Museum of the Natural History Society. '. hen take the street cars till you come west as far as Guy Street and visit the Grey Nunnery at noon. After dinner, hire a cab to take you to the McGill College, and close by are^the two city reservoirs ;and if you don't wish to hire a cab to take you to the top of the mountain, you can go up by the Elevator for 5 cents. Then after you have taken a good view of the surrounding country from the top of the mountain, and visited the two Cemetries, you can come back to the city by the busses for 1 5 cents, and you have a day well spent, and not over a dollar of necessary expense, besides your hotel bill. BUSINESS HOUSES OF MONTREAL. -•♦PRINTER*" pU-boolt flalter and ||annfaqtttiiin0 |tationi|r, Z2wCFO£&'r3BX^ OF ^En(5wsM,*FKEngH^&*(^EKMiin^ ^ Ceatft^r ^ SFuncg Coq5$ '^S^ {di' ^0\i^zT)ip3 cii)d Specialties fe suil y®"''^^^^- PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS Montreal, Quebec, St. Lawrence River, Niagara Falls, &e. & ^§8 Si (Jan^es Blpeet, (^/V9i/A' DOORS EAST OF McGILL STREET) ■ BUSINESS HOUSES OF MONTREAL. 21 FmST PRIZES AWARDED AT VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS. 21 /IA^/> PUBLISHER OF STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Stereoscopic and larger Views; also Lantern slides of Montreal, Quebec, Murray Bay, Cacouna, Tadousac, Saguenay, Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, Yosemite Valley, Cal. ; Lake George, Adirondacks, Ausable Chasm, N. Y. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. 197 ST. JAMES STREET, MONTREAL. DRYSDALE'S FOR BOOKS OF ALL KINDS. l\DoI, ^oll^je and |[e(lical \n\ ioob, ^ : . - STUDENTS' NOTE BOOKS, 3TYL0GRAPI-IIC PENS, die./ NOW ON HAND AT ^^m ^sm 232 ST. J-A.3ivinES. STI^EET." BRANCH, 1423 St. Catherine St. (near Windsor Hotel.) Dressing ( Bisque Ch O.A.3L.L a.33.a. E35:.A.I^iaiTE OTJIi STOOIK. BUSINESS HOUSES OF MONTREAL. For upwards of Thirty-Five years, the name of the St. Lawrence Hall has been familiar to all travellers on this Con- tinent. I'he Hotel is conveniently situated in the heart of the business centre of Montreal, and is contiguous to the General Post Office, and other important Public Buildings. It is hand- somely decorated, luxuriously furnished, lighted by the electric light, and fitted with a Passenger Elevator. The Building, which has recently been extended, contains 250 Rooms. The Hotel is managed by Mr. Samuel Montgomery, under the personal supervision of the proprietor, Mr. Henry Hogan. IMPORTER OF English, French, German and American Fancy Goods. Novelties, Books and Stationery, 238 AND 240 ST. JAMES STREET, - The largest store of the kind in Canada. Always in stocic the best English and German Pocket Cutlery, Finest French Fans, Opera, Field and Marine Glasses of the best makers. Ladies' and Misses Hand Baes, Fine Leather Pocket Books, Card Cases, Letter Cases, Bill Wallets, Portfolios, Blotters, Ladies' Toilet Cases, Ladies' and Gents' Brush and Comb Cases, Dressing Cases, Brass Goods, Library Setts, Ask Trays, Candlesticks, Brass Figures, Bronzes, Bisque China Figures, Novelties in small Vases. Fine Photograph Albums, Photograph Frames. Newest designs in Canadian Silver Souvenir Jewellery, Gold Pins, &'c. Pldin and Fancy Stationery, Juvenile and Miscdlaneous Books, Indian Curiosities, &'c. 411 Goods will be found at the lowest prices and the best quality. No trouble to show goods. 238 db 240 ST. JAMES STREET, NEXT TO OTTAWA BuiLOINQ. BUSINESS HOUSES OF MONTREAI, THE POPULAR Gleti^ing and .Fupnisl^inf ^ouse OB' TKCB OITTT. For Clothes Ready Made for Gents' or Boys* call -at The PALACE CLOTHING. STORE of GOR. MgGILL & NOTRE DAME STS. LARBEST STOCK IM CANADA. GOODS RETAILED AT WHOLESALE PRICES- 1 1 I \ \ ^ ^Ke • llJI»t€:r • ©arwiuaf^ TOSlt TBI PATBOHAai Or LOID LAIk^SSOWVI, OOVUirOI-aillllAL or CAHASA. Tlie Ice Caatle to be erected on Dominion Sqnare for the Winter Carnival, February 7-12, 1887, wiH be larger and more pictnresque than any similar atmctnre hitherto bnilt. Instead of following the deaigna of former wrintera at Montreal and 8t. Paul, the arohitecta haya placed the principal tower at the north-western angle instead of at the centre. The whole design being intended to give great variety of view as an observer makes the circuit of the stractare. The plan is an irregnlar sqnare enclosing an area of some 14,000 feet, entirely clear, open to the sky. From each angle of the square a tower nsesy that on the aonth^westem comer being a reduced copjjr of the great tower at Windsor Oastle, and provided with a ciromar staircase in ice leading to a parapet commanding a fine view. A height of 102 feet will be attained by the prinoiiwl tower shown in the foreground of the sketch. The tower at the eastern angle will rise to a height of 80 feel and be placed diagonally to the walls. At the northerlv angle there will be a fourth tower, 32 feet square and 50 feet high. Curtain walb wiUi loopholes and battlements connect towerH and turrets together ; special provision dictated by experience has been made in the design for effective aids to electric illumination and pyrotechnics. The Ice Castle will be lighted by electricity for a fortnight after the Carnival, and will, in all probability, be in perfect order until the second week of March. It is intended to have a comprehensive exhibit «rithin the Castle of Canadian grasses, grain, fruits and vegetables. In the world of amusement, Montreal's Winter Carnival is the great winter event of the Continent of America. This year the Committee are perfecting arrangements for a better programme than any of its predecessors, varied and unique as they one and all have been. Montreal; with the most delightful winter weather in the world, is the recog- nised home of Canadian Winter Hportii. Tobogganing, snow-shoeing, skating, cnrlingj sleighing, with all their incidental attractions, afford to the people healthful, invigorating amusement duiing the winter months. Carnival Week is designed to give visitors from all parts of the world an opportunity to know, by actual participation, what the glories of these unusements and sports are. Tlie Toboggan Slides furrowing the Mountain sides are thrown open to all comers. There, all day long, and away far into the night, thousands upon thous- ands of visitora enjoy the eustaciea of their baptismal slide, while the Fiurk forests ring with the echoes of their laughter. Never-to-be-forgotten scenes are here witnessed, while life-long friendships are initiated. The Yiotoria Bkating Bink, the largest, finest and best managed on the continent, is thronged with delighted miUtitudes enjoying the Fancy Dress Carnivals, Hookey Matches, Races and Fancy Skating, while the streets are flUed with magnificent sleighs, equipages of all sorts and conditionH, presenting a scene of life ana enjoyment worth thousands of miles' journey to see. The Snow-ehoers, some ten thousand in number, with their Club House and Concert Halls, their Races, Tramps and Bounces, contribute to the festivitiiss no end of merriment, giving the visitor novel experiences, to be had in no city outside of Montreal. By night the garrison in the palace will be surprised and attacked by a vast army of Hnow-shoerH, which, after a hot siege and brilliant defence, is repulsed and scattered over the Mountain, when the Palace becomes the centre of a grand triumphal pyrotechnic display of marvellous grandeur. Only a few of the attractions of Carnival Week have been referred to here, but these indicate the character of the festivities that go to make up the greatest pleasure week of modern times, on this continent at lea»t. The Hotel and Lodging accommodation will be under the Committee's restric- tion, by which comfort and moderation will be insured to all. The Railways of the continent have made special rates from all points, which will be duly announced.