ROYAL FArcWiiS. 
 
 (Ottawa Citizen, 9th July, 1886.) 
 The annfiuncement made by cabje iiome 
 (lays since t'aat Hj';r Majesty had been 
 pleas'jd to call Sii' John RoiiJE to the Most 
 Honourable the Privy Council will doubt- 
 less have been read by mauy of Jiis old 
 friends in Canada with feelings of the 
 warmest satisfaction. Although a Scotuh- 
 ncan by birth. Sir John Bq&£, likeJhia 
 distinguished fellow-couutrymau and for-, 
 mer political leadex, Sir John Macdonald, 
 was in early life transplanted to our own 
 congenial soil, and here his youth and 
 early, uiauhood were sj>ent. For many 
 years he held a distinguished josition at 
 the Bar of Lower Canada, and at a time 
 wlien silk gowns were less numeroois than 
 they have since become, wa« one of those, 
 although young in yeai-s, who was deemed 
 eligible to wear tliis much coveted badge 
 of professional distinction. In 1856 he 
 was taken by Sir Gkorge Caktier from 
 the ranks of the profession, without pre- 
 vious parliamentary experience, and made 
 Solicitor-General, He continued to hold 
 oflitte under Sir Gbokgk (.'ARatER and Sir 
 John Macdonald, and wae a member of 
 Sir John's Cabinet after the accotiiplish- 
 ment, o the gi eat work of Confederation, 
 holding the office of Minister of Finance 
 therein. In < acli and everj' position he 
 left behind Irm a recoiti of duty ably, 
 suc(;c'B8fully and laithfuUy pertonned. In 
 1869 he retired from political life in 
 Canada for the pui-poife of joining an 
 eminent Lan*lon bauking ^rm. Since 
 then his lesiUence fias l)eeu in England, 
 and } lis career there hab been illuslrHt;'d by 
 a sucGeseiou of triutriplis, commeioially, 
 politically, socially. He luis been, accord- 
 ing to public rumour, tlie trusted ugHUt 
 
and adviser of tlie Colonial Otiieo, and as 
 an acknowledgment of a special service 
 rendered the government in connection 
 with the transfer of the Hudson's Bay 
 Territories to Canada was appointed in 
 1870, a Knight Commander of St. Michael 
 and St. George. In 1872 he was created a 
 Baronet of the United Kingdom, and 
 some years later was advanced to the 
 dignity of a Grand Cross of the Order 
 above mentioned. Lust year the Prince 
 OF Wales, whom Sir John Kose, as Com- 
 missioner of Publ. W rks, had the h< nuor 
 of attending when the Prince paid his 
 famous visit to Canada in 1860 ami between 
 whom a deep and abiding friendship 
 would seem to have arisen, appointed 
 him Receiver-Ge.ieral of the Duchy of 
 Cornwall — an ofhce in the personal gift of 
 His Royal Highness. He is now a Privj' 
 Councillor — the second Canadian, if we 
 may still so regnrd him, to hold the office 
 — Sir John Macdonald having been the 
 first. His career from the start has been 
 marvellously successful, but not one whit 
 more, as his friends are proud to believe, 
 than his many merits and valuable public 
 services would lead them to look for. 
 This will be ihe view entertained by all 
 Canadians anl indeed of everyone 
 acquainted with the man, and who, one 
 and all, we trust will unite 
 with us in wishing continued success, 
 length of years and every hapjtiness to 
 the Right Honorable gentleman. Sir 
 John Rose has not as yet secured 
 a seat in the Imperial Parliament. 
 This is to be regretted, as his ripe e.vjicri- 
 ence and mature knowledge touching all 
 matters affecting the interests of the Do- 
 minion and the colonies at large would 
 make his presence there a source of oon- 
 
tentment to ils and of much value we have 
 uo doubt to the Imperial authorities. We 
 trust such an event is only deferred, 
 and that before very long we may be af- 
 forded the further pleasure of chronicling 
 his election to the House of Commons, or 
 better still, his elevation to the House of 
 Lords. 
 
 Canadians, at all events, will have no 
 reason to complain of a want of recogni- 
 tioii in the distribution of royal favours. 
 Her Majesty during recent years having 
 been specially gracious to om' public men 
 in the bestowal of rewards of this charac- 
 ter. Scarcely two years have passed since 
 the whole countiy was rejoicing over the 
 signal mai'k of royal favour — the Grand 
 Cross of thr Bath — wluch the ooveriugu 
 was pleased to confer on Sir John Mac- 
 dona lI) on the occasion of his completing 
 forty years in the service of his (,)ueen 
 and country. Since then Sir Charles 
 TuPPEH has been advanced to the full 
 dignity of the Order of St. Mii^hael and 
 St. George (having previously been ten- 
 dered by the King ot "he Belgians the 
 Grand Cordon ot the Order of Leopold), and 
 the public h;\ve been hIso not a little gra- 
 tified at the well merited recognition ex- 
 tended to a Minister so courteou.s, so cajwble 
 and so lil)era!-minded as Sir AnoTPHE 
 Cauun, (who by the way was a student of 
 Sir John Rose) and to private citizens, so 
 enthusiastic, so jiublic-spirited, so enter- 
 prising and withid sf) fuli of pluck as Sir 
 
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 Nor must we fail to notice the rewanl ex- 
 tended to the bench in the person of Sir 
 CoLLis Meredith; to science in the per- 
 son of Sir Wm. Dawson; to literature in 
 the jK^rson of the late Dli. ALj-HEts Tokd; 
 
to firms ill the i)erson of tho Into ("or.oNKL 
 DvTW: and others and to jnunialism in 
 the person of that versatile and always 
 gTioefni wi-i*er, M. Hector Fabre. 
 Those msmifestatiTms of the SovETmoN's 
 plpftHwre arid Tegard, increasing in fre- 
 qTieney as they have lieen of late, and ex- 
 teniHTig from high Officers of State to all 
 branches of the public service, to the 
 heads of the professions and to tneu of 
 mind and character in other walks of life, 
 sjuak eloquently of our growing impor- 
 tance as a country and a people, and of 
 the nearer and more intimate relations 
 springing up between this great colony 
 and the great Empire to vvhicli it is at 
 once our happiness and our privilege to 
 belong.