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 Notos OH King HuvM , J 
 
 The St. LawrcMioo Hull. . . j.. 
 
 The (% Hall ..^...y. H 
 
 The Post Office ...^...... It; 
 
 The Rossin House i|. 
 
 The Hoases of Parliiin.eiit 21 
 
 Th(i Lunatic Asvluin ...^ 
 
 08;:(oo(le Hall 29 
 
 The Meehonio^" Institute '{I 
 
 The (■emeterics .... 
 
 The ('ountv r^aol. . ... 
 
 The New and Old Court Houses 37 
 
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 CnuRCHKs.— St. James' (^nthedral, (1 l).-~Trinity Church, 
 (48).— St. Paur.-, Yorkvillo, ()7).— 8t. Ceorge's. 
 (48). --Church of the Holy Trinity, (.JO).— Wes- 
 leyans, Adelaide Street Church.— George Street 
 (>hurch.— Richmond Street Church.— -Queen Street 
 Cha})el.—yorkville Church.— Elm Street Chapel.— 
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 lOMENTS. \n 
 
 l*r«'sh) luriau, (Jtiiiirli ol" Scotluml, Sr A.. cli« •>>••?». — 
 Knox's. — StHMMid Frof Cliurch. — l'iill<'<l IV^tHhyt^- 
 tiiirus, — Second lTiiil*.'<l Pi'(!sbvi«'iimi. — iloforraed 
 l-'ri'slkytiM'ijmH. — ('oiiirroiniional, Zioii iThuiM;!. — 
 Sorniid ''t»n;.''ro^n,liou«l — Baptli»<.ij. At'ii<'»»u Bh|»- 
 n>t'.- ItcinMiiCHtliolic, St. Paul'M. — St. MichiU'lN.— 
 St, Muiv's. — fjithr*!!!' A|M»st<>li(' Cliiin-h. — I'uiiu- 
 litiii. — I)i><('i|»l''^ !nul (loriium Lutli«'i'i»n. 
 '\'"> ii;M»v«' |»l:t(-«'s of \\cn'>lii|i »ui»y In- f<uiit(l within 
 
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 SrHt»<i|,.«J ... 70 
 
 U|>l'«.'!' Cniiadti ColU'-e. ... 72 
 
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 Tho Dl^tvii't SclwK.I. .. 77 
 
 Tvinitv roWv^^nt 77 
 
 'V\u' lMiiv(M-sity of 'i'riuilv (%ill<>of. 79 
 
 Knox's ( 'olN'L'c ^1 
 
 I'liitC'l Pr«',shyti'riaii ('oIN.'ii*.'.. 82 
 
 St. Mic'liucris iioniish ColN-re K^ 
 
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 .*Vs8iii'niK'<' C(>ni|tjmi<'*« ^'> 
 
 Building' Societies hG 
 
 The* NewspinxT Vn-ss . , 87 
 
 'f hf' Collo^r ,\\('iiui' 89 
 
 Thf Hoval Iaccuiu ^0 
 
 Pioviucijd Kxliibitt<»ii ftO 
 
 Tfu'ItT of Cuh ('}v;»r,.r.-s : 9G 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 TuE volume before the reader is intended to fi\^)]^]y tc; the 
 residents in, and visitors to, Toronto, a long-sought-for and 
 rnucli-needed reriuiremcnt. No book has liitlierto been issued 
 whicli conld be received as a coin])]ete guide to the city, and 
 hence many of ^ts inhabitants aie ignorant of much valu- 
 able information witli wjiieli it is desirable they should be 
 aorjLiaiuted, and strangers in tlie city have few means of 
 obtaining more than a suj-erticial idea of our institutions and 
 public sights. It is hojicd that our juesent issue will answer 
 this end. The wi-iter gratefully acknowledges the aid which 
 be has received f.-om mnnerous valuabie authorities, v.ithoui 
 whose assistance the .oinpilaiion of a work ..f this nature 
 wovdd have been renderod much more difficult. 
 
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 Where Commerce has enricliM the busy coast. 
 
 Toronto — the metropolis of Upper Canada, as a 
 large^ influential, enterprising, and incrcasing-citj, claims 
 sonietliing more than a passing notice, and its commer- 
 cial prosperity and exalted position — as the chief city 
 of the western Province — demand for it the especial 
 attention of the historian . Pounded half a century ago by 
 Governor Simcoe, upon a wild and untenanted Tamarac 
 ywamp, this city afi'ords a practical illustration of the 
 great achioyemonts attained by the industrious energy 
 of the early settler, to whose indomitable mind the natu- 
 ral obstacles of a new country presented no insurmount- 
 able impediments to social progress. 
 
 When ^' dense and trackless forests lined tlic mara'in 
 • tf the lake (Ontario) and reflected their inverted images 
 in its classy surfiice:" vv^lien the wanderins; Missassara 
 constructed his cplicmeral habitation beneath their luxu- 
 riant foliage, and the bay and neighbouring marshes 
 \Tore the hitherto uninvadod haunts of wild fowl, the 
 eye of the first froverner rested on Toronto — then 
 naincd Yorlc — with a foresight which comprehended 
 
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 the powers ol' gcQius, aud lie bohcld in the marsh over- 
 ruu with wolves and boars the key to a groat colony : 
 the site for a grand coiiiiectiug link with the prospec- 
 tive wealth of the western soil. 
 
 The geographical site uf Tofoato oniiaently fitted it 
 for the developinont of u rich and fertile eountry, whoso 
 resources have in turn contributed magnificence to a city, 
 which, a.s the seat of Govornmoiii, the saoat of Learning, 
 and the seat of Oomijieree. po.SftC.sse.> in itself the cle- 
 nients of national, political, and edLieationul prosperity, 
 aud which, it needs no woudroii. prescience to predict, 
 will ere long be placed, in a still more nobly prominent- 
 position — as a peerless queen among her flatterers! 
 The march of civilization has been rapid indeed, and the 
 progress of refinement has drawn around us the principal 
 institutions which arc necessary to the comfort of a 
 refined people. 
 
 Our streets, intersecting each other at right-angles, are 
 long and broad ; and our public buildings are, of their 
 kind, comparable with those of any other c'ty in the 
 Province. From the lake, the church spires 'vhich 
 rise on every hand, the domes of the City and St. Law- 
 rence Halls, the Exchange, the Rossin House, 'the 
 Asylum, and the dull outline of the Provincial Exhibi- 
 tion, present an air of beauty and compactness which 
 pleasingly consorts with the order and regularity of 
 the interior of the city. To the oast and westward 
 Kiug-streci is seen, spreading out in a line directly paral- 
 
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 lei with the lake shore, which is fringed by the broad 
 Esplanade, while in the back-ground Yonge-street— a 
 sort of straggling hamlet thirty miles in Ic-gth — 
 stretches out to the extent of four or fire miles into a 
 richly-wood agricultural country. 
 
 Not the least of the attractions of Toronto is it^ 
 
 KING STEEET, 
 
 What Oxford-street is to the cockney of London^ 
 what the BoulevardB are to the muscadin of Paris; 
 what Broadway is to the denizen of New York, such 
 is King-street to tlie citizen of Toronto. The long 
 line of fashionable stores extends as far as the sight 
 will serve, and the buildings which open upon the view 
 enhance the picturesque appearance of this splendid 
 street. Its rival, Yonge-strect, excepted, it is the prin- 
 inpal mart of the metropolis, and upon \i may be observed 
 every phase of Canadian life. It combines the main 
 advantages of market and promenade, and is the resort 
 of the ^letc, as well as of the businesB men of the city. 
 The principal ediiice wliicli -tracts attention to th« 
 eastward i? 
 
 f^T. JAMKtf' i.'ATHEDRAL, 
 
 to which is attached a somewhat singular hibtory. The 
 origintd church was built of wood at the cost of £1,200 
 by the Lieutenant Governor of the Province, to accom- 
 jDodato the exigencies of the inhabitants of his settle- 
 
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 lueiifc; a square of six acres being apportioucd for the 
 purpose in 1803. In 1818 a neat steeple was added to 
 the church, which was enlarged at an additional expense 
 of £2,000, and made to front on King-street ; but the 
 church was taken doi;vn in 1832, and a handsome stone 
 church, fitted up with black walnut, and capable of 
 holding 3,000 persons, was erected in its stead. The 
 churcli, however, was burnt to the ground on the 7th cf 
 April, 1849. But the energy of the citizens did not 
 lie dormant, for, within ten months, they erected the 
 cathedral which at present adorns King-street. 
 
 From the erection of the first church up to 1812, the 
 venerable the Archdeacon of Kingston, George Okill 
 Stuart, D. D., was rector. The present bishop of 
 Toronto, held tlio oilice from June 1812, till he resi<^-ned 
 in 1839, OR his being created bishop of Toronto, in 
 favour of Ilev. H. J. Grassett, A. M., the present 
 incumbent. It was designed by F. W. Cumberland, 
 Esq., in the early ]i:nglish stylo of gothic architecture, 
 having a nave and side aisles, with a clerestory carried 
 on bold arclics extending the full length of the church. 
 Tlie internal height of the nave is 70 feet to tho cornice, 
 and of the aisles 35 feet. The extreme length is 2f)0 
 feet, extreme width 115. The body of the^cliiirch is 
 111 by 75. The height of the spire will be 275. The 
 chancel is semi-octagonal in form, and of a depth of 42 
 feet, each side being pierced by windows of the transition 
 P'-!riod, with rich and varied tracery. The whole of thv 
 
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 chancel lias carved panels beneath the windows, the altar- 
 piece forming a centre, and the ceiling being groined 
 with enriched ribs, carved bosses, &c. The pews arc of 
 Gothic character, with cut and enriched bench ends. 
 The church is intended to accommodate 2,000 persons : 
 and the cost, exclusive of the tower and spire, was 
 about £16,000. Thus, the devout zeal of the citizens 
 of Toronto succeeded in erecting a spacious cathedral 
 worthy of the city, in which, on every Sabbath day — 
 
 Through the long-ih'awn aisle and ficttod vault, 
 The pealing anthem swells the note of prais^o. 
 
 A few yards further to the eastward stands another 
 building, which does the city equal honor — 
 
 THE ST. LAWRENCE lIALli. 
 
 This magnificent building was erected in 1850 to 
 meet the pressing exigencies of the citizens. The hall 
 is appropriated for meetings and public cxliibitions, and 
 is capable of accommodating a thousand persons. The 
 principal object of the talented designer of this edifice, 
 "VY. Thomas, Es(j., was to ensure its complete usefulness 
 as well as ornamentality, for, wliile the hall is used 
 for public purposes, in its rear runs the St. Lawrence 
 Market, a range of arcade 200 foot in length by 
 39 feet in breadth, with neat stores on each side, 
 at the end of wliich is another frontage, south, con- 
 sisting of general stores. The King-street frontage of 
 the St. Lawrcnc:. Hall is 140 feet in extent. The 
 
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 entrance to St. Lawrence Market, in the rear, is in the 
 centre of the frontage, by a noble archway, forming a 
 line of shops on each side and a transverse piazza 100 feet 
 in depth, over which are, on the first floor, public rooms. 
 On the upper story is the hall, 100 feet in length 
 by 38 feet G inches wide, and 31: feet high; the entrance 
 to the hall from the public staircase is under the gallery 
 at the north end, with a saloon, &c. The finishing of 
 the interior is in good style, with dado and rich cornice; 
 the ceiling is boldly covered with rich pannelled centre 
 and emblematical enrichments. The front is wholly 
 of cut stone, of the Koman Corinthian order, from the 
 example of Jupiter Stator; the centre being tetrastyle 
 portico of thrce-fjuarter columns, with sculptured tym- 
 panum of the pediment, surmounted with a rich attic ; 
 the carved work throughout the enrichments is of a rich 
 and varied character. The cupola forms a circular 
 open temple of the Corinthian order, which contains a 
 fine-toned large alarm bell, weighing 2130 pounds. The 
 ^ggJ'^gato cost of these buildings was a trifling :um above 
 £7,000. 
 
 Opposite the ends of the St. Lawrence Hall Arcade, 
 and fronting on Front-street is 
 
 THE CITY llALJ.. 
 
 In 1814 the St. Lawrence Market Square was set 
 apart for its present use, and a small frame building 
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 ti plan was, by order of the Cour.ty magistratcB, prepared 
 by J. Gr. Chewett, Esq., for a more corapletc stnicture, 
 and in 1833, a Town Hall and market built of brick, 
 160 feet by 77 J, were completed. On the King-atreet 
 front there were two shops, and three entrances to the 
 inner murket, above which were rooms afterwards used 
 as city offices, and by the Council as a place of meeting. 
 The market had an open centre of considerable extent 
 for farmers' waggons, surrounded by stalls for butchers. 
 The builders were Duncan Kennedy and Peter McAr- 
 thur. Before the building was completed it was used 
 for a great public meeting on the 19th of January, 
 1832, and the gallery falling in consequence of the 
 multitude, great injury to life and limb ensued. The 
 market was afterwards considered to be an advantageous 
 place of defence during the troubles of 1837, and was 
 garrisoned by the citizens. Tlie city hall and market 
 were destroyed on the 7th April, 1840, by the same 
 fire which burnt St. James's Cnthedrnl, and a vast 
 amount of other property. 
 
 Previous to that event, in 1814-5, the new City Hall 
 and lower St. Lawrence Market were erected to provide 
 for the wants of the Corporation and the citizens, and 
 which also embraces the rooms of the various Corpora- 
 tion officers. Police, cS^c, with the Court room in which 
 the Police Magistrate dispenses justice. A range of 
 s,iio^>s ixud offi.ces occupies the ground floor, and in the 
 
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 rear on a level witli the waters of the buy are Hituuted 
 the vegetable, fruit, and fish markets. The building has 
 a frontage of 140 foci, with two wings extending to the 
 bay 178 feet. It was designed after the Italian style 
 by Mr. Lane, architeet, and built by Messrs. McDonald 
 c^ Young, for the sum of £8,500; alterations and im- 
 l^rovement, made iu 1851 have iiieroiised its costs to 
 £18,000. 
 
 Striking out from King into Toronto-street, we 
 arrive at the 
 
 POST OFFICE. 
 
 The building is in Greek-Ionic style, from the de- 
 sign of 3Iessrs. Cnml-crland & Storm, and is exceed- 
 ingly apjDropriate. It has a frontage of 48 feel, with 
 a depth of 90 feet. The front is of cui stone. The 
 large public hal), with enriched oak and plate glass 
 letter-box, has tlnee compartn ents intersected by 
 Greek-Doric columns, with three delivery windows, 
 and a separate cntrauce for ladies. A spacious sort- 
 ing-office is in the re.-ar, lighted from above, with en- 
 trance for the reception and despatch of mails, together 
 with a pofeimaster's and money-order office. The offices 
 of the District Post Office Inspector, are on the second 
 story. The whole is hghted with gas and heated by n 
 hot air furnace. Precautions in case of fire have beeii 
 adopted by the placing of water hydrants on each fiat. 
 
 i here is not a mo)'e striking evidence of the pro- 
 
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 giess of improvement in the city than may be seen in 
 the present postal arrangements. In 1837 a courier 
 was engaged for clays in carrying correspondence be- 
 tween Toronto and other places of any distance, while 
 now, through the medium of iron roads, a communi- 
 cation posted in the morning reaches a destination 400 
 miles distant by the evening. An acquaintance with 
 the following facts being desirable, we have appended 
 them. 
 
 The mails are despatched daily from the Toronto 
 Post Office in the following numbers : 
 
 At G.OO A.M...: 94 mails 
 
 10.30 " 7 *' 
 
 1.00 P.M 7 " 
 
 2.00 " 3 '' 
 
 3.00 " 34 " 
 
 4.00 " 17 " 
 
 4.30 '' 25 '' 
 
 7.00 '* 28 '' 
 
 Thus we have as many as 21o mails leaving this city 
 every day ! 
 
 The first postmaster in Toronto was the late Hon. 
 Wm. Allan, who kept the letters in his office in Fred- 
 erick-street, where was also the Custom House. In 
 1828 he was succeeded by J. S. Howard, Esq., County 
 Treasurer, who had assisted him previously in his 
 numerous departments of labour. He, again, was fol- 
 lowed in 1838 by Charles Berczy, Esq., who removed 
 to the corner of Yonge and Front-^.ti'eeis nn<l after- 
 
18 
 
 SKETCHES 01' TORONTO. 
 
 wards to the office on Wellington-street, whence it wom 
 removed to Toronto-street, in February, 1853. Since 
 May, 1852, Joseph Leslie, Esq., has been postmaster. 
 The Post Office Inspector for the Toronto Division \h 
 John Dewe, Esq. 
 
 The money-order .sy.stem came into operation in 
 February, 1855, when the largest sum for which an 
 order v'as granted was c€10, the commission being Is 
 3d. Early in the following year the amount was ex- 
 tended to £25, with a graduated scale of charge from 
 Sd to 2s Gd. The Post Office building, which cost 
 three thousand iive hundred pounds, reflects high 
 credit upon i(s talented architects, as also upon the 
 contractors—Messrs. Metcalf, Forbes, and Wilson. 
 
 Continuing our course along King-street, we come at 
 length to one of the chief features of the tity, our prin- 
 ■ cipal hotel — 
 
 THi: iiossiN rrousE. 
 
 The llossin House lias just pretentions to arcliitecfcural 
 beauty^ the effect of which is enhanced by its diTnensions. 
 It is a fact of weighty significance that Toronto can 
 support such a magnificent hotel. Within its walls in 
 congregated every appliance which aiiiuence can desire, 
 every pleasure which luxury can crave. Here are allur- 
 ing condiments to tempt the most fastidious taste, vi- 
 nous aciditos to lubricate, and gastronomic pondorositioa 
 
 I 
 
 to titilatc 
 
 from troi 
 
 mas^ical \ 
 
 Truly, CO 
 
 one of tl 
 
 vidcnce ! 
 
 sional co 
 
 El Dorac 
 
 Its King 
 
 west froi 
 
 five stor 
 
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 There 
 
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 fioor. < 
 
 stairs, : 
 
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SKKT0UK8 OF TOllONTO. 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
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 to titilatc, the palate ! The prandial morceau here ceases 
 from troubling, and the sated ntomaeh is at rest. What 
 magical transformations here await human deglutition I 
 Truly, cookery is a grand institution ! Truly, appetite is 
 one of the most blessed dispensations of a benign Pro- 
 vidence ! We have, however, strayed into a digres- 
 sional course, and will at once attempt to describe the 
 El Dorado which we were betrayed into apostrophising. 
 Its King-street frontage is upwards of 200 feet, and its 
 west front extends about 150 feet on York-street. It is 
 five stories high, faced with white-pressed brick, orna- 
 mented with substantial dressings of Ohio freestone, 
 handsome pillars, cornices and balconies. The ground 
 floor is occupied by fifteen elegantly-furnished stores. 
 
 There are two commodious private entrances, one on 
 each street, besides a main entrance twenty feet wide, 
 on York street, with a flight of steps to the principal 
 floor. On the second floor, at the head of the main 
 stairs, are placed the offices, opposite which is an 
 extensive reading room, lighted by a large and handsome 
 glass dome. The front of this story in the main build- 
 ing and part of tlie roar building is occupied by a long 
 row of parlors and reception rooms, the principal of 
 which— the ladies' parlor— forms the corner room of the 
 suite. A main hall runs through the centre of the build- 
 ing, intersecting which is a similar hall connecting the 
 York-street wing with the dining room. Tliis apart- 
 ment has its priueipd entrance from the hall on King 
 
20 
 
 8KKTC!IIK8 OF Ton ONTO. 
 
 Street, aucl is lUO feet long, 88 feet wide, and Is 
 feet high. Adjoining tliis is the carving room, di.sli 
 room, dessert room, and in tlie rear of tliese the kitchen 
 and ehina pantry, connected with tlie main buiKHng by 
 a ghized gallery. Tlic other tlirec stories contain one 
 hundred and nine-seventy rooms in all j including a row 
 of parlours along both fronts, approached by three 
 staircases, two of which are intended for the use of 
 guests, and the third for servants. Tlie whole number 
 of rooms for the reception of boardei-s, exclusive of the 
 principal parlour, is two liundred and twenty. Ap- 
 proached through liio main hull on the first floor, and 
 forming part of a separate building erected at a right 
 angle with King-street, is a very extensive bar-room, 
 -with billiard-room underneath, accessible from the upper 
 hall of the King-street wing by a flight of stairs. In 
 the basement is a barber's shop and gentlcmen^s bathino- 
 room containing ten batlis. The heating and lightinjv 
 is upon the most improved principles. In the ''grand 
 hall of the Ilossin House is a Book and News Do^oi of 
 which Mr. C. '\ Jloliwell is the proprietor, and whicli 
 has proved to Do a valuable acquisition to the present 
 proprietor of the establishnient, Mr. Joslin The stand 
 contains handsomely bound volumes wiii.di fvJdress alike 
 the students of light or abstruse bte>atu:e, too-ether 
 with the issues from the local, provincial, and British 
 press. 
 
 Stepping fi-om the Ilossin House, pnst ihv (Jovori- 
 
 I 
 
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 t i4 
 
 ment oill 
 dence of 
 the (jlove 
 fronted I 
 of the 11 
 dency w 
 readily b 
 of the re 
 J^assin 
 wliich st: 
 
 t: 
 
 The f 
 year 179 
 end of ll 
 10 by 2 
 space \v 
 ])uildingi 
 design a 
 ximerica 
 were re[ 
 ing beei 
 Welling 
 Draper, 
 night of 
 timutely 
 the Hues 
 Houses 
 
SKETCHES OE TORONTO. 
 
 21 
 
 i 
 3. 
 
 iiieiit oiliccs, a miiiutc'M bri«k walk brinpjs ii« to the resi- 
 dence of His Excellency Sir Edniund Walker Head, 
 the Goveruor- General of the Province. The lodiic is 
 I'rontcd by a moderately liip^h wall, before which a sentry 
 of the Royal Canadian llifies .slowly paces. The llesi- 
 dency wears an aspect of quietness, and would not 
 readily be distinguished by a stranger as the domicile 
 of the representative of the ]kitisli Crown. 
 
 J^assing the Residency we reach the bay, in front of 
 wliieh stands 
 
 THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. 
 
 The first Parliament Houses were erected in the 
 year 1796, on a site near ihe ])resent goal, at the east 
 end of the city. They were of brick, two in number, 
 10 by 25 feet, and standing a hundred feet apart, a 
 space which was afterwards filled up by additional 
 buildings. Thoy had some pretensions to elegance of 
 design and construction, but were destroyed by the 
 Americans on the taking of the town in 1813. They 
 were replaced in 1S20, the Government business hav- 
 \\\" been meanwhile transacted in the building on 
 Wellington street, lately occuj)ied by Chief Justice 
 Draper, but which has now disappeared. On the 
 flight f)f the oOlh December, 1824, they were unfor- 
 tunately destroyed by fire, caused by some defect in 
 the Hues, a fiuitfu! cause of accidents to Parliament 
 Houses in Cairada. Several of the juurnals and other 
 
22 
 
 SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 papers belonging to the Hoiisea were destroyed. Par- 
 liament met in the brick Hospital on King street, until 
 the erection of the present Houses, which were com^ 
 menced soon after the fire, but rot complocod till 1S30. 
 The designs were prepared by J. G. Chewett, Esq. ; 
 the west wing was built by Messrs. Ewart & Pnrkes,. 
 the centre was commenced bv Mr. Friestmaii, and 
 finished, with th< east wing, by Mr. Ju.qeph Tunon. 
 The buildings occupy the whole block, bounded by 
 Wellington, Simcoe, John and Front-streets, the front 
 looking to the Bay, and presenting a conspicuous object 
 from the water. They are of red brick with plain 
 exterior, but the chambers of the Legislative Council 
 and the Assembly arc capacious and handsome rooms, 
 fitted up with elegance. The offices attached are so 
 extensive that a part of them are devoted to the accom- 
 modation of the Departments. It was proposed some 
 time ago to erect a range of buildings suitable for the 
 accommodation of Parliament and the Government, on 
 the fine property of the 1'oronto Univ<"^rsity, at the 
 head of the College Avenue, but this design has been 
 abandoned, and the old House wiih additions and im- 
 provements, is again in occupation. The additions 
 made to the main building consist of two extensive 
 wings, each containing a large and spacious room, one 
 \i.sed as a library for the Legislative Council, another 
 as a reading room for the members of the House of 
 Assembly, while in each is a good wardiobe chamber. 
 
 
 A numl 
 floors of 
 forty-fiv 
 new Lil 
 Parliam 
 a height 
 number 
 of large 
 Beari 
 come to 
 for ten i 
 
 This > 
 
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 lot of fil 
 been gr 
 inally, t 
 destitute 
 sed in 1 
 and two 
 tetreet, "^ 
 new bu 
 ated as 
 the nun 
 came in 
 use of 
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SKETCHES OJ)' TORONTO. 
 
 Jo 
 
 A number of committee rooms occupy the gi*ound 
 floors of these wings. The present Library is a room, 
 forty-five feet in length by twenty-five in width. A 
 new Library room is also erected at the rear of the 
 ParHament Houses, and is about 127 by 93 feet, with 
 a height of some fifteen feet. The books, which now 
 aJ^<l I number about 30,000 volumes, require a building 
 of large dimensions. 
 
 Bearing away in a northerly direction until we 
 come to Queen-street, and "hen proceeding westwardly 
 for ten minutes, we arrive at 
 
 THE LUISTATIC ASYLUM. 
 
 This excellent inscitution which was designed by J . 
 G. Howard; Esq., was commenced thirteen years ago; a 
 lot of fifty acres of land on the jsjarrison common having 
 been granted for the purpose by the Ordnance. Orig- 
 inally, the county gaols afi*orded the only asylum for the 
 destitute insane of Canada An act was, however, pas- 
 sed in 1889 authorizino' the establishment of an Asvlum. 
 and two years after, we arc told, the old gaol on Toronto 
 street, vacated by the county on the completion of the 
 new building at the east end of the city, was appropri- 
 ated as the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. At that time 
 the nunibcr of patients wah3 small, but they eventually 
 came in so rapidly, that it was found necessary to make 
 use of two large buildings for their accommodation. 
 Subsequently a commission was appointed to superin- 
 
 lii 
 
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24 
 
 SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 i 
 
 tend the erection of a new asylum — Drs. Widmer and 
 King, Messrs. John Ewart, J. G. Chewett, and Mr- 
 Sheriff Jarvis — and the result of their labours is seen 
 in the existing Asylum, which we cannot better describe 
 than by quoting portions of a sketch wdiich was pub- 
 lished in the Glohi^^ twelve months since : — 
 
 *^The buildinix is situated about three miles from the 
 City Hall, cominanding a fine view of the Lake. It 
 is constructed of pale yellow bricks with cut stone 
 plinth, belt, cornices and window dressings ; the gut- 
 ters are of copper and the roofs covered with tin. 
 Most of the sashes are of iron, constructed to rise and 
 fall above five inches, sufhcient for the admission of 
 fresh air, and not enough for a patient to pass through. 
 The corridors are fourteen feet wide, and well lighted 
 at intervals from the south, giving tlie patients a fine 
 view of the Lake. The northern facade is 5S4 feet 
 long, comprising a centre building and two wings, 
 terminatinQf at the east and west ends with semi-circu- 
 lar verandahs, three stories hi«'h from the basement, 
 secured by vertical bars of iron to prevent nccidenis ; 
 these were constructed for the purpose of allowing the 
 patients fresh air when the weather will not admit of 
 their going out ; they are arranged for six classes of 
 patients, three classes of males and three of females. 
 The chief architectural feature about the buildinn- 
 consists of a hcxastyle portico in the Grecian Ionic 
 order, of cut stone ; the columns are raised upon a 
 
 loftv rui 
 height, ^ 
 bold sto 
 ornamei 
 are only 
 present 
 ning sou 
 to make 
 present. 
 The ( 
 covered 
 on the I 
 or resei 
 gallons i 
 Lake b^ 
 through 
 the east 
 
 two CO] 
 
 rollers, 
 three fe( 
 grate at 
 pipes foi 
 in the w 
 shafts, 
 ground, 
 nnd nial 
 officers ( 
 steward' 
 
SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 25 
 
 lofty rusticated base, occupying a stoiy and a half in 
 height, with two handsome flights of stone steps and 
 bold stone landing ; the tympanum of the pediment is 
 ornamented with the Royal Arms in has relief. There 
 rae only about two-thirds of the landing erected at 
 present ; when the plan is completed, two wino-s run- 
 ning southward will enable the Medical Superintendent 
 to make twelve classes of patients instead of six as at 
 present. 
 
 The centre building is surmounted by a lofty dome 
 covered with tin, (which can be seen for thirty miles 
 on the Lake,) within which is the wrought iron tank 
 or reservoir, capable of containing eleven thousand 
 gallons of waler, which is pumped up daily from the 
 Lake by a steam engine. The water is distributed 
 through lead pipes to all parts of the building. At 
 die east and west ends of the wings, may be observed 
 two copper cowls made to traverse upon friction 
 rollers, above two foul-air shafts seventy feet high, 
 three feet diameter in the clear ; each shaft has a fire 
 grate at the bottom to create a draudit ; ventilatins; 
 pipes four inches in diameter, lead from every room 
 in the wards and corridors east and west to these two 
 shafts. The basement is only sunk three feet in the 
 ground, and comprises in the centre building, steward's 
 and matron's receiving rooms, dining-rooms for the 
 officers of the establishment, housekeeper's and house 
 steward's rooms, and matron's and steward'* store 
 
26 
 
 SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 closets. The wing buildings have two kitchens with 
 steam boiling apparatus, ascending trays, or dumh 
 waiters from the kitchen;? to all the dining rooms in 
 the upper stories, washing and ironing rooms with 
 drying apparatus on the female side, with arched ceil- 
 ings to prevent damp on the upper floors, ovens for 
 baking bread on the male side, larders, dairies, sculler- 
 ies and pantries, working patients' dining rooms, dor- 
 mitories for 20 m.ale and 20 female working patients, 
 baths, wash-rooms, water-closets and staircases. No. 
 16 furnaces for the hot water apparatus and coal rooms, 
 all arched with bricks, rendering them fire-proof, fur- 
 naces for ventilating shafts, dust flues and linen shafts. 
 The first floor of centre building, comprises matron'? 
 and house steward's chambers, matron's and assistant 
 physician's rooms, large rooms for convalescent pa- 
 tients of both sexes to assemble in, pantries, closet.^, 
 baths, water-closets, staircases, &c., tl'c. The princi- 
 pal story or second floor above the basement, com- 
 prises physician's private room and superintendent's 
 dining-room, surgery or medical room, male and 
 female visiting rooms, matron's assembling room for 
 needlework and amusement, closets for linen and 
 clothes. The wing buildings on this floor have four 
 separate rooms for patients who require attendants all 
 the time with them, four large associated dormitories 
 for male and female patients, also two large day rooms 
 for these; twenty-four separate sleeping-rooms for 
 
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SKKTCMES OF TORONTO. 
 
 27 
 
 y rooms 
 )ms for 
 
 patients, inaio and lemale dining-rooms with descend- 
 ing trays to kitchen, baths, pnd wash-rooms, with water- 
 closets, attendant's rooms, two long well-lighted corri- 
 dors, terminating with glass lobbies and verandahs, 
 closets for patients' clothes, linen shafts and dust flues. 
 The first and third floors of the wing buildings are 
 arranged similarly to the above. The third story of 
 centre building contains a ball-room, fifty-five feet by 
 twenty-five, wdlh orchestra, &c. ; two infirmaries for 
 male and female patients, two chambe^'^ for medical 
 superintendents or superior oflTicers of the establish- 
 ment. The upper floor of centre building has three 
 chapels, one for Protestants, one for Roman Catholics, 
 and one for any other denomination, anatomical room, 
 and room for anatomical museum ; there are also 
 rooms in the roof for twenty-four working patients, 
 twelve of each sex. The building is warmed by hot 
 water circidated through small wTought-iron pipes. 
 About twenty-five thousond feet are required for the 
 purpose, with sixteen furnaces for anthracite coal, and 
 answers admirably. The cost of constructing the 
 building was about c£5G,500. The front and two ends 
 of the ground have been enclosed by a brick wall, the 
 centre has two Lodge entrances faced with cut ^tone. 
 Good farm buildings are erected on the western part 
 of the ground, and a small creek meanders through 
 the grounds. The cost of these works which were 
 designed by Mr. Thomas, was about £5,000. 
 
 nu 
 
2S SKKTCilKS Ol' TORONTO. 
 
 The avcra^re number oP patients received in each 
 year since 1841 has been about 113. The largest 
 number was 18.S in 1S53 ; and the smallest riumbei' 
 wa. oS in 1844. 
 
 In its present condition, the Asylum having proved 
 incapable of holding ibe number of patients for whom 
 accommodation was required, the building originally 
 erected for the University of Queen's College has been 
 temporarily occupied. 
 
 The disbursements of the Asylum amount, on an 
 average, to about c£l2.000 per annum, which is paid 
 bv Government, with the exception of about £800 
 which is anrmally derived from paying patients. 
 
 The present visiting Commissioners are the Hon- 
 ourable Samuel Mills, of Hamilton ; William Cawlhra, 
 and James Beaty, Esquires, of Toronto, and Robert 
 Armour, of Bowmanville, Esquire. 
 
 Annexed is a list of the Medical Superintendents 
 who have since 1841 been placed in charge: Dr. 
 Rees ; Dr. Telfer ; Dr. Clarke; Dr. Primrose, arthnj 
 pro. tern. ; Dr. Scott ; Dr. AA^'orkman. 
 
 The present Officers of the Asylum are : — 
 
 Medical Superintendent J. Workman, M. D. 
 
 Assistant Physician B. Workman, M. D. 
 
 Bursar J. McKirdy . 
 
 Steward G. McCollough. 
 
 Matron Mrs. McCollough . 
 
 Enginee/ P. Trowesen. 
 
 Carpenter Jas. Weston. 
 
 Messenger .Tas. Magen. 
 
SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 Returning Prom the Asylum the first notable ohject 
 
 IS 
 
 OSGOODE HALL. 
 
 The building occupied by the Society is erected on 
 land purchased fron^ the present Chief Justice liobin- 
 son. It is situated on Queen street, at the head of 
 York street. 
 
 The east wing was commenced in 1S29, but it was 
 not fit for occupation till 1832, when the first convoca- 
 tion of benchers within its walls took place on the Gth 
 February. This wing was built under the superin- 
 tendence of the late Mr. Ewart, its cost being Je3,350. 
 In the year 1844 the contract for the erection of the 
 west wing was taken by Mr. John Kitchey and it \vas 
 completed in 1845. 
 
 The whole now consists of a long two-storied build- 
 ing, with large projecting wings, which are decorated 
 with facades of stone, having two stories of fluted pil- 
 lars surmounted by neat cut stone gables. It is of 
 imposing appearance, although the architecture is 
 scarcely so good as might have been the case, had the 
 whole been built from one original design. The brick- 
 work is painted in imitation of cut stone. The upper 
 story of the centre part of the building contains the 
 library of the Law Society, and the basement and first 
 story offices for the clerks of the Crown, Queen's 
 Siench and Common Pleas. The east wing contains 
 the convocation rooms of the Society, and the apart- 
 
30 
 
 SKKTOllEH OF TORONTO. 
 
 ments of the librarian. The upper part of the vvtot 
 wing is occupied by the Court of Queen's Bench, the 
 Judge's room, and the Practice Court or Judges' 
 Chaml)ers. The Court of Common Pleas at present 
 holds its sittings in the room occupied as the Pactice 
 Court. The lower part of this wing is occupied by 
 the Court of Chancery ; having a room for the sittings 
 of tho court, a Judges' room, and the offices of the 
 Registrar and blaster of the court. 
 
 The centre portion of this building, is being reuioveo 
 and re-constructed to accord with the more modern 
 wings, which are designed iti Roman Ionic, of excel- 
 lent character, and capable^ with some additions, of 
 ofreat eflectiveness. 
 
 The new centre will have a noble and massive Por- 
 tico in the same order — and in this centre, on the front» 
 will be erected a new Law Library, 112 feet long by 
 40 feet wide, and of the height of 40 feet; beneath the 
 same there will be certain of the public law offices. 
 In the rear of the library will be erected a centn ' 
 kail, in two stories, lighted from the roof, and having 
 open corridois, and two heights of orders arid arches 
 around the same. Aiound the central hall will be 
 grouped the public law offices and record vaults on 
 the ground floor, and above them the Courts of 
 Queen's Bench and Common Please. Practice Court, 
 Court of iippcal, Probate Court, Judges' rooms, and 
 
 itions of like character. 
 
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8KKT0HKS OF TORONTO. 
 
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 The name of the building is derived from Chief 
 Justice Osgoode, the first who held llie office in Upper 
 Canada. The following is a list of all who have occu- 
 pied the post, with the date of iheir appointment : — 
 William Osgoode, 1792 ; John Elmsley, 1706 ; Henry 
 Alcock, 1802; Thomas Scott, l80Gj William Dummer 
 Powell. 1816; Sir William Campbell, Kt., 1824; 
 Sir John Beverley Robinson, Bart. William Dum- 
 mer Powell, the first Puisne Judge, was appointed in 
 1791, and Peter Russell was also appointed to the 
 same office in the same year. John White first Attor- 
 ney-General of Upper Canada; was appointed in 1792. 
 
 Pursuing our stroll through Queen and Adelaide 
 streets we come upon Church street, at the corner of 
 which stands out conspicuously 
 
 THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, 
 
 tui institution which next deserves attention. The 
 institution was established in 1830, and was incorpo- 
 rated in 1847. The late llr. Baldwin, — father of 
 •le Hon. Robett Haldwin — M!ie of its most active 
 j|_.porters, Wcus elected the iii>t President The 
 members, who averaged during the first fourteen years 
 of its establishment about a hundred, originally occu- 
 pied rooms in the old market building which were 
 rented to them by the City Corporation at a nominal 
 flcrure. In 184i^ a new hall wa:-» erected, in connection 
 with the City Fire Department, in the centre of the 
 
 4 
 
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32 
 
 WKKTCIIES OF TOIIONTO. 
 
 Court House block at a cost of c£500. Since that 
 lime the In.stitute had giown with tlie growth of the 
 city, and it at present numbers 808 members. The 
 library contains nearly 4,^00 volumes, and the reading 
 room is supplied with upwards of forty diflerenl news- 
 papers and periodicals. 
 
 The success of the institution encouraged the mana- 
 gers to hold exhibitions of specimens of art, manu- 
 facture, natural production, &:c., which were continued 
 annually for five successive years. At length, however, 
 tlie exhibitions, from their frequency, lost their novelty, 
 it was therefore deteimined to hold them at lomrer 
 intervals, which policy has been rewarded by increased 
 success. Classes for the study of Architectural and 
 Ornamental Drawing and various scientific subjects 
 were established, and since the commencement of the 
 institute gratuitous weekly lectures have been deliver- 
 ed to audiences averaging weekly two hundred. 
 
 In the year 1854 a splendid new hall was built by 
 Messrs. Walton &, Pim, at a cost, on completion, of 
 not less than c£10,000. The building which has a 
 front both upon Church-street and Adelaide street, is 
 of white brick with stone dressing, and is one of the 
 many representatives which the city affords of the talent 
 of its designers, Messrs. Cumberland ^ Storm. The 
 building contains a large music hall, nearly a hundred 
 feet in length, by half that distance in width, together 
 with a commodious music gallery. It also contains a 
 
gKETCIlKS OF TORONTO. 
 
 a:^ 
 
 H*5 
 
 lecture theatre with raised .semicircular seats to accom- 
 modate about five hundred persons, and a large read- 
 ing room, a library, committee, and apparatus rooms; 
 besides, on the first floor is ofHce accommodation for 
 renting, and in the basement are the housekeepers, 
 apartments and a number of excellent class rooms. 
 
 When arrangements were made for appointing To- 
 ronto as the Seat of Government, the authorities ofibred 
 terms so advantageous that they were accepted, there- 
 fore the Institute will remain for some time longer in 
 its old building. The annual income of the Institute 
 was, in 1841, £i1 2s. 9d. In the last year it was 
 X'858 5s. 2}(\. In reference to the onward progress 
 of the Institute, it has been well observed that " in the 
 year 1845, the committee considered it a very heavy 
 undertaking to erect a building at an expense of about 
 £500 : in 1854, the committee commenced a building 
 which will cost upwards of £10,000 to finish it.'* 
 
 Let us now say a word of comment on our 
 
 CEMETERIES. 
 
 There are few, if any, of our local attractions which 
 excel our Cemeteries, which are the Necropolis, the Pot- 
 ter's Field, St. James's the Roman Catholic Cemetery, 
 und many other similar places of interment; but of 
 these the St. James's Cemetery is the most beautiful. 
 This latter burial-place possesses, in fact, features of 
 
 of a kind which are in character with 
 
 rare 
 
 beauty, 
 
 an( 
 
34 
 
 SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 a resting place for tho doad. Sitiintod afc a distanco 
 from the centre of tlie city, it is not very numerously 
 frequented, and thus it maintuiiia an air of seclusion 
 which is by no means unimpressive. Entering at tho 
 gate the visitor observes a large, grass-covered space of 
 several acres' extent, in the centre of which is a mound, 
 towards which many wooded paths converge. Tlie 
 grounds are tastefully disposed, and separate spaces are 
 allotted for the various churches. *^ The sculptured 
 urn" and "animated bust'' is seen on every hand : 
 elegant, though mournful representatives of the might 
 and majesty of manhood, and touching emblems of the 
 strength of human affection, which surrounds with a 
 halo of sacredness the memory of departed worth. 
 There is another peculiarity which may oftimcs be 
 observed— flowers strewn upon the graves. This we 
 regard as the tender execution of a fine, poetic impulse, 
 whose consideration stops not with the flight of the 
 "vital spark of heavenly flame;" an impulse which 
 does not view 
 
 The first dark day of nothingne>i,s 
 The lust of danger and distress, 
 
 as the day on which respect should cease, and memory 
 surrender her holy delights; but which dictates the pre- 
 formance of those melancholy oflices which mysterious 
 Death in tenderness exacts : aye, though 
 
 Decay's effacing fiugera 
 Haye .swept the lines where beauty lingers. 
 
SKKTCllES OF TORONTO. 
 
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 Crossing tlie mound, we come to a paU-h of bush, which 
 skirts the edge of a Hort of earth-clift', and, beyond, a 
 scene of surpassing beauty comes upon the sight. A 
 large and hollow dell lies below, and develops itself 
 gradufilly into a deep ravine, which wends in graceful 
 curves until it reaches a narrow vale. No boisterous 
 sound is heard, and as the loitering stroller 
 
 Pursues the nobeleBs tenor of liis wajr, 
 he realises the chaste beauty of the valley. Here solitude 
 reigns supreme ; and the silence is nitigical. Nought is 
 heard save the occasional faint and distant hum of the 
 busy town, the plaintiff cry of the '^ whip-poor-will," the 
 merry laugh of the rippling rill, th(^> woodpecker's tap in 
 the dingle shade, or the -whisp'ring murmur" through 
 the trees, which— oak, hemlock, pine, beach, fir, and 
 reverend elm — rise on every side to a noble altitude. 
 
 These are a few of the many points of interest to 
 delight the visitor, who should not sec Toronto without 
 threading the paths of St. James's Cemetery. 
 
 lleturning from the Cemetery to the end of Parlia- 
 ment street, we arrive at 
 
 THE COUNTY GA.OL. 
 We will, however, preface its description with a brief 
 history of the old Court Houses. The lirst courts in 
 York were held in the Parliament Buildings. After tho 
 war they were removed to a house built by a Mr. Fer- 
 ^Tuson, situated east of Yonge street, between Queen and 
 
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36 
 
 .SKETCIIJiS OF TOKONTO. 
 
 Kichmond streets, near to where Mr. Cheney's foundry 
 now stands. From that they were removed to the Court 
 House, Church-street, now Ontario Hall. In April, 
 1824, was erected on what is now Toronto street, a' 
 building exactly the same in size and external appear- 
 ance as the Court House, to be used as a gaol. These 
 buildings were erected according to the plans of Dr 
 lialdwin and Mr. Ewart, by BIr. John Heyden, at the 
 expense of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the Home 
 District. The price agreed on was X"3890, but they 
 cost before completion about £0000. At that time 
 they were the only buildings on the Court House block 
 "nd they fronted on King-street. What is now covered 
 by the Wellington buildings, formed an open square 
 Ihe gaol used before this time was a large log buildin- 
 which stood a little back from the south side of Kin- 
 ■vtreet, near the lane opposite to what is now Toronto- 
 street. It was surrounded with a picket fence and had 
 a very gaol-like appearance. In 1837 the lots in front 
 c.f the Gaol and Court House were sold, and entrances 
 imido to the buildings from Church and Toronto-streets, 
 fhe City and district using the Gaol in common, it was 
 soon tound to be t.jo small for the number of its occu- 
 pants, and in 1840 a new building was erected by Mr 
 Harper, at the foot of Berkeley street. It is built in a 
 radiating form after a plan drawn by J. G. Howard Eso' 
 It cost £10,000. The present sraol acno-nni^d-tion is 
 understood to be insufficient for both city and county 
 
SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 37 
 
 purposes, especially as regards the classification of pri- 
 soners, and in consequence the reformation of criminals 
 cannot be successfully carried out. Tt is proposed, to 
 appropriate the share of the proceeds of the Clergy Re- 
 serves, which falls to the Municipality, (about £14,000) 
 to the erection of a suitable Gaol and Reformatory or 
 House of Correction in connection with an Industrial 
 Farm. For this purpose the council have decided on 
 purchasing 136 acres of land situated on the Don and 
 skirting on the cemetery grounds, for which they are 
 to pay to Mr. Scadding, the proprietor, the sum of 
 
 <:£10,000. 
 
 It is about 00 years since the first person was executed 
 in York. The name of the criminal was Humphrey 
 Sullivan, and his crime was that of uttering a forged 
 bill. 
 
 THE NEW COURT HOUSE, 
 
 Is at present situated on Adelaide-street on a plot of 
 ground originally granted to trustees by the Provincial 
 Government, called the Gaol and Court House block. 
 It fronts 197 feet on Adelaide-street, and the extreme 
 depth of the centre part of the building is about 94 feet. 
 The different courts have rooms on the second story, 
 while the County Council chamber with committee 
 rooms, and rooms for the different County officers, 
 occupy the ground floor. The building is substantial, 
 with cut stone dressings. It was erected in 1852-3, 
 
38 SKETCHES 0¥ TORONTO. 
 
 and cost about £8,500; Fred. Cumberland, Esq., was 
 the architect, and Mr. John Ritchcy the contractor. 
 
 Warden of the County Jos. Ilartman, Esq., M.P.P. 
 
 Treasurer J. S. Howard, Esq. 
 
 Clerk John Elliot, Esq. 
 
 SIIERIITS. 
 
 We have been supplied with the Ibllowing list of the 
 gentlemen who have filled the ( fficoof Sheriff at different 
 times :—lS04, Joseph Willcocks ; 1807, Miles Mc> 
 Donell; 1811 John Beikie; 1823, Samuel Eidoutj 
 1827, William B. Jarvis ; 185G, Frederick William 
 Jarvis. 
 
 COLLEGES. 
 
 UPPER CANADA UNIVERSITy. 
 
 In 1798, a grant of 549,000 acres of land was placed 
 at the disposal of the local authorities in Upper Canada 
 for the maintenance of educational establishments. Of 
 this endowment up to 1826, 190,573 acres wore dis- 
 posed of by tliQ Board of General Education, the pro- 
 ceeds of which {apparently were applied to the support 
 of Common and Grammar Schools. The remainder of 
 the grant of 1798, amounting to 358,427 acres, was 
 regarded as constituting that portion of the Eoyal gift 
 intended for the support of a Univei :ty. 
 
 This munificent endowment was allowed to lie un- 
 touched till the year 1827, when a Koyal Charter was 
 issued on the 15th of March, vesting the manairemeni 
 
SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 89 
 
 of the College in a Council of nine members, viz., the 
 Chancellor and President and seven Professors in arts 
 and faculties, all of whom were to be members of the 
 Established Church of England and Ireland, and to 
 subscribe the thirty-nine articles ', the Bishop of the 
 Diocese was to be viir^itor, and to have the power of dis- 
 approving bye-laws passed by the Council, and the Pre- 
 sident was to be a clergyman of the Church of England. 
 
 The Charter met with very general disapprobation, 
 and it was loudly demanded by Parliament and the 
 people that it should be repealed, and the University 
 established on a basis which would give equal privileges 
 within its walls to all denominations. 
 
 After years of violent contest, a measure was passed 
 by Parliament, and became law on the 4th March, 1837, 
 which abolished all the tests relating to the Church of 
 England, and provided that any Professor or Member of 
 Council might be admitted, on declaring his belief in 
 the Trinity. Some steps were then taken to put the 
 College into active operation. 
 
 Mr, Thomas Young was appointed architect, and 
 plans prepared for the erection of magnificent buildings 
 at the head of the College Avenue, on the large estate 
 of 1G8 acres secured as a site within the limits of the 
 City. Tenders were advertised for in 1838, and Mr. 
 John Ritchey's accepted, for the sum of £49,294. The 
 buildings were not proceeded with, however, until 1842, 
 when the south east winj? was erected at a total cost of 
 
 m 
 
40 
 
 SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 ^16/J07. It is a substantial stouc buildinir, constructed 
 for the purpose of students' residences, and used for a 
 brief period for that purpose. TJie design is simple, in 
 the Grecian Doric style, but, whatever was the reason, 
 such was the cost of it, that to finish the whole estab- 
 Hshnieiit on tlic same scale, would haw entailed an 
 expense greater than even the large endowment of the 
 College could bear. In 1842, the Parliament buildings 
 were fitted up for the use of the College, at an expense 
 of £4,831, 4s. 2d., the larger part of this sum being- 
 expended on the college chapel, and in June 1843, the 
 institution was opened for education with a large and 
 efficient professorial staff. 
 
 The charter of J 836, though an improvement on the 
 former one, was not such as to secure foi- the institution 
 the confidence of the public. The presence of the 
 Bishop at its head, give preponderance in its councils 
 to the Episcopalian Church, a position which was im- 
 proved in various ways to the advantage of that body. 
 A Theological Professor was appointed, and the attend- 
 ance of students re([uired at the Episcopal service in 
 a chapel specially fitted up for the purpose. The a"i- 
 lation for further reform terminated in the passage of 
 the Baldwin Act of 1849, which created no less than 
 three distinct bodies, to regulate the aflairs of the Uni- 
 rersity ; the Caput which was for the interior Govern- 
 ment of the College ; the Senate, to appoint professors 
 and pass statutes for the general management, and tlie 
 
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fiKETCIILS OP TORONTO. 
 
 41 
 
 Bonn! of Kiulowment wl.Icl, hiu] vhivgi^ of the larida 
 belongn.g ,o il.e trust. It likru i.e aboli.sho.l all irsLs, 
 alteml the nanio of il.e inshsniim, f,c,m -Ki„..'.s Col 
 l<ge- to that of "Toronto Univorsiry," a.ul gave to 
 other Colleges the p.ivilege of l.eeonm.g affiliated to 
 It, in the nianner of LoiuhHi Unlversiiy. ^\,MUl:er act 
 ^va.s iK.wever, passed in 1853. which altered enii.ely 
 idl tlie arrangt-men's. The hill provided that theio 
 should 1,0 no professorships in cnnecrion wiili the 
 Toronto Univer.iry. but that its functions .should f,e lim- 
 ited t., the examination of ci^ndidates from any lean ed 
 ii.Hiihilion, and ornnting drgrees in iIk- several l-.ndiies 
 of arts, of hnv, and medicine; it also provi<lcd that tho 
 Il.en Professor of T<nonto UniviMsity, ^hould lu' trans- 
 ferred to a new insutntion, to he calhul University 
 CoHege. excepting tho Professors nf MvAlcim^, whom 
 It dismissed with a ^ramify of a year's salary. The 
 lulIov\ing is a li.vt of tho P^of^^s^Is and Cfficers :— ■ 
 
 Piesident, Eev. Jtdni McCatdl, L.L. I)., Hey' J„hn 
 McCaull, L.L.D., Professor of Ch.sMcal Literature, 
 Logic, Rhetoric, and Pelles Letters. Kov. James 
 Leaven, D.D., l»r<,fos8.)r of Metaphysics and Ethicts. 
 IL IL Cjoft, D.C.L.. Proiessor of Chemi.stry and Ex- 
 perimental Philosophy. George L^u klan.l, Esq.. Pro- 
 fessor of Theory ai;d Practice of Agricuhure. J. IL 
 Cheriimaii, M.A., Pu,lo.ss«»r <»f Natural Philosophy. 
 Daniel Wilson, L.L 1)., JVofos.sor of History and 
 English Literuluro. Kev. AN'illiam 
 
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 Jncka, F.L.S. 
 
^SK^•.TnHK.8 OK TOllONTO. 
 
 Prol'e^^nr of NHlunjl PJistory. E. J. (^hapmaii, Et^q, 
 Professor of Minorulogy and Geology. James For- 
 neri, L.L.D., Professor of Modern LungiUigen. G. 
 T. Kingston, M.A., PiofeshOi of 3Fet,eorology. J. M 
 Hirvsclifelder, hlaq., LecturiM- on (")iienr{d Literature 
 Rev. Arlliur Wieknois M. A., Chissleal Tutor. Rev. 
 Al6X. JiOriuior, Lihrnriiui. 
 
 The ;uuiexe<I compii. 'ejiirablo informatinu rc- 
 sneetiufjf tbe JHluiif-Biou of ^!lldenls to tlie Co]le>«[c : — 
 '•Class J, Matriculuted vSu;deiiU-^; and niati'iculantd j 
 including all tlH)se under-gradual eti wIk^ pass the 
 University matriculatif n examiuati^jn, and pursue the 
 course of studies required by tlie Senate in order to 
 proceed to tlie degree of Master of Als. In the Col- 
 lege they are termed matric^ulantd, wliile still preparing 
 for the first Univej'sity examiiiatiorj. which those so 
 desiq:nated trenerallv take alou"' witli the more ad- 
 vanced class of students of two years' standintr accord- 
 ing to the optiou.-i allowed by the University fichenie. 
 The term matriculated students is applied to those 
 wlio have honouiably passed the first University 
 examination ; and this class of students alone u oar the 
 academics^ or college gown and square cap. Those 
 who have passed the corresponding examinations in 
 any University in her Majesty'ji domirrions, are admis- 
 sable to the same rank in the Toronto University. 
 Claii.s 2. Besides these, studentfi wislnnryin Jtvnil flmm. 
 
;KKTnnKs of toko to. 
 
 4.3 
 
 tioives of the means ol* in>sliuotion whiili un^' of tlio 
 college classes aft;>rcl, withcHit purposing \o proceed to 
 T/iiivcrsity degree, are adnii.«sal)le under (lie clasH of 
 occasional students; and are i\eo to choose such 
 oour>es of lectures* as art^ most conducive to theiy 
 wpecial purposes of study. Candidates lor admission 
 as matriculated students, aie recpiiied to j.'roduce cer- 
 tificafes of good conduct, and of having passed the 
 nialriculation examination of tfie Universtiy. Matri- 
 culants, are retpured to i)roduce certificates of go(Kl 
 c(»nduct, and, in addition, to satisfy ?hc Professors, on 
 examination, that they have the re(pusito cpudificationa 
 for entering on the course of study which they purpose 
 pursuing. Occasional students, are not required to 
 pass any examination until the close of their iirst term, 
 when such of them as wisii to compete for prizes, are 
 examined in the special suhjects which they have 
 «elected. Matriculated students atid matriculants are 
 required, during their attendanctM)n lettures, to reside 
 in licensed hoarding hrmses, or in such other houses 
 a.s have been selected l>y their parents or guardians, 
 and approved of by the President; of the College." 
 
 The Library contains a vahudjle collection of work^ 
 ill the different depnrtnients of science and literature. 
 The number of yoKunos exceeds 0000, and the selection 
 has beoii made mainly witli a view to tlieir pruotioa! 
 utility as books of reference. 
 
44 
 
 SKETCH l.'S OF TORONTO. 
 
 Connected with the College, is an extensive Museum 
 of Natural IH>tory, whieh afl'ords nic:ins of illustrating 
 the ProfeMSovs' lectnreM in the various d(?partnjentH of 
 5*iOology and i>olan}'. The Muneuni contains a very 
 uunierous collection of specimens, amongst which aro 
 many belonging to the Piovince, and a large stock of 
 npp:iratu.-< illustrative of Nahirnl Phih)Sophy and Chouii. 
 cal science. 
 
 Several scholarships aro granted in each departnicntj 
 the salaries of which anjount to .€^'^0 each per year. 
 
 By the aid of a valiiablc authoiity we are enabled tf; 
 eubjoiu the following facts in connection with 
 
 DIK NEW UMVEUSITY IJUILDINCIB. 
 
 University Park tsriginally consisted of j)nrk lots 9. 
 10, 11, 1:1, and KJ, and comprised portions of tho 
 popcrty of D'Arcy Ijoulton, Esq., Hon. J. Elmsley, 
 Wm. D. Powell, Esq,, and 8ir J. li. Kobinson, — in 
 all 1(j8 acres. The fir&t portion was deeded to the Uni- 
 versity in December, 1828, the remainder in .May, 1829. 
 
 About two-thirds of the whole Park, which the Gov- 
 ernment lately took possession of, with the view of 
 erecting therein suitable Parliament buildings and Gov- 
 ernment House, was set apart for " the use and purposes 
 of the University," in February, 18oG. It comprises 
 the portion west of Queen Street avenue, about 104 
 acres. His Excellency the Governor General in council, 
 bv fin order, h^nrln*'" dnrr* '^'^n#l l<\.fii'nnrv I'lcf onflinr. 
 
 rf*^ 
 
 din< 
 
SKKTCIIKS OF TORONTO. 
 
 45 
 
 isley, 
 
 izcd Van Senate of the University, to erect suitubli^ buil- 
 dh.gs, and to expend on hucU buildings, out of tho 
 UniveiHity funds, u huui not to exceed £75,000. In 
 addition to thiM, the .sum of £20,00 was c;rnnted for 
 tho purpose of a Library and Museurn. With tiio vie\r 
 of carrying out tliesc objects, tlie Senate took iniinediato 
 action, procured plans, and comnicneed erecting a buil- 
 ding of which t]ie following ia a brief descnptlon : — 
 
 The chief facades of tlie lIuiverKify building will bo 
 those of the soutli and oust, the former of great and 
 massive elevation for distant effect from the lake and 
 town, the latter of more Drokcn and pioture8(|uo outliac 
 forc(<?nbination with the. beautiful ravine lying between 
 it and tlie nndn Purk avcjuie^ from which it will be 
 :'hiefly viewed. The general outline of the buildings 
 will approach the form of a ^cjuare, having aEi internal 
 qu^tdiangh- of about 200 i't. square, the north ssido of 
 which \vili be left open to the Pjirk. T'hc main fron- 
 tage on the south will be about 300 feet long, with a 
 massive Nurman tower in its centre 120 feet in length, 
 Qnd comprising tw > stories, Cixt, on tlie ground being 
 devoted to lecture rooms, the upper f.tory to tlic library 
 and museum, two noble rooms 80 by tlij feet each, with 
 public and collegiate reading room.^ attached. These, 
 which may be called the public portion of the building, 
 will be entered by the Tower, and by a central hall of 
 the full height of tho building, from wluch the library 
 
46 
 
 SIvr.TCUKS (tK T()K(»NT(). 
 
 and nmseum uro approac)i{Ml tu the right nnd loft re- 
 sptctlvcl}'. Tlic oast Hid; of the biiildimrj 200 toot in 
 Icnpjtli, will be entered by a subiiidlary tower — approached 
 over tlie ravine betbre ni(!nti(»nod. This wing; and en- 
 trance will be devoted to th(* University, having Senate 
 Chamber, (Jhancellor's, Vice ( Mianeellur's and Kegis- 
 trar's rooms, lectnro rooms Jind the Ilall of (\)nvoeation, 
 90 by 88, of the full lieiglit. Tlie west end of the 
 (jviadrangle, abfuit 2U0 i\H in l«!Ugth., will comprise the 
 student's residtaices, three stories in height, with a din- 
 ing hall 5() by JU ou tlio centre, and having to the rear 
 the neccf:i;''arv d*iiiie,«tic (.ilict'S, Steward's residence and 
 tile like. 
 
 The iionliorn linjits of (he cast and west w 
 
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 g« 
 
 respectivoly will be completed by the oflicial residences 
 of tlie President and Doan of the College, and at the 
 south west angle of the whole strnclnre will be erected 
 the Chemical Laboi'atorieS;, theatre and stores. 
 
 The general accommodation will be comprised h: 
 the lecture theatre and nine (dass rooms, with Profes- 
 sors' rooms attaclieJ, library and reading rooms, nm- 
 seum, with preparation and curator's rooms, Senate 
 Chamber, Ohrjicelhn-'s rooms and other University 
 offices. The I'onvocation Hall, President's and Dean's 
 residence, quarters for 60 students-, witli College dining 
 hall and all necessary appurtenances. 
 
 The style adopted is Norman, with some approacli 
 in outline to the synifiietrv more ideriticul with Ivo- 
 
 
SKirrOllKH OF TORONTO. 
 
 4: 
 
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 xvo- 
 
 niaijosque. Thin latter tlescnpfion, lunvev<)r, applies 
 more particularly to the soiitliern f'acndo, in which the 
 peculiar requisites of the building seeTu to have dictntcd 
 a regularity of form, but which is depnrted from else- 
 whore, for tlie broken and more jncturosque outline 
 common to the latter system. The Ptruclure taken as 
 a whole will bo of m?js.sive character. The tower, 
 unlike any other upon this continent with whicli we 
 are familiar, being of that bold and simple form which 
 seeks for effect rather from magnitude than detail. A 
 large proportion ofthe.se biiihlings will be Cijustructed 
 in stone, but in some parts brick will be introduced. 
 The large rooms induding ♦he library, museum and 
 Hall of Convocatioti will have open timber roofs, and 
 it is proposed in these to introduce sculpture and 
 blaiued glass with a view to completion of eifect. 
 
 It has been designed by Messrs. Cumberland & 
 Storm, and is being" built by Messrs. Worthinjjtoii 
 Brothers. 
 
 The whole, grounds around t!)t^ tievv buiklings and 
 the observatory are to be laid out with walks and 
 planted. Some 40 or 50 acres to the north of the 
 Park are to be devoted to agricultural and horticul- 
 tural purposes with a view to a botanical garden. 
 
 CHUBCHES. 
 .ST. Paul's church, yohkville. 
 Id the suburb of Yorkvirie, but withiu t\\v. luuitB of 
 
AS 
 
 SKKTl'IIES OP TOUONTO. 
 
 tho city, St. Paiirs chiiroli is boinp; afc present orcctod. 
 It is a neat stone buiLling-, and is intended to replace 
 t^ic present 8'nall wooden building. Tho llov. S. 
 Givons ia the Incuuibout. 
 
 a 
 
 TRINITY CHURCH. 
 
 At tbc east end of the city, stands Trinity Church, 
 neat GothI •- stnioture 78 ft. by 50 ft., tho coracr-stono 
 of winch Was hiid by the Bishop, on tho 20t]i of May, 
 1843. It was opened for olivine service on the 14th of 
 February, 1S44. ft has o. pjallory smd an or«an, and 
 can acco.iunodato about 400 persons. It was designed 
 by Mr. M. B. L;ine, and built by Mr. John Kitchoy, 
 The present lucumbenf; is the llev. A. tSanyon, who re- 
 sides in a hanil.somo p:irsona^'o housOj lately en^ctf-d to 
 the west of the cliurch. 
 
 Adjoining the church is a ncit Gotliic school \w\x6.^, 
 built by Knr,c]i Turner, Ivsq., an<I presented by hirn to 
 the cljurcli, It accaiiii/KxJatos about 200 chihlron. 
 
 ST. GEOIIGE'S ClilHlCIL 
 This is a very handsome building and stands in tho 
 west end of the city, on a luC of land presented by tho 
 lat(^ D'Arey I^oulton, Esq. Jt was erected in 1844 from 
 a design by Mr Lane, in the early English stylo. It 
 will aceo.nniodato 1)00 persons, Tho tower and flpiro 
 arc IGO feet in lieight, and it is tho first steeple seen by 
 strangers entering the harbor from the west. Tho pro- 
 eent ineumbi^nf. is thn TJor S^nnhon L'^**- T. T. r» 
 
 II. 
 
SKKTOIIES 01-' TORONTO. 
 
 49 
 
 CIlUllCIl ()¥ THE HOLY TRINITY. 
 
 Tlio sum of Jj'jOOO sterling was presented in 18 t7, to 
 the Bishop by an anonymous donor in the dioecao of 
 Ripon, in England, for the erection of a Free Church in 
 the diocese of Toronto. With this donation, a spacious 
 and comfortable church wa.s erected. Tt is in the early 
 English style of architecture, and crucifo^'Mi in its slapo. 
 It stands on Alice Street, a little west of Yonirc Street, 
 nnd at its western end arc two tur/eta 80 feet high. Its 
 Interior length is loG feet, breadth across the navo 53 
 feet, across the transepts 91 feet. On the south are 
 Bcdilia for tlic clergy. It can accommodate about 1000 
 sitterg. In the nortliera transept is an organ. The 
 present Incumbents and Assistant Minister are the llev, 
 II. Scadding, D.D., and the lie v. S. Darling. 
 
 In connection with this church, are a group of buiU 
 dings on its south-east corner, which comprise a school 
 for boys, on the ground flt)or, and one on the upper floor 
 for the pirls, approached by two entrances. There is, 
 also, a Hiiiull winter chapel for the daily service of the 
 church. Tlie material is white brick j with stone dres- 
 sings. Messrs. Worthington & Storm wore the contrac- 
 tors for the brick and carpenter work respectively. Tho 
 ci)st was about £1,000. 
 
 WESLEYAN8. 
 
 TKn fivjf ATi.flinrlicif S^-voiofxr in H •! n ;•» fl •l . IVMS fit^DYUul in 
 
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 50 
 
 SKKTOHE* <)>' TORONTO. 
 
 1790, hy a juissioiiary sent by tlio New York Confer- 
 ence. The first organized church in York was eetab- 
 hshed in 1818, the meeting house being erected on the 
 south side of King Street, about forty feet west of Jor- 
 (hin Street. It was 20 feet back from the street, and 
 was quite in the fields at tlie time of its erection. It 
 was originally 40 feet square, but .subse«]ucntly 20 feet 
 were added to the Kouth end. 
 
 ADELATOK STllEKT OHUH('M 
 
 This church was built in the year 1812, on the corner 
 of Adelaide and Toronto Streets. 
 
 The church was justly considcj-ed the best and most 
 commodious house of wor^;hip in Western Canada. It 
 is of brick with stone basement, about 75 ft. by 54 it. 
 comfortably seated, with a large and commodious gallery,' 
 and the body of the churcli is calculated to hold, by 
 crowding, somewhat over 1500, and of seating about 
 1200 peisons. 
 
 (JEOROf] 8'rnKKT CHUKOil. 
 
 The n(ixt Methodist chundi erected in tiie city was 
 the frame building fronting on George street. It wp^ 
 commenced under the Muspicos of the llev. Mr. Eraser 
 and finished, and galleries erected during the ministry 
 of the Kev. John IJarry, connected with' the Wesleyan 
 body in England and Lower Canada. When first put 
 ^ ■ "^ ^^ '''^'' ^auury, witnout basement j 
 
 F 
 
.SKETOHKvS OF TOHONTO. 
 
 51 
 
 fiub8u(j«ently un. the union c»f* tfie then Methodist Kpis- 
 copa) body of Ui^por Canarln with the Woslcyan body 
 in Eoglaiul in 1 800, tho cliapel was for several years 
 wiused, until in 1840 the dissolution of the union re- 
 ferred to, induced those ai>;reeini>; with the British Con- 
 fcronco and holding their views, again to open this 
 chnpol and onlai'gc it, by carrying the east end out 
 twr-nty feet, 
 
 IIIOIJMOND STREET CHIJECH. 
 
 The then existing church accommodation being found 
 to be inadequate, a church was erected on a lot 100 by 
 175 feet, running south to Temperance street. The 
 building is 85 feet by 05, exclusive of the portico, and 
 has a light, airy basement 11 feet high. Its cost was 
 about £8,500, and it is capable of holding 2,000 
 persons. 
 
 QUEEN STREET OH A PEL. 
 
 The same body of British Wesleyans erected a church 
 on the south side of Queen street, near Brock street, on 
 ground generously presented by the late Hon J. H. 
 Dunn. It has been twice enlarged since its erection. 
 
 It is designed in the Nornum style, by Messrs. Cum- 
 berland & Storm, having a bell cote on the main gable. 
 It is now a large Jiud handsome building ; it was opened 
 on 4th January, 1857. 
 
 VORKVTLLE CHUHOII. 
 
 For the portion of the British society living north, a 
 
52 
 
 8KETCIIi',8 OF TORONTO. 
 
 ehapel wns erected in Yorkville, cliiefly by the efforLsof 
 Joseph Bloor, Esq., at the cost of about £G00. It was 
 about the same si^sc as that on Qucea street, prior to its; 
 enlargement. 
 
 What were called the British and the Cmadian Wca- 
 reyans, v.ere united into one body in 1846, and then al! 
 the churches which have been mentioned became at- 
 tached to the present Conferonoe. A new church ia 
 connection with the body was opened at Yorkville in 
 1854. It is a handsome edifice in the Gothic style, 
 with the first .spire attached to a Methodist chapel in 
 Toronto. It is about tlic same size on the jrrouud ai 
 the Adelaide street cluirch. It is of white brick, with 
 a gallery and a large basenioat lecturo-roo;^r It cost 
 about £4,400. 
 
 ELM STUEET ClfAPKL. 
 
 The next enterpris(^in connection with the Wcsleyan 
 body was the new church on Elm Street, which was 
 opened on the 8th April, 1855. Its size is 88 feet by 
 47, and it is capable of seating comfortably nine hun- 
 dred persons. The exterior walls are covered with 
 cement, and drawn in imitation of stone. The archi- 
 tect was Joseph Sheard, Esq., and the builder, Mr. 
 Burrowea. 
 
 EPISCOPAL METHODIST. 
 
 The members of the Methodist Episcopal Chuchwho 
 objected to tho union with the British CoatcrcQco, 
 
 ■\ 
 
 nil 
 
SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 53 
 
 J 
 
 
 formed themselves into a congregation and erected a 
 cliapol on Kichniond-strcet between Yongc and Bay- 
 Btreets. They afterwards disposed of this building to 
 the United Presbyterians and have now no church in 
 Toronto. 
 
 NEW CONNEXION METHODISTS. 
 
 The Mcthodii-t New Connexion oriLiinnted in 184G, 
 in a secession from the Canada Conference, wliich 
 claimed a dononiinational partition of the Ui:iversity 
 Endowment, while the British Wcsleyans also claimed 
 a share of the Clergy lieserves. Those who were 
 opposed to all endowments, and thought that the Inity 
 should have a voice in tlie governing power of the 
 church, left these bodies — obtained the use of the Me- 
 chanics' Institute — chose a preacher, a missionary anient 
 from the eame body in Knghind, and organized a sotieiy 
 on 26th Mav, 1810. The dit-tinj;,ui.shiiiG: feature of this 
 body is, that popular representation is Scriptural, essen- 
 tial to the good of the church, and was practised in the 
 early church. 
 
 NEW CONNEXION METHODIST CHUnClI. 
 
 The Church is situated in Temperance-street, adjoin- 
 ing the Temperance Hall ; is a handsome structure in 
 the Gothic st\lc, 45 feet by 85. 1'he foundation stone 
 was laid on the 25th August, 1850, and the Church 
 was onened for nublic worshio on 27th December of the 
 
H 
 
 SKKT0HK8 OF TOUONTO. 
 
 same year. Tho Rov. J. Shuttknvorth is the prosen^ 
 
 PRIMITIVE MKTU()J)l}Sl\S. 
 
 Ill 1829, Mr. Will. Lnwson, a Primitivo Moth.Hii.st 
 preacher from Enghmd, .sottled in York, ami coinnieiiocd 
 preaohiiig in tlie market .square. lUi formed a. society 
 which procured a missioiiary froii) li]i!<;l;iud, and boearno 
 connected with ih) English Primitive Methodist Church, 
 in August. 1880. In 1887, the^- erected on Bay-street 
 a brick edifice at a cost of £700. Thev continued to 
 occupy this building until 1851, wlu'n they sold it tu 
 John Dickson, Esq., for the sum of .€1,250, and pro- 
 ceeded to erect a liandsor.te chapel on Aliee-«treet, wlsicli 
 was opened for public worship in Oecember, 1855. It 
 is 70 feet long by 48 wide, and 27 feet in height, with 
 a tower 90 feet high. It is capable of seating 710 per- 
 sons, and cost £8,200. Mr. Joseph Slicard, was tho 
 architect, Mr. Coleman, the carpenter, Mr. Isaac White, 
 the mason, Mr. Iteming, the carver, and Mr. MeCau.-5- 
 laad the contractor for painting. 
 
 AFKICAN MKTUODI.sr. 
 
 There are two chapels occupied by the African M<s 
 thodists, one in Ilichmond-street near York-street, which 
 was got up principally by Willis xVddison. It is rough- 
 cast, and comfortably seated with about 80 by 40 tV'ct 
 area. It was commenced about 1888, but was long in 
 aan-a m eousequencc of the poverty and ul.^iunion of it.i 
 
SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 
 meaibers. The other is in Sayer Street., and in tiboat 
 tho same size and of recent date. 
 
 PRESr^YTJvRlAN. 
 
 Previous to 1820 there was no regiihir Presbyterian 
 nunister in the place. A Mr. Coolv, who came out from 
 Enghind, preached occaaionally. The first ordained 
 minister was the Fveverend James IlarriH^ a licentiate of 
 the Presbytery of :Monaghari, Ireland. He collected 
 together a few Presbyterian.s in 1820, among whom 
 were Messrs. Jesse Ketchuni, Colin Drummond, Joseph 
 Rogers, John Ross, and others who are still residing in 
 the city. In 1821 a brick church was built on tlio 
 ground now occupied by Knox's church, which wa8 
 presented by Jesse Ketchum, Esq. It was 40 by 28 
 feet, and at that time about 250 attended. Previous to 
 this the Presbyterians worshipped in the Masonic Hall 
 in iVJarket lane. This church belonged to what was 
 called the United Synod of Upper Canada, an organiza- 
 tion which remained separate until die disruption of 
 the Church of Scotland in 1844. 
 
 CHURCH OF 8(;0TLANI>. 
 
 At a meeting of the adherents of the church of Swt- 
 land in the town of York, held on the 3rd March 18^0, 
 John Ewart, Esq., in the chair, it was, on the motion 
 of Dr. Dualop, seconded by M\. H. Carfrae, unani- 
 
 f-.*''v»CT*j »voi,'iT\-rA vv h<3.jxb liijuicuialc OLups I'.n' Uit5 «rOC- 
 
 I |l 
 
66 
 
 SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 tion of a place of worship in connection with the Church 
 of Scotland, and for the calling of a clcrpjmen of thut 
 church to officiate therein as their minister. 
 
 ST. Andrew's ciiurcit. 
 
 In pursuance of this resolution, St. Andrew's Church 
 was erected, and the Pvev. Wm. Eintoul, A.M., wa.s 
 inducted as the first nsinister thereof on the 1st June 
 1831. After an incumbency of three jears, Mr. lUntoul 
 demitted his charijc, and the church was declared 
 vacant on the 4th June 1834. The next minister was 
 the Rev. William T. Lciteh, A.M., who was admitted 
 to the pastoral charge of the congregation on the 15th 
 July iSoo, and officiated as niinlator of the church for 
 seven years, when he tendered his resignation to th'. 
 Presbytery, which was accepted, and the church de- 
 clared vacant on the 17th August, 1842. Mr. Leitch 
 was succeeded by the Kev. John Barclay, D.D., (the 
 present incumbent) who having been previously or- 
 duined by the Presbytery of Ayr in Scotland, was 
 inducted as minister of St. Andrew's church by the 
 Presbytery of Toronto on tlie Gth December, 1842. 
 
 This church is situated on the corner of Church and 
 Adelaide-streets. The ground was purchased from the 
 Magistrates of the old Home District in May 1830, and 
 consists of 78 by 97 feet, costing £VoO. The fou'nda- 
 tion stone was laid by Mr. Thonuis Carfrae, Junr., on 
 the 24th June lHW. In 1840 it was enlar^e<l. nnd . 
 
skj;tciii:.s oi? touonto. 
 
 57 
 
 1 
 
 «pi'o ,.dck.d, wl.ich, with other ;>„prov«,acM(,, muko it, 
 u aea and oou.M.odica buildiMn, Tt j, „„,, ,j,^ ^y 
 i-imroh 1)1 cxwteiicc in Toronto. 
 
 _ l.n 18-11 tho year .fter the disruptio,. in tl,e Church 
 o >..«la,.d u, Seotla>,d, those io Canada who sj-u,p,. 
 Mu.ed With tho principle, for which the J'roe Churoh 
 P^u'tT contended, separated theuiselv... (Vom uli ccclesi- 
 i..^ti.«l connection will, the Established Ch uroh of Scot- 
 Jand, and dosi«nated th«n,elve. the ['resbjterian Chur.d, 
 m Canada. A division,, therefore, followed in St. An. 
 drew « (Umrch. U. parties who seceded tVon. the 
 .■^^tablushn.ent, becan.e connected with the eor-gret^ation 
 .'" uelnnond-Hreet. The body ,h„s formed l^oame 
 the_].ree Church, and calle.i the Rev. I)r. IJurn. t« be 
 then- pastor. The church wa.s enlarged by the addition 
 ot a Iranie structure, the congregation not beiu"' pre- 
 pared to erect a pcrn.anent buildinf<. The whole edifice 
 WW destroyed by fire, however, on the 1st M.iy, 1847 
 »«') ".ea««res wore innne.liately taken fi.r the ■erection 
 
 The tbuudHtioi, stone of Knox's church -wwi laid on 
 the tn.t Sept., 1847, unci it was opouerl for wonship 
 0J» tho l]vd Se])t., 1 R 48. * 
 
 This hmldiuix i.y much adnured for the biautiful pro> 
 Frtion of it^ tower and spire, which are of au cxtrorco- 
 '^" rich "^■^-''-'' - » "• '-''■' " . . - 
 
 iy rich chanuHtr, un.j IRO fea hi^rh ; th« stylo of 
 
 the 
 
58 
 
 SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 building k of the early decorated English-gi/.bic-archi- 
 tecture. The walls are of white brick with cut stone 
 dressings ; llie inlorior lias a very pleasing effect which 
 is heightened by a very rich and costly pulpit and can- 
 opy, and [)recentor's desk and screen to the vestment 
 rooms, on an elevated platform, over which, under a 
 richly decorated arch, is a fine rose whidow of stained 
 glass. The church, with its galleries round three sides, 
 gives an accommodation of 1,300 f.ittings. Exterior 
 dimensions, 104 by 70 feet. 
 
 The architect was Wm. Thomas, Esq.; and McBean 
 <fc Withrow were the contractors. The total cost was 
 ,£6,000. Its bell is noted for its fine tone. Rev. Dr. 
 Burns was inducted to the charge of the congregation 
 on the 2.3rd of May, 1845, and on being appointed to 
 the chair of " Church History and the Evidences," 
 resigned his pastorate in 1856. The Eev. Alexander 
 Topp, from Edinburgh, was inducted to the pastoral 
 charge on Sunday, Sept. 19th, in this year. 
 
 SECOND FREE CHURCH. 
 
 The second Free Presbyterian congregation was 
 formed in January, 1851. It met first in the Temper- 
 ance Hall, Temperance street. In Juno, 1852, they 
 called the Rev. Robert Irvine of St. Johns, N.B., to 
 be pastor, and in March, 1853, the church on George 
 street, built by the Wesleyans and purchased from 
 them by the Unitarian body, was bought from the lat- 
 
c-archi- 
 it stone 
 t which 
 nd can- 
 estinent 
 inder a 
 'stained 
 DC sides, 
 ^]xterior 
 
 McBean 
 3ost was 
 Lev. Dr. 
 regation 
 inted to 
 lences," 
 lexander 
 pastoral 
 
 SKETCHES OP TORONTO, 
 
 69 
 
 :ion was 
 Tempcr- 
 152, they 
 N.B., to 
 George 
 ed from 
 1 the lat- 
 
 ter and was used by ,ho congregation under the 
 name oi Cooko's Church. The Rev. Mr. Irvine hav- 
 ing removed to Hamilton in May, 1854. the congrega- 
 tion was vacant umil tho settlement of t),e llev^And 
 Marshall, on the 8th of August, 1856. Mr. Marshall 
 was formerly minister of Cladymore, County Armagh. 
 Ireland, and came out to New Brunswick a. a mission- 
 ary in the beginning of the year, 1850. The Kov Mr 
 Gregg, succeeded Mr. Marshall, and is tho pr..sent 
 minister. 
 
 The increase of the congregation, rendering greater 
 accommodation necessary, they purchased a lot on the 
 corner of Queen and Mutual streets, and have just 
 completed the erection of a new building. The 
 structure is from designs by William Thonras, Esq., 
 architect, and is in the Lombard style, much used in 
 Europe in the 12ih century. It is built of brick, with 
 the best while brick face work, with moulded brick 
 dressn.gs, corbels and cornices of ornamental design, 
 and has two towers and spires on the front, one on 
 each side of the centre gable, and porch and three 
 front entrances. The interior has galleiies of three 
 Siczes, open timber roof of stained pine, with orna- 
 mental principals, enclosed platforms with pulpit, pre- 
 centor's desk, and robing room at the back, appro Jched 
 from back entrances and staircase to vestry. The 
 basement is used for a Sunday school, and is of the 
 \yhole size of the church, with entrances front and 
 
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 60 
 
 HKKTUHKS OJr* TORONTO. 
 
 roar. The (Hnunisions nvo !i» followH : — Churcli 
 iiisiflo 78 f'oet iiiclu's by ol ft.ol. Height from <loor 
 to c(iiling 'h) loot. I'olal (io?jtagi^ 66 fcof. Total 
 length 102 foot. floight of .s|»in? 112 teet. ft in 
 intt^iidoti to ucconnuodato 000 bllt^;rs. The cojitr«ctor 
 for mason work wh^ Mr. Worthinglon ; for caq)ontei 
 work Mr. (1. K . Biinowd ; mid for pnhitiug Mr 
 M('( -nusland : phistoi- vvoik Mr. lUnldin ; ri^^timtited 
 co.^t .£'1,000. 
 
 I NM'Kli I'FJKSUVrr.KIANS. 
 
 Tik' fir.-f ot'gunizalitjn of tho Unilod Prof.hyttMi!!?) 
 (■Ijiirch wjjs fornnnl in t.ho year 1S38. 'IMic congre 
 gation niel for a time in the March street Baptist 
 cliuf'o], and calk>d the Kov. J. Jennings to be minister, 
 who was indnctcd 9th Jnly, 1830. In May 1810, they 
 rented the Methodist Episcopal churcli on Tlichmond 
 street, and finally purchased it in 1841. In 1848 it 
 was too small for the congregation, and a fine new 
 chnrch wa.s erected on the corner of Richmond an»J 
 Bay streotH. It is in the perpendicular BngliJi-gothic 
 Htyle of archituclure, of wliite brick atid cut stone 
 dressings, having a .square tower at the west end, with 
 octagonal termination and rich pinnaclos, erected from 
 the designs and under the superiutendence of William 
 ThomaH, Esq., architect. It has accommodation for 
 900 persons, and cobfc about i'3,000. The builders 
 were Messrs. Metcalfo, Forbtw .V Co. Mr. Jenningi* 
 is still pastor. 
 
J^KKTCUItH Ok i'ORUiNXO. 
 
 Ill 
 
 >^K«OND UNITKD IJtKHIlYTEHlAN ClIUHm. 
 
 This coHgiegation wan firyi organized, and mitil 
 latoly worshipped in tin.* old Mechanics* fn^titute. 
 Tlie Hev. Dr. Taylor is the paytov. The new huild- 
 '^ng, a the corner of Victoria and Gould Htreets, ih of 
 white brick and freestone-, in the hue first-pointed 
 ^tyle of English architecture. It C()n-i.sr« of a sincrle 
 imve 80 feet )>y 42 feet inside, with a f)road.i)oiiirec1 
 i uof of good pitch. There is a tower and ^pire at the 
 north-west angle, W) r^ci high. The spire is iMwcvpd 
 with slate of a light green colour. The side wailrt are 
 pierced with mullioned atid trucerled windows of two 
 lights eacU, with qualrcfuil lieads. This window, with 
 the exceplion of the hood and sills, is entirely of brick- 
 work, executed in a very noat style of workmanship, 
 rhe whole of the windows mid dooi.s have stone lable 
 *|r iiood moulding,^, witli cmvcd dropstone tcrniina- 
 t'lom. Tim buttresses are ria^slvoly treated with fine 
 Bteep weatherings. Iiitern^lly the i:iuirch pit^sent as 
 dear space, there being no gidleiie^, save a narrow 
 6ne over the vestibule ut tiie end. The .seats are 
 arranged in three columns, with two pa>sages, for rhe 
 sake of economizing apace. The cost of this edifice 
 will be £3,300. Mr. Walton ^vas the bricklayer, and 
 Mr. Plenderleith the carpenter. The slating of the 
 spire was executed by Messrs. Mitchell, Rennie and 
 
 Duthie. It was opened for vvorsl 
 
 ii 
 
 1857. 
 
 p on Ihh Jannary, 
 
62 
 
 SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 REFOUMEJ) PllESKYTERIANS. 
 
 TIio Reformed rre«.'oylorian congregation in To- 
 foiUo was organized on ihe 2 let of October, 1851. 
 The people adhering to the denomination were mostly 
 immigrantai and very much scattered through the Up- 
 per Province, and the Church in Scotland sent out at 
 various times missionaiie:» to labour amongst them. 
 Tiirough their instrumentality fellowship meetings, or 
 prayin"- societies, were organized in Carlton Place, 
 Ramsay, IVrlh, Gait, Cluelph, Oneida and other places. 
 In Toronto there was one in exi.stence about 15 years 
 previous to the organizati(jii of the congregntiun, th(3 
 mrmbtris l)oing frequently \hl\\u\ by Rev. James 
 McLachhui and Rev. Tlionuis McKefuhie, wh-.) were 
 sent out as missionaries ])y the Jujme Synod — the 
 former about 20 years ago atid the latter in 1843. 
 Rev. Thomas Hannah from the Reftjrmod Piesbyte- 
 riaii churcli in the United States also visited. Mr. 
 McKeachle was soou remaned by deatli. Rev. .Jolui 
 McLachlan was next tent out by the liomc Synod to 
 supply the missionary field in his place. He resided 
 m this city, and the peo[)lo here received the greater 
 part of his labours until 1S50, when ho left the body 
 and connected himself wiih the Free Church. About 
 that time ilie members, with the concurrence of the 
 Synod in Scotland, made application to the Reformed 
 Prefibyterian Synod in ihe United Hiates to bo take?) 
 
SKETOIIKS OP TORONTO. 
 
 68 
 
 in lo- 
 , 1851. 
 
 mostly 
 bo Up. 
 : out at 
 
 them, 
 ngs, or 
 
 Place, 
 placcvs. 
 ) years 
 on, th(3 
 James 
 ) were 
 d— the 
 
 1843. 
 's byte- 
 Mr. 
 . John 
 liod to 
 esided 
 ■reater 
 ) body 
 Aboi2t 
 of the 
 )rmed 
 
 I 
 
 under its care. Their application was successful, and 
 as a consequence, the Society here wa8 organized into 
 a congregation at the time specified, and a call was 
 made upon Rev. K. Johnston, the present pastor, who 
 was then, and still is, a member of the riochester Pres- 
 bytery. Before tho church in James street was 
 erected and opened in the beginning of 1853, the peo- 
 ple at an early ])eriod, met occasionally at Coyne's 
 School house, Sayer street, and subsequently for a 
 length of time, in the Old Mechanics' Institute. 
 
 The new church is situated on the corner of James 
 and Louisa i^treets,west of Yonge street It is a neat 
 plain frame building, rough-cast, having a broad cor- 
 nice and arched windows, and an excellent storjo base- 
 ment. It was erected in the fall of 1852, and opened 
 for public worship on the 6th February, 1853. It was 
 designed by Josepli Sheard, Esq., and is capable of 
 about 150, and cost £600. 
 
 C0N(i»K(4ATTuNAL. 
 
 The Oongreoational body comniencod public religioua 
 services in Toronto, August 8ist. 1H34, in the old Ma- 
 sonic Hall, Oolborne street. A cliuicdi of 19 nienibers 
 was formed on November 28, by tiio Kov. W. Merri- 
 field, who came from ]>rampton, Cun.berland, England. 
 He returned to England in April, 1835. In conse- 
 quence of the visit of Drs. Heed and Matheson from the 
 Congregational Union of England and Wides, the Colo- 
 
 li 
 
in 
 
 HKKTimm OK TOaON-K>. 
 
 niaJ mmiou vus formed, one of whost earliest pro- 
 ceedings v/a8 to scud the Ilov. J. Roaf, ministor of 
 Yfolvcrhampton, England, to conduct the Society's ope- 
 rations in Western Canada. In the fall of 1887, Mr. 
 Boaf arivcd in Toronto, and took charge of the church. 
 The Methodist chapel in George street, now asedby the 
 second Presbyterian cungi-onution, ^^os rented and uml 
 until the opening of the new eliijpd on the 1st January, 
 18-10. This was erected on tho eorner of Adelaide and 
 Bay streets, and was a neat and commodious edifioc, 40 
 by 80 feet, capable of seating about 700 persons, with 
 basement for Sabbath .school. It wa- briek, faced with 
 plaster made of white marble dust, and eost fexclusivo 
 of land) about £2,500. This church was burnt down 
 25th Februry, 1855. 
 
 7A0N (JIIAPKL. 
 
 ^i(m eluipel i^^ erected at the eorner of Adelaide and 
 j^y «tn>cts. It iH in the Lombard .tylc of architecture, 
 ^^he building is of brick throughout, with Ohio stone 
 dressings. The tower and spire arc on the north-west 
 angle, forming a couHpieuous object when enterin- the 
 City from King street west. It is divided into five bays 
 with a two-light Hemleircular-headed window in each' 
 with square buttresses between, with stone set-offs, and 
 dying into the bilek corbel table under the eaves The 
 interior is fitted up with galleries on three sides, and the 
 ground floor has centre and side aisles, and lar^e entrance 
 
 
8KRTCHKS OF TOKONTO. 
 
 m 
 
 hbhy in front, oontttinirig wtaircast^s to (he galleries. 
 The roof is partly open, fallowing the urehea of the prin- 
 cipals from columns oacli way, and 8t:iint.d. The di- 
 Tuerjsions arc 95 by 50 feet through the walls. The 
 iKiglit of the .spire and tower from t)ie side walk to the 
 vane is im feet. The builder wa8 Mr. John Wor- 
 ihington; the carpenter Mr. Uoberfc VVishart ; the 
 painter and glazier, Mr. G. V. Porter; tlie plasterer 
 Mr. R. Foster, it eo^t £4,804. 
 
 Thi.^ building was opened for worship on the L'Otli 
 September last, when the ilev. T. 8. Ellerby was for- 
 inally installed as Pastor m rooni of Mv, "Roaf. who 
 resigned his offiee some time airo. 
 
 THE SECU>.i> CONUlUulATIONAb l.'HUHCH. 
 
 Was organized in Februnry, 1849, being at first eom- 
 posed of 2o members, seceding from the Congregational 
 Church under the Rev. John Roaf 's eare. The Rev. 
 Archibald Geilue, was then chosen pastor, and cou- 
 tinued so till Marcli 1853. For some time there was 
 no regular pastor. The Rev. F. Jl. Marling was settled 
 in October, 1854. The buildini: is of wood, and rouah- 
 cast. It has recently been enlarged, and now scats 300 
 persons. A building for lecture room and vestry is in 
 course of erection at the rear. Size of lot 50 feet front 
 by 80 feet. Main building 02 feet by 84 feet ; addi- 
 tion, 50 feet by 17 feet. The building was erected up- 
 wards of 20 years since, by the Episcopal Mcthodisti^, 
 
 t§ 
 
66 
 
 SKETCHKS OF TORONTO. 
 
 and was for manj years occupied by tlie United Pres 
 byterian CImrch (Rev. J. Jennings). On their vacat- 
 ing It, the present occupiers purchased it for £800 and 
 have laid out £500 in improvements. Estimated value 
 
 BAPTISTS. 
 
 About the year 1822, a few persons, claefly from 
 Scotland, organised a churoli oii ^yhat are geoerallv 
 called Scotch Baptist priueiples, and met sometimes i.; 
 private houses and at other times i„ school hous-s In 
 the year 1827 the Rev. Alex. Stewart removed' from 
 Esques.ng to Toronto, and was appointed president of 
 the church. 
 
 In November 1829, a iot was purchased on Stanley 
 street for the erection of a cimrch by Mr. II. M Mose 
 ley, and in l.H.-il the building was opened for public" 
 worship. '^ 
 
 In 1838, the congregation was dissolved throu-h the 
 occurrence of various untoward eve-.ts ; and .^vera! 
 months elapsed before an effort was made to supply its 
 place._ Application was, however, made to the Baptist 
 Co onml Missu.nary Society i„ England to send then, 
 mit a minister, and in compliance with it, the Bev W 
 H. (-combs was sent to Toronto in July, 1,940 The 
 church then consisted of thirteen members. Under the 
 charge of Mr. Coombs, and after him, of the Rev ' 
 Messrs. Campbell and Fyfe, the church continued n. 
 grow in numbers, and it w.,s determined to provide'a 
 
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 V 
 
SKiJTCHES OF TOKO N TO.'' 
 
 67 
 
 
 better place of meeting, the situation of the old one 
 being inconvenient, and the house small. A lot was 
 procured on Bond-street and a church erected in the 
 Grecian style, after the design of Mr. Sheard. It was 
 opened for public worship in June, 1848. The Eev. 
 James Pyper succeeded Mr. Fyfe in October 1848, and 
 under his ministry the congregation continuing to in- 
 crease, the chapel was doubled in tlie accommodation 
 for sitters, by an addition to the rear which gave it the 
 form of letter T, and by the erection of galleries. Its 
 interior arrangenjcnts arc very good, and the decorations 
 handsome. Mr. l^ypcr liaving left, the Ilev. Mr. Fyfe 
 returned, and was installed us pastor, on the 1st October, 
 1855. 
 
 AFRICAN BAI'TIST CIIUKCH. 
 
 The xifrican Baptist Church was erected in 1840, on 
 the corner of Queen and Victoria-streets. The late Mr, 
 Christian was long pastor of this Church. It is a neat 
 little building 45 feet by 50, and cost about 0^6500, 
 
 ROMAN CATHOLIC. 
 ST. Paul's cuurch. 
 
 On the 2nd December 1822, a deed often acres was 
 given for the first lioman Catholic Church in Toronto. 
 It was built the succeeding year on Power street, at the 
 east end of the city, by Mr John Ewart. It is a plain 
 briiik biuhling. 
 
 
 
6S 
 
 J^KKKUKS or TO IJ UNTO. 
 
 ST. MrCllAKL's CH(7flO«. 
 
 Tho ohurcli on Power street sufficed for tiic ustj of the 
 Boman Catholics, until 1845, when the large building 
 on the corner of Church and 8hut<n' Htreets was com- 
 menced.^ This is thii larsvost occlosiasticul edifice in the 
 €ity, being capable of accommodating about 0,000 
 persons. It is In tho enrly decorated style of English- 
 gothic architecture, built of white bvick and cut-sto!.6 
 dressings, of fine bold proportions, being 200 feet in 
 length, by 90 in width, and, with the trauHepty, makinc^ 
 a total width of 1 1 5 feet ex tcrlor diinenslons. Its bold^ 
 rich style of architecture, combined with Kimplicity of 
 form, c/ives great grandeur in general eifect ; the win- 
 dows are large, and fdled with rich tracery of great 
 variety, the eastern window of seven lights being S6 
 feet high and 18 feet wide; the transepts have' fine 
 large rose whidows, with rich canopied niches in the 
 gables. The building is wholly under one roof, forming 
 in the interior a nave 170 feet long, 40 feci wide, and 
 60 feet in height, with piers and arches, trifbnium and 
 rich ceiling. The side aisles are 180 feet long, by 20 
 feet wide, and 48 feet high, with a gallery at the west 
 end. The building was commenced in the year 1845 
 and finished in 1847. The tower and spire, which are 
 not yet completed, will be 250 feet high, of a rich char- 
 acter; the parapet of the tower has in the centre of 
 each foce a nkhe, designed for a statue of St. Michael. 
 
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 I 
 
bKKTClIKS or t'ORONTO. 
 
 69 
 
 ^\i 
 
 Oontraotor, Mr. John Harper; CHtimutod cost X20,000. 
 
 The Bishop's House, nearly- adjoining on the north 
 side of the Cathedral, is built in a style of architecture 
 to correspond witli the Cathedral, which gives a good 
 effect. Both wci-e erected from tlie designs and under 
 tlie superintendence of W. Thomas, Esq., architect. 
 
 Bishop Power who was the first Iloman Catholic 
 Bishop was succeeded in 1849 by the present occupant 
 of tho Episcopate, Count Charbonnel. 
 
 ST. m.aky's uhukoh. 
 
 This church wa.s erected on Bat]iUi>:t street, in 1851 , 
 by Messrs. Bowden and Ardagh.^ In 1854, an addition 
 was made to it by Mr. Hay, architect. The edifice 
 which is largo, but not elegant, has been partly taken 
 down and is in course, of further ♦inlargenient. 
 
 CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC. 
 
 This body erected a chapel in the year 1836, a little 
 to the west of, but having its entrance from Bay street, 
 between King and Adelaide. The Rev. George Ryer-- 
 mn lias been the clcrgynjan from itii establishment. 
 
 UNITARIAN. 
 
 This society was first organized July 9th, 1845, in 
 the chapel purchased from the Methodif^i body in 
 George street. The first minlst^;r was the Rev. Mr. 
 Adftnv^, who \r\H settled August 'Jllnt^ 1815. Here- 
 
 in 
 
70 
 
 SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
 luained but one year and was succeeded by the Rev. 
 Mr. Ball, who resigned in July, 1854. The church in 
 George street having been sold in 1853, a new one was 
 erected on elarvis street after the design of Mr. Thomas. 
 It is in the early decorated Gothic style, 46 feet by 76, 
 contains 382 sittings, and cost about 2,500. The Kev. 
 Prof. Hincks and Rev. Mr. Scott, have officiated since. 
 
 DISCIPLES. 
 
 The congregation of Disciples commenced meeting in 
 this city in the year 1827. The house in which they 
 now mc(>t was erected in 1839. It is a small building 
 situated on Shuter street between Victoria and Bond 
 
 streets. 
 
 GERMAN LUTIIARIANS. 
 
 The German Lutheran Church on Bond street is a 
 plastered building from the design of W. Thomas, Esq., 
 and has been put up by the untiring zeal of the few 
 Germans of the Lutheran Church resident here. The 
 church is 60 feet long by 37 feet broad, providing ac- 
 commodation at the end for the Pastor ; and there are 
 vestry and class-rooms. It is fitted up with organ gal- 
 lery, chancel or communion recess, pulpit, &c., and with 
 open timber roof stained, and on the exterior has pro- 
 jecting porches and dash perforated barge boards. 
 
 OUR SCHOOLS. 
 
 The success of a country is in a great measure depen- 
 dent upon the amount of intelligence which its inhabi- 
 
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SKETCHES OF TORONTO. 
 
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 N 
 
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 tants possess, and it is no less important for the pros- 
 perity of a natior- that it should foster and encourage 
 the promotion of an cffici(3ut educational system, than it 
 is to Lave an honest, independent, and just administra- 
 tion of affairs. The young are the hope of the aged, 
 and in their hands must be confided those trusts and 
 those responsibilities which are held by their forefathers, 
 before time hurries them from the stage. Education, 
 and not chance discovery, has in the main occasioned 
 the developement of the resources of nature, and has 
 almost invariably matured the achievements of art; and to 
 to imbue with high moral principle and indoctrinate with 
 learning the youth of our present age is to exalt the posi- 
 tion and strengthen the sinews of coming generations. 
 Duo attention has been given to educational require- 
 ments in this city, and the system of teaching, under 
 able instructors, together with the commodious and 
 handsome school buildings which have been erected, 
 give abundant and ennobling testimony of the truth of 
 its inhabitants to the chief interests of its rising youth. 
 An examination of our school institutions is easily 
 effected, and the gratification and instruction which is 
 thus afforded induces us to recommend the reader to avail 
 himself of the opportunity which, by official courtesy, is 
 presented. We will here furnish facts connected with 
 our Grammar schools, commencing with the 
 
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72 
 
 MKKTCHKi; OF TOUONTO. 
 
 Upper Caaiula College w the Hoy ui Gruinniiir Sclioo? 
 wa8 fouiidod in the year ISl^D, by an urcler of the Pro- 
 vincial Oovoniment, voting the government of tho 
 institution in a Board of managerH, ihvsignatod the Pnj.- 
 sident, J)ircctor8 and TruHteesof Upper Canada Collego, 
 The endowment eonHL^ed of Russell Scjuare, —the pre- 
 sent 8ite and grounds of the College— containing acre., 
 and hinds in diflcrerjt lownsliips to the amount of 4a - 
 994i acreB. in addition to the above janded endow- 
 ment, the College received an allowance from Govern 
 ment, of £200 .tg. in 18;J0, £500 stg. in m\ and 
 ^eiOOO Htg. per annum since. From lS2J) until March 
 1838,^ it was managed by its ^wn l>\,ard of DirectoiT^ 
 and Trustees > tlic management was then transferred to 
 
 the governing body of the (^.iv.rsity. by which it ha^ 
 been directed Hinee. 
 
 The College building, w.n- completed in January 
 
 i, „: ' •^■'^^'' ^'^^^'' '''' ^^''^ 'ctircment of Dr 
 
 Phillips, the Kev. Dr. MeCaull was installed [>rincip->l 
 and remained in that positior, until he was appoint..! 
 Vico-President of King's College. The Principal next 
 appointed was Mr. P. W. Barron, 31. A., who held the 
 oflice until his retirement \u imi The followin- i^ . 
 h^t of a.ssistant masters :--Prineipal, Kev. ^V^ Hternett, 
 ^.A. ; First Claa^ical Master, Key. H. «e*dding, V.D 
 Mathematics Master, Jam--. [Jn.wn, M.A. ; Se..ond 
 
^KmXH&h OV TORONTO. 
 
 n 
 
 lie ['ro- 
 of rbo 
 he Prn- 
 3ollet.ro, 
 he pro- 
 ) aores^ 
 
 ondow- 
 ovoi-n- 
 
 March 
 rectors 
 Tod to 
 
 it 1j;»./^ 
 
 iijuury 
 r Dr. 
 icipal, 
 )inted 
 next 
 d the 
 
 iriett^ 
 D.iX; 
 ^on«J 
 
 ()la8wcal Ma^te,- W. Weed, .vr.A.; Tl.ir.l Classical \l,« 
 ter, Goo M. Evan,, M.A. ; J-Vench Muster, M. do s't. 
 Korny; l.,v,,t haghsl. Afastor, JJ. Uarrett, M.D. ; .S«o 
 i.ag hsl. AJa«to>-, C. Tho.up.son ; Connuorcial Master, J 
 odd; Or>.a.».ntal Dnwing, E. (}. )3ull ; Siwnw' 
 Master, II. Cah.evon ; Instnuacntal Music, A. Jfaul 
 
 The College eoriBisis of one la,-ge brick building witl. 
 suitable claHs-room,. ; and on cither side of it .st'nid 
 houses for the diflerent masters. The grounds .nrouud 
 n are extx.nmve and tastefully laid out. It wn.s built 
 l>y Mr 1 riestmau, from plans prepared by Mr. J. fi 
 l.'hewett, at a cost of upwards of £20,000. 
 
 ■niK ,\OaM.\I. SCHOOL. 
 As early ns M> years ago, this school was reaardod a.s a 
 nocossary part of a national system of education in Upper 
 Canada, but it was not until the Re'v. Dr Ryerson the 
 Chief Superintendent of Schools, presented a '■ Report 
 o» a system of Public Elementary Instruction for Upper 
 (,a«ada, that anything of real practical importance wa. 
 Jifioctcd. This wa.s printed in the year 1S4P> ;,„d 
 contained a plan by which the object sought for could 
 be attained. The Legislature gave effect to the recou,- 
 mendations of the report and £1,500 was appror^ri 
 «t<Kl for furnishing suitable *,uilding,s, and an annual 
 ^-rant of .£1,500 for the support of tho Noriual School 
 aud placing it under the management of a Board of 
 iiiclTiDatiou and the Chief SunerintAndnnf o*- S-^^-i, 
 
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7i 
 
 SKKTCII RS r . TORON TO. 
 
 The B<>urd, on its appointnient in July, 1Hi6, pro(n»r(<i 
 pcriVtisHioK to occrupv ^lio Government House until 
 proper buildinus could hv. troctod ; and uffor t1>o ijeet^- 
 sary arran^ uts lad been complotcd. the Normal 
 School for I pi'> r 0;inada wh,'- oponod or. tht) If^t Novem- 
 ber, ISn. The removal of Govoniojoirt from >fontroul 
 to Toronto, in 1840, ntx-esMtat» d tho rcmovul of tbo 
 Sobool to j^oMii; otbor [-iCLiiirCi^, ;njd tliA Jidoption of 
 mea-surc«< for the oroction of biuldinjrs for the Institu- 
 tion. Tlie liOj';i.'^l:Huvo in 1850 ^pproprinted ,£15,000 
 for ilic purch<iNO of u .site juid croc tion of buiidin^iWj and 
 an rtddilioual i.-lO,000 in P:^o2~ -mule inn' in ;dl £25,0Ui). 
 Tho corner f*tono of the buildings Wi».« lijid en the 2nd 
 July, 1851, by the Earl of Elgin, and the preuiiso*<< 
 were formallj opciud by u public meeting in the theatre 
 of the Institution. On the 2'lth Noviniber, 1852. Tho 
 t\itabbijhwent eon.^if-t> of a Normal School acd two 
 Model Sohools; tht- former, the «chooI of instnictiou 
 by lecture ; the letter, the hchoul of iorrt ruction b^' prae- 
 liec. Tiie .studtiits in the fortner arc teaohcrH-in-train- 
 ing, who^e .igcvs rnry from IH or 18 to 30, while the 
 pupils in the latter are children between the agt^^ of 5 
 and 10 years- I?^ tlu* Normal School, the teucherr<-in- 
 training are iuHtrueted ^n tht- priueiple?; of educaticm 
 and the bovst nn.thodo of eommiinicating knowledge l^) 
 the voutli placed under their care — io th»» Modol SchoolH 
 tho)^ fire anii^ht to give ptf-etieal ofiVet to thono instnic- 
 
M^KTCHKH (>!• TORONTO. 
 
 7b 
 
 pro(nir(»i 
 so until 
 
 Norinn! 
 
 Novoni- 
 Monti'oul 
 il of tlio. 
 fption of 
 
 Institu- 
 ,€15,000 
 ngH, and 
 C25,000. 
 the 2ikI 
 
 t thcatro 
 2. Tho 
 and two 
 :-tnictiou 
 I b^' pnjc- 
 'in-traiii- 
 rhilc the 
 i^a of 5 
 clicrs-in- 
 ducati(»n 
 dedgc to 
 1 SchooLn 
 ■ instntc- 
 
 tioi)^, jMulor the direction of teachor.s pr«!viouyl;y traiood 
 m tlu^ Normal School. Tlie 3fodd .Schools avo designed, 
 by b<»th the s;v'stcni of iiistructiou purwuofl and p^oDond 
 f.rnincionicnt, to ho the Diodol for all the j.ublic nnhuh 
 of the FroviMcc. 
 
 ^(.Incattonal Dqmttnirnt.'—WvA-. K.t'f^rtcrt FtyerH)n, 
 l>:.D., chief .superintendent of school- ,7. (}. !fodj>ii,s, 
 M A., deputy superintendent of sch(X)l«. 
 
 CoutHil of PnUU: Jni^tniCtiim.—\Um. S. l\, \U\r- 
 rison, Q.C, Kev. Egerton Hycrson, O.T)., Kight R^n-. 
 A. r. Do Charbonnel, Ilev. H. J. Gmsett, B.I)., Ffon. 
 J. 0. MorriHon, Q.O., M.P.P., J. S. HowL.rd, Rer. ,1. 
 Jeuning:(, D.D., Kev. A. I.iJlie, D.I)., Rev. J. IJarcky, 
 D.D., and tlie PreMdcnt-> of tlic Oollegen umiiatcd with 
 the Unirer-sity of Toronto. J. (1. Ilodiilus. M.A., re- 
 c'ordinir clerk. 
 
 Normal and MndH School Tm<M<:r^, — T. J. lk»h- 
 citR./i, head nia.ster; F. W. RiitrOD, M. A., ^HJond 
 raaster; A. MeCallum, teacher of book-keeping; W. 
 Hind, teacher of drawing ; T. Cooper, teueher of voca^I 
 mu.<^ic; (IIulhdi'.« ^Jstem ; U. Goodwin, teacher of 
 .!>jmuH.stiej4 and c.Mli8thcnit>H : A. .MeC'dluni. master of 
 Hoy*.-^ School ; Doreafci (.Murk, nuslr<«s of (iir)'s Bohools. 
 
 The biiildino.s are Hituuted upon the centre of ;>n open 
 H\}Xii\'i^ of about seven acres and a half of ,!>;roaud pur- 
 chiksi-d fiYijn the Hon. \\ ^reOill. for the mm of ^4500, 
 bounded ou the north by Ocrrard-street, on tkd e^t bv 
 
76 
 
 t?K.ET< 1I.K8 Oi 'iOliOhrrv. 
 
 Chun-l -^iruet, on tho euuth by GouM-strci't, utid on thi* 
 wtistby A'ivtoria-Jstrcet. Tlu: situation is a vtiry bianli- 
 fuJ uno, boini^ consri(k;ra))lj clovatLid above tlu) bu.siiic>ss 
 parts of the city, and coiinnamlin^ u line view of the 
 bay, peninsula, and l;iki\ Tin.' principal Nurnian School 
 building is 184 feet 4 inches frontage, by a depth ou 
 tliC Hanks, east and west, of 85 feet four inches. Tiie 
 fivtnt is in the llonum Doric order of I'alladian charac- 
 ter, having for it^ centre four pilasters of the full height 
 of the building, with pediment surmounted by an open 
 Doric cupola, of the extreme height of 95 feet. The 
 principal entrance is in this front ; those for the male 
 uiid female students being placed at the east and we^t 
 sides respectively. in the centre of the building Ls ti 
 large central hall (open to the roof, and lighted by a 
 lantern,) with a gallery around it which is used for a 
 lecture Hall and for the annual examinations. The 
 body of the theatre will accommodate 470 perfs^jiis and 
 the gallery 150. The class r" ms are large and well- 
 yentilated ; there is Jiccommodation for a library, mu- 
 seum, and laboratory ; and the Superintendent of Educr*- 
 tion has a range of offices on the first floor, on which, 
 also, the depository for public sehool books and uiaps is 
 situat^'d. The >lodel Scliool is 175 feet 6 inches, by 
 59 feet, divided iuu» sections, each containing one large 
 room, 56 feet 6 inches by 33 feet, capable of accommo- 
 dating 200 children, with four .small class ix>om8 adjoin- 
 ing it, about IH feet by !15 I'eet 6 inchee each. Th«VKi 
 
WKF.TniiHS OF TO HON TO 
 
 f^t' 
 
 
 11 
 
 schools will too-ethor uocomau),Iato 400 .-hilcJPMK The; 
 wholo buildins; is wurmed bv hot nir. 
 
 Till'. DrsTKK'T vjiMIOOT. 
 
 Was estabJished in L^07. It hail various incuuibcnrs, 
 jHid -onorallj maintaincl its reputation as an ot^cient 
 school. lu 1830, 3Ir. Cromblo was appcintod f^rincipal, 
 and retained thisoflico till his death in 18;V:i. ]„ ]sv( 
 Or. Htraeheii who had succeeded Dr. v^tuartas mi\>U^r in 
 1812, received from tlie County I'unds, the Mm of 
 06200 to aid in buihlin<; a new school house for tho 
 Home District. He received an additional sum of cC200 
 in 1S17 besides £60 for rents for teniporarj^ robins; thcj 
 present buildin- is, therefore, in its lOth year. Small 
 .^rar ts, varying; according' to eirennKstances, are annually 
 given by the (loverniuent and by the City Council. 
 
 COLLEGES — {C\'nf:nu^J), 
 TurNrrv r.,i,r.K<<K. 
 The corner-.stone of this College was laid )n tU.- .JOrb 
 April, and the inauguration <';^re.'nonics t^ok )>in.'o )ii 
 the ir)th January, 1852. The erer-tioH oi the buiMin^- 
 is mainly owing to the energy and perseveran(^o of tlvj 
 Bishop of Toronto, who, on the pa.ssin,!.>; of Mr. Ihhh 
 win's Act of 1819, established the ITjiiversity of Toront.), 
 and depriving King s College of its sectarian ch;u':i.;ter^ 
 addressed the clergy and laity, urging them to conum-n ^o 
 
 a aew collegiate iastit 
 
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 fr.r f! 
 
 d 
 
 lU, 
 
 Hosnii^s 
 
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78 
 
 HKETOUK;^ 01 TORONTO. 
 
 ■ 
 
 these otforts, IlLs Lordsbip in the yenv 1S50 visit'Od 
 England, and .succeeded in raising a sum ormoncy. tUt?re 
 :md in Canada, sufficient to justify the ooinmciieemeut 
 of the edifice. TJio tenders for a building to cost £8,000 
 were advertised for in the year 1851, and Mr. KivH.«i 
 Tully's design was accepted, Messrs. Metcalf, Wilson, 
 and Forbes contructed for the buildiucr at £7,845. 
 
 The building is in the third period of painted English 
 arohiteoiure which prevailed in the 14th and beginning 
 of the 15th centurie-s. Front 250 feet in length, 53 
 feet east and weot. It comprises chapel, library, rctbc- 
 tory, nuweum, ohm and Professor' .s rooms, private rosi- 
 d4inccs for two Professors besides the Provost's — apart- 
 ments for 80 s^tudents and a<)coniniodation for domestics, 
 enclosing a quadrangle 170 by 120 feet, to be laid out 
 with walks aad t^rass plots and a 1\)untain in the centre. 
 Principal entrance in tlio centre through a handsome 
 porch of cut stone, aud immediately over is a handsome 
 bay window iuid ornamented gable to correspond witli 
 the porch, (^ut stone buy windows arc also introduced 
 Jtt each wing-, with three light lancet windows and orna- 
 mental gablcis, in style of the centre building. At each 
 of the piojcutlug angles there are octagonal and diagonal 
 buttresses, with canopies and pinnacles and orn:imonted 
 with bosses, creepers and crockets. The centre building 
 is surrounded by a handsome turret, which lights the 
 library and h also used as a belfry. Tliere are smaller 
 
SKRT0HE8 OF TORONTO. 
 
 TO 
 
 leemeut 
 £8,000 
 r. KivH.-: 
 Wilson, 
 5. 
 
 Knglish 
 2;iiininu 
 
 r, rcibc- 
 
 tte rosi- 
 
 —apart- 
 
 nestics, 
 
 aid out 
 
 oontro. 
 
 ndsome 
 
 ndsoiiuj 
 
 hI with 
 
 'oduccd 
 
 d orna- 
 
 Vt each 
 
 iagonal 
 
 luentod 
 
 iiildiiJii' 
 
 lita tlie 
 
 suialloi- 
 
 turrets in each of the wings wliicdi are useful in Hghtmg 
 the passages on the upper floor, and serve as ventihit oi^^ 
 Materia! is of white brick, made at Yorkvillo, the eave 
 ^ mouldings, pinnacles, canopioii eoping and finishing 
 
 round the windows and doors are of cut stone. The 
 stone wa.s imported from Cleveland, Ohio. The rooh 
 are^ covered with slate from Wliitehall on lake Clhum^ 
 plain. On the ground or lir^i storv, nnigiug from 9 to 
 12 feet in height, are 50 apartaient;^. On the second 
 fioor 69 apartments including entranee hall. On third 
 fioor about 70 npartfneuts including library, now used 
 as a chapel. Terrace wall extending across the frorjt in 
 im elevation off) feet to be completed for promenade. 
 
 THK UNIVEESfTV Oh' raiNJTV COLLKOK 
 
 (Jonfei-s no degrees without the candidate doehiring 
 ou oath that he i.s tndy and sineojvdy a mo nber of thu 
 United Churches of England nn 1 Trohuid. 
 
 The Oihces arc :— Chancellor— Th(> lion. 8ir John 
 B. liobinson, Bart. — elected in l>^^^. vice-Ch:incoilor 
 —The Provost of Trinity ColUge, 185^ 
 
 The Caput consists of the Vif^e-Chaneellor, tliy lihtmy 
 of the Faculties of Law and Medicine, and two Masters 
 of Arts to be elected annually by Convocation at the 
 first meeting in the Michaelmas term. All candidateH 
 for the degree of B.A., must be matriculated students 
 of Trinity College, and have kept nine complete terray. 
 
so 
 
 yKKTCHES Oi' TORONTO. 
 
 Triuifcy College vnxa, in 1S51, coustitutod a body cor> 
 porato. The following gentlenicu compose the corpora- 
 tion .-—The Hon. and Right Kcv. the Lord Bishop of 
 Toronto. Trustees—Rev. A. J. Grusett, B.D. ; Q. W. 
 Allan, Ks«]., and Lewis Moffutt, Esq. Treasurer — Iloji. 
 Oeorge Crookshank. Council— Sir J. B. Robinson, 
 Bart., the Provost of Trinity College, Professor Vnn- 
 kouglmef, the Yen. J. Okill Stuart, the Yen. A. N" 
 BctliuTu-, D.T)., the Rev. IT. J. Gra.sett, B.D.. G. Vi, 
 Alh.n, K8(j., John Arnold, Es*(., Lewis Moffatt, Evsq , 
 The Hon. Yice-Chancellor Sprugge. Sir Allan 3IjicIN'yb, 
 Al.irP., Profe.^.s.)r Kendall, and Pi'ofossor Bovoll — 
 SecretaiT — Chnrl-s 3[agrat3i, K^-q. 
 
 The Library contains about ;»ni>0 volumes. A Mti- 
 s^eum is in course of preparation. There are 8ev.>ril 
 aehiilar^hips', varying ifi vnlrie from i:2o to £^0, aa-i 
 tenable for one year to three. 
 
 Professorial Stuff—Provost— (4eo. W'ltirtakor, ^l.A. ; 
 Prul'cssov in Divinity—The l^rovosl ; Prot; Mathaniati..« 
 — K. K. Kendall, M.A. ; Prof, of Classics- J. Anibrey, 
 M.A. ; Classical Lecturer— A. 0, Broughall, B.A. ^ 
 Prof, of Ltiw— P. ^L Yankoughnet, D.C.L. ; Professo^ 
 Chemistry- H. Y. ilind. M.A. Prof, of Music— G. 
 W. Strathy, M.B. 
 
 The College was incorpt.)r:Hed by Royal f/hart.^r bear- 
 ing date Ifith .luly \HS'^. 
 
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toJlKTOUKS <}P TimoHTO. 
 
 81 
 
 On the fonnation of the Free CJiurch iu IJana.J-., It 
 I wa8 re.solved to coinmonoo a Theological Jn.stitutioa m 
 
 which inight be trained a native ministry to .supply the 
 wauts of the Proviuecs. It was found that ministers 
 sufficient to meet the spirtuai r.oce88itie.s of the country 
 oouki not be induced to emigrate to Canada. Boside.s 
 that some of those who did come were found anqualified. 
 from previous habits and associations, to pertbrm tho 
 peculiar duties which in this country nece^ariiy devolve 
 upon theuT. The cliarge of the Theological Institution 
 was oflfcrcd to the Ilev. Henry Ksson of Montreal, who 
 had been a /.ealoas friend of education, and whu h,v.d 
 much experience in teacliing. He was assisted iu the 
 Theological department by the Rev. xVndrew King, i->f 
 Glasgow, who had come out to (^Muada as a Deputy t-:>m 
 the Free Church. 
 
 A small house was taken re»npurarily ia dames-^tre-fc 
 and opened in November 1814. The number of student;, 
 ^oon after the opening was 14, one half of them bcin^ 
 Theological students from Que^-n's College, Kingston'' 
 T)r. IJurns, in 1S45, brought from Scotland about 200l) 
 volumes, the nucleus of a libniry for the infant College. 
 The session of 184o.«J was "Conducted by Rev. Dr. 
 VV^illis, Rev. Dr. Burns, .iud Rev. >[r. Esso!i. Thj 
 J>ivinity fiall was next removed to .Vdelaide-streefc, 
 niid ufrorwards, to the hvi^t^ building latelv tannin >• 
 
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82 
 
 hr>;tch>;b of tOHONTc*. 
 
 Sword's JLiotcI on Front Btroct. It being then found 
 desirable to procure i\ pornnmeiit building, in 1855 
 Elmslcy Villa on Grosyeiior-strcet, the property of tlit* 
 lat<j Colonel Macimlay, and occupied from 1840 to 1851 
 by the Governor (joiiond, wns bought for the mm of 
 £5,500; -an acre of ground surrounding it was included 
 in the purchase. The .situation is elevated, and the 
 building 8paciou8. The addition of a large wing, 00 by 
 52 feet, has been lately rnade, giviiig accommodation for 
 a large dining hall, ;]8 bv 52 feet, with pantries find 
 closets, and 28 h^rgc bed roomn. This wing is three 
 htories above ground. 
 
 At various periods the late Hex. Alex, (laic, 11«.t. 
 
 Mr. BlcCorkle, llev. Mr. Ljall and Rev. Mr. Laing 
 
 were connected with th<3 Institution, and the present 
 
 Professors are a.s follow^ :— l\ofe.s3or of Tlieology, RcT. 
 
 Dr. Willis. Mental and ISUnal Philosophy— llev. G. 
 
 P. Young. Church Hi>iory imd the Evidence?— Ilov. 
 
 Dr. Burns. Classic tl Tutor—Mr. .Juh. A. Su.ith. Tht 
 
 average Hnnu?d nunJntr f,'f .^Indents who have uttonded 
 
 the classes during tm). (Iiivjcon years it has been iu 
 
 eperation, is j«bout 45. 
 
 The Divinity Hall of tlie United Presbyterian Church 
 was opened in hohCam m 1842. Professor Proudfoot 
 being appointed tutor. It was ronioved to Toronto iu 
 1849. Prcfessor Proudfoot died in 1S51, and wa.S8ue- 
 
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 mmxilHH Oi" TORONTO. 
 
 H» 
 
 ««t 
 
 
 oe«ded by Dr. Taylor (from Auchtermuehty iu Fife- 
 Fhire, Scothnd) in 1S52. TLe fourth .es^ion since the 
 commciicciricnfc in Toronto, wiw opened on the 21.st Oc- 
 tober, with an address by Professor Tayh)r, in the Me^ 
 chanicVs Institute Hall. The avorngo nun.ber of etu^ 
 dents in ,*)tteuda»)ce is twelvo. 
 
 feT. AJlOIlAEl/s nOMLSIl COLLKGK. 
 
 This Structure was eiected from a design by Wm. Oay, 
 Esq., by the Roman Catholic Society of St. Ba-^ii, at 
 Clover Hill Its form is en irregular quadrangle, nica. 
 Buring 250 loet by 200 foot. The chapel, 185 feet by 
 60 feet, i« on the •orth west angle of the square ; gover?^ 
 claes-roonis occupy the north a»d east tiides, which ton- 
 tain also a spacious refectory. On the south-east angk 
 is a hall, a large building and in front is a low cloister 
 which continues round the quadrangle. The kitchens 
 and domestic omces are in the rear. Part of the chapel k 
 100 ft. by 00, and one side of the quadrangle ro nearly 
 finished, at a co8t of about £0,000. The coirt of tb^ 
 whole will auiounfc to about £20,000. Altssrs. Snarr 
 and Walsh are executing the brick and wood work. 
 The new ehurcli was opened fov worship on the Utk 
 November, 1850. 
 
 CONGREGAT J OS XL TliEOliOulOAL 1N8T1TUTK. 
 
 Tkiti institution has for its objcci the; education of 
 suitable young men for the Congregational min^/*.ry m 
 Canada. The course of instruction— to which four 
 
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 84 
 
 S K K TO If KS V TO 11.0 N TO • 
 
 acadciuical years of ei^ht months each arc dovot«Ml — 
 ombraoes the foHowing branelioSj viz : mental nnd luoral 
 philosophy, logic, rhetoric, theology, }5iblical critic'stu 
 and interpretation, Jewish antiquities, ecclesiastical his- 
 tory, liomiliitics, the original languages of the Scriptures, 
 and the classics. Provision is made by occasional assi.st- 
 ance, for the instruction of students in other studie-^, 
 liucli as laathematlcs, French and German when tlieir 
 progress justifies their engaging in tlieui. .It is altv) 
 within the |)owers of the committee (whenever tlie funds 
 and ether requisites seem to allow if it,) to assist tho 
 studcnt> ill attending classe.s or sciking honours r,( 
 degrees in the University. 
 
 The Iitstitutc was formerly opened in Toronto, Sep- 
 tember 1st, 1840, with ibur students, the ivev. Adam 
 Lillie being tutor, who has continued to preside over 
 it. Tho classes annually commence thier studies for 
 the year about the middle of October, tluit for ISoG-T 
 aumbcrs eight students. The premises occupied by 
 the Institute are situated on Adelaide street, near 
 Nelson street, and contain a library and lecture-roonj, 
 a tutor's private room, &c. 
 
 Since its commencement, o.*> have gone forth to preach 
 the gospel ; of these, about i-i are now actively engagi-d 
 in the work, — 21 in Canada, live in the United States, 
 and two in connection witk another body in this country, 
 and about five have retnraed to sc<;u]ar cni>a2 -ni-'nts 
 
HKirrciiEfi Of TonoK'-o. 
 
 86 
 
 VOt'd — 
 
 id Jiionil 
 
 ioal his- 
 
 \\ assist- 
 studie??, 
 211 tlieii- 
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 K5 funds 
 sist the 
 ours ere 
 
 to, Sep- 
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 185f)-7 
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 t, noi<r 
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 > preacb 
 
 Stated, 
 ountry, 
 
 THK CAISADA COMI'AN'V. 
 
 The office of th. Canada Con.pany in Canada is in 
 ii'ronto. This Couipany was incorporated in i82r, aiul 
 has eoutmued to operate since that dat(^ They adver 
 ti^e at present abotit ;]00,000 acres of land for Hale in 
 i^ppcr Cnnada, in blocks containing from 2 000 to 
 1^,000 acres each. Tliey ar. offered by way of Jease for 
 U^n years with a right of purchase ; or f^.r sale, cash 
 <^own ihe value of their lands has increased enor- 
 ^uousJy within a few year.. Chief Comm,',,ion.r^ 
 Frederick Widder, Esq. Assi.,r.t ( ommf.,lon.r^~^ 
 h. Iwitunsdii, Esq., JI.P.P. 
 
 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 
 
 The lire and Life Assurance Companion Inn-in^ their 
 !i(i!iu oflice.s in Torotito, urc : 
 
 I. British Amkiuca AsBUR.ANOEOom'ANv ; i„cor- 
 poratHi in THSK, capita! £100,000; ofii.o. corner of 
 Oburch and Cour, ..-tre.t,. Jr^audng l>i,-ootor,_J. 
 W. IJirclml!. 
 
 2. TiiE lioAiK District Hvtvm. Firk I.n.suiianci! 
 C.m.vNv : ostabiiHhed in 1837 ; office, eor.,er of Kit,<. 
 ■'mA Nels,on.strcot.j 8..creiary,— .John Rai,,.. 
 
 ■''. I'm.vJNCiAL rNsv'BANCBOoMVANv 01^ Toronto- 
 i«w.rporak..i in 18)9; capital £500,000; offi«^ Toronto 
 
 Htrwt, P^-crplarj P.nd Mwajror,--].], T, IWlneH 
 
m 
 
 SKKiVm:6 Ot TORONTO. 
 
 4. Wkstkbn Fhu; Assuuanck (lOMrA.NV : inior- 
 p(>rat<:(l iu 1850; capitul £100,000 ; uiriee~~corner of 
 Church and Colborne-strects; Secrctaij—Kobt. Stantou, 
 
 5. rilOVINC'IAL LU'K A.SSURANCI'i COMPANV ; inoor- 
 
 jH)nit(Hl 1855, capital .£100.000 ; onieo, 54 Kirig-Woot ; 
 Hecixtary and Managci',— II. AV. 8mitli. 
 
 in addition to these nro, somo twenty bninchcs ot' 
 (liflVront IJritish uml Amcrier.n ofliccs, havinir their head 
 iiiifiec'.'s olscwliere. 
 
 BUILDING SOCIETIES. 
 
 Tm; ToiioNTo Buhjung Socikty, the iiiat c.st<<b- 
 linhod In Toronto, coniDiencod operations in 1845. Its 
 busine<«.s, which was wound up hi5^t year, moved pro- 
 iitable, 
 
 Canada P«R;>iANKNT Builj>in(; and Savi.\u8 
 Society began in 1855 ; othcein Toronto-stwt ; Score- 
 Ury and Treasurer,—*!. II. Mason. 
 
 Upper Canada Biuldino Sociko : incurpo»at<;d 
 h 1848 ; otliec in Jorditn-.-treot. HiicrecUtrv mu*! 
 Treasurer, — E. Sliortifss, 
 
 Ontario lJi;if.i)i.N(i Socitrrv : incorpomted in 1850, 
 i>iliec in Colborne-^fcreot ; Socrelarv :n)d Treimnov^-^!^. 
 iifitchcH. 
 
 Second Phovlk's nvn.msc, .Society: begt,n optnr- 
 dons in 1853; office on Front^ntrect ; Sooret-uy^nj 
 Trea.snr«r, — Cha.^. Stole^biir^. 
 
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 - K.„g.troet ; ScerCu^ and Treasure W- M^. 
 
 18.6, offico on tlH3 corner of Kino- «„,, Church-stre^.t. • 
 .Secretary and Tre..s«rcr,~-Jas. Vvu.,r. ' 
 
 -^ eg.. „n.8o^ 
 
 -tieots ; Secretary nnd Treann^r.-^-John R.uns 
 
 ci^TV: office 45 Kin,.troei.ea.t: Secretary and T^" 
 *urer»-->W. n. Smith. "«jrt4-. 
 
 ^^-itTBJfcr. -,..._, 
 
 THE NEWSPAPEH PHESS. 
 
 There- can be no hesit»tioM in afilrrning th»t tho^. «, 
 no stronger mdicatiou of the soci.l and in(dlcctu»l pro- 
 
 ,ff ;l '^''*^ '" '^''""'''> '^«" »"»>• fc^ fo»"d ".the 
 ta«t of the number of Dail^- aud \V««kly iss„e.s from tha 
 newspaper pros,. «nd th« !o«d a..d Rcnera! i„fl„cne« 
 wh,cl thej po,,se,s«. TL„ i„,po,i,a,co of the pr.*« i„ 
 «^mp,„, the chara,.,or and directing tbc current of 
 pubhe thought „nd its vm political power is m.,ni. 
 '»ted .« the iK,s,tio« ,rhioh it «mnUnm, and ia refleeU-d 
 
88 
 
 HKirOiUS CF TOROKTO. 
 
 in iKe miuds of ulmo>t ('vor3^ iuteJJi^ent ponsuii. It ha^ 
 I'eoii iustiiuneiital in aloliKhing ourruptioii.s and in 
 nwiiki'nin- tl.o tuasscs fvuiu .slumbering yj.atlij,and much 
 ofthf «ueceH.s wliiel, ma}' be predicted for Canada mav 
 If laid to the accou'it of its newspaper j^ivhs, which aj] 
 i'rel witli Junius k the palladiun. of the hocial, religiou.^ 
 civil and political ri-htn of an Ku-li.shman. Tlie first 
 newspaper publi.Khed in Upper Ca inula was the Ocuutdu 
 i^nuvltc, printed at Niagara, then na/ned Newark, in 
 1708, by Louis Ko.v. On IIh. removal of the GovJrn- 
 ment to Toronto the Ga:j(ti: establishment followed. 
 
 The papers which afterwards exercised a considerable 
 irifinence on the polities (,f the country, were : the 
 Ohscrvrr, which was published by Mr. Car\ in 1820; 
 tliC CanoiUan Frrtman by Mr. Collins, abJut the same' 
 time ; the Colouatl Advocate, by Mr, W. Lyon Ma^- 
 l<enyic, 1823; the ChrMaji Guardian, in 1828; 
 
 ihi^ Patro. , by Mr. Dalton In 1880; the CourUr, bv 
 Mr. Gurneti, in J 831; the Vorrcf^poud^ x, by Mr. Jas. 
 King, in 1833; the Vomtliutwn, by Mr. 'w. Lyon 
 Mackenvie; the Eocamin/r, by Mr. Hincks, in 1837, 
 jvnd afterwards by Mr. Jame.? Lesslie ; th** Ihmid, by 
 Messrs. Rogers and Thompson, in 1840 ; tlie Ih^Uhh 
 Cokmht, by Mr. Hugh Seobie, in 1839. 
 
 The following are thf^ papers published at present in 
 'iV>rorit<) ; 
 
 The (J}irutw.n Guardian, ooiumetioad in 1828, is 
 pal.lish^d. by the Methodist Gonfcr^ir-oe. weekly. 
 
 i 
 
uii. It haet 
 n.s tvnd ill 
 ',and much 
 anada mav 
 , whioJi all 
 I, rcligiou.s, 
 Tlio first 
 ic (kiiuidu 
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 G overt! - 
 llowcd. 
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 tvere : the 
 in 1820; 
 ^ the same 
 yon Mat?- 
 
 in 1828; 
 uritr. bv 
 
 Mr. Jas. 
 
 l-V. Lyou 
 in 1887, 
 t77zA7, by 
 
 Brithh 
 
 rodent in 
 
 1828, i.^ 
 
 NKKTC'HEW OF iMllONri'O. 
 
 89 
 
 gp'A< J/,V.o,, begun in ls;i»;, \, published weekly by 
 he trustee,, of Mr. 0. Donh^vy, tlio hito proprietor, Li 
 tlie reeeut death of that genth^nirm. 
 
 The^^^Acs begun on Friday, July <>, 1858, is pub- 
 i^M by Me.«r.. Thompson & Ho., daily and wecMv. 
 
 //^ Co/vm,f commeneod in 18:J8, by Mr Huch 
 Hcobie, i« published by Mes.r.. Daniel Morrison & c". , 
 di iy, and weekly. 
 
 T/u Gh(n:, commenced in 1844, is published by Mr 
 (.eo. Brown, M.P.P., daily, tri-weekly and weekly. 
 
 The Umkr, eoninienced in 1852, is published Ik 
 Mr. Jame. Beaty, daily, semi-weekly and weekly. 
 
 Tk' Caaadkva i''mj/na;i, eommeneed in July. l.sf>8, 
 is publisliod by Mr. James Mallon, weekly. 
 
 Th, Toronto Tinu., and Old Countrymu,, bi-u/. 
 it 1858, ie published by Mr. Hope, Benii-weekly. 
 
 The Echo, begun in Toronto in 1855, is published by 
 
 Th: OaaadttiH ladepi minit, began in 1850 in To- 
 rouU ip published weekly, for the Congregational 
 Union, by Maclear, Thomas k Co. 
 
 'I'he fir^^( of the present DaUy papers— the British 
 CobiiUt--^f)Ai^ published in November 1 85 1. Th^i 
 other dailies all date from 1858. 
 
 There are also several monthly periodical publicatioay. 
 
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 SKBTCXIKS Ol* TORONTO. 
 
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 days and moonlight ni2;litB; are the resort of hirive nam- 
 bevs from the city. 
 
 THE ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 
 
 This Theatre h under the management of Majiu 
 Xicklnson, who has secured a good stock company, whose 
 hiptrinnu- voproscutatlons are above the average degree 
 of morit. The Manager has long been recognised as in- 
 dofatiji-abh^ In his oifoits to cater for the public taste, 
 rtnd his success in this respect warrants a recommenda- 
 tion to our reader not to negh^-t paving a visit to the 
 Royal Lyceum. 
 
 PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION. 
 
 1u the erection of a Crystal Palace, evidence Ikh 
 been afforded thai while we have waited respectfully 
 until similar edifices have been built up in other coun- 
 tries, the people of this Province were in nowise behind 
 in acting their part in the popular national method of 
 eelebrating the achievements of art ; and that Canada 
 had not only nn equal right, but had the requisite en- 
 ergy, too, to afford its people also an Induiitrial Exhibi- 
 tion. Untiring have been the efforts necessary to ac- 
 complish the work, and it now stands a worthy rep rcvsen- 
 tative of the industry, talent, and agricultural progress 
 of the Province, and a inaguificent monument of the 
 •Aeal which haa introduced civilization to this beautiful 
 qviarter of the globe, which has pulled the country 
 
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 V coiiii- 
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 progre8« 
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 SKhtOklES OF TOa^ A'TU. 
 
 91 
 
 through its difficulties, and which has i-jtised it to th« 
 position of one of the greatest offshoots of the mother 
 country, to which every Canadian is in licart and soul 
 most loyally attached. 
 
 The encouragement afforded by the city coi|,Knution, 
 and received from other sources reflects high lionor up- 
 on the donors. No sooner w s the undertaking; mooted 
 than the city corporation cauiC forward witli a munifi- 
 cent grant of ^5,000, which was followed by the libeml 
 grant of £1,000 from the County Council, and je200 
 each from three Townships Agricultural Societies. The 
 ground was placed at the disposal of the coiumlttcc by 
 the government, and from its situation h eminently 
 adapted for the purposes for which it has been reserved. 
 
 The exhibition is entirely^ with but two exceptions, 
 the glass and the iron, furnished from the productions of 
 this country, and is the work of native artisans ; and the 
 people of this J-*rovince, but move especially the people of 
 Toronto may be congratulated on the success which 
 has attended an enterprise which has for its object the 
 fostering of the resources of Upper Canada, by an exhi- 
 bition of the evidences of its progress in Agriculture 
 and the Industrial Arts. 
 
 The foundation stone was laid on the 16th day of jJuly^ 
 this year, by the Honorable Philip M. Vankoughuetj 
 president of the Executive Couucil and Minister of 
 Agncultiire, assisted by Edward W. Thomson, E«tj., 
 
t).: 
 
 hKKTCaE8 OF TORONTO. 
 
 President of the Board of Agriculture of Upper Oanaxia; 
 William T>. Jarvis, Esq., President of the Board of ArtH 
 >i\)d ManufaeturcH ; and William H. Boulton, Mayor of 
 (lie. Citv of Toronto. 
 
 ^Vitnoxed we Q;ivo the names of the ueutlemen com 
 •jxmnp: the offieial staff of the Provincial Agrieultnral 
 Ae^iroeiiitiou :— IX i>. 8tevonfeon, Ksq., President j Wii- 
 liant PerguHSon, Esq., and John Wane, Esq., Vieo 
 F*residouts ; Bichard Lippincott Denison, Esq., Tn^v- 
 ■jurcr: Professor (loorue Buckland, a\id Willia^n Ed- 
 wards, Joint Secretaries ; Professor Henry H. Ooft, 
 rherni.st , and Mr. James Fleming, Seedsman. 
 
 TfiF. Members of tte BoARi> of AoRicrnvruR-v,^ 
 are :— Edward W.Thomson, Esq., President; Henry 
 UiUtan, Es(|., Vice-President: Hon. Adam Fergusson, 
 J. B. Marks, David Christie, M.P.1\, Uiohard L. Deni- 
 !<on, Asa A. Buruham and George Alexander. 
 
 Toronto Local Committee. — William H. Boulton^ 
 Mayor of trie City ; P. W. Jarvis, Sheriff of the County ; 
 William B. Jarvis, hhi[., Bev. Dr. MeCaul, Dr. Daniel 
 Wilson J J. B. Bobinson, George Brown, and Wnj. Me- 
 Dougall, M.J*.P\s. ; Aldernian Head, Alderman Tirunel!, 
 ^ilderinan Boomer, Alderman Bitchie, Alderman Carr ; 
 J. E. Pell, Samuel Walton, J. D, Humphreys; Joseph 
 Hartman, M.P.P., Warden of the (bounties of York and 
 Peel ; George Taylor Denison, Alexander Shaw, Pro- 
 fes,sor Buckland, and all the me»nbers of the U*M\r(i of 
 Asrncidtnro. 
 
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.SKKTOllFuS OF TOHONTU. 
 
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 ill Carr ; 
 Joseph 
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 Jj'f'hifrrfs — Messrs. Fk-niing and Sohreiber. 
 /??i/^/('r.s— Messrs. Smith, Burk, and Meldrum. 
 TIh^ buildinti" is sitiirited on the wtint of Toronto, niv\ 
 i.> d)M.'int about a-nulc-and-a-half from the centre of the 
 city. It occupies a hiiih and eonnnandin<i- situation, 
 liavisfc; an execcllent vii:Wof the harbour and hdco ; and 
 bein-j. ttdjaccut to the Grand Trunk and Northern Hail- 
 way^, it' is easily accessible. There are four ^rand 
 eutra noes- -east, west, north and south, the last of 
 which faces the railway, and is approached throuoli an 
 elegant porch, :]2 f^et by 10 feet. The walls are con- 
 structed of obscure glass (similar to that used in the 
 Dublin Kxhibition Duildin,!>:s), whicli also enters int<. 
 eoniposition of the roif, and the circular windows in the 
 transepts bcin^- of tho same material it serves the double 
 purpose of disusing a mitigated light throughout the 
 building, and of excduding the glaring heat. The re- 
 mainder of the roof is of wood covered with tin, which t.t 
 a great distance may be seen glistening in the sunlight. 
 The structure is upheld and braced firmly together by cas- 
 iron pillars and girders, which at once add to the grace- 
 ful appearance of the building and are the source of itn 
 security and stabilitv. 
 
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 Measuring 250 feet in length, and 1 +4 feet in breadth, 
 the building covers an area of more than 2,200 super- 
 ficial feet on the ground floor. To this space must be 
 added 1,100 feet oecupiod by galleries running round 
 
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 mKTCHBS OF iOROi»i>. 
 
 tlie whole extent of the palace, and reached bv tour 
 convenient staircases, of easy ascent, placed in tlie tran- 
 ^epts, and covering nearly 1,800 superficial feet. There 
 will then be ample space afforded for the disphiy, to the 
 best advantage, of the different articles entered tor 
 exhibition, as well as sufficient accommodation for 
 \fards of 8,000 visitors. The buildings, therefore, pro- 
 mises if) answer every requirement of its projoctorfi. For 
 the safety of such ji building, there arc no good grounds 
 for apprehension, but that no catastrophe might by 
 any contingency result, the roof lias been so lightly con- 
 ?=itructed, and such is the strength of the pillars and 
 girders, that they are calculated to support more than 
 double the dead weight resting upon them, in addition 
 to twice the number of men, and, says a hnmerous writer, 
 in these expansive days, three times the number of ladies 
 who would .suffice to fill tlie galleries. The most timid 
 persons niay, consequently visit the exhibition with an 
 of perfect .security. The interior of the Crystal Palace 
 has an imposing appearance, also the exterior; and the 
 building is in every respect creditable to the architect.? 
 inn] contractors and will remain a magnificent exemplifi. 
 cation of the onergy and enterprise of its projectors. 
 
 We liave now completed the task which we, in the 
 outset, proposed to ourselves : that of giving a descrip- 
 tive sketch of the main features of interest L our con> 
 puratively flourishing eiry, but though the work of 
 

 SKKTOHKS Ol' T OK OX TO. 
 
 95 
 
 cnnjpiliuum Is broujE^ht to a close, ibero is yet much 
 7iioro tluit iiiiglit he, written in reference to the city 
 and its lions, did the prescribed limits of the vohmie 
 admit f»f it. Wo trust liowevei", that suflicieiit ha.s 
 been written to atlbrd the amount of infoimation neces- 
 ury to a knowledge of the city, which in itself inspirens 
 in us a degree of inspiration in proportion to our 
 ucquaintauce with. it. We wish the institutions of To- 
 ronto that prosperity which has been the hope of their 
 projector.s, and we trust that the interests of its people 
 may "grow with its nrrowtli tmd strengthen wilh its 
 strength/' 
 
 The enterprise and energy which have characterised 
 Canadian progress give to us abundant encourage- 
 ment, and suggest to us a moral with which tc adorn 
 the completion of our local history, in the words of 
 Longfellow, who in his poetic numbers says : — 
 
 Lot as ti»eu be up aud doing. 
 
 Wi h a heart for any fato. 
 Slill achieving, '<till par»uJn^, 
 
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 . %. JO^liIN, t'R#»;!aiE^#llH 
 
 JAMES CHRISTIE, 
 
 KKAI-Kl: IN 
 
 Gfoceries, Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, k^ 
 
 No. 80 YONGE STREET, 
 
 ■i WoO!» uorllrof ICii»:i Ht. TOIEtOlSTTO, 
 
 GILLETT, KING & CO., 
 
 .MaiiMiiuM,iiicr> k ^^ lhi!('-.a1o Hoalcr^ in 
 
 af flip, .iipili ilii € 
 
 (Om'csiTK Tiu; ('<>MMi;ni'iAi. I5.\ns) 
 
 Aaia la? RosAin House Block. T O 3Et O IST X O- 
 
 All Or«l4»a'^ jtranriptir ntU'Milf^il 1o. 
 
 (ULlJiTT. K'lN^d & CO 
 
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 98 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
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 OO-EinSTEIR, OF 
 
 Ki¥J:;>iYu¥aE stiiiie'H's, 
 
 TMPC >U'rK lis 
 
 BRITISH AID FOREIGN 
 
 (f^rs^c-^ru 
 
 FAI.L STOCK 
 
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 A SPLENDID DISPLAY OF 
 
 BRUSSELS TAPESTRY ! 
 
 T II R E E-P L Y C A R P E T S, 
 
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 MILLINERY AND DEESS-MAK(N(^ 
 
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 WHOLESALE & RETAIL, 
 TOROnSTTO. 
 
 nflrirunuraf rfuniaccs ! 
 
 GRAY'S SCOTCH IRON PLOUGHS, 
 
 Patent Improved Saw GHmmers, 
 
 STRAW CUTTEBS, 
 IN EVKRY VARIETY. 
 
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 AI»VKin'?«r.!MRNT«. 
 
 JOHN llAUIUNCrroN,- 
 
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 KNC; STREKT KAST, TOUONTO. 
 
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 Has on hand and offers for Sale, on 
 A Large and Complete Assortment of 
 
 $\0 (ini icrtfli) i]itrMuarc, 
 
 BcsL Refiuecl and Swedes Bar Iron, 
 Best Quality Cast, German, and Spring Steel, 
 
 Hc oo:jp s. 
 Sheet and Boiler Plate Iron, 
 
 1,000 CASKS CUT NAILS, 
 
 3,000 BOXES WINDOW GLASS, 
 
 TWO HUNDRED DOZEN CAST STEEL AXES, 
 
 ALSO: 
 
 Gookiiig Stoves, the beat patterns, of very heavy 
 
 Castings. 
 
 BOX STOVES A GOOD ASSORTMENT. 
 
 One New Steam Engine, 15 to 20 horse power, ma^e 
 
 to diive a five foot Circular Saw, well finished, 
 wrought Iron shafts and fly-wheel, about two ton* 
 
 weight, 
 
 JOHN HARRINGTON, 
 
 / fl O A' M O A a E R. 
 
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 9, on 
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 steel, 
 
 [ron, 
 
 iXES, 
 
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 ilshed, 
 ;wo ton* 
 
 
 AhVKin i>KviKxrs. lOl 
 
 .lOSEi'JI KOGEUS, 
 
 HATTER AND FURRIER, 
 
 109 KING STREET EAST, 
 ()!MH)SirE ST. JAMKS'S T A rilDDII A I., 
 Wholeaale and Retail. 
 
 Xw immen.-'e Stock oJ' l*'urs, Iljiti', ( -aps, Ko}»o«4, .'^i;.. ljtt^'««i -lylo. 
 
 r^ s. iioivES, 
 
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 §iE!|i!i Slit) JirKC| ^n €nmB, 
 
 No. 105 King Street, 
 CUKNKR OF CHURCH STUEIil', 'I'OKOMd. 
 
 A, S. VAROiXS, 
 FURS, ('APS & TRTMMINCS, 
 
 45 COLBORNE STREET, 
 
 JL:?r SHIPPING I'UllS BOU(;ilT. ^ 
 
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 MA-SOMIO A.PIMS 
 
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 Corntr of Front Street dj* IP^cst Market Si^uart. 
 
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 MRS. M. S. BELOEN, 
 
 l.Wr'UKTK)! AND DEAT-KR IN 
 
 lllilliirwiT, Jfanci) Mms anb /tatljers, 
 
 O^YO.'VCtE }«iTREiyr, TORONTO. 
 
 N.B. — Dresses Cut and Fitted, vf\t\\ or witlioui making. 
 
 XD . JE^ . ■\?^ E L S IE! , 
 
 45 COL.BORNE STREET, 
 
 (First Flook) 
 
 Dealer in Men*s and Ladies' Buttings, Leather 
 Belts, Cotton Warp, 
 
 invej & ITiiitc Cotton CSoods, Iloopiii, Ac, 
 
 (Latk St. NiCfiojiAS) 
 
 fev KING STREET EAST, "^w 
 
 Ilie Laips! and oiosl Mapificeni 
 
 CARLISLE & McCONKY. 
 
 N-B. —Green Turtle Sonp ar.d Steak-^ daily. Mesl^, at 
 
 all hours. 
 
A DV ERT 18 E M EN TS . 
 
 103 
 
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 ;atljers, 
 
 (lakino,'. 
 
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 Leather 
 
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 NEW FAIL IMPORTATIONS 
 
 OF 
 
 ifanci) & Staple Iru §mk 
 
 AT 
 
 NOTMAN & RUSSELL'S, 
 
 No. 5 King Street East, Toi-oiito. 
 
 New Fancy Dresses. 
 
 '^ Plaids. 
 
 '• Cobourgs. 
 
 ** French Merinos. 
 
 '* Silks. 
 
 ''• Prints. 
 
 '• Cottons. 
 
 ^^ Linens. 
 
 '• Stays. 
 
 '*• l]roche Shawls. 
 
 " Stella Shawls. 
 
 " Plaid Shawls. 
 
 << Velvets. 
 
 ^■' Patent Skirts. 
 
 New Mantles. 
 
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 Bonnets and Hat-i. 
 
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 Dress Caps. 
 
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 Head Dresses. 
 
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 Ribbons. 
 
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 Laces. 
 
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 Flowers, 
 
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 Hosiery. 
 
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 Shirts. 
 
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 Neck Tios. 
 
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 Collars. 
 
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 Handlverchit-^f's. 
 
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 Flannels. 
 
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 P>lanki'ts. 
 
 NEW HABERDASHEBY, &c. &c. 
 
 VJSITOIIS to TORONTO will find this an exedUent 
 opportnnity tor ivurchasiug the newest goods in the market, 
 
 At remarbblf Low Prices! 
 
 As N'. it li. have only [purchased tVuni first-t^iass Houses, 
 
 and at cash prices. 
 
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 -ADVKRTiSKMKNTS. 
 
 Pwbli© Dining Rooms 
 
 \T THE 
 
 (N'KAi{ Till-: Post Okfioe) 
 
 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO. 
 
 BHEAKFASTS, DINNEnS, SUPPEHS, 
 
 steaks, Chops, Oystei-.s Lobsters, and 8..ups ot' all khuh 
 SHi-vod u]) on the shorto^t )iotic<\ ' 
 
 N.H.--l»artio.s coniino- to the Fail- will iiiid this thf 
 cheapest as nell as tho best Kstahlishmen} .Wthe kind m the 
 city, ' 
 
 THOMAS LAMB. 
 
 COWAN & HUTCHISON. 
 
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 ALSO 
 
 Cooking, Box, and Parlor Stoves of the newest 
 and most approved patterns. 
 
 i«..Mv,w.., ^^^S S*' E««^' Toronto. ' 
 
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AhVKKTISKMKNTS. 
 
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 Hold iilwjtvs I'or .silk", jU tli<-ir osln'olislimoiit, th(^ f)IUMI.N<i 
 
 ITAM. SirKl'F(V:iJ). 
 
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 id W'OI.VKIfriAMl'TON 
 
 ITriilSON. 
 
 
 Corner of King &; Youge Strts., Toronto, 
 
 A J.AIlGES'l'OCKofln.n, Si<;..!. Xails, r.cad, Coj^per. Tin, 
 S!u)t, Cfiains. (^ijIci-t. T\viii«\s. ('o.-daut'. Window ^Iln-ss". 
 
 and all 1<inds t»l' 
 
 Heavy and Shelf Hardware Goods ! 
 
 Kei.t cunstantlr \v(dl assortod l»v MEW SUrnJES iVc- 
 ("jLiODtly arrivino-, direct iVoTti the Maimtkclories in Eng- 
 imid and tlie IJnitotl Stalos, wliicli tlioy oHViv t.« Country 
 Dealers on librnff fPDVS, or in rotai! at tlieir enstf^niary 
 Loiv Prices. 
 
 \n the sehictioii ol' tiie.se artieles th<.' iitnu);<t (.'ar<' i.s ox- 
 eniplificd, ami anioii^-.st thejii may always Ije toiiiid the^ pro- 
 dnetioiis of tlie most reputed makei-s in eacdi branch of the 
 
 IRONMONGERY BUSINESS! 
 
 And as th(;y ai-e all Cash l*urclia>.^s made by j)arties thor- 
 oughly (;ou^ersant with English, American, and Canadian 
 Markets, U. 13. Si Co. can i-espeett'iilly solicit an inspection 
 ol' them, with a confidenc*^ that for quality, variety, iwvl 
 fjriee, they will he found to merit })ublie attention. 
 
 Written Orders (^Kecuted with promj)tness and attention, 
 at the same [)rices as if the writer were pjesent, and aiming 
 at a system Avhieh shall commend this establishment to 
 Dealers and Censnmers, every article from it is precisely 
 what it is represented to l)e, and every facility is offered to 
 visitors, to enable them to make satisfaetory selections. 
 
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106 
 
 ADVEUTISHMKNTS. 
 
 WILLIAM BLIGHT, 
 
 Insuraoce and Geoeral Coinmission k 
 
 Toiiorcr'ro street. 
 Second door South of the Post Ofiice, 
 
 T O R O f¥ T O, V , W. 
 
 PATTON & COMPANY," 
 
 IMI'ORTKUS OF 
 
 /rfiui) mi Cttjlirilj Cl)itta 
 
 GLASS & EARTHENWARE, 
 64 IS:i3SrO STI^EET E^A.ST, 
 
 T<»RO:VT«|, €. IV. 
 
 D. SUTHERLAND, 
 
 Clothier & General Outfitter, 
 
 osro. loo '^ToisroE street, 
 
 JJotwet-u Adolaiflo & Kinj^- Streets, T O R O IV T <tt 
 
 H. E. CLARKE," " 
 
 MANUFACTURKI! A I>KAI,Kn IS 
 
 Of every description, wholesale & retail, 
 
 No. 98 YONGE STREET, 
 
 Krw Door, ho,,, KiD« Ha-v.t, ^ O RO N '§' i» , C . W 
 
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 INFORMATION TO VISITORS 
 
 AT TIIK 
 
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 AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY. 
 tlTJST OI^EISTEID OTJO? 1 
 
 A larii'C and choice stock of 
 
 tafle & Jfaucj) grg (i00fe, 
 
 VViiok'salc and Retail, as low if not lower than any Hoarse 
 
 in Canada. 
 
 MIlimERY & DRESS-MAKJNG 
 
 Done on the })iemises, in fashionable styles, NO'J' AT 
 FASAIONABLE PRICKS, but a -reat deal lower. 
 
 J^^ Remember No. 41 King St. west of Yonge» 
 
 adjoining Mesirs. J Beckett & Co's, Druggist. 
 
 JOHN CHARLES WORTH. 
 
 And also No. 94 King Street, north-west corner 
 
 of King & Church Streets, where a choice rariety of 
 
 GENTLEMEN'S CUOTHING, 
 
 Dry Goods and Millinery, will be found at pric«8 not to be 
 ■urpassed by any house in the city. 
 
 ^^ Garments made to order at from l.j to 2o ner cent. 
 h)wer than credit trade i)rices. 
 
 Sales made foi "ash only, and no abatement, 
 wholesale, at the west end only, 
 
 JOHN (^HARLESWORTH. 
 
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 At>VKHTlSKMf:NTS. 
 
 Ohina^ Glass^ and Earthenware, 
 
 AT No. 1, ST. JAMES' BUILDIITGS, 
 
 KING STREET EAST. 
 
 THE Subs-eribci',^ liavo just received from tlie I'otteries ii: 
 France and En,u'laii<^ an ele.uant an<] «'>:ten'^ivo assorniuMi: 
 '-f plain and decoratcil 
 
 CHINA, STONE, AND EARTHENWARE, 
 
 In Table, Dessci-t, Toilet, Breakfast, and Tea Sett. 
 
 TOY WARE, — riain and Ornamental in great vaietj. 
 
 OIL AND PHOSGENE LAMPS, 
 
 In Table Su-;p(Midiiio Urackct, Side, and Hand Lamps. 
 
 GLASSWARE, 
 
 [n Decanters" Jugs, Champagnes, Clarets, Wines, Ale.s, Tum- 
 blers, Cerleies, FruU IJowls. Kerosen Oil, Clas, and Oil Lamp 
 Covers, Chim»eys, &c. &c. (ioods suitable for Countr}- Stores 
 in the Original Package, or packed to order. For sale cLcu|i 
 "n ap}>roved credit. A liberal discount given for cash by 
 
 JOirx MULHOLLANl) \' Co. 
 
 Toronto, Sept., I808. 
 
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 THi: l,ONI)ON I'RACTICAI. 
 
 :fi[AT'rEii a:^"e EifiiKiE;^, 
 
 19 KLlNi;; !!ITREKT WENT, TORONTO, 
 
 tr.%. Opposrrr thk (iLOnK Okfick. -^^ 
 Hats cleaned and pressed. Purs cleaned and altered. 
 
 CA.SH PAJn FOR RAW rUHS. 
 
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 t levies \v. 
 ssoi-tmt'iit 
 
 rARE, 
 
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 vaiotj, 
 ■imps. 
 
 Ics, Tum- 
 Oil Lamp 
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 iltered. 
 
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 100 
 
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 ROSSIN HOUSE. 
 
 SookSiPefiodicals, Mapzioes & Newspapers, 
 
 English, American, and Canadian. 
 
 fi'il'llBillR! 
 
 KING STREET EAST, TORONTO. 
 
 BROWN BROTHERS, 
 
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 Every desciiption of Binding oxecnted m the best luaimeiv 
 and at the lowest prices. 
 
 A large stock of .looount UooUm alw;j_vs on liaad, or manu- 
 fiMjtured t« ordox-. 
 
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 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
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 TORONTO, C. W. 
 
 GEO. PLATT, Proprietor. 
 
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 TORONTO, C. W. 
 
 MORGAN DAVIS, Proprietor. 
 
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 Dodgson, Shields, and Morton, 
 
 ■WnOLK.SAr.e AM. UKTAII. 
 
 -roeers & Provision Mcrelia.nls 
 
 AND XaMFACTLREKS <jV 
 
 BISCUITS, CONFECTIONARY, &C., 
 
 Corner of Yonge & Temperance Streets, 
 
 TORONTO, C . 1¥. 
 
 JAMES JACKSON, 
 
 IMPORTER OF 
 
 No. 3, King Street West, Torouto, 
 
 Evf ry description of Goods imported to order. 
 
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 ADVLirnsEMENTS. 
 
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 TORONTO 'IS^- a ■•*l 
 
 A \Ja\,\JX\ a U ♦ W^iliMi pail .' !lsm!l;'':ji:i 
 
 THOMAS H UTCH I NSON j _lg 
 
 iJKK OF 'illK titiEK 
 
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 Of this city, is the 
 
 80 widely aiul favorably known as being 
 
 THE LARGFST AND MOST EXTENSIVE 
 
 ricmises in Canada. 
 
 ©air €.t#ii, iiia>i&,ticii¥,. 
 
 And Beady-Made Clothing, 
 
 h\ j/reater \ariety, in better and newer s^tyles, and at lower 
 pn'ces than can be found at any other house in tlie city. 
 
 IW- An inspection solicited. -"^Si 
 
 THUS. HUTCHINSON, NEPHEW & CO., 
 
 Pantedmctkeca, kltu) Street East^ 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
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 Ha! Ha! Ha! 
 
 Tl^ THE RKADV MONEY 
 
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 'jsimttii,uualiuiki4 
 
 A SELF EVIiHIT FACTI 
 
 KcjkIv Mom-v to )>iiv. jiiul Koaulv Money 
 when sold, eiiiihlc.- tlif l*ro|in(»tors (U tlie 
 
 fo offer siijiei'ior iKh'a)ita;ji"< to piuvluisci-. I»y uiviufi- tliPiu 
 
 (ioo(l« .'.t CASH IMMCKS 
 
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 Arc In liiiixl. ;ni<l we intend to o|i«-ii 
 
 Ouf Kew and Beautiful Show Rooin 
 
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 On MONhA^'. tlu- -.'Till SKI''IK.MI!l':i;. lii-f.nit. "illi one 
 
 of the iiinst 
 
 EXTENSIVE STOCK Ol- MILLJNERY 
 
 Ever (oiuid ill iIh' city, wliieli in comicrtion witli our 
 
 imiiieiis<- Sioelv.^ ol' 
 
 Dry Goods and Ready-made Clothing, 
 
 Will foiuj one of ihe niofst Httraetive uxliil)itions to '>e 
 
 fV.uiri in Canadn. 
 
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ADVKHTfSKMKNT.S. 
 
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 WirOTKSAl.h: .it IIKTAII. 
 
 SO;V 
 
 lllertjjants. 
 
 for Taylor's Fire -Proof Safes ! 
 
 The best and choapest Stifcs nuulo and litlod-np to suit I'lir- 
 ohasorSj without extra r^lini-oo. 
 
 Rodgei's & Sons cdebriilcd Ciitlery, 
 
 Dixon's Brittanuia & Plated Ware, 
 
 (BmM ^ %\\mmi ilatciit ,t)oor f adis, 
 
 *» ^ ' — ' I." ^^ -' ' 
 
 PORCELAIN, PLATED, AND I'ANC'V 
 DECOKATED KNOBS, 
 
 And every article oltlio \ovy l.cst (inalliv (jT 
 
 House-Furnishing and Builders' 
 
 Chance's English Crown & Thick Sheet Glass 
 
 and German Ditto. ' 
 
 Paint:^(fcOils, XaiU. Sic, JW-h-on, Steel, Leaded: Tin, Panips 
 
 Leather and India Rubl)er lieltinu', 1 to Is inches, Pateiit 
 
 Mangles, "Washinn- cV- Ironiii^. Machines, icon iiedsteads, 
 
 FOR SAIE, AT LOWEST Pft!GES» 
 
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 11. LEWIS & SON. 
 
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 114 
 
 ADVERTISKIsrENT.S. 
 
 -WM. McMillan. 
 
 ((ScntlfiuDii's .^ijirts. |lfcli Cies, §m\i 
 
 Baby Linens, Childi'on's Dresses, &c. 
 
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 N„. Hi^ VONUE STUEET. 
 
 [TffrrP POOH U'h'uM A'/A^-.N'/'/i'A'/;/'. I 
 
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 \\ni Xew (Uwd^ jurtt imported, the I'olloviiiP mk 
 worthy nt" inspoctirni : 
 
 THK iJAJ.MORAI. SKIRT, 
 
 Uade lu l''5i:^it?u and lTnfa>1en instnuiunooiisly : 
 
 Ladies' Night Dresses, plain or trimmed, 
 
 Chimisea, Collars, Sleeves, Trimmings, 
 
 Insertions, &.C., &e. 
 
 iu e.imi>l<'l»! -«'U^ • Mllunwisc: Kinj-ftiiao- Vain, 4-ply best 
 
 uuaUty iu ulL .shades, only r>.s 9d. por lb.: Wool Polka.s 
 
 Spencers, OravatH, .^c, in all th" newest stylos. 
 
 TO GEMTLEMENi. 
 
 THi: LARUE.<T STOCK (►F l>Kfcf!< .^IIIUT.S, C(VLr\fU«. NKCK TIM.^, 
 
 Ladlos and (-ients' Hosiery, direct fvoni Ahcndeon, Howiek 
 
 and Alloa, in .St-otlojul. 
 \.p. — Purchaseis 1o the amount ot' Ten Dollars will get 
 Viieiv )>:'H'«^ To-warded iVee of earria!;!'e to any Railway Station 
 
 All goods marked the lowest imce in plain fgura. 
 
ADVKKTISEMEMS. 
 
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 n, 4 -ply beBi 
 ool rolka,>^, 
 
 stylcH. 
 
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 :^on, Howick 
 
 lliars will get 
 lilwav Station 
 
 in Jigurei. 
 
 SOS, &c. 
 
 )1 lowing £LW 2l 
 
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 jusly : 
 
 •immed, 
 lings, 
 
 J. Nickinsoivl'tssfc (('itanagfr 
 
 OVKN KVKflY I:vi:niN(; F()1{ 
 
 Comedies, Trajedies, Daocing, Siojioji 
 
 r{itrje))ji;M(EH, ?jmEA & 
 
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 BOX 50c.; PIT & Up per Gallery, 25c. 
 
 BRILLIANT COSTOMES! 
 
 CMAiMING SCENERY I 
 
 A N I ) 
 
 % <i^,'^^-^ ';^'?vS*>^.l,%•^-%>^^ 
 
 SMA.KT'8 
 40 KING STREET WEST, 
 
 TOJELOISTTO. 
 
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 116 
 
 ADVFRTjaF.JlVVNTS. 
 
 WATERLOO HOUSE. 
 
 CORE a BEAYIiBY 
 
 AN.NOIMT: VIIK AKJilVAL OF THEIK 
 
 ? ^r. 
 
 r lipo 
 
 Re»'entiy ')uichnscd and Imf/ortcd direct from Hritish Manu- 
 rju'turies. OUR STOCK will bo found to be 
 
 THE CHEAPEST IN THE CITY, 
 
 And we are oli'evin;;' advaiitajies to 
 
 Such a;^ Avere nevev before known, 
 wi^hinu' to buy a 
 
 All Parties 
 
 Are rofpieHted to bcni- ns " i niuid. y^V. GL'ARANTEE ALL 
 OUR G()OD;S— to he )navked in J'L AIN FIGURES at 
 
 TOEOHTO wholesale PRICES. 
 
 80 YOxXGK STKEET, 
 FIVE DOORS, NORTH OF KING STREET. 
 
 PaOVINGIAL EXHIBITION! 
 
 BOARD AND LODGING 
 
 May be liad at l."ir> <,U'EF.N STREET, opposite the Col- 
 te.2:e Avenue. TntC!udin,'.r V'TSTrORS to the PrOAdiicial 
 T^xhibition desirr)Lis of obtainin;.r eomfortablf^ Mpni'tments 
 are requested to jnake early apidientioii. 
 Toronto, Se]>t- IS. ISnS'. 
 
ADVEUTrSEMENTS. 
 
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 TK[Cl!wd[3PS03Sr cSc 00-, 
 
 Koo&8cffer8, 81ationcr8 
 
 AND PRINTERS. 
 
 OFFICE OF TIIK 
 
 DAILY and WEEKLY *'ATLAS." 
 
 77 KING STREET, EAST. 
 
 THE MAGAZINES, REVIEWS, CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, 
 English and American on Sale ou the arrival ol every English 
 Mail, and promptly supplied to order. 
 
 Commercial and General Stationery oi Best English Manufat- 
 ture and at very moderate prices. 
 
 Book and Job Piiuticg of Every Des:crIptIon promptly exe- 
 cuted and at reasonable charge.". 
 
 Tli dMfttlE BULLAE FieKlT. 
 
 OF KirERlOR 
 
 ENGLISH STATIONERY 
 
 12 
 
 CONTAINS : 
 
 SnEEtri Fink Leiikr Papkji ! 
 12 Sheets Fine Note PjU'er ! 
 12 Self-Skaling Notk ENVKi>orE>! 
 
 f> Steel Pen.4 and Penholder ! 
 
 1 Sheet Blottini} Paper I and 
 
 \ Bottle Ink ! 
 
 ALL F O R 2 5 C E N T S ! ! 
 
 Manufactured and Sold by 
 THOMPSON Sc C O,, 
 
 OFFICE OF TIIE. 
 
 D A IL Y A .Vi> WEEKL Y '' A TL A &,''■ 
 11 KING STREET, EAST. 
 
118 
 
 ADVERTISJJMEMS. 
 
 BE SURE TO VISIT THE 
 
 >Vhere you will fiucl the 
 
 VERY BEST INSTRUMENTS, 
 
 And the 
 Including 
 
 Niagara Palls, Suspension Bridge, Queen= 
 
 ston Heights, Brock's Monument, &;o,, 
 BRITISH & CONTINENTAL SCENERY, CITIZIES, 
 
 BUILDINGS, CELEBRITIKS, (IHOUPH, PARTI ES. &c. 
 
 A Series of Magnificent 
 
 VIEWS OF EGYPTIAN RUINS. 
 
 Stereoscopes 75 Cents and upward, 
 Slides 12] Cents and upward. 
 
 Hery also isto be louu:! ihu 
 
 ^nimi muliMt 6ilt ^ittm ixmt auir pom 
 
 M0ULr>IN08, 
 
 A beautiful Article, 
 
 AT HALF THE FORMEB PRICES^ 
 
 LASTS A LIFE TIME. 
 
 Labi£s' Reticules, Ijags, lV>iiTMONAT.^. and other 
 Fancy Goods, British Mmnifactured Writixi; aud 
 other Papers, and a Treneval Strock of .Stationery, 
 wholesale h\ 
 
 THOMAS MACLEAIL 
 
 X^/'^fonk Bi*.(l<li,n(ji', itrrt i/ory/.f; uXorfh of (he Po.-f O/^V*. 
 
 Torcffto Sf/'crf^ Toronh 
 
Txi£ 
 
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 e{!0t, 
 
 MENTS, 
 idge, Queen- 
 
 lent, &;c., 
 lY, CITJZIES, 
 
 ARTIES. &c. 
 
 I RUINS. 
 
 upward, 
 '^ard. 
 
 PRICES, 
 
 ^AT^. and uthor 
 f .Station fjRi'. 
 
 h of the ro-<f Office. 
 Hto Sf/'crf, Toronto 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 119 
 
 Messrs. THOMPSON & Co,, 
 
 PUBLISHERS OF THK 
 
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 Subscription, $6 per year. 
 
 VVEKKLY SUBSCRIPTIONS WITHIN THE CITY 
 LIMITS 12,^ CENTS. PER WEEK. 
 
 THE "WEEKLY ATLAS," 
 
 $1 PER YEAR, 
 77 KI^G HiTREET, EAST, TO RON TO. 
 
 STOVES! STOVES!! STOVES!!! 
 
 ^ «4\i>0 
 
 CITY FOUNDRY, No. 161 YONGE STREET, 
 
 TO RO NTO. 
 
 The largest variety of Stoves in tlip Province, in quaKty 
 ■jupcrior to any others. J, H. «Sr Co. h1>o ileal e\'tensively m 
 
 COAL GRATES, FURNACES, AND COOKING RANGES, 
 
 rhey have lately patented a New Cookino; Stove^ the 
 ''IRON DrKE," an improveiueui ^m uiiy they yet made. 
 October Ist, 1858. 
 
120 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
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 -^g^&=H; 
 
 DRY GOODS, ^ 
 
 !;|^|i»™^»!C« BUILDINGS. 
 
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