New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-17

go p.r,riase. IS eoD.d turkeys,
.se gfons-, IS
go woodeock, 70 esSy ss.a.
80 srcEs, "a o ots,s., ,sy.S-.'
leo scee-, 40 plates sandwiches.
2solb beef - S-lhss and blaze mango,
lcto ID. mutton 0o charlotte russo.
.5cih veal APple. grapes. cakes, ko,
i0.hcsrs torsue'. $40 BASKET. xaain'. Verne.
$50 nsy Champagne.
OF the wine neatly the whole quantity provided was
cor sumed making than bottle to a man; OF the
.,6bes-wbch were al most excelent-a large portion
remained untouched. A hundred and ffy walters at
tended tie tables. 1t hardly necessary to state that
be dishes were served cold or that the company .epa
rsted in a state of becoming enjoyment For the gtst-
6c,ton Of those ncsmed in cunn ny statistics viii
add that the expense the banquet was about sisooo,
or Little more than So 10 per head.
After the banquet on Wednesday evening there was
sreu to,chheht procession, which drew double
crowd int, the streets, and yesterday morning an ex-
cursiop TO visit the piers and foundations of the great
bridge and the new waterworks lately finished asove
the ctv. On the return Of the party the wsterworks
were TO be ally urated with the assistance OF
the Cover o. C neral; but his Excelency came at tho
appoint ed time and found that the excursion not having
sniyed there was nothing TO be done, and 81 went
away Wh,n the peol e at last got there they waiedn
the cold for his ExceeI cy but after ham an hour or 50
got word from him that be wouldn't come and the GER
emonies had proceed without him, concluding with
the el,irg of the water upon tountsm aymafkct
square which threw its jets hundred and nifty fest
into Tie air. Next, in the evening there was display
Of wc'ks upon one of the quays near the waters
edge, about good place Lot to see as could DO
found in Montreal.
Atoi O'Clock we went to the ball for which the noble
n a. 10, nartx ha.i hanp
thrown into one prolonged suite of apartments The
thropg at the door premonory of the crush with
in. Instead Of forming queue, French people
would have DONE and going in regularly and in state
Of integrity there was mob Of well-dessed people,
all irving to force passage at once Neither age nor
sex was regarded in tue struggle and every now and
thcr the piercing shrek of some unfortunate woman,
as Eer toes, her hoops, or hereh suffered INJURY
from that mel CHESS crowd, lent interest to the scene
As there was other way of getting in, we submitted
ourselves to the pressure which constantly gre more
severe as the swayng mass became broader and
broader by new additions. Presently, found myself
Violently Engaged in protecting what seemed TO be d
maiden lady of about fortytbree. who had become
separat.d from her friends and was In state sp-
proaching to mental well as personal Distraction
In her behalf set myself firmly against the force winch
lr, aened to render her thinner than nature and
the blows of elbows tina. might have broken her ribs,
and repeed the rush Of two or three eephantine TEL
lows who threatened to run her down. ] arm sorry to
cav that, so far from regarding my efforts with graft
tuse she looked at me with the same distrnst with
which one might contemplate pckpocket; and when
At last had safely brought her to the door, she went
off no stairs without acknowledging my exertions even
with smile | could only hope that she might not
f,d her friends during the whole evening, and dare
| cay che never did.
Ii is not too much to say that, first and last, there
were ten thousand people at that ball. About hall an
hour aer we had got ia word sent 10 the keepers
Of the doors Jolly Irish soldiers they were, who en-
oyed the fun nightly that no more persons could be
admitted without danger of life. The doors were ac-
c,rdirgly baicadeJ and only opened again from time
10 time az the jam inside was diminished by people
going away. BY this means one enthusiastic lady,
who had Travelled four hundred miles to go to this
ball, and who arrived at Montreal at % and ut
the entrance at u O'Clock, was finally admitted
at "a next morning. She was more persevering than
French gentleman Of my acquaintance who, after
waiting half an hour at the closed and nhosptsble
door. went away in sheer despair and with no great
opinion Of the way things are managed In Montreal
The prtcaution was however, indispensable. l
yenly believe that had the people been allowed to
smothered 10 DEATH l never saw dancing prosecuted
under greater difficulties and, in order to enable su 10
have chance at the supper rooms, the managers re-
auested that 10 one thoud remain IN them more tAsn
| seven minutes. However, it was brilliant assem-
| blage, with few very beautiful women among the
thousands who were there. The scarlet coats OF the
officers Of one or two regiments quartered at Montreal
added greatly to the splendor Of the spectacle, AMI
suggested the suspicion that the black coats Of men IN
general are not 20 picturesque and beautiful as some
| other style Of costume.
In making my way around the dancing hall Ichanced
10 meet the veteran william Lyon Mackenzie, - gay
and vigorous as youngest despite bis threeseore and
fifteen year, Afer life Of bitter contests and sin
Qular yicssitudes reformer, REBEL an exile eG,i7g
the bread of precarious toll and poverty, his age 10
pared in honor and in comfort, but always with the
ZANE conscientious industry and usefulness and the
same host ty to all forms Of political corruption and
tyranny, which have marked every stage Of his
checkertd career. May he long remain to serve his
country and enjoy the respect and confidence OF tho
constituency who have 30 faithfully stood by hun
left the ball before the departing crowd bad made
timpossble to recover ones oyereoat bom the dep"s-
tory of those useful articles. We were let out taroogn
unimaginable winding passages, and low dosn' ana
On going around 10 the principal entrance -" tnfong
still there waiting 10 get in trust they had good
time iii. The Thermometer, however, wss ABOVE
zero.
This morning the streets OF honfresi oegn u
look deserted, the early trains having cAnnei
.,xsnoeys 70 the La