The Portland daily press., 1864-08-06
Canadian Excursion.

Canadian Excursion.
We mentioned last week that the members
of the Canadian Parliament had accepted an
invitation to visit the Lower Provinces, and
that portion of them would assemble in this
city on the "a of August, where steamer
would be ready to carry them to st. John, N.
b.
The members from Upper Canada, with
other invited guests, began to come along on
Tuesday, but the greater proportion did not
arrive until Thursday. A delegation from
the reception committee of st. John arrived
here by the steamer on Tuesday.
Thursday morning the reception of the
Canadian Members of Parliament, and the
other invited guests took place in the parlor
OF the United States Hotel. James A. Har-
ding, Esq, Sheriff of st. John, and Lauchlan
Donaldson, Esq, President of the Chamber of
Commerce OF st John, received the guests
After the Introduction, Hon. T. Darcy Nc
Gee, of Montreal, made few remarks upon
the proposed plan of the excursion, and thank
ing their friends for it. Mr.. Donaldson ex
planned it more fully. They were to visit st.
John, then Fredericton, then Halifax and 9TH
err places in Nova Scotia. The arrangements
had all been made by their Provincial friends,
and it was hoped every person would enjoy
the excursion.
The following members of the Canadian
Parliament were present:
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Hons Sir N. f. Belleau, e. Boulton, SamI
Mills, Walter McCrea A. b. Foster, c. Will
son, j. b. G. Proulx, James Ferrier, p. Ill.
Moore, A. A. Burnham, Geo. Crawford, +.
Leonard. Thos. Ryan, Donald Macdonald.
Robert Read, A. Vidal, j. o. Bureau, ID. Rec
sor, w. Ii. Charters.
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
Hon. T. d. MCGEE, Hon. NJ Laframbose,
J. s. Smith, j. o. Beaubien, j. III. Bellerose,
7. Scatcherd, T. C. Walbridge. l.. Burwel,
Samuel Ault, j. H. Pouln, Mr.. Jones North
Leeds), Hon. j. Cauchon, Ii. 4. Taschereau,
A. Wright, III. Mumo, A. Walsh, A. Gagnon,
w. Ferguson, VIM p. Powell, X. Bell, Ian.
ark, John Poupore, Mr.. Jones, (South Leeds,
Hon. John Rose, G. Perrault, l. Archam-
bault, A. Dufresne, A. Mackenzie, NJ. Fortier,
james Cowan, David Thompson, w. ii. Webb,
J. S. Ross, I. ID. McConkey.
The Press of.Canada is represented by the
Montreal Gazette, Montreal Herald, Montreal
Minerve, Montreal Witness, Montreal Even
ing Telegraph, Ottawa Citizen, Kingston
Daily News, Kingston British American,
Kingston Wing, Toronto Globe, Toronto
Leader, London Prototype, Hamilton Specta-
tor, Hamilton Times, Quebec Chronicle, Que
bee Gazette, Quebec Canadien, Sorel Gazette,
ST. Johns News, Cobourg Star.
In addition to the gentlemen named above,
fessional and commercial classes were present,
among whom we noticed Joseph II. Daley
Esq, Commissioner OF Emigration, formerly
of the Donegana Hotel, Montreal, whose many
friends In this city were glad to meet with
him. The following is the list of these gen
tlemen who accepted an invitation to the ex-
cursion:
Judge Monk, Judge Mcguire, Mayor of
Montreal, f. g. johnson, @. c., Mayor of Co
bourg, L. Remand, Jr., Rev. j. Ellegood, j.
Shaw. Jr Mayor of Sherbrooke, f. ID. Full
ford, l.. A. Grenier, J. Daintry, Jr DR.. Beat
", j. Sache ii. J. Hubertus. 4. Rawlings,
DR.. Kingston, J. Lacoste. A. NJ. Delisle, DIR.
mcdonnell. Chas. L. Belle, n. p, w. ii.
Himsworte, VIZ. b. Lindsay, Adolphe Caron,
Herbert Swift, John Thompson, Hugh Me-
Gill, Henry Judah, j. Ii. Daley, II. O'Neil,
Joqn A. Greer, Thos. Workman, VIM. Work
man, Josh. Mitcheson, Ii. King, P. Macfar-
LAM, w. Irvine.
The Canadians spent the fore part of the
day in riding and walking round the city, ex-
pressing their delight at its magnifcen; situa-
ton by the sea, and its forests Of trees that
lined the streets, and admiring the locality Of
various public and private buildings. About
o O'Clock in the evening they sailed for St.
John in the steamer New England. We wish
them merry and happy excursion.