The New York herald., 1878-11-30


institutions were notceably brilliant. and other
educational and religious institutions were IL
Illuminated from basement to dome. Tho streets
presented very peculiar surface and reflected
as it in the light OF thousands of jets from win
dows and street lamps, one would have fancied him
self in modern Venice with canals of water running
through between her dwellings. But the thousands
who tramped that surface and the splash and
dash of the horses feet carriages drawn
through 1t. sayored of the gondola but
displayed tho fact that two three inches Of mud
were slumbering quietly when undis,urbed which
was not for long, thousands of feet pattercl and
stamped. and their laughed accord
ing to their temper--and there were thousands of
them. for they from east and west
crowded sidewalk and street, and gazed and
criticised after the most approved fashion
OF the average sidewalk committees OF
observation. They thckly congregated in front
of the new City Hail. from which the torchight pro-
cession was to start and along the street west as
far as Mc(i street nothing to be but mass
OF humanity struggling with line of horses and
carriages. which the city policemen vainly en-
deavored to compel to go in direction whether to
the right or left
ADNnRrNG THE LIGHTED BUILDINGS.
The most handsomely decked buildings, of course.
came in for the attention of the gazers and foremost
building situated between Notre Dame street and
the Champ de Mars. There than
one hundred windows in this large structure.
Every one of these filled with lights. while the
grand pcrtco. which contains several large Gothic
pillars was ablaze. Jets from pipes running along
the Of the roof and upon the cornces entwined
about the pillars and made resemble fantastic shapes
shed lustre upon thousands of upturned whose
owners admired the monograms of Louise and Lorne
placed on either side Of crown. with " r." in
large script letters. the whole being well worthy the
admiration it received. Although the French Cana
dian people did not to enter as
unit in the demonstration OF light, their
newspapers were making up for them. Well worthy
Of mention is the Minerce office. II contained each
Of its nineteen windows a portrait of either the
Queen, some member of the royal family promi-
nent statesman Of the Dominion The Marquis Of
Lorne the Princess Louise, the Queen.
Prince Of Wales, Prince Arthur, and Canadas
Sir John Macdonald and Mr. Chapleau the
latter gentleman representing the political creed of
the paper certainly did the former the royalty
they much admired. Notices there in
abundance. and prominent among them were 1.-The
Campbclls Coming God Save the Queen" and
1.-THE Union Of Races Close up the Minerva. and
the side Of the street the Nonoeau Monde.
building covered with Chinese lanterns and illu-
minated mottoes.
THE BANK OF MONTREAL
As the evening advanced, toward eight O'Clock,
the crowd on the streets increased that shortly
after that there such thing passing either
one way or the other. At the Place dArmes. the
headquarters Of the great banking institutions Of
Montreal, Ave six thousand people, male and
female, were wedged in among the cabs and horses
indiscriminately. No police force could move them.
because they feastng their eyes upon the beau
ties of the Montreal Bank spectacle. This time
honored and grand old building
glow of brilliant light, and it is one
Of the finest specimens of Gothic architcc-
ture in the city. ample opportunity WAS afforded
the decorators. Several stone columns. thirty or
forty feet in height enwreathed with scrpentine
lines OF jets and the cornces all lit up in the
same manner. Besides these decorations there
were transparences containing the likenesses
OF many members of the royal family.
Prominent among them were the Marquis and
Princess. On the Consolidated Bank transparcncies
and lights exhibited in great profusion. while
all sides of this square except the French Cathe
dral which occupies the south side, the tall buildings
furnished each its quota of gaslight The Seminary
of st. Sulpice. of the few relics of old Montreal,
was one of the most tastcfully decorated Of down
town buildings. public private and the darkness
Of the night assisted in its striking effect
VICTORIA SQUARE AND BEAVER HALL HILL.
On st. James street the Mechanics Hall and other
buildings illuminated profusely. There
about the rest Of these buildings until Vic
toria square reached. Here the sight was . very
pretty one. and the whole of this square. which
bristled with bayonets last 18th of July, was
hung with lights of the most brilliant and
varied colors. Tho Young Mems Christian Association
building loomcd up. the windows resplcndent in the
decorations. which placed with niggard hand
ard lighting the way. Up Beaver Hall Hill to st.
Andrews Church lamps hung both
sides of the street. The church itself with a
number of others there seven Of them
here) was unusually well illuminated on this oc-
casion. It's pastor, the Rev. Gavin Lang is Of
the few who refused go in with the union of Pres
byterian churches few years ago. and his congre-
cation, believing perhaps they have q special
right to the Marquis of Lornc and everything
Scottish, spared no pains in their work which
was admirably done. 'Welcome to the Lord of
Lorne." and Louise and Lorne.'' were among the
chief decorative mottos. Beaver Hall square was
aglow and the residence of Mr.. George Washing
ton Stevens peculiar in its setting Of
light. So with Phillips square and all the build
ngs along Dorchester street to the Windsor Hotel
where the Bishops Palace tCatholicl unique. 1t
was decorated with prettily arranged green. yellow
red. blue and white lights much in the manner as a
ship would bo by clever sailors and the admired
Of all others. Black and grim the st. Peters be-
side it looked in its unfinished state and lonely it
was among the rcst, not light visible.
THE COLLEGE
Another building which deserves especial mention
was the Jesuts' College. which stands next to the
church of that Bleury street. 1t can be
from nearly any quarter of the city. possesses
more than hundred windows, and was. perhaps,
the most brilliantly illuminated OF any OF the
buildings. Looking away mp to the mountain side
the eye could see Ravens Crag, the residence of sir
Hugh Allan; and the turrcts OF this mansion.
properly speaking. CASTLE lighted. while from
the whole grounds from bonhrcs q dense
body OF hight that illuminated the sky in
all directions. assisted IL by the blazo from
McGi College, the residence Of NJ. II. Gault. aud