The New York Herald Newspaper, November 26, 1878, Page 3

DBD. | ‘Amazing Display of English Loy- alty at Halifax, LORNE LAN MAGNIFICENT NAVAL SCENE. The Marquis and Princess Greeted by Thousands of Hearty Tars. RECEIVED IN STATE. Grave Dignitaries in Robes and Chains at the Water’s Edge. HIS EXCELLENCY’S SPEECH Campbell's Scion Sworn to Execitte the Laws of Canada GRAND DRAWING ROOM. First Floral Gift to the Queen’s Daughter. [BY TELEGRAPH TO ‘THE, HERALD. ] Haurrax, N. 8., Nov. 25, 1878. Away up, dominating Halifax and its harbor, looms Citadel Hill. On its crest is a signal station. There watchers, whose duty the year round it is to espy approaching craft, had watched with sharpened eyes for three days and nights for the appearance of the steamship Sarmatian, bearing hither the new Gov- ernor General of Canada, and his wife—the first Princess of England who ever set foot on, American yoil. As to Lord Lorne himeelf, he is no’stranger to ‘Canada, since, in his reply to the Liverpool Chainber of Commerce, he spoke of a visit to Canada twelve years ogo. The signal came at night on Saturday, but Sunday intervened without any formal landing or ceremonial. The Duke of Edinburgh, brother of the Princess Louise, visited the Sarmatian in his steam pinnace, and, on leaving, took his sister away with bim, keeping her away for some hours. Numer- ous informal visits were paid to their Excellen- cles by the dignitaries of the Dominion and Provincial government and the Admiral and the oflicers of the fleet, and when night came,with fair weather the dis- tinguished guests were left to their first tranqui sleep since their departure from Ligerpool. é CANADA'S OVER-PRIMMING JOY. Halifax, however, was all awake, beaming and boil- ing over with lights and loyalty. No better idea of the feeling toward the Qucen’s representative, who, by the way, is not recognized in Lord Lorne nearly #o much as in Her Majesty's daughter, can be given you than in this transcript from an editorial article entitled “Welcome” in the Morning Chronicl: :— t, “On a far-off ial, On» mighty nation, Mother of Nations, shine the rays of the rising sun. On the mighty billows of ocean, vexed by fretful November winds, on a speeding ship with fair and manly bur- then freighted, strike the rays of the noon-day orb. On a vast continent, on an expectant people, gleam the splendors of the setting King of Day. Out into the Atlantic: Canada has gazed through the deep gloom of night and the vapors of early dawn, watch- ing for the first faint glimpse of the golden crimson banner. From the distant isle to the near tontinent comes floating o’er the waters the whispered prayer of ‘God speed’ to the daughter of the Queen and the heir of Argyll. From the val- leys and dales, from the forests and’streams, from the lakes and seas of the great Dominion there breathes forth the passionate call, ‘O, bring them tafe,’ ‘O, bring them quickly.’. And it roils on away, away through fog, through storm and meets the brave ship as she dashes on westward with the star of empire. “Old Ocean's waste is gray and melancholy no more, but gay and glad echoes the wish of the mill- ions in England and the millions in Canada. Who is it that comes from across the sea? ‘Lorne,’ shout the waves of the deep; ‘Louise,’ cry the winds of heaven. Lorne, chosen by his Queen to rule this fair land of ours; Lorne, of a ducal race, the heir; Louise, beloved daugliter of a beloved Queen; Louise, the royal bride of the Chief of the Gaels. Lorne and Louise, our gracious rulers now. The sovereign spoke— And far across the sea they went, In that new world, which is the old; Across the sca and far away, Beyond its utmost Puple rim, 'y And deep into the dying day, ‘The happy Princess followed him. “As they go England's parting cheer follows them to the uttermost verge of the deep; as they sai] Canada’s welcome greets them from afar ‘with songs and cry- ings and sounds of acclamation.’ HITHER, COME HITHER. “Nova Scotia hails them :— O, hither, come hither, and furl your sails; Come hither to me and to me, For here are the blissful downs and dales, And merrily, merrily carol the gales, ‘And the spangle dances in bright and bay, And the rainbow forme and flies on the land, Over the islands tree, And tho rainbow lives in the curve of the sand. Hither, come hither, and see, And the rainbow hangs on the poising wave, And sweet is the color of cove and cave, And sweet shall your welcome be, O, hither, come hither, and be our lords, “How shall that ®elcome be fitly expressed? How give words to the joy all Canada ‘feels on this day? How shape into duc form the mighty cry which, trom Atlantic to Pacific, from frozen north to warmer south, from the Rockies to the Cabequids, from the Fraser to the St. Lawrence, this day shouts ‘Wel- come to thee, Marquis of Lorne; to thee, Princess Over the sea our galleys went With cleaving prows in order bravo, To a speeding wind and a bounding wave, A gallant armament. “But jealous fogs hid your vessel from their sight, end through storm and darkness you approached our coasts. In the nighttime you vailed past Sambro, past Chebucto, past Thrum, but as morning broke * caine the radiant sun and flashed a welcome from the east. “And to-day will Inglefield’s fleet thunder forth for you a royal ealute—an imperial welcome on the deep. As you sail up fort will call to fort, and loud will ting York and George's greeting. The hills of Falk- land will echo it; the glades of Macnabs will repeat. And over all comes the voice of the citadel, guardian of our city, speaking it with brazen clang and roar. But louder, clearer, higher than all, sounds the cry of the people, as, with glad acclaim, wo say, ‘Welcome! thrice welcome!’ Loyal hearts and true are bere; you have changed the clime to find no change in warmth of affection; nay, rather an in- crease thereof, for strong thongh be the love English. men bear their Queen, stronger by far is onr Cana dian love of her. And to you, her gracious messen- gers, to you, new bonds of union with our mother. Jand, our hearts go out with glad readiness, “Accept, We pray you, Cauada’s welcome. It is trie; it is wincero, Sho knows how great is the trust confided to her, but sho will prove well worthy of it, ‘Tis afar cry to Loch Awe,’ but further than Loch Awe, further than Balmoral, further than Os- “thenmber of the: ~NEW YORK, HERALD, TUESDAY, ‘NOVEMBER 26, 1878.—TRIPLE SHEET. borne, reaches Canada’s greeting to Lorne and Louise. The sentry in dark defile of Himalayan Mount, the watcher by the Cape of Storms, the dweller ou far Australian run, the Briton in Chinese Hong have all heard it this day; over the vast extent of that glorious Empire on which the sun never sets has sped our ery of ‘Hail!’ Now among ué, be it your pleasant lot edch day to receive new proofs of affee- tion and respect; each day to dwell more lovingly on the memory of the hour when first you set foot on Nova Scotia’s shore, to become the happy rulers of a happy people. Our streets blossom and bloom to- day. And see, mingled with the evergreen is the white heather, Highland symbol of good luck and prosperity.” . © WONDERFUL ENTHUSIASM. If this can be beaten by any more rapturous scribe, let all the British colonies compete, The excuse for it is that it did not exaggerate the general feeling heré, which was devoted, this morning on the streets, and on the roofs and in the windows of a thousand ancient and modern buildings. For a week carpenters and decorators have been busy; arches have been rising, and every countryman’s cart approaching town has been Jaden with pine’bopghs and spruceand cedar. No merchant felt it eafe to neglect the orna- mentation of his store. The public places, of course, have been profusely adorned, Government buildings fling out flags from their windows, banners from their balconies and ensigns and streamers from the staffs above their roofs, At every turn this morning one met with evergreens, mottoes, gophics and all sorts of loyal symbols in the air. BRILLIANT NAVAL SCENE. The Sarmatian having anchored in the harbor, as described last night, the expected naval ceremonial was in fact omitted, and some of the sketches already sent on in advance to the New York and London illus- trated newspapers will have to be revised in conso- nance with later facts, The fleet wes to accompany, or rather pilot, the steamer into port in two columns, and that “spectacle, together with the anticipated broadside salntes, would have been well worth jour- neying far to see. As it was, the spectacle in the harbor was brilliant enough»to satisfy, any,ono not tised to yreat naval displays, The Sarmatian had anchored at such a point toward the harbor's mouth as compelled her to steam past most of the forts and all the war vessels before arriving opposite the dockyard where the official landing was to take place. She did not raise her anchor until half-past tem o'clock A. M., and long before that time three-fourths of the local population, together with thousands of strangers, were assembled at the best points for the first view. t LOUISE GREEYED WITH SUNSHINE. The proverbial “royal sunshine” which is said to burst on great occasions upon scions of the reigning house of England, wherever they may be, did not fail Victoria's daughter on this oceasion. The sun clove the clouds almost at the instant shoe ascended from her cabin to the Sarmatign’s deck, at which moment, ten A. M., the officers of the ship wero on watch to greet ‘her with uplifted hats. The Marquis of Lorne’ himself had been up for an hour and more, and while traversing the dak of the steamer spoke with one of ‘the officers of the beauty and convenience of the harbor, and listened in return to @ description of the harbor of New York. The islands here reminded his companion of the famous metropolitan port; but just as the Sarmatian started on her way toward the city and the guns of York Re- doubt belched forth their thunders His Excellency said :— “Well, I'll not believe that New York Harbor can look better than this one at the present moment.” Indeed, at that instant the scene was so inspiriting as to justify the Marquis’ doubt. MOVING ,TOWARD HALIFAX. ‘The wharves of Halifax were packed to their edges with black crowds, and the steamships, merchant sailing vessels and lighters in the slips all wore bright bunting from hull to trick. Many docks were spanbed by green arches} and every available outpost showed some signal, denoting the observance of the general holiday. Two or three privileged steamers wtarted ont end follow: Sermatian, bearing the e Rnflish, Cann ‘and American press, As the steamship moved up the port the echoes of the salute from York Redoubt were mingled with the reports of cannon from Fort Clarence, on the oppo- site shore, The great guns on the summit and in the Awemates of St. George's Island waited until the Sarmatian got fairly by them before the word was given for them to epeak, for when their voices began the windows of the remotest hut in the suburbs of the city felt the concussion through miles of air, The topmost cannon were fired first, six of them, with an intermission of fifteen seconds between each discharge. Then the bellowing from the casemated ten-inch columbiads began, making the island to sound like a a den of colossal lions, Smoke enough arose from the mouths of its sodded caverns to almost obseure the eastern extremity, and when the Sarmatian appeared beyond the western rim she seemed, with the rolling smoke above her, to have cscaped from a hostile can- nonade, She was then a quarter of a mile distant from the British war vessels, tho Bellerophon, Black Prince, Pert, Rover, Constant and the Argus’ These had taken up positions opposite the dockyard, where the Sarmatian would have to pass between them three on each side of her. HUZZAHS FROM THE TARS, The Bellerophon, a ram, is Admiral Inglefeld’s vessel, and the Black Prince the Duke of Edinburgh’s. As the Sermatian slowly approached, the Black Prince ‘was the first to man yards. Up went the men into the rigging, climbing in groups, while thf band at the stern struck up in notes which could be heard all over the harbor, “God Save the Queen.” Lord Lorne, who is not the most impressionable of his country- men, involuntarily lifted his hat when he heard this familiar strain, and then the Princess Louise, turning to Lady Sophia Mac- namara, said something in an undertone about her royal mother. ‘The thought of the Queen was naturally uppermost in the minds of both the Marquis and the Princess at this hour, for it is under- stood that Hor Majesty was chiefly interested in pro- curing for the husband of her favorite daughter his appointment to bis new and responsible post. The marriage between the two was decidedly one of choice and not of political convenience. ‘Tho Marquis hay- ing been descended from the Duchess of Sutherland, once mistress of the robes of the Queen, the latter had much to do with his early education, In her journal of “Our Life in the Highlands” Her Majesty wrote of the Marquis when a boy :—‘‘Ontside stood the Marquis of Lorne, just two years old, a dear white, fat, fair little fellow, with reddish hair, but very delicate fea- tures, like both his father and mother,” and subse- quently the young nobleman, who has got over being fat and little, was much praised by her. As he cast his eyes, therefore, aloft at the sailors who, in a few minutes, assumed their stations on the spars of the Black Prince, and noted the other handsome prepara- tions around him, the Marquis may well have thought that for a young man he had lost all recent possible reasons for objécting to a royal mother-in-law, LUSTY CHRERS IN THE Coro, ‘Tho Black Prince's sailors not reached the mis- zen crosstrees when from the decks of the rest of the fleet men were seen ascending on the same errand. Flags and streamers were in the meantime disposed over the rigging of every ship. From foremast, main- mast and mizzonmast floated the ensign of St. George, and at the peak of the Bellerophon flew the plain white cross. Up climbed ¢he British tars. The weather, though still streaked with sunlight, was cloudy and coll, and as one watched the crews ascending and saw them stretch themselves along the yards in rows as regular as the ranks of militiamen on @ sumomer day's parade, it was im- possibie not to feol a tender pity for their toca “Every man of them,’ said @ sea captain, “is baro- footed.” Whether barefooted or not they were m- comfortable, for even at the height of the uppor deck of a steamer the wind cnt sharply through civilians’ overcoats. Yet, at the command, as the Sarmatian passed on, all cheered with that heartiness of tone which seems natural to the English man-of- war's man, and can never be imitated by other mortal throats, There they stood, hundreds of them, in an atmosphere as blue as their toe nails, and shouted nine times and a “iigor,” those nearest the track of the mainmasts being the most vehomenut in their s#late, It made the cheeks of the Princess Louise glow with pleasure, and even caused the young Marquis an apparcnt thrill, Tho Sarmatian responded with Scottish bagpipes (o tho music and the cheers, and then, at half-past eleven o'clock, the sailors descended from their perches, the steamship dropped her anchor and the ceremonies were suepended until halt- past one inthe afternoon. AT THE DOCKYARD, At the latter hour a report of gans from the citadel and the ringing of bells throughout the city swa- mone everybody to the dockyard, the scene of the expected landing. Vehicles had been engaged two weeks beforehand by those who did not have their own equipages, aud as no street cars or omnibuses: are visiblo in Halifax the prices of livery teams were raised high, Every carriage, hack, cab, buggy, cart and wagon was in request, and pedestrians who were not fortunate enough to have secured a conveyance hurried by scores toward the place, which is a rather ancient and curious one. The dockyard itself was estublished in the last century, and alongside of it is the hulk of the Pyramus, launched et Copenhegen early inthe present century by Lord Nelson, She was one of the men-of-war painted Wy Turner, and was pierced for twenty and odd of the old fashioned twenty-four pounders. ‘Che officers’ residences, most of them old, and all partially modernized, were pro- fnsely decorated, and stands, glso ornamented and overbung with evergreens and banners, had beon epected for the accomodation of those guests who were so fortunate as to be admitted, HISTORIC REMINISCENCES AT THE WATER'S EDGE. At the landing carpets were laid and a plentiful mass of bunting helped to make up a pretty show on the threshold of their Excellencies’ first adventure on Canadian soil. At the same spot where the guests of to-day were expected several personages of high degree had previously landed. ‘The very plavk nearest the water was historical. Prince Will- iam Henry, afterward William IV., landed there from the Pegasus on the 4th of October, 1786. Again ho visited Halifax in 1788, and was present at the anni- versary of the coronation of George IIL, on the 21st of September, when there was a grand military dis- play. ‘The present and the past are more nearly identified by reference to tho visit which Prince Edward, grandfather of the present Princess Louise, paid to Halifax in 179%, ‘The days of the Duke of Kent are still referred to as the most interesting in the early history of Halifax, as many localities are connected with incidents illustrating his career and:character. The Prinve of Wales, too, and Prince Arthur, now the Duke of Connaught, were more recent visitors, and the sojourn of the letter: young and amiuble Prince is recollected by most of the presventresidents of the city, Last came the Duke of Edinburgh, of whom an account was sent you a few evenings ago, and whose vessel, the Black Prince, was anchored hearest tho scene of this afternoon's reception. ARRIVAL OF THE ‘TROOPS. Gradually there assembled ot the dockyard a battal- ion of the 101st regiment and another battalion of the ‘Ninety-seventh regulars, with a detachment of the Royal Marine Artillery and another of the Marine Light Infantry of Halifax. These troops, in various colored uniforms, were so placed as to guard all the ‘approaches, lin®the route of exit from the yard and present a good display. The dignitaries who assembled at the landing were numerous and for the most part strikingly attired. ‘The Mayor, Mr. Stephen Tobin, appeared in official robes of crimson surmounted by a black stovepipe hat, and the Rev. George Hill. Chancellor of the Uni. versity of Halifax, was arrayed im purple velvet, with a cap of the same material ornamented with s golden tassel, The crimson garments of the Mayor were bequcathed by a predecessor who brought them from England for state occasions, and it was impossi- ble not to meditate upon the picturo which Mayor El" might make to. the democracy of New York if he should don a similar gown afd collar. Officers of the Province and the Dominion government, including Lieutenant Governor Archi- bald, Sir Jobn Macdonald, the new Premier, and Lieutenant General Sir Selby Smyth were also uniformed, and these, together with a crowd @ splen- didly dressed aids and members of the Citizens’ Committee with rosettes, stood out boldly against the dark mass of spectators behind them. Only four ladics—the daughter of the Lieutenant Governor and her friend—sstood in a position'to mest the. distin. guished party, who were now signalled to haye lett the Sermatian, THE MARQUIS AND PRINCESS LAND, As the signal was given the yards of the ficet were manned anew and the combined cheer of the sailors came across the water as a steam pinnace, followed by the boats of the men-of-war, was seen to set ont from the side of the Sarmatian. ‘he pinnace, in- stead of coming directly to the dockyard, sped to the ladder of the Black Prince and took on board tho Duke of Edinburgh, with whom, # few minutes atterward, it approached the shore, All the thou, sands in the dockyard and gathered on the neighboring roofs were then on the tiptoe of expecta- tion. The troops drew up and prepared to present arms and lower colors. The officials, advancing in exact order of precedence, together with their re- spective staffs, moved to the verge of the landing. Three minutes later the steam launch, canopied at the stern, and containing the Marquis of Lorne, the Prin- cess Louise, Admiral Inglefield and the Duke of Edin- burgh, rounded the right hand pier and came to the steps. q THY, CAMPBELL, ON SHORE. The Admiral first stepped ashore in his conspicuous uniform. Next the Duke of Edinburgh, in his uni, form as Post Captain in the Royal Nayy, covered with decorations, which included the Garter, tho Star of India and the ribbons of the Order of the Bath. The Marquis of Lorne, who appeared next, pleased every one almost with his youth, his smile and his bearing. What the Queen alluded to in her diary as his “‘red- dish hair’ has since grown too nearly blonde to justify in itself the prediction among the carly legends of the Argyll family that ail the glories of the Campbeil line are to bo renewed in the first chief who in the hue of his locks approuches to Jan Roy Cean, ‘Rei John the Great still,” said one of the Canadian Manistry to your correspond- ent this evening, “ho will have fair oppor- tunity in Canada.” And to illustrate the young Gov- ernor General's spirit a friend has enclosed me acopy of a poem which the Marquis published in 1875, called “Guido and Lita,” which contains the follow. ing stanzas :— Noble names, if noble borne, Live within a nation’s heart; If of such thou bearer be Never let that name for thee Paint the scorn shrined within Its narrow bound, Other hopes than thine have part, For it once in life was theirs Who from weight of earthly cares ‘: Peace have found, Yet remember 'tis a crown That can hardly be thine own ‘Till thou win it by some deed ‘That with glory fresh shall feed Their renown. Pride of lineage, pomp of power, Heap dishonor on the drone; He shall lose his strength who never Uses it for fair endeavor— Brie? his hour. ‘These are fair words, and something in the aspect of the young man ,as he ascended the stops snd re- sponded to tho greetings of the group who saluted him, denoted that they did not belie his real charac. ter and sentiments. APPEATANCE OF THE PRINCESS, ‘The Princess, who accompanied him in a dark | travelling suit, with a cap adorned with a black feather, was, of course, the “‘cynosure of all malo eyes,” those of the assembled ladios being cortainly diverted toward her noble and handsome husband, Any one who supposes that tho stories about Queen Victoria's ugly children have the least grain of truth in them should have been here to be startled by the ‘beauty, united to modost, grave and quietude which the people of Halifax cheered to- diy, A face and manner more literally charming are | seldom joined in the person of any lady whomsoever, | and princesses who possess a scant portion of this one’s loveliness are more than rage. The dockyard reception lasted only a few, moments, and wag accompanied, when the Marquis end the Prim cows stepped into the carriage in waiting, with a burst of loyal cheers, For this purpose ail the great people who were admitted to the landing surrounded the Vehicle, lifted their hats and shouted as Instily as boys, 1t was curious to eee so'many gray heads Rnd bull heads above gotgevus uniforms bared before a young vouple who Jackel so much of the lite and experictice which was thas forgotten in the enthusiasm of truo Britons, The troops _Were ordered om tlie march, bands began to play, and, | soon along procession, led and atcompanied by con- | stant hurras, moved out of the dockyard and throngh the streets, which were decorated, overhung and growded for the occasion. THE PROCESSION TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE. ‘The procession then formed and passed from the dockyard in the following ordé: ‘the Grand Marshal. Detachment of City Police. The Mayor, Corporation, and General Reception Com- mittee’in carriages. His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, His Royal High- ness the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Admiral. Carriage containing Her Royal Highness the Princess Lonise and the Marquis of Lorne. ‘The Staff of the General Commander-in-Chicf, The Archbizhop and Dominion Cabinet, in carriages. Chief Judges of the Court of Law and Equity, Mem- bers of the Privy Council and not of the Cubinet, in carriages, Members of the Senate of Canada, Speaker of the House of Commons. Puisne Judges; members of the House of Commons. Members of Provincial executive councils. The Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of the University and the Superintendent of Education. Judges of the county courts. Foreign Consuls. President and members of the Legislative Council. Members of the Legislative Assembly. Custos and county inagisirates and the Corporation of Dartmouth. The various societies turning out lined the streets from the dockyard to the military lines in the follow- ing order:— The North-Dritish Society. Charitable Irish Society. St. George's Society. Manchester Unity. Odd Fellows. Anglo-African Society. Catholic Total Abstinence Society. St. Joseph's Society. On the procession passing out of the gate the socie- ties wheeled inward in succession and followed. The streets were lined by different societies, the regulars anil militia, including tho artillery of both, and the Royal Engineers. All along the roite the sidewalks were crowded with people. ‘There were probably twenty thousand persons in tho streets, In all parts of tho city flags wero flying and the streets on the route were tonipetely lined and canopied with spruce, buuting and other decorations. The crowd on foot kept up an almost continual cheering along the line. The utmost enthusissm was shown and the best order prevailed. The procession halted at the Pro- vincial Building and proceeded to the Assembly Cham- ber, where the viceregal party arrived at twenty minutes to three. THY, MARQUIS SWOUN IN, Judge Ketchie, in his crimson robes, took a seat at thd left of the throne at a table. In front of the throne, at the right, sat Sir John MacDonald, the Hons. Rope, Baby and Dr. Tupper; on the left, the Hons. Maekenzie, Bowell, Masson, Aikens and O’Con- nor. Her Royal Highress Princess Louise took her seat to the right of Sir Patrick McDougall, admin- istratorof the government, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinborough being om his lefé in full cos- tume as acaptain in tho royal navy, his breast cov- ered with orders and decorations. Silence ensued in the midst of the pomp of uniforms and decora- tions surrounding the distinguished group thus gathered spoke to the eye. Major Dwinton opening a great piece of parchment read the formal paper appointing the Marquis to be Gov- ernor of the Dominion. During this roading all re- mained seated, but at its conclusion everybody, fol- lowing Judge Ritchies’ example, rose. The Marquis advancing one side of the desk before him opened the book of oaths, which was handed to him by his ‘secretary. With one hand on this he extended another hand to the Bible, hela out to him by the Justice, and annunciated with entire self pos- session and an accent of strongly English tone, those words :— “I, Sir John Douglass Sutherland Campbell, commonly called the Marquis of Lorne, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true alle- gisnce) to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and will défend her to the utmost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatever which shall be made against her or them. And I do faithfully promise to maintain, support and defend to the utmost of my power the succession to the crown, which succession, by an act entitled “an «act for the further limitation of .the crown and better securing of the rights and liberties of the subject’”’ is and stands limited to tho Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and tho heirs of her body, being Protesiants, hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm. “And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, State or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority or authority, guber- natorial or spiritual, within the realm. “And I make this declaration upon the true faith of a Christian, so help me God.” Following this and kiasing the Bible at the end of each declaration he took these oaths :-- THE oaTHs. First—You shall well and truly execute the office and trust of Governor General of Canada and the ter- ritories extending thereon, and duly and impartially administer justice therein, so help you God, Second—You shall do your utmost endeavor that all the clanses, matters and things contained in the sey- eral acts of Parliament heretofore passed and now in force relating to trade and Her Majesty's colonies and plantations be punctually and bond fide preserved ac- cording to the true interest and meaning thereof, so help you God. You shall well and truly execute the office of Keoper of the Great Seal of Her Majesty's Dominion of Canada according to the best of your knowledge and ability. So help you God. To these plodges the Marquis affixed his sign- ature promptly and rapidly, and at the con- clusion of the latter one he handed the great seal gf the Dominion to the Secretary of State, Hon. Senator Aikins, ssying, “I hereby givo into your hands the great seal of the Dominion for safe keeping.” Searcely had this been done when, according to # telegraphic signal, the city bells began to ring, apd a new salute of seventeen guns to the new Governor General was begun from all the war ships and neigh- boring fortresses. GOVERNOR GENERAT. Sir Patrick McDougall, arising from his seat, grace- fully surrendered it to his successor and made pro- found bows to the Princees and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Marquis assuming the chair for a moment rose and shook hands with Lieutenant Governor Archibald, Sir = John McDonald, Lieuten- ant Colonel Sir Selby Smyth and a few other prominent gentlemen, and the audi- ence was dismissed. ‘The street procession was immediately, formed again, and = in the course of the next hour and a half nearly every lady in Halifax had an opportunity to gaze npon the young statesman who was hailed by the Marquis. HIS EXCELLENCY'S REPLY, ‘The Marquis replied as follows to the addross of Mayor Tobin, reading in a clear voice [the corporation address has already been printed in the Henary]:— “Mn, Mayon AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ConPoRaTION or THE CtTy or Hanirax:— “I thank you, as the representative of Her Majesty the Queen, and in her name, for the loyal words con- tained in your address, which expresses well the sentiment of devotion to her throue and person which have ever characterized the people of the Provinces of British North Ameri: and which I am persuaded are nowbere more truly felt and more universally shared than in this city, the capital of the ancient colony of Nova Scotia, Your comiunity has been, I may say, alvcady long associated with the history of the family of our gracious Sovercign, for it was here that His Royal Highness the Dake of Kent passed many years of sol- dier life. It is to your city that two of his grand- ildren come to-day. You have with yor—tT re tto say for only @ very short time—the Prince profession of @ seaman, who has made the honore that in which in every quarter of the globe he has already had an opporttinity of serving Her Majesty. He hes already visited North America, and let us hope that when he again comes the occasion may be mato then more auspicious by the presence of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Edinburgh. In no part of the British Empire are the perils and tho honors of the naval profession better understood than on the shores of Nova Scotia; much attention is given to the sur sful cultivation of the land and of the iminer’s art, the anger of the sea is braved, a6 on the coasts of the other mariti:ue prov- inces of this great country, by thousands of intrepid seamen; its pathless flelds are made the highways of commerce by your hardy seilors; its wealth gathered by your gallant fishermen, and tho art of navigation is familigr to many among your population. “Although sons of the Sovereign have before this day visited these shores, this is the first occasion on which a daughter of the reigning house has seen the New World, [rejoice that the Princess Lonise lands on this continent among a people so loyal and thor- oughly worthy of the British as are the inhabitants of this famons colony, and I speak but toebly for her when [ say that she is much moved by the kindness of your welcome. For my own part, I thank you for the flattering manner in which you haye spoken of my acceptance of this high office, and I can only hope that I shall in some measure be able to follow in the footsteps of your late GovernorGeneral. Ishallatall events always entertain the greatest solicitude for the welfare and the interests of these Provinces, “Let mo add, in conclusion, that the congratula- tions you have addressed to us, and the hearty anf enthusiastic loyalty shown in our reception, make the day on which we enter your noble harbor—the hospitable and ever open gates of your Province and of the wide Dominion beyond—a day to remain in grateful remembranc and I assure you we consider ourselves most fortunate in having cast our lot with so generous, warm-hearted and devoted a peo- ple.” A CROWDED “DRAWING ROOM.” There was then an intermission between excite- ments, the last being reserved for the evening. A grand drawing room reception was announced for half-past nine o'clock P. M. at the Government House, but it was after ten when the Feception fairly began, ‘The Government House was then fairly stormed. Every equipage in the sarrounding country, 28 well as Halifax, had by this timo been pressed into servieo by the loyal hundreds who could afford such luxuries, in addition to full dress and etceteras. And when one got into the residence through the jam efcoaches he found a crowd in the interior so big and so impressed with the importance of the oc- casion that movement anywhere was like a snail's. The strictest regulations were observed a8 at a royal presentation. No lady was allowed without the regulation ware shoulders, ex cept in one or two cases of dames and spinsters so ancient that they were allowed the faint | shield of a black lace scarf; but most of those who came needed not, it should be truly said, any such veil for their loveliness, A glance around the rooms was relieved by the sight of risfig end falling snow drifs in the midst of red uniforms, black coats and military helmets, and the most of these drifts were unflecked and had above them faces as fresh as an Alpine rose. There wero ladies from all parts of the Dominion, and resees that would not discredit a Parisian modiste. Bright colors were prevalent and plenty of jewelry was worn, especially about throats too fair to be thus laden; but otherwise the drawing room was marked by @ good taste as it was by good breeding an@rigid | rules. IN THE PRESENCE OF ROYALTY. Along hall and three rooms had to be traversed before the inner apartment, where the reception was held, was reached. Flowers loaded the mantels, the picturo frames and some high ‘shelves on the pérfumed way. At last an open door revealed the interior, where, on a slightly raised place stood the new Governor General, the Princess Louise and the Duke of Edinburgh together. Tio scene here was unique to whom soever happened to be unfamiliar to court usages, and far beyond the state oven affected. by any official on this side of the Atlantic. Each guest took with him two cards, one of which he left at the first entrance. The other he handed to the first one of a line of several aides-de-camp and secretaries in full uniform in the drawing room, This latter card was passed along to the secretary next to the Marquis, by whout the’ meme on it was called aloud. The visitor passed in the meantime up to the presence of the Marquis, having heen pre- viously told that he or she must wear a glove on the left hand, but not on the right; therefore, with one hand in glove, the visitor bowed first to the Marquis, next to the Princess and next to tho Duke of Edinburgh, all of whom stood in their places without extending their hands or giving any but a visaal sign of recognition. Those who had the pleasure of knowing either of the three were, of course, privileged to salute them more inform- ally aftér the first regulation obeisance, but the style I have described was kept up by all strangers in a amanner similar to that at the Queen's own receptions at home. A good many side remarks were heard in regard to the matter. The principal thought in the minds of some shrewd Canadians being that Canada ia too poor to maintain indefinitely a strict foyal state and royal usages. PRINCESS LOUISE ON THR DAI, Hor Royal Highnem looked even more attractive to-night than she did in her neat travelfing dress in he afternooh. She wore a rich white silk petticoat surmounted by a dress composed en® tirely of black velvet, handsomely trimmed with claire de lune jet. Her headdress consisted of # diamond tiara, feathers and veil, and her other ornaments were diamonds and pearls. Besides these she wore the Victoria and Albert crosses and the Star of India, The Marquis wore his Windsor uniform, the Order of St. Patrick and the grand cross of St. Michael and St. George. ’ The Duke of Edinburgh appeared in his full dress uniform a« captain, and among the decorations on his breast, which composed nearly every Order in the «gift of kings and emperors, were those of the Garter, Knight of Bath and the Star of India. . Lady Sophia MacNamara, the only ledy-in-waiting, was very quietly attired, and the Hon. Mrs. Moreton wore adress of black velvet, trimmed with Alaska fur. Among the guests was Mr. Jackson, the American Consul. RETIRING POR THE DAY. Toward midnight the vermment House was abandoned by the Marquis and the Princess for the Admiralty House at the dockyard. A residence, thoroughly English in all ita appointments, in which the Princess canuot fail to feel at home. Half way up the staircase, at tho turning level, is a large window filled with Scotch heather, Jerusalem cherries, forns and raro plants. To the left, as one reaches the top of tho staireaso, is the suite te be oceupied by the Princess during her stay in the honse. ‘Tho boudoir at the further ond is a lovely little room, with three windows. The carpet is dark green. The’ wall papers are quiet, ‘The furniture is handsome and the double cur- taina are of lace and flowering cretonne on the walls hang portraits of the Queen and the Prince Consort, together with several chromos snd two water colors from the Admiral’s hand, one of them. A dismasted war ship of the Spanish Armada, having been painted during his last visit to Quebec. On the mantel ‘is @ curious clock, with barometer and compass attached, and in front of it lies & Malay creecse. There is @ beautiful pair of Venetian vases on the mantel, with candlesticks and rare Jace. A sofa stand made of several woods, with inlaid mother of ponrl top, is a pleating ornament. Here, too, is an old arm chair used by the Princess’ grand. father, the Duke of Kent, while on this station a¢ commander of the British forces, Also a writing table, with gold inkstand, and three gold candlesticks, The betlroom adjoins the botdoir, ‘The walls are adorned with chromos and water colors, two of the latter being the Admi- rat's own work, ‘Tho dressing table is covered with rich lace. iu Malta, and said to have cost $1,500. On this tablo is ® Portuguese silver candlestick, The wantelpicce is trimmed with rare antiqne Fgyptian lace. Tho bedroom set fs of heavy black walnut with marble tops, At the head of the beedetead is a hand- some carving representing Cupid, ‘The bed cover is of Greck lace. Adjoining the bedroom is a large bathroom. The ito of three rooms occupies nearly one half of tho second floor, The room on the opposite aide will be 3 used by the ladies of the Princess’ party, and by mem+ bers of the family. The decorations in every part of the, house are in excellent teste, and there are ferpe and potted plants in great profusion. G AL ARRANGEMENTS FOR A RECEPTION OF LORNE AND LOUISE AT OTTAWA—SPECIAL HONORS—PROGRAMME FOR DECORATIONS, ILLUMINATIONS AND FIREWORES. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE BERALD.} O1rawa, Nov. 25, 1873. The programme for the reception of the Marquis and Princess is as follows, as far as now completed: — ‘Tho party will arrive at Sussex street station on Mon- day, the managing direvtor of the Lawreace and \ Ottawa Railway being of the impression that the un- finished Chanditre branch of the linc was not in ® condition to stand the weight of the viccrezal train, one car of which is sixty feet long. The committee were anxious that the Chanditre route should be chosen that citizons might have an opportunity of recing Their Excellencies as they passed through the city, An effort was also made to have Their Excel: lencies come via the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway, but instructions from Colonel Littleton did not admit of the chatge. The vice regal train will arrive at half-past thre> P. M., on Saturday next, under the escort of a guard of honor. Tho Governor General's foot gffras will do the military honors, A ROYAL WELCOME. On Their Execllencies leaving the cars the band will play the national anthem. The Mayor and Aldermen will escort them through the carpeted and decorated avenue to the marquee (tent), 80 feet by 110 feet, erected in the rear of the station, which will furnish seating accommodation for 1,003 persons. The Mayor will wear his silken robes and a heavy gold chain made specially for the occasion, The Aldermen will wear the Lorne tartan rosette on the left breast. A the entrance to the marquee there will be a grand welcome arch erected and the decorations will be profuse. Their Excellencies’ will be escorted to the dais erected inthe centre of the marquee, 300 school children singing @ “Song of Welcome’ to the Air of “The Campbells Are Coming.” At the conclusion of the song a royal salnte will be fired from the Nepeau Point battery. Their Excellencies having reached the dais the Mayor wilt present the corporation address, which will be the only one presevted at this time, ESCORT TO RIDEAU HALL, After His Excellency the Marquis of Lorne has r6 plicd the vice regal party will be escorted to Rideau Hall by the Dragoon Guards, passing through thres beautifully arranged arches—the first one stationed at the main entrance to the grounds; the second erected by the fire brigade opposite Metcalfe square, where the brigade will muster and give 3 steam whistle saluts—{the firemen’s arch is constructed of fire ladders appropriately decorated); the third arch near New Edinburgh Bridge. A guard of honor will also be stationed at Ridean Hall. An elaborate arch, erected by the civil service, has been placed on Par- liament grounds. GRAND ILLUMINATIONS AND FIREWORKS. In the evening there will be a grand illumination of buildings, government, civic and private, including clubs and banks, which will present something un- usually attractive. A pyrotechnical display on an elaborate scale has also been arranged, consisting of . rockets, bangolas, &c., sent up from thres points. Bonfires have been arranged for in different parts of the city. The committee are organizing a torchlight procession, in the hope of inducing His Excellency to drive through Parliament square in the evening. Hot air balloons will sail heaven wareuiinxsbuting colored Nights. All the flags in this city and 150 from Kingston are to be utilized in the decorations. The whole military force will parade, and several bands will be stationed’ at different points. In the evening the party will attend St. Andrew’s concert. ‘The day following the arrival His Excellency will receive addresses in the Sonate Chamber. THE MOUNT ST. BERNARD THAT TRAVELLED WITS 7 PRINCESS LOUISE FROM ENGLAND. On the 14th inst., just previous to tho sailing of the steamship Sarmatian, the Rev. I. Cumming Macdona, rector of Cheadle, in Cheshire, presented Her Royal ness the Princess Louise a magnificent) a Mount St. Bernard », own sister” Banccne at Waleh ae gondringham. ‘The Princess, Princess ia ing] +. ie like her royal noi, tee stiy fond of aos, especially and Mount St. Bertha, as the animal is called, is a daughter of Bayard, that won the first at London in the 1878 show, and her dam, is reputed to be i noblest looking animal of its species in Eng- and, A BISHOP'S MANSION ROBBED. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) . ReavinG, Pa,, Nov. 25, 1878, Tho elegant mansion of Rev. M. A. Dewolf Howe, Episcopal Bishop of the diocese of Central Pennsyb vanie, was enterod by #gang of thieves last night and undered of clothing and silverwar¢, The thieves then visited the clonets try and had a feast in the parlor, not forgetting the wine cellar. While ran- sacking the house one of the lady occupants of a upper chamber waa heard by the thieves and sho locked in her chamber by them. THE HEALTH OF NEW ORLEANS. New OxLxans, Nov. 25, 1878, ‘The’mortuary report for the week ending, Sunday, November %, at six P. M., shows 104 deaths, including 33 children der five of age. Among tha deaths for the week were if from yellow fever and 13 from other fevers. PEDESTRIANISM. . Bostox, Nov. 25, 1978, A twenty-five mile walk for the championship off New England came off between Charies P. py Charles A. Daniels on the Moston Beosbalb Grounds to-day. Daniels won in 4h. 28m, 228, CRUSHED BY A TRAIN. Charles Fultz, of No. 308 Johneon street, Williams: burg, was a passenger on the mail train on the South- ern Railroad of Long Island, yesterday. He was ¢ cattle drover, and was going to Jamaica to mest some cattle, which were being driven from Hempstead, H t in the smoking car snd smoked until the train blew for akon weay or the Jamaica it, when he walked out on the rear platform. Brakes were ap- plied an unusual distance west of the’ depot, because the engineer saw @ train taking on passengers. train did not, however, come to ® deal stop, when the train moved away from the denot for New York the mail train’s speed was increased. ‘When the mail train reached Divini lage locomotive of the express was abreast car. Just then Fults Jumped from the mail train, and attempted to run across the track in front of the ex- press, but was tripped by an overcoat which he car: ried and fell, Quick as thought the locomotive was upon him. His were across the track, lly. the wheels of the locomotive and all the cars them, almost cutting them off Teel More, Wood and Henderson att th ht depot. . jeraon that the left log must be amputated at the hip and the right one at the knee; but they did not think ho would live through the operation. It was thought best to send bim to an hospital, and he was put on hoard the half-past ten o'clock train for New York, He war conve; for treatment to Bellevae Hospital. where he died yesterday afternoon. Pulty was the only support of a widowed mother, WAR UPON DISORDERLY HOUSES. Raids were made last night, after ten o'clock, upon four disorderly houses in the Twenty-ninth precinct, warrants having been procured at the Essex Market Police Court for the purpose yesterday after noon by the Society for the Preventiow of Vice. Counsel Whitney, Dr, Crosby*and Moset Squires Meeker, of the society, appeared before Judge Duty and asked for the warrants, It was then deemed by the Court officers that to-night would be the best timo to make arrests, But officers of the society decided that the jetors of the houses would learn of their action end prevent their raid, Moxos Sqitires Meeker, the detective of tho society, wnsel befell Mes? = = nome asked Captain Clinchy for a posse o Me : it Sergeant Long and passed over above the knee. cine ‘They also secured the services of Roundsmen Reilly, of the Court squad. There were considerable excitement in front of the houses while the raids were being made by the police. MANHATTAN BANK CANARD. ‘There was a etory yesterday that the stolen secur ties belonging to the Manhattan Savings Bank bad been rottrrned to that institution, Inquiry at the bank sailed to confirm the rumor. President Schell raid he knew nothing about it except what ho saw in the newepapers, Then the securities have not been returned?” the tepotter asked. “Certainly not: I wish they had beqn.” Superintendent Walling lao said he had heard nothing im regard to the reported re- turn of the securitiory