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‘should characterize it. LORNE AND LOUISE. Montreal (Continues Her iant Reception. Brill- SATURDAY’S | PROGRAMME. Beautiful Ceremonies at the Con- vent Villa Maria MAIDENS’ PRAYERS. Scenes that Might Make the Princsss Jealous. ANOTHER “DRAWING ROOM.” co et a Unsurpassed Magnificence and Beauty at the Windsor. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] BMONTBEAL, Nov. 30, 1878, At Iast in the course of Lord Lorne’s journey through Canada an incident has occurred, unhack- neyed and even unique, of which one can write with some degree of real interest. I allude to the visit paid by the Marquis and the Princess Louise to the Convent Villa Maria this afternoon at half- past two o'clock. This convent is only one of he educational institutions of the Catholic Congregation de Notre Dame, and was the residence of Lord Elgin, a former Goy- ernor General of Canada. Some eighteen thousand pupils are under the tutelage of the congregation in different parts of Canada and the United States, but the Villa Maria is the most perfect of them all. Here the danghters of some of the leading families in America are educated, not only in book lore, but in manners and etiquette as well. AT THE CONVENT. At half-past two o'clock the Princess and the Mar- quis, accompanied by their suit and the Hon. Messrs. Baby and Masson, who lunched with them at noon, entered carriages and proceeded to the convent. A company of cavalry accompanied them along the stretch of country between Montreal city proper and Ville Marie, and crowds, gathered at different points, cheered them as they went. They reached the convent at about three o'clock, where they were received by Bishop Fabre and the General Mother Superior, Bt. Victor, assisted by Superioress Sister St. Provi- dence, and at Cote, St. Antoine. An address was presented by the inhabitants of the place, to which His Excellency responded in fitting terms. ‘Two arches spanned the road, and another very handsome one had been erected at the entrance'to Villa Maria Convent. The cavalcade presented a picturesque Sppearance as it passed the gateway and halted at the portal, which was opened by the nuns. Soon the outer doors were closed behind the viceregal party, which proceeded through dim halls aconsiderable distance to the an- cient chapel, where the reception was prepared. And now, as I begin a description of the scene, no reader need smile or turn cynic at the enthusiam which ‘The oblong and not at all imposing chapel was so deftly ornamented that its humble walls and facings receded from view behind the trophies and wreaths of flowers that depended from every available angle and cornice. Daylight was shut out with vigorous care and gaslight was introduced with equal precau- tion, skill and taste. In front of the altar, at the further end, three stars, composed of hundreds of jets of gas, blazed conspicuously, illuminating the eurved inscription above, and behind it was:— PO LLLO LOLI LEEOLELELELOCE NELE ODIO OE TEDELELDED IDLE WELCOME tO OUR ILLUSTRIOUS GUESTS. POCOLOIOLOOI LOLI IE ED DOGELEEELEDE DEDEDE LELODEIETE All around the apartment graceful candelabra were secu and above them shields bearing such mottoes as “Loborem dulce lenimen,” “Fama semper vivat,” “Auctor pretiosa jacit.”” But the long room itself, its festal borders, together with its white roof and subdued carpetry, was merely the frame in which was enclosed apicture too enchanting to be portrayed in words. In the distant recess before the altar ascending seats were placed, upon which sat some fifty lovely little children in white dresses, wearing varicolored sashes, and stockings of all hues below their short skirts. AN ENCHANTING PICTURE. ‘Then all around the place, close together in rows of chairs, cach raised behind the other, half way to the ceiling, were hundreds of beautiful voung ladies, pupils of the Convent, arrayed alike in faultless taste. Every one of these blossoming girls wore a plain close fitting dress of black silk, with rich white lace at the throat and wrists. Every one had her hair bound back siuply in a Grecian knot, with a black ribbon and white kid gloves completed their attire. Their attire, I say, Dut what added to the effect of the long perspective of youthful faces was the added beanty of budding roxes attached to the right breast of cach maiden: making up the appearance of that parferre to which His Lordship alluded in his subsequent address. Just before the altar was @ piano, with a select num- ber of girl singers clustered around it, and in front of it and almost hiding it was a cluster of six magnificent harps, with beantiful harpers in their teens standing in attitude of dal- liance beside them. Still further forward in the room sat, in a crescent concave toward the front, ten lovely girls wreathed with roses and with bands of silken plaid gathered in bows about their hips. In- termingled among them and grouped picturesqnely on the carpet were some half dozen fairy children, ‘who were soon to take part in the delightful ceremo- nial of the day. The throne, with two contrasted chairs of green and crimson intended for the coming guests was raised abont twenty fect from the en. trance, confronting and partially encircled by this exquisite presentment of childhood and maiden hood together. Above the lovely harpers hung a bright chandelier, wrought round with flowers and green tendrils, never having the appearance of those ordi- pary floral decorations which aro so often displayed et garish fostivals, lent everywhere a lace like adorn- ment to the faultless scene. THR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS ENTER. ‘Imagine, then, as I have endeavored to portray it, this apartment, encircled by beautiful young ladies, colored and perfumed with flowers, and lighted up most brilliantly and suddenly as the arrival of the Marquis and the Princess was announced by one of the groupe of pallid and soft voiced nuns at the hither door, At the sound of the French word arriv, the entire concourse rose and awaited the approach of Lord Lorne and the Princess, who came in preceded by aides and fol- lowed by their suite and several of the most distin- guished personages of the Dominion. Many of tho latter were in uniform, and made a vivid group adja- cont to the entrance, dispersing the accommodating nuns, As the Princess ascended the dais and viewed the spectacle her pleasure was most manifest, But the demeanor of the Marquis of Lorne partook of the self-possession of a man of the world, of three times his years and experience. {tis certain that he was never surrounded with eyes more sparkling, or beauty that dropped to him deeper courtesy than that which was at once and st- multaneously bestowed without an apparent signal at the moment when he and his royal consort took their places in front of the yreen and crimson chairs. Yet his acknowledgement was as staid as might have been that of as scptuagenarian, and his gaze in response to the ad- miring blaze of glances, of which he was the re- cipient, was as inild as Her Royal Highness beside him could have wished. Now ensued a series of graces by the pupils of the Convent to their Excellen- | prove with t NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMB cies, the absolute faultlessness of which put to shame the awkwardness which pervades any similar institution in France, Eugland or even Italy, which the writer has visited, and from which this com- parison is drawn. DELAGHTFUL EXERCISES, Music spoke first, everybody in the apartment | standing while forty delicate hands were em- ployed at onee on harp, the piano, the guitar, the organ, in a recess not before de- seribed, The Marquis and the Princess then seated themselves and all the pupils did likewise. Next a blushing young lady leading by the hand on either side a sweet little girl advanced, each of the latter carrying and presenting to their Excellencies a basket of flowers. Twice this proceeding was gone through with, and the obeisances made at cach pre- sentation were models of that lowly demeanor which no American would like to see cultivated at Vassar on the Hudson. Still nothing in the world could be bet- ter as an exhibition of “practiced grace.” ‘Then one of the young Iadies read an address with elocution which excited the emulation of her compeers, then, bending nearly to the carpet, retired. A song with herp accompaniment ensued, and sweet chords were in exact consonance with that the matchless taste surpassing anything under the roof of a theatre or an academy of music which the nun instructors of these far off pupils had instilled. The quietude, seclusion and uninterrupted harmony ot the whole proceeding henceftorward tended to make it seem entirely apart from the outer world. Ad- dresses after addresses followed, some poeti- cal, some in prose, but none prosaical, and all unlike in their manner and surroundings anything before contrived. The loveliness of the little children who were led forward frequently and presented their bouquets to the Marquis and Princess; their salutations in English and French, as well as the repeated obeisances of. the prosentors, and the whole congregation of pupils responded to by the Princess and the Marquis; the neat little French ac_ knowledgmenis and grasping soft hands which the two gave to the children, the smiles of the auditory, the soft strings of the harp accompanying every phase of the hour—all these things were part of a gradually perfected charm. ADDRESSES IN RHYME. Here is one of the addresses in rhyme, nothing in itself, but recited so that the sound mre than the sense reached the ear Throughout our fair Canadian land ‘There rises up an anthem grand, In which, as with one single voice, ‘A loyal people all rejoice— ‘The lowly and the high in place, The sons of every creed and race. From stern Newfoundland’s coast, dark, steep, To where Pacific's waters sweep, From cabin poor and home of pride, ‘That welcome’s heard on every side; While joy bells peal and cannons roar And bonfires blaze from shore to shore, Gladly each youthful voice we raise In this grand song of joy and praise, With loyal hearts your presence grect, Our sweetest flowers stem ‘neath your feet; With fervent prayers and bows sincere, Breathed softly in your kindly ear, My Lord, already is thy name Known unto Canada and fame; On thee do honor, genius smile, Hope of the greut house of Argyll— Winning all hearts by gracious mien, Fit envoy of our Empress Queen. Oh, loyal lady, can words tell ‘The thoughts that in our bosoms swell, On greeting in this humble scene ‘The daughter of our well loved Queen— Receiving in our convent walls, ‘The heart of royal Windsor’s halls. All hail in England's heart enshrined, In onrs e’en now with love entwined, ‘True gifted child of science, art, In all their triumphs taking part— Set rich in charms of womanhood, Gracious and lovely, noble, good. ’Mid records of our convent old, Will be inscribed in lines of gold Iliustrious gnests, this happy day, ‘Aud ever will our young hearts pray— ‘That peace and bliss and sunshine clear Surround your rule and sojourn here. Here another was read by a perfect coquise of a chil attired like an ideal Parisian angel :— May it please Your Excellency :—- In fairy tales we have been told ye rapes grand, of wealth untold; And in our convent circles here Ee names Bike, learned md aoa fancy in her wildest af Could neyer soar to miele ht, Nor think such joy could e’er be ours ‘To cull for you sweet, fragrant flowers, ‘The rose and thistle from our hand Would reach a viceroy, noble, grand, A Princess royal by his side, All hearts would hail with noble pride, ‘The daughter of our much loved Queen, ‘To grace in person this fair scene, . Another read thus :— Ah! little children though we are, Your royal names reached us ‘And in our merry childish glee, How we did wish your face to see, And promise in our artless way How good we'd be and what we'd say; No scene more gala meet, your view, With flowers of every clime and hue, Deign, then, our bouquet to receive, And in its language sweet belie: In overy tongite flowers have a spell, ‘The heart's fond wishes best can tell. A NFAT SPEECH BY THE MARQUIS, At the right moment the young Marquis responded extemporancously to the reception extended to him and the Princess, saying :— Sister Surerioness anp Lapms—I thank you for the very beantiful reception you have given me to- day, IT have heard very much of this beautiful convent of yours from your late Governor General, Lord Dufferin, whd spoke in glowing terms ‘of the reception you had given him on the occasion of his recent visit. He drew a glowing picture of i the reality has far exce of his "description the idea on coming here that I would find your country with hillside and valley covered with snow. Instead of that, £ find that you have hardly taken leave of your genial summer weather, I must say that the people have everywhere received me, a8 the repre ative of the Crown, with the greatest cordiality, and loyalty and devotion has ‘here been expressed generously. Looking upon this scene with these beautital living flowers before me, Lean only say that 1 have never seen so fair a bouquet. It reflects the greatest credit upon those who have snectsstully attended and ent. tivated this beautiful garden, and L trust that they may long live to’ seo the fruits of their labors develop, as they certainly must do, with the social and conimercial progress of the Do- minion. It is my wish that your justitution will never suffer any drawh; put will continue to im- And now, onclusion, permit me to add that Mer Royal Highness and myself have so far enjoyed your beautiful reception that L may still further trespass upon your hospitality by repeating our visit on some future occasion. ‘To this addtess all present in front of Their Excel- cencies responded with tho sweeping, profound bow which had previously enacted the ceremony, and after more music and the final “God Save the Queen,” the viceregal party rotired. Following is the programme of the most entertaining hour--to spectators at least—which the new Governor General can have spent in Canada, it having been handed to the writer at the conclusion by the kind lady superior in person :— Réception de Som Excellence le Marquis de Lorne, Gonver- nenr-Général du Canata, ete., rte, ete, et de Son Al- tesse Royale la Princesse Louise, ete., ete, ctc., au Villa Maria, le 30 Novembre 1878, PROGRAMME. Musique—Morcean & quaranfe mains sur orgue, pianos, harpes, guitares, &e. “Petites Messageres de Flores’’—Mlles. 1. Bisson- nette, H. Mullarky, A. McCready et B. Gélinas, “Bienvenue A Son Excellence et & Son Altesse | Royale’’—Par Miles. Leteilier ot MeGirr, Musique vocale—Adreswe i Son Excellence et & Son Altesse Royale, par Mile. Brothervon, Muxiqne complémentaire, sur harpes, par Milos. MeGarvey, Stubbs, Hayden, Muilarky, A. Roy: Boucher et G, Cusson, Hommage et Vernx- Excellence, par Mule. D Bonquets—Miles, Zelby Marie. Finale—“God Save the Queen. Visit ‘TO THE ILL UNIVERSITY. ‘The subsequent visit of Lord Lorne and the Prine coxs Lonise to the MeGill University does not call for much remark, They were received at that institu tion—whigh was founded by a merchant of Montreal in 1913, and is at this time the most important educational establishment in tho Provinee of Que- bec—by shouting students aud treated with due courtesy. A Son Altease Royale et a_Son a Nandiere, iy one, Sweeney et Ste, A BRIEF REST, The whole viceregal party then rested until the drawing room at the Windsor Hotel to-night, an event which has attracted extraordinary excitement. This being St. Andrew's Day crowds poured into the streets, and =the military guard of honor, which approached the hotel from the armory toward nino o'clock Was almost detained by a shouting muititude, who supposed that the Marquis and the Princess were escorted by it, The hotel was besieged and the public synares crammed KR 1, 1878--QUADRUPLE SHEET—WITH SUPPLEMENT. wherever a way was not necessary for guests and those coming in to the reception. SCENE AT THE WINDSOR, The approach of these troops, consisting of 110 men of the Fusileera, was hailed at the Windsor with every antic of Canadian glee, the housewives and kitchen maids, the porters and barkeepers, the clerks and milliners, the storckeepers and their spouses, the merchants and their dames, together with every other element of the population of Mon- treal, crowded foward the central point where the daughter of Queen Victoria was known to be. The majority stayed outside in that worshipful mood which is to be witnessed nowhere else in the world than in the colonies of the empire in which the “sun nev the élite, the fon, the everything which is “top lofty” and embellished with fur collars and faces turned skyward in Dominion society, came inside in evening costumes outshining the pleiades in night splendor. Marshalled duly they passed in array before the young couple who have come hither to make American republicans wonder at first at the incomparable snobbery which stands realy to kiss their very heels, and next at the apparent good sense on the part of both idols, which rejects and would modify the hideous trait. The Marquis danced the Scotch reel last night with a vim and naturalness thet marked him a man like others, and both he and his royal wile haye so far demeaned themselves us to show to all Canadians that they are trying, at least, to let human beings approach them, not as rats but as up- right fellow creatures, ‘To-night’s reception, or “drawing room,” was marked, on the part of Lord Lorne especially, with an air encouraging his guests in that manner, GUESTS AT THE DRAWING ROOM, Among them were Captain R. Esdaile, Royal Fusi- leers; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Chapereau, Rey. Professor De Gola, LL. D., a well known savant and Jewish rabbi; Licutenant Colonel Dyde, Mayor Beaudry, Har- rison Stephens, William Henry Hingston, ex-Mayor of Montreal; Sir Francis Hincks, a former financial min- ister; Governor B. F. Prescott, of New Hampshire, and Mrs. Prescott, Captain Carter, A. D. C.; Mrs. E. P. Hannaford and Miss Hannaford, Hon. James McShane, Hen. Mr. Justice Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, Hon. Mr. Baby, M. H. Gault, member Parliament for Montreal Centre; Hon. Senator Penny, of the Mon- treal Herald; Hon. Louis B, Mason, Minister of Militia, and Mrs. Mason; Dr. TT. Sterry Hunt, Lieutenant Colonel Harwood, Hon. H, Starnes, President of the Legislative Council of the Province of Quebec, and Mrs. Starnes, 8. J. Ly- man, the Chevalier De Lellefeuille, Thomas White, M. P., for Cardwell, Ontario; Mr. Redpath, George A. Drummond, Strachan Bethune, and Mrs, Bethune, Miss Sills, of Quebec; Lieutenant Colonel W. E. Ibbotson, Sir William Johnson, Miss Oglevie, Mrs. Wolfertson, Thomas William M. Angus, late of the Bank of Montreal, and wife; Senator Jochran, Mr. Henry Dobell, of Quebec; Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw, Mr. George B. Day, Consul General of Chili; Consul General Smythe, United States Army, and Mrs, Smythe; Samuel Dawson, the well known publisher; Mr. J. H. Isaacsson; Sir A. T. Galt, Lady Galt and Miss Galt; Mr. Andrew Robertson, Mr. C. J. Brydges, Man- aging Director of tne Intercolonial Railroad, and Mrs, Brydges, Mr. Leopold Schmidt, late Consul General of Baden and Saxony to the United States, New York; Col. Pennyman Worsley. After the reception had ended Colonel Stevenson, of the Montreal Field Battery; Colonel Fraser, of the garrison artillery; Coloncl Crawford, of the Yifth Fusileers; Colonel Handyside, of the Victoria Rifles; Colonel Napoleon La Branche, Captain Kirwan, Major Tees, of the Montreal cay- alry; Colonel Frank Bond, of the Prince of Wales’ regiment, were called in by special request of His Excellency, who complimented them upon the soldierlike appearance of the troops under their com- mand. These officers having enjoyed a few minutes’ conversation with Lord Lorne and the Princess, the reception was at an end. SPEECHES IN THE BALLROOM. Colonel Stevenson, on behalf of the St. Andrew's Society, presented the following address to the Goy- ernor General last night :— Tc Wis Excellency Sir Joan DoveLass SuTHERLAND CAMPBELL, mis of Lorne, Governor General of the Dominion of Canada, &e. :— t May rr Prvace Your ExcenLency—The members of the St. Andrew's Society of Montreal, a charitable and national society established in the year 1835, and which had the honor of congratulating Your Excel- leney on the auspicious occasion of your ‘marriage, desire now to offer to Your Excellency and to your illustrious consort, Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, a hearty welcome to this city, and to assure you that your appointment by our gracious and beloved Sovereign to the office of Gov- ernor General of the Dominion of Canada has been regarded by them with peculiar satisfaction. As loyal subjects we hail the presence of the Princess among us, and respectfully express the hope that her. resi- dence in the Dominion may be @ pleasant one. It must knit still more closely all classes of the com- munity in the feeling of devotion to the throne and person of our beloved Sovereign. As Scotsmen, we upon Your Excellency’s assumption of the offi Governor General w up with our love of the land of our origin; especially feel that Your Excellency has additional and personal claims to our honor and regard as the heir to the historic house of Argyll, as the descei entof McCallum More, as the son of a distinguished statesman, and as the possessor of those personal qualities which command esteem and success. We thank you and Her Royal Highness for the honor of your presence at this annual festival, and we renew the expression of our earnest hope that your residence in this Dominion may be signalized by uninterrupted health and happiness, and by the esteem of a loyal and united people. the St. Andrew's Society of Montreal, (Signed.) EWEN McCLELLAN, President. Frevenick A, Loatc, Secretary. LORD LORSE’S COMPARIZONS, His Excellency, who spoke impromptu, expressed his thanks and those of the Princess for the more than kindly welcome t antly remarked that been under the special guardianship of Scote At Halifax they were taken a charge by, he was i glad to say, not ly fellow puntry- men, bat all * go to up the Canadian their Scotch brethre king from Scotland; France and her sons becunse one time the first regiment in the Freneh army w Scots, and Irishmen because Scotland was only an Irish colony, Yet he thonght that Trelan tel as proud of Scotland as Groat Britain did of Canada. ADDRESS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN C1! ASSEMBLY, ‘The following 18 the address of the Assem- bly of the Presbyterian Church :— To His Excctlency the Might Hon. Sm Joan Dovnass of UTHERLAND CAMPBELL, Marquis Lorne, YC. Q.8., K. 1, Governor General of the Dominion of Canwila, & Z M it PLeask Your E; #xc¥—In the nase of meral Assembly of the byterian Church in Canada, and of the synods, presbyteries and congre- under itseharge, we beg to offer to Your wy our inost | respectful and cordial welcome on Your Excellency's arrival in Canada as tho representati ow inost gravious sovereign. We hail with ontfre sutis- taction the appointment of Your leney as Gove ernor General of the Dominion of Canada, the more 'so that this appointment se-ures the presence in Canada of Her Koyul Highness the Princess Louise, the daughter of or revered Quoon and Your Ex lency’s illustrious consort. In approaching Your Excellencies on this auspicious ion it gives us pleasure to state that the Presby- terfan Church in Canada, in whose name we «peak, represents the Chureh ot Scotland, the United Pres. byterian Chureh and Free Chureh of Scotland, and that it so includes representatives of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and of the English Presby- terian Church, constituting until lately four distinct and independent Canadian churches, but now happily united in one Presbyterian Church, having lesiastical jurisdiction co-extensive with the Dominion. For as much as we thus embody the Canadian sections of three historic chure' not but rejoice to see among us im thy on of ¥ Excelieney the represen’ f the noble and House of Argylh nse Which in its distinguished — members hae, been closely 4 honorably identified with the most momentous periods in the history of Scotland, and whose patriotic personal sacrifices lave largely hi to si to the Scottish people thoee signal liberties, both civil and religious, which they now enje ‘That Almighty God may vouchsafe to Your Execel- lency and to Her Royal Highness every earthly bless- ing, and may He guide Your Excellency’s,administra- tion so that it nay in all respects tend to the welfare of Her Majesty's Canadian subjects is, our earnest prayer. On behalf of the Presbyterian Church of Janacdi, boa JOHN JENKINS, D. D., Moderator of the General Assembly, HIS PXCELLENCY'S REPLY. His Excellency delivered the following reply ‘To the Moderator and Elders of the Presbyterian Chureh of Canada in connection with the Church of Scotland :— Mk. Moprnator ann Gi) thanks for the loyal addi been good enon! It is very gratifying to m nisters and elders of the © TLEMEN—Accept my best with which you have ival in € were good yaeit, and to ¢ in St, Andrew's y marriage the; miber the Princess and t event by & special serview ire. Living well acquainted with the history of the itch of Scotland Lean understand why its children c in r scts.” The minority, consisting mainly of | In behalt of | | andes principles, traditions and government, all of which, I ai glad to think, are caiculated to promote the cause of peace, charity and order throughout the world. 1 beg to thank you for the kind expressions contained in your address in reference to the Princess and my- self, LORNE. ADDRESSES BY CLERGYMEN AND OTHERS. The following address to His Excellency and Her Royal Highnoss was presented by an influential depu- tation composed of Very Rey. Jolm Davidson, of North Williamsburg, and Moderatyr of the Synod, Rey, Gavin Lang, St, Andrew's Church, Montreal Rey. Peter Watson, of Williamstown; Sir Hugh Allan, Dr. G. W. Campbell, Mr. R. J. Reekie, Mr. | Robert Leckic, Mr. Josoph Hickson and others. Lo JoHN Gronce Epwanp Henry DouGLass SUTHER- LAND CAMPBELL, is ot Lorne, Governor Gen- eral of Canada, May rr Pur, oR EXCELLENCY :—We, the minis- ters and elders of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in connection with the Chureh of Scotland, in special Meeting of Synod assembled, hasten to offer our very hoartiest and most respectful welcome to Your Excei- dency and Her Royui Highness the Princess Louise on your arrival in Canada to assume the exalted position of its Governor General. It is with feelings of the liveliest satisfaction that we hail in the representa- tive ot Her Majesty in this Dominion a chiet repre- sentative of one of the most ancient and illustrious of the families of our Scotch nobility, and in his con- sort # member of the Royal family itself. We re- member with unmingled pleasure the great rivilege we were permit years ago to en- joy of invoking “in a spec service of praise and prayer, held in St. Andrew's Church, Mon treal, an outpouring of the divine blessing upon your Excelleney’s auspicious union with one of the ehil- dren of our beloved Sovereign Queen. It seemed to be peculiarly fitting that on that occasion, so fraught with happiness, the Canadian branch of the Church of Scotland should testify its profound interest in an event so gratifying to the empire at large, but most particularly to that portion of it with wh and progress the name of your Excelleney’s family has been ali along indelibly associated, As ‘Scottish churchmen we recognize with pride the loyal attachment to the Church of Scotland which has ever char: rized the ducal house of Argyll; and it is onr joy to know how much the ser- vices of our dear old Mother Church are appreciated by Her Majesty, whom we cheerfully ackilowledné as the temporal head of both the national Churches ot Scotland and England. ‘That ev: blessing may attend Your Excellency and Her Royal Highness is our earnest prayer, John Davidson, Moderator; Robert Burnet, Clerk of Synod, inthe name and by appointment ‘of the = holden at Kingston on the 9th of October, S78, ‘The Marquis to-day also received addresses from the Natural History Society and the Montreal Bar, to which he made suitable replies. The Princess Lonise received an address from the Ladies Educational So- ciety, her reply being read by Colonel MeNeil. The Consular corps formally paid. their respects to the Governor General to-day. ‘To-morrow morning they will attend divine service in Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), and in the afternoon in St. Andrew's Church (Presbyterian). CLO: AN IMMENSE CROWD GATHERED IN THE CATHE- DRAL LAST NIGHT--THE RECEIPTS CALCU- LATED TO REACH $150,000, The great fair which was opened at, and in aid of, the new Catholic Cathedral, on Tuesday, October 22, came to an end last night. Its success has been even greater than was anticipated, and it is generally conceded that no larger share of pros- peritp has attended any similar affair in the city. A final report of the total number of visitors has not yet been made, but it is estimated that on an average about 7,000 persons have paseed in and out the @oors daily. But as 2,000 were provided with free season tickets, there would remain about five thou- sand paying visitors, The increase in the price of admission from twenty-five lo fifty cents, at the ex- piration of the first three weeks, made no re- duction in the daily attendance, so that the total amount of entrance money reached about $50,000 Up to ten o'clock on Friday night the receipts from all sources were $141,686 45, and no doubt is felt that yesterday's returns will bring the amount up to or above $150,000, The managers of several tables ac- tually seem to have coined money, and it is believed that the St. Patrick's Cathedral table will head the list with over $10,090 Among others the Church of the Nativity table made a very handsome showing, turning over to Treasurer Lynch the neat sum of $5,050 50 Some ten thousand persons were in the Cathedral yesterday, and the crowd last night was enormous, ‘The visitor of average size and muscular develo, ment found it necessary to make many tacks in get- ting from any one spot to another, no niat- ter how near it mighy be. Friends meet- dag. in. the aisles were oak ig in pe directions, with scarcely time to nod the head, and in such a state df suffocation that a smile would have looked ghastly. On reaching apoint where votes were being taken or valuable aricles raffled for, the opposin, tides of humanity were brought to a dead halt, anc pushed and struggled vainly for eseape. VOTES AND The liveliest scene of all was at the southeast cor- ner of the building, where votes were being cast on the sword intended for the most popular general in the United States army. The contest was chiefly be- tween the friends of Generals Wylie and Newton. At about ten o'clock the vote was in favor of the former, but before long: his rival had made great ‘advances and led the list. Then the highest number was again chalked opposite General Wylic’s name, and his triends cheered lustily. General Newton's star, however, was once more in the ascendant and those who had yoted for him were confident of v! y. Finally, within a minute or two of eleven o'clock, the vote for Wylie made a sud- den leap to 15,376 and stayed there, while New- ton’s did not get above 10,766, ‘The result was enthusiastically cheered and applauded, About $6,000 was raised by this competition. Others excited almost equal interest. For instance, the stole, to be pre- sented to the most popular priest. Father Doherty, of the Church of the Holy Innocents, was t! pastor, receiving 3,780 votes to Father Kearne; and Fath \ The vestments the Assumption table were voted to Father Brophy, of the Church of the sacred Heart. He received 1,028 votes out of nearly two thousand. A portrait of the Cardinal, by Cos- taggini, offered by the Church of the Epiphany, was rated for and won by that church, which had taken 20 chances at $1 each, for its pastor, Rev. De. Bustell. The sword, with # silver scabbard, to De presented to the most popular active or ex-ofticer of the National Guard fell to Colonel Cavanagh on a ‘70, the next highest being 2.34%. Seven aces had been taken in # scullboat offered Forty-six was the The vote on the inspector's badge, hundred by the St. James Church table. Micky number. which is to be awarded at ten P. M. next Wednes« stood as follows last night:—Inspector Thorne, 7 Dilks, G71; Waddy, 76. Innumerable articles’ we rattled off throughout the evening, and the hubbub itusion were extreme, As already announced, the Cathedral will be open throughout the % persons Wishing to exanai the interior of the building and get a good look at the stained glasa windows, For this latter purpose, an opera glase should be used. The price of ‘ad- mission will be twenty-five cents, Flower refreshment stands — wills remain, It ing been discovered thut bogus tickets f for the fair and the prononade ec next Thursday; night, announcement was yes- terday made that @ reward of $100 would be paid for tho: artent and conviction of persons offering them for sale. ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY. ANNUAL DINNER AT DELMONICO'S—A HAPPY REUNION OF THE CHILDREN OF THE LAND o” CARES. ‘The annual dinner of tho St. Andrew's Society of the State of New York was given last night at Del- monico’s. Pre was held, at which the Marquis of Lorne was an honorary member. An unusually early hour had been named for the banquet, and promptly at six o'clock the procession filed into the dining room to the national music of Scotland, and while the com- pany was seating itself Mr. William Clernand, the ‘he Campbells Are Coming,” “Kenner "and other Scottish airs, At in number, each accommo. On the tables, dating about twenty persons, were nearly all the loading members of the society and many prominent Abont two hundred persons sat down to din- ner, and the banquet was enlivened by the music of the bagpipes, Mr, Clernand, who preferred playing to six guests. dining, giving tonnie House o' Airlie’ and “The Campbells Are Coming” over and over again. ‘The seats of honor wore occupied by Rev. William M. ‘taylor, D. D.; Chief Justice Charles P. Daly, of the Court of Common Pleas; Chauncey M. Depew, C. G, Nicholson, ot the New York Caledonian Club; Dr. Colville, R. Dinwiddie and Walter Bruce, The dinner Was thoroughly enjoyed, and the flowing bowl was circulated with genuine Scotoh assiduity, Miter the covers were removed the assemblage rose and sang the doxology. Mr. James Brand, the Presi- dent, then delivered the annual aadress to the society. He showed the fraternity to be in an exceedingly Nourishing condition, and his address was received with much applause, The regular toasts were then in order. “The Day an’ All Wha Honor [t"* was drunk woding, and was followed by “Scot's Wha Hae Wi’ Wallace Bled,’ whieh was effectively sung by Mr. William Leggut. “God Save the Queen” was then sung by Mr. J. H. McPherson, and the toast to the President was recognized by ‘Hail to the Chiet’’ trom the ban ‘The fourth regular toast was ‘The Land 0’ Cakes, which was introduced by “Here's a Health Bonnie Seotland to Thee’ and was responded to by Mr jiam Wood, President of the Board of Bde 1 Decutise it i* so full In the course of his speceh he regretted that. Seo men in America took so little interest in polities, and distant regions should, desire to perpetuate its | said he remarked ia the recent election that there was not a single Scotch name on either the Tammany or the anti-Tammany ticket, Mr. Wood then recited the story of Scotland’s glories, and his speech, appeal- ing as it did to Scotch pride, was received with tu- miiltuous applause, The next st was “The Land We Live In;" but before it was drank an original poem on “The Land of Burns” was recited by Mr. Wallace Bruce. This so enthused and delighted everybody that it was necos- sary to sing e's a dolly Good Fellow’ before Mr. Chaunee: w was allowed to respond to the “City and State of New York,” which came next, That Mr. Depew's speech was very witty was apparent fre 2 the laughter it occasioned, Perhaps the f & niest thing he said was that he was sp a in the masquerade of a Scotchman. ‘as like the member of the Father Matthew Temperance Society who, going half drank to the lodge, was stopped at the door by the faithful janitor, who intormed him that he had the right password but the wrong breath, Other speeches followed, but ax mid- night approached the honest men began to think of their bonnie lassies, and would have hurried to them instanter if it had not taken so long to sing— May care and t But mirth an OBITUARY, nble never fash, y be \ LYMAN TREMAIN. Lyman Tremain, of Albany, formerly member of Congress, Attorney General of New York and Speaker of the New York Assembly, died yesterday at the Gilsey House, in this city, in his sixtieth year, after a painful illness of some months. On September 4 Mr. Tremain, accompanied by his wife, arrived at the hotel named, from Narragansett Pier, where he had been sojourning in the hope that x change of air might prove beneficial, suffering as he was from a most pronounced attack of Bright's disease, com- bined with aggravated symptoms of inflammatory rheumatism. When be reached this city Mr. ‘Tremain was in a very feeble condition, so much that for only a few days immediately thereafter was he able to leave his room and come down stairs. ‘The mal- adies from which he was suffering occasioned him at times the most intense pain. Fora few weeks pre- vious to his death Mr. ‘Tremain was unable to assume a recumbent posture, the only way in which he could obtain even momentary rest. being while reclining in an easy chair. Throughout his illness and during his last hours Mr. Tremain was consoled by tho affec- tionate miuistrations of his wife, who wax a constant attendant at his bedside. About a week ago Mrs, 80 Martin, a daughter of the deceased, urrived from Albany, and has since shared with her mother the attentlons of the sick chamber. prul days ago a change for the worse in the condi- dition of the patient set in and continued without alteration until eleven o'clock on Friday evening, when he began to sink rapidly. His nephew, H. I. Tremain, at once telegraphad the alarming condition of the sick man to Rufus W. Peckham, a law partner of the deceased at Albany, who, however did not arrive in this city until eleven A. M. yestertay. Mr, Tremain remained in great anguish for about four hours, when the pain sud- denly subsided and the patient felt tolerably comfort- able, which. caused Mrs. ‘tremain to hope that he was going to rally. This hope was a de lusive one, however, a8 the patient died quietly and without a struggle in about an hour afterward (about four o'clock in the morning), in the presence of Mrs, Tremain, Mrs. Martin and his nephew, H. E. Tremain, of this city. Yesterday afternoon the body was conveyed from the Gilsey House to the Grand Central Depot, where it was placed on board the four o'clock express train Albany. It was accompanied by the widow, daughter and nephew of the deceased, Rufus’ W. Peckham being also a member. of the mourning party. Definite arrangements have not yet been made for the funeral, which, it is under- stood, will take place from St. Peter's (Episcopal) Church, at Albany, the late home of the dccoaaals Judge Tremain was the grandson of Nathaniel Tre- main, a farmer of Pittsfield, Berkshire county, Mass. ho served in the war of the Revolution and ‘died not many years since. His father, Levi Tremain, emigrated with his wife in 1812 from Pittstield to Durham, Greene county, N. Y., a thriv- ing agricultural town beneath the Catskill Moun, tains, about twenty miles west of the Hudson River. His parents, who lived to a good old age, are said to have been endowed with a more than ordinary de- ree of intelligence, humor and sprightliness. Mr. ‘Tremain born at Durham June 14, 1819, and received his education in the common ¢-hools of his native town and at the Kindvrhook Academy. He was diligent student, took the lead among his academical associates, and by an ex- tended course of reading ultimately acquired a train- ing more than equivalent to an ordinary colle course. When only fifteen years of age he entered the law officeof Mr. John O'Brien, of Durham, and yery soon began a successful practice in the justices’ courts of Greene, Schoharie, Albany and Delawaro counties, speedily acquiring a local celebrity. ‘These courts used to be crowded with spectators, many of whom had come from a distance “to hear the boy plead law.” During his stay with Mr. O’Brien he read through every volume of Cowen and Wen- dell’s Law Reports, a task which few of his asso- ciates ever achieved, In 1839 he came to New York city, entered the law office of Mr. Samuel Sherwood, a leading practitioner of those days, and in 1840, s¢ the age of tweuty-one years, was admitted to practice inthe Supreme Court of New York. Returning to Durham, he soon enjoyed au extensive prac- tice in the river counties where he had gained his first laurels. He connected himself with the democratic party, then temporarily under a cloud both in the State and the nation, and remained asso ciated with that party up to the period of the civil war. Two years after attaining his majority (1842) he was elected Supervisor of his native town on the democratic ticket, although the town was strongly whig. He was appointed District Attorney of Greene county in February, 1846, by the County Judge, filling the position ‘with distinguished skill and success, although an nuusual amount of important criminal business fell to his lot. In June, 1847, having received the regular democratic nomination for County Judge and Surrogate, he was elected to the double oftice over two competitors—a whig and an independent democrat—both prominent residents at the county seat, by 1,200 majority over the former, being a larger majority than wus ever given in that county even when the democracy was united. He was re-elected to the same posts in £850, but declined to accept the offices in consequence of doubts as to the legality of the certiticate, In November 1853 he removed to Albany and formed a law partner- ship with Rufus W. Peckham, which subsisted for many years, At Albany he was soon recognized as one of the leading lawyers of the State aud in the fall of 1857 he was nominated with great unanimity by the democracy for the post of Attorney General. He entered into the campaign with great spirit and was elected by a plurality of 17,000 votes over William Curtis Noyes, his distinguished republican oppo- nent. In he was again the candidate of the pracy, but the political situa- tion had undergone a vast change in two momentous ‘en by Hon. Charles G. Myers by ore, in 186i, he received , but the civil war having for controlling public interest he i perenptorily declined the nomination t letter, and threw his influence in favor wocratic fricud, Hon, Daniel 8, Dickin- candidate of the “Union Republi- can” ution, who was elected by 108,000 majority. ‘Theuceforth Mr. ‘Tremain's — politi- cal fortunes were identified with the repub- lican party. In 1862 Mr. Tremain accepted @ nomination for Lieutenant Governor upon the re- publican ticket, headed by General James 8. Wads- worth; but through the desertion of the war dem- ocrats’ of the previons year from the republican standard Seymour and Jones were clected by a small majority. in Isét Judge Tremain, in a brillant speech at the Republican National Convention at Baltimore, nominated Daniel S$, Dickinson, of New York, for the Vice-Presidency on the — ticket with President Lincoln, and that gentleman received a strong support, but was ulti« mately sacrificed in favor of Andrew Johnson. Had he been nominated the whole subsequent history antty must have been vastly different. nn Was an ardent and effective supporter t Lincoin and sent one 4 young man of prom- he lost his life. In 186s ‘lected to the Assembly trom Al- and was chosen Speaker in Jw musty, Prowi+ ' of his sons, Prederic Trem er, in whi bany count i On the accession of Genoral Grant to the in 1860 he was strongly pressed for the post of Attorney General of the United States, an office he would undoubtedly have filled with dignity and honor, but the selection of Hamilton Fish as the New York representative in the Cabinet tarned the seale in tavor of Amos T, Ackerman, of Georgia, In Isv2, Judge Tromain was elected Congressman-at- large for the term 1873-75, but did not take ko prom. inent ® position in that body as was anticipated from his recognized eminent abilities. Since the expiration of his term of service he did not appear mach in public. One of his sons ix somewhat prom- iment in State polities, Judge Tremain was a gentioman of commanding presence, a sound and ex- perienced lawyer and a natural orator. He was en- yaged in inany memorable cases, one of them being the defence of Klward 8, Stokes when on trial for the murder of James Fisk, Jr. By his death the repub- lican patty of New York has lost one of its best em bi leaders aud most genial and impressive per- wi ities. ‘The members of th appointed a committee to consider whut should be taken concerning Mr. Tremain’s death, CORNELIUS DUBOIS, Albany Bar met yesterday and tion Cornelius Dubois, one of the first trus. tees of Vassar lege, died at Pough- keepsio —_-yesterday, aged seventy-*ix years, jie was a trustee at the tine of his death and was well known in bauking circles as the first president of he First National Bank. 7. B. SPRAGUE, Colonel J. B. Sprague, a prominent citizen of Ithaca, formerly President of that village, and candi- date for State Senator on the demicratic ticket last year, died of apoplexy at Denver, Col, yesterday SETH M. CAPRON, Seth M. Capron, @ prominent resident of Maldon, N. Y., died suddenly of heart disease yesterd morning, aged seventy-five years. He was graduated at West Point Military Academy, BUTLER AND KEARNEY, The ‘People’s Candidate” Explains His Relations with Dennis, TOO MUCH RECOMME \DED, A Rude Politician Who Asked Advice, but Kept His Own Counsel. eeeeremenmmeentereeed ARCADIAN SIMPLICITY ABUSED [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Boston, Noy, 30, 1878, During the campaign in this State which closed on November 5 and resnited in the defeat of General Butler there was a good deal of abuse heaped upon the “people's candidate’ as he delights to be called. Among the charges was one to the effect that he was responsible for Kearney’s visit ta the East and his vile language and incen diary speeches. gt was also alleged that he paid the sand lot orator $1,000 tor his services. For ¢ time appearances seemed to favor this assumption; but, after a thorongh examination of the case, 1am convinced that neither Butler nor his agents paid Kearney dcent. Now comes General Butler himself, in a letter to a San Francisco gentleman, and utterly repudiates Kearney and all his acts, The letter is thus conceived :— BUTLER DENIES KEARNEY. No. 12 PeMBEnton SqvAnR, ) Boston, Nov. 25, 1878. | f Drar § y Years since we met persons ally, when you and I on ‘the democratic side fought the fight for the reduction of the hours of labor in our city from fourteen hours to ten hours. And at that time, in the mills of Lowell in 1849 or 1850, as you will remember, a placard was put up saying that anybody’ who “voted the Bem Butler ten hour ticket would be discharged.’”* We won the tight at that time and passed @ law re- quiring everybody to yote in a sealed envelope, so as to get rid of intimidation of that description, which law was afterward so moditied by the whig party as to become useless. Lam obliged to you for the inter- est you have taken, as an old Massachusetts man, in the late campaign here, and I can confirm your pre- diction that the cause of the people was lost largely by the intimidation of voters by their employers. MISTAKEN IN THE MAN FROM SAND 10? You ask me of the effect of Kearney’s advent and performances while in the State. I knew nothing of Kearney, dnd had no communication with him, di- ly or indirectly, until he came into the St 3 in the autumn. I was then informed by a friead that he desired to see me upon some questions of law in regard to the action of the Constitutional Convention, of which I understand him to be a member, in rela- tion to the Chinese in California, Lassumed that a man from as intelligent and enterprising a city as San Francisco, who was acknowledged to be the successful leader of his party there, and who had been elected to x convention to revise the State con- stitution, ax I understood he hw! been, by a very large majority, and who came into my State with y such an indorsement, was # — proper person for me to show the courtesies usual when distinguished xtrangers con into — the town where I am if they desire to ses me—that I should call upon them. If he was not a fit person, as you suggest, for me to call upon, I made the mistake because of the indorsement of the city of San Fran- ciseo. If all the worth, intelligence and learning of the people of San Francisco cannot prevent the elec- tion of men to the highest political duties, such as the reorganization of their State government, with full knowledge of all the facts, you certainly ought not to blame me for having made the same mistake following their action and doing as I ought to do if their action had been proper, being in entire ignorance ou the whole subject and. having no other knowledge as to Kearney’s worthi- ness except the high letters of credit that he brought’ from San Francisco and California by the action of your people. ~. SIMPLY WANTED LEGAL ADVICE. When I saw him he informed me that he desired my opinion as a lawyer upon certain questions of power ina State to order its own police regulations in re- gurd to those who come into the State. Lasked him to give me his questions in writing and I would ane swerthem in writing, and you haye probably seen my answer, in which I distinctly said that Igave na opinion upon the wisdom or propriety of such action, but only capa the power that the State hag so to act, and I believe no lawyer has ed tha veuracy of my legal conclusions. ene ped my notice. When I saw him I did not ask hin. to take any part in the campaign, but he informed me that is purpose was to organize the workingmen of Massachusetts and take part in the State campaign. This I had inaugurated upon local issues alone, and in which, of course, for want of knowledge, neither he nor any other person out~ side cf the State could afford me any aid. He in- formed me that his mission was to organize the workingmen of Massachusetts as part of the work- ingmen of the country in sympathy and co-opera~ tion with the workingmen of the Pacific slope, With that matter, of course, I and could have nothing to do, nor did he ask me to take any part in it. It is due to him to say that he never suggested that ha wished to reecive any money from me and I certainly never offered the payment of ayy money to him in any Way, directly or indirectly. He addressed tha people at his own time, at his own pleasure, in his own way and for his own purposes and never under any direction or intimation from me or mine, HOW KEARNEY BECAME A BUGGABOO. Lhave no doubt that the intemperate utterances which he was reported by the newspapers to have: made, and which he alleges were untruly reported, were the cause of the loss of a great many votes to me in the canvass, because they were used as a bug- gaboo to frighten’ timid but well meaning people from voting. I doubt not that there wero & good many good men and more good women, who might have infinenced good men otherwise frightened ont of their support of me by what Mr. Kearney was reported to have said and done, who iff they had voted for me would have given me the differ= ence of votes that would have been required to hava given me a plurality over Mr. Talbot, Isawhim, & think, three times during the campaign. ‘As to his calla upon me. The purpose of his call once was, I think, to thank me for the an: to his. questions, and at another time to have me contradict: the report that [ had paid him any money and to take leave on his departure. After the’ State campaign was over, when ho called, [£ said IT thought that he had better not taka any part in getting up a workingmen’s organization inthe city of Boston in the municipal clection, be= cause I thought that was absolutely none of his busi« ness, and would only redound to; the benefit of @ partizan republican nomination in the interests of the present extravagant cabal of officers who hold the city of Boston under a republican rule and make it the most expensive government capita of any city in the United States, so far as 1 am informed. Kearney then told me that he shoult organize a laboring man’s party in the municipal election for his own purposes; that he had promised d do it, That was the only thing t roked like any asking of favor from hiny by me, and that he refused me. A PLING AT REPUBLICANS, ntemporancous with that came here the utters 4 of his secretary that he had made his speeches purposely incendiary during the State campaign with the intenti f defeating me. That, coupled with the fact that near the end of the campaign Kearney was found in the office of the Boston Meraid, my most bitter opponet, receiving bts mail there, it that: paper is to be believed, and that the Herald published, an article in whieh he was praised and taken into its tavor, and that in the municipal election he was doing exactly what they would wish to have him do, constitute a part of the evidence which seems to point to the conclusion that he has been acting in the interest of my opponents, whether for pay or now they know better than Edo. I simply am not and have not been responsible for bim, his ant or doings atall. The only lesson T draw from the whole matter is that hereafter, when California sends het repreaen- tative men to Massachusetts, Ushall make my own in quiries about them before L trust to the indorsement of the State or city from which they come. I hope, as an old Massachiisetts man and for many years in California, you will ee the justice and necessity of this cantion. Thanking you for your expressions of regard Lam very truly your friend and servant, BENJAMIN I. BUTLER, Ke C. GILMAN, 1,051 Montgomery street, San Frane cisco, DISCIPLINING ROUGHS, Charles McGeary, James Bidwell, William Winne and Charles Birdsall, all young men who have been noted for boisterous conduct on the streets of Green+ point lately, were held for the Grand Jury by Judge Elliott yesterday on a charge of felonious assault, They had, in consequence of a refusal to trust them for liquor, stoned Ferdinand Boch and smashed the windows of his _ saloon, on the corner of Freeman and Franklin streets. When they were marched handenffed from the court room to the street cars their friends created quite an excitement, and a mob of two or three liundred people followed the car_ three or four blocks in expectation of an anticipated rescue, They were. however, sufely locked mp in jail. BOARD OF EDUCATION. — ‘The Board of Education held a special moeting yes: terday afternoon, at which the annual list of text books was adopted, It is the same as heret bute With all of Browa's grammars stricken out, ‘