three months, for which he was to pay a sum of ten dollars, in advance. This law was the subject of a good deal of discussion in the press of Canada and the United States, but the Provincial Courts decided that it was unconstitutional, and it has therefore become inoperative. The first session of the Third Legislature of British Columbia was prorogued on the 2nd September, having been in session somewhat over one month.

JOURNAL OF

REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES.

JANUARY.

1st. The season so far is remarkably mild, there being little or no snow or frost. To day it is recorded that "John Canadian," the Indian voyageur, and lacrosse player, accompanied by another Indian and a French Canadian, successfully ran the Lachine Rapids in an open row boat; and that the steamer Longueuil carried an excursion party from Montreal to Boucherville and return.

4th. The resignation of Lt. Col. Cumberland as A. D. C. to the Governor General is accepted.

66 -The following gentlemen are admitted as cadets at the Royal Military College at Kingston. The total number of marks obtained by the

candidates at the examination is given after each name :— Huntly Brodie Mackay, Jr. Montreal, 8,200; Henry Hunt Hogan, do, 4,643; Robert Cartwright, Kingston, 4,613; Burton Wynn Yates, Brantford, 3,881; James W. Sears, St. John, N. B., 3,246; Wm. John McIlhinney, Brockville, 3,100.

8th. While "tobogganing" at Rideau Hall, Hon. Mr. Ward, a guest of Lord Dufferin fractures his leg (see OBITUARY).

9th. The Workingmen of Toronto entertain Sir John A. Macdonald at a public dinner, and present the Right Honorable gentleman with a handsome gold watch and chain in token of their appreciation of his services to them and the Canadian public generally.

15th. The fourth annual meeting of the Dominion Grange, P. of H., takes place in Albert Hall Toronto. There is a large attendance of members from different parts of the Dominion, with the exception of Manitoba and British Columbia. Worthy Master S. W. Hill, of Ridgeville, Ont., presides and delivers the annual address.

" -Meeting of the Liberal Conservative Convention at Toronto (see ante). " —The annual meeting of the Dominion Board of Trade opens at Ottawa, the President (Mr. Adam Brown of Hamilton) in the chair. A delegation, composed of the following gentlemen viz:-Messrs. J. D. Hayes, Detroit; Captain E. P. Dorr, Buffalo; Hon. Fred. Frayley and J. P. Wetherell Philadelphia is present from the National Board of Trade of the United States. Mr. A. Joseph is elected President for the ensuing year. "The jury in the case of the Oka Indians, tried for arson before Judge Johnson at Terrebonne, fail to agree, and are discharged.

16th.-Lord Dufferin presents Colonel G. T. Denison of Toronto, with a large medal, containing a suitable inscription, in recognition of the latter's achievement in winning the prize of the Emporer of Russia for the best essay on Cavalry*.

17th.-Captain Chisholm, U. S. Vice-Consul at St. John, N. B., is presented. with a gold watch and chain by the Queen Insurance Company for gallantry in saving life and property during the "great fire" in St. John. Lieutenant-Governor Tilley presides at the presentation.

-The extension of the Western Departmental Building, Ottawa, (which has been erected during the administration of Mr. Mackenzie) is placed in occupation by the Public Works and Post Office Departments. "A deputation of workingmen from the Lachine Canal wait on the Prime Minister at Ottawa, with a petition relating to the method of paying persons employed on public works by contractors; the result of several interviews being that the Minister promises to see that in all future contracts, provision shall be made for the payment of laborers in cash. 19th. Mr. Burgin, a reputed English barrister, commits suicide at L'Orignal, Ont., while laboring nnder temporary insanity.

22nd. Sir John A. Macdonald addresses a large gathering of his political friends at Galt. Lady Macdonald is presented with a handsome oil painting by the workingmen of the town.

31st. The American Geographical Society give a reception to Lord Dufferin at Chickering Hall, New York, the occasion being the discussion of Captain Howgate's plan for the exploration of the Arctic Ocean. Chief Justice Daly, President of the Society, presides, and there are present many of the leading scientific and literary men of the United States. Lord Dufferin is elected an honorary member, and Mr. Henry J. Morgan, of Ottawa, a corresponding member, of the Society.

—Major L. A. Huguet-Latour, the well known litterateur, of Montreal, is created a Chevalier of the order of St. Gregory the Great, by the Pope.

FEBRUARY.

5th.-A Convention of the Reform Party of Ontario assembles in Toronto. Several hundred delegates are present. (See ante.)

8th.-Parliament is opened at Ottawa. In the evening Lord and Lady Duf

ferin hold a Drawing Room in the Senate Chamber which is largely attended.

10.-Smart's machine shop at Brockville is destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at $50,000, with an insurance of about $20,000.

11th.-A farmer named Reerdon, with his wife and four children, are burned to death in their house at Lewis Cove, Wickham, Queen's County, N.B. 12th.-Lord Dufferin, while the guest of the City of Montreal, formally opens the Mackay Institution for the education of Deaf-Mutes, founded by Mr. Joseph Mackay of Montreal. In the evening he is entertained at a public ball at the Windsor Hotel, opening the ball with Mrs. Senator Ryan, while Lady Dufferin dances with Sir Francis Hincks.

*See History of Cavalry, from the Earliest Times, with Lessons for the Future, by Lieutenant-Colonel G. T. Denison, commanding the Governor General's Body Guard. London, 1877.

13th.-Lord Dufferin receives the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from McGill University. Brief addresses are delivered on the occasion by Principal Dawson, Lord Dufferin and Chief-Justice Moss, of Toronto. 14th.-The sixth and last ballot for the election of a Coadjutor Anglican Bishop for Toronto is taken in the Diocesan Synod there assembled, with the following result :

The requisite number for a choice being 52 clerical and 58 lay. After consultation with the Chancellor, Bishop Bethune said it was inexpedient to make any further attempt at an election of a Coadjutor Bishop, and he adjourns the Synod. 16th.-Revised regulations relative to periodical examinations at Royal Military College, Kingston, are published in Canada Gazette.

18th. Mrs. Catherine Jarvis died at Digby recently, 110 years old. She was born in slavery in the United States, and brought to Nova Scotia by a Loyalist in 1782.

"The Russian Sloop of War Craysser, Capt. Nasimoff, arrives at Esquimalt, B. C., from Callao.

MARCH.

3rd. The laborers employed on Sections 33 and 34, Welland Canal, strike for an increase of 25 per cent. on their wages, viz.: $1.25 per diem. They form in procession about three hundred strong, and march to Port Colborne.

"John Sammon, foreman of Riordan's Paper Mills at Merritton, is instantly killed by the explosion of dynamite cartridges for blasting. Another man named Madill, and a boy named O'Neil, suffer severe injuries by the same explosion. The shock of the explosion is heard at a considerable distance.

"-Rev. Llewellyn Jones, Rector of Little Hereford, England, is appointed to succeed the late Dr. Field as Bishop of Newfoundland.

10th.-A man named Wm. McElnea is burned to death in his house at Rochesterville, Ottawa.

15th.-Mr. D. I. K. Rine, a well known temperance lecturer, is arrested at

Mitchell, Ont., on a charge of having made an indecent assault on a young girl there. He is subsequently acquitted at the trial of the case. 18th.-O'Donovan Rossa, the Irish agitator, lectures in Toronto, and there is considerable public disturbance in consequence. He escapes with difficulty through the mob assembled outside the lecture hall. "An O. C. cancels paragraph 56 of the "Regulations and Orders for the Active Militia, 1870," and substitutes the following therefor :

"56. The rank of Brevet Major will be granted after ten years service as Captain of a corps of Active Militia which is efficient in every respect, and to Adjutants who have held the rank of Captain in a corps of Active Militia ten years.

Brevet promotion will be granted only to officers who are duly qualified."

21st. The annual meeting of the Agricultural and Arts Association of Ontario is held in Ottawa. Auditor's report shows total receipts to have been $38,425.96, against an expenditure of $33,371.81 on year's operations. Mr. Thomas Stock is elected President, and Mr. Mackenzie Bowell, M.P., Vice-President.

"Mr. Albert Bierstadt, the well-known American landscape painter, presents one of his pictures, "Sunset in the Sacramento Valley," to the Montreal Art Association. He accompanies the picture with the following note to Lord Dufferin :

"NEW YORK, March 21st, 1878.

"MY DEAR LORD DUFFERIN,-I send you to-day my contribution to the Montreal Art Gallery, the foundation of which has already been laid by the generous donation of the late Mr. Gibb.

"After the delightful hours I have spent in Canada, and which are linked in my remembrance with the great kindness .shown me by Lady Dufferin and yourself, I esteem it a privilege to be permitted to leave, through you, some permanent reminder of my regard, with a people who have shown so much public spirit in such a good cause.

"When once this Museum of Art, which speaking the tongues of all nations in hieroglyphics of form and color, and thus forming a sort of permanent Art Congress, is fully established, there will be other and more valuable contributions than mine, and in the future not the least amongst the attractions of Montreal will be its Gallery of Art.

"To your share in its foundation you will in after years (which I pray may be many) look back with as sincere a satisfaction as to any of your numberless efforts to promote the honor of your country and the welfare of its people. I remain, yours most sincerely,

(Signed,)

ALBERT BIERSTADT.

22nd.-Order-in-Council passed rescinding the O. C. of 2nd March, 1877, prohibiting importation into Canada from Europe of cattle, etc., as susceptible of conveying the rinderpest.

"The funeral of the late General Sir Wm. O'Grady Haly, K.C.B., Commander of the Forces, takes place at Halifax with imposing military ceremonies. The body is interred in the Military Cemetery at Fort Massey. The pall bearers are: Lt.-Col. Cockburn, R.A.; Major O'Neill, 20th Regt.; Asst. Com. General Murray; Col. Lovell, C B., R. E.; Lt.-Col. Quill, Asst. Mil. Sec'y; Deputy Surgeon General Shelton. "Mrs. Mackenzie, wife of the Prime Minister, is presented with a magnificent gold necklace with diamond pendants, on the occasion of her birthday. The donors are ladies of Senators and members of the House of Commons supporting the Government.

27th. The libel case of John O'Donohue, barrister, vs. J. A. Donovan, barrister, for $10,000 is tried at Toronto. The jury fail to agree and are discharged.

APRIL.

2nd. In the case of Leprohon vs. the City of Ottawa, the Court of Appeal of Ontario decides that the incomes of officials appointed by the Dominion Government are exempt from municipal taxation.