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Fkovtihi'ikck.—View or Toiioxto.VlKW OF THK OnVHTAI- PaLACK.ViKW OF TIIK St. LAWIlKKCt: Uxi...

1 VTRODUCTIOK ^"^'h,h

Notos OH King HuvM ,J

The St. LawrcMioo Hull. . . j..

The (% Hall ..^...y. HThe Post Office ...^...... It;

The Rossin House i|.

The Hoases of Parliiin.eiit21

Th(i Lunatic Asvluin ...^

08;:(oo(le Hall29

The Meehonio^" Institute'{I

The (emeterics ....

The ('ountv r^aol. . ...

The New and Old Court Houses 37Thk CoLr.K<}K.~-rpper Ci\nii(]u ITniversity, The (Iniv<-r-

sity Hnikling's, &«• -^o

CnuRCHKs.—St. James' (^nthedral, (1 l).-~Trinity Church,(48).—St. Paur.-, Yorkvillo, ()7).—8t. Ceorge's.(48). --Church of the Holy Trinity, (.JO).—Wes-leyans, Adelaide Street Church.—George Street(>hurch.—Richmond Street Church.—-Queen Street

Cha})el.—yorkville Church.—Elm Street Chapel.—Episcopal Methodists.—New Connexion Metho-<r?st,s.—]>rimirive Metho<IiRt.«—African Metho<]isU(.-

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l*r«'sh) luriau, (Jtiiiirli ol" Scotluml, Sr A.. cli« •>>••?».

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Knox's.—StHMMid Frof Cliurch.— l'iill<'<l IV^tHhyt^-

tiiirus,—Second lTiiil*.'<l Pi'(!sbvi«'iimi.—iloforraed

l-'ri'slkytiM'ijmH.— ('oiiirroiniional, Zioii iThuiM;!.

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Sorniid ''t»n;.''ro^n,liou«l —Baptli»<.ij. At'ii<'»»u Bh|»-

n>t'.- ItcinMiiCHtliolic, St. Paul'M.— St. MichiU'lN.—

St, Muiv's.

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litiii. — I)i><('i|»l''^ !nul (loriium Lutli«'i'i»n.

'\'"> ii;M»v«' |»l:t(-«'s of \\cn'>lii|i »ui»y In- f<uiit(l within

tut *- 17-70

SrHt»<i|,.«J ... 70

U|>l'«.'!' Cniiadti ColU'-e. ... 72

rb«' Xonmil Scluiol I'.i

Tho Dl^tvii't SclwK.I. .. 77

Tvinitv roWv^^nt 77

'V\u' lMiiv(M-sity of 'i'riuilv (%ill<>of. 79

Knox's ( 'olN'L'c ^1

I'liitC'l Pr«',shyti'riaii ('oIN.'ii*.'.. 82

St. Mic'liucris iioniish ColN-re K^

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Building' Societies hG

The* NewspinxT Vn-ss . , 87

'f hf' Collo^r ,\\('iiui' 89

Thf Hoval Iaccuiu ^0

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PREFACE.

TuE volume before the reader is intended to fi\^)]^]y tc; the

residents in, and visitors to, Toronto, a long-sought-for and

rnucli-needed reriuiremcnt. No book has liitlierto been issued

whicli conld be received as a coin])]ete guide to the city, and

hence many of ^ts inhabitants aie ignorant of much valu-

able information witli wjiieli it is desirable they should be

aorjLiaiuted, and strangers in tlie city have few means of

obtaining more than a suj-erticial idea of our institutions andpublic sights. It is hojicd that our juesent issue will answer

this end. The wi-iter gratefully acknowledges the aid whichbe has received f.-om mnnerous valuabie authorities, v.ithoui

whose assistance the .oinpilaiion of a work ..f this nature

wovdd have been renderod much more difficult.

ToaoxTO, Sept., I>::'^.

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Art thrives mostWhere Commerce has enricliM the busy coast.

Toronto—the metropolis of Upper Canada, as a

large^ influential, enterprising, and incrcasing-citj, claims

sonietliing more than a passing notice, and its commer-

cial prosperity and exalted position—as the chief city

of the western Province—demand for it the especial

attention of the historian . Pounded half a century ago by

Governor Simcoe, upon a wild and untenanted Tamarac

ywamp, this city afi'ords a practical illustration of the

great achioyemonts attained by the industrious energy

of the early settler, to whose indomitable mind the natu-

ral obstacles of a new country presented no insurmount-

able impediments to social progress.

When ^' dense and trackless forests lined tlic mara'in

• tf the lake (Ontario) and reflected their inverted images

in its classy surfiice:" vv^lien the wanderins; Missassara

constructed his cplicmeral habitation beneath their luxu-

riant foliage, and the bay and neighbouring marshes

\Tore the hitherto uninvadod haunts of wild fowl, the

eye of the first froverner rested on Toronto— then

naincd Yorlc— with a foresight which comprehended

10 SKETCHES or TOllONTO.

the powers ol' gcQius, aud lie bohcld in the marsh over-

ruu with wolves and boars the key to a groat colony

:

the site for a grand coiiiiectiug link with the prospec-

tive wealth of the western soil.

The geographical site uf Tofoato oniiaently fitted it

for the developinont of u rich and fertile eountry, whoso

resources have in turn contributed magnificence to a city,

which, a.s the seat of Govornmoiii, the saoat of Learning,

and the seat of Oomijieree. po.SftC.sse.> in itself the cle-

nients of national, political, and edLieationul prosperity,

aud which, it needs no woudroii. prescience to predict,

will ere long be placed, in a still more nobly prominent-

position—as a peerless queen among her flatterers!

The march of civilization has been rapid indeed, and the

progress of refinement has drawn around us the principal

institutions which arc necessary to the comfort of a

refined people.

Our streets, intersecting each other at right-angles, are

long and broad ; and our public buildings are, of their

kind, comparable with those of any other c'ty in the

Province. From the lake, the church spires 'vhich

rise on every hand, the domes of the City and St. Law-rence Halls, the Exchange, the Rossin House, 'the

Asylum, and the dull outline of the Provincial Exhibi-tion, present an air of beauty and compactness whichpleasingly consorts with the order and regularity of

the interior of the city. To the oast and westwardKiug-streci is seen, spreading out in a line directly paral-

lel with

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lei with the lake shore, which is fringed by the broad

Esplanade, while in the back-ground Yonge-street—

a

sort of straggling hamlet thirty miles in Ic-gth—stretches out to the extent of four or fire miles into a

richly-wood agricultural country.

Not the least of the attractions of Toronto is it^

KING STEEET,

What Oxford-street is to the cockney of London^

what the BoulevardB are to the muscadin of Paris;

what Broadway is to the denizen of New York, such

is King-street to tlie citizen of Toronto. The long

line of fashionable stores extends as far as the sight

will serve, and the buildings which open upon the view

enhance the picturesque appearance of this splendid

street. Its rival, Yonge-strect, excepted, it is the prin-

inpal mart of the metropolis, and upon \i may be observed

every phase of Canadian life. It combines the main

advantages of market and promenade, and is the resort

of the ^letc, as well as of the businesB men of the city.

The principal ediiice wliicli -tracts attention to th«

eastward i?

f^T. JAMKtf' i.'ATHEDRAL,

to which is attached a somewhat singular hibtory. The

origintd church was built of wood at the cost of £1,200

by the Lieutenant Governor of the Province, to accom-

jDodato the exigencies of the inhabitants of his settle-

12 SKETCHES OF TORONTO.

lueiifc; a square of six acres being apportioucd for the

purpose in 1803. In 1818 a neat steeple was added to

the church, which was enlarged at an additional expenseof £2,000, and made to front on King-street ; but thechurch was taken doi;vn in 1832, and a handsome stonechurch, fitted up with black walnut, and capable ofholding 3,000 persons, was erected in its stead. Thechurcli, however, was burnt to the ground on the 7th cf

April, 1849. But the energy of the citizens did notlie dormant, for, within ten months, they erected thecathedral which at present adorns King-street.

From the erection of the first church up to 1812, thevenerable the Archdeacon of Kingston, George OkillStuart, D. D., was rector. The present bishop ofToronto, held tlio oilice from June 1812, till he resi<^-ned

in 1839, OR his being created bishop of Toronto, in

favour of Ilev. H. J. Grassett, A. M., the presentincumbent. It was designed by F. W. Cumberland,Esq., in the early ]i:nglish stylo of gothic architecture,

having a nave and side aisles, with a clerestory carriedon bold arclics extending the full length of the church.Tlie internal height of the nave is 70 feet to tho cornice,and of the aisles 35 feet. The extreme length is 2f)0

feet, extreme width 115. The body of the^cliiirch is

111 by 75. The height of the spire will be 275. Thechancel is semi-octagonal in form, and of a depth of 42feet, each side being pierced by windows of the transition

P'-!riod, with rich and varied tracery. The whole of thv

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chancel lias carved panels beneath the windows, the altar-

piece forming a centre, and the ceiling being groined

with enriched ribs, carved bosses, &c. The pews arc of

Gothic character, with cut and enriched bench ends.

The church is intended to accommodate 2,000 persons

:

and the cost, exclusive of the tower and spire, was

about £16,000. Thus, the devout zeal of the citizens

of Toronto succeeded in erecting a spacious cathedral

worthy of the city, in which, on every Sabbath day

—

Through the long-ih'awn aisle and ficttod vault,

The pealing anthem swells the note of prais^o.

A few yards further to the eastward stands another

building, which does the city equal honor

—

THE ST. LAWRENCE lIALli.

This magnificent building was erected in 1850 to

meet the pressing exigencies of the citizens. The hall

is appropriated for meetings and public cxliibitions, and

is capable of accommodating a thousand persons. The

principal object of the talented designer of this edifice,

"VY. Thomas, Es(j., was to ensure its complete usefulness

as well as ornamentality, for, wliile the hall is used

for public purposes, in its rear runs the St. Lawrence

Market, a range of arcade 200 foot in length by

39 feet in breadth, with neat stores on each side,

at the end of wliich is another frontage, south, con-

sisting of general stores. The King-street frontage of

the St. Lawrcnc:. Hall is 140 feet in extent. The


entrance to St. Lawrence Market, in the rear, is in the

centre of the frontage, by a noble archway, forming a

line of shops on each side and a transverse piazza 100 feet

in depth, over which are, on the first floor, public rooms.

On the upper story is the hall, 100 feet in length

by 38 feet G inches wide, and 31: feet high; the entrance

to the hall from the public staircase is under the gallery

at the north end, with a saloon, &c. The finishing of

the interior is in good style, with dado and rich cornice;

the ceiling is boldly covered with rich pannelled centre

and emblematical enrichments. The front is wholly

of cut stone, of the Koman Corinthian order, from the

example of Jupiter Stator; the centre being tetrastyle

portico of thrce-fjuarter columns, with sculptured tym-

panum of the pediment, surmounted with a rich attic

;

the carved work throughout the enrichments is of a rich

and varied character. The cupola forms a circular

open temple of the Corinthian order, which contains a

fine-toned large alarm bell, weighing 2130 pounds. The^ggJ'^gato cost of these buildings was a trifling :um above

£7,000.

Opposite the ends of the St. Lawrence Hall Arcade,

and fronting on Front-street is

THE CITY llALJ..

In 1814 the St. Lawrence Market Square was set

apart for its present use, and a small frame building

was erected in the centre by William llarlcy. In 1831,

a plan i?i

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ti plan was, by order of the Cour.ty magistratcB, prepared

by J. Gr. Chewett, Esq., for a more corapletc stnicture,

and in 1833, a Town Hall and market built of brick,

160 feet by 77 J, were completed. On the King-atreet

front there were two shops, and three entrances to the

inner murket, above which were rooms afterwards used

as city offices, and by the Council as a place of meeting.

The market had an open centre of considerable extent

for farmers' waggons, surrounded by stalls for butchers.

The builders were Duncan Kennedy and Peter McAr-

thur. Before the building was completed it was used

for a great public meeting on the 19th of January,

1832, and the gallery falling in consequence of the

multitude, great injury to life and limb ensued. The

market was afterwards considered to be an advantageous

place of defence during the troubles of 1837, and was

garrisoned by the citizens. Tlie city hall and market

were destroyed on the 7th April, 1840, by the same

fire which burnt St. James's Cnthedrnl, and a vast

amount of other property.

Previous to that event, in 1814-5, the new City Hall

and lower St. Lawrence Market were erected to provide

for the wants of the Corporation and the citizens, and

which also embraces the rooms of the various Corpora-

tion officers. Police, cS^c, with the Court room in which

the Police Magistrate dispenses justice. A range of

s,iio^>s ixud offi.ces occupies the ground floor, and in ther

1(1 SKETCHES or TOllOiNTO.

rear on a level witli the waters of the buy are Hituutedthe vegetable, fruit, and fish markets. The building hasa frontage of 140 foci, with two wings extending to thebay 178 feet. It was designed after the Italian style

by Mr. Lane, architeet, and built by Messrs. McDonaldc^ Young, for the sum of £8,500; alterations and im-l^rovement, made iu 1851 have iiieroiised its costs to

£18,000.

Striking out from King into Toronto-street, wearrive at the

POST OFFICE.The building is in Greek-Ionic style, from the de-

sign of 3Iessrs. Cnml-crland & Storm, and is exceed-ingly apjDropriate. It has a frontage of 48 feel, witha depth of 90 feet. The front is of cui stone. Thelarge public hal), with enriched oak and plate glassletter-box, has tlnee compartn ents intersected byGreek-Doric columns, with three delivery windows,and a separate cntrauce for ladies. A spacious sort-

ing-office is in the re.-ar, lighted from above, with en-trance for the reception and despatch of mails, togetherwith a pofeimaster's and money-order office. The officesof the District Post Office Inspector, are on the secondstory. The whole is hghted with gas and heated by nhot air furnace. Precautions in case of fire have beeiiadopted by the placing of water hydrants on each fiat.

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giess of improvement in the city than may be seen in

the present postal arrangements. In 1837 a courier

was engaged for clays in carrying correspondence be-

tween Toronto and other places of any distance, while

now, through the medium of iron roads, a communi-

cation posted in the morning reaches a destination 400

miles distant by the evening. An acquaintance with

the following facts being desirable, we have appended

them.

The mails are despatched daily from the Toronto

Post Office in the following numbers :

At G.OO A.M...: 94 mails

10.30 " 7 *'

1.00 P.M 7 "

2.00 " 3 ''

3.00 " 34 "

4.00 " 17 "

4.30 '' 25 ''

7.00 '* 28 ''

Thus we have as many as 21o mails leaving this city

every day !

The first postmaster in Toronto was the late Hon.

Wm. Allan, who kept the letters in his office in Fred-

erick-street, where was also the Custom House. In

1828 he was succeeded by J. S. Howard, Esq., County

Treasurer, who had assisted him previously in his

numerous departments of labour. He, again, was fol-

lowed in 1838 by Charles Berczy, Esq., who removed

to the corner of Yonge and Front-^.ti'eeis nn<l after-

18 SKETCHES 01' TORONTO.

wards to the office on Wellington-street, whence it womremoved to Toronto-street, in February, 1853. Since

May, 1852, Joseph Leslie, Esq., has been postmaster.

The Post Office Inspector for the Toronto Division \h

John Dewe, Esq.

The money-order .sy.stem came into operation in

February, 1855, when the largest sum for which an

order v'as granted was c€10, the commission being Is

3d. Early in the following year the amount was ex-

tended to £25, with a graduated scale of charge from

Sd to 2s Gd. The Post Office building, which cost

three thousand iive hundred pounds, reflects high

credit upon i(s talented architects, as also upon the

contractors—Messrs. Metcalf, Forbes, and Wilson.

Continuing our course along King-street, we come at

length to one of the chief features of the tity, our prin-

cipal hotel

—

THi: iiossiN rrousE.

The llossin House lias just pretentions to arcliitecfcural

beauty^ the effect of which is enhanced by its diTnensions.

It is a fact of weighty significance that Toronto can

support such a magnificent hotel. Within its walls in

congregated every appliance which aiiiuence can desire,

every pleasure which luxury can crave. Here are allur-

ing condiments to tempt the most fastidious taste, vi-

nous aciditos to lubricate, and gastronomic pondorositioa

Ito titilatc

from troi

mas^ical \

Truly, CO

one of tl

vidcnce

!

sional co

El Dorac

Its King

west froi

five stor

meutcd '

handsoDc

floor is c

There

each sti

on Yorls

fioor. <

stairs, :

extensi"^

glass dc

ing and

row of

which-

suitc.

ing, inl

York-si

ment h

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4

&

to titilatc, the palate ! The prandial morceau here ceases

from troubling, and the sated ntomaeh is at rest. What

magical transformations here await human deglutition I

Truly, cookery is a grand institution ! Truly, appetite is

one of the most blessed dispensations of a benign Pro-

vidence ! We have, however, strayed into a digres-

sional course, and will at once attempt to describe the

El Dorado which we were betrayed into apostrophising.

Its King-street frontage is upwards of 200 feet, and its

west front extends about 150 feet on York-street. It is

five stories high, faced with white-pressed brick, orna-

mented with substantial dressings of Ohio freestone,

handsome pillars, cornices and balconies. The ground

floor is occupied by fifteen elegantly-furnished stores.

There are two commodious private entrances, one on

each street, besides a main entrance twenty feet wide,

on York street, with a flight of steps to the principal

floor. On the second floor, at the head of the main

stairs, are placed the offices, opposite which is an

extensive reading room, lighted by a large and handsome

glass dome. The front of this story in the main build-

ing and part of tlie roar building is occupied by a long

row of parlors and reception rooms, the principal of

which—the ladies' parlor—forms the corner room of the

suite. A main hall runs through the centre of the build-

ing, intersecting which is a similar hall connecting the

York-street wing with the dining room. Tliis apart-

ment has its priueipd entrance from the hall on King

20 8KKTC!IIK8 OF Ton ONTO.

Street, aucl is lUO feet long, 88 feet wide, and Is

feet high. Adjoining tliis is the carving room, di.sli

room, dessert room, and in tlie rear of tliese the kitchen

and ehina pantry, connected with tlie main buiKHng bya ghized gallery. Tlic other tlirec stories contain onehundred and nine-seventy rooms in all j including a rowof parlours along both fronts, approached by threestaircases, two of which are intended for the use of

guests, and the third for servants. Tlie whole numberof rooms for the reception of boardei-s, exclusive of theprincipal parlour, is two liundred and twenty. Ap-proached through liio main hull on the first floor, andforming part of a separate building erected at a rightangle with King-street, is a very extensive bar-room,-with billiard-room underneath, accessible from the upperhall of the King-street wing by a flight of stairs. Inthe basement is a barber's shop and gentlcmen^s bathino-room containing ten batlis. The heating and lightinjvis upon the most improved principles. In the ''grandhall of the Ilossin House is a Book and News Do^oi ofwhich Mr. C. '\ Jloliwell is the proprietor, and whiclihas proved to Do a valuable acquisition to the presentproprietor of the establishnient, Mr. Joslin The standcontains handsomely bound volumes wiii.di fvJdress alikethe students of light or abstruse bte>atu:e, too-etherwith the issues from the local, provincial, and Britishpress.

Stepping fi-om the Ilossin House, pnst ihv (Jovori-

I

i^

t i4

ment oill

dence of

the (jlove

fronted I

of the 11

dency wreadily b

of the re

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end of ll

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Houses

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i

3.

iiieiit oiliccs, a miiiutc'M bri«k walk brinpjs ii« to the resi-

dence of His Excellency Sir Edniund Walker Head,

the Goveruor- General of the Province. The lodiic is

I'rontcd by a moderately liip^h wall, before which a sentry

of the Royal Canadian llifies .slowly paces. The llesi-

dency wears an aspect of quietness, and would not

readily be distinguished by a stranger as the domicile

of the representative of the ]kitisli Crown.

J^assing the Residency we reach the bay, in front of

wliieh stands

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

The first Parliament Houses were erected in the

year 1796, on a site near ihe ])resent goal, at the east

end of the city. They were of brick, two in number,

10 by 25 feet, and standing a hundred feet apart, a

space which was afterwards filled up by additional

buildings. Thoy had some pretensions to elegance of

design and construction, but were destroyed by the

Americans on the taking of the town in 1813. They

were replaced in 1S20, the Government business hav-

\\\" been meanwhile transacted in the building on

Wellington street, lately occuj)ied by Chief Justice

Draper, but which has now disappeared. On the

flight f)f the oOlh December, 1824, they were unfor-

tunately destroyed by fire, caused by some defect in

the Hues, a fiuitfu! cause of accidents to Parliament

Houses in Cairada. Several of the juurnals and other


papers belonging to the Hoiisea were destroyed. Par-

liament met in the brick Hospital on King street, until

the erection of the present Houses, which were com^

menced soon after the fire, but rot complocod till 1S30.

The designs were prepared by J. G. Chewett, Esq.;

the west wing was built by Messrs. Ewart & Pnrkes,.

the centre was commenced bv Mr. Friestmaii, and

finished, with th< east wing, by Mr. Ju.qeph Tunon.The buildings occupy the whole block, bounded by

Wellington, Simcoe, John and Front-streets, the front

looking to the Bay, and presenting a conspicuous object

from the water. They are of red brick with plain

exterior, but the chambers of the Legislative Council

and the Assembly arc capacious and handsome rooms,

fitted up with elegance. The offices attached are so

extensive that a part of them are devoted to the accom-

modation of the Departments. It was proposed sometime ago to erect a range of buildings suitable for the

accommodation of Parliament and the Government, on

the fine property of the 1'oronto Univ<"^rsity, at the

head of the College Avenue, but this design has been

abandoned, and the old House wiih additions and im-

provements, is again in occupation. The additions

made to the main building consist of two extensive

wings, each containing a large and spacious room, one\i.sed as a library for the Legislative Council, another

as a reading room for the members of the House of

Assembly, while in each is a good wardiobe chamber.

A numl

floors of

forty-fiv

new Lil

Parliam

a height

number

of large

Beari

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A number of committee rooms occupy the gi*ound

floors of these wings. The present Library is a room,

forty-five feet in length by twenty-five in width. Anew Library room is also erected at the rear of the

ParHament Houses, and is about 127 by 93 feet, with

a height of some fifteen feet. The books, which nowaJ^<l I number about 30,000 volumes, require a building

of large dimensions.

Bearing away in a northerly direction until wecome to Queen-street, and "hen proceeding westwardly

for ten minutes, we arrive at

THE LUISTATIC ASYLUM.This excellent inscitution which was designed by J

.

G. Howard; Esq., was commenced thirteen years ago; a

lot of fifty acres of land on the jsjarrison common having

been granted for the purpose by the Ordnance. Orig-

inally, the county gaols afi*orded the only asylum for the

destitute insane of Canada An act was, however, pas-

sed in 1889 authorizino' the establishment of an Asvlum.

and two years after, we arc told, the old gaol on Toronto

street, vacated by the county on the completion of the

new building at the east end of the city, was appropri-

ated as the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. At that time

the nunibcr of patients wah3 small, but they eventually

came in so rapidly, that it was found necessary to make

use of two large buildings for their accommodation.

Subsequently a commission was appointed to superin-

lii

mn

24 SKETCHES OF TORONTO. itend the erection of a new asylum—Drs. Widmer and

King, Messrs. John Ewart, J. G. Chewett, and Mr-

Sheriff Jarvis—and the result of their labours is seen

in the existing Asylum, which we cannot better describe

than by quoting portions of a sketch wdiich was pub-

lished in the Glohi^^ twelve months since :

—

*^The buildinix is situated about three miles from the

City Hall, cominanding a fine view of the Lake. It

is constructed of pale yellow bricks with cut stone

plinth, belt, cornices and window dressings ; the gut-

ters are of copper and the roofs covered with tin.

Most of the sashes are of iron, constructed to rise and

fall above five inches, sufhcient for the admission of

fresh air, and not enough for a patient to pass through.

The corridors are fourteen feet wide, and well lighted

at intervals from the south, giving tlie patients a fine

view of the Lake. The northern facade is 5S4 feet

long, comprising a centre building and two wings,

terminatinQf at the east and west ends with semi-circu-

lar verandahs, three stories hi«'h from the basement,

secured by vertical bars of iron to prevent nccidenis

;

these were constructed for the purpose of allowing the

patients fresh air when the weather will not admit of

their going out ; they are arranged for six classes of

patients, three classes of males and three of females.

The chief architectural feature about the buildinn-

consists of a hcxastyle portico in the Grecian Ionic

order, of cut stone ; the columns are raised upon a

loftv rui

height, ^

bold sto

ornamei

are only

present

ning sou

to make

present.

The (

covered

on the I

or resei

gallons i

Lake b^

through

the east

two CO]

rollers,

three fe(

grate at

pipes foi

in the wshafts,

ground,

nnd nial

officers (

steward'


lofty rusticated base, occupying a stoiy and a half in

height, with two handsome flights of stone steps andbold stone landing

; the tympanum of the pediment is

ornamented with the Royal Arms in has relief. Thererae only about two-thirds of the landing erected at

present ; when the plan is completed, two wino-s run-

ning southward will enable the Medical Superintendent

to make twelve classes of patients instead of six as at

present.

The centre building is surmounted by a lofty domecovered with tin, (which can be seen for thirty miles

on the Lake,) within which is the wrought iron tank

or reservoir, capable of containing eleven thousand

gallons of waler, which is pumped up daily from the

Lake by a steam engine. The water is distributed

through lead pipes to all parts of the building. Atdie east and west ends of the wings, may be observed

two copper cowls made to traverse upon friction

rollers, above two foul-air shafts seventy feet high,

three feet diameter in the clear ; each shaft has a fire

grate at the bottom to create a draudit ; ventilatins;

pipes four inches in diameter, lead from every roomin the wards and corridors east and west to these twoshafts. The basement is only sunk three feet in the

ground, and comprises in the centre building, steward's

and matron's receiving rooms, dining-rooms for the

officers of the establishment, housekeeper's and house

steward's rooms, and matron's and steward'* store


closets. The wing buildings have two kitchens with

steam boiling apparatus, ascending trays, or dumh

waiters from the kitchen;? to all the dining rooms in

the upper stories, washing and ironing rooms with

drying apparatus on the female side, with arched ceil-

ings to prevent damp on the upper floors, ovens for

baking bread on the male side, larders, dairies, sculler-

ies and pantries, working patients' dining rooms, dor-

mitories for 20 m.ale and 20 female working patients,

baths, wash-rooms, water-closets and staircases. No.

16 furnaces for the hot water apparatus and coal rooms,

all arched with bricks, rendering them fire-proof, fur-

naces for ventilating shafts, dust flues and linen shafts.

The first floor of centre building, comprises matron'?

and house steward's chambers, matron's and assistant

physician's rooms, large rooms for convalescent pa-

tients of both sexes to assemble in, pantries, closet.^,

baths, water-closets, staircases, &c., tl'c. The princi-

pal story or second floor above the basement, com-

prises physician's private room and superintendent's

dining-room, surgery or medical room, male and

female visiting rooms, matron's assembling room for

needlework and amusement, closets for linen and

clothes. The wing buildings on this floor have four

separate rooms for patients who require attendants all

the time with them, four large associated dormitories

for male and female patients, also two large day rooms

for these; twenty-four separate sleeping-rooms for

f^_

*

»

^

SKKTCMES OF TORONTO. 27

y rooms

)ms for

patients, inaio and lemale dining-rooms with descend-

ing trays to kitchen, baths, pnd wash-rooms,with water-

closets, attendant's rooms, two long well-lighted corri-

dors, terminating with glass lobbies and verandahs,

closets for patients' clothes, linen shafts and dust flues.

The first and third floors of the wing buildings are

arranged similarly to the above. The third story ofcentre building contains a ball-room, fifty-five feet bytwenty-five, wdlh orchestra, &c. ; two infirmaries for

male and female patients, two chambe^'^ for medicalsuperintendents or superior oflTicers of the establish-

ment. The upper floor of centre building has three

chapels, one for Protestants, one for Roman Catholics,

and one for any other denomination, anatomical room,and room for anatomical museum

; there are also

rooms in the roof for twenty-four working patients,

twelve of each sex. The building is warmed by hot

water circidated through small wTought-iron pipes.

About twenty-five thousond feet are required for the

purpose, with sixteen furnaces for anthracite coal, andanswers admirably. The cost of constructing the

building was about c£5G,500. The front and two endsof the ground have been enclosed by a brick wall, the

centre has two Lodge entrances faced with cut ^tone.

Good farm buildings are erected on the western partof the ground, and a small creek meanders throughthe grounds. The cost of these works which weredesigned by Mr. Thomas, was about £5,000.

nu

2S SKKTCilKS Ol' TORONTO.

The avcra^re number oP patients received in each

year since 1841 has been about 113. The largest

number was 18.S in 1S53; and the smallest riumbei'

wa. oS in 1844.

In its present condition, the Asylum having proved

incapable of holding ibe number of patients for whom

accommodation was required, the building originally

erected for the University of Queen's College has been

temporarily occupied.

The disbursements of the Asylum amount, on an

average, to about c£l2.000 per annum, which is paid

bv Government, with the exception of about £800

which is anrmally derived from paying patients.

The present visiting Commissioners are the Hon-

ourable Samuel Mills, of Hamilton ; William Cawlhra,

and James Beaty, Esquires, of Toronto, and Robert

Armour, of Bowmanville, Esquire.

Annexed is a list of the Medical Superintendents

who have since 1841 been placed in charge: Dr.

Rees ; Dr. Telfer ; Dr. Clarke; Dr. Primrose, arthnj

pro. tern. ; Dr. Scott ; Dr. AA^'orkman.

The present Officers of the Asylum are :

—

Medical Superintendent J. Workman, M. D.

Assistant Physician B. Workman, M. D.

Bursar J. McKirdy

.

Steward G. McCollough.

Matron Mrs. McCollough

.

Enginee/ P. Trowesen.

Carpenter Jas. Weston.

Messenger .Tas. Magen.

SKETCHES OF TORONTO.

Returning Prom the Asylum the first notable ohject

IS

OSGOODE HALL.The building occupied by the Society is erected on

land purchased fron^ the present Chief Justice liobin-

son. It is situated on Queen street, at the head ofYork street.

The east wing was commenced in 1S29, but it wasnot fit for occupation till 1832, when the first convoca-tion of benchers within its walls took place on the Gth

February. This wing was built under the superin-

tendence of the late Mr. Ewart, its cost being Je3,350.

In the year 1844 the contract for the erection of the

west wing was taken by Mr. John Kitchey and it \vas

completed in 1845.

The whole now consists of a long two-storied build-

ing, with large projecting wings, which are decoratedwith facades of stone, having two stories of fluted pil-

lars surmounted by neat cut stone gables. It is ofimposing appearance, although the architecture is

scarcely so good as might have been the case, had the

whole been built from one original design. The brick-

work is painted in imitation of cut stone. The upperstory of the centre part of the building contains the

library of the Law Society, and the basement and first

story offices for the clerks of the Crown, Queen'sSiench and Common Pleas. The east wing contains

the convocation rooms of the Society, and the apart-

30 SKKTOllEH OF TORONTO.

ments of the librarian. The upper part of the vvtot

wing is occupied by the Court of Queen's Bench, the

Judge's room, and the Practice Court or Judges'

Chaml)ers. The Court of Common Pleas at present

holds its sittings in the room occupied as the Pactice

Court. The lower part of this wing is occupied by

the Court of Chancery ; having a room for the sittings

of tho court, a Judges' room, and the offices of the

Registrar and blaster of the court.

The centre portion of this building, is being reuioveo

and re-constructed to accord with the more modern

wings, which are designed iti Roman Ionic, of excel-

lent character, and capable^ with some additions, of

ofreat eflectiveness.

The new centre will have a noble and massive Por-

tico in the same order—and in this centre, on the front»

will be erected a new Law Library, 112 feet long by

40 feet wide, and of the height of 40 feet; beneath the

same there will be certain of the public law offices.

In the rear of the library will be erected a centn

'

kail, in two stories, lighted from the roof, and having

open corridois, and two heights of orders arid arches

around the same. Aiound the central hall will be

grouped the public law offices and record vaults on

the ground floor, and above them the Courts of

Queen's Bench and Common Please. Practice Court,

Court of iippcal, Probate Court, Judges' rooms, and

itions of like character.'cessarv accnmm*

1The

1Justice

4 Canada

1 pied th

J Williun

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1794, a

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8KKT0HKS OF TORONTO. 31

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The name of the building is derived from Chief

Justice Osgoode, the first who held llie office in UpperCanada. The following is a list of all who have occu-

pied the post, with the date of iheir appointment :

—

William Osgoode, 1792 ; John Elmsley, 1706 ; HenryAlcock, 1802; Thomas Scott, l80Gj William DummerPowell. 1816; Sir William Campbell, Kt., 1824;Sir John Beverley Robinson, Bart. William Dum-mer Powell, the first Puisne Judge, was appointed in

1791, and Peter Russell was also appointed to the

same office in the same year. John White first Attor-

ney-General of Upper Canada; was appointed in 1792.

Pursuing our stroll through Queen and Adelaide

streets we come upon Church street, at the corner of

which stands out conspicuously

THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE,tui institution which next deserves attention. Theinstitution was established in 1830, and was incorpo-

rated in 1847. The late llr. Baldwin,—father of

•le Hon. Robett Haldwin— M!ie of its most active

j|_.porters, Wcus elected the iii>t President The

members, who averaged during the first fourteen years

of its establishment about a hundred, originally occu-

pied rooms in the old market building which were

rented to them by the City Corporation at a nominal

flcrure. In 184i^ a new hall wa:-» erected, in connection

with the City Fire Department, in the centre of the

4

i

32 WKKTCIIES OF TOIIONTO.

Court House block at a cost of c£500. Since that

lime the In.stitute had giown with tlie growth of the

city, and it at present numbers 808 members. The

library contains nearly 4,^00 volumes, and the reading

room is supplied with upwards of forty diflerenl news-

papers and periodicals.

The success of the institution encouraged the mana-

gers to hold exhibitions of specimens of art, manu-

facture, natural production, &:c., which were continued

annually for five successive years. At length, however,

tlie exhibitions, from their frequency, lost their novelty,

it was therefore deteimined to hold them at lomrer

intervals, which policy has been rewarded by increased

success. Classes for the study of Architectural and

Ornamental Drawing and various scientific subjects

were established, and since the commencement of the

institute gratuitous weekly lectures have been deliver-

ed to audiences averaging weekly two hundred.

In the year 1854 a splendid new hall was built by

Messrs. Walton &, Pim, at a cost, on completion, of

not less than c£10,000. The building which has a

front both upon Church-street and Adelaide street, is

of white brick with stone dressing, and is one of the

many representatives which the city affords of the talent

of its designers, Messrs. Cumberland ^ Storm. Thebuilding contains a large music hall, nearly a hundredfeet in length, by half that distance in width, together

with a commodious music gallery. It also contains a

gKETCIlKS OF TORONTO. a:^

H*5

lecture theatre with raised .semicircular seats to accom-

modate about five hundred persons, and a large read-

ing room, a library, committee, and apparatus rooms;

besides, on the first floor is ofHce accommodation for

renting, and in the basement are the housekeepers,

apartments and a number of excellent class rooms.

When arrangements were made for appointing To-

ronto as the Seat of Government, the authorities ofibred

terms so advantageous that they were accepted, there-

fore the Institute will remain for some time longer in

its old building. The annual income of the Institute

was, in 1841, £i1 2s. 9d. In the last year it was

X'858 5s. 2}(\. In reference to the onward progress

of the Institute, it has been well observed that " in the

year 1845, the committee considered it a very heavy

undertaking to erect a building at an expense of about

£500 : in 1854, the committee commenced a building

which will cost upwards of £10,000 to finish it.'*

Let us now say a word of comment on our

CEMETERIES.There are few, if any, of our local attractions which

excel our Cemeteries, which are the Necropolis, the Pot-

ter's Field, St. James's the Roman Catholic Cemetery,

und many other similar places of interment; but of

these the St. James's Cemetery is the most beautiful.

This latter burial-place possesses, in fact, features of

of a kind which are in character withrare beauty, an(


a resting place for tho doad. Sitiintod afc a distancofrom the centre of tlie city, it is not very numerouslyfrequented, and thus it maintuiiia an air of seclusion

which is by no means unimpressive. Entering at thogate the visitor observes a large, grass-covered space ofseveral acres' extent, in the centre of which is a mound,towards which many wooded paths converge. Tliegrounds are tastefully disposed, and separate spaces areallotted for the various churches. *^ The sculpturedurn" and "animated bust'' is seen on every hand :

elegant, though mournful representatives of the mightand majesty of manhood, and touching emblems of thestrength of human affection, which surrounds with ahalo of sacredness the memory of departed worth.There is another peculiarity which may oftimcs beobserved—flowers strewn upon the graves. This weregard as the tender execution of a fine, poetic impulse,whose consideration stops not with the flight of the"vital spark of heavenly flame;" an impulse whichdoes not view

The first dark day of nothingne>i,sThe lust of danger and distress,

as the day on which respect should cease, and memorysurrender her holy delights; but which dictates the pre-formance of those melancholy oflices which mysteriousDeath in tenderness exacts : aye, though

Decay's effacing fiugeraHaye .swept the lines where beauty lingers.

SKKTCllES OF TORONTO. 85

Crossing tlie mound, we come to a paU-h of bush, which

skirts the edge of a Hort of earth-clift', and, beyond, a

scene of surpassing beauty comes upon the sight. Alarge and hollow dell lies below, and develops itself

gradufilly into a deep ravine, which wends in graceful

curves until it reaches a narrow vale. No boisterous

sound is heard, and as the loitering stroller

Pursues the nobeleBs tenor of liis wajr,

he realises the chaste beauty of the valley. Here solitude

reigns supreme ; and the silence is nitigical. Nought is

heard save the occasional faint and distant hum of the

busy town, the plaintiff cry of the '^ whip-poor-will," the

merry laugh of the rippling rill, th(^> woodpecker's tap in

the dingle shade, or the -whisp'ring murmur" through

the trees, which—oak, hemlock, pine, beach, fir, and

reverend elm—rise on every side to a noble altitude.

These are a few of the many points of interest to

delight the visitor, who should not sec Toronto without

threading the paths of St. James's Cemetery.

lleturning from the Cemetery to the end of Parlia-

ment street, we arrive at

THE COUNTY GA.OL.

We will, however, preface its description with a brief

history of the old Court Houses. The lirst courts in

York were held in the Parliament Buildings. After tho

war they were removed to a house built by a Mr. Fer-

^Tuson, situated east of Yonge street, between Queen and

<!'

36 .SKETCIIJiS OF TOKONTO.

Kichmond streets, near to where Mr. Cheney's foundrynow stands. From that they were removed to the CourtHouse, Church-street, now Ontario Hall. In April,1824, was erected on what is now Toronto street, a'

building exactly the same in size and external appear-ance as the Court House, to be used as a gaol. Thesebuildings were erected according to the plans of Drlialdwin and Mr. Ewart, by BIr. John Heyden, at theexpense of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the HomeDistrict. The price agreed on was X"3890, but theycost before completion about £0000. At that timethey were the only buildings on the Court House block"nd they fronted on King-street. What is now coveredby the Wellington buildings, formed an open squareIhe gaol used before this time was a large log buildin-which stood a little back from the south side of Kin-vtreet, near the lane opposite to what is now Toronto-street. It was surrounded with a picket fence and hada very gaol-like appearance. In 1837 the lots in frontc.f the Gaol and Court House were sold, and entrancesimido to the buildings from Church and Toronto-streets,fhe City and district using the Gaol in common, it wassoon tound to be t.jo small for the number of its occu-pants, and in 1840 a new building was erected by MrHarper, at the foot of Berkeley street. It is built in aradiating form after a plan drawn by J. G. Howard Eso'It cost £10,000. The present sraol acno-nni^d-tion isunderstood to be insufficient for both city and county


purposes, especially as regards the classification of pri-

soners, and in consequence the reformation of criminals

cannot be successfully carried out. Tt is proposed, to

appropriate the share of the proceeds of the Clergy Re-

serves, which falls to the Municipality, (about £14,000)

to the erection of a suitable Gaol and Reformatory or

House of Correction in connection with an Industrial

Farm. For this purpose the council have decided on

purchasing 136 acres of land situated on the Don and

skirting on the cemetery grounds, for which they are

to pay to Mr. Scadding, the proprietor, the sum of

<:£10,000.

It is about 00 years since the first person was executed

in York. The name of the criminal was Humphrey

Sullivan, and his crime was that of uttering a forged

bill.

THE NEW COURT HOUSE,

Is at present situated on Adelaide-street on a plot of

ground originally granted to trustees by the Provincial

Government, called the Gaol and Court House block.

It fronts 197 feet on Adelaide-street, and the extreme

depth of the centre part of the building is about 94 feet.

The different courts have rooms on the second story,

while the County Council chamber with committee

rooms, and rooms for the different County officers,

occupy the ground floor. The building is substantial,

with cut stone dressings. It was erected in 1852-3,

38 SKETCHES 0¥ TORONTO.

and cost about £8,500; Fred. Cumberland, Esq., wasthe architect, and Mr. John Ritchcy the contractor.

Warden of the County Jos. Ilartman, Esq., M.P.P.

Treasurer J. S. Howard, Esq.

Clerk John Elliot, Esq.

SIIERIITS.

We have been supplied with the Ibllowing list of the

gentlemen who have filled the ( fficoof Sheriff at different

times :—lS04, Joseph Willcocks ; 1807, Miles Mc>Donell; 1811 John Beikie; 1823, Samuel Eidoutj

1827, William B. Jarvis ; 185G, Frederick WilliamJarvis.

COLLEGES.UPPER CANADA UNIVERSITy.

In 1798, a grant of 549,000 acres of land was placedat the disposal of the local authorities in Upper Canadafor the maintenance of educational establishments. Ofthis endowment up to 1826, 190,573 acres wore dis-

posed of by tliQ Board of General Education, the pro-ceeds of which {apparently were applied to the supportof Common and Grammar Schools. The remainder of

the grant of 1798, amounting to 358,427 acres, wasregarded as constituting that portion of the Eoyal gift

intended for the support of a Univei :ty.

This munificent endowment was allowed to lie un-touched till the year 1827, when a Koyal Charter wasissued on the 15th of March, vesting the manairemeni


of the College in a Council of nine members, viz., the

Chancellor and President and seven Professors in arts

and faculties, all of whom were to be members of the

Established Church of England and Ireland, and to

subscribe the thirty-nine articles ', the Bishop of the

Diocese was to be viir^itor, and to have the power of dis-

approving bye-laws passed by the Council, and the Pre-

sident was to be a clergyman of the Church of England.

The Charter met with very general disapprobation,

and it was loudly demanded by Parliament and the

people that it should be repealed, and the University

established on a basis which would give equal privileges

within its walls to all denominations.

After years of violent contest, a measure was passed

by Parliament, and became law on the 4th March, 1837,

which abolished all the tests relating to the Church of

England, and provided that any Professor or Member of

Council might be admitted, on declaring his belief in

the Trinity. Some steps were then taken to put the

College into active operation.

Mr, Thomas Young was appointed architect, and

plans prepared for the erection of magnificent buildings

at the head of the College Avenue, on the large estate

of 1G8 acres secured as a site within the limits of the

City. Tenders were advertised for in 1838, and Mr.

John Ritchey's accepted, for the sum of £49,294. The

buildings were not proceeded with, however, until 1842,

when the south east winj? was erected at a total cost of

m


^16/J07. It is a substantial stouc buildinir, constructed

for the purpose of students' residences, and used for a

brief period for that purpose. TJie design is simple, in

the Grecian Doric style, but, whatever was the reason,

such was the cost of it, that to finish the whole estab-

Hshnieiit on tlic same scale, would haw entailed an

expense greater than even the large endowment of the

College could bear. In 1842, the Parliament buildings

were fitted up for the use of the College, at an expense

of £4,831, 4s. 2d., the larger part of this sum being-

expended on the college chapel, and in June 1843, the

institution was opened for education with a large and

efficient professorial staff.

The charter of J 836, though an improvement on the

former one, was not such as to secure foi- the institution

the confidence of the public. The presence of the

Bishop at its head, give preponderance in its councils

to the Episcopalian Church, a position which was im-

proved in various ways to the advantage of that body.

A Theological Professor was appointed, and the attend-

ance of students re([uired at the Episcopal service in

a chapel specially fitted up for the purpose. The a"i-

lation for further reform terminated in the passage of

the Baldwin Act of 1849, which created no less than

three distinct bodies, to regulate the aflairs of the Uni-

rersity; the Caput which was for the interior Govern-

ment of the College ; the Senate, to appoint professors

and pass statutes for the general management, and tlie

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Bonn! of Kiulowment wl.Icl, hiu] vhivgi^ of the laridabelongn.g ,o il.e trust. It likru i.e aboli.sho.l all irsLs,alteml the nanio of il.e inshsniim, f,c,m -Ki„..'.s Coll<ge- to that of "Toronto Univorsiry," a.ul gave toother Colleges the p.ivilege of l.eeonm.g affiliated toIt, in the nianner of LoiuhHi Unlversiiy. ^\,MUl:er act^va.s iK.wever, passed in 1853. which altered enii.elyidl tlie arrangt-men's. The hill provided that theioshould 1,0 no professorships in cnnecrion wiili theToronto Univer.iry. but that its functions .should f,e lim-ited t., the examination of ci^ndidates from any lean edii.Hiihilion, and ornnting drgrees in iIk- several l-.ndiiesof arts, of hnv, and medicine; it also provi<lcd that thoIl.en Professor of T<nonto UniviMsity, ^hould lu' trans-ferred to a new insutntion, to he calhul UniversityCoHege. excepting tho Professors nf MvAlcim^, whomIt dismissed with a ^ramify of a year's salary. ThelulIov\ing is a li.vt of tho Pôf^^sÎs and Cfficers :—

Piesident, Eev. Jtdni McCatdl, L.L. I)., Hey' J„hnMcCaull, L.L.D., Professor of Ch.sMcal Literature,Logic, Rhetoric, and Pelles Letters. Kov. JamesLeaven, D.D., l»r<,fos8.)r of Metaphysics and Ethicts.IL IL Cjoft, D.C.L.. Proiessor of Chemi.stry and Ex-perimental Philosophy. George Lû klan.l, Esq.. Pro-fessor of Theory ai;d Practice of Agricuhure. J. ILCheriimaii, M.A., Pu,lo.ss«»r <»f Natural Philosophy.Daniel Wilson, L.L 1)., JVofos.sor of History andEnglish Literuluro. Kev. AN'illiam

8Jncka, F.L.S.

^SK^•.TnHK.8 OK TOllONTO.

Prol'e^^nr of NHlunjl PJistory. E. J. (^hapmaii, Et^q,

Professor of Minorulogy and Geology. James For-

neri, L.L.D., Professor of Modern LungiUigen. G.

T. Kingston, M.A., PiofeshOi of 3Fet,eorology. J. MHirvsclifelder, hlaq., LecturiM- on (")iienr{d Literature

Rev. Arlliur Wieknois M. A., Chissleal Tutor. Rev.

Al6X. JiOriuior, Lihrnriiui.

The ;uuiexe<I compii. 'ejiirablo informatinu rc-

sneetiufjf tbe JHluiif-Biou of ^!lldenls to tlie Co]le>«[c :

—

'•Class J, Matriculuted vSu;deiiU-^; and niati'iculantdj

including all tlH)se under-gradual eti wIk^ pass the

University matriculatif n examiuati^jn, and pursue the

course of studies required by tlie Senate in order to

proceed to tlie degree of Master of Als. In the Col-

lege they are termed matric^ulantd, wliile still preparing

for the first Univej'sity examiiiatiorj. which those so

desiq:nated trenerallv take alou"' witli the more ad-

vanced class of students of two years' standintr accord-

ing to the optiou.-i allowed by the University fichenie.

The term matriculated students is applied to those

wlio have honouiably passed the first University

examination ; and this class of students alone u oar the

academics^ or college gown and square cap. Those

who have passed the corresponding examinations in

any University in her Majesty'ji domirrions, are admis-

sable to the same rank in the Toronto University.

Claii.s 2. Besides these, studentfi wislnnryin Jtvnil flmm.

;KKTnnKs of toko to. 4.3

tioives of the means ol* in>sliuotion whiili un^' of tlio

college classes aft;>rcl, withcHit purposing \o proceed to

T/iiivcrsity degree, are adnii.«sal)le under (lie clasH ofoccasional students; and are i\eo to choose suchoour>es of lectures* as art^ most conducive to theiywpecial purposes of study. Candidates lor admissionas matriculated students, aie recpiiied to j.'roduce cer-

tificafes of good conduct, and of having passed thenialriculation examination of tfie Universtiy. Matri-culants, are retpured to i)roduce certificates of go(Kl

c(»nduct, and, in addition, to satisfy ?hc Professors, onexamination, that they have the re(pusito cpudificationa

for entering on the course of study which they purposepursuing. Occasional students, are not required to

pass any examination until the close of their iirst term,when such of them as wisii to compete for prizes, areexamined in the special suhjects which they have«elected. Matriculated students atid matriculants arerequired, during their attendanctM)n lettures, to reside

in licensed hoarding hrmses, or in such other housesa.s have been selected l>y their parents or guardians,

and approved of by the President; of the College."

The Library contains a vahudjle collection of work^

ill the different depnrtnients of science and literature.

The number of yoKunos exceeds 0000, and the selection

has beoii made mainly witli a view to tlieir pruotioa!

utility as books of reference.

44 SKETCH l.'S OF TORONTO.

Connected with the College, is an extensive Museum

of Natural IH>tory, whieh afl'ords nic:ins of illustrating

the ProfeMSovs' lectnreM in the various d(?partnjentH of

5*iOology and i>olan}'. The Muneuni contains a very

uunierous collection of specimens, amongst which aro

many belonging to the Piovince, and a large stock of

npp:iratu.-< illustrative of Nahirnl Phih)Sophy and Chouii.

cal science.

Several scholarships aro granted in each departnicntj

the salaries of which anjount to .€^'^0 each per year.

By the aid of a valiiablc authoiity we are enabled tf;

eubjoiu the following facts in connection with

DIK NEW UMVEUSITY IJUILDINCIB.

University Park tsriginally consisted of j)nrk lots 9.

10, 11, 1:1, and KJ, and comprised portions of tho

popcrty of D'Arcy Ijoulton, Esq., Hon. J. Elmsley,

Wm. D. Powell, Esq,, and 8ir J. li. Kobinson,—in

all 1(j8 acres. The fir&t portion was deeded to the Uni-

versity in December, 1828, the remainder in .May, 1829.

About two-thirds of the whole Park, which the Gov-

ernment lately took possession of, with the view of

erecting therein suitable Parliament buildings and Gov-

ernment House, was set apart for " the use and purposes

of the University," in February, 18oG. It comprises

the portion west of Queen Street avenue, about 104

acres. His Excellency the Governor General in council,

bv fin order, h^nrln*'" dnrr* '^'^n#l l<\.fii'nnrv I'lcf onflinr.

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SKKTCIIKS OF TORONTO. 45

isley,

izcd Van Senate of the University, to erect suitubli^ buil-

dh.gs, and to expend on hucU buildings, out of tho

UniveiHity funds, u huui not to exceed £75,000. In

addition to thiM, the .sum of £20,00 was c;rnnted for

tho purpose of a Library and Museurn. With tiio vie\r

of carrying out tliesc objects, tlie Senate took iniinediato

action, procured plans, and comnicneed erecting a buil-

ding of which t]ie following ia a brief descnptlon :

—

The chief facades of tlie lIuiverKify building will bo

those of the soutli and oust, the former of great andmassive elevation for distant effect from the lake and

town, the latter of more Drokcn and pioture8(|uo outliac

forc(<?nbination with the. beautiful ravine lying between

it and tlie nndn Purk avcjuie^ from which it will be

:'hiefly viewed. The general outline of the buildings

will approach the form of a ^cjuare, having aEi internal

qu^tdiangh- of about 200 i't. square, the north ssido of

which \vili be left open to the Pjirk. T'hc main fron-

tage on the south will be about 300 feet long, with a

massive Nurman tower in its centre 120 feet in length,

Qnd comprising tw > stories, Cixt, on tlie ground being

devoted to lecture rooms, the upper f.tory to tlic library

and museum, two noble rooms 80 by tlij feet each, with

public and collegiate reading room.^ attached. These,

which may be called the public portion of the building,

will be entered by the Tower, and by a central hall of

the full height of tho building, from wluch the library

46 SIvr.TCUKS (tK T()K(»NT().

and nmseum uro approac)i{Ml tu the right nnd loft re-

sptctlvcl}'. Tlic oast Hid; of the biiildimrj 200 toot in

Icnpjtli, will be entered by a subiiidlary tower—approached

over tlie ravine betbre ni(!nti(»nod. This wing; and en-

trance will be devoted to th(* University, having Senate

Chamber, (Jhancellor's, Vice ( Mianeellur's and Kegis-

trar's rooms, lectnro rooms Jind the Ilall of (\)nvoeation,

90 by 88, of the full lieiglit. Tlie west end of the

(jviadrangle, abfuit 2U0 i\H in l«!Ugth., will comprise the

student's residtaices, three stories in height, with a din-

ing hall 5() by JU ou tlio centre, and having to the rear

the neccf:i;''arv d*iiiie,«tic (.ilict'S, Steward's residence and

tile like.

The iionliorn linjits of (he cast and west w Uig«

respectivoly will be completed by the oflicial residences

of tlie President and Doan of the College, and at the

south west angle of the whole strnclnre will be erected

the Chemical Laboi'atorieS;, theatre and stores.

The general accommodation will be comprised h:

the lecture theatre and nine (dass rooms, with Profes-

sors' rooms attaclieJ, library and reading rooms, nm-

seum, with preparation and curator's rooms, Senate

Chamber, Ohrjicelhn-'s rooms and other University

offices. The I'onvocation Hall, President's and Dean's

residence, quarters for 60 students-, witli College dining

hall and all necessary appurtenances.

The style adopted is Norman, with some approacli

in outline to the synifiietrv more ideriticul with Ivo-

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niaijosque. Thin latter tlescnpfion, lunvev<)r, applies

more particularly to the soiitliern f'acndo, in which the

peculiar requisites ofthe building seeTu to have dictntcd

a regularity of form, but which is depnrted from else-

whore, for tlie broken and more jncturosque outline

common to the latter system. The Ptruclure taken as

a whole will bo of m?js.sive character. The tower,

unlike any other upon this continent with whicli weare familiar, being of that bold and simple form which

seeks for effect rather from magnitude than detail. Alarge proportion ofthe.se biiihlings will be Cijustructed

in stone, but in some parts brick will be introduced.

The large rooms induding he library, museum and

Hall of Convocatioti will have open timber roofs, and

it is proposed in these to introduce sculpture and

blaiued glass with a view to completion of eifect.

It has been designed by Messrs. Cumberland &Storm, and is being" built by Messrs. Worthinjjtoii

Brothers.

The whole, grounds around t!)t^ tievv buiklings and

the observatory are to be laid out with walks and

planted. Some 40 or 50 acres to the north of the

Park are to be devoted to agricultural and horticul-

tural purposes with a view to a botanical garden.

CHUBCHES..ST. Paul's church, yohkville.

Id the suburb of Yorkvirie, but withiu t\\v. luuitB of

AS SKKTl'IIES OP TOUONTO.

tho city, St. Paiirs chiiroli is boinp; afc present orcctod.

It is a neat stone buiLling-, and is intended to replace

t^ic present 8'nall wooden building. Tho llov. S.Givons ia the Incuuibout.

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TRINITY CHURCH.

At tbc east end of the city, stands Trinity Church,

neat GothI •- stnioture 78 ft. by 50 ft., tho coracr-stono

of winch Was hiid by the Bishop, on tho 20t]i of May,1843. It was opened for olivine service on the 14th of

February, 1S44. ft has o. pjallory smd an or«an, andcan acco.iunodato about 400 persons. It was designed

by Mr. M. B. L;ine, and built by Mr. John Kitchoy,

The present lucumbenf; is the llev. A. tSanyon, who re-

sides in a hanil.somo p:irsona^'o housOj lately en^ctf-d to

the west of the cliurch.

Adjoining the church is a ncit Gotliic school \w\x6.^,

built by Knr,c]i Turner, Ivsq., an<I presented by hirn to

the cljurcli, It accaiiii/KxJatos about 200 chihlron.

ST. GEOIIGE'S ClilHlCIL

This is a very handsome building and stands in tho

west end of the city, on a luC of land presented by tho

lat(^ D'Arey I^oulton, Esq. Jt was erected in 1844 froma design by Mr Lane, in the early English stylo. It

will aceo.nniodato 1)00 persons, Tho tower and flpiro

arc IGO feet in lieight, and it is tho first steeple seen bystrangers entering the harbor from the west. Tho pro-

eent ineumbi^nf. is thn TJor S^nnhon L'^**- T. T. r»

II.

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CIlUllCIl ()¥ THE HOLY TRINITY.

Tlio sum of Jj'jOOO sterling was presented in 18 t7, to

the Bishop by an anonymous donor in the dioecao of

Ripon, in England, for the erection of a Free Church in

the diocese of Toronto. With this donation, a spacious

and comfortable church wa.s erected. Tt is in the early

English style of architecture, and crucifo^'Mi in its slapo.

It stands on Alice Street, a little west of Yonirc Street,

nnd at its western end arc two tur/eta 80 feet high. Its

Interior length is loG feet, breadth across the navo 53

feet, across the transepts 91 feet. On the south are

Bcdilia for tlic clergy. It can accommodate about 1000

sitterg. In the nortliera transept is an organ. The

present Incumbents and Assistant Minister are the llev,

II. Scadding, D.D., and the lie v. S. Darling.

In connection with this church, are a group of buiU

dings on its south-east corner, which comprise a school

for boys, on the ground flt)or, and one on the upper floor

for the pirls, approached by two entrances. There is,

also, a Hiiiull winter chapel for the daily service of the

church. Tlie material is white brick j with stone dres-

sings. Messrs. Worthington & Storm wore the contrac-

tors for the brick and carpenter work respectively. Tho

ci)st was about £1,000.

WESLEYAN8.

TKn fivjf ATi.flinrlicif S^-voiofxr in H •! n ;•» fl •l . IVMS fit^DYUul in

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50 SKKTOHE* <)>' TORONTO.

1790, hy a juissioiiary sent by tlio New York Confer-ence. The first organized church in York was eetab-hshed in 1818, the meeting house being erected on thesouth side of King Street, about forty feet west of Jor-(hin Street. It was 20 feet back from the street, andwas quite in the fields at tlie time of its erection. Itwas originally 40 feet square, but .subse«]ucntly 20 feetwere added to the Kouth end.

ADELATOK STllEKT OHUH('M

This church was built in the year 1812, on the cornerof Adelaide and Toronto Streets.

The church was justly considcj-ed the best and mostcommodious house of wor^;hip in Western Canada. Itis of brick with stone basement, about 75 ft. by 54 it.

comfortably seated, with a large and commodious gallery,'and the body of the churcli is calculated to hold, bycrowding, somewhat over 1500, and of seating about1200 peisons.

(JEOROf] 8'rnKKT CHUKOil.

The n(ixt Methodist chundi erected in tiie city wasthe frame building fronting on George street. It wp^commenced under the Muspicos of the llev. Mr. Eraserand finished, and galleries erected during the ministryof the Kev. John IJarry, connected with' the Wesleyanbody in England and Lower Canada. When first put^ "^ ^^ '''^'' ^auury, witnout basement

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fiub8u(j«ently un. the union c»f* tfie then Methodist Kpis-

copa) body of Ui^por Canarln with the Woslcyan body

in Eoglaiul in 1 800, tho cliapel was for several years

wiused, until in 1840 the dissolution of the union re-

ferred to, induced those ai>;reeini>; with the British Con-

fcronco and holding their views, again to open this

chnpol and onlai'gc it, by carrying the east end out

twr-nty feet,

IIIOIJMOND STREET CHIJECH.

The then existing church accommodation being found

to be inadequate, a church was erected on a lot 100 by

175 feet, running south to Temperance street. The

building is 85 feet by 05, exclusive of the portico, and

has a light, airy basement 11 feet high. Its cost was

about £8,500, and it is capable of holding 2,000

persons.

QUEEN STREET OHA PEL.

The same body of British Wesleyans erected a church

on the south side of Queen street, near Brock street, on

ground generously presented by the late Hon J. H.

Dunn. It has been twice enlarged since its erection.

It is designed in the Nornum style, by Messrs. Cum-

berland & Storm, having a bell cote on the main gable.

It is now a large Jiud handsome building ;it was opened

on 4th January, 1857.

VORKVTLLE CHUHOII.

For the portion of the British society living north, a

52 8KETCIIi',8 OF TORONTO.

ehapel wns erected in Yorkville, cliiefly by the efforLsofJoseph Bloor, Esq., at the cost of about £G00. It wasabout the same si^sc as that on Qucea street, prior to its;

enlargement.

What were called the British and the Cmadian Wca-reyans, v.ere united into one body in 1846, and then al!

the churches which have been mentioned became at-

tached to the present Conferonoe. A new church iaconnection with the body was opened at Yorkville in1854. It is a handsome edifice in the Gothic style,with the first .spire attached to a Methodist chapel inToronto. It is about tlic same size on the jrrouud aithe Adelaide street cluirch. It is of white brick, witha gallery and a large basenioat lecturo-roo;^r It costabout £4,400.

ELM STUEET ClfAPKL.

The next enterpris(^in connection with the Wcsleyanbody was the new church on Elm Street, which wasopened on the 8th April, 1855. Its size is 88 feet by47, and it is capable of seating comfortably nine hun-dred persons. The exterior walls are covered withcement, and drawn in imitation of stone. The archi-tect was Joseph Sheard, Esq., and the builder, Mr.Burrowea.

EPISCOPAL METHODIST.

The members of the Methodist Episcopal Chuchwhoobjected to tho union with the British CoatcrcQco,

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formed themselves into a congregation and erected a

cliapol on Kichniond-strcet between Yongc and Bay-

Btreets. They afterwards disposed of this building to

the United Presbyterians and have now no church in

Toronto.

NEW CONNEXION METHODISTS.

The Mcthodii-t New Connexion oriLiinnted in 184G,

in a secession from the Canada Conference, wliich

claimed a dononiinational partition of the Ui:iversity

Endowment, while the British Wcsleyans also claimed

a share of the Clergy lieserves. Those who were

opposed to all endowments, and thought that the Inity

should have a voice in tlie governing power of the

church, left these bodies—obtained the use of the Me-

chanics' Institute—chose a preacher, a missionary anient

from the eame body in Knghind, and organized a sotieiy

on 26th Mav, 1810. The dit-tinj;,ui.shiiiG: feature of this

body is, that popular representation is Scriptural, essen-

tial to the good of the church, and was practised in the

early church.

NEW CONNEXION METHODIST CHUnClI.

The Church is situated in Temperance-street, adjoin-

ing the Temperance Hall ; is a handsome structure in

the Gothic st\lc, 45 feet by 85. 1'he foundation stone

was laid on the 25th August, 1850, and the Church

was onened for nublic worshio on 27th December of the

H SKKT0HK8 OF TOUONTO.

same year. Tho Rov. J. Shuttknvorth is the prosen^

PRIMITIVE MKTU()J)l}Sl\S.

Ill 1829, Mr. Will. Lnwson, a Primitivo Moth.Hii.st

preacher from Enghmd, .sottled in York, ami coinnieiiocd

preaohiiig in tlie market .square. lUi formed a. society

which procured a missioiiary froii) li]i!<;l;iud, and boearno

connected with ih) English Primitive Methodist Church,

in August. 1880. In 1887, the^- erected on Bay-street

a brick edifice at a cost of £700. Thev continued to

occupy this building until 1851, wlu'n they sold it tu

John Dickson, Esq., for the sum of .€1,250, and pro-

ceeded to erect a liandsor.te chapel on Aliee-«treet, wlsicli

was opened for public worship in Oecember, 1855. It

is 70 feet long by 48 wide, and 27 feet in height, with

a tower 90 feet high. It is capable of seating 710 per-

sons, and cost £8,200. Mr. Joseph Slicard, was tho

architect, Mr. Coleman, the carpenter, Mr. Isaac White,

the mason, Mr. Iteming, the carver, and Mr. MeCau.-5-

laad the contractor for painting.

AFKICAN MKTUODI.sr.

There are two chapels occupied by the African M<sthodists, one in Ilichmond-street near York-street, whichwas got up principally by Willis xVddison. It is rough-

cast, and comfortably seated with about 80 by 40 tV'ct

area. It was commenced about 1888, but was long in

aan-a m eousequencc of the poverty and ul.^iunion of it.i

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meaibers. The other is in Sayer Street., and in tiboat

tho same size and of recent date.

PRESr^YTJvRlAN.

Previous to 1820 there was no regiihir Presbyterian

nunister in the place. A Mr. Coolv, who came out fromEnghind, preached occaaionally. The first ordained

minister was the Fveverend James IlarriH^ a licentiate of

the Presbytery of :Monaghari, Ireland. He collected

together a few Presbyterian.s in 1820, among whomwere Messrs. Jesse Ketchuni, Colin Drummond, Joseph

Rogers, John Ross, and others who are still residing in

the city. In 1821 a brick church was built on tlio

ground now occupied by Knox's church, which wa8

presented by Jesse Ketchum, Esq. It was 40 by 28

feet, and at that time about 250 attended. Previous to

this the Presbyterians worshipped in the Masonic Hall

in iVJarket lane. This church belonged to what was

called the United Synod of Upper Canada, an organiza-

tion which remained separate until die disruption of

the Church of Scotland in 1844.

CHURCH OF 8(;0TLANI>.

At a meeting of the adherents of the church of Swt-land in the town of York, held on the 3rd March 18^0,

John Ewart, Esq., in the chair, it was, on the motion

of Dr. Dualop, seconded by M\. H. Carfrae, unani-

f-.*''v»CT*j »voi,'iT\-rA vv h<3.jxb liijuicuialc OLups I'.n' Uit5 «rOC-

I |l


tion of a place of worship in connection with the Churchof Scotland, and for the calling of a clcrpjmen of thut

church to officiate therein as their minister.

ST. Andrew's ciiurcit.

In pursuance of this resolution, St. Andrew's Churchwas erected, and the Pvev. Wm. Eintoul, A.M., wa.s

inducted as the first nsinister thereof on the 1st June1831. After an incumbency of three jears, Mr. lUntouldemitted his charijc, and the church was declaredvacant on the 4th June 1834. The next minister wasthe Rev. William T. Lciteh, A.M., who was admittedto the pastoral charge of the congregation on the 15thJuly iSoo, and officiated as niinlator of the church for

seven years, when he tendered his resignation to th'.

Presbytery, which was accepted, and the church de-clared vacant on the 17th August, 1842. Mr. Leitchwas succeeded by the Kev. John Barclay, D.D., (thepresent incumbent) who having been previously or-

duined by the Presbytery of Ayr in Scotland, wasinducted as minister of St. Andrew's church by thePresbytery of Toronto on tlie Gth December, 1842.

This church is situated on the corner of Church andAdelaide-streets. The ground was purchased from theMagistrates of the old Home District in May 1830, andconsists of 78 by 97 feet, costing £VoO. The fou'nda-tion stone was laid by Mr. Thonuis Carfrae, Junr., onthe 24th June lHW. In 1840 it was enlar^e<l. nnd .

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1

«pi'o ,.dck.d, wl.ich, with other ;>„prov«,acM(,, muko it,u aea and oou.M.odica buildiMn, Tt j, „„,, ,j,^ ^yi-imroh 1)1 cxwteiicc in Toronto.

_

l.n 18-11 tho year .fter the disruptio,. in tl,e Churcho >..«la,.d u, Seotla>,d, those io Canada who sj-u,p,.Mu.ed With tho principle, for which the J'roe ChurohPû'tT contended, separated theuiselv... (Vom uli ccclesi-i..^ti.«l connection will, the Established Ch uroh of Scot-Jand, and dosi«nated th«n,elve. the ['resbjterian Chur.d,m Canada. A division,, therefore, followed in St. An.drew « (Umrch. U. parties who seceded tVon. the.^^tablushn.ent, becan.e connected with the eor-gretâtion.'" uelnnond-Hreet. The body ,h„s formed lôamethe_].ree Church, and calle.i the Rev. I)r. IJurn. t« bethen- pastor. The church wa.s enlarged by the additionot a Iranie structure, the congregation not beiu"' pre-pared to erect a pcrn.anent buildinf<. The whole edificeWW destroyed by fire, however, on the 1st M.iy, 1847»«') ".ea««res wore innne.liately taken fi.r the erection

The tbuudHtioi, stone of Knox's church -wwi laid onthe tn.t Sept., 1847, unci it was opouerl for wonship0J» tho l]vd Se])t., 1 R 48.

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This hmldiuix i.y much adnured for the biautiful pro>Frtion of it^ tower and spire, which are of au cxtrorco-'^" rich "^^-''-'' - » "• '-''' " . . -iy rich chanuHtr, un.j IRO fea hi^rh ; th« stylo of the


building k of the early decorated English-gi/.bic-archi-

tecture. The walls are of white brick with cut stone

dressings ; llie inlorior lias a very pleasing effect which

is heightened by a very rich and costly pulpit and can-

opy, and [)recentor's desk and screen to the vestment

rooms, on an elevated platform, over which, under a

richly decorated arch, is a fine rose whidow of stained

glass. The church, with its galleries round three sides,

gives an accommodation of 1,300 f.ittings. Exterior

dimensions, 104 by 70 feet.

The architect was Wm. Thomas, Esq.; and McBean

<fc Withrow were the contractors. The total cost was

,£6,000. Its bell is noted for its fine tone. Rev. Dr.

Burns was inducted to the charge of the congregation

on the 2.3rd of May, 1845, and on being appointed to

the chair of " Church History and the Evidences,"

resigned his pastorate in 1856. The Eev. Alexander

Topp, from Edinburgh, was inducted to the pastoral

charge on Sunday, Sept. 19th, in this year.

SECOND FREE CHURCH.

The second Free Presbyterian congregation was

formed in January, 1851. It met first in the Temper-

ance Hall, Temperance street. In Juno, 1852, they

called the Rev. Robert Irvine of St. Johns, N.B., to

be pastor, and in March, 1853, the church on George

street, built by the Wesleyans and purchased from

them by the Unitarian body, was bought from the lat-

c-archi-

it stone

t which

nd can-

estinent

inder a

'stained

DC sides,

^]xterior

McBean

3ost was

Lev. Dr.

regation

inted to

lences,"

lexander

pastoral

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:ion was

Tempcr-

152, they

N.B., to

George

ed from

1 the lat-

ter and was used by ,ho congregation under thename oi Cooko's Church. The Rev. Mr. Irvine hav-ing removed to Hamilton in May, 1854. the congrega-tion was vacant umil tho settlement of t),e llev^AndMarshall, on the 8th of August, 1856. Mr. Marshallwas formerly minister of Cladymore, County Armagh.Ireland, and came out to New Brunswick a. a mission-ary in the beginning of the year, 1850. The Kov MrGregg, succeeded Mr. Marshall, and is tho pr..sentminister.

The increase of the congregation, rendering greateraccommodation necessary, they purchased a lot on thecorner of Queen and Mutual streets, and have justcompleted the erection of a new building. Thestructure is from designs by William Thonras, Esq.,architect, and is in the Lombard style, much used inEurope in the 12ih century. It is built of brick, withthe best while brick face work, with moulded brickdressn.gs, corbels and cornices of ornamental design,and has two towers and spires on the front, one oneach side of the centre gable, and porch and threefront entrances. The interior has galleiies of threeSiczes, open timber roof of stained pine, with orna-mental principals, enclosed platforms with pulpit, pre-centor's desk, and robing room at the back, approJchedfrom back entrances and staircase to vestry. Thebasement is used for a Sunday school, and is of the\yhole size of the church, with entrances front and

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60 HKKTUHKS OJr* TORONTO.

roar. The (Hnunisions nvo !i» followH :—Churcli

iiisiflo 78 f'oet iiiclu's by ol ft.ol. Height from <loor

to c(iiling 'h) loot. I'olal (io?jtagi^ 66 fcof. Total

length 102 foot. floight of .s|»in? 112 teet. ft in

intt^iidoti to ucconnuodato 000 bllt^;rs. The cojitr«ctor

for mason work wh^ Mr. Worthinglon ; for caq)ontei

work Mr. (1. K . Biinowd ; mid for pnhitiug MrM('( -nusland : phistoi- vvoik Mr. lUnldin ; ri^^timtited

co.^t .£'1,000.

I NM'Kli I'FJKSUVrr.KIANS.

Tik' fir.-f ot'gunizalitjn of tho Unilod Prof.hyttMi!!?)

(Ijiirch wjjs fornnnl in t.ho year 1S38. 'IMic congre

gation niel for a time in the March street Baptist

cliuf'o], and calk>d the Kov. J. Jennings to be minister,

who was indnctcd 9th Jnly, 1830. In May 1810, they

rented the Methodist Episcopal churcli on Tlichmondstreet, and finally purchased it in 1841. In 1848 it

was too small for the congregation, and a fine newchnrch wa.s erected on the corner of Richmond an»J

Bay streotH. It is in the perpendicular BngliJi-gothic

Htyle of archituclure, of wliite brick atid cut stone

dressings, having a .square tower at the west end, with

octagonal termination and rich pinnaclos, erected fromthe designs and under the superiutendence of WilliamThomaH, Esq., architect. It has accommodation for

900 persons, and cobfc about i'3,000. The builders

were Messrs. Metcalfo, Forbtw .V Co. Mr. Jenningi*

is still pastor.

J^KKTCUItH Ok i'ORUiNXO. Ill

>^K«OND UNITKD IJtKHIlYTEHlAN ClIUHm.This coHgiegation wan firyi organized, and mitil

latoly worshipped in tin.* old Mechanics* fn^titute.Tlie Hev. Dr. Taylor is the paytov. The new huild-'^ng, a the corner of Victoria and Gould Htreets, ih ofwhite brick and freestone-, in the hue first-pointed^tyle of English architecture. It C()n-i.sr« of a sincrle

imve 80 feet )>y 42 feet inside, with a f)road.i)oiiirec1

i uof of good pitch. There is a tower and ^pire at thenorth-west angle, W) r^ci high. The spire is iMwcvpdwith slate of a light green colour. The side wailrt arepierced with mullioned atid trucerled windows of twolights eacU, with qualrcfuil lieads. This window, withthe exceplion of the hood and sills, is entirely of brick-work, executed in a very noat style of workmanship,rhe whole of the windows mid dooi.s have stone lable*|r iiood moulding,^, witli cmvcd dropstone tcrniina-t'lom. Tim buttresses are ria^slvoly treated with fineBteep weatherings. Iiitern^lly the i:iuirch pit^sent asdear space, there being no gidleiie^, save a narrow6ne over the vestibule ut tiie end. The .seats arearranged in three columns, with two pa>sages, for rhesake of economizing apace. The cost of this edificewill be £3,300. Mr. Walton ^vas the bricklayer, andMr. Plenderleith the carpenter. The slating of thespire was executed by Messrs. Mitchell, Rennie andDuthie. It was opened for vvorsl ii

1857.p on Ihh Jannary,


REFOUMEJ) PllESKYTERIANS.

TIio Reformed rre«.'oylorian congregation in To-

foiUo was organized on ihe 2 let of October, 1851.

The people adhering to the denomination were mostly

immigrantai and very much scattered through the Up-per Province, and the Church in Scotland sent out at

various times missionaiie:» to labour amongst them.

Tiirough their instrumentality fellowship meetings, or

prayin"- societies, were organized in Carlton Place,

Ramsay, IVrlh, Gait, Cluelph, Oneida and other places.

In Toronto there was one in exi.stence about 15 years

previous to the organizati(jii of the congregntiun, th(3

mrmbtris l)oing frequently \hl\\u\ by Rev. JamesMcLachhui and Rev. Tlionuis McKefuhie, wh-.) weresent out as missionaries ])y the Jujme Synod—the

former about 20 years ago atid the latter in 1843.

Rev. Thomas Hannah from the Reftjrmod Piesbyte-riaii churcli in the United States also visited. Mr.McKeachle was soou remaned by deatli. Rev. .Jolui

McLachlan was next tent out by the liomc Synod to

supply the missionary field in his place. He resided

m this city, and the peo[)lo here received the greater

part of his labours until 1S50, when ho left the bodyand connected himself wiih the Free Church. Aboutthat time ilie members, with the concurrence of the

Synod in Scotland, made application to the ReformedPrefibyterian Synod in ihe United Hiates to bo take?)

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in lo-

, 1851.

mostly

bo Up.

: out at

them,

ngs, or

Place,

placcvs.

) years

on, th(3

James

) were

d—the

1843.

'sbyte-

Mr.

. John

liod to

esided

reater

) body

Aboi2t

of the

)rmedI

under its care. Their application was successful, andas a consequence, the Society here wa8 organized into

a congregation at the time specified, and a call wasmade upon Rev. K. Johnston, the present pastor, whowas then, and still is, a member of the riochester Pres-bytery. Before tho church in James street waserected and opened in the beginning of 1853, the peo-ple at an early ])eriod, met occasionally at Coyne'sSchool house, Sayer street, and subsequently for a

length of time, in the Old Mechanics' Institute.

The new church is situated on the corner of Jamesand Louisa i^treets,west of Yonge street It is a neat

plain frame building, rough-cast, having a broad cor-

nice and arched windows, and an excellent storjo base-

ment. It was erected in the fall of 1852, and openedfor public worship on the 6th February, 1853. It wasdesigned by Josepli Sheard, Esq., and is capable ofabout 150, and cost £600.

C0N(i»K(4ATTuNAL.

The Oongreoational body comniencod public religioua

services in Toronto, August 8ist. 1H34, in the old Ma-sonic Hall, Oolborne street. A cliuicdi of 19 nienibers

was formed on November 28, by tiio Kov. W. Merri-

field, who came from ]>rampton, Cun.berland, England.

He returned to England in April, 1835. In conse-

quence of the visit of Drs. Heed and Matheson from the

Congregational Union of England and Wides, the Colo-

li

in HKKTimm OK TOaON-K>.

niaJ mmiou vus formed, one of whost earliest pro-ceedings v/a8 to scud the Ilov. J. Roaf, ministor ofYfolvcrhampton, England, to conduct the Society's ope-rations in Western Canada. In the fall of 1887, Mr.Boaf arivcd in Toronto, and took charge of the church.The Methodist chapel in George street, now asedby thesecond Presbyterian cungi-onution, ^ôs rented and umluntil the opening of the new eliijpd on the 1st January,18-10. This was erected on tho eorner of Adelaide andBay streets, and was a neat and commodious edifioc, 40by 80 feet, capable of seating about 700 persons, withbasement for Sabbath .school. It wa- briek, faced withplaster made of white marble dust, and eost fexclusivoof land) about £2,500. This church was burnt down25th Februry, 1855.

7A0N (JIIAPKL.

î(m eluipel i^^ erected at the eorner of Adelaide and

j^y«tn>cts. It iH in the Lombard .tylc of architecture,

^^he building is of brick throughout, with Ohio stonedressings. The tower and spire arc on the north-westangle, forming a couHpieuous object when enterin- theCity from King street west. It is divided into five bayswith a two-light Hemleircular-headed window in each'with square buttresses between, with stone set-offs, anddying into the bilek corbel table under the eaves Theinterior is fitted up with galleries on three sides, and theground floor has centre and side aisles, and larê entrance

8KRTCHKS OF TOKONTO. mhbhy in front, oontttinirig wtaircast^s to (he galleries.The roof is partly open, fallowing the urehea of the prin-cipals from columns oacli way, and 8t:iint.d. The di-

Tuerjsions arc 95 by 50 feet through the walls. TheiKiglit of the .spire and tower from t)ie side walk to thevane is im feet. The builder wa8 Mr. John Wor-ihington; the carpenter Mr. Uoberfc VVishart ; thepainter and glazier, Mr. G. V. Porter; tlie plastererMr. R. Foster, it eo^t £4,804.

Thi.^ building was opened for worship on the L'Otli

September last, when the ilev. T. 8. Ellerby was for-

inally installed as Pastor m rooni of Mv, "Roaf. whoresigned his offiee some time airo.

THE SECU>.i> CONUlUulATIONAb l.'HUHCH.

Was organized in Februnry, 1849, being at first eom-posed of 2o members, seceding from the CongregationalChurch under the Rev. John Roaf 's eare. The Rev.Archibald Geilue, was then chosen pastor, and cou-tinued so till Marcli 1853. For some time there wasno regular pastor. The Rev. F. Jl. Marling was settled

in October, 1854. The buildini: is of wood, and rouah-cast. It has recently been enlarged, and now scats 300persons. A building for lecture room and vestry is in

course of erection at the rear. Size of lot 50 feet front

by 80 feet. Main building 02 feet by 84 feet ; addi-

tion, 50 feet by 17 feet. The building was erected up-

wards of 20 years since, by the Episcopal Mcthodisti^,

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66 SKETCHKS OF TORONTO.

and was for manj years occupied by tlie United Presbyterian CImrch (Rev. J. Jennings). On their vacat-ing It, the present occupiers purchased it for £800 andhave laid out £500 in improvements. Estimated value

BAPTISTS.

About the year 1822, a few persons, claefly fromScotland, organised a churoli oii ^yhat are geoerallvcalled Scotch Baptist priueiples, and met sometimes i.;private houses and at other times i„ school hous-s Inthe year 1827 the Rev. Alex. Stewart removed' fromEsques.ng to Toronto, and was appointed president ofthe church.

In November 1829, a iot was purchased on Stanleystreet for the erection of a cimrch by Mr. II. M Moseley, and in l.H.-il the building was opened for public"worship.

'^

In 1838, the congregation was dissolved throu-h theoccurrence of various untoward eve-.ts ; and .^vera!months elapsed before an effort was made to supply itsplace._ Application was, however, made to the BaptistCo onml Missu.nary Society i„ England to send then,mit a minister, and in compliance with it, the Bev WH. (-combs was sent to Toronto in July, 1,940 Thechurch then consisted of thirteen members. Under thecharge of Mr. Coombs, and after him, of the Rev

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Messrs. Campbell and Fyfe, the church continued n.grow in numbers, and it w.,s determined to provide'a

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better place of meeting, the situation of the old one

being inconvenient, and the house small. A lot was

procured on Bond-street and a church erected in the

Grecian style, after the design of Mr. Sheard. It was

opened for public worship in June, 1848. The Eev.

James Pyper succeeded Mr. Fyfe in October 1848, and

under his ministry the congregation continuing to in-

crease, the chapel was doubled in tlie accommodation

for sitters, by an addition to the rear which gave it the

form of letter T, and by the erection of galleries. Its

interior arrangenjcnts arc very good, and the decorations

handsome. Mr. l^ypcr liaving left, the Ilev. Mr. Fyfe

returned, and was installed us pastor, on the 1st October,

1855.

AFRICAN BAI'TIST CIIUKCH.

The xifrican Baptist Church was erected in 1840, on

the corner of Queen and Victoria-streets. The late Mr,

Christian was long pastor of this Church. It is a neat

little building 45 feet by 50, and cost about 0^6500,

ROMAN CATHOLIC.

ST. Paul's cuurch.

On the 2nd December 1822, a deed often acres was

given for the first lioman Catholic Church in Toronto.

It was built the succeeding year on Power street, at the

east end of the city, by Mr John Ewart. It is a plain

briiik biuhling.

6S J^KKKUKS or TO IJ UNTO.

ST. MrCllAKL's CH(7flO«.

Tho ohurcli on Power street sufficed for tiic ustj of theBoman Catholics, until 1845, when the large buildingon the corner of Church and 8hut<n' Htreets was com-menced.^ This is thii larsvost occlosiasticul edifice in the€ity, being capable of accommodating about 0,000persons. It is In tho enrly decorated style of English-gothic architecture, built of white bvick and cut-sto!.6

dressings, of fine bold proportions, being 200 feet inlength, by 90 in width, and, with the trauHepty, makinc^a total width of 1 1 5 feet ex tcrlor diinenslons. Its bold^rich style of architecture, combined with Kimplicity ofform, c/ives great grandeur in general eifect ; the win-dows are large, and fdled with rich tracery of greatvariety, the eastern window of seven lights being S6feet high and 18 feet wide; the transepts have' finelarge rose whidows, with rich canopied niches in thegables. The building is wholly under one roof, formingin the interior a nave 170 feet long, 40 feci wide, and60 feet in height, with piers and arches, trifbnium andrich ceiling. The side aisles are 180 feet long, by 20feet wide, and 48 feet high, with a gallery at the westend. The building was commenced in the year 1845and finished in 1847. The tower and spire, which arenot yet completed, will be 250 feet high, of a rich char-acter; the parapet of the tower has in the centre ofeach foce a nkhe, designed for a statue of St. Michael.

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Oontraotor, Mr. John Harper; CHtimutod cost X20,000.The Bishop's House, nearly- adjoining on the north

side of the Cathedral, is built in a style of architecture

to correspond witli the Cathedral, which gives a goodeffect. Both wci-e erected from tlie designs and undertlie superintendence of W. Thomas, Esq., architect.

Bishop Power who was the first Iloman CatholicBishop was succeeded in 1849 by the present occupantof tho Episcopate, Count Charbonnel.

ST. m.aky's uhukoh.

This church wa.s erected on Bat]iUi>:t street, in 1851

,

by Messrs. Bowden and Ardagh.^ In 1854, an addition

was made to it by Mr. Hay, architect. The edifice

which is largo, but not elegant, has been partly takendown and is in course, of further inlargenient.

CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC.

This body erected a chapel in the year 1836, a little

to the west of, but having its entrance from Bay street,

between King and Adelaide. The Rev. George Ryer--

mn lias been the clcrgynjan from itii establishment.

UNITARIAN.

This society was first organized July 9th, 1845, in

the chapel purchased from the Methodif^i body in

George street. The first minlst^;r was the Rev. Mr.Adftnv^, who \r\H settled August 'Jllnt^ 1815. Here-

in


luained but one year and was succeeded by the Rev.Mr. Ball, who resigned in July, 1854. The church in

George street having been sold in 1853, a new one waserected on elarvis street after the design of Mr. Thomas.It is in the early decorated Gothic style, 46 feet by 76,contains 382 sittings, and cost about 2,500. The Kev.Prof. Hincks and Rev. Mr. Scott, have officiated since.

DISCIPLES.

The congregation of Disciples commenced meeting in

this city in the year 1827. The house in which theynow mc(>t was erected in 1839. It is a small building

situated on Shuter street between Victoria and Bondstreets.

GERMAN LUTIIARIANS.The German Lutheran Church on Bond street is a

plastered building from the design of W. Thomas, Esq.,

and has been put up by the untiring zeal of the fewGermans of the Lutheran Church resident here. Thechurch is 60 feet long by 37 feet broad, providing ac-

commodation at the end for the Pastor ; and there are

vestry and class-rooms. It is fitted up with organ gal-

lery, chancel or communion recess, pulpit, &c., and withopen timber roof stained, and on the exterior has pro-

jecting porches and dash perforated barge boards.

OUR SCHOOLS.The success of a country is in a great measure depen-

dent upon the amount of intelligence which its inhabi-

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SKETCHES OF TORONTO. Yl

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N .

tants possess, and it is no less important for the pros-perity of a natior- that it should foster and encouragethe promotion of an cffici(3ut educational system, than it

is to Lave an honest, independent, and just administra-tion of affairs. The young are the hope of the aged,and in their hands must be confided those trusts andthose responsibilities which are held by their forefathers,

before time hurries them from the stage. Education,and not chance discovery, has in the main occasionedthe developement of the resources of nature, and hasalmost invariably matured the achievements of art; and to

to imbue with high moral principle and indoctrinate withlearning the youth of our present age is to exalt the posi-

tion and strengthen the sinews of coming generations.

Duo attention has been given to educational require-

ments in this city, and the system of teaching, underable instructors, together with the commodious andhandsome school buildings which have been erected,

give abundant and ennobling testimony of the truth ofits inhabitants to the chief interests of its rising youth.An examination of our school institutions is easily

effected, and the gratification and instruction which is

thus afforded induces us to recommend the reader to avail

himself of the opportunity which, by official courtesy, is

presented. We will here furnish facts connected withour Grammar schools, commencing with the

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72 MKKTCHKi; OF TOUONTO.

Upper Caaiula College w the Hoyui Gruinniiir Sclioo?wa8 fouiidod in the year ISl^D, by an urcler of the Pro-vincial Oovoniment, voting the government of thoinstitution in a Board of managerH, ihvsignatod the Pnj.-sident, J)ircctor8 and TruHteesof Upper Canada Collego,The endowment eonHLêd of Russell Scjuare, —the pre-sent 8ite and grounds of the College—containing acre.,and hinds in diflcrerjt lownsliips to the amount of 4a -

994i acreB. in addition to the above janded endow-ment, the College received an allowance from Government, of £200 .tg. in 18;J0, £500 stg. in m\ andêiOOO Htg. per annum since. From lS2J) until March1838,^ it was managed by its ^wn l>\,ard of DirectoiTând Trustees

> tlic management was then transferred tothe governing body of the (^.iv.rsity. by which it ha^been directed Hinee.

The College building, w.n- completed in January

i, „: ' •^'^^'' ^'^^^'' '''' ^^''^ 'ctircment of DrPhillips, the Kev. Dr. MeCaull was installed [>rincip->land remained in that positior, until he was appoint..!Vico-President of King's College. The Principal nextappointed was Mr. P. W. Barron, 31. A., who held theoflice until his retirement \u imi The followin- i^ .h^t of a.ssistant masters :--Prineipal, Kev. ^V^ Hternett,^.A.

;First Claaîcal Master, Key. H. «e*dding, V.D

Mathematics Master, Jam--. [Jn.wn, M.A. ; Se..ond

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()la8wcal Ma^te,- W. Weed, .vr.A.; Tl.ir.l Classical \l,«ter, Goo M. Evan,, M.A. ; J-Vench Muster, M. do s't.Korny; l.,v,,t haghsl. Afastor, JJ. Uarrett, M.D. ; .S«oi.aghsl. AJa«to>-, C. Tho.up.son ; Connuorcial Master, Jodd; Or>.a.».ntal Dnwing, E. (}. )3ull ; Siwnw'

Master, II. Cah.evon; Instnuacntal Music, A. Jfaul

The College eoriBisis of one la,-ge brick building witl.suitable claHs-room,.

; and on cither side of it .st'nidhouses for the diflerent masters. The grounds .nrouudn are extx.nmve and tastefully laid out. It wn.s builtl>y Mr 1 riestmau, from plans prepared by Mr. J. fi

l.'hewett, at a cost of upwards of £20,000.

niK ,\OaM.\I. SCHOOL.

As early ns M> years ago, this school was reaardod a.s anocossary part of a national system of education in UpperCanada, but it was not until the Re'v. Dr Ryerson theChief Superintendent of Schools, presented a ' Reporto» a system of Public Elementary Instruction for Upper(,a«ada, that anything of real practical importance wa.Jifioctcd. This wa.s printed in the year 1S4P> ;,„dcontained a plan by which the object sought for couldbe attained. The Legislature gave effect to the recou,-mendations of the report and £1,500 was appror^ri«t<Kl for furnishing suitable *,uilding,s, and an annual^-rant of .£1,500 for the support of tho Noriual Schoolaud placing it under the management of a Board ofiiiclTiDatiou and the Chief SunerintAndnnf o*- S-^^-i,

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7i SKKTCII RS r . TORON TO.

The B<>urd, on its appointnient in July, 1Hi6, pro(n»r(<i

pcriVtisHioK to occrupv ^lio Government House until

proper buildinus could hv. troctod ; and uffor t1>o ijeet^-

sary arran^ uts lad been complotcd. the Normal

School for I pi'> r 0;inada wh,'- oponod or. tht) If^t Novem-

ber, ISn. The removal of Govoniojoirt from >fontroul

to Toronto, in 1840, ntx-esMtat» d tho rcmovul of tbo

Sobool to jôMii; otbor [-iCLiiirCi^, ;njd tliA Jidoption of

mea-surc«< for the oroction of biuldinjrs for the Institu-

tion. Tlie liOj';i.'^l:Huvo in 1850 ^pproprinted ,£15,000

for ilic purch<iNO of u .site juid croc tion of buiidinîWj and

an rtddilioual i.-lO,000 in P:ô2~ -mule inn' in ;dl £25,0Ui).

Tho corner f*tono of the buildings Wi».« lijid en the 2nd

July, 1851, by the Earl of Elgin, and the preuiiso*<<

were formallj opciud by u public meeting in the theatre

of the Institution. On the 2'lth Noviniber, 1852. Tho

t\itabbijhwent eon.îf-t> of a Normal School acd two

Model Sohools; tht- former, the «chooI of instnictiou

by lecture ; the letter, the hchoul of iorrt ruction b^' prae-

liec. Tiie .studtiits in the fortner arc teaohcrH-in-train-

ing, whoê .igcvs rnry from IH or 18 to 30, while the

pupils in the latter are children between the agt^^ of 5

and 10 years- I?^ tlu* Normal School, the teucherr<-in-

training are iuHtrueted ^n tht- priueiple?; of educaticm

and the bovst nn.thodo of eommiinicating knowledge l^)

the voutli placed under their care—io th»» Modol SchoolH

tho)^ fire anii^ht to give ptf-etieal ofiVet to thono instnic-

M^KTCHKH (>!• TORONTO. 7b

pro(nir(»i

so until

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Novoni-

Monti'oul

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fption of

Institu-

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C25,000.

the 2ikI

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1 SchooLn

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tioi)^, jMulor the direction of teachor.s pr«!viouyl;y traioodm tlu^ Normal School. Tlie 3fodd .Schools avo designed,by b<»th the s;v'stcni of iiistructiou purwuofl and pôDond

f.rnincionicnt, to ho the Diodol for all the j.ublic nnhuhof the FroviMcc.

^(.Incattonal Dqmttnirnt.'—WvA-. K.t'f^rtcrt FtyerH)n,

l>:.D., chief .superintendent of school- ,7. (}. !fodj>ii,s,

M A., deputy superintendent of sch(X)l«.

CoutHil of PnUU: Jni^tniCtiim.—\Um. S. l\, \U\r-

rison, Q.C, Kev. Egerton Hycrson, O.T)., Kight R^n-.

A. r. Do Charbonnel, Ilev. H. J. Gmsett, B.I)., Ffon.

J. 0. MorriHon, Q.O., M.P.P., J. S. HowL.rd, Rer. ,1.

Jeuning:(, D.D., Kev. A. I.iJlie, D.I)., Rev. J. IJarcky,

D.D., and tlie PreMdcnt-> of tlic Oollegen umiiatcd withthe Unirer-sity of Toronto. J. (1. Ilodiilus. M.A., re-

c'ordinir clerk.

Normal and MndH School Tm<M<:r^,—T. J. lk»h-

citR./i, head nia.ster; F. W. RiitrOD, M. A., ^HJondraaster; A. MeCallum, teacher of book-keeping; W.Hind, teacher of drawing ; T. Cooper, teueher of vocaÎ

mu.<îc; (IIulhdi'.« ^Jstem ; U. Goodwin, teacher of

.!>jmuH.stiej4 and c.Mli8thcnit>H : A. .MeC'dluni. master of

Hoy*.-^ School ; Doreafci (.Murk, nuslr<«s of (iir)'s Bohools.

The biiildino.s are Hituuted upon the centre of ;>n openH\}Xii\'i^ of about seven acres and a half of ,!>;roaud pur-

chiksi-d fiYijn the Hon. \\ ^reOill. for the mm of ^4500,bounded ou the north by Ocrrard-street, on tkd e^t bv

76 t?K.ET< 1I.K8 Oi 'iOliOhrrv.

Chun-l -^iruet, on tho euuth by GouM-strci't, utid on thi*

wtistby A'ivtoria-Jstrcet. Tlu: situation is a vtiry bianli-

fuJ uno, boini^ consri(k;ra))lj clovatLid above tlu) bu.siiic>ss

parts of the city, and coiinnamlin^ u line view of the

bay, peninsula, and l;iki\ Tin.' principal Nurnian School

building is 184 feet 4 inches frontage, by a depth ou

tliC Hanks, east and west, of 85 feet four inches. Tiie

fivtnt is in the llonum Doric order of I'alladian charac-

ter, having for it^ centre four pilasters of the full height

of the building, with pediment surmounted by an open

Doric cupola, of the extreme height of 95 feet. The

principal entrance is in this front ; those for the male

uiid female students being placed at the east and we^t

sides respectively. in the centre of the building Ls ti

large central hall (open to the roof, and lighted by a

lantern,) with a gallery around it which is used for a

lecture Hall and for the annual examinations. The

body of the theatre will accommodate 470 perfs^jiis and

the gallery 150. The class r" ms are large and well-

yentilated ; there is Jiccommodation for a library, mu-

seum, and laboratory ; and the Superintendent of Educr*-

tion has a range of offices on the first floor, on which,

also, the depository for public sehool books and uiaps is

situat^'d. The >lodel Scliool is 175 feet 6 inches, by

59 feet, divided iuu» sections, each containing one large

room, 56 feet 6 inches by 33 feet, capable of accommo-

dating 200 children, with four .small class ix>om8 adjoin-

ing it, about IH feet by !15 I'eet 6 inchee each. Th«VKi

WKF.TniiHS OF TOHONTO f^t'

11

schools will too-ethor uocomau),Iato 400 .-hilcJPMK The;wholo buildins; is wurmed bv hot nir.

Till'. DrsTKK'T vjiMIOOT.

Was estabJished in L^07. It hail various incuuibcnrs,jHid -onorallj maintaincl its reputation as an ot^cientschool. lu 1830, 3Ir. Cromblo was appcintod f^rincipal,

and retained thisoflico till his death in 18;V:i. ]„ ]sv(Or. Htraeheii who had succeeded Dr. v^tuartas mi\>U^r in

1812, received from tlie County I'unds, the Mm of06200 to aid in buihlin<; a new school house for thoHome District. He received an additional sum of cC200in 1S17 besides £60 for rents for teniporarj^ robins; thcj

present buildin- is, therefore, in its lOth year. Small.^rar ts, varying; according' to eirennKstances, are annuallygiven by the (loverniuent and by the City Council.

COLLEGES—{C\'nf:nu^J),

TurNrrv r.,i,r.K<<K.

The corner-.stone of this College was laid )n tU.- .JOrb

April, and the inauguration <';^re.'nonics tôk )>in.'o )ii

the ir)th January, 1852. The erer-tioH oi the buiMin^-is mainly owing to the energy and perseveran(ô of tlvj

Bishop of Toronto, who, on the pa.ssin,!.>; of Mr. Ihhhwin's Act of 1819, established the ITjiiversity of Toront.),

and depriving King s College of its sectarian ch;u':i.;ter^

addressed the clergy and laity, urging them to conum-n ô

a aew collegiate iastit » 1 1 1 /"^ 1

1

fr.r f! dlU, Hosnii^si.

78 HKETOUK;^ 01 TORONTO.

these otforts, IlLs Lordsbip in the yenv 1S50 visit'Od

England, and .succeeded in raising a sum ormoncy. tUt?re

:md in Canada, sufficient to justify the ooinmciieemeut

of the edifice. TJio tenders for a building to cost £8,000

were advertised for in the year 1851, and Mr. KivH.«i

Tully's design was accepted, Messrs. Metcalf, Wilson,

and Forbes contructed for the buildiucr at £7,845.

The building is in the third period of painted English

arohiteoiure which prevailed in the 14th and beginning

of the 15th centurie-s. Front 250 feet in length, 53

feet east and weot. It comprises chapel, library, rctbc-

tory, nuweum, ohm and Professor' .s rooms, private rosi-

d4inccs for two Professors besides the Provost's—apart-

ments for 80 s^tudents and a<)coniniodation for domestics,

enclosing a quadrangle 170 by 120 feet, to be laid out

with walks aad t^rass plots and a 1\)untain in the centre.

Principal entrance in tlio centre through a handsome

porch of cut stone, aud immediately over is a handsome

bay window iuid ornamented gable to correspond witli

the porch, (^ut stone buy windows arc also introduced

Jtt each wing-, with three light lancet windows and orna-

mental gablcis, in style of the centre building. At each

of the piojcutlug angles there are octagonal and diagonal

buttresses, with canopies and pinnacles and orn:imonted

with bosses, creepers and crockets. The centre building

is surrounded by a handsome turret, which lights the

library and h also used as a belfry. Tliere are smaller

SKRT0HE8 OF TORONTO. TO

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£8,000

r. KivH.-:

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turrets in each of the wings wliicdi are useful in Hghtmgthe passages on the upper floor, and serve as ventihitoi^^

Materia! is of white brick, made at Yorkvillo, the eave

^

mouldings, pinnacles, canopioii eoping and finishinground the windows and doors are of cut stone. Thestone wa.s imported from Cleveland, Ohio. The roohare^ covered with slate from Wliitehall on lake Clhum^plain. On the ground or lir^i storv, nnigiug from 9 to

12 feet in height, are 50 apartaient;^. On the secondfioor 69 apartments including entranee hall. On thirdfioor about 70 npartfneuts including library, now usedas a chapel. Terrace wall extending across the frorjt in

im elevation off) feet to be completed for promenade.

THK UNIVEESfTV Oh' raiNJTV COLLKOK

(Jonfei-s no degrees without the candidate doehiringou oath that he i.s tndy and sineojvdy a mo nber of thu

United Churches of England nn 1 Trohuid.

The Oihces arc :—Chancellor—Th(> lion. 8ir JohnB. liobinson, Bart.—elected in l>^^^. vice-Ch:incoilor

—The Provost of Trinity ColUge, 185^

The Caput consists of the Vif^e-Chaneellor, tliy lihtmy

of the Faculties of Law and Medicine, and two Mastersof Arts to be elected annually by Convocation at thefirst meeting in the Michaelmas term. All candidateH

for the degree of B.A., must be matriculated students

of Trinity College, and have kept nine complete terray.

so yKKTCHES Oi' TORONTO.

Triuifcy College vnxa, in 1S51, coustitutod a body cor>

porato. The following gentlenicu compose the corpora-

tion .-—The Hon. and Right Kcv. the Lord Bishop of

Toronto. Trustees—Rev. A. J. Grusett, B.D. ; Q. W.Allan, Ks«]., and Lewis Moffutt, Esq. Treasurer—Iloji.

Oeorge Crookshank. Council—Sir J. B. Robinson,Bart., the Provost of Trinity College, Professor Vnn-kouglmef, the Yen. J. Okill Stuart, the Yen. A. N"

BctliuTu-, D.T)., the Rev. IT. J. Gra.sett, B.D.. G. Vi,

Alh.n, K8(j., John Arnold, Es*(., Lewis Moffatt, Evsq,

The Hon. Yice-Chancellor Sprugge. Sir Allan 3IjicIN'yb,

Al.irP., Profe.^.s.)r Kendall, and Pi'ofossor Bovoll

—

SecretaiT—Chnrl-s 3[agrat3i, K^-q.

The Library contains about ;»ni>0 volumes. A Mti-

s^eum is in course of preparation. There are 8ev.>ril

aehiilar^hips', varying ifi vnlrie from i:2o to £^0, aa-i

tenable for one year to three.

Professorial Stuff—Provost—(4eo. W'ltirtakor, ^l.A. ;

Prul'cssov in Divinity—The l^rovosl ; Prot; Mathaniati..«

—K. K. Kendall, M.A.; Prof, of Classics-J. Anibrey,

M.A.; Classical Lecturer—A. 0, Broughall, B.A.

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Prof, of Ltiw—P. ^L Yankoughnet, D.C.L. ; Professo^

Chemistry- H. Y. ilind. M.A. Prof, of Music—G.W. Strathy, M.B.

The College was incorpt.)r:Hed by Royal f/hart.^r bear-

ing date Ifith .luly \HS'^.

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toJlKTOUKS <}P TimoHTO. 81

On the fonnation of the Free CJiurch iu IJana.J-., It

I wa8 re.solved to coinmonoo a Theological Jn.stitutioa mwhich inight be trained a native ministry to .supply thewauts of the Proviuecs. It was found that ministerssufficient to meet the spirtuai r.oce88itie.s of the countryoouki not be induced to emigrate to Canada. Boside.sthat some of those who did come were found anqualified.from previous habits and associations, to pertbrm thopeculiar duties which in this country neceâriiy devolveupon theuT. The cliarge of the Theological Institutionwas oflfcrcd to the Ilev. Henry Ksson of Montreal, whohad been a /.ealoas friend of education, and whu h,v.d

much experience in teacliing. He was assisted iu theTheological department by the Rev. xVndrew King, i->f

Glasgow, who had come out to (^Muada as a Deputy t-:>mthe Free Church.

A small house was taken re»npurarily ia dames-^tre-fcand opened in November 1814. The number of student;,ôon after the opening was 14, one half of them bcin^Theological students from Que^-n's College, Kingston''T)r. IJurns, in 1S45, brought from Scotland about 200l)volumes, the nucleus of a libniry for the infant College.The session of 184o.«J was "Conducted by Rev. Dr.VVîllis, Rev. Dr. Burns, .iud Rev. >[r. Esso!i. ThjJ>ivinity fiall was next removed to .Vdelaide-streefc,

niid ufrorwards, to the hvi^t^ building latelv tannin >•

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82 hr>;tch>;b of tOHONTc*.

Sword's JLiotcI on Front Btroct. It being then founddesirable to procure i\ pornnmeiit building, in 1855Elmslcy Villa on Grosyeiior-strcet, the property of tlit*

lat<j Colonel Macimlay, and occupied from 1840 to 1851by the Governor (joiiond, wns bought for the mm of

£5,500; -an acre of ground surrounding it was includedin the purchase. The .situation is elevated, and the

building 8paciou8. The addition of a large wing, 00 by52 feet, has been lately rnade, giviiig accommodation for

a large dining hall, ;]8 bv 52 feet, with pantries find

closets, and 28 h^rgc bed roomn. This wing is three

htories above ground.

At various periods the late Hex. Alex, (laic, 11«.t.

Mr. BlcCorkle, llev. Mr. Ljall and Rev. Mr. Laingwere connected with th<3 Institution, and the presentProfessors are a.s follow^ :— l\ofe.s3or of Tlieology, RcT.Dr. Willis. Mental and ISUnal Philosophy—llev. G.P. Young. Church Hi>iory imd the Evidence?—Ilov.Dr. Burns. Classic tl Tutor—Mr. .Juh. A. Su.ith. Thtaverage Hnnu?d nunJntr f,'f .^Indents who have uttondedthe classes during tm). (Iiivjcon years it has been iu

eperation, is j«bout 45.

The Divinity Hall of tlie United Presbyterian Churchwas opened in hohCam m 1842. Professor Proudfootbeing appointed tutor. It was ronioved to Toronto iu

1849. Prcfessor Proudfoot died in 1S51, and wa.S8ue-

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oe«ded by Dr. Taylor (from Auchtermuehty iu Fife-Fhire, Scothnd) in 1S52. TLe fourth .es^ion since thecommciicciricnfc in Toronto, wiw opened on the 21.st Oc-tober, with an address by Professor Tayh)r, in the Me^chanicVs Institute Hall. The avorngo nun.ber of etu^dents in ,*)tteuda»)ce is twelvo.

feT. AJlOIlAEl/s nOMLSIl COLLKGK.

This Structure was eiected from a design by Wm. Oay,Esq., by the Roman Catholic Society of St. Ba-^ii, atClover Hill Its form is en irregular quadrangle, nica.Buring 250 loet by 200 foot. The chapel, 185 feet by60 feet, i« on the •orth west angle of the square ; gover?^claes-roonis occupy the north a»d east tiides, which ton-tain also a spacious refectory. On the south-east angkis a hall, a large building and in front is a low cloister

which continues round the quadrangle. The kitchensand domestic omces are in the rear. Part of the chapel k100 ft. by 00, and one side of the quadrangle ro nearlyfinished, at a co8t of about £0,000. The coirt of tb^whole will auiounfc to about £20,000. Altssrs. Snarrand Walsh are executing the brick and wood work.The new ehurcli was opened fov worship on the UtkNovember, 1850.

CONGREGAT J OSXL TliEOliOulOAL 1N8T1TUTK.

Tkiti institution has for its objcci the; education ofsuitable young men for the Congregational min^/*.ry mCanada. The course of instruction—to which four

f>^'

84 SK KTO If KS V TO 11.0NTO •

acadciuical years of ei^ht months each arc dovot«Ml

—

ombraoes the foHowing branelioSj viz : mental nnd luoral

philosophy, logic, rhetoric, theology, }5iblical critic'stu

and interpretation, Jewish antiquities, ecclesiastical his-

tory, liomiliitics, the original languages of the Scriptures,

and the classics. Provision is made by occasional assi.st-

ance, for the instruction of students in other studie-^,

liucli as laathematlcs, French and German when tlieir

progress justifies their engaging in tlieui. .It is altv)

within the |)owers of the committee (whenever tlie funds

and ether requisites seem to allow if it,) to assist tho

studcnt> ill attending classe.s or sciking honours r,(

degrees in the University.

The Iitstitutc was formerly opened in Toronto, Sep-

tember 1st, 1840, with ibur students, the ivev. Adam

Lillie being tutor, who has continued to preside over

it. Tho classes annually commence thier studies for

the year about the middle of October, tluit for ISoG-T

aumbcrs eight students. The premises occupied by

the Institute are situated on Adelaide street, near

Nelson street, and contain a library and lecture-roonj,

a tutor's private room, &c.

Since its commencement, o.*> have gone forth to preach

the gospel ; of these, about i-i are now actively engagi-d

in the work,—21 in Canada, live in the United States,

and two in connection witk another body in this country,

and about five have retnraed to sc<;u]ar cni>a2 -ni-'nts

HKirrciiEfi Of TonoK'-o. 86

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THK CAISADA COMI'AN'V.

The office of th. Canada Con.pany in Canada is inii'ronto. This Couipany was incorporated in i82r, aiulhas eoutmued to operate since that dat(^ They advertiê at present abotit ;]00,000 acres of land for Hale ini^ppcr Cnnada, in blocks containing from 2 000 to1^,000 acres each. Tliey ar. offered by way of Jease forU^n years with a right of purchase ; or f^.r sale, cash<ôwn ihe value of their lands has increased enor-ûousJy within a few year.. Chief Comm,',,ion.r^Frederick Widder, Esq. Assi.,r.t ( ommf.,lon.r^~^h. Iwitunsdii, Esq., JI.P.P.

ASSURANCE COMPANIES.The lire and Life Assurance Companion Inn-in^ their

!i(i!iu oflice.s in Torotito, urc :

I. British Amkiuca AsBUR.ANOEOom'ANv; i„cor-

poratHi in THSK, capita! £100,000; ofii.o. corner ofOburch and Cour, ..-tre.t,. Jrâudng l>i,-ootor,_J.W. IJirclml!.

2. TiiE lioAiK District Hvtvm. Firk I.n.suiianci!C.m.vNv

: ostabiiHhed in 1837; office, eor.,er of Kit,<.

'mA Nels,on.strcot.j 8..creiary,—.John Rai,,..

''. I'm.vJNCiAL rNsv'BANCBOoMVANv 01^ Toronto-i«w.rporak..i in 18)9; capital £500,000; offi«^ TorontoHtrwt, P^-crplarj P.nd Mwajror,--].], T, IWlneH

m SKKiVm:6 Ot TORONTO.

4. Wkstkbn Fhu; Assuuanck (lOMrA.NV : inior-

p(>rat<:(l iu 1850; capitul £100,000 ; uiriee~~corner ofChurch and Colborne-strects; Secrctaij—Kobt. Stantou,

5. rilOVINC'IAL LU'K A.SSURANCI'i COMPANV; inoor-

jH)nit(Hl 1855, capital .£100.000 ; onieo, 54 Kirig-Woot

;

Hecixtary and Managci',— II. AV. 8mitli.

in addition to these nro, somo twenty bninchcs ot'

(liflVront IJritish uml Amcrier.n ofliccs, havinir their headiiiifiec'.'s olscwliere.

BUILDING SOCIETIES.Tm; ToiioNTo Buhjung Socikty, the iiiat c.st<<b-

linhod In Toronto, coniDiencod operations in 1845. Its

busine<«.s, which was wound up hi5^t year, moved pro-iitable,

Canada P«R;>iANKNT Builj>in(; and Savi.\u8Society began in 1855 ; othcein Toronto-stwt ; Score-Ury and Treasurer,—*!. II. Mason.

Upper Canada Biuldino Sociko : incurpo»at<;d

h 1848;

otliec in Jorditn-.-treot. HiicrecUtrv mu*!

Treasurer,—E. Sliortifss,

Ontario lJi;if.i)i.N(i Socitrrv : incorpomted in 1850,i>iliec in Colborne-^fcreot ; Socrelarv :n)d Treimnov^-^!^.iifitchcH.

Second Phovlk's nvn.msc, .Society: begt,n optnr-dons in 1853; office on Front^ntrect ; Sooret-uy^njTrea.snr«r,—Cha.^. Stole^biir^.

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- K.„g.troet; ScerCu^ and TreasureW- M^.

18.6, offico on tlH3 corner of Kino- «„,, Church-stre^.t. •

.Secretary and Tre..s«rcr,~-Jas. Vvu.,r.'

-^ eg.. „n.8o^-tieots

; Secretary nnd Treann^r.-^-John R.uns

ci^TV: office 45 Kin,.troei.ea.t: Secretary and T^"*urer»-->W. n. Smith.

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THE NEWSPAPEH PHESS.There- can be no hesit»tioM in afilrrning th»t tho^. «,no stronger mdicatiou of the soci.l and in(dlcctu»l pro-

,ff ;l'^''*^ '" '^''""'''> '^«" »"»>• fc^ fo»"d ".the

ta«t of the number of Dail^- aud \V««kly iss„e.s from thanewspaper pros,. «nd th« !o«d a..d Rcnera! i„fl„cne«wh,cl thej po,,se,s«. TL„ i„,po,i,a,co of the pr.*« i„«^mp,„, the chara,.,or and directing tbc current ofpubhe thought „nd its vm political power is m.,ni.'»ted .« the iK,s,tio« ,rhioh it «mnUnm, and ia refleeU-d

88 HKirOiUS CF TOROKTO.

in iKe miuds of ulmo>t ('vor3^ iuteJJiênt ponsuii. It haÎ'eoii iustiiuneiital in aloliKhing ourruptioii.s and innwiiki'nin- tl.o tuasscs fvuiu .slumbering yj.atlij,and muchofthf «ueceH.s wliiel, ma}' be predicted for Canada mavIf laid to the accou'it of its newspaper jîvhs, which aj]

i'rel witli Junius k the palladiun. of the hocial, religiou.^civil and political ri-htn of an Ku-li.shman. Tlie first

newspaper publi.Khed in Upper Ca inula was the Ocuutdui^nuvltc, printed at Niagara, then na/ned Newark, in

1708, by Louis Ko.v. On IIh. removal of the GovJrn-ment to Toronto the Ga:j(ti: establishment followed.The papers which afterwards exercised a considerable

irifinence on the polities (,f the country, were : theOhscrvrr, which was published by Mr. Car\ in 1820;tliC CanoiUan Frrtman by Mr. Collins, abJut the same'time

;the Colouatl Advocate, by Mr, W. Lyon Ma^-

l<enyic, 1823; the ChrMaji Guardian, in 1828;ihi^ Patro.

, by Mr. Dalton In 1880; the CourUr, bvMr. Gurneti, in J 831; the Vorrcf^poud^ x, by Mr. Jas.King, in 1833; the Vomtliutwn, by Mr. 'w. LyonMackenvie; the Eocamin/r, by Mr. Hincks, in 1837,jvnd afterwards by Mr. Jame.? Lesslie ; th** Ihmid, byMessrs. Rogers and Thompson, in 1840 ; tlie IhÛhhCokmht, by Mr. Hugh Seobie, in 1839.The following are thf^ papers published at present in

'iV>rorit<)

;

The (J}irutw.n Guardian, ooiumetioad in 1828, is

pal.lish^d. by the Methodist Gonfcrîr-oe. weekly.

i

uii. It haet

n.s tvnd ill

',and much

anada mav

, whioJi all

I, rcligiou.s,

Tlio first

ic (kiiuidu

Newark, in

G overt!

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llowcd.

•nsidorable

tvere : the

in 1820;

^ the same

yon Mat?-

in 1828;

uritr. bv

Mr. Jas.

l-V. Lyou

in 1887,

t77zA7, by

Brithh

rodent in

1828, i.^

NKKTC'HEW OF iMllONri'O. 89

gp'A< J/,V.o,, begun in ls;i»;, \, published weekly byhe trustee,, of Mr. 0. Donh^vy, tlio hito proprietor, Litlie reeeut death of that genth^nirm.

The^^^Acs begun on Friday, July <>, 1858, is pub-i^M by Me.«r.. Thompson & Ho., daily and wecMv.//^ Co/vm,f commeneod in 18:J8, by Mr Huch

Hcobie, i« published by Mes.r.. Daniel Morrison & c".

,

di iy, and weekly.

T/u Gh(n:, commenced in 1844, is published by Mr(.eo. Brown, M.P.P., daily, tri-weekly and weekly.

The Umkr, eoninienced in 1852, is published IkMr. Jame. Beaty, daily, semi-weekly and weekly.

Tk' Caaadkva i''mj/na;i, eommeneed in July. l.sf>8,

is publisliod by Mr. James Mallon, weekly.Th, Toronto Tinu., and Old Countrymu,, bi-u/.

it 1858, ie published by Mr. Hope, Benii-weekly.The Echo, begun in Toronto in 1855, is published by

Th: OaaadttiH ladepi minit, began in 1850 in To-rouU ip published weekly, for the CongregationalUnion, by Maclear, Thomas k Co.

'I'he fir^^( of the present DaUy papers—the BritishCobiiUt--^f)Ai^ published in November 1 85 1. Th^iother dailies all date from 1858.

There are also several monthly periodical publicatioay.

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days and moonlight ni2;litB; are the resort of hirive nam-

bevs from the city.

THE ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.

This Theatre h under the management of Majiu

Xicklnson, who has secured a good stock company, whose

hiptrinnu- voproscutatlons are above the average degree

of morit. The Manager has long been recognised as in-

dofatiji-abh^ In his oifoits to cater for the public taste,

rtnd his success in this respect warrants a recommenda-

tion to our reader not to negh^-t paving a visit to the

Royal Lyceum.

PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION.

1u the erection of a Crystal Palace, evidence Ikh

been afforded thai while we have waited respectfully

until similar edifices have been built up in other coun-

tries, the people of this Province were in nowise behind

in acting their part in the popular national method of

eelebrating the achievements of art ; and that Canada

had not only nn equal right, but had the requisite en-

ergy, too, to afford its people also an Induiitrial Exhibi-

tion. Untiring have been the efforts necessary to ac-

complish the work, and it now stands a worthy reprcvsen-

tative of the industry, talent, and agricultural progress

of the Province, and a inaguificent monument of the

•Aeal which haa introduced civilization to this beautiful

qviarter of the globe, which has pulled the country

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SKhtOklES OF TOa^ A'TU. 91

through its difficulties, and which has i-jtised it to th«

position of one of the greatest offshoots of the mother

country, to which every Canadian is in licart and soul

most loyally attached.

The encouragement afforded by the city coi|,Knution,

and received from other sources reflects high lionor up-

on the donors. No sooner w s the undertaking; mooted

than the city corporation cauiC forward witli a munifi-

cent grant of ^5,000, which was followed by the libeml

grant of £1,000 from the County Council, and je200

each from three Townships Agricultural Societies. The

ground was placed at the disposal of the coiumlttcc by

the government, and from its situation h eminently

adapted for the purposes for which it has been reserved.

The exhibition is entirely^ with but two exceptions,

the glass and the iron, furnished from the productions of

this country, and is the work of native artisans ; and the

people of this J-*rovince, but move especially the people of

Toronto may be congratulated on the success which

has attended an enterprise which has for its object the

fostering of the resources of Upper Canada, by an exhi-

bition of the evidences of its progress in Agriculture

and the Industrial Arts.

The foundation stone was laid on the 16th day of jJuly^

this year, by the Honorable Philip M. Vankoughuetj

president of the Executive Couucil and Minister of

Agncultiire, assisted by Edward W. Thomson, E«tj.,

t).: hKKTCaE8 OF TORONTO.

President of the Board of Agriculture of Upper Oanaxia;

William T>. Jarvis, Esq., President of the Board of ArtH

>i\)d ManufaeturcH ; and William H. Boulton, Mayor of

(lie. Citv of Toronto.

^Vitnoxed we Q;ivo the names of the ueutlemen com

•jxmnp: the offieial staff of the Provincial Agrieultnral

Ae^iroeiiitiou :—IX i>. 8tevonfeon, Ksq., President jWii-

liant PerguHSon, Esq., and John Wane, Esq., Vieo

F*residouts ; Bichard Lippincott Denison, Esq., Tn^v-

jurcr: Professor (loorue Buckland, a\id Willia^n Ed-

wards, Joint Secretaries ; Professor Henry H. Ooft,

rherni.st , and Mr. James Fleming, Seedsman.

TfiF. Members of tte BoARi> of AoRicrnvruR-v,^

are :— Edward W.Thomson, Esq., President; Henry

UiUtan, Es(|., Vice-President: Hon. Adam Fergusson,

J. B. Marks, David Christie, M.P.1\, Uiohard L. Deni-

!<on, Asa A. Buruham and George Alexander.

Toronto Local Committee.—William H. Boulton^

Mayor of trie City ; P. W. Jarvis, Sheriff of the County

;

William B. Jarvis, hhi[., Bev. Dr. MeCaul, Dr. Daniel

WilsonJ

J. B. Bobinson, George Brown, and Wnj. Me-

Dougall, M.J*.P\s. ; Aldernian Head, Alderman Tirunel!,

^ilderinan Boomer, Alderman Bitchie, Alderman Carr;

J. E. Pell, Samuel Walton, J. D, Humphreys; Joseph

Hartman, M.P.P., Warden of the (bounties of York and

Peel ; George Taylor Denison, Alexander Shaw, Pro-

fes,sor Buckland, and all the me»nbers of the U*M\r(i of

Asrncidtnro.

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of ArtH

I ayor of

cultural

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Honry

gllSBOHy

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>Olllton:^

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;

. Daniel

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T5ruiiol!,

ill Carr

;

Joseph

ork and

aw, Pro-

^tK\rd of

Jj'f'hifrrfs— Messrs. Fk-niing and Sohreiber.

/??i/^/('r.s— Messrs. Smith, Burk, and Meldrum.

TIh^ buildinti" is sitiirited on the wtint of Toronto, niv\

i.> d)M.'int about a-nulc-and-a-half from the centre of the

city. It occupies a hiiih and eonnnandin<i- situation,

liavisfc; an execcllent vii:Wof the harbour and hdco ;and

bein-j. ttdjaccut to the Grand Trunk and Northern Hail-

way^, it' is easily accessible. There are four ^rand

eutra noes- -east, west, north and south, the last of

which faces the railway, and is approached throuoli an

elegant porch, :]2 f^et by 10 feet. The walls are con-

structed of obscure glass (similar to that used in the

Dublin Kxhibition Duildin,!>:s), whicli also enters int<.

eoniposition of the roif, and the circular windows in the

transepts bcin^- of tho same material it serves the double

purpose of disusing a mitigated light throughout the

building, and of excduding the glaring heat. The re-

mainder of the roof is of wood covered with tin, which t.t

a great distance may be seen glistening in the sunlight.

The structure is upheld and braced firmly together by cas-

iron pillars and girders, which at once add to the grace-

ful appearance of the building and are the source of itn

security and stabilitv.t»'

*'

Measuring 250 feet in length, and 1 +4 feet in breadth,

the building covers an area of more than 2,200 super-

ficial feet on the ground floor. To this space must be

added 1,100 feet oecupiod by galleries running round

.1

H mKTCHBS OF iOROi»i>.

tlie whole extent of the palace, and reached bv tourconvenient staircases, of easy ascent, placed in tlie tran-

^epts, and covering nearly 1,800 superficial feet. Therewill then be ample space afforded for the disphiy, to thebest advantage, of the different articles entered tor

exhibition, as well as sufficient accommodation for

\fards of 8,000 visitors. The buildings, therefore, pro-mises if) answer every requirement of its projoctorfi. Forthe safety of such ji building, there arc no good groundsfor apprehension, but that no catastrophe might byany contingency result, the roof lias been so lightly con-?=itructed, and such is the strength of the pillars andgirders, that they are calculated to support more thandouble the dead weight resting upon them, in additionto twice the number of men, and, says a hnmerous writer,in these expansive days, three times the number of ladies

who would .suffice to fill tlie galleries. The most timidpersons niay, consequently visit the exhibition with anof perfect .security. The interior of the Crystal Palacehas an imposing appearance, also the exterior; and thebuilding is in every respect creditable to the architect.?

inn] contractors and will remain a magnificent exemplifi.cation of the onergy and enterprise of its projectors.

We liave now completed the task which we, in theoutset, proposed to ourselves : that of giving a descrip-tive sketch of the main features of interest L our con>puratively flourishing eiry, but though the work of

SKKTOHKS Ol' TOKOXTO. 95

cnnjpiliuum Is broujE^ht to a close, ibero is yet much

7iioro tluit iiiiglit he, written in reference to the city

and its lions, did the prescribed limits of the vohmie

admit f»f it. Wo trust liowevei", that suflicieiit ha.s

been written to atlbrd the amount of infoimation neces-

ury to a knowledge of the city, which in itself inspirens

in us a degree of inspiration in proportion to our

ucquaintauce with. it. We wish the institutions of To-

ronto that prosperity which has been the hope of their

projector.s, and we trust that the interests of its people

may "grow with its nrrowtli tmd strengthen wilh its

strength/'

The enterprise and energy which have characterised

Canadian progress give to us abundant encourage-

ment, and suggest to us a moral with which tc adorn

the completion of our local history, in the words of

Longfellow, who in his poetic numbers says :

—

Lot as ti»eu be up aud doing.

Wi h a heart for any fato.

Slill achieving, '<till par»uJn^,

f,a5*vu trt lationr and t-o was!-

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Gfoceries, Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, k^No. 80 YONGE STREET,

i WoO!» uorllrof ICii»:i Ht. TOIEtOlSTTO,

GILLETT, KING & CO.,.MaiiMiiuM,iiicr> k ^^ lhi!('-.a1o Hoalcr^ in

afflip, .iipili ilii €(Om'csiTK Tiu; ('<>MMi;ni'iAi. I5.\ns)

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98 ADVERTISEMENTS.

ill ^OO-EinSTEIR, OF

Ki¥J:;>iYu¥aE stiiiie'H's,TMPC >U'rK lis

BRITISH AID FOREIGN(f^rs^c-^ru

FAI.L STOCKOF A LI. DKSCIUPTIONS

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A SPLENDID DISPLAY OF

BRUSSELS TAPESTRY

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T II R E E-P L Y C A R P E T S,

KB- F A S I-r I O N A B I^ E 1«

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WHOLESALE & RETAIL,

TOROnSTTO.

nflrirunuraf rfuniaccs

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GRAY'S SCOTCH IRON PLOUGHS,

Patent Improved Saw GHmmers,

STRAW CUTTEBS,

IN EVKRY VARIETY.

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JOHN llAUIUNCrroN,-

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KNC; STREKT KAST, TOUONTO.

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Has on hand and offers for Sale, on

A Large and Complete Assortment of

$\0 (ini icrtfli) i]itrMuarc,

BcsL Refiuecl and Swedes Bar Iron,

Best Quality Cast, German, and Spring Steel,

Hc oo:jp s.Sheet and Boiler Plate Iron,

1,000 CASKS CUT NAILS,

3,000 BOXES WINDOW GLASS,TWO HUNDRED DOZEN CAST STEEL AXES,

ALSO:Gookiiig Stoves, the beat patterns, of very heavy

Castings.

BOX STOVES A GOOD ASSORTMENT.

One New Steam Engine, 15 to 20 horse power, ma^eto diive a five foot Circular Saw, well finished,

wrought Iron shafts and fly-wheel, about two ton*weight,

JOHN HARRINGTON,/ fl O A' M O A a E R.

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steel,

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AhVKin i>KviKxrs. lOl

.lOSEi'JI KOGEUS,

HATTER AND FURRIER,109 KING STREET EAST,

()!MH)SirE ST. JAMKS'S T A rilDDII A I.,

Wholeaale and Retail.

Xw immen.-'e Stock oJ' l*'urs, Iljiti', ( -aps, Ko}»o«4, .'^i;.. ljtt^'««i -lylo.

r^ s. iioivES,iMfoiiTrni OK

§iE!|i!i Slit) JirKC| ^n €nmB,No. 105 King Street,

CUKNKR OF CHURCH STUEIil', 'I'OKOMd.

A, S. VAROiXS,FURS, ('APS & TRTMMINCS,

45 COLBORNE STREET,

JL:?r SHIPPING I'UllS BOU(;ilT. ^••'iiaiaiBIIBIS>KBIBBI*'»*B*MIIIBSBIBI*MBI>>>*>

MA-SOMIO A.PIMS

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Corntr of Front Street dj* IP^cst Market Si^uart.

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MRS. M. S. BELOEN,l.Wr'UKTK)! AND DEAT-KR IN

lllilliirwiT, Jfanci) Mms anb /tatljers,

O^YO.'VCtE }«iTREiyr, TORONTO.N.B.—Dresses Cut and Fitted, vf\t\\ or witlioui making.

XD . JE^ . \?^ E L S IE! ,

45 COL.BORNE STREET,(First Flook)

Dealer in Men*s and Ladies' Buttings, Leather

Belts, Cotton Warp,invej & ITiiitc Cotton CSoods, Iloopiii, Ac,

(Latk St. NiCfiojiAS)

fev KING STREET EAST, "^w

Ilie Laips! and oiosl Mapificeni

CARLISLE & McCONKY.N-B. —Green Turtle Sonp ar.d Steak-^ daily. Mesl^, at

all hours.

ADVERT 18 EMEN TS

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NEW FAIL IMPORTATIONSOF

ifanci) & Staple Iru §mkAT

NOTMAN & RUSSELL'S,No. 5 King Street East, Toi-oiito.

New Fancy Dresses.'^ Plaids.'• Cobourgs.** French Merinos.'* Silks.

''•Prints.

'• Cottons.^^ Linens.'• Stays.'*• l]roche Shawls." Stella Shawls." Plaid Shawls.<< Velvets.^' Patent Skirts.

New Mantles.a Bonnets and Hat-i.u Dress Caps.a Head Dresses.a Ribbons.a Laces.u Flowers,a Hosiery.a Shirts.a Neck Tios.ii Collars.U Handlverchit-^f's.i. Flannels.^ * P>lanki'ts.

NEW HABERDASHEBY, &c. &c.

VJSITOIIS to TORONTO will find this an exedUentopportnnity tor ivurchasiug the newest goods in the market,

At remarbblf Low Prices!

As N'. it li. have only [purchased tVuni first-t^iass Houses,

and at cash prices.

704 -ADVKRTiSKMKNTS.

Pwbli© Dining Rooms\T THE

(N'KAi{ Till-: Post Okfioe)

KING ST. EAST, TORONTO.

BHEAKFASTS, DINNEnS, SUPPEHS,steaks, Chops, Oystei-.s Lobsters, and 8..ups ot' all khuh

SHi-vod u]) on the shorto^t )iotic<\'

N.H.--l»artio.s coniino- to the Fail- will iiiid this thfcheapest as nell as tho best Kstahlishmen} .Wthe kind m thecity,

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THOMAS LAMB.

COWAN & HUTCHISON.

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Cooking, Box, and Parlor Stoves of the newestand most approved patterns.

i«..Mv,w.., ^^^S S*' E««^' Toronto.'

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Ens,all isfiKlSj

tliis Ujf!

iiid in the

MB.•»

mvtwi

Hi

newest

iK^

laDOlJT r.l!(.)THKI{S&('0Hold iilwjtvs I'or .silk", jU tli<-ir osln'olislimoiit, th(^ f)IUMI.N<i

ITAM. SirKl'F(V:iJ). :ii id W'OI.VKIfriAMl'TON

ITriilSON.

Corner of King &; Youge Strts., Toronto,

A J.AIlGES'l'OCKofln.n, Si<;..!. Xails, r.cad, Coj^per. Tin,

S!u)t, Cfiains. (îjIci-t. T\viii«\s. ('o.-daut'. Window Îln-ss".

and all 1<inds t»l'

Heavy and Shelf Hardware Goods

!

Kei.t cunstantlr \v(dl assortod l»v MEW SUrnJES iVc-

("jLiODtly arrivino-, direct iVoTti the Maimtkclories in Eng-imid and tlie IJnitotl Stalos, wliicli tlioy oHViv t.« CountryDealers on librnff fPDVS, or in rotai! at tlieir enstf^niary

Loiv Prices.

\n the sehictioii ol' tiie.se artieles th<.' iitnu);<t (.'ar<' i.s ox-

eniplificd, ami anioii^-.st thejii may always Ije toiiiid the^ pro-

dnetioiis of tlie most reputed makei-s in eacdi branch of the

IRONMONGERY BUSINESS!And as th(;y ai-e all Cash l*urclia>.^s made by j)arties thor-

oughly (;ouêrsant with English, American, and CanadianMarkets, U. 13. Si Co. can i-espeett'iilly solicit an inspection

ol' them, with a confidenc*^ that for quality, variety, iwvl

fjriee, they will he found to merit })ublie attention.

Written Orders (^Kecuted with promj)tness and attention,

at the same [)rices as if the writer were pjesent, and aimingat a system Avhieh shall commend this establishment to

Dealers and Censnmers, every article from it is precisely

what it is represented to l)e, and every facility is offered to

visitors, to enable them to make satisfaetory selections.

iJjHi^

106 ADVEUTISHMKNTS.

WILLIAM BLIGHT,

Insuraoce and Geoeral Coinmission kToiiorcr'ro street.

Second door South of the Post Ofiice,T O R O f¥ T O, V , W.

PATTON & COMPANY,"IMI'ORTKUS OF

/rfiui) mi Cttjlirilj Cl)ittaGLASS & EARTHENWARE,

64 IS:i3SrO STI^EET E^A.ST,T<»RO:VT«|, €. IV.

D. SUTHERLAND,

Clothier & General Outfitter,osro. loo '^ToisroE street,

JJotwet-u Adolaiflo & Kinj^- Streets, T O R O IV T <tt

H. E. CLARKE,""

MANUFACTURKI! A I>KAI,Kn IS

Of every description, wholesale & retail,

No. 98 YONGE STREET,Krw Door, ho,,, KiD« Ha-v.t, ^ O RO N '§' i» , C . W

^•^

H'i-

pe,

ma,

T,

•aaii

8f)

V T O .

1«?S,

c. w<

ADVEHTrSKMKM'.S. 107

INFORMATION TO VISITORSAT TIIK

%t.

AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.

tlTJST OI^EISTEID OTJO? 1

A larii'C and choice stock of

tafle & Jfaucj) grg (i00fe,

VViiok'salc and Retail, as low if not lower than any Hoarse

in Canada.

MIlimERY & DRESS-MAKJNGDone on the })iemises, in fashionable styles, NO'J' AT

FASAIONABLE PRICKS, but a -reat deal lower.

J^^ Remember No. 41 King St. west of Yonge»adjoining Mesirs. J Beckett & Co's, Druggist.

JOHN CHARLESWORTH.And also No. 94 King Street, north-west cornerof King & Church Streets, where a choice rariety of

GENTLEMEN'S CUOTHING,Dry Goods and Millinery, will be found at pric«8 not to be

urpassed by any house in the city.

^^ Garments made to order at from l.j to 2o ner cent.

h)wer than credit trade i)rices.

Sales made foi "ash only, and no abatement,wholesale, at the west end only,

JOHN (^HARLESWORTH.

f »•!

lOH At>VKHTlSKMf:NTS.

Ohina^ Glass^ and Earthenware,AT No. 1, ST. JAMES' BUILDIITGS,

KING STREET EAST.

THE Subs-eribci',^ liavo just received from tlie I'otteries ii:

France and En,u'laii<^ an ele.uant an<] «'>:ten'^ivo assorniuMi:

'-f plain and decoratcil

CHINA, STONE, AND EARTHENWARE,In Table, Dessci-t, Toilet, Breakfast, and Tea Sett.

TOY WARE,— riain and Ornamental in great vaietj.

OIL AND PHOSGENE LAMPS,In Table Su-;p(Midiiio Urackct, Side, and Hand Lamps.

GLASSWARE,[n Decanters" Jugs, Champagnes, Clarets, Wines, Ale.s, Tum-

blers, Cerleies, FruU IJowls. Kerosen Oil, Clas, and Oil LampCovers, Chim»eys, &c. &c. (ioods suitable for Countr}- Storesin the Original Package, or packed to order. For sale cLcu|i

"n ap}>roved credit. A liberal discount given for cash byJOirx MULHOLLANl) \' Co.

Toronto, Sept., I808.

s . p. c o I. E M A N

,

THi: l,ONI)ON I'RACTICAI.

:fi[AT'rEii a:^"e EifiiKiE;^,19 KLlNi;; !!ITREKT WENT, TORONTO,

tr.%. Opposrrr thk (iLOnK Okfick. -^^Hats cleaned and pressed. Purs cleaned and altered.

CA.SH PAJn FOR RAW rUHS.

ware,

t levies \v.

ssoi-tmt'iit

rARE,ett.

vaiotj,

imps.

Ics, Tum-Oil Lamp:vy Storeni

ale cLcap1 by' \', Co.

f^

o,

iltered.

\DVK « T I SKM 1 : :iiT s

,

100

c

Ao

ROSSIN HOUSE.

SookSiPefiodicals, Mapzioes & Newspapers,

English, American, and Canadian.

fi'il'llBillR!KING STREET EAST, TORONTO.

BROWN BROTHERS,

1©© (11 I.^3sriD

Every desciiption of Binding oxecnted m the best luaimeivand at the lowest prices.A large stock of .looount UooUm alw;j_vs on liaad, or manu-

fiMjtured t« ordox-.

^ MIM

>^v

ADVERTISEMENTS. no

I

TORONTO, C. W.GEO. PLATT, Proprietor.

:iftBBcaBBiBaxBBEKaasaiBB«BBnnoBKEeKRBnKeiniRBeBBiitaB»BBioBaBiijaa»B

I r (3 T EL,

TORONTO, C. W.MORGAN DAVIS, Proprietor.

5

Dodgson, Shields, and Morton,WnOLK.SAr.e AM. UKTAII.

-roeers & Provision Mcrelia.nlsAND XaMFACTLREKS <jV

BISCUITS, CONFECTIONARY, &C.,Corner of Yonge & Temperance Streets,

TORONTO, C . 1¥.

JAMES JACKSON,IMPORTER OF

No. 3, King Street West, Torouto,

Evf ry description of Goods imported to order.

WM

\,

ADVLirnsEMENTS. Ill

'JL' JzJ. JbJ

VISITOR'S GOiilE

p

,

TORONTO 'IS^-a•*lA \Ja\,\JX\ a U W^iliMi pail .' !lsm!l;'':ji:i

THOMAS H UTCH I NSON j _lg

iJKK OF 'illK titiEK

£ TT T^ f^"?

^

Of this city, is the

80 widely aiul favorably known as being

THE LARGFST AND MOST EXTENSIVEricmises in Canada.

©air €.t#ii, iiia>i&,ticii¥,.And Beady-Made Clothing,

h\ j/reater \ariety, in better and newer s^tyles, and at lowerpn'ces than can be found at any other house in tlie city.

IW- An inspection solicited. -"^Si

THUS. HUTCHINSON, NEPHEW & CO.,

Pantedmctkeca, kltu) Street East^

TORONTO.

Hi AnVI'.K'llhr.Ml NTS

Ha! Ha! Ha!Tl^ THE RKADV MONEY

l»(»i;s IT

'jsimttii,uualiuiki4

A SELF EVIiHIT FACTIKcjkIv Mom-v to )>iiv. jiiul Koaulv Moneywhen sold, eiiiihlc.- tlif l*ro|in(»tors (U tlie

fo offer siijiei'ior iKh'a)ita;ji"< to piuvluisci-. I»y uiviufi- tliPiu

(ioo(l« .'.t CASH IMMCKS

Tr

I

Arc In liiiixl. ;ni<l we intend to o|i«-ii

Ouf Kew and Beautiful Show Rooin)

On MONhA^'. tlu- -.'Till SKI''IK.MI!l':i;. lii-f.nit. "illi oneof the iiinst

EXTENSIVE STOCK Ol- MILLJNERYEver (oiuid ill iIh' city, wliieli in comicrtion witli our

imiiieiis<- Sioelv.^ ol'

Dry Goods and Ready-made Clothing,

Will foiuj one of ihe niofst Httraetive uxliil)itions to '>e

fV.uiri in Canadn.

1

T. Hi; rCHlNSOX, XKPHKW &00.,

Paiifarhneiheca.

ADVKHTfSKMKNT.S.

t. M'ith one

113

U^C^ LE Sc

WirOTKSAl.h: .it IIKTAII.

SO;V

lllertjjants.

for Taylor's Fire -Proof Safes

!

The best and choapest Stifcs nuulo and litlod-np to suit I'lir-

ohasorSj without extra r^lini-oo.

Rodgei's & Sons cdebriilcd Ciitlery,Dixon's Brittanuia & Plated Ware,

(BmM ^ %\\mmi ilatciit ,t)oor fadis,*» ^ '

—

' I." ^^ -' '

PORCELAIN, PLATED, AND I'ANC'VDECOKATED KNOBS,

And every article oltlio \ovy l.cst (inalliv (jT

House-Furnishing and Builders'

Chance's English Crown & Thick Sheet Glassand German Ditto.

'

Paint:^(fcOils, XaiU. Sic, JW-h-on, Steel, Leaded: Tin, PanipsLeather and India Rubl)er lieltinu', 1 to Is inches, Pateiit

Mangles, "Washinn- cV- Ironiii^. Machines, icon iiedsteads,

FOR SAIE, AT LOWEST Pft!GES»Ux

T>11. LEWIS & SON.

V114 ADVERTISKIsrENT.S.

-WM. McMillan.

((ScntlfiuDii's .îjirts. |lfcli Cies, §m\i

Baby Linens, Childi'on's Dresses, &c.

/•i^

N„. Hi^ VONUE STUEET.[TffrrP POOH U'h'uM A'/A^-.N'/'/i'A'/;/'. I

/t

Aiiioim \\ni Xew (Uwd^ jurtt imported, the I'olloviiiP mkworthy nt" inspoctirni

:

THK iJAJ.MORAI. SKIRT,

Uade lu l''5i:ît?u and lTnfa>1en instnuiunooiisly

:

Ladies' Night Dresses, plain or trimmed,Chimisea, Collars, Sleeves, Trimmings,

Insertions, &.C., &e.

iu e.imi>l<'l»! -«'U^ • Mllunwisc: Kinj-ftiiao- Vain, 4-ply best

uuaUty iu ulL .shades, only r>.s 9d. por lb.: Wool Polka.s

Spencers, OravatH, .^c, in all th" newest stylos.

TO GEMTLEMENi.THi: LARUE.<T STOCK (F l>Kfcf!< .ÎIIUT.S, C(VLr\fU«. NKCK TIM.^,

Ladlos and (-ients' Hosiery, direct fvoni Ahcndeon, Howiek

and Alloa, in .St-otlojul.

\.p.— Purchaseis 1o the amount ot' Ten Dollars will get

Viieiv )>:'H'«^ To-warded iVee of earria!;!'e to any Railway Station

All goods marked the lowest imce in plain fgura.

ADVKKTISEMEMS. 115

.N-

Vi r •

l^ositrii.

si i:

n, 4 -ply beBi

ool rolka,>^,

stylcH.

'I *

:^on, Howick

lliars will get

lilwav Station

in Jigurei.

SOS, &c.

)1 lowing £LW 2l

[RT,

jusly

:

•immed,lings,

J. Nickinsoivl'tssfc (('itanagfr

OVKN KVKflY I:vi:niN(; F()1{

Comedies, Trajedies, Daocing, Siojioji

r{itrje))ji;M(EH, ?jmEA & c.

BOX 50c.; PIT & Upper Gallery, 25c.

BRILLIANT COSTOMES!CMAiMING SCENERY I

A N I )

% <i^,'^^-^ ';^'?vS*>^.l,%•^-%>^^

SMA.KT'8

40 KING STREET WEST,TOJELOISTTO.

^^\116 ADVFRTjaF.JlVVNTS.

WATERLOO HOUSE.

CORE a BEAYIiBYAN.NOIMT: VIIK AKJilVAL OF THEIK

? ^r. r lipoRe»'entiy ')uichnscd and Imf/ortcd direct from Hritish Manu-

rju'turies. OUR STOCK will bo found to be

THE CHEAPEST IN THE CITY,And we are oli'evin;;' advaiitajies to

Such a;^ Avere nevev before known,wi^hinu' to buy a

All Parties

Are rofpieHted to bcni- ns "i niuid. y^V. GL'ARANTEE ALL

OUR G()OD;S— to he )navked in J'L AIN FIGURES at

TOEOHTO wholesale PRICES.80 YOxXGK STKEET,

FIVE DOORS, NORTH OF KING STREET.

PaOVINGIAL EXHIBITION!

BOARD AND LODGINGMay be liad at l."ir> <,U'EF.N STREET, opposite the Col-

te.2:e Avenue. TntC!udin,'.r V'TSTrORS to the PrOAdiicial

T^xhibition desirr)Lis of obtainin;.r eomfortablf^ Mpni'tments

are requested to jnake early apidientioii.

Toronto, Se]>t- IS. ISnS'.

ADVEUTrSEMENTS. 117M

TK[Cl!wd[3PS03Sr cSc 00-,

Koo&8cffer8, 81ationcr8AND PRINTERS.

OFFICE OF TIIK

DAILY and WEEKLY *'ATLAS."77 KING STREET, EAST.

THE MAGAZINES, REVIEWS, CHEAP PUBLICATIONS,English and American on Sale ou the arrival ol every English

Mail, and promptly supplied to order.

Commercial and General Stationery oi Best English Manufat-ture and at very moderate prices.

Book and Job Piiuticg of Every Des:crIptIon promptly exe-

cuted and at reasonable charge.".

Tli dMfttlE BULLAE FieKlT.OF KirERlOR

ENGLISH STATIONERY

12

CONTAINS

:

SnEEtri Fink Leiikr Papkji !

12 Sheets Fine Note PjU'er !

12 Self-Skaling Notk ENVKi>orE>!

f> Steel Pen.4 and Penholder !

1 Sheet Blottini} Paper I and\ Bottle Ink !

ALL F O R 2 5 C E N T S !

!

Manufactured and Sold by

THOMPSON Sc C O,,

OFFICE OF TIIE.

D A IL Y A .Vi> WEEKL Y '' A TL A &,''

11 KING STREET, EAST.

118 ADVERTISJJMEMS.

BE SURE TO VISIT THE

>Vhere you will fiucl the

VERY BEST INSTRUMENTS,And the

Including

Niagara Palls, Suspension Bridge, Queen=ston Heights, Brock's Monument, &;o,,

BRITISH & CONTINENTAL SCENERY, CITIZIES,BUILDINGS, CELEBRITIKS, (IHOUPH, PARTI ES. &c.

A Series of Magnificent

VIEWS OF EGYPTIAN RUINS.Stereoscopes 75 Cents and upward,

Slides 12] Cents and upward.

Hery also isto be louu:! ihu

^nimi muliMt 6ilt ^ittm ixmt auir pomM0ULr>IN08,

A beautiful Article,

AT HALF THE FORMEB PRICES^LASTS A LIFE TIME.

Labi£s' Reticules, Ijags, lV>iiTMONAT.^. and other

Fancy Goods, British Mmnifactured Writixi; audother Papers, and a Treneval Strock of .Stationery,wholesale h\

THOMAS MACLEAILX^/'^fonk Bi*.(l<li,n(ji', itrrt i/ory/.f; uXorfh of (he Po.-f O/^V*.

Torcffto Sf/'crf^ Toronh

Txi£

^ e{!0t,

MENTS,

idge, Queen-lent, &;c.,

lY, CITJZIES,ARTIES. &c.

I RUINS.upward,'^ard.

PRICES,

^AT^. and uthor

f .Station fjRi'.

h of the ro-<f Office.

Hto Sf/'crf, Toronto

ADVERTISEMENTS. 119

Messrs. THOMPSON & Co,,

PUBLISHERS OF THK

imSubscription, $6 per year.

VVEKKLY SUBSCRIPTIONS WITHIN THE CITYLIMITS 12,^ CENTS. PER WEEK.

THE "WEEKLY ATLAS,"$1 PER YEAR,

77 KI^G HiTREET, EAST, TORONTO.

STOVES! STOVES!! STOVES!!!

^ «4\i>0

CITY FOUNDRY, No. 161 YONGE STREET,

TO RO NTO.The largest variety of Stoves in tlip Province, in quaKty

jupcrior to any others. J, H. «Sr Co. h1>o ileal e\'tensively m

COAL GRATES, FURNACES, AND COOKING RANGES,

rhey have lately patented a New Cookino; Stove^ the

''IRON DrKE," an improveiueui ^m uiiy they yet made.

October Ist, 1858.

120ADVERTISEMENTS.

IMPORTER

-h'itHr'-:-t-*

M-r

-^g^&=H;

DRY GOODS,^

!;|^|i»™^»!C« BUILDINGS.

'•SlVftHrW/l K,T ..

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