Show ills opinion of MORLEY montreal its people and buildings from our regular correspondent A OF MONTREAL landing at montreal in the height of the summer travel season a wo did it presents at the depot tha p a bustling city rut this s only at tho depot As you arc driven through tho lower or olden irl of the city you are reminded by he narrow lumbering dingy oj say it reverently boston the aub of the universe however makes vastly better use of its mean con streets than montreal ever dreamed of and there is an able something in the very atmos chero proclaiming that american laste and hurry yankee energy and drive and tho feverish expectation a short cut to opulence early next week which consumes every truo american bosom all are safely quarantined south of abo st lawence yes montreal is A SLOW TOWS t has but ono poor weakly little borso car line and claims population one railroad does about all as business it is just finding out ahat parks ara good for and has lately laid put a serpentine carriage way to the summit of mont coyal till now left the sent park its to the crows mean while contenting iteld with victoria square mournful little weather baiten seven by nine grass plat traversed by gravel walks and tipped off at one end with a very dingy little bronze statue of the sweet quean perched upon a very narow very dingy and very cheap looking granite pedestal tho guide boods admonish you to visit the victoria statue and of course you do mindful n roule that you came from a phin democratic land not given to statue and that a glimpse of royalty done up in bronze in the metropolis of her Maje dominions must be an impressive and memorable eight to american eyo and you are impressed with the prodigious capacity of canada for being parsimonious why hundreds upon hundreds of our towns have done better in sol diera monuments than the chief city of canada lias for its sovereign montreal is an ISLAND built upon an island over 30 miles in and 10 mile wide in the river st lawrence the city has a noble water front and a fine of docka tb warehouse markets and along tha water front are mostly fine buildings built of dark grey stone which lights up handsomely in the sunlight making the view of the city from the south bank of the river a striking and beautiful picture for two or three miles the wharves and buildings line the broad river and back of them the steadily street after almost he whole city comes into view while directly behind rise the green and wooded slopes of mont royal making a splendid back ground seen far or seen near montreal is credited with deriving its name from his mountain the mont royal being easily corrupted into montreal mont re al from the summit of tho mountain opens out one of the finest views ever saw at our very be city nestling directly under the shadow of the mount tain and reaching thence with its numerous convents and cathedrals down to the waters edge the inspiring picture is one of tho two things in montreal that are well worth seeing the other is the great DAME tho largest church edifice in the western world architecturally tho damo is grand and impressive standing beneath tho organ loft you look upward over a hundred feet to tha blue vaulted roof studded and spangled with golden stars and following the immense sweep of vision along between the double tiers of massive galleries sall eries supported by great masonry columns the vieta closes against ana whose elaborate wl massy designs of wood and marble cover ho entire width of the church and extend upward with spire and turret and can opy the very roof vast as thia great piece of art is every part is carved and with acquisito taste while through all its breadth of design runs the most perfect harmony of part and completeness of detail up more than half its extreme height is a preat marble representing our saviour crowning abo virgin mary it rests upon a heavy ond richly carved projection and la canopied cano pied by another choso whoso triple spires aw carved and richly ornamented reach to tho extreme peak of the roof below and to the right is another largo of the high priest nt altalo the left another showing alio ark of the covenant guarded by an angel and still further below be low is iiii other large marble of the crucifixion with the women at the foot of the cross flanked by abraham offering isaac on the one tide and our saviour LIos sint alio llio sacrament upon tho other all these marblo figures are heroic size and each group is supported upon and can copied by massive and pinnacles and relieved by recedes rec etes of elegant carving and color on either side of the chancel high above the priests heads are three niches in which are set statues of tho apostles the face of st john and st lulo being strikingly beautiful notre dame cathedral mil hold of whom can be comfortably seated it has a choir of voices composed exclusively of boys and men leu by an organ that requires six men to blow it has elsvan bells requiring men to rig them the largo bell oyer twelve tons is swung only by tho united strength of twelve men and then peals out Us clear notes o that they are heard at a distance of thirty miles tho delicato little clapper of this bell weighs ago pounds and the inside of abo bell r so largo that our party of four standing upright around tho clap per occupied lets than one third tho space tourists visiting montreal would laying out their time houllow plenty for this cathedral wa did it in true american style allowing ourselves barely time to get a general iden magnificence and scarcely any for the enjoyment of detail half a day would be too short for a thoroughly satisfactory visit to the interior and towers and wo were whirled away in leaa than an hour two things more I act down to tho credit of montreal tho first is the windsor hotel which is ono of the finest houses in america and of which I doubt if our eastern states can produce an equal the other and by far the more remarkable and craite worthy object is a respectful lie dawned upon us immediately on our arrival and served us faithfully and well till wo shook the dust of the dominion off our oxford ties blat thaw was an Irishman with an honest but not over handsome face who kept his word like gentleman opened his treasures of knowledge like sop comoro apologized for the road up mont koyal being so bious like and invariably replied to tho questionings of tho feminine portion of our party with a respectful yes my lady or nomy lady which rang most musically and gratefully upon ears accustomed to tho guttural expletives and rough familiarity of tho average benr york hackman it is a good thing for matthew that newspaper men rarely leave anything behind except a very long list of very bad debts else ho might wake up the morning after my will was read to find involved in a contested will case NEW YOKE sept 25 |