To day is celebrated the anniversary of Queen Victoria's long and happy occupation of the British throne. For several days public and private decorations have been in progress. Victoria Road and private iptemnys and residences were spanned and decorated with arches and canopies adorned with shields, fags, varied coloured lanterns and appropriate mottoes, the poles being all concealed by wrappings of red, white! and blue. Gordon Hall was also tastefully decorated for the banquet in the evening. It is only the "pen of a ready writer that could attempt an adequate description of all these manifestations of British patriotism, so it had better be left to} the imagination of those who know what is appropriate on such occasions. The day has been full of "functions." The first, and perhaps the most important. one that rent, was the laying of the corner stone of has been performed in our little settle, the
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