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vi'; " oasion. It was :taiiiWirttteit t/ifiif; - M /,3 . but the language was strikinslt im- pressive. and those who had the pie"- are of listening to " readily comm!ed ,ewss=ez=sriiii'iiii'i"iEiii'Fiksi=eee=z==e== that it was one of the best of many notable utterances which have talien from the lips' of the Premier. Mr. Whitney. who followed, also spoke. well, and the House at the conclusion of his remarks adopted the address by , a standing vote. ' 'In rising to propose the address _ F ' Premier Ross said '.-- ' True Queen and Woman. . tn offering a few observations in sup- ' port of the address which is the sub- ject of the motion before the House, I admit at the outset the futility of at- tempting to pronounce a eulogy upon a Sovereign so exalted and beloved as was her late Majesty Queen Victoria. To moat ot us shemwas1 the onlylslov- . . . ereign who up to t s t me ever c a m- Provincial Legislature to 2 agar allegiance. and tolrecognize her . . ueen was as us ura as o recog- Bis Madetsty the nise our own existence. Now that she . " gone we instinctively ask ourselves King. how it was that she occupied so large a place in our minds. and so com- pletely won our affection as well as . our loving and dutiful allegiance. In two respects particularly Queen Vic- toria commanded the homage of her subjects and the admiration of the THE LATE U E EN civilised world; she was a true wo- _ a man without detracting from her power " a Sovereign, and she was a great Sovereign while retaining all the -------------- qualities of womanhood. Indeed, it is dimcult to say in which of these ca- _ 'it,c1'/een", she fis "goat to bedadmirfd. If . . gen eness o e aracter. omestc at- Tllulotriets by the Premier and, 2.'i1',',fatltdl,'tt,', htlhlel broadiest sympathy . are qual t es w 0 const tute the chief Mr. Whitney. glory of womanhood. then indeed does she deserve the highest eulogy that such qualities can draw from the lips .--.------- of mortal man. In her household, in her intercourse with her people, wile- at?" high or; lgw. in 2e'id'pte,','f.'e' with s " nsters o tats, n er correspon- TEXT OF THE M)ORESS. deuce with foreign Courts. it might truly be said that her lite was gentle. With her, courtesy was preferred to w-----------"" authority, and dutiful assent to enforc- ed obedience. realty Pleased to Kins Edvard - Agttutt fer some It? h ft _ , ' w en re cons er er a ec- M" ot Hegtlth Dealing With " tion tor her husband, the Prince Con- ..uu'o; outbreak. sort. the tenderness with which she reared her family, and her deep solici- tudo tor them in sickness and bereave- - ment, we have the most striking proofs of her domestic affection. To b3 loved est a 1:lrii'ehand ammother seem- e nearer tt er eart an - In the Provincial Legislature yester- verenced " a Queen. WM}: l'tdeei. day appropriate action was taken in k,';',','?, households were disturbed by regard to the death of the late Queen. am or estrangements and scandalised by domestic dissension. her household An address expressive of the sorrow was a conspicuous example ot filiall of the members of the House and the devotion and conjugal felicity. Themt people of the Province, condolence with it till; gel)?! of her ham"? sympathy wou e nown, see er n the arb: the King and the Royal family, and of widowhood, sitting beside STli, recording diesiance to his Mtuesty lonely cottager in the Highlands. tell-l was moved try the Premier and second- inf (if he; f"d'l heart sorrow and, . of the o osition. Mr. m " mr er ears w th the humblesti , P, the "gas" eldi,2 to the oc- ot her subjects in mutual 2'oiiGiGiiii.,"l all - I or see her passing through the wards!