The most conspicuousbuilding in Montreal, which is, perhaps, also the finest church on the continent of America, is the Roman Catholic cathedral. Built in the Gothic style of the 13th c., it comprises seven chapels and nine aisles, and can accommodate between 6,000 and 7,000 people. It has six towers, of which the three on the main front are 220 ft. in height; and its chief window is 64 ft. high, and 32 broad. There are several other Roman Catholic churches belonging to the order of St. Sulpice, to whose members chiefly Montreal owes its foundation, and who still hold the seigniory of the island on which the city is built. Adjoining the cathedral, is the seminary of St. Sulpice, to which a large addition has been built within the last few years at a cost of £8,000. The city contains also some of the largest conventual establishments in the world. The general wealth, indeed, of the Roman Catholic church in Montreal has grown enormous, in consequence of the increased value of the property given to it during the early settlements of the French. The church of England has recently erected, at an expense of above £20,000, a new cathedral, which is very chaste in style, though somewhat small for a metropoli tan see. St. Andrew's church, the most important belonging to the church of Scotland, is also a very chaste specimen of Gothic architecture, and cost about £10,000. At about
the same cost, the Methodists have built a handsome church in the florid Gothic style. Besides the Roman Catholic college in College street, St. Mary's college of the Jesuits, and a Baptist college, Montreal possesses an important university under the name of M'Gill College. Founded by a bequest of the Hon. James 3PGill in 1811, erected into a university by royal charter in 1821, and reorganized by an amended charter in 1852, it has now, besides its principal, the distinguished naturalist, Dr. Dawson, a staff of 29 professors, and has an attendance of upward of 300 students. Montreal is supplied with water by magnificent works, which cost about £120,000. The water is brought from the Lawrence, above' the LaClAine Rapids, by an aqueduct five tn. long to a pond, from which it is forced up by power derived from part of its surplus waters into reservoirs capable of containing 20 millions of gallons, and situated 200 ft. above the level of the river. Along the side of the "Mountain," there is a line of mansions, which command the view that astonished J. Cartier, and which may compare with the suburban man sions of the wealthiest cities in Europe or America. Montreal returns three members to the provincial parliament.