The Origin and Services of the 3rd (Montreal)

able dimensions had closed the gates,and was preparedto resist any attempt toopen them. The hearse was brought to a stop outside, stones began to fly, thedriver was struck, the glass sides of the vehicle were broken, and, for some time, itlooked as though the mob was determined to obtain possessionof the casket. Thedriver of the hearse soon realized that there was to be nothing gained by remaining, and turning the horses, drove back to Mount Royal Cemetery, where thecasket was returned to its old placein the receiving vault.The news of this open defiance of the law created great excitement throughoutCanada, but there were not wanting those who openly approved of the action ofthe mob. The publicauthorities promptly decided that the dignity of the lawmust be asserted at any cost, and the whole of the then existing Montreal militiacorpswere ordered under arms for November :6th, to see that the orders of thePrivy Council were carried out.The force consisted of the Montreal Troop of Cavalry, the nucleus of thepresent Duke of York s Royal Canadian Hussars, the Montreal Field Battery, theMontreal Garrison Artillery, the Prince of Wales Regiment, the Victoria Rifles,and the Sixth Hochelaga Light Infantry, later the 6th Fusiliers, and recentlyamalgamated with the ist Prince of Wales Regiment, which has been transformedfrom a rifle corps into a Fusilier Regimen.t.The Battary paradedin full strength under the command of Major Stevenson,and was served out with the usual supplyof service ammunition. The MilitiaBrigade, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel John Fletcher, Deputy AdjutantGeneral, first marched to the gates of Mount Royal Cemetery, where the remainsof poor Guibord were once more placed in a hearse for removal to the RomanCatholic Cemetery. The hearse was escorted by a large detachment of the CityPolice Force, accompanied by Doctor, now Sir William Kingston, then Mayor ofMontreal, and the open grave was reached and the remains of Guibord consignedto mother earth without further incident. The troops marched to Cote des Neigesvia the Outremont road, and during the interment were drawn up ready for anyemergency on the road near the cemetery gates.A considerable crowd of rowdies had gathered in the vicinity, but beyond alittle hooting and jeeringmade no hostile demonstration.This Guibord incident caused a strained feeling between the two branches ofthe populationof Montreal which lasted for some time. It looked for some yearsas though the City would lose its enviable reputation as the home of a singularlyharmonious population,in spiteof the fact that it is divided both as to race andreligion. Tolerant feeling in religiousmatters had, up to this time, been anhonourable characteristic of the whole of the people of Montreal.Just after the conquest, the Protestant population used one of the RomanCatholic places of worship for Devine Service, after the usual Sunday celebrationsof the Mass. From 1766 to 1797, the adherents of the Church of England used theChurch of the Recollets every Sunday afternoon for the service of their Church.5*