"As it is, the nation is proud of him, the world knows him, and all mankind is his debtor." The ship _Niagara_ left Trinity Bay for St. John's, where she was obliged to stop for coal, on August 8th. Immediately upon her arrival the Executive Council of Newfoundland and the Chamber of Commerce of St. John's presented congratulatory addresses to Mr. Field, and the governor entertained him, together with his friends, at dinner, and a ball was given at the Colonial Building. On the 11th of August the _Niagara_ sailed for New York. The country was impatient; twelve days had passed and not a message had been received. No one seemed to understand that a wilderness had to be opened and instruments adjusted before it was possible to use the cable as a means of communication between the two continents. It had been decided to have a great celebration on the receipt of the Queen's message; on the 16th that was reported as coming over the submarine wire, and early on the 17th the firing commenced and the excitement continued until the 18th, when the City Hall caught fire. Churches rang their bells, factories blew their whistles, and in the evening the river front blazed with bonfires and fireworks flashed across the sky; the buildings were illuminated; one thousand lights were said to have shone from the windows of the Everett House, and the transparencies were striking. That on the front of the International Hotel, on the corner of Broadway and Franklin Street, was eighteen feet by thirty-one; the centre was white, with fancy letters, and the border blue, with white letters, and the words were: +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | VICTORIA. | | | | All Hail to the Inventive Genius and Indefatigable | | Enterprise of | |A JOHN AND JONATHAN, | |G That has succeeded in consummating the Mightiest N| |A Work of the Age; I| |M May the Cord that binds them in the Bonds of A| |E INTERNATIONAL G| |M Friendship never be severed, A| |N And the FIELD of its R| |O Usefulness extend to every part of the Earth. A| |N .| |. Let nations' shouts, 'midst cannons' roar, | | Proclaim the event from shore to shore. | | | | BUCHANAN. | +-----------------------------------------------------+ These placards were in the windows of Bowen & McNamee's, corner of Broadway and Pearl Street: