The great fire at Ottawa proved even worse than we
recorded last week. The "lumber city" of Hull was almost swept away, sttid the total damage is estimated at £3,000,000, very little of which is "covered," the insurance offices dreading the vast accumulations of timber which afford subsistence to the majority of the citizens. Subscriptions for the relief of the homeless are pouring in from all sides, and though the charitable in this country are already heavily taxed, there will be no lack of response to the appeal which the Lord Mayor has at once made on their behalf. What a curious proof, by the way, it is of the dominance of tradition that although we have now half a dozen Lord Mayors, no one thinks of more than one. The Lord Mayor of London is "the Lord Mayor,' as all over the world Queen Victoria is "the Queen."
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