Ed. Methot.
Professor of Greek Literature, - Rev. L. Baudet.
Professor of Mineralogy, - Rev. J. C. Laflamme.
Professor of Natural Law, - Mgr. Beng. Paquet.
Professor of Dogmatic Theology, - Rev. L. H. Paquet.
Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Rev. L. N. Begin.
On the conspicuous site where stands the unpretending brick structure
known as our present House of Parliament, (which succeeded to the handsome
cut stone edifice destroyed by fire in 1864) one might, in 1660, have seen
the dwelling of a man of note, Ruette d'Auteuil. D'Auteuil became
subsequently Attorney General and had lively times with that sturdy old
ruler, Count de Frontenac. Ruette d'Auteuil had sold the lot for $600
(3,000 livres de 20 sols) to Major Provost, who resold it, with the two
story stone house thereon erected, for $3,000, to Bishop de St. Vallier.
The latter having bequeathed it to his ecclesiastical successor, Bishop
Panet ceded it in the year 1830 to the Provincial Government for an annual
ground rent of L1,000 - this rent is continued to the Archbishop by the
Provincial Government of Quebec. No one now cares to enquire how Bishop
Panet made such an excellent bargain, though a cause is assigned.
Palace Street was thus denominated from its leading direct from the Upper
Town to the Intendant's Palace - latterly the King's woodyard. In earlier
days it went by the name of Rue des Pauvres, [49] (Street of the
Poor,) from its intersecting the domain of the Hotel Dieu, whose
revenues were devoted to the maintenance of the poor sheltered behind its
massive old walls.
