Finally, The Safe Return Of The "General" With A Brand New Coat Of Paint
And Varnish In A Deal Box,
Consigned to His Worship, the Mayor of Quebec
sent by unknown hands, was made an occasion of rejoicing to every
Friend
of the British hero whom Quebec contained, and they were not few.
Some of the actors of this practical joke, staunch upholders of
Britannia's sovereignty of the sea, now pace the quarter deck, t'is said,
proud and stern admirals.
The street and hill leading down from the parochial Church, (whose title
was Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
Mary,) to the outlet, where Hope Gate was built in 1786, was called
Ste. Famille street from its vicinity to the Cathedral, which, as the
parish church of the citizens of Quebec, was formerly called the Ste.
Famille Church. On the east side, half way up the hill still exist the
ruins of the old homestead of the Seigneurs de Lery - in 1854, occupied by
Sir E. P. Tache, since, sold to the Quebec Seminary. A lofty fence on the
street hides from view the hoary old poplar trees which of yore decked the
front of the old manor. On the opposite side, a little higher up, also
survives the old house of Mr. Jean Langevin, father of the Bishop of
Rimouski, and of Sir H. L. Langevin. Here in the closing days of French
Dominion lived the first Acadian, who brought to Quebec the news of the
dispersion of his compatriots, so eloquently sung by Longfellow, Dr.
Lajus, of French extraction, who settled at Quebec and married a sister of
Bishop Hubert.
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