St.
Louis Hotel Is Made Up Of Two Or More Private Dwellings Joined Together.
That On The Corner Of Haldimand
And St. Louis streets formerly was owned
as a residence by the late Edward Burroughs, Esq., P. S. C. Next
To it
stood, in 1837, Schluep's Hotel - the Globe Hotel - kept by a German, and
where the military swells in 1837-8-9 and our jolly curlers used to have
recherche dinners or their frugal "beef and greens" and fixings. In
1848, Mr. Burroughs' house was rented to one Robert Bambrick, who
subsequently opened a second-class hotel at the corner of Ste. Anne and
Garden streets, on the spot on which the Queen's printer, the late Mr.
George Desbarats, built a stately office for the printing of the Canada
Gazette - subsequently sold on the removal of the Government to Ottawa
- now the Russell House. The Globe Hotel belonged to the late B. C.
A. Gugy, Esq. It was purchased by the late Messrs Lelievre & Angers,
barristers, connected with two or three adjacent tenements, and rented,
about 1852, to Messrs. Azro and Willis Russell (represented now by the
Russell Hotel Company) for the St. Louis Hotel. Connected by a door
through the wall with the Music Hall, it is a notable landmark in St.
Louis street and an object of considerable interest to city cabmen as
well, during the season of tourists. Its dining saloon, on the second
flow, has witnessed many bountiful repasts, to celebrate social, military,
political or literary events, none better remembered than that of the 17th
of November, 1880, when the elite of Quebec crowded in unusual numbers -
about one hundred and eighty citizens, English and French - to do honour,
by a public banquet, to the laureate of the French Academy, M. Louis
Honore Frechette, [30] to celebrate his receiving in August last, in
Paris, from the Academie Francaise, the unprecedented distinction, for a
colonist, of the Grand Prix Monthyon (2,000 livres) for the excellence
of his poetry.
Subjoined will be found the names of some of those present, also, extracts
from a few of the addresses delivered. We regret much that want of space
precludes us from adding more of the eloquent speeches delivered, because
they throw light for English readers on the high degree of culture French
literature has attained at Quebec. All, we are sure, will rejoice with us
that, for the cause of letters, M. Frechette was timely rescued from the
quagmire of political warfare and hustings promises.
THE FRECHETTE DINNER, NOVEMBER 17, 1880.
"Mr. L. H. Frechette, the laureate of the French Academy, was last
night the recipient of marks of honor and esteem, in the shape of a
magnificent banquet given him at the St. Louis Hotel, by the citizens
of Quebec and vicinity. The tables were laid in the large dining hall
of the St. Louis Hotel, which was handsomely decorated for the
occasion. The walls were partially covered with French and English
flags, and wreaths of evergreen surrounded all the windows.
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