To serve gratuitously three years by the duly qualified electors
of each ward: no one is eligible as Mayor, Aldermen or Councillor unless
he be a British subject, by birth or naturalization, and of the full age
of twenty-one years, and owning within the city limits real estate, free
from encumbrance, of the value of $2,000. Quebec contains ten small
Fiefs or Domaines. The Fief Sault-au-Matelot belongs to the Seminary.
The Ursuline Nuns, the R. C. Church (La Fabrique), the Heirs LaRue, the
Hotel-Dieu Nuns, the Recollet Friars, each had his Fief. The Fief de la
Misericorde (Mercy) belongs to the Hotel-Dieu. The Heirs LaRue own the
Fief de Becancour and that of de Villeraie; there is also the Fief
Tasseville. The Fief of the Recollets - or Franciscan Friars - the order
being extinct, reverted to the Crown.
WAR DEPARTMENT PROPERTY IN QUEBEC CITY AND DISTRICT.
As per Schedule, Consolidated Statutes of Canada (22 Vict.) Cap. 36.
LOCAL NAME OF THE PROPERTY AND ORIGIN OF THE TITLE.
Exercising Ground, Plains of Abraham - Leasehold from the Ursuline
Nuns, 99 years from 1st May, 1802.
No. 3 Tower Field, N. W. of the Grande Allee, Plains of Abraham -
Leasehold from the Nuns of the Hotel-Dieu, 99 years from 1st May, 1790;
space covered by the tower is freehold.
No. 4 Tower Field, N. W. of St. John's Road - Leasehold from the Nuns
of the Hotel-Dieu; 99 years from 1st May, 1790; including a freehold
strip of 0a. 1r. 0-1/2p.
Land surrounding Nos. 1 and 2, Towers, S. E. side of the Grande Allee
Plains of Abraham - Acquired by purchase from the Ursuline Nuns, 15th
June, 1811, Joseph Plante, N. P., Quebec.
Land S. E. of the Grande Allee to the Cime du Cap and between Nos. 1
and 2, Towers property, and counterscarp of the Citadel and works
adjacent - The greater part acquired by purchase from individuals, and
partly by conquest, of the old French Works, &c., an annual ground
rent of L1 17s. 0d., is payable on part of this land to the Fief de
Villeray.
The Esplanade, Town Works - Glacis, Cricket Field, ditches, ravelin,
&c., in front, lying between St. Louis and St. John's Gates - Acquired
partly by conquest and partly by purchase from various individuals
(Cricket Field, 5a. 3r. 22p.)
Citadel - Glacis and Town Works, as far as St. Louis Gate, Engineer
Yard, &c. - Chiefly by right of conquest and military appropriation.
Town Works, Artillery Barracks, Glacis, &c., between St. John's Gate,
Palace Gate and St. Valier street - Chiefly by conquest and military
appropriation. Lots in St. Vallier street, purchased in 1846-7.
Mount Carmel, a commanding eminence, and site of the Windmill Redoubt
or Cavalier, formerly a portion of the defenses of Quebec. - Acquired
by purchase, 25th Nov, 1780. J. Plinguet, N.P.
Officers' Barracks, Garrison Hospital, &c., fronting on St. Louis
street, and in rear by St. Genevieve street. - Acquired by purchase,
5th April, 1811.
Commissariat Premises, opposite old Court House, on St. Louis street,
and in rear by Mount Carmel street. - Acquired by purchase, 11th
August, 1815.
Jesuit Barracks, with other buildings and land attached, fronting on
St. Anne street and Upper Town market square. - By right of conquest
and military appropriation, occupied as Infantry Barracks, &c.
The Town Works, along the top of the Cape (Cime du Cap), between the
King's Bastion of the Citadel and Prescott Gate, Mountain Hill,
including site of old Fort St. Louis, Government Garden, &c. - Part of
the Crown Domain by conquest and military appropriation, with small
portions at either end acquired by purchase in 1781, and about 1827-
29.
Near Grand Battery, East end of St. George street. Magazine F., and
Ordnance stores, &c. - By right of conquest and military appropriation.
Magazine E., Hotel Dieu, on Rampart street, between Palace and Hope
Gates. - Acquired by purchase, 17th June, 1809.
The Defences along the Ramparts between Prescott Gate, Grand Battery,
Hope Gate and Palace Gate (Upper Town). - By right of conquest and
military appropriation (including Rampart street and cliff
underneath).
Inclined Plane Wharf and land to the Cime du Cap (top of the cliff) on
Champlain street, S. E. of the Citadel. - Acquired by purchase, 24th
Sept., 1781, afterwards used in connection with the Citadel.
Queen's Wharf premises, and small lot opposite, on Cul-de-Sac street -
Formerly a part of the defences of Quebec, site of a battery. -
Acquired by right of conquest, &c.
Land at the foot of the cliff in La Canoterie and St. Charles streets,
as a Glacis in front of the Town Works. - Acquired by purchase in 1846-
7, to prevent buildings against the defences.
Commissariat Fuel Yard, &c., on Palace Harbor, St. Roch's. - Part of
the Intendant's Palace property, held by conquest.
SEIGNIORY OF NEUVILLE COUNTY OF PORTNEUF.
(Site of Fort Jacques-Cartier.)
A strong defensive position, on the right bank of the River Jacques
Cartier, about 30 miles above Quebec. - Acquired by purchase from the
Seignior, 26th June, 1818.
THE ENVIRONS OF QUEBEC.
INTRODUCTION.
"Oh give me a home where the maple and pine
Around the wild heights so majestically twine;
Oh give me a home where the blue wave rolls free
From thy bosom, Superior, down to the sea."
"Could you not write the history of 'Our Parish,' and also sketch briefly
our country seats, marking out the spots connected with historical
events?" Thus discoursed one day to us, in her blandest tones, a fair
denizen of Sillery. There was a poser for a galant homme; a crusher
for the first litterateur of ... the parish. In vain did we allege
we were not a "Christopher North," but a mere retiring "antiquaire" - a
lover of books, birds, flowers, &c. The innate civility of a Frenchman
elicited from us an unreflective affirmative reply.
