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THE CASTLE ST. LOUIS, QUEBEC, 
 
 r/59'1834. 
 
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 J. M. I.E MOINB, F.R.S.C., 
 
 QUKBEC. 
 Jieprif,ted by permission from ThkCanai.ian Maca/ink, oJ Ja>,uary, iS^/k 
 
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 CASTLE ST. LOUIS/^ UNDER THE ROSES. 
 
 PAK'I' IJ. : I7:>!l 1HS4. 
 
 |!V .1. M. I.K MOINK, I'.K.S.C 
 
 " Siiili ilusk\ Kraiiiliiii clothed tli9 hei^fht 
 Wlu-re till- lidi,'!" (visile \mV\> its ntati-, 
 Ami all Ihi; sti'('|> slope, dou n 
 Wlioic rid),'y li.iik leaves lo the sky, 
 i'llcd dnep >in<l iii issy, ilosc :ind IiIk'Ii 
 Mine uwn roininuo toun. " 
 
 Sforr'u Marmion. 
 
 1'^HE Castlo an.l l<\)it St. Louis 
 under England's domination has 
 had its sunsliine and its shadows : its 
 dark as well as its bright, radiant 
 
 more than once aocial pageants anti 
 many festive displays. 
 
 Kacing tiie site of the fort, long since 
 vanished, a few yards to the west, 
 lies the well-known area, L'l Grande 
 PlncH (III Fort (since 18(52, the Ring), 
 mantled in foliage and trees, planted 
 when Mayor Thomas- l^ope held out 
 at the City Hall. Our warlike ances- 
 
 IKlTKl. iHAIKM IKONTKNAI. 
 Jl'li/f 1,1 IS'j; I'll Oil v/// ()/■ Cll^lll St. I.nllis. <,hwhll 
 
 memories : its anxious hours of seige 
 and alarm — nay, even of lilockade, 
 followed by the welcome loar of ar- 
 tillery, proclaiming lUitish victories; 
 
 *Fortheii3f of sevenil iiicldeiila relit int.' to Chateau 
 Saint Louis, esperiallj (or the peiioil of l'ieiii;h occupa- 
 tion, full ackriowk'difinent is duf to .Mr. Krni'si (iasjiion's 
 volume, Le Fort <■) tf Vhalenii St. Loiu.<, ^jTii paycs. 
 For further pirticulars lidt Qiiel/ec /'«.«( miii Preniiil, 
 \< tSS; an<l I'ii-turfx^iw iJhi'Imv, pp. (M), 70, 6S, 72-7li, 
 
 \n, Us, 4ti. 
 
 tors knew it as the Place d'Ai'Dttis. 
 In days by gone, have met, not for 
 military drill, but ft)r annual roll-call, 
 on St. Peter and St. Paul's Day, June 
 the 2})th, the city militia — an impor- 
 tant -though a very pacific body. It 
 continued for years, until dropped 
 about 1850. 
 
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 CASTLE ST. LOUIS. 
 
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 RritiHh soldiery, hk tlicy )»laiit on the 
 (Jrantlc Paniilc, raciii«r tlie historic 
 ('hatean, on the ISth of Soptemln'r, 
 I Toil, tilt' (lay of tlic capitulation 
 of (j)ut'hoc, the solitary ^Min. drawn 
 from the Hi'i^hts of Ahiahani throuffh 
 St. Louis fjate. Captain John Knox, 
 of the 4.Srd. Ke;,'t., tell us how Iiis 
 hravc connuander hoisted the Kn^^- 
 liah tlaj^j, after takinj^ possession of 
 the keys of <^)uelH!e from de Ramsay, 
 its late i^fovei'iior. He says : ' the 
 tln'ec companies of LfjuisVjourj;' (Iren- 
 adiers and some li;;ht iid'antry, under 
 the corrniiand of Lt.-( 'ol. .Murray, pre- 
 ceded by fifty men of the Royal Ar- 
 tillery and one yuii.with lij^hted match, 
 and with the Ihitisli coioi'shoisttil on 
 its carriai^e, the I'nion tlaj^ Ixin^ dis- 
 played on the citadel. Ca])tain I'aliser, 
 with a Iar<4(! liody of si'amen and in- 
 ferior officers, at the same time took 
 po.ssession of the lower town, and 
 hoisted cohjrs on the sunniiit of the 
 declivity (Mountain Hill) leading;- from 
 the hij^h to the low town." (Knox's 
 •lournal.) 
 
 I»ut the lordly castle of other da3s, 
 riddled by the shot and shell of the 
 Kn^lish fleet, tenantli^ss, uninliaiii- 
 table, was not thorout;hly repaired 
 until 17(U-5, when (Jeneial .lames 
 Murray, first (Jovernor of <>>uebec, 
 had his Royal Commission rvixA on 
 the ad joiniuff S(|uare, prior to his tak- 
 intr possesion of the Castle as his 
 oflicial residence. A decade later, and 
 the occupant (Sir) (iuy Carleton, so 
 appropriately nametl the " saviour of 
 <^uebec," mij^ht notice, from the Cha- 
 teau windows, the arrival on the Le- 
 vis shore, on the ath November, 177."), 
 of Benedict Arnold's hunjjry and worn- 
 out continentals, eager to cross the St. 
 Lawrence, and land at Wolfe's cove 
 al)ove. But a wise precaution had in- 
 duced Lt.-Ciovernor Craiiiahe to re- 
 move to the Quebec side the Levis 
 canoes and water conveyances before 
 the arrival of the invading host. The 
 wave of invasion, triumphant at Mon- 
 treal. Sorel, ('hambly, Three Rivers, St. 
 John and elsewhere, was hurled back 
 
 by the granite rock of Quebec. On the 
 3ist December, 1775, at 9 a.m.. the 
 intrepid chieftain, (iny Carleton, could 
 IVom his parlor windows look down 
 triumphantly, lait not scorniully, on 
 thr- New Kngland soldiery, escorted to 
 the (irande i'araile — 42(i rank and file 
 — marcheft uj) prisoners of war, from 
 the Sault-au-Matelotassaidt, to await, 
 crest-fallen, the orders of His Excel- 
 lency before being detailed to their re- 
 spective pri.sons.* 
 
 Might one not unreasonablj' infer, 
 from the otHcial etii|uette that has 
 ever prevailed among naval comman- 
 ders fre(|Uenting our port, that the 
 youthftd captain of the sloop of war 
 Alliomaili', Horatio Nelson, present 
 here in 1782, paid his throirn at the 
 Castle, to the distinguished (Jovernor- 
 rJener.-il, Sir Freilerick Haldimand, 
 and partook of the hospitalities u.sual- 
 ly shown to visitors of distinction ? 
 At his romantic time of life did Nel- 
 ,son, like many sub.sefjuent lovers, in- 
 dulge in a sentimental promenade on 
 the famed Castle terrace f Did he ever, 
 at the witching hour when the citadel 
 evening-gun cills to barrack military 
 beaux, niert there the adorable Mary 
 Simpson, the girl for whose sake he 
 was, he said, ready to (piitthe service ^ 
 Southey, as well as Lamartine, in their 
 biographies of the hero of Ti-afalgar, 
 state that violence had to be used to 
 tear the smitten Horatio from his 
 Queliec channer. Miss Simpson, after 
 marrying Major Matthews, Secretary 
 to the (Jovernor, removed to London 
 with her husband who became (Jov- 
 ernor of ('hel.sea Hospital. In one of 
 her letters she menticms attending the 
 funeral of Lord Nelson, her first love, 
 whom she had not forgotten. She. 
 died in England in IH'iO at an ad- 
 vanced age. Is not this a pleasant 
 little episode of Queljec history ^ 
 
 A titled visitor of no ordinaiy rank 
 entered theportals of theCastle in 1 787, 
 Brince William Henry, Duke of Clar- 
 ence, subsequently William IV., King 
 of England, He was then a royster- 
 
 'bpc old lj>uebeo (.ia:eUe, 16th A>ig , 17B5 
 
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 in;: luidtlv "u iMiiinl II. M. IViifnti' 
 Pegasufi, aiichore<l in tln' poi't IuIdw 
 th(> Cliiitt'fin. A LiTiiiiil liiill wiiN t;i\iii 
 tluTc in his honor iiy IaX'iI jukI L.'uly 
 Dorcht'Htor. Mr. Dc Ciiispo, tin- author 
 ot" the ^ '"»(('//'(» /*s- (>y' 0/r/, has ji spicy 
 account of tlic nii'iTV fntertaimnt'iit. 
 Instoail of invitiuL;- t(» ilancc the ilc- 
 niuru hxdics of rank ntlicially pn-- 
 scntcd to him. the sailor jiriiicf picknl 
 out in(li,scriiiiiuat«.'lv' tin- votniiri'st and 
 ]ii>'tti('st ;jiiis Hs his partiifis, and 
 iunl a very ^iitod timr. Iai<r <itlier 
 princes that followi-d. In- had eves for 
 
 n»ove than the seeiiic lieauties of 
 
 (.^>uehec. The Croii'ujiKx <}i'fi salons 
 
 recall a Vioyish lark of his in Chani- 
 
 l)lain's fortress. The Hoyal middy, in 
 
 one of his perefvrinations, \v;i-< struck 
 
 with the uneonnnon 
 
 beaut}' of a ^'ouni,' ;;irl 
 
 in the liumhler walks 
 
 of life. Determined to 
 
 find out who she nii^ht 
 
 be, he followed her to 
 
 her home. Ihit alas ! 
 
 the stern parent, ad- 
 vised of the Duke's 
 
 marked attentions to 
 
 his youthful dauyhttr, 
 
 rushed (nit in the street 
 
 after him, and laid his 
 
 horsewhip vioojousl}' 
 
 on his royal shoulders. 
 
 the Prince ejaculatinj: 
 
 in vain, " Nc fnip/xt 
 
 jxis ' N' Ji'tippc: iKix ! ,/>' snis li' lils 
 till ro'i." No mention, however, is 
 made of the escapadi- in the CoiU't 
 •lonrnal. 
 
 ( )ccasionally, the castle opened its 
 doors to rather une.xpei^ted, but not 
 the less welcome \ isitor.-i. ( )n the 
 !3th March, 17n!), His Excellency, 
 [.old Dorchester, had the .satisfaction 
 of entertaininy a stalwart woodman 
 and expert hunter. Major Kit/.gerald, 
 of till' ")4th Iteifiment, then stationed 
 at St. .lohn. New iJiunswick. the son 
 of n. dear old friend, liady Kmilia 
 .Mary, dau^diter of the Duke of Rich- 
 mond. Thischixalrous woodman was 
 no le.ss than the dauntless Ijord VA- 
 ward Kit/^'erald, fifth son of the Duke 
 of Lein.ster, the true but niis^'uidcil 
 
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CASTLIi ST. fAU'lS. 
 
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 Ol'l frinl. 
 
 patriot wluj closed liis promising 
 career in sucli a melancholy manner 
 in a prison during the Irish rehollion 
 of 17i>S. Lord Kdward liad walked 
 upon snow-shoes through tiie track- 
 less forest from New Hrunswick to 
 Quebec, a ilistance of 17") mi'es, in 
 thirty days, accompanied hy a hn.thcr 
 officer, Mr. P>risl)ane, a .servant and 
 two " woodmen." 'I'liis feat of en- 
 (hirance is pleasantly described by 
 himself in his correspondence. 
 
 Tom Mooro, in his liiography of this 
 generou.s, warm-hearted son of Krin, 
 among other dutiful epistles addressed 
 by Lord Kdward to his mother, has 
 preserved the one telling of this over- 
 land trip. 
 
 Four years after the visit of the 
 Duke of Clarence, on the I Ith Aiigust. 
 l79Lthere arrived at Qiieliec (ieorge 
 Ill's fourth son, Kdward Duke of 
 Kent, his brother Col. of the 7th 
 Royal Kusi leers. The frigates il>/Ksnx 
 and R('xlf<f<it}ci', had ])rought from 
 (Jibraltar this tine regiment. wliicOi 
 the Duke commanded during his stay 
 in the city, 1791-1)+. On the I -ith 
 August, there was hold in his honor, 
 at the Chateau St. Louis, a grand 
 levee, whereat nttentled the authori- 
 ties, civil, military and clericid. to- 
 gether with the gentry. In the aftei*- 
 noon " the ladies were presented to 
 Prince in the chateau. " Who. tlien, 
 attended the levee :* Did the Prince 
 dance ' VV'ho were his partners ' Ther*! 
 is no register of names ; no list of 
 Royal Edward's partners, such as we 
 have of the Prince of Wales, his grand- 
 son, visiting Quebec in IStiO -merely 
 'in entry of the signers ol the address, 
 in the Quebec (razette of the 1 8th 
 August. 1791. Can we not then re- 
 peojile the little world of Quel)ec of 
 17!U. and bring back .some of the 
 chief actors of those stormy, political. 
 but frolicsome times .' Let us walk in 
 with the " nobility and gentry ' and 
 make our best bow to the .scion of 
 royalty. There, in full uniform, yon 
 will recogni/e His Kx(>i'llencv, Lord 
 Dorchester, one of our most popular 
 
 adndnistrators. Next to him, that tall, 
 athletic nnlitary man. is tlu" Deputy 
 (lovernor-(ieneral, .Sir Alureil Clark. 
 He is now in close conversaticm with 
 Chief .liistice William Sndth: around 
 there is a bevy of Judges, l.,egislative 
 ( 'ouncillors, .Mendieis of Parliament, 
 all done up to kill, n i H iniemn' imxli' 
 by Monsit'iu'denn Laforme, court hair- 
 dresser, with jabots, powdered perc- 
 wigs and formidable pigtails 
 
 Here are .ludge Adam Mabane, Sec- 
 retary Pownell; Honorables, Messrs. 
 Kinlay, Dunn, Harrison, Holland, (Col- 
 lins, ('aldwell, Kraser, Lymburner: 
 Messrs. licster. Young, an<l Williant 
 Smith, Jr. Mingled with them you 
 also I'ecogni/e tin.' bearers of oM his- 
 toric names, Messrs. .lo.seph de Lan- 
 'nienil, P»abv. DeHonni', Duchesnav. 
 Duniere, ( Jueroult. de Lotbiniere, Roc 
 de St. Ours, Damburges, de Roche- 
 blave, de Rouville. de Roucherville. 
 Lecompte ])upres,Ta.«chereau,deTonn- 
 ancour. I'anet. de Salaberry, and a 
 host of fithers. Were the.se gentlemen 
 all present ' Probably not all. They 
 however, were likely to be. The von- 
 rciifnu-rs re(|uired their presence. 
 
 A volnmt^ would not suffice to de- 
 tail the brilliant receptions and state 
 iialls givtii at the castle during Lord 
 Dorchester's administrati.ni — the live- 
 ly di.scussions. the formal protests ori- 
 ginating out of points of precedence, 
 burning (lUi'sfinO!^ ifc jupon/^ bistwoen 
 the touchy magnates of the old and 
 those of the new rii/iiin' : whether La 
 Piaronne de St. Laurent* wovdd be ad- 
 mitted at the Chateiu or not : whethei- 
 a de Longueuil or a de liOtbiniere's 
 place was on the right of Lady ^^u*ia, 
 the charming '-onsort of His Kxeel- 
 lency Lord Dorchester, a daughter of 
 the "-reat Kn^lish Karl of KtHnghain ; 
 wlu^ther <ljUK'ini'* uindit to ceu'^e when 
 their ]/)rdships the P>ishops entereil 
 and made their bow to the rej)resenta- 
 tive of royalt}-. Cnfortunately. (Que- 
 bec had then no Court Journal, .so that 
 the generations following can have but 
 
 • This tiiniiiiatirii.' Kli nrh lailv ha<l lOiu w illi liiiii Iiimh 
 UitiMllnr. 
 
11 
 
 CASTLE ST. LOUIS. 
 
 taint idenH oF all tlu- witclnTV, the 
 .stunniii^r liea«l-<ln'sH('.s, tlio iln:iillrli'rs, 
 and hif^li-vMiistcil loliL'Hor their .stately 
 f^mndinotluTs, wliirlt-d aniuml in the 
 ijiddy wait/. l»y wliiHkcrt'd, cpaidctti'd 
 cavalicVH, or olso nMU'tcsvintf in tin- dc- 
 inure nirmirl <(>> hi con r. 
 
 We are now ncariny tlie stoiiny 
 era of ' l^ittle Kini; ('rai;^:. ' Troid*- 
 louH times iii'c IdoinJMi; nut portftitoiis- 
 ly for the earnest, hospitalile, l»ut stern 
 Luinl of till* ( 'astle, Sir .litnies llmry 
 Craig. The linhtnini; eloud, ho\vev(*r, 
 will hurst ovei- hi.s .sueeessor. Sir 
 ( ieor;(e I'revost. As oft hefore, the 
 trtiinjiet of IJellona has sounded ; this 
 time at Washinj^ton, on thr ISth -lune, 
 1812. " Prepare for the Invader," is 
 repeated with l)ate(l lireath in the 
 streets of (j)ut!hee. ' Trust in ( lod atid 
 keep your powder dry,' would have 
 heeii tlie rejily of warlike, ti;4htin<i; Sir 
 .Fumes H. ( "rait^, hail he heeii at the 
 Chateau when hostilities hroke (jut 
 from beyond the liorder. Soon tokens 
 of battle of a foreign jiattern will stud 
 the a|)proaeh to the castle. 
 
 "l*ive eainion taken at Detroit, 
 are now lying in the Chateau eoui't, 
 says the (j)uebee Mi-nnrii, of "iTth Oc- 
 tober, 18IM. whilst the |)ri.soners taken 
 at Detroit, broiight down to Quebec, 
 await endnirkation for IJuston, for pur- 
 po-ses of exchan^fi-. (^)uebec was mar- 
 tial with Cnitcil States uniforms — 
 American pi'i.soners — the Yankee (len- 
 erals Winder, Chandler, and Winches- 
 ter : Col. Wintield Scott, later on (!en- 
 eral Wintield Scott, who c\dled laurels 
 in the Mexican War,and .so many other 
 officers and privates, that the (iov- 
 ernor of C.'ana<la scarcely knew how to 
 dispo.se of them, 
 
 " The restdt of the American defeat 
 at Queenston," says the historian, 
 Robert (/hristie, " had been important. 
 One general officer (Wadsworth). two 
 lieutenant-colonels, five majors, a mul- 
 titude of captains and subalterns, with 
 nine hutidred men, one field-piece, and 
 a stand of colors, were the fruits of 
 the victory, the enemy having lost in 
 kille<l. wounded, missnig and [irison- 
 
 ers, upwards of fifteen hiuidred men.' 
 
 Sir Ceorge I'revost may jxhssibly 
 have, from the terrace of hi.s Chateau, 
 lieen watching the endtarkation of the 
 invaders on board of the transports 
 anchoi'dl in th(( harbor Ixdow, after 
 hiiving witnessed in the Septeudter 
 pri\ ions their arrival as prisoners at 
 the I'nion Hotel, facing the castle. 
 
 We tiiid in the (j)uebf'c Mcrrur/j of 
 I ')th September, IM'i, tint following 
 item: — " On Friday, arrived here the 
 iletained prisoners taken with (Jeneral 
 Hull at Detioit. The non-cominis- 
 sioneil otlicers and privates innne(liate- 
 ly emiiai'keil on boai'd of transports 
 in the harbor, which are to serve as 
 their prisons. The connni.ssioned officers 
 were liberateil on their y«rr<i/r. They 
 ]ia,s,sed Saturday morning at the Cnion 
 Hotel, whei-e they were the ga/iug- 
 stock of the multitude, whilst they, 
 no way abashed, jiresented a bold front 
 to the public stare and puffed the smoke 
 of their cigars into the faces of such 
 as approachetl too near. About two 
 o'clock they set off in a stage with 
 four horses for Charlesbourg, the des- 
 tined place t)f their residence." 
 
 What changes the wheel of time 
 does 1 iring round ! Kighty-three years 
 after that date, Hough's " stage and 
 four hors(^s" might occasionally be 
 met on the same road, conveying a 
 jolly s(|uad of United States touri.sts, 
 mayhap .some of the grand.sons of the 
 Invaders of 1812, not to Charlesbourg 
 as a forced " place of residence," but to 
 the romantic ruins of ('hatcau Bigot, 
 all bent on havini; a ffood time. 
 
 Did the chieftain of St. Louis Cas- 
 tle locate those prisoners at Charles- 
 botng proper or in tiiat other adjoin- 
 ing locality, Heauport, in Judge De 
 Bonne's forinei' stately old mansion, 
 on which the eastern and detached 
 wing of the Beauport Lunatic Asy- 
 lum now stands. Tradition has ever 
 pointed to the latter building. They 
 had not been under restraint much 
 more than a week when, by the fol- 
 lowing advertisement in the Quebec 
 Mrrrurii, dated 2!»th Septend)er, 1812, 
 
 I 
 
CASTLE ST. LOUIS 
 
 re(| men.' 
 ])i)ssii(ly 
 I (.'Iwiti'au, 
 iion ol' the 
 :ratiH))()i'tH 
 low, iil'tcr 
 H'pti'iiilter 
 isoiicr-i lit 
 
 OlHtlf. 
 h'l'i'lD'l/ of 
 
 following 
 1 Imre the 
 li (leiionil 
 i-t'omiuiH- 
 nirnMliate- 
 iraiisportH 
 ) serve ns 
 ledoHicers 
 ^le. They 
 the Tinion 
 le {^a/.iiig- 
 ilst thev, 
 bold front 
 the smoke 
 iH of such 
 iltout two 
 ba^e with 
 [, the (les- 
 i;. 
 
 '1 of time 
 m^e years 
 staije and 
 onally be 
 iveyin^T a 
 s tourists, 
 3ns of the 
 Lrlesbourg 
 cc," but to 
 an Bigot, 
 me. 
 
 jouis Cas- 
 
 . Charles - 
 
 er adjoin- 
 
 udge De 
 
 mansion, 
 
 detached 
 
 atic Asy- 
 
 1 has ever 
 
 They 
 
 int much 
 
 y the fol- 
 
 e (Quebec 
 
 bor, 1812, 
 
 wft find the Britisli authontics attt^nd 
 ing to tlu'ir cond'orts with a truly 
 maternal l'on^-light : 
 
 "('(iMMISSAItV OkNKKAI/m ( JKKH K, 
 
 (;uKiiK( , iJStli Si'|)t., 1812. 
 " VVmileil, for tin- Aiiieiuiiii piLsnimrN iit 
 wur, ooiiiforUble, wiiiiii clnthiii«. cniisislinu 
 of tlif full(jwiiiu ivrticluH : 
 •fiicktttH, 
 ShiiU, 
 iJiiiwers, 
 MocrtHsiriH or Slioo.s, 
 AIho 2,»HMI pouti.ls of SoHp." 
 
 From this it is clear John Hull in- 
 tended his American cousins sliouhl 
 not only be kept warm, but suitably 
 scrubbed as well. Two thousand 
 pounds of soap foieshadowed u fabu- 
 lous amount of scrubbitig. 
 
 Col. Scott remained in Canada from 
 the date of his surrender, 2.'{rd ( )cto- 
 ber, 1«12, to the period of his depar- 
 ture from (Quebec, say May IHMi. Hut 
 he was on jxirulc the whole time. 
 
 Benson J. Lossing relates a credit- 
 able anecdote concerning the majestic 
 and humane Colonel, later on chi'istcn- 
 ed by his country "OKI Fuss and 
 Feathers "on ticcount of his love of 
 dress and display on his imposing jier- 
 «on. It mentions Col. Scott as inter- 
 ceding with the British authorities to 
 secure l)etter treatment for some (jf 
 the Irishmen taken prisoners who 
 were supposed to have violated their 
 allegiance as former Hriti.sh sulijects, 
 and his succeeding in his humane mis- 
 sion. 
 
 Tradition points out, as the i-esidence 
 of the American officers, paroled later 
 on in Quebec, the ilwelling in St. Louis 
 .street formerly occupied by Win. Smith 
 the historian, and since enlarged and 
 fitted out for the Cnion Club. 
 
 More than once, as it has been pre- 
 viousl}' stateil, the grand old chateau 
 wore a funereal aspect. Mr. Frnest 
 Gagnon, in his interesting sketch of 
 the Chateau Saint houis, ipiotes a 
 striking passage from Vic de Madaine 
 G. E. Vasgrain, the mother of Ablie 
 H. R. Casgrain, the historian. This 
 lady, in relating one of h(>r first visits 
 to the ca,stle, on 4th Sept., 1S19, tells 
 
 of the silent group.s of city visitors, 
 attracted to view for the last time, the 
 imiiiimate remains of its late occupant. 
 Charles C. liennox, Duke of Hich- 
 mond, liCnnox and Aubigny.Covernor- 
 (ieiieral of Canada, an old WaterltMj 
 man. The Duke had fallen a victim 
 to hydrophobia, contracted from the 
 liite of a tame fo.\, which he had 
 thoughtlessly petted on the market- 
 place in Sorel, before joining a hunt- 
 ing party. .Madame < 'asgraiii vividly 
 portrayed the harrowing scene pre- 
 ceding his death on the Cpper Ottawa; 
 h(jw the tir.st attack oi the dire ma- 
 lady on the brave Governor, was 
 noticed in the woods, when he was in- 
 duced to return to Quebec ; how on 
 his nearing the stream, his horror of 
 water was .such that he frantically 
 ran into the woods where, in liis 
 frenzy, he was heard repeating to him- 
 self, " Charles Lenno.x, die like a man ' 
 Shall it be .said that a Kichiuond was 
 afraid t(j meet death' No, never!" 
 After struggling scry hard, he was 
 overpowered and secured by his at- 
 tendants, taken to the b<jat and tied 
 down. The noi.se of the waves bn^ught 
 on another furious attack. Death 
 closed the tragedy, at Hichmond, 
 long before he reached the castle. A 
 tablet marks his orave.in the Anglican 
 cathedral, at (4>uebec.* 
 
 On the 15th March. i«-24, the elite 
 
 * I'nifeHsor lieiijiiiuin Sillinian, of ^'iile t'ullent'. 
 UDtices ill IKl'.t, a curiimf* appliance of the DukfV 
 for convivial piirpoaen at the ca>tle. "Amoii;; 
 the curiositifcH nf tlie place, is a fiiinous round table 
 with a fin ular i)hice cut in tiic middle. This, it 
 seems, is ( cc\ipied by the iiostwbeii lie drinks wine 
 with his friends who are arranged around him. 
 That theie iiiay be no imiieiliment to conviviality 
 notoven the usual trouble of circuIatinK' the bottle, 
 there is an in^^'nious machine of lua.ss, shaped a 
 little like a sextant, which can, at pleasurt , be at- 
 tached to the ta))le, or removed: the centre cni 
 braces a pivot, on which it moves, and the peri- 
 phery of the circle, sustains the bottle . the ma- 
 chine revolves in the plani' of a liorizontal circle ; in 
 other words, on the circular table ; this is etfected 
 ncerely by touching' a sprim,'. The contrivance is 
 certainly as imp<utaiit as it is original. ".SiV/w<«ih'» 
 Tour fniiii hiiilfinil to (Jiti''tr, in tin aiitiimn of 
 I!<l'i, ji. ."'.'. There is no record of this ingenious 
 machine of the Duke's, havioK been patented, no 
 doubt very useful, and as the Professor remarks, 
 important "' and calculated to save trouble, shoulit 
 theyenial nobleman ever have ' twelve-bottle men ' 
 dining at the t'hateau ' " 
 
8 
 
 CAST/.n ST. I.iHIlS. 
 
 ti • 
 
 of <^)UfljiM! iiutt at tli«! CliHtfUii to 
 i«»uinl th»' Lift m rif iiiid Hisfur'ntil .So 
 fietif of (.^uoImh-. Oh tlio "itli Si.'|it. ol' 
 the next your, tin ^'n-iit l)nk»' ol" Saxt - 
 Wi'iiiier, uttrii<l)'<l l»y ti ^uunl nl' litiii<»r 
 paid a \ Lsit t<> Sir Uiilpli liiirtoii, Kt - 
 iiovcrnor at tlif ('liatiiiu, in tlio iili- 
 scnctjol" Loril hiilhiiiisif lunl wassulni- 
 o<i on his ili'|iartiirc, hy ill j;nns. 
 • *«»«#» 
 
 In l»rinj,'inj; to a closo this luirl' 
 skctcli, may wi- not ifcull Imw many 
 re|)rL'.st.'ntativ<'M of rn\alty, uinlcr 
 French ami nndcr Kn^lish rulf, N'ico- 
 roys, |»rouil I Mikes, 'listin^inislicil 
 Knrls, martial < 'ounts and 15ai(Mis, 
 occaHionally held then- their court, in 
 (lUHsi-n'^al style, in order to kfcp tip 
 the prestige of Kranee's dniinl Mon- 
 ar(/.o' (LouiH \1\' ) and therein ini- 
 
 piesN till' surroinidin^ Indian trilji^N 
 w ith his niij^ht ; or as \vorthy repre- 
 sentatives of tlie hritish crown in th<j 
 new world : i'lwunjtlain, de Mont- 
 nia^ny, Daillehoust, Liuzon, D'Arj/en- 
 s(»n, de M<^sy, de Courcelles, stern old 
 (*onnt de Krontenac, \a\ Harre, Cal- 
 lieres, de Naudreuil, de Katnsay tie 
 hon^Mienil. de Beauharnoi.s, <le la 
 ( lalissonniere, de la .lon»|uicre, l)u- 
 ijUesne ; ( leiieral Murray, Sir (Juy 
 < 'aileton, Sir V. Ilaldiniand. Lord Dor- 
 ehestt-r, < lenend I'rescott, Sir .fames 
 II. Criii^, Sir CJeorge Frevost, Sir 
 .lames Kempt, Sii- .lonn Coape Sher- 
 lirookr, thi' Duke of Kichmond, .Karl 
 Dallioiisie, I^ord Aylmer :* 
 
 Si'EXCKU (!ltAN(iK, 
 (jMiehec. 
 
 €^:i''^i^y^-'t^^^^ 
 
 .f^S'f^ 
 
 
 
 5> - >M/«^..r ' 
 
 AltMS (t|- IIIANCK, INOKI! HKNItV III. 
 
r lixlian triheN 
 ( worthy repn-- 
 sh crown in the 
 lain, <lo Mont- 
 lu/.on, D'Ar^t'H- 
 rci'lloH, stern oKl 
 \ji Harrc, Cul- 
 <lt' RaniHay, ile 
 liarnois, «le lu 
 .lonciuicre, l)u- 
 iriay, Sir (Uiy 
 nuind, LonlDoi- 
 cott, Sir .lanu!M 
 re Frcvost, Sir 
 in CoHiK,' Sliur- 
 liiclniiond, .Karl 
 ler ^ 
 
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