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The remains of CHARLES LENNOX, Duke of RICHMOND, LENNOX, and AUBIGNY, GOVERNOR GENERAL of these Provinces, are interred beneath the altar. He died, supporting to the last the torments of hydrophobia with undaunted constancy, on the 28th day of August, 1819. No monument has yet been erected to his memory, although no man died more universally beloved.

The following are the inscriptions upon the other

monuments:

Sacred to the Memory

of Lieutenant General Peter Hunter,

Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's forces in both the Canadas, who died at Quebec, on the 21st August, 1805, aged 59 years.

His life was spent in the service of his King and country. Of the various stations, both civil and military, which he filled, He discharged the duties with spotless integrity, unwearied zeal, and successful abilities.

This memorial to a beloved brother, whose mortal part rests in the adjacent place of burial, Is erected by John Hunter, M. D. of London.

In memory of Thomas Dunn, Esq. of Durham, in England, who departed this life on the 15th April, A. D. 1818. In the 88th year of his age.

During his long residence in this country, where he established himself soon after the conquest, He held several important situations under Government: He was one of the original Members of the Legislative and Executive Councils,

In which last capacity, during two different vacant intervals,
He administered the Government of the Province.
His known integrity and goodness

procured him the confidence and respect of the community; And he was eminently possessed of those private qualities Which cause men to be beloved during life, and lamented in death.

66 BLESSED ARE THE DEAD

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WHICH DIE IN THE LORD."

Sacred to the Memory of

The Honble. Carleton Thomas Monckton,

Fifth son of Robert Arundel, fourth Viscount Galway, By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Matthew, Esquire, of Felix Hall, Essex,

And great nephew of the Honble. Brigadier General Monckton, who succeeded to the command of the British army Upon the death of General Wolfe, at the splendid victory

achieved on the heights of Abraham, 13th Sept., A. D. 1759. At the age of fifteen he entered the army and served in Spain, And at the Battle of Waterloo was a Lieutenant in the 16th Regt. of Light Dragoons.

He some years afterwards became a Captain

in the 24th Regt. of Infantry, which he accompanied to Canada, and died after a short illness at Quebec, on the 10th May, A. D. 1830,

In the 34th year of his age, beloved by his brother Officers, and sincerely lamented by all who knew him.

This tablet was erected by his sorrowing brothers and sisters, as a testimony of their fond affection to one most justly dear to them,

and in the humble hope that, through faith in Christ Jesus, the only Saviour, they, together with him, may be blessed as are those that die in the Lord.

Sacred to the Memory
of

Captain Thomas Impett,
late of the 32nd Regiment,
who died at Quebec

on the 15th February, 1833, aged 40 years and 5 months.

This monument was erected by his

Brother Officers, as a token of their esteem and regard.

The dignitaries of the Church of England are: The Honorable and Right Reverend Father in God, CHARLES JAMES STEWART, LORD BISHOP OF QUEBEC, attached to the Province of CANTERBURY, younger brother of the Earl of GALLOWAY:-and the very Reverend GEORGE JEHOSAPHAT MOUNTAIN, D. D., Archdeacon of Quebec, son of the first Bishop of the diocese.

There are four Chapels of the Church of England within the Parish of Quebec. The principal of these is that of the HOLY TRINITY, in St. Stanislaus Street, Upper Town, which is a private chapel, built by Chief Justice Sewell in 1824, at the suggestion of the late Bishop of Quebec, to provide for the increase in the Cathedral congregation. It is a handsome building, with a front of cut stone, in length 74 feet, in breadth 48-it has an organ, and is calculated to hold 700 persons. The officiating Clergyman is the Reverend EDMUND WILLOUGHBY SEWELL.

The other three chapels, which are small and without any kind of architectural pretensions, are ST. MATTHEW's, or the FREE CHAPEL, in St. John's Suburbs, fitted up, as it now exists, in 1828, where the services and the accommodation are altogether gratuitous:-ST. PAUL'S, or the MARINER'S Chapel, at the base of Cape Diamond, close to the place called L'Anse des Mères, built of wood, (over a school house of stone, connected with the institution,) consecrated in 1832, and served without additional salary by the evening lecturer of the Cathedral ;-and ST. PETER'S, or the French Protestant Chapel, now fitting

up in the Suburb of St. RocH, in the upper part of a building recently purchased for a MALE ORPHAN ASYLUM. It is called the French Protestant Chapel, because it is in part designed to provide a service for Guernsey and Jersey families resident in Quebec, some of whom are imperfectly acquainted with the English tongue. The orphans, who will be accommodated below, are at the charge of the Rector and Church Wardens of the Parish, and their maintenance is defrayed out of the collections made weekly in the Cathedral, which also provide for several

other charitable objects. The interior economy of the Institution is confided to a Committee of ladies.

The FEMALE ORPHANS before mentioned occupy the rooms over the two school rooms, in the National School house, a building in the plain Gothic style,. near St. John's-Gate, within the walls. Both the original fitting up of the rooms for the Female Orphan Asylum, and the maintenance of the inmates have been solely provided for by means of the annual BAZAAR held by the ladies composing the Committee of the National School, who also assisted, from their first Bazaar, many other charities in the place.

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

It is believed that a regularly ordained Clergyman of the Church of Scotland has officiated to the Presbyterians of that persuasion in Quebec, ever since the conquest in the year 1759; but it is certain that an "apartment was assigned by the King's representative in the Jesuits' College, as a place of worship for the members of the Scotch Church," previous to the year 1767, and occupied as such without interruption, until the 6th October, 1807: when Colonel Isaac Brock, Commandant, (His Honor the President having declined to interfere in the matter,) requested the congregation to be prepared to remove thence "on the shortest notice," as it was found necessary to appropriate it to the accommodation of the troops.

On the 3rd November, 1807, the Governor-inChief commanded his Secretary to address a letter to the Clerks of the Peace, of which the following is an extract :

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