immediately after divine service in the forenoon, when a report of the proceedings of the Committee for the previous twelve months is furnished by the Secretary. The number of scholars now in attendance is 112. The present teachers are Mr. Seaton, and his assistant, Mr. Laurie.

There is also a Sunday School in connexion with the Church, which meets every Sunday at half-past 9 o'clock, and is numerously attended.

The late Dr. Spark had an allowance from Government of £50 sterling per annum, which has been continued to his successor. This is the only provision as yet made by Government for the Clergy of the Church of Scotland in Lower Canada, with the exception of a similar sum allowed annually to the Senior Clergyman of Saint Gabriel's Church, Montreal, although the Presbytery of Quebec consists, at present, of twelve regularly ordained Clergymen of the Church of Scotland.

In 1830, the congregation of Saint John's Church, (previously an independent or congregational Chapel,) professing themselves to be willing to conform to the doctrine, discipline and laws of the Church of Scotland, made application to the Glasgow Colonial Society for Missionary purposes, to send them out a regularly ordained Clergyman to be their Pastor, and in consequence, the Rev. Mr. Clugston was ordained to that Church by the Presbytery of Forfar in Scotland. The present number of communicants is from 120 to 130,

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.

This building stands in St. Francis Street, and is without ornament. It was erected in the year 1816,

and up to the year 1830, it had been occupied as a place of worship by Congregationalists. It is now, and has been since the date last specified, a place of worship in connexion with the Church of Scotland, and is named St. John's Church. The Minister and Trustees of St. John's Church were incorporated by Act of Parliament in the year 1831.

ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH.

The Irish Catholics of Quebec, finding by the rapid increase of their number, that they could no longer conveniently assemble for public worship in the small Church of the Lower Town, came to the spirited determination of building a Church on an extensive scale, which would afford accommodation to all the Catholics of the City and Suburbs, using the English language. To effect this, they called a general meeting of all the members of their body, and immediately opened a subscription, which to the everlasting honor of their fellow citizens of every denomination, met with the strongest marks of public approbation, evinced by the gratifying circumstance, that many of the most generous subscribers to the undertaking were Protestants.

In the fall of 1831, a spacious lot of ground in rear of Palace Street was purchased for the sum of £2,300; and in the month of June following, the corner-stone of ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH was laid with the usual ceremony. This circumstance took place just at the ever memorable time when that dreadful Scourge, the Cholera Morbus, first burst upon the inhabitants of Quebec. The spirit and zeal of the Congregation on this trying occasion are beyond all

praise, for their persevering magnanimity in prosecuting the undertaking through all the unforeseen difficulties which arose out of the panic created in the public mind by that desolating pestilence-so that in the short space of twelve months the building was ready for dedication, which ceremony took place on the first Sunday in July, 1833, amid the hearty rejoicings and thanksgivings of a generous people.

ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH is a fine substantial stone building, covering an area of 136 feet by 62. It fronts St. Helen Street, and is entered by three well moulded doors, the largest of which is in the tower, the other two in the side aisles, besides the two entrances to the east and west. It is lighted on each side by a double tier of windows well made and in admirable proportion. The roof and galleries are supported by massive pillars with bases and capitals. The ceiling is to be 48 feet high, richly embossed and ornamented with scriptural emblems. The steeple is handsome and well proportioned, and stands 120 feet from the ground to the ball which supports the cross. There are very extensive and magnificent galleries round the inside, terminating over the Sanctuary, furnished with a triple range of elegant pews, which, with those of the ground flat, are calculated to accommodate an immense congregation.

The interior of this Church when finished, comprising pillars, columns, arches, ceilings, the grand variegated altar, tabernacle and canopy, the adorned Sanctuary, the flank and end windows, organ, &c. with all their varied tracery, will present a coup d'œil, to strike the beholder with religious awe and admiration.

There is attached to this Church, under the patronage of the Pastor, the Rev. Mr. McMAHON, a Christian Doctrine Society, whose duty it is to instruct the youth of the congregation in the principles and duties of their religion. The members of this Society have founded a circulating library, consisting of religious and moral works, for the benefit of the congregation, a circumstance highly creditable to the zeal and public spirit of the Irish Catholics of Quebec.

WESLEYAN CHAPEL.

The Wesleyan Methodists have a Chapel situated in St. Anne Street in the Upper Town. This building was erected in 1816, and is, both in the exterior and interior, extremely plain. The congregation is generally as large as can be comfortably accommodated; and it has been in contemplation to remove the present, and erect a larger edifice in the same place.

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They have also a smaller Chapel in Champlain Street in the Lower Town. This was built in 1830, and was intended to afford the means of grace such of the sailors who visit this port during the summer, as were disposed to attend divine worship.

There are two Sabbath Schools connected with these Chapels; and the number of children attending each, with the attention they give to the instruction with which they are furnished, afford much encouragement to those by whom they are conducted.

CHAPTER THE TWELFTH.

THE INTENDANT'S PALACE-THE BISHOP'S PALACE

-THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE-OTHER REMARKABLE BUILDINGS.

NEXT to that of the GOVERNOR GENERAL, the office of INTENDANT was of the greatest importance and celebrity in QUEBEC. It was established by the Proclamation of the KING OF FRANCE, in 1663, erecting the Sovereign Council for the affairs of the Colony; which consisted of the Governor General, the Bishop, the Intendant, four Councillors, to be named by the preceding, with an Attorney General and chief Clerk. The number of Councillors was afterwards encreased to twelve.

The authority of the INTENDANT was, indeed, little inferior to that of the GOVERNOR, except in being judicial, not executive. He had the superintendance of four departments; namely, of Justice, Police, Finance and Marine. The INTENDANT was declared to be President of the Sovereign Council, leaving, however, the first place to the GOVERNOR, and the second to the BISHOP. This caused great displeasure to the GOVERNOR, on whose continued representations it was afterwards ordered, in 1680, that the GOVERNOR and INTENDANT should assume no other quality in the Council than that of their re