Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-08-15
Tue QUEBEC suFFGREas.

The late sad calamities that were Waited upon
tho citizens Of Quebec, by which moro than
10000 people were efl houseless, have forced the
unfortunate to make the following strong appeal.
We lind it in the Norfolk papers of the sth
irS,., and are authorized to say that James Cas-
k,e, Esq, President of the Virginia Bank, will
receive such contributions for the benefit oil the
Quebec sufferers, as the citizens Of Richmond and
vicinity may think proper to make.
The appeal is a strong one, and is worthy the
consideration ofthe philanthropist:
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED KING
DON OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
FeIop Covntr yrasn and Friends.
Scarcely had the inhabitants Of Quebec begun
in degree from the horror confusion and dismsy OF the
ccnhagraion on the 2s,h May LAST. which compelled them
- iake heir former appeal 10 your benevoenec, when
eased sud all overriding Providence u visit them win
another similar and even greater calamity On the night
OF the 2ot June, nearly the whole remaining part OF the
SUBURB ISL John which the former hre had spared and
and large part Of the Suburb OF ST. Lewis were reduced
To ashes Beginning the former occasion, at the ea
cme wnjward point OF the Suburb and fed by gale OF
wind tho Ito which quarter the wind had
CLnnsed IN the evening Of that day. after blowing from the
westward ierneary aionigh the hre spread with rress-
ube uiy through the length and breadth OF both sub
Sib. The bGdings almost entirely at wood, fell before
s with greater rapidy than those the 18th
May In eight hours, OF more than 1900 dwellings, two
places Of worship three School houses and numerous stores
arc MISUNDERSTANDING remained but hackened CHM
neys To,i"ss walls, and piles u RUNS The Burial
Grlnd OF the Protestant population has been usvcrsed BY
III fire. aud wooden and marble memorials OF the dead
20 extent injured passing through
;hs district which lately contained the homes OF 5000 in
hsbitsnts, neither child now Ia be met
except few suagGers from curiosity surveying the desc
latcu : Neral thousand OF III whose dwellings, had
been Gcs ed the last had here found shell
ie- y the kindness and hospitality Of their charitable tel
To-. cl,zens and thus again driven forth, involved IN
with those who had harboured them.
The OF Sunday the 29h June dawncd more
han L. le the mes
food scattered the effects they had been able
save, the fields aud open spaces without the walls
hy the neghborins settlements AS on the former &C.
thru part OF the City has fallen prey the hames
aud Quebsc the landwsd side reduced TO limits not
much larger than possessed when Wolf fell before its
ais but ihe lastcsamy may be said TO be lar
the former falling upon large number oithcse who had
ercd deprving them OF their last SHELTER consun-
ing sef amount OF property either uninsured or tor
which Inc being themselves holders OF Stock IN the
Insurance Companies, must bear their loss, and ut
-ry destroying the OF large class the PoPua
who would have been sui able succOu those who
had been upon their charity.
IT, as sisted in our former appeal the contributions OF
ttlse w lad then forward the reiei OF the SUI
tcrers d reached perhaps exceeded the limit OF
their means fellow counuymen will feel that our pre-
further appeal their charity not without too just
Snl we are using exorion within our abi
iy alleviate the public misfortune; have fled for
from ey which appears them be under doom,
have oG shelter in other parts OF the Province;
bu; the inhabitants who have received ihem are them
selves too 10 keep them long, and they probably
the City before the winter.
Looking forward with alarm to the state in which VIC
shall be when the winter comes upon u.s. with twohiTds
OF the City and nearly thirds OF It's population,
Of the productive and industrious classes reduced almost
me level OF paupern, but suxious TO keep and MAN.
lain them and to recall those who have gone
away-we again appeal for aid our fellow subjects.
Without further aid Quebec the resort OF an amount
..l.sh shipping larger than any ranslan,c port and
extensive OF British must long remain
what tits is, almost ruined and depoPulaed City
Wh that aid and with the expected from the
Imperial Parliament and that promised by the Provincial
Governments for present relief and towards rebuilding the
CITY wit, materials less liable destruction by
with vigorous exerons, yet hope, under the bcs
sing OF Providence, that II may the Lapse OF long
time regain something OF lite former prosperity. and
find Its present unexamped caamies issuing in its lasting
ady-.-5t.
GCrsEc, 3ih July, ls45
q. J. MONTREAL,
T. F. EVEQUE DE SIDYME,
CoadJuteur de Quebec,
J NELSON,
w. WALKER,
A. w. COCHRAN.