The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-02
GREAT FIRE IN QUEBEC.
Destruction or tho Parliament House and
Adjoining Buisaings- Valuable Libraries.
rlsEGRAPHIC.

Desfru OF tho Parliament House and
Adjoining Buisaings- Valuable Libraries.
rIsEGRAPHIC.
oUxsso Fob. l. 1854.
The Parliament House rad buildings ct Quspso were
entirely dssoysd BY Gre ay two O'Clock shis morning.
sether With tAs most Of their ,ontsn including yaua
BILE library
The flames w5rs not eiscoverei until they had garsd
too much heAdwnr to be got under thai
sen tinel szy the spct The Are originated
10 the south Of tse'sudiugs from ras furnace.
believed that Part OF the vauAss ary saved
but the Historical aass's library md ApprAtue were
almost entirely const 1,sd
The manuscripts al gems, ssd the Mussum is uch
injured.
pat Of tire reccsis saved
The furniture snc all sas paintings In the CouuclI
Assembly chambers asstoysd but sse portraits OF
the Qoesn and Sir Alias N'Nss wore ssg.d from the
Speakers chamber.
Tho dome fell stbaH prst six O'clock this rnornirg
Inspector Wells odsrsd Administrator Rvsn to save
tvothirds CT the ,diGcs ne vooM blow tas roof;
tnrea city councillors opposed It, and Ill sas oonse
qusntiy des,royed. The we.t wing might hsvs ssen
saved but for lack OF waterthere baiog engines
the spot and large Of people, t.. troops
,endersd great assistance
The bulldogs insured for $50 600 and the provin
oial library .or feooo is lot yet which oscs.
are the HARVEST losers.
No water 10 be had and sas very frtansts thnt
the night calm.
Tho insursrces arr obieny In Lir,-poel companies.
REMARKS CONCERNING TIE DESTRUCTION OF TIE
PARLIAMENT HoUsE II QUEBEC
Few buildings this continent possess greater chsrn,s
for the snqrary and ii historian than tt Parliament
House At oaebsc which, learn by telegraph, was
des royed yesterday morning by Are 1t stu .ted
a~.. IL.
OF the stores of tho oun istion construct
the fort he built thers protection against tbs In
diars sooa afterwards finding appropriate sits
. more lofty portion OF tie heights of Qiebsc ths
military su.horties Sbardonsd IT, and tho site aksu
by the church. ard ths BsLops palace ereosd thereon
Joron OF that psl,as stood yestarIa ~ morning 1t
= magnificent building for the pls,e md the ags
Thoush unfinished French travellers ctste that it oo.
psrad favorsbly with Bshops' palaces France From
private reasons however, the earlier pres made bat
little Of M the celebrated Bshop 90 Laval lived
the seminary, and Bishop de Saint valisr took hs
abode in the general ho pital When tbs Intendaas P
lace burnt l7l8 Iutenaant Bgon transferred mis-
per ates to the Hsbop's pslace At ths conquest the
building and its lite preserved tho Roman CAtho
lie Church, and sccleoias, occupied 1t m IN l19i
the first constitution GRANTEES to the province blower
.CauaSA The Bishops palace then taken honas
OF msstsg for the LgislAt We CouE oil Add Assem- y,
aunnsl grant o. 81 900 paid to the Bishop for
the rnereof. The change Of ecaapsnts led to .
charge VI name, AID the old familiar tite "PAlA,s de-
pEvequs," gradually drt pped In 70 oblivion UaU 1883
the "Psrlisment House." IL called during
century, was Of sn the parliamentary dsostss
ard which Ilus,rate TO- hi tory Of Lower CsaAa
In thoes walls It that Louis Joseph Pa nssu gained
his fame tnst the q o Stuaus-Js mes ani Aud.sw-
earned the reputation aich haoss theie memory.
In 49, tbs chstral, sris ths residsnce et th-
Governors, burnt The PArli.meot House. being
cpIy public building In the CITY that occupied BY
troops appropriated to thenss the Governors 1t
that Lord Durham Aunshsd his thusder
bolts In It's halls that he welded brisf dsspoo
sway From 1885, whom the constitution suspended
and the Parliament OF Lower Anads abolished to 1857
when the Parliament Of tho united Province OF CAnacs
convened at Quebec, the PArlia House enjoyed
fourteen years Of ignobe reposs It refuge Of
pubho sem private Institutions for whion
purpose Of . sort Of founchng hospital
In 1861 the seAt OF the Canadian government bsing
transferred to Quebec extensive repairs Ae
Parliament House cAde had been erected asny
years previous At an expense Of S64 oo0 this
sion, ueh larger pended 10 completing the
hosthefa wing ane fitting the building for the recep
on Of the two houses Of Competent JUDGES
paid high compliments TO the architect the ple
tion Of his task. The legislative council chamber
p,oi ouncd t. be tn. 6nes hall ef the kind this con-
,inent not excepting the Senate - WASHINGTON
The library was sspsoislly admired. Mr. FAri-
bsult mad spent twelve months in Europe 10 pur.
chasing collection o. works. replace at
the brs a. Montreal in ls4s AND 10 expense had been
spared to make IL choise and psts The collection OF
works the history Of Canada WAS 1t Is believed unri
vailed.
The buildngfor nothing the old aavs the walls
preservedwss opened Ia 1851 II has thus served
the public eighteen months.
1t has been expected that the Cana Han Parliament
woulc mble Lord Elgin returned In the
spring The destruction Of the building which they
hsve met will probably interfere With tae open.
Of the session, Quebsc contains no other build
Ing whi:h be used . Parlism.nt House. may ne.
oessAie fresh removal OF the seat OF government;