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

Destruction OF tho Parliament House and
Adjoining BuiSaings-VaiuablcL Libraries.
Tx5KGRAPHIC.
oursEo Feb. l. 1854
The Parliament House nd buildings 1t Quspso were
entirely desoysd by Ore ar O'Clock this morning,
sether with the most OF their ,outen including valuA
BILE library
The flames not ciscoverci until they had gained
too much heAdvav TO be got under thai
sen tinel on 5zy the spc he are originated
10 the south of the suuaiuss from fas furnace.
1t is believed that part OF tho vauAs saved,
but the Historical Sscst,s library and appIatug wore
almost entirely consr u,ed
The manuscripts Ill gene, and the Museum is uch
injured
A pat Of the reocsis ysre saved
The furniture enc all rvs paintings in ths Coupol and
Assembly chambers destroyed; but ss portraits o,
the Qoesn and Sir Alias N'NsS we're ssved from the
spesser's chamber.
The dome fell atbaN pest six O'clock this ra,rnirg
Inspector Wells oaered Administration RYAN TO save
tvothirds Of the sdiGce 4 ne voud bio. .? tas roof;
tnrea city councillors opposed It, and ali vas conss
qusntiy destroyed. The we.t wing might hsvs been
saved but for lack OF waershsrs boiog engines
on tho spot and large conc1urGs Of people. T.. troops
,epdersd great assistance
The bulldogs Insured COO and the nroyin
oAl library .or 60 coo. L Is ot ys. which oos.
are the heaviest losers.
No water to be had SID Il as YER, fortunate TIM.
the night calm.
The insurance. ara cbieny in Lv~poel companies.
REMARKS CONCERNING THE DESTRUCTION or TIE
PARLIAMENT hoUsE II QUEBEC.
Few buildings this continent possess greater chsrn,s
for the antiqrary and TIE historian tt Parliament
House 1t Qaebec which, learn by Telegraph was
des royed yesterday morning by rs 1t stusted on
the rst clsNancs MAIDS by Chsrnpsin In 1908 and
OF the stones Of tho toun iaton to construct
the fort he built thore a. protection against tina In
dars soos Afterwards finding mora spprop pirate site
. lofty portion Of tse heights Of Q.ebsc the
military authorities sbardoned it. and tho site taken
by the church. ard the Rstops palace efsctsd thereon
Abortion Of that psl,os stood yestsr ~ morning 1t
WAS magnificent building for the p,s;s md the age,
Thou unfinished French travellers ctste nat 4. com
psred iavorsbly with Bshops palaces in France From
private reasons however the earlier prsates made bat
little Of IT. the celebrated Behop 10 Laval lived
the seminary and Bishop de Saint Waller took ap his
abode in the general ho pal When tn. Intendsnts Ps
lace burnt in l7l8 Iutea1ant Bgon trans nis
psratss to the Bisbop's psl,oe At ths conquest the
building and its lite preserved tho Roman CAtho
lie Church. and some eccleeias. occupied 1t ill., IN l79i
the 6st constitution granted to the province oL,wsr
CaDafa The Bishops palace Sas then taken as honas
of msstiss for the LgislAt Coui Oil and Assem- y
the thereof. The change Of occupants led to .
charge Of name, AID the old familiar lite "PalA,s de-
PEvsque," gradually drt pped In 10 oblivion UaU 1888
the "PsrIisment House." as il called during tnis
century, the Of all the parliamentary ds5stss
ard which illustrate To- hi Of Lower Csaada
In those walls It that Louis Joseph Pa gained
bis fame that the e o StuAns-Ja mes aai Aaieew-
earned the reputat,o ioh haioss .heie memory
10 1875, tbs CHATEAU, sn!@- the resdsnce q tb-
p..f u...na A.t.
only public building In the city occupied by
roops appropriated to thAnse OF the Governors it
from thence that Lord Durham launched his thusder
bolts, and In It's halls that he wisdsd his brisf dsapoc
sway From 1888, whom the constitution suspended
and the Parliament Of Lower Canada abolished to 1857
when The Parliament Of the united Province OF Canals
convened 1t Quebec the PArlia House enjoyed
fourteen years Of ignobs rsposs It refuge Of
CITY cuupci.orr muDcipSl ofosrs and variety Of sem
pubic semi private Institutions for wion served tbs
purpose OF . sort Of fouochrg hospital.
In 1861 the seat Of the Canadian govern bsiug
transferred to Quebec extensive repairs made
Parliament House cAds had srsctsd many
previous 1t an expense Of S64 o0o this
sos,hefa wing, an fitting the building for rseep
ton Of the two houses Of Psrlismsn COMPETENT Judges
psid high compliments TO the architect on the compile
tion of his task. The legislative council chamber
ouncsd I, be the fGes hall & the kind this
tinent not excepting the senate - Washington
bsut mad spent twelve months in Europe 10 pur.
chasing collection o, works, replace those At
the bre Montreal in ls49 and expense been
spared to make IL choi,s and psts The collection OF
works ON The history VI Canada WAS it Is believed unr
vailed
The buldingior nothing Of tbs old save the walls
preservedwss opened In 1861 II has thus served
| the public some eighteen months.
1t has been expected that the Cana Han PArAmsn
wouic mble Lord Elgin returned In the
sprirg The obstruction OF the building In which they
have met will probably interfere with open.
ing OF the session. an Qnebsc contains other build
ing which can be used ~ Parliament House, may
oesstAte fresh removal OF the seat OF government