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Show o'l 1 It 1 V ~ . S T J1 R 0 U G ll LO 'E I C N AD A: time the pbc~.: l ecotn .. 'i the ret rt c.:· num' 'rs of th .... mofl: genteel people of t1 e town, arHl b:lS :1 v ry gay :lppc;u:mcc:. Oppol te to th-= cl1.1t ·au tl.n ·is .t t ornl •-ry hdongi:1:,; tot 11.: Reco1tets or }< r:tncif(:Jn fri:lr';; :1 very fe w· nly of th~ ordn arc nuw kft. Contiguous t this hu"ldin ~ i ~ the c~."'·l··r~c h'-l')lli;in, to the Jdttits, whok numbers have diminif11 ·tl cVI'n flill fail. ·r tlun that of the Recol.ct~;; one old man alone of the roth r~1 oJ i · kft, allll in him :.we c~.nLcrcd the it mcnfc poOdi"!Ons of dut o;:cc 1 o'> 'errul be ly in Canad 1, br inL,inr_'· in a yt.::..rly tevcnllt.: uf r. 1 o,coo il rlinP·. This old man, VI lOf~ lot it Ins been I • 0 to ontl ivc all the r It 0f t'u; nlt.:r, i.i by birth a Swif!:> : in his ) Outh he was no mor~ tlun a porte r t the col\ gc, but hwinti fomc merit h · w ts t.th:n noti ·e of, prornotc I to a higher fituation , Jnd in the en l creal t1 a Lty b;oth.;r. Thouc;h a vt.:ry old mn:1 he is c.·trcmdy hc.tlthy; he po« ·!Tc · :1n amiah · di1}) J!ition, and is muLh bclov ·d n account of the c.·cdknt uf.· he nMI r ' oC his hrgc fo rtune, which is chi fly crnplo; l'll in d uritablc p.trpotl.:. . )n hi dn.lth the property f.1lls to th.e rown . Th~... nunncri ·s arc three in num )Cr, and as there is no rdl:ritl.ion upon the~ fem ale rcli~~inu. orders, they arc aU \\ell fil cd. The brgdl: of them, c:tlled L' IIofpi t.tl General, {bnd i.1 the fnburb , outfi !.... of the "n11s i a~JOthcr, 0f th ·order of St. UrCulc, is not f.tr difl:ant from the cha Lean. The cngi 1ccr'. drawin6 roorn, in which ar~ kept a variety f models, together wi th phns o the fcrtiftc:1tions of ~~bee and oth r for trdlcs in Canad.t, i ; an old \1 ril cling, ncar the princip. 1 battery. .1\djoini nry thereto fiands the I ,r uf..: '' h-.:rc th · lcgil\ tt ivc council and aGembly of rcprcfmtativ G me ·t, whi ·hi~ a ti.J an old buildi11g, t 1at has been plainly fLtt<.;d up to accomnH 1atc the lc:siOature. 1 hc ;~nnoury is frtll<1 tcd n ·ar the artill.:ry 1 arrack, in another part of the town. Abu tt tell th ui:tnd nand or ar:ns arc k(pt in it, :1\T:tngcd in a frm il. r m~nn...:r with the arms in the Tower of' Lo·.du:J, Gut, if poi';bl ·, w'th gn.:atr'r .. \. t!tl<.L; d mor~ f.1ncy . The a:tillcrj bar ·ad ~ :trc C:trl;t1)!C or containing about five hundred men, Lu · tl c pt ;ncip.tl b.trr.t ·hare cakuhttcd to con tain a much larger nu nb. r |
