Quebec, We Contend, As Exhibited
In The Duke's Letters, Ever Retained A Green Spot In His Souvenirs, In
After Life.
The Old Chateau balls, the Kent House in St. Lewis street, had for him
their joyful sunshine, when, as
A stalwart, dashing Colonel of
Fusileers, aged 25, he had his entrees in the fashionable drawing-
rooms of 1791-4 Holland House, Powell Place (Spencer Wood, as it is
now called), old Hale's receptions, Lymburner's soirees in his old
mansion on Sault au Matelot street, then the fashionable quarter for
wealthy merchants. The Duke's cottage orne at the Montmorenci Falls
had also its joyous memories, but these were possibly too tender to be
expatiated on in detail.
The Prince, it appears, was also present on an occasion of no ordinary
moment to the colony that is when the King, his father, "granted a
Lower Chamber to the two provinces in 1791."
The only original source now available for inditing that portion of
the Duke's life spent in Quebec, is Neilson's old Quebec Gazette,
supplemented with divers old traditions, not always reliable.
Dr. Anderson's compilation will certainly go far to dispel the
atmosphere of misrepresentation floating around the character of
Prince Edward, as he was familiarly styled when here during the past
century. The character of the most humble individual, when casually
mentioned in history, ought to be free from misrepresentation. Why
this rule should not apply to the manly soldier who, in the streets of
old Quebec in 1791, headed his gallant men wherever a riot, a fire, or
a public calamity required their presence, is difficult to understand.
No man was more popular in the city from the services he rendered when
called on.
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