whatever. It was most distressing, but "where was the layman, free from
vanity, who, at seventy-three years of age, would let slip an
opportunity of making a bishop?" It was dreadful. His contempt and
indignation rose to a height that nearly choked him. As an apology for
the recognition of Mr. Panet, it was all very well to say that his
brother was a mighty good sort of a man. A mighty good sort of a man!
How devoted were such mighty good sort of men, those very loyal
subjects, to His Majesty! From the Speaker himself, down to the
"fellow" who held a lucrative office in the Court of King's Bench, and
who had sent his son to join the banditties of Mr. Buonaparte, who was
not, to suit his purpose, brimfull of loyalty! Things were wretchedly
managed, but the wisest thing to be done under present circumstances
was nothing.

The Home Government anxious to build up in some manner a Protestant
Church establishment had appointed the Right Reverend Jacob Mountain,
Doctor in Divinity, to the Diocese of Quebec. At the expense of the
Imperial Government, a Cathedral was built in Quebec, which was
consecrated in 1804, on the ruins of the Recollet Church of the
Jesuits. To this day it is possibly the most symmetrical in appearance
of any church of the Church of England in Canada. Exteriorly, it is 135
feet in length and 73 in breadth, while the height of the spire above
the ground is 152 feet, the height from the floor to the centre arch,
within, being 41 feet. The communion plate, together with the altar
cloth, hangings of the desk and pulpit of crimson velvet and cloth of
gold, and the books for divine service, was a private present from
George the Third. There was then also a Rector of Quebec, having a
salary, from the British Government, of L200 a year, such a sum as,
Bishop Mountain reported to His Excellency the Governor, no gentleman
could possibly live upon! a Rector of Montreal with the same salary,
and L80 additional per annum made up by subscription from the parish; a
Rector of Three Rivers with a like salary of L200 from home; a Rector
of William Henry receiving L100 from home and L50 from the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel; an evening lecturer at Quebec, receiving
L100 from the Imperial Treasury; the incumbent of Missisquoi Bay,
obtaining L100 from government, L50 from the Propagation Society, and
L30 from the inhabitants; and two vacancies in the "new settlements,"
requiring L150 to be paid to each. The bui