The Virginia Gazette

QUEBEC, September 22.

Last Sunday Afternoon, about five o'Clock, arrived in the Basin before this City the Ship Canadian, Captain William Abbot, in sixty Days from Cowes, having on Board his Excellency Major General Carleton, Captain General, Governor, and Commander in Chief of the Province of Quebec, Lady Maria Carleton, with her two Children, and Lord Viscount Pitt, Son to the Earl of Chatham. They landed on the Beach about six, under a Discharge of Cannon, where they were received by the Lieutenant Governor, the Citizens, and a numerous Concourse of People, who expressed their Joy on the Occasion, by repeated Acclamations of Long live the King. The Regiments in Garrison, under Arms, lined the Streets on both Sides, from the Landing Place to the Castle of St. Lewis, the several Officers paying military Honours to the General as he passed; and in the Evening, the Religious Houses, and many of those of the principal Inhabitants of the upper Town, were handsomely illuminated.

On his Excellency's Landing he was complimented with the following Address, by the Chevalier De Lanaudiere: "Sir, the Arrival of your Excellency in this Province has filled the Minds of the Citizens with Joy and Gratitude, on Account of your known good Disposition towards them. May Heaven grant a long and happy Life to so illustrious a Hero, for which our Prayers are daily offered, and for the Health of your amiable Consort, whom we shall ever hold in the most respectful Remembrance."

At eight o'Clock in the Evening the Chevalier De Lanaudiere illuminated his House, which Example was followed by the other Inhabitants,

TRANSLATION OF THE ADDRESS OF THE CLERGY.

To his Excellency GUY CARLETON, Esq., Major General, and Commander in Chief over the Province of Quebec.

SIR,

We congratulate your Excellency on your happy Arrival, and the Province on having you for the Protector of our Laws and religious Liberties. History will rank your Name among the bravest of Warriors and the wisest of Politicians, but Gratitude is already imprinted in the Heart of every Canadian. We know with what Firmness you have supported our Interests and the Testimony you bore of our Fidelity to his most gracious Majesty, and the Parliament. We want Words to express our sincere Gratitude, but the universal Joy, and the fervent Expressions of Allegiance, those public Demonstrations, on the Moment of your Excellency's Arrival with your worthy Family, are Proofs too convincing to need any Arguments to support them.

Your Name will be ever held in the highest Esteem in Canada, and you will always find the Clergy to be good and faithful Subjects.

JOHN OLIVER, Bishop of Quebec,
H. F. GRAVE, Superior of the Seminary,
LOUIS AUG. DE GLAPION, Superior General of the Jesuits.
EMANUEL CRESPel, Superior of the Recollets.

To his Excellency GUY CARLETON, Esq. Captain General, and Commander in Chief of the Province of Quebec, &c.

May it please your Excellency,

We his Majesty's Canadian Subjects in the City of Quebec are deeply impressed with the most lively Gratitude for the Protection your Excellency has afforded us, and the Care and Solicitude you have taken to render us happy and easy call upon us to congratulate you on your happy Arrival in this Metropolis.

Suffer us to express the Satisfaction we feel from the Favour which his Most Excellent Majesty, our sovereign Lord, has conferred on us, by placing you, Sir (who are very justly styled our Protector and Father) at our Head, to rule over us, to guide and establish the Government of this Province, upon a happy, firm, and lasting Foundation, by putting in Force the Act which his Most Gracious Majesty and his Parliament have been pleased to pass for this Province. We know what we owe to your Excellency alone; the gracious Treatment of his Most Sacred Majesty, and the Parliament, are Obligations we never shall forget, but always acknowledge with the most respectful Gratitude,

We desire, through you, to offer at the Foot of the Throne of our most gracious and beloved Sovereign our Assurances of the most profound Respect, our Attachment, and inviolable Fidelity (confirmed by an Oath) and to assure him that he has no Subjects more faithful or dutiful than the Canadians; and that we will be at all Times, and on all Occasions ready to sacrifice our Lives and Fortunes in the Defence of his sacred Person, his Crown, his Parliament, and his Dominions. Knowing your Prudence, Moderation, Equity, the Uprightness and Goodness of your Heart, we flatter ourselves your Administration will prove propitious to our Wishes; and that your Excellency will be pleased, according to the Tenour of the Act you have obtained in our Favour, to suffer us to participate in the Rights and Privileges of English Citizens,

We shall never cease to offer up our Prayers to Heaven for the Prosperity and Preservation of your Excellency, her Ladyship your Illustrious Consort, and your Family, who will for ever be held dear in the Remembrance of the Canadians.