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tliere is a good parade. The Union Hotel is 

 situated near the Chateau^ on the north side of 

 the Grand Parade, and contributes greatly to- 

 wards its embelhshment ; it is a capacious well- 

 built stone house, two stories high, in a hand- 

 some style of modern architecture, eighty-six 

 feet in length, by forty-four in breadth. It 

 was erected about the year 1803, under an act 

 of the provincial parliament, by a number of 

 persons who raised a sufficient joint stock by 

 shares, and who, by the act, were formed into 

 a corporate body; the object was to have a 

 commodious hotel of the first respectability, 

 for the reception and accommodation of 

 strangers arriving in the capital. The entrance 

 is under a portico of good proportions and 

 tasteful design, approached by a flight of 

 steps. The interior is well planned, with much 

 attention to regularity and convenience ; the 

 principal rooms are spacious and lofty, fitted 

 up with great elegance, and continually kept 

 in good order. The scheme that first gave 

 rise to this undertaking did not obtain so 

 much success as could be wished to so public 

 spirited an enterprise : in fact, the shareholders 

 find the speculation to be an unprofitable, and 

 even a losing one. Should the property be 

 disposed of, and diverted from its original in- 

 tention, a circumstance by no means impro- 



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