ST. URSULE. 
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At present lies quite deserted; and many of 
the houses in the neighbourhood being also 
uninhabited, that part of the town wherein it 
is situated has a very dull gloomy aspect. The 
college or monastery of the Jesuits also, a large 
old building of stone in the same neighbour¬ 
hood^ has been converted in a gaol. 
The only religious order at present existing 
iii the town is that of St. Ursule, the sister¬ 
hood of which is as numerous as the convent 
will well permit. It was founded by M. de 
St. Vallier, bishop of Quebec, in the year 
1677. It is a spacious building, situated near 
that formerly belonging to the Recollets ; and 
annexed to it, under the same roof, there is 
an hospital attended by the nuns. We were 
introduced to the chaplain of the order, a 
poor trench emigrant cure, an interesting and 
apparently a most amiable man, and under liis 
guidance we received permission to visit the 
convent. 
The first part we entered was the chapel, 
the doors of which open to the street under 
a porch. It is very lofty,, but the area of it 
is small. The altar, which is grand, and 
richly ornamented, stands nearly opposite to 
the entrance, and on each side of it is a lattice, 
the one communicating with an apartment 
allotted for sick nuns, the other with the coeur 
of the chapel. On ringing a small bell, a 
