Though in the past, as at present, attempts were occasionally made to stir up discord amongst our citizens, there appears more than once, traces of enlarged patriotism and loyalty to the mother country, animating all classes. This seems conspicuous in the public invitation by men of both nationalities, inserted in a public journal, for 1799, to form a national fund in order to help England with the war waged against France; this invitation not only bears the signatures of leading English citizens, but also those of several Quebecers of French extraction, rejoicing in old and historic names such as the following."--(_Quebec, Past and Present_, page 244.) Hon. William Osgood, C. Justice. John Young. Hon. Francois Baby. Louis Dunière. Hon. Hugh Finlay. J. Sewell. Hon. J. A. Panet. John Craigie. Hon. Thos. Dunn. Wm. Grant. Hon. Ant. Juchereau Duchesnay Rob. Lester. Hon. George Pownall. Jas. Sheppard, Sheriff. Mr. Panet, one of the signers, was Speaker of our Commons for twenty- two years later on. The city journals contain the names and amounts subscribed, as follows:-- J. Quebec .................................. £300 0 0 Wm. Osgood ................................. 300 0 0 George Pownall ............................. 100 guineas Henry Caldwell ............................. £300 0 0 George W. Taylor, .. per annum during war... 5 0 0 A. J. Baby, ............. " " ........ 5 0 0 Geo. Heriot, ............ " " ........ 50 0 0 Chs. De Léry, ........... " " ........ 12 0 0 John Blackwood, ......... " " ........ 10 0 0 Wm. Burns, .............. " " ........ 20 0 0 Le Séminaire de Quebec, . " " ........ 50 0 0 J. A. Panet, ............ " " ........ 30 0 0 John Wurtele, ........... " " ........ 4 0 0 Wm. Grant, .............. " " ........ 32 4 5 Wm. Bouthillier, ........ " " ........ 3 10 0 Juchereau Duchesnay, .... " " ........ 20 0 0 James Grossman, ......... " " ........ 10 0 0 Henry Brown, ............ " " ........ 0 10 0 Thos. Dunn, ............. " " ........ 66 0 0 Peter Boatson, .......... " " ........ 23 6 8 Antoine Nadeau, ......... " " ........ 0 6 0 Robert Lester, .......... " " ........ 30 0 0 Le Coadjutor de Quebec, . " " ........ 25 0 0 Thos. Scott, ............ " " ........ 20 0 0 Chs. Stewart, ........... " " ........ 11 2 2 Samuel Holland, ......... " " ........ 20 0 0 Jenkin Williams, ........ " " ........ 55 11 1 Francois Baby, .......... " " ........ 40 0 0 G. Elz. Taschereau, ..... " " ........ 10 0 0 M.