On the 21st of December 1759, the House of Commons adopted a resolution for the erection of a monument to Wolfe in Westminster Abbey. More than three quarters of a century elapsed before a monument marked the scene of his victory and death. Some years later, the first monument which had been defaced, was replaced by that now standing upon the spot where he had died victorious. His memory had already been honoured, however, in the New World. A few years after the battle, a simple granite monument was erected in New York, bearing the inscription "To the memory of General Wolfe.” (1) On the 26th of October 1759, the assembly in Boston voted a marble statue to be erected in King Street, or near the east end of the town house, in memory of the late General Wolfe. We are unable to state whether this project was carried

out.

Wolfe's mother, in administering his estate, found that it was insufficient to cover the bequests which he had made in ignorance of the state of his affairs, and appealed to the Government for assistance to enable her to carry them out. It is not to the credit of the Government of the day, that this demand was refused. Mrs. Wolfe's own will puts to shame the conduct of the British Government. She left the residue of her estate, after providing for certain special legacies, to the necessitous widows and families of officers who served under her distinguished

(1) This obelisk is shown on a map of the city of New-York, by Captain John Montresor, dated 1775, to be in the centre of a piece of ground about five hundred feet square and surounded by a fence, which was situated about a mile and three quarters north of the site of the present Post Office.

son. After her death, a notice was published in the Whitehall Evening Post, a copy of which is in our possession, calling upon those desirous of sharing in this bounty to make proper application therefor. (1)

Wolfe had given all that man holds dear, to his native land. She claimed and received his best services while living. It is even related, that together with Lord Frederic Cavendish, of the Devonshire family, General Monckton, his first Brigadier at Quebec, and Admiral Keppel, he had made an agreement, at the commencement of the seven years war in Germany, not to marry until peace had been proclaimed, nor yet to be interrupted by domestic affairs.

He had cheerfully risked his life at the call of duty; he had given to Britain a vast empire in America, and he had sealed his devotion with his blood, and yet the few obligations created by his will were allowed to become a burden to his tender hearted mother!

In the heart of the people of England, however, the name of Wolfe is enshrined as one of her greatest sons, and here, under the shadow of the walls of old Quebec, the significance of his achievement is perpetuated in that noble monument to the victor and the vanquished-Wolfe and Montcalm.

(1) For this interesting notice I am indebted to Miss Edythe Newman, of Montreal, who during a visit to London kindly made a copy of the item, and sent it to me. A. D.

NOTES TO ILLUSTRATIONS.

SIR GUY CARLETON.

The excellent portrait of Sir Guy Carleton, one of Wolfe's personal friends who served under him in the expedition against Quebec, is from a steel engraving in the possession of Mr. Phileas Gagnon, of Quebec. Sir Guy Carleton, afterwards Lord Dorchester, is so closely identified with Canadian history that any further mention of his eminent services is unnecessary.

CUIRASS OF THE MARQUIS DE MONTCALM.

It is a cause of regret to the descendants of the Marquis de Montcalm, that the sole relic possessed by the family is the cuirass of the hero of Carillon. Of his illustratious rival Wolfe, many souvenirs are preserved. Investigation is being prosecuted in France, and it is possible that in the course of time something else may be discovered.

Montcalm's watch, which he is said to have given to one of his attendants during his last hours was known to have been in existence until recent years, but all trace of it at present is lost. The Marquis de Montcalm the lineal representative of the illustrious commander in chief of the French Forces in Canada, kindly had a photograph taken of the cuirass for reproduction in this work.

TOWNSHEND'S OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.

Several versions have been published of the official despatch addressed by Brigadier General Townshend to the Secretary of State on the 20th of September, 1759, but an exact copy of the original is not to be found in any history of the Siege. Knox, who is generally accurate, has omitted passages, and made alterations, probably with an idea of improving the orthography and the construction of certain phrases. Jefferys, one