A. C. M.
Exeter.
I send the following extracts from the newspapers respecting Wolfe, scarcely knowing whether it may be worth while. Such as they are, they are at your service:—
"Hoc ultimum opus virtutis edens in victoria cœsus."
"To the highest military merit undoubtedly belongs the highest applause, but setting aside the froth of panegyrick—
"Who formed the 20th regt. of foot, exemplary in the field of Minden, only by practising what was familiar to them?
"Who at Rochefort offered to make a good landing, not asking how many were the French, but where are they?
"Who, second then in command, was second to none in those laborious dangers which reduced Louisburgh?
"Who wrote like Cæsar from before Quebec?
"Who, like Epaminondas, died in victory?