"Who never gave his country cause of complaint except by his death?
"Who bequeathed Canada as a triumphant legacy?
"Proclaim, 'twas WOLFE!"—Newcastle Courant, Oct. 27, 1759.
"The late brave General Wolfe was to have been married on his return to England to a sister of Sir James Lowther, a young lady whose immense fortune is her least recommendation. She had shown so much uneasiness at the thoughts of his making his campaign in America, that nothing but the call of honour could have prevailed with him to accept of that command in the discharge of which he fell so gloriously."—N. C. Journal, 1759.
"His mother is, we hear, so much afflicted for the loss of her son that 'tis feared she will never get the better of her disorders. The inhabitants in her neighbourhood sympathised with her so much that they did not make any public rejoicings, lest it should add to her grief. Even the mob of London discovered by their behaviour the night of the illuminations for the victory, what they felt for so brave a man.
"They mourn Quebec; for Wolfe our sorrows flow;
Victors and vanquish'd felt the twofold blow.
To both perpetual let each loss remain;
If Quebec be restored, Wolfe fell in vain."
Newcastle paper, 1759.