2°d S. VII. May 14. '69.] 



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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 14. 1859. 



No 176.— CONTENTS. 



NoTKs : — Paee 



General Wolfe at Quebec, by J. Noble - - - - 389 



Jacobiu and Jacobite Political Squibs in Contrast, with Query - 390 



Lovelace's Lucasta, by J. M. Gutch - - - - - 391 



Caxton Relics, by 'VVilliam Blades - - - - - 391 



Minor Notfs : — Trefoil _ Sehlosser — Ancient School Custom — 

 " Rollwright " or " BoUrigiit," its Etymology - - - 392 



Minor Qofribs : — Martyn and Tracy Families — Carthaginian 

 Pas=asfe in Plautus —'YTroTTacric— Mrs. Cockle — Impalement, &c. 

 of Wife's Arms — Northampton Witches — Parn Prometh.' — 

 Family of Fisher, Roxburghshire — Norwich Bells — Bugs — 

 Pronunciation of Words ending in old — Small Bells - - 393 



Minor Qoeries with Answers : — Rev. Richard Johnson —Priest 

 in Ordinary, Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, &c, - - 394 



Replirs : — 



Ambisruous Proper Names in Prophecies - - - - 395 



The Sijni Taurus, by Rev. Dr. Rock, Stc. - - - - 398 



Cabry Family -- - - - - - -400 



Friesic Language, by T. J. Buckton, &c. - - - - 401 



Weapon Salve, by Professor De Morgan, &c. - - - 402 



Replies to Minor QuKRiEs: — Napoleon Bonaparte and Sir Gil- 

 bert Elliot —Fleetwood, Recorder of London — Lines cited by 

 Burke — The Sapiens of the Stoics ; Mistranslations of Montaigne 



— The Grave of Pocahontas —" Sarcasm "— Oxford Ale-wives 



— Mother — Abbreviated Names of English Counties and Towns 



— Brest-summer, or Bressommer — Richard Tuke, &c. - - 402 



Notes on Books, &c. ...---- 407 



GENERAL WOLFE AT QUEBEC. 



Through the kindness of a friend I have in my 

 possession a folio MS. of fifty pages, containing a 

 report of daily occurrences in the army under Ge- 

 neral Wolfe, then engaged in the siege of Quebec. 



The writer, who is supposed to have been an offi- 

 cer in the " Fraser's Regiment" present at the me- 

 morable siege, intitles it " Journal of the particu- 

 lar Transactions during the Siege of Quebec. At 

 anchor opposite the Island of Orleans, June 26th, 

 1759." From this date to the 13th Sept. the en- 

 tries are made daily. 



If the few extracts which accompany this prove 

 of interest to your readers curious in these mat- 

 ters, I can make a few more. 



Extracts from " Journal of the particular Transactions 

 during Siege of Quebec. At anchor opposite the Island 

 of Orleans, June 2Qth, 1759." 



"June 27th, 1759. This morning the greatest part of 

 the army landed on the Island of Orleans. 



"Afternoon of this day it blew excessively hard, the 

 consequence of which occasioned a great many boats sunk 

 and staved, particularly several transports driving from 

 their anchors and running on shore. 



" 28th. The remaining part of the army landed, at which 

 a sudden gale of wind arrised, which endangered the 

 troops debarking, as also damaging the shipping greatly. 

 More boats lost. 



" 29th. This morning about 1 o'clock the enemj--, by 

 favour of a N. W. wind and ebb of tide, sent down several 

 fire ships and rafts with an intention to destroy the 

 fleets : but the activity of the sailors with their boats and 

 grapplings prevented any bad consequence attending 

 thereto. 



" Major Balling's detachment of Light Infantry 

 under arms all night occasioned to an alarm given by 



Capt. of Kennedj''s regiment leaving his post, and 



coming into camp at an unseasonable hour. 



"The Louisbourg Granadiers, Major Balling's Light 

 Infantry, and two companys of Rangers took post on the 

 ■west end of the Island of Orleans, discovered four sepe- 

 rate encampments of the enemy (north side of the river), 

 twixt the Falls of Montmorency and the town, being 

 10 miles distance, strongly fortified, being the general 

 rendevous called Beauport, where the enemy were con- 

 stantly employed in rendering defensive from the first 

 appearance of our fleet in the River St. Lawrence. 



" This evening 6 men wounded on the west end of the 

 Island of Orleans belonging to Amherst's and Kennedy's 

 regiments. 



" 30th. Amherst's, Kennedy's, Webb's, and Eraser's re- 

 giments decamped from the west end of the Island of Or- 

 leans, embarked on board flat- bottomed boats, crossed the 

 River St. Lawrence, and landed on the south side. Had 

 some picquering with the enemy's Irregulars, of which 

 they killed 4, took three prisoners, and beat the remainder 

 off^ from a post they occupied opposite to Cape Bramand ; 

 after which the army took post at Point Levy, and re- 

 mained quiet all night without the least molestation. 



" This morning two granadiers of Whitemore's regiment 

 were scalped, and most cruelly mangled on the east end 

 of the Island of Orleans by three lurking Indians, who, 

 after the murder, made their escape in their canoes to the 

 north shore occupied by the enemy. 



" July 1st. Bragg's, Lasscell's, and Anstruther's regi- 

 ments, under the command of Brigadier Townshend, 

 marched from their former camp on the west end to the 

 east point of the Island of Orleans. 

 " And the Light Infantry from thence to Point Levy on 



our arrival was informed that the 4 regiments posted 



here suffered by a cannonading from floating batteries or 

 boats mounting 6 and 9-pounders. 



" Amherst's had 4 killed and wounded, and Fraser's 12 

 men. 



"2nd. A large detachment from the four regiments 

 under the command of Brigadier-General Moncton, 

 flanked by the Light Infantry, escorted General Wolfe, 

 who went a reconoitering two miles to the westward of 

 the camp at Point Levy. Biscovered a few Canadians 

 and Indians, who fired on us from behind a bush. None 

 hurt. 

 " 3rd. Very rainy weather ; nothing done ; all quiet. 

 " 4th. This morning a flag of truce sent into town. In 

 the afternoon another sent from town ; the business not 

 known ; excessive rain and thunder, succeeded by light- 

 ening. The Light Infantry under orders of marching all 

 this day. 



"5th. Colonel Burton, with the 48th regiment and 

 Major Balling's Light Infantry, took post opposite the 

 south side of the town. 



" The General and Admiral (Saunders) reconoitered 

 the post, and it's expected a bomb- battery will be erected 

 there. 



" 6th. This morning one of Admiral Saunders^s barges 

 was taken by some canoes with armed men in them. 

 The sailors got so near on shore that they leaped into the 

 water and escaped, excepting one wounded man who was 

 taken. 



" Remained under arms where posted the evening of 

 the 6th till four o'clock this evening, when we marched 

 to the camp at Point Levy. 



" At twelve o'clock this night marched to ■ ; lay 



in ambush for a party of Arcadians and Mioraac Indians. 

 " 7th. Lay in a most disagreeable swamp inclosed with 

 wood, where we discovered nothing ; the men were not 

 so silent and attentive as was wished. At 10 o'clock at 

 night marched from here, examining all the houses as 

 we went along, and halted at the church of Beaumont, 

 where the men was lodged. Consisted of 300 the party, 

 12 miles from camp at Point Levy. 



