CANADA. KT THE EODLEIAK. 387 



Exaudit, inceptisqne culmea 



Appositum sabito triamphig, 

 Lsetns citato se rapit impetu, 

 Kec plara qujerit : turn sua, conscia 

 Virtute nixus, gesta crebro 



Dinumerat, patriaeque laurns. 



" How it delightetli them mutually to hear the frequent commenda- 

 tions of their descendant ! Still mindful of fatherland, how each of 

 them drinks in with eager ear the praises of the victorious British race ! 

 Nor is the interval long before, observing the concourse, Wolfe, with 

 solemn stride, joins them : the victor-hero even yet thinks over the 

 turmoils of war to which he was used ; and when he hears that Gaul, 

 its military power broken, hath been made to flee from its wonted limits 

 and to succumb ; and that to the triumph begun by himself a crown 

 was swiftly put, he, filled with joy, hurries away, and asks no more. 

 Then, sure of his own conscious merit, he rapidly reckons up his own 

 exploits and his country's glories." 



It will not be altogether out of place to mention here that Crudeu 

 dedicated the first edition of his well-known Concordance to the Queen 

 Caroline, of George II., and to give a specimen of the style he employs 

 addressing her on the occasion : 



" The beauty of your person," he says, " and the fine accomplishments of your 

 mind, were so celebrated in your father's court, that there was no prince in the 

 Empire, who had room for such an alliance, that was not ambitious. of gaining a 

 princess of such noble rirtues into his family, either as a daughter or as a consort. 

 And though the heir to all the dominions of the house of Austria was desirous 

 of your alliance, yet you generously declined the prospect of a crown that was 

 inconsistent with the enjoyment of your religion." 



The talent and skill of several members of the magnificent college of 

 Christ Church, graduate and undergraduate, noble, gentle and simple, 

 were put in requisition. For one, we have Viscount Beauchamp, 

 eldest son of the Earl of Hertford, expressing himself in dignified 

 heroics. (His full name and style stand as a signature at the end of 

 his composition in this wise: "Franciscus Seymour Conway, Vice- 

 Comes de Beauchamp, Honoratissimi Comitis de Hertford, Fil. natu 

 maximus, ex ^de Christi.'') The piece is addressed Ad Begem, in the 

 usual strain. We quote the passage which contains the word America: 



Aspice jam quantis se attoUat gloria rebus 

 Angligenum ! spoliis iUic, franoque potita 

 ; Snpposito victrix dominatur in eequore cLassis ; 



