_General Wolfe_ (Vol. iv., p. 438.).--I send the following "Notes from
Newspapers," thinking they may be of service to [Gh.].:--
"His Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Col. Wolfe to be
Inspector of all the marines."
_London and County Journal_, May 13, 1742.
"To Rome from Pontus thus great Julius wrote,
I came, I saw, and conquer'd, ere I fought.
In Canada, brave Wolfe, more nobly tried,
Came, saw, and conquer'd,--but in battle died.
More glorious far than Cæsar's was his doom,
Who lived to die for Tyranny in Rome."
_London Chronicle_, August 18. 1774.
These lines are headed "An Epitaph intended for General Wolfe." They are
signed by E. D.
In the _Illustrated London News_ of Jan. 24 is the popular air known as
"General Wolfe's Song," which, according to Sir H. Bishop's "note," is
said to have been composed by him the night previous to the battle on
the Plains of Abraham.