autre plus considérable encore, dont tous les matériaux étaient déjà prêts (1). L'un de ces bâtiments étant enfin achevé, on demanda au Roi qu'il voulut bien le laisser dans la colonie, ce qui pourtant n'eut pas lieu (2). Histoire de la Colonie Française en Cauada, Faillon, Vol. III, p. 256. THE CONQUEST OF NEW YORK. "Louis XIV," says Parkman, "commanded that eighteen thousand unoffending persons should be stripped of all they possessed, and cast out to the mercy of the wilderness. The atrocity of the plan is matched by its folly. The King gave explicit orders, but he gave neither ships, nor men, enough to accomplish them; and the Dutch farmers, goaded to desperation, would have cut his sixteen hundred soldiers pieces." (3) to THE DEATH OF MONTCALM. (From Lt. Col. Beatson's Notes, "THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM.") MONTCALM, Conspicuous in front of the left wing of his line, and WOLFE, at the head of the 28th Regiment and the Louis (1) Relation de 1672, p. 2. (2) Archives de la Marine. Registre des dépêches, années 1674 et 1675. Lettre du 16 mai 1676 à M. de Frontenac. (3) Mémoire pour servir d'Instruction à Monsieur le Comte de Frontenac sur l'Entreprise de la Nouvelle-York, 7 juin 1689. Si parmy les habitants de la Nouvelle-York il se trouve des Catholiques de la fidélité desquels il croye se pouvoir asseurer, il pourra les laisser dans leurs habitations, après leur avoir fait prester serment de fidélité à Sa Majesté..... ..Il pourra aussi garder, s'il le juge à propos, des artisans ot autres gens de service nécessaires pour la culture des terres, ou pour travailler aux fortifications, en qualité de prisonniers.... Il faut retenir en prison les officiers et les principaux habitants, desquels on pourra retirer des rançons. A l'esgard de tous les autres étrangers (ceux qui ne sont pas Français), hommes, femmes et enfants, Sa Majesté trouve à propos qu'ils soient mis hors de la Colonie et envoyés à la Nouvelle-Angleterre, à la Pensylvanie, ou en d'autres endroits qu'il jugera à propos, par mer ou par terre, ensemble ou séparément, le tout suivant qu'il le trouvera plus seûr pour les dissiper et empescher qu'en se réunissant ils ne puissent donner occasion à des entreprises contre cette Colonie. Il envoyera en France les Français fugitifs qu'il pourra trouver, et particulièrement ceux de la Religion Prétendue-Réformée (Huguenots).-(New York Col. Docs. IX, 422.) Vide. Le Roy à Denonville, 7 juin 1689; le Ministre à Denonville, méme date; le Ministre à Frontenac, même date; ordre du Roy à Vaudreuil, même date; le Roy au Sieur de la Caffinière, même date; Champigny au Ministre, 16 Nov., 1689. bourg Grenadiers, towards the right of the British line, must have been nearly opposite to each other at the commencement of the battle, which was most severe in that part of the field: and, by a singular coincidence, each of these heroic leaders had been twice wounded during the brief conflict before he received his last and fatal wound. But the valiant Frenchman, regardless of pain, relaxed not his efforts to rally his broken battalions in their hurried retreat towards the city until he was shot through the loins, when within a few hundred yards of St. Louis Gate. And so invincible was his fortitude that not even the severity of this mortal stroke could abate his gallant spirit or alter his intrepid bearing. Supported by two grenadiers—one on each side of his horse, he re-entered the city and in reply to some women who, on seeing blood flow from his wounds as he rode down St. Louis Street, on his way to the Château, exclaimed Oh, mon Dieu! mon Dieu ! le Marquis est tué! courteously assured them that he was not seriously hurt, and begged of them not to distress themselves on his account.-Ce n'est rien! ce n'est rien ! Ne vous affligez pus pour moi, mes bonnes amies. (1) : : The last words of WOLFE, imperishably enshrined in the pages of History, still excite, after the lapse of a century, the liveliest admiration and sympathy and similar interest may, perhaps, be awakened by the following brief narrative of the closing scene in the eventful career of his great opponent. MONTCALM, when his wounds had been examined, enquired whether they were mortal; and being answered in the affirmative, said, I am glad of it: how long can I survive?—Ten or twelve hours, perhaps less, was the reply. So much the better, rejoined he; for then I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec (2). "Being afterwards visited by M. de Ramezay—who, with "the title of Lieutenant-du-Roi, commanded the garrison"and the Commandant de Roussillon, he said to them, "Gentlemen, to your keeping I commend the honour of France. "Endeavour to secure the retreat of my army to-night beyond "Cap-Rouge; as for myself, I shall past the night with God, "and prepare for death." (1) For these particulars I am indebted to my friend Mr. G. B. Faribault, a gentleman well known in Canada for his researches into the history of the Colony whose information on the subject was derived from his much respected fellow-citizen the Hon. John Malcolm Fraser, grandson of one of WOLFE'S officers, and now (1858) one of the oldest inhabitants of Quebec; where, in his childhood and youth, he had the facts, as above narrated, often described to him by an elderly woman who, when about eighteen years of age, was an eye-witness of the scene. R. S. B. (2) BEATSON'S Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain: 1790. Copy of the Epitaph prepared by the Academy of Inscriptions at Paais, for the Marquis of Montcalm's tomb; leave was asked by the French Government to have the marble tablet, on which it was inscribed, sent out to Quebec, and granted by the English Government. (Vide William Pitt's Letter, 10th April, 1761.) This inscription, for some cause or other, never reached Quebec. EPITAPH. Hic jacet, Utroque in orbe æternum victurus, LUDOVICUS JOSEPHUS DE MONTCALM GOZON, Nullius rei appetens præterquam veræ laudis, Omnes Militia gradus per continua decora emensus, Mandata sibi ita semper gerens ut majoribus par haberetur, Ad tutandam Canadensem Provinciam missus, Hostis acer, victor mansuetus. Fortunam virtute, virium inopiam peritia et celeritate compensavit; Imminens Coloniæ fatum et concilio et manu per quadriennium sustinuit, Tandem ingentem Exercitum Duce strenuo et audaci, Classemque omni bellorum mole gravem, Multiplici prudentiâ diu ludificatus, Vi pertractus ad dimicandum, In prima acie, in primo conflictu vulneratus, Die xiv. Sept., A. D. MDCCLIX, ætat. XLVIII. Et generosæ hostium fidei commendârunt. The Annual Register for 1762. INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF J. M. LEMOINE, PRESIDENT OF THE LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, DELIVERED ON 25TH NOVEMBER, 1881. SUBJECT: "EDINBURGH,-ROUEN,-YORK." As President, it is my duty, a pleasant one, rest assured, to open this evening, our annual winter-course of lectures. On more occasions than one, your indulgence has made me forget my repugnance to address a public meeting. More than once, instead of being reminded of my shortcomings, I have found myself surrounded in these rooms, by friendly faces, greeted by cheerful, encouraging looks. In lieu of presenting you historical tableaux of the early, shall I say with the late Lord Elgin, "the heroic times of Canada," as oft' I have done, I shall to-night ask your attention and beckon you to follow me, far from our Canadian home. We shall indulge in a ramble, short though it be, over a foreign, but not unfriendly, land, in that haunted, olden world from whence sprang our fathers. With your permission, we shall dwell for a few moments on the performances, follow the foot-prints, treasure up the experience of those who have preceeded us; if possible, benefit by their wisdom, endeavour to learn from them, let us hope, some not useless lessons. A limited but agreeable sojourn abroad, which brought me, on many points, to think still higher of my own country, has also made more manifest to me than it was hitherto how many useful hints, how many teachings, the records, the monuments, the sights of other cities can furnish. It is my intention to select for our study to-night three conspicuous cities of Europe, in order to seek for contrasts if any, between them and our own ancient town. In the course of my wanderings in England, France, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, &c., no sites, by their historical souvenirs, edifices, monuments, and scenery, have attracted me more than Edinburgh, Rouen and York; though of course, I have met with cities more wealthy, more extensive, more populous. In fact, there are striking analogies, as well as unmistakable points of contrast, between these antique towns and the capital of this Province, our own picturesque city. A glance at Edinburgh, Rouen, York, may point out how the hand of man can increase the advantages, add lustre to the charms which nature has conferred and make of a city, "a thing of beauty and a joy for ever." Possibly, we may find that wealth and population in cities, flow through various, sometimes unrevealed channels; that true progress does not mean a wanton destruction of the externals of a revered past; that whilst a progressive community is expected to throw open wide its portals to the fertilising wave of commercial activity, it can be helped to achieve importance, prosperity, nay fame, by preserving intact, for coming generations, as sacred heirlooms, the monuments of its history, the landmarks of its patriotic struggles, the sacred remains, in verity, of its former self. Let |