Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 121, February 21, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 121, February 21, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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"Mortales optimi ducis exuvias in excavatâ humo,
Quam globus bellicus decidens dissiliensque defoderat,
Galli lugentes deposuerunt,
Et generosæ hostium fidei commendârunt."
Query, Where is this epitaph inscribed; and is the fact recorded
in it noticed in any cotemporary history?
F. K.
Bath.
Under the impression that the following Note, with reference to the
gallant General James Wolfe, may tend to illustrate some other fact
connected with the later period of the life of that generally lamented
individual, I send it at a venture.
General Jones Wolfe was (I am not aware of the military rank he then
filled) at--
"An encampment on Bradford Heath. about two miles from the town of
Dorchester, co. Dorset, in the year 1757. The encampment consisted
of the following regiments, under the command of Lieut.-Gen. Sir
John Mordaunt and Major-Gen. Conway; viz. Bland's Dragoons; the
Old Buffs, two battalions; Kingsley's, two battalions; one company
of the Train of Artillery--in all ten troops, six battalions.
Generals Mordaunt and Conway, and a great part of these forces,
being sent on the expedition against Rochford, the remainder was
reinforced and commanded by Lieut.-Gen. John Campbell, afterwards
Duke of Argyll, and Major-Gen. Mostyn."
The above is extracted from Hutchins's _History of Dorset_, 1st edition,
vol. i. p. 375.
That General Wolfe was in the above encampment, I had the information
from a gentlemen who knew him; and many years ago I accidentally met
with a book with the autograph of the General, "James Wolfe," written on
the fly-leaf, in a bold and gentlemanly style. The volume being on a
military subject, was not taken any care of, and lost: it was left by
the General in the hands of Messrs. Gould and Thorne, booksellers in
Dorchester, from whose successors I had it.
G. F.
Weymouth.
Replies to Minor Queries.
_Commemoration of Benefactors_ (Vol. v., p. 126.).--The office for
commemoration of benefactors now used in the several colleges in the
university of Cambridge, is prescribed by the statutes given to the
university by Queen Elizabeth in the 12th year of her reign, cap. 4.
sec. 38.
An earlier office (2 Eliz.) is given in Dr. Cardwell's _Documentary
Annals_, vol. i. p. 282.
C. H. COOPER.
Cambridge.
_King Robert Bruce's Watch_ (Vol. v., p. 105.).--The watch known under
this name is now, I believe, generally admitted to be a forgery. There
is a letter in the _Gentleman's Magazine_, vol. ii. p. 688., dated
Forfar, August 20, 1785, and signed J. Jamieson, who therein states that
the watch was offered for sale to him by a goldsmith hawker of Glasgow,
who afterwards sold it for two guineas, and it was next sold for five.
The letter does not trace this curiosity further; but I find in a little
work by Adam Thompson, entitled _Time and Timekeepers_, that it
subsequently found its way into the collection of George III.
W. W. E.
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