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90 CANADIAN GUIDE BOOK. shell within the precincts of the Ursuline Convent, a fit resting-place for the remains of a man who died fighting for the honour and defence of his country. The following regiments shared the glories of the day :—namely the 15th, 28th, 35th, 43rd, 47th, 48th, 58th, 60th, 2nd and 3rd battalions 78th Fraser’s Highlanders, and the Grenadiers of the 22nd, 40th, and 45th. Total of all ranks, including General Officers, four thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, of whom sixty one were killed, and six hundred and three wounded. The French force, including Militia, amounted to seven thousand five hundred and twenty. The remains of Wolfe were conveyed to England for interment with all honour and respect on board the Royal William of eighty- four guns. On the 17th November, the body was landed at Ports- mouth. During the solemnity all the honours that could be paid to the memory of a gallant officer were rendered to the remains of Wolfe. The corpse was privately interred at Greenwich on the 20th.* * During our residence in England, in 1841, superintending the en graving ofthe Plan of the Battle, we were politely permitted by'the sur viving branch of the family to visit the vault, which is under the psrish Church of Greenwich. It was with feelings which we cannot describe, that wo placed the key in the door (over which is inscribed on a marble slab, 11 The Family Vault qf Major-General James IVolfe, 1759,»t) disclos ing to us the resting-place of that illustrious Hero. We were accom panied by a few friends, and two old veteran seamen of Greenwich Hospital who solicited permission. Upwards of fourscore years had passed away since the memorable victory and glorious death. The vault exhibited to us three coffins, that of the Father, the Mother, and the Sonwe gently wiped the dust from the Coffin plate, and found the following unpretending inscription thereon Major General JAMES WOLFE, Aged 32 Years. On the centre Coffin is the following inscription :— Mrs. HENRIETTA WOLFE, Died 26th Septr. 1764, Aged 60 Years.