The life and letters of James Wolfe . blic and private. Colonel of the 4th Dragoon Guards, whosebenefactions were scarcely less secret than extensive. {Gentlemans Magazine,vol. Ixxiii. p. 292.)—Wright, p. 476. 2 ITie original of ^Folfes commission as Major-General, etc., datedJanuary 12, 1759, is not in Lieutenant-Colonel Wardes thinks it was sent to the War Office by Mrs. Wolfe, and never re-turned to her. It appears that in making out the warrant for the payment ofthe staff employed in the expedition to Quebec, which, by the way, was nottill February 1761, no record of Wolf
The life and letters of James Wolfe . blic and private. Colonel of the 4th Dragoon Guards, whosebenefactions were scarcely less secret than extensive. {Gentlemans Magazine,vol. Ixxiii. p. 292.)—Wright, p. 476. 2 ITie original of ^Folfes commission as Major-General, etc., datedJanuary 12, 1759, is not in Lieutenant-Colonel Wardes thinks it was sent to the War Office by Mrs. Wolfe, and never re-turned to her. It appears that in making out the warrant for the payment ofthe staff employed in the expedition to Quebec, which, by the way, was nottill February 1761, no record of Wolfes appointments could be traced ineither the Secretary of States or the War Office. The informality is statedto have arisen from Mr. Pitts having delivered the commission to Wolfebefore registering it in his own department, and to ^^^olfes having omitted toenter it at the W&v Office. (Letter to Mrs. Wolfe from her agent, Fisher, dated *^Axe Yard, Westminster, 19th February, at Squerryes Court.)—^V^ GENEKAL UEOIKiE WARDEFrom the portrait by Opie at Squerri/es Court NEED OF FUNDS 411 And tell his Majesty likewise, that in order to render any Generalcompletely responsible for his conduct, he should be made, as far aspossible, inexcusable, if he should fail; and that, consequently,whatever an officer entrusted with a service of confidence re-quests should be complied with. The King signed Carletonscommission.^ There was still an awkward predicament awaiting the newCommander-in-Chief of the expedition against Quebec. The accept-ance of such rank and duties involved expenses which he was illable to afford. The honours awarded him were brevet England he was still only Colonel Wolfe, which did not carrymuch monetary reward. In an age when every backstairs courtiercould amass huge wealth, £2 a day was considered adequate payfor a major-general of the army. The pay of a Commander-in-Chief(such as Amherst) was dfilO a day, yet although now Amhe
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