New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-31
THE TI2IBU N E..
Parade on the Esp!amnde--City Gates
Ride TO the PLAINS of Abrniiain-spo,
where Wolfe dici-R "Reminiscences oi
the Capture of Quebec in l7o3' &C.
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AIRinS ji0TEL.


Correspondence of The Tribune.
ALRtox fioTEL.
tconcIndsdl aurrrc August 10 1873
While waiting breakfast. walked down to the
Palace Gate. Near II, on the left, IS the Arse
nal. IN which are arranged an immense number o'
stands Of arms, On the right is a gnard-houSe,
.nd tbc mter wall in this direction is ten or
twelve fcct b;ch and four or five thick, with loop
ho,ca for ,nusEctcers. walked between the two
walls, the intervening space being some thirty
foot in width. for some distance, and found near
an anulc soldier mounting guard. tie was
dressed in the fine British uniform, and marched
backward and forward with all soldierly dignity.
Jasked him if the wall completely enclosed the
c,r With a whine like a sick girls, he said
bp believed il did but he had never been beyond
t5a, corner He belonged to regiment recently
ordqred hither from the West Indies; and like
most OF his fellow soldiers had suffered not a little
from. The charge Of climate. He was greatly
troubled with ophhama.-Cannonsa are amounted
at intervals along the wall!
After breakfast yce rode out 20 the Esplanadc
TO see a parade OF the SD regiment. Unlike the
Champ de Mars in Montreal, The ESpanadc Is
covered with grass and well shaded by trees. 1t
lies between ST. Louis and 81. Johns gates and
slopes gently toward the East. On the opposite
side for It's whole length, IS battery raised some
twenty feet from the level, covered like the pa
radc ground with grass, and having Il ,nc, s!ght
ypromenade upon It's snrGmt. Cannon are also
mounted here and the bank is pierced for sally
ports &c. Magazines arc also bulit Just INSIDE
the battery of gray stone. and 50 constructed as
10 be uninured by an cnclny's shot. The parade
was very fine. the cvoluiions being performed with
the perfect cxactness and precision charac-
terstc of the British regular troops The rcgl-
nent was drilled by Col. Mckic and reviewed by
Sir JAMES HopE, Commander n-Chlci of all the
British forces in Canada. He has a fine martial
look, was in full dress, and was received with a
Splendid salute by the band. Lord Chichester,
Sir Hugh Dalrvmple and Gen. brooke OF the
United States Army, were also on the ground.
After the parade wc rode out TO the Plains of
Abraham, aboHt mile from tie city. We passed
out at st. Louis gate, at the end OF tho f,spa-
made. This is the highest and strongest OF the
city gates 1t is made Of very heavy and solid
masonry, ard the passage through 1t IS the thick
ness of the wall, dark. arched way about fIity
feet in length Only one carriage can pass at a
time. The gate is closed by two heavy doors.
one at each end of the arch with wckets so
placed not to be opposite each other. The
passage out of the gate is narrow, between two
high walls of solid masonry and made TO turn
several abrupt angles within short distance,
each portion of the way being perfectly COM
manded by cannon mounted on the walls above.
At the gate .; staircase leads to the pardpct, from
which the plan of the delenccs may be seen at
single glance. Walls and bitches succeed each
other: all the bastions, sc. are of solid mason
work, and from 20 TO 30 feet in hight, and 1t is
seen TO be impossible to approach the city from
any point in this directions. without being exposed
to oarakng fire from cannon whose muzzics point
aevegy passage The road 10 the Plains through
the Gate after leaving the walled and winding
passage leads YOU by fine gardens and beautiful
residences or half or three quarters of a mile
AT abou, this distance and extending at intervals
across the promonory from the st. Lawrence to
the ST. Charles are four round Nlarello towers,
built of stone, from % to 80 feet in hight, and
furnished merely with square loop-holcs These
serve as advanced works TO the fortress.
Passing the line of these towers we came to
the residence of the Catholic Bishop. beautiful
house with fine gardens adjoining. Just beyond
this is toll gate and in the field the left com
mence the Plains of Abraham n placard e!c-
Waited on pole gives notice that :" All persons
found trespassng on these grounds will he visited
with the seventies Of the law" bot dsrcgar,iIng
this civil warning, with the help OF our driver, we
swung the heavy ruined gate upon IT'S single re-
naming hinge and entered square Held OF three
Or iOur acres, surrounded on three sides by pop
lafs AT ITS extremity toward the rlver (Which Is
udden however bv van intervening rise OF ground)
the spot where fell WOLFE III 1893. The his
tory OF the expedition in which he lost his life is
one OF great and stirring interest. 1t was alter
the war with France had continued ior several
years, aud so far as the contest IN America was
concerned, only with disgrace TO the British arms,
That the genius of PrrT. as brilliant and daring
IN directing MILITARY campaign as IN recruiting
'ne national Treasury. sketchcd the outline OF a
plan winch he correctly believed would BRING the
war 10 victorious close. In l75S the tide of
war had partially turned IN favor OF the British.
WOLFE had captured l.ouisburgh and won Tor
nlmset the brightest laurcls for valor and genius.
Forts Frontenac and Du Quesne had fallen,
'hongh Ilcondcroga still renamed IN the power
France. In 1919 Plrr projected three cam
paigns against Canada. Gen. Anheis, Com
iaander-ln-Chlc, was TO take Ticonderoga aud
lnen proceed toward Quebec, which WoLFE. then
Mayor General, was 10 capture If possible
While Gen PndcouN was to invest Niagara. The
. scheme for boldncss and daring was worthy of
INT, and the most difficult part OF it. the seizure
" Queocc. was entrusted 10 4 man equal TO that
rany possible achievement The city was even
then strongly fortified, almost imprognahle from
'he riyer side, and appnachable only TO a strong
amy BY land. MoSrcALM. general of consum
/ mate ability--distngnished in the French cam
pigns IN Italy. Germany and Bohemia, and
isnous for his military exploits in the previous
stages Of the existing war, lay between Montreal
! and Quebec with 10000 men, and soon moved
MS camp TO the banks Of the Montmorenci, u
sEmiles below
;, WoLrE landed on and took possession of the
use OF Orleans, a large island a little below Qne-
tsc' without difficulty And now commenced
MS attemnt acr,;,,c, . .,r ,clicl, had peycr hccr