And after the reduction of Quebec, he asked leave to return to his mission, but General Murray ordered him to stay, telling him that there was no other person could be depended on for intelligence of the French proceedings, and promised to acquaint the Society therewith." Mr. Houdin adds, " that himself, as well as the public, hath received a great loss by the death of the brave General Wolfe.c who promised to remember his labor and services, which are not so well known to General Murray ; but he hopes the Society will take these things into consideration, and continue their kindness to him, and he will' return to his mission in the spring."'*
Dr. Barclay, writing to the Secretary of the Venerable Society, on the 3d of June, 1761, says: -- " Messrs. Ogilvie and Houdin are still detained by General Amherst in Canada. I shall take care to forward your letters to them."e
It appears from the following notice in the New York Post Boy for June the 4th, 1761, that whilst Mr. Houdin was stationed at Quebec, under the command of General Murray, an attempt was made by the Vicar-General of Canada, to seduce him from his allegiance, by an offer of great preferment in the Romish Church : -- " We hear from Montreal that the Vicar-General of all Canada, residing at Montreal, has wrote a pressing invitation to the Rev. Mr. Udang, the chaplain of a regiment at Quebec, to return to the Romish religion, with a promise