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2 2. —Verses on the Coronation of Queen Victoria composed at that date. They were recited by Mrs. John Shears, a native of Bovey Tracey, in Bradford, on New Year's Day, 1914. She was aged 84. She was daughter of John Coish, who fought at the battle of the Nile, and Betty (née Goodyear) his wife.