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DR. JOHN LAMY. Can any contributor inform me as to the parents and grand- parents of Dr. John Lamy, who married temp. George II. Ann Knox, daughter of the Rev. Alexander Knox of Ashmoyne, Rector of Ramelton, co. Donegal ?

KATHLEEN WABD.

Castle Ward, Downpatrick.

' 'TWAS BONAPARTE THE CORSICAN." I shall be much obliged to any of your correspondents who can give me (or refer me to) the full text of a song which I used to hear my father sing more than sixty years ago. It began :

'Twas Bonaparte the Corsican, to gain a Consul's robe, sir,

Was by ambition urged on to stride across the globe, sir.

He stretched his leg, and set his foot, o'er Switzer- land and Italy,

A little spot before him saw, he threatened for to

land on A fruitful spot of land John Bull has clapp'd his

hand on.

J. W. EASTWOOD.

JAMES II.'s LAST WORDS. Where can I find the ' Last Expressions and Dying Words of King James II.' ? By whom was the account published ? Is it known where the original MS. is ?

I also wish to know if there was a member of the exiled king's entourage who possessed the initials I. M. or J. M. ST. GERMAIN.

JOANNA AND THE WESTMORLAND HILLS : QTJIETISTS IN ENGLAND. 1. In what book or poem is there a Joanna whose " laugh is echoed by the Westmorland hills " ?

2. Do Quietists still exist ? Was there ever a branch of their sect in England ?

E. BISCHOF.

AUGUSTINIAN HOUSE AT STEEPLE, ESSEX.

Can any of your readers inform me as to the existence of the conventual seal of the Augustinian house at Steeple (Essex), a cell of Lewes Priory ?

W. Ho WARD -FLANDERS.

PRONTY: BRONTE. The following is from The Glare Journal of Thursday, 27 Dec 1787 :

" Dublin, Dec. 24. Deaths. In the 103rd year of his age, the Rev. Doctor Pronty, parish priest of Killashandra, where he lived in the discharge of his pastoral functions fior the space of 57 years. 8 Could he have been a relative of the Rev. Patrick Bronte of Haworth ?

ALFRED MOT.ONY.

STRODE'S REGIMENT, 1760-64. Can any correspondent of ' N. & Q.' kindly inform me where the 62nd or Strode's Regiment of Foot was stationed from 1760 to 1764 ? WM. JACKSON PIGOTT.

Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down.

COTTON'S WATERLOO MUSEUM. (10 S. xii. 141.)

" A mile before we reached the ground we were addressed on each side of the carriage by men who offered to be our guides over it ; women, too, with relics of the battle, came crowding round us, offer- ing imperial eagles, bullets, and brass buttons for sale."

Thus wrote Mrs. Trollope nearly twenty years after the battle of Waterloo, and this harvesting of relics from the dead, begun within a few weeks of 18 June, 1815, had continued unrestrained. There existed then (and so long as the credulous visitor wishes to purchase there will continue to be pro- vided) innumerable fictitious relics, but the lamentable fact remains that for many decades the field of Waterloo has been ransacked, and even some of its graves disturbed, to furnish " objects of interest " for enthusiasts and the organizers of museums.

The forthcoming sale of Cotton's Museum and its associated " Hotel du Musee " has been noticed by MR. W. P. COURTNEY at the above reference. Although Cotton fought in the battle, and continued to reside at Mont St. Jean afterwards, it was not until 1835 that he adopted the profession of guide, and between that year and his death in 1849 the nucleus of the Museum was formed. Exactly what Cotton's occu- pation was during the intervening twenty years has not been mentioned, but long before 1835 the personal relics and really interesting momenta of the great day had passed beyond spadew r ork. Mr. A. M. Broadley in his ' Historical Introduction ' claims that the collection was begun soon after the battle. This is improbable, and opposed to Cotton's own statement.

Its contents consist of objects which I regard as of small interest muskets, bayonets, swords, belts, stirrup irons, horse- shoes, buckles, and a few parts of uniforms. Mr. Broadley writes :

"Not only can its contents be vouched for as absolutely genuine, but in some departments, such as that of arms and accoutrements, they are pro- bably unrivalled."