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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. VIL MARCH 23, 1907.

University Library, there are to be found labels gummed upon the back of the titles to vols. i. and ii. Vol. i. is " Andreae Ramsaei. . . .Poemata Sacra. . . .editio ter- tia," with a dedication, occupying 3 pp., to Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury. The label in this volume is :

Lambeth, November 29th, 1752.

These are certifying that Mr. Lauder has my | Allowance for prefixing my Name to the | New Edition of Ramsay's Sacred Poems, | just now published by him. Tho. Cantuar.

In vol. ii., dedicated to John, Earl Gran- ville, the label reads :

Arlington-Street, December 5th, 1752.

These are certifying that Mr. Lauder has my | Allowance for prefixing my Name to the | New Edition of the Adamus Exsul of | Grotius, just now published by him. Granville.

What would be the reason that could make it necessary to print such a notice as an afterthought ? E. J. WORMAN.

Cambridge.

MARTINDALE, WESTMORLAND. Wanted particulars of later history of the following, all curates of Martindale (for printed Registers of Martindale) :

William Townley, curate of Brampton,

Joseph Gilbanks, curate of Bouness, 1755 [? Wordsworth's early tutor].

David Wray, curate of Martindale, 1760.

John Hay ton, 1764.

Thos. Martindale, 1774.

John Robinson, 1776.

John Reay, 1777.

Wm. Sisson, 1780.

Wm. Poore King, 1842.

Replies direct to HENRY BRIERLEY.

Thornhill, Wigan.

SERINGAPATAM. I shall feel indebted to any reader of ' N. & Q.' who will kindly say where I can find a full and detailed account of the storming of Seringapatam in 1799, with the names of the officers who distinguished themselves there.

F. GODFERY. 2, Morton Crescent, Exmouth.

MOURNING RITES IN PERSIA. Will any reader kindly inform me if the Persians- ancient or modern have prescribed periods of mourning for sovereigns, parents, wife, &c., and the duration of such periods for the respective relationships. Of what colour is Persian mourning ? What is the best book on Persian manners and customs ?

KATHAY.

^T< he T> best modern ho 01 " on Persia are by Prof. L. G. Browne, of Cambridge.]

"BAWMS MARCH."

(10 S. vii. 188.)

THE following quotation from The Pro- testant Mercury of 20 Sept., 1700, is to be found in Sibbald's Scott's ' British Army,' vol. ii. p. 147 :

" The exercise of arms performed by the Artillery Company in the fields leading to Baums, on Tues- day last, under the command of Sir R. Jefferies, General ; Sir Jeffrey Jefferies, Lieut. - General ; Captain James Ball, Major ; Captain Daniel New- comb, 1st Captain ; H. Longley, 2nd do. ; W. Jewell, 3rd do. ; Major Thomas Lesley, Captain of Grenadiers ; W. J. Kelson, Captain of the Pioneers, were as follows : The General having made a review in the Artillery Ground, orders a march to Baums (afterwards Sir George Whitmore's), to preserve the ancient privilege; which orders are accordingly pursued, and the whole body marches in one battalion through the east gate into an open field about half-way thither, where it is drawn up ; and the Lieut. -General sent with half the army to the eastward, at which he is disgusted, and resolves to revolt ; therefore possesses several passes through which the General must march to the southward, and accordingly attacks his van by a detachment of grenadiers and musquetteers, forcing them to give way; but they making an orderly retreat, in which the Lieut. -General also draws up in battalia, which brings them to a general battle, in which the Liexit. -General, having the disadvantage, retreats to a strong pass, defending it for some time, but being overpowered, maintains a running fight to an eminence strongly situated, and with great celerity fortifies it, which the General attacks, and, after springing several mines and carrying the outworks, prepares for a general assault, which obliges the besieged to beat a parley, and surrender upon articles."

Scott then refers to an article by Steele on another of these sham fights, Tatler, No. 41, 14 July, 1709.

At p. 137 of the ' British Army,' vol. ii., reference is made to Highmore's ' History of the Artillery Company,' and it is said that, "considerable encroachments having been made uon tl

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and Finsbury Fields, between Peerless Pool towards the south, Baumes Pond to the north, Hoxton to the east, and Islington to the west, wherein any of the marks were placed, to remove any obstruction to the Company's rights. The Company, on its march over Baumes and Finsbury Fields, ordered the fences of a piece of ground, enclosed for about two years by Mr. Samuel Pitt, to be pulled down by the pioneers, and other obstructions were levelled.

W. S.

Walford (' Old and New London,' vol. v. p. 526) states that " The Bawms March " was " a favourite exercise at Arms " held