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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. vn. JAN. 20, 1907.

existence of Sir John Gibson, Governor of Portsmouth ? He was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705, and died in 1717. I have heard that one was disposed of a few years ago in the Gibson-Carmichael Sale.

H. G. LONG. 14, Marmion Road, Southsea.

SUSSEX POLL-BOOKS. Gatfield refers to a " Poll-Book for the Sussex election, March, 1820. Chichester, 1820, 8vo." This is not to be found at the British Museum, la there any library where it can be seen ? HENRY W. POOK, Col.

121, Hither Green Lane, Lewisham.

LITTLETON'S ' HISTORY OF ISLINGTON.' I have two parts of what I think is a some- what scarce publication dealing with this one-time rural village. It is of royal octavo size, about 10 J in. by 7 in., each part con- sisting of 24 pages, in a buff-coloured wrapper. The first one has printed on the outside cover :

"Part I. Price One Shilling. The Illustrated History of Islington. By R. H. Littleton. Con- taining A Beautifully - Executed Engraving Of Canonbury Tower. December, 1850. London : Published, For the Proprietor, By D. Dodson, 10, Holywell-Street, Strand ; And to be had also of all respectable booksellers. Printed by B. R. Peake, Took's Court, Chancery-Lane. A Guarantee is given for the Completion of the Work." Pp. 2, 3, and 4 of wrapper are blank, and pp. 164 of the work itself are taken up with an "Introduction," unsigned and undated. P. 5 is headed with a woodcut entitled "Canonbury Tower 1811," and commences with " Section I. Antiquities : Canonbury House and Tower," which leaves off abruptly in the middle of a sentence on p. 24.

Part II. has the same wording on the cover (which is also blank as to pp. 2, 3, and 4), except that in the middle, in place of the announcement as to the view of Canonbury Tower, it states that it contains " Beauti- fully-Executed Engravings of Canonbury House & Old St. Mary's Church; also, a copy of the Will of Sir Richard Cloudesley," and the date " January 31 to February 28, L851." The first page is of course num- bered 25, and in the middle of this is a vignette woodcut view of Canonbury House, but with no title. P. 28 is headed " Canon- bury Tavern," and p. 31, " The Old Church of St. Mary," which has a vignette woodcut view of it, also with no title. The will of Sir Richard Cloudesley, or rather an extract from it, is given in letterpress (not in fac- simile, as might be supposed from the wording on the wrapper), and the account and the part too, ends with p. 48.

Is this the publication referred to by Tomlins in his ' Perambulation of Islington,' published in 1858 ? In the " Advertise- ment " of this he states, after apologizing for the delay in completing his work (he had begun by issuing Part I. of his book in 1843, which, by the way, is distinctly different, both as to the letterpress and the position of the woodcuts, from his finished one), that the delay had been prejudicial to him- self, since his original information concern- ing the earlier facts had in the meantime " been appropriated, without the grace of acknowledgment by his immediate prede- cessor." Or did Tomlins refer to Lewis's little book ' Islington as It Was and as It Is,' published in 1854 ? Probably, I think, the latter.

My object, however, is to endeavour to. ascertain whether. Littleton's ' History ' was ever completed, or whether more than two parts were published. From the dilatory dates I have given, perhaps Part III. never saw the light. Can any reader furnish any information about this tardy topographer ? E. E. NEWTON.

7, Achilles Road, West End, N.W.

BIDDING PRAYER.

(10 S. vi. 448 ; vii. 32).

I HAVE been in the habit of hearing this prayer read before the sermon at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster (the official church of the House of Commons), during the Parliamentary session, since 1861, and the form there has always been " Let us pray for," &c. Alterations and additions have been made by the various rectors, but the opening has always remained the same. I think, but am not quite sure, that once at Oxford I heard the other form, " Ye shall pray for," &c. ; but as that is many years ago, I may be wrong in that respect.

Perhaps it may be of interest to put upon record in the columns of ' N. & Q.' the prayer as recited in St. Margaret's Church. It is as follows :

" Let us pray for Christ's Holy Catholic Church, especially for that pure and apostolical branch of it established in these kingdoms ; and herein for our gracious Sovereign Lord, Edward, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of all British dominions beyond the seas, King, Emperor of India, Defender of the Faith, in all causes and over all persons within his dominions supreme ; for our gracious Queen, Alex-