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March, 1891, to June, 1893, d. at Gib., 27 June, 1893, a. 66.

6. Harry D. M. Brent, Midshipman of H.M.S. Monarch, "d. of typhoid fever, 1 Mar., 1887,

a. LH.

7. Archibald W. Campbell, Esq., Registrar of the Vice-Admiralty Court of this city, d. 7 Feb., 1866, after 24 hours' illness.

8. Frederick Solly Flood, of Slaney Lodge, Wexford, 11 years Attorney-General of Gibraltar. B. at 8, York Place, London, 7 Aug., 1801 ; d.

13 May, 1888. Erected by his sons and ds.

9. Jane, w. of Mr. Adam Weir, d. 5 Mar., 1869.

10. Edward Joscelyn Baumgartner, Esq., Barrister, for over 30 years at the Court House, Gib., a. 84. (No date.) Erected by his sons and ds.

11. Wm. John Arrowsmith, d. 5 May, 1877. His w. Sophia, d. 7 Jan., 1904.

12. Capt. Geo. Browne, 1st Batt. 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps, d. 10 Mar., 1832, a. 29.

NORTH WALL, BEGINNING AT THE WEST END.

13. Alfred Wm. Gregory King, Dep. Librarian, Gib. Garrison Library, d. 2 May, 1880, a. 69. Erected by the Committee in remembrance of his long and valuable services of nearly 50 years.

14. Arthur Edward Phillipps, Commander R.N., killed during the salving of H.M.S. Assis- tance, Tetuan Bay, Oct. 21, 1905. Erected by his brother officers of H.M.S. Victorious.

15. Win. Thornton, of Ashtead, Surrey, merchant in this city for 60 years, d. 10 Feb., 1869. His w. Mary, d. 2 Jan., 1866.

16. Frederick Roger Frankland, Midshipman, H.M.S. Winchester, d. of a fever at Sierra Leone, 23 Jan., 1844, a. 20. Thomas Frankland, Lieut. Madras X.I., and 2nd in command of the 2nd Punjaub Regt., killed in action with the Sepoy rebels whilst leading an assault at the relief of Lucknow, 17 Nov., 1857, a. 29. Harry Albert Frankland, Midshipman, H.M.S. Alarm, d. of fever off Vera Cruz, 9 May, 1847, a. 17. All sons of Sir Fred. Wm. Frankland, Bart., of Thickle- by, York, late Capt. 20th Regt., and 14 years Barrack Master in this Fortress.

17. Agnes Blair, d. 10 Aug., 1895. Erected by her husb. Capt. S. Blair, R.A.

18. Wm. Boileau Charter, Lieut. R.N., d. at Gib. while in command of H.M. Gunboat Grappler,

14 Dec., 1887, a. 36.

19. Alten A. W. Beamish, Lieut.-Col. R.E., d. suddenly at Gib., 21 Mar., 1902, a. 60. Erected by his wife.

20. M. S. | E. W. A. Drummond Hay | Stirpe riobili Scotiae oriundi | qui postquam per XII. annos | militaverat | Consulis et legati | apud Regem Mauritania? | per XVI. annos | officio functus est ubi demum propter nimios | in Regni angustiis labores | morte immatura obiit | Die 28 Februarii 1845 | ^Etatis sui 60 annos.

21. Lady Jane Houstoun, w. of Lieut. -General Sir Wm. Houstoun, G.C.B., G.C.H., Lieut.- (.ovornor of Gib., dau. of James, 7th Earl of Lauderdale, d. June, 1833.

22. Lieut. Richard Hawkins Carlyon, R.A., 4th s. of Colonel Carlyon, of Tregrehan, Corn.,

b. 12 Oct., 1825 ; d. at Gib., 27 Ap., 1845.

The above inscriptions were taken down in March, 1910. G. S. PARRY, Lieut.-Col. 17, Ashley Mansions, S.W.

STAGE HISTORY AS SHE is WROTE : WIL- sox BARRETT. As no biography of Wilson Barrett has ever been published, and as it is intended to include an account of his career in the supplementary issue of the ' D.N.B.,' it is vital that a misstatement concerning him in Dibdin's ' Annals of the Edinburgh Stage ' should now be corrected.

In his chapter on the Queen's Theatre Dibdin, in dealing with the events of 1862, says :

" On March 31st was produced for the first time in Edinburgh Edmund Falconer's sensational drama ' Peep o' Day.' For this production several special engagements were made, including those of Miss Heath and W 7 ilson Barrett. This piece proved a great success, and ran till April 23rd."

Here we have a palpable slip, for Wilson Barrett did not make his debut on the stage until more than a year later. The event took place at Halifax.

Immediately before ' Peep o' Day ' was played in Edinburgh the play had been pro- duced in Glasgow with the same cast. According to Walter Baynham's book on the Glasgow stage, it was brought out there on 3 March, 1862, with Miss Heath as Mary Grace and Mr. J. Barrett (from the Princess's and Lyceum Theatres) as the Irish priest. Dibdin's slip evidently arose from know- ledge of the fact that, at a slightly later period, Wilson Barrett and Miss Heath toured the provinces shortly after their marriage. JAMES J. O'NEILL.

Dublin.

' THE MIDDLEMAN,' U.S. PLAY c. 1856. It is probably known by few, even of those well acquainted with theatrical history, that in the middle of the last century a play was produced in the United States which bore the title ' The Middleman.' It was even brought to London by the two chief actors in the piece (Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams names scarcely remembered to- day in their own country), and performed before delighted audiences at the Adelphi a full generation before ' The Middleman ' scored a lasting triumph at the Shaftesbury. Under date of 27 September, 1856, Henry Morley wrote in his Journal of this sporadic play :

" They [the American actors] have brought with them a wretchedly bad piece, called ' The Middleman,' which has been performed with applause in America for several hundred nights, and which is having a run in London, solely because the new-comers act in it very cleverly, and dance in it, to the unbounded delight of every night's audience, an Irish jig."