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must have followed very closely thereon. It is to be hoped that No. 55 of the Fields, with its interesting associations, may be spared amid the extensive effacements going on in this quarter. CECIL CLARKE.

Junior Athenaeum Club.

THE ROYAL CHARLOTTE (11 S. v. 229). Reference to Cruden's ' History of Graves- end,' p. 469, shows that on 2 Nov., 1789, the Royal Charlotte, 1,238 tons burden, and destined for the East India trade, was launched at Northfleet from the dockyard of Mr. Thomas Pitcher. Apparently that Royal Charlotte was either wrecked or captured by the French, for on 7 June, 1796, another Royal Charlotte, 1,453 tons burden, also destined for the East India trade, was launched from the same yard. The descend- ants of Mr. Thomas Pitcher still possess a massive silver cup bearing a representation of a three-masted vessel under full sail, and inscribed " From the Owners of the Royal Charlotte," &c. As the Northfleet Dockyard, which built extensively for the Royal Navy, was only founded in 1788, the Royal Charlotte mentioned by MR. CLE- MENTS must have been built elsewhere ; but the similarity in the inscriptions is somewhat curious, and possibly 1763 may be a mistake for 1793. D. G. P.

The following information from Hardy's 'Register of Ships of the East India Com- pany, 1707-1812,' may be of some use to MR. CLEMENTS :

12. 8. 1761. John Clements was sworn as Commander of the Royal Charlotte.

24. 2. 1762. The Royal Charlotte of 499 tons, owned by Richard Crabb, Esq., commanded by John Clements, sailed from Portsmouth on her first voyage for St. Helena and China, arriving in the Downs 15. 7. 1763.

12. 4. 1765. The same vessel (same owner, same commander) sailed on her second voyage, for Bombay, from the Downs, arriving in the Downs 20. 6. 1767.

2. 1. 1769. The same vessel (same owner, same commander) sailed on her third voyage, for Coast and Bay, from the Downs, arriving in the Downs lo. 7. 1770.

19. 2. 1772. The Royal Charlotte of 499 tons, owned by Albert Nesbit, Esq., commanded by John Clements, sailed on her first voyage, for

T<? m. b ^J rom the Downs > arriving in the Downs 14. o. 1775.

21 ; ivi 777 ' The same vessel, but registered as of 758 tons, owned by John Clements, Esq commanded by Joseph Cotton, sailed on her second voyage, for Coast and China, from Ports- mouth, arriving in the Downs 28. 10. 1778.

3. 4. 1780. The same vessel (same 'owner same commander) sailed on her third voyage' for St. Helena and Bombay, from Torbay, arriving in the Downs 24. 10. 1782.

19. 1. 1784. The same vessel (same owner)' Commander Josiah Pryce, sailed on her fourth voyage, for St. Helena, Fort St. George, and Bencoolin, from the Downs, arriving in the Downs 31. 8. 1785.

13. 3. 1786. The same vessel (same owner, same commander) sailed on her fifth voyage, for China, from the Downs, arriving in the Downs 17. 6. 1787.

3. 1. 1790. The Royal Charlotte of 1,252 tons, owned by John Clements, Esq., Commander Josiah Pryce, sailed on her first voyage, for St. Helena, Bencoolin, and China, from the Downs. Moorings, 29. 6. 1791.

27. 12. 1792. The same vessel (same owner, same commander) sailed on her second voyage, for St. Helena, Coast, and China, from the'Downs. Moorings, 12. 9. 1794.

11. 8. 1796. The Royal Charlotte of 1,252 tons, owned by John Clements, Esq., Commander William Roper, sailed on her first voyage, for China, from Portsmouth. Moorings, 30. 3. 1798.

14. 9. 1798. The same vessel (same owner, same commander) sailed on her second voyage, for Bombay and China, from Falmouth. Moor- ings, 16. 4. 1801.

29. 3. 1802. The same vessel (same owner), Commander Robert Patterson, sailed on her third voyage, for China, from the Downs. Moorings, 26. 4. 1803.

9.6.1804. The same vessel (same owner), Commander Richard Francklin, sailed on her fourth voyage, for China, from Portsmouth. Moor- ings, 12. 9. 1805.

14. 5. 1806. The same vessel (same owner), Commander Robert Patterson, sailed on her fifth voyage, for China, from Portsmouth. Moorings, 2. 1. 1808.

5. 4. 1809. The same vessel (same owner), Commander Henry Rush, sailed on her sixth voyage, for China, from Portsmouth. Moorings, 2. 8. 1810.

4. 1. 1812. The Royal Charlotte, register 1,200 tons, owned by Kennard Smith, Esq., Commander Henry Rush, sailed on her seventh voyage, for Bombay and China, from Torbay. Date of moor- ings not given.

R. C. BOSTOCK.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED: SANSKRIT HYMN (11 S. v. 268). The lines quoted by MR. WILSON are a fairly close rendering of the twenty-second verse of the second " adhyaya "of the ' Bhagavadgita ' : " vasamsi jtmani yatha vihaya | navani grhnati naro 'param | tatha 9arirani vihaya jirnany | anyani samyati navani dehi." It has been pointed out that the fine passage in which this verse occurs is doubtless an echo from older Upanishadic sources.

W. J. P.

MUNICIPAL RECORDS PRINTED (11 S. ii. 287, 450, 529 ; iii. 493 ; iv. 131, 390, 451 ; v. 73, 297). Looking through MR. RHODES'S admirable lists, and being interested in the part relating to Shropshire, I notice that he says that there is no index to the