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aided by a garrison and brave inhabitants of this "City, most gallantly defended it through a pro- tracted Siege, viz : from the 7th December, 1688, to the 12th of August following, ;i gainst an arbi- trary and bigoted monarch, heading an army of upwards of 20,000 men, many of whom were foreign mercenaries, and by such valiant conduct in numerous sorties, and by patiently enduring extreme privations and sufferings, successfully resisted the besiegers and preserved' for their posterity the blessings of civil and religious liberty."

The pedestal also bears the names of the other leaders : Butler, Murray, Mitchel- burne, Cairnes, Leake, arid Browning.

JEMIMA NICHOLAS.

Fishguard, Pembroke. A memorial, in shape exactly like an ordinary upright grave- stone, is placed on the north side of the Market Square, contiguous to the wall of the parish church. It is thus inscribed :

In

Memory of Jemima Nicholas

of this Town

" The Welsh Heroine "

who boldly marched to meet

The French Invaders who landed on our shores in

February 1797. She died in Main Street July 1832

Aged 82 years. At the date of the invasion she

was 47 years old, and lived 35 years after the event.

Erected by subscription collected at the Centenary Banquet July 6 1897.

Near the spot where the French landed is a roughly hewn stone, on which is inscribed as follows :

1897

CARREG GOPPA

QLANIAD-Y-FFRANCOD

CHWEFBOR 22 1797

MEMORIAL STONE

OP THE

LANDING OP THE FRENCH FEBRUARY 22 1797

(See also 11 S. vi. 386 ; x. 290, 350.)

DAVID KEWLEY.

Douglas, Isle of Man. A drinking fountain near the Victoria Pier is thus inscribed :

Erected by Public Subscription

in memory of David Kewley (Dawsey)

as a tribute of

Admiration for his bravery in saving at various tunes 23 "lives

from drowning.

May his example prove an

incentive to like heroic deeds.

A.D. 1904.

WILLIAM WALTON.

Ferryhill, co. Durham. A monument, designed by R. Swinburn, was unveiled by John Johnson, Esq., M.P., in April, 1908. It stands in front of the Town Hall, and is thus inscribed :

" Erected by the Officials and Workmen of Dean and Chapter Colliery to the memory of the late William Walton (Overman), who sacrificed his life in saving the lives of two boys at Dean Bank, August 8th, 1906."

PEECY H. GORDON.

Rochester. On Nov. 2, 1912, Lady Darnley unveiled a memorial tablet on the Esplanade to Percy Henry Gordon, aged 26, a visitor, who was drowned on April 5, 1912, in attempting to rescue a little girl from the Medway.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (ante, p. 264.)

I am informed by a correspondent that Florence Nightingale's burial-place is at East Wellow, Hampshire, and not at We.st Wellow, Wilts, as stated at the .above reference. I may add that my information was obtained from The Daily Graphic of Aug. 19, 1910, in which issue photo-repro- ductions appeared of

" The Grave and Church of West Willow, Wiltshire, where the funeral of the late Florence Nightingale will take place to-morrow."

JOHN T. PAGE. Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

(To be continued.)

NEWSPAPER HISTORY : ' THE ISLINGTON GAZETTE.' The Islington Gazette, one of the oldest of London's so-called local papers, has just celebrated its Diamond Jubilee (1856-1916), the actual 60th birthday being Sept. 21. The outward and visible signs of the event appeared in the form o; a resume of its history in the paper itself, while during the week a,few short commemorative articles with appreciative letters from old readers and correspondents were printed. The inner man was not, however, forgotten, for on the evening of Sept. 22 the staff were entertained by the proprietors the Trounce family to a "substantial English dinner at the Old Bell Restaurant in Holborn. Three journalistic personalities stood out in the course of this function. Two gent lemen were present who will long be remembered in the Press Gallery of the House of Commons the present editor of the paper, Mr. Henry Trounce, who was in the chair, and Dr. Lauzun-Brown of The Lancet; while