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 12 S. III. Nov., 1917. J

NOTES AND QUERIES.

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19th (B Battery), and 20th (C Battery), and the 3rd East Lancashire Ammunition Column.

A good many of the above details are taken from my book ' Rank, Badges, and Dates,' published by W. Clowes & Sons.

R. S. B. did not ask about the artillery or the infantry of Bolton, but they should, I think, find a place here, if only to show how keen and constant has been the patriotic service of that virile and capable community in Bolton on the Moors, who certainly act up to their motto, " Overcome all difficulties."

A LANCASHIRE OFFICER.

Roxwell, Northwood, Middlesex.

_ TANKARDS WITH MEDALS INSERTED (12 S. iii. 445). Is Sis JOHN ROTTON quite certain that his six-sided tankard bears English marks for 1714 ? The soldering of coins on tankards and beaker cups was very popular in Sweden. As a rule, coins of 4 kronors value were used for the purpose, and generally those of some favourite king, such as Gustav II., Carl XL, Carl XII., Adolf, and Gustav III. The following is an extract from my ' Church Plate of Cardigan- shire ' (1914), pp. 65, 66, relating to a Swedish silver chalice at Llanilar :

"A remarkable Swedish Beaker-Chalice of silver, set with ten small copper coins ;*nd one large silver com, which last forms the bottom of the cup. The inside, the rims of mouth and foot, and the coins, have been gilded. The ten smaller coins are ' pieces of necessity,' struck during the siege of Stralsund by the Russians in 1715-1719. They are only counters or tokens of copper, but were each considered for the time being equivalent to one dalcr. The large coin underneath is a real silver daler, struck by King Charles just before his death. It bears the legend ' Med . Guds . hielp'='with God's help,' the date 1718, and the name ' Carolus XII D. G. REX SVECLE.' Each of the ten small coins is stamped on one side 1 1. DALER S.M.,' and on the other side the following figures are represented : (1) Mercurius, 1718 ; (2) Publica fides, 1716 ; (3) Saturnus, 1718 ; (4) emblematic figure, .1717, Witt och wapen = ' Wit and Weapon ' ; (5) Phcebus, 1718 ; (6) em- blematic figure, 1718, Flink och fardig = ' Sharp and Ready ' ; (7) Mars, 1718 ; (8) Jupiter, 1718 ; (9) Hoppet, 1719-' Hope '; (10) a crown, 1715. ' Pieces of necessity ' were coins, or rather tokens, struck for trading purposes during wars or sieges, being much depreciated reproductions in some less costly material of the ordinary coinage of the town or country, but bearing the normal face- value. Thus the coins impressed into this chalice are nominally silver thalers of Charles XII., but actually each is worth about one four-hundredth of a copper thaler. Many thousands are in existence, struck in all parts of the world, and extending over the period 1510-1850. A large number were struck in Spain in 1640-53, and again

in 1808-20. In England there are examples from the time of the Civil War (1642-48), including Carlisle and Scarborough (1645), Newark (1646), Pontefract (1648). The chief authority on the subject is A. Brause-Mansfeld's ' Feld-, Noth-,und Belagerungs-Miinzen,' two vols., Berlin, 1897- 1902."

J. T. EVANS.

The Rectory, Stow-on- the- Wold.

TRAPP'S ' PRJELECTIONES POETICS ' (12 S. iii. 387). The translation desired has the title:

" Lectures | On | Poetry | Read in the Schools of I Natural Philosophy | At Oxford, | By Joseph, Trapp, A.M. | Fellow of Wadham-College, and Reader of | the Poetical Lectures lately founded | in that University, by Henry Birkhead | LL.D, sometime Fellow of All-Souls- | College. | Trans- lated from the Latin, | With additional Notes. | London : | Printed for C. Hitch and C. Davis in | Pater-Noster-Row. | MDCCXLH."

It is 12mo, and contains 2 pp. (title)r [i]-vi, 18 pp. (Contents and Errata), [1J-358. The Translator's Preface (i-ii) and Author'a Preface ([iii]-vi) are unsigned.

An account of the translators may be seen in Nichols's ' Literary Anecdotes of th& Eighteenth Century,' ii. (1812), 148-50, or Nichols's ' Biographical and Literary Anec- dotes of William Bowyer ' (1782), 161-4.

The volume, though dated 1742, was listed by The Gentleman's Magazine (xi. 614) among books published in November, 1741- I have a copy. R- H. GRIFFITH.

The University of Texas.

In the Fellows' Library at Winchester College there is a copy of " Lectures on_ Poetry Read in the Schools of Natural Philosophy at Oxford, By Joseph Trapp,

A.M Translated from the Latin, with

additional Notes. London: Printed for C. Hitch and C. Davis in Pater-Noster- Row. MDCCXXH.," duodecimo, pp. 1-358,. preceded by ' Translator's Adve^sement and 'Author's Preface' (pp. i-vi), and 'Contents' (18 pages, not numbered), Neither on the title-page nor in the Trans- lator's Advertisement (which is unsigned) is there anything which connects the book- with William Clarke or William Bowyer.

H. O.

LETTERS FROM H.M.S. BACCHANTE : W, JOHNSON YONOE (12 S. iii. 328, 363, 450). Wm. Johnson Yonge entered the above ship " P> Warrant dated 5th Feb: 1812 ; his- first " appearance " was on " 25th March, and he was discharged " P r Adm 1 Order 23 Dec: 1813."

It appears from the Muster Book, 1 which the above is taken, that there was a