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 128. VI. MAY 22, 1920.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

The following additional names of officers are given on the interleaf in MS. :

Date of first commission. Ensign, 1702 or 1703. Ensign, 1710.

Bank. Colonel Lieut.-Colonel

First Lieutenants

Second Lieutenants

Name. James Long Pat. Emonstoun Talbot Mayoe. . W. Roberts

Wilkinson

W. Steele B. Whitecombe (1) Robinson

Daniel Richardson Stewart Douglass Jos. Aurline W. Courtenay G. Colquhoun Warter Charruthers J. Card en J. Stewart R. Patridge Hugh Claren. . J. Gordon Patrick Douglass J. Harris Chas. Lewis Chichester Wrey (2' Caleb Tonge . . Wm. West Geo. Frazier Alexr. Johnson Rd. Patridge. Mr. W. Roberts. The Revd. Geo. Lewis. Jas. Scott. Wythycomb " in second MS. entry.

Date of commissions. 5 Jan. 1743

24 Mar. 1741 16 April do. 27 ditto

30 ditto

2 May do. 22 ditto

25 June do.

31 Oct. do. 4 Nov. do.

3 Feb. 1739/40

26 Jan. 1741

24 Mar. do. 10 April do. 16 ditto

25 ditto

2 May do.

3 ditto

4 ditto

25 July do.

2 Aug. do.

3 June 1742

4 ditto

5 ditto

6 ditto

7 ditto

8 ditto

Adj.

Qr. Mr. ..

Chaplain

Surgeon's Mate. ,

(1) Spelled " Wythycomb " in second MS. entry. (2) Third son of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 5th B(. Of the officers whose names are given above, only three appear in the Army List 1755 (p. 89) as then being on the half-pay list, viz. : Roberts, Richardson, and Werden.

J. H. LESJ.IE, Lieut. -Col., R.A. (Retired List). (To be continued.)

INSCRIPTIONS AT CASSEL ( NORD).

ON the top of the hill at Cassel (Nord), in front of the hotel-casino which occupies the site of the former castle, is a monument commemorating the principal episodes in the history of the town. The monument, which is in the form of a pyramid on a square base stands on the site of the collegiate church of St. Pierre, destroyed in 1672, and was the gift to the town of Dr. De Smyttere, a local antiquary of some note, " medecin en chef honoraire et officier de 1'Instruction pub- lique." It was inaugurated Sept. 21, 1873, and is constructed of large blocks of stone from Soignies, in Belgium. The angles in- dicate the four cardinal points. The in- scriptions are as follows :

(South-east side)

Ici fut 1'emplacement de la Collegiale exempte de Saint-Pierro

fondee et dot6e en 1072-76 par le Comte de Flandre Robert le Frison. II y eut longtemps sa sepulture. Deoopt.max-et patria? dilectse Dicavit Doct. P.J.F. de Smyttere anno JIDCCCLXXIII.

(North-west side)

Le Castellum des Romains, la Ville et le Chateau Fort de Cassel, jadis imposants et protecteurs du pays,. ont supporte beaucoup de sieges et d'innombrables adversitds. (South-west side)

Batailles ce"lebres du Mont Cassel.

Le 20 feyrier 1071 Robert le Frison vietorieux.

Le 23 aout 1328

le Roi Philippe de Valois vainqueur. (North-east side)

Bataille du Val-de-Cassel

du 11 avril 1677

Philippe, frcre de Louis XIV, victorieux.

Cause de retour de cette centre 1 e & la France.'

(Trait6 du 17 septembre 1G78)

The inscriptions are on the square base - of the monument. On the sides of the - pyramid above are various arms and emblems : - South-east : Arms of the Collegiate Church of St..

Pierre, with a Latin cross above. North-west : Arms of the town of Cassel, with a

mural crown above. South-west : Arms of Flanders gyronny of six,

with sword and ring above. North-east : The Lion of Flanders, with crossed >

sword and sabre above.