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 12 s. ix. AUG. is, i92i.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 131 buted to Jonson by Lamb in his essay on the Tragedies of Shakespeare.) (6) " Coleridge remarks very pertinently some- where that wherever you find a sentence musi- cally worded, of true rhythm and melody in the words, there is something deep and good in the meaning too." (Carlyle in ' The Hero as Poet.") Where does Coleridge say this ? E. D. J. ^WATERLOO BOUNTY. I; (12 S. ix. 3.1.) THE following circular is taken from Section i. of the ' Collections of Orders, Regulations, &c., for the Army,' vol. ii.. War Office, August 1, 1815: REGIMENTAL PAY AND DAILY ALLOWANCES. Circular No. 287, announcing a progressive Increase of Pension for wotmded Officers of the Army ; and granting other advantages, to the Subalterns and Soldiers who were engaged in the Battle of Waterloo, or in the Actions which pre- ceded it. War Office, 31st July, 1815. Sir, The Prince Regent having taken into his most gracious consideration the distinguished Gallantry manifested upon all occasions by the Officers of the British Army, and having more particularly adverted to the conspicuous Valour displayed by them, in the late glorious Victory, gained near Waterloo, by the Army under the Command of Field Marshal the Duke of Welling- ton ; and His Royal Highness being desirous of testifying the strong sense entertained by him of their devotion to His Majesty's Service ; I have the honour to acquaint you, that his Royal Highness has been pleased to order, First, That the Regulation * under which Pensions are granted to Wounded Officers, shall be revised, and that the Pensions which have been, or may be granted to Officers, for the actual loss of Eye or Limb, or for Wounds certified to be equally injurious with the loss of Limb, shall not be confined to the Amount attached, by the Scale, to the Rank, which the Officer held at the time when he was wounded, but shall progressively increase, according to the Rank, to which the Officer may, from time to time, be promoted ; the augmentation with regard to the Pensions of such Officers, now upon the list, being to take date from the 18th of June, 1815, in- clusive. Secondly, That every Subaltern Officer of Infantry of the Line, who served in the Battle of Waterloo, or in any of the actions which imme- diately preceded it, shall be allowed to count Two Years' Service, in Virtue of that Victory, in reckoning his Services for increases of Pay given to Lieutenants of Seven Years' standing ; and every such Subaltern will therefore be entitled to the additional Shilling a Day, whenever he shall have served Fiye Years as a Lieutenant. And -Thirdly, That this Regulation shall be extended to every Subaltern of Cavalry, and to every Ensign of the Foot Guards, who served in the above-mentioned Actions ; and every such Subaltern and Ensign will therefore be entitled to an additional Shilling a Day, after Five Years" Service, as a Lieutenant in the Cavalry, or as an Ensign in the Guards. His Royal Highness being also desirous of marking His Sense of the Distinguished Bravery displayed by the Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers, of the British Forces, in the Victory of Waterloo, has been most graciously pleased to Order, that henceforward every Non-Commis- sioned Officer, Trumpeter, Drummer, and Private Man, who served in the Battle of Waterloo, or in any of the Actions which immediately preceded it, shall be borne upon the Muster Rolls and Pay-Lists of their respective Corps as " Waterloo Men " ; and, that every " Waterloo Man " shall be allowed to count Two Years' Service in Virtue of that Victory, in reckoning his Services for increase of Pay, or for Pension when discharged. It is, however, to be distinctly understood, that this indulgence is not intended in any other- manner to affect the conditions of their original inlistment, or to give them any right to then- discharge before the expiration of the period, tc which they have engaged to serve. The Duke of Wellington has been requested to transmit Returns of the Subaltern Officers to whom these Orders may be considered, by His Grace, to apply ; together with accurate Muster- Men " in each Corps ; such Muster-Rolls being to be preserved in this Office as a Record honour- i able to the Individuals themselves, and as Docu- I ments by which they will at any future time be I benefits of this Regulation. I have great pleasure in com muni eating these Instances of the Prince Regent's Gracious Con- ! sideration for the Army ; and I request that you will be pleased to take the earliest opportunity of announcing the same to the Officers and Men of the Corps under your Command. I have the honour to be, Sir, &c., PALMERSTON. Officer Commanding Regiment of No. 69, 823. The Provisions contained in this circular i were subsequently made applicable to the ! Military Corps of the Ordnance (The Royal Regiment of Artillery and the Corps of Royal Engineers). The letter from the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, addressed to Major- General J. Macleod, Deputy Adjutant - General, Royal Artillery, conveying this information, is as follows : (Public Record Office. W.O. 55/652, Ordnance. General Orders (Artillery). Series 3, 1813-1816) : Office of Ordnance, 1 September, 1815. Sir, The Board having ordered that the bene- fits of the Regulation of His Royal Highness the
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