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jvincial Coins, Tokens, and Medalets,' ed. pp. 196, 319. Another correspondent xii. 469) describes one in his possession, ai d asks for certain information respecting it to which no reply has appeared. A copy ol Gender's work with MS. additions is in the

r ration Library, Guildhall, E.G. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 1, Brecknock Road.

MR. PATTERSON should consult Batty's 'Copper Coinage of Great Britain,' pp. 376- 383, which gives a description of a large num- ber of varieties, and states that it is impos- sible to give detailed particulars of each variety also Conder's * Provincial Coins and Tokens,' 1799, pp. 196-8.

JOHN B,ADCLIFFE.

EPITAPH AT DROGHEDA (9 th S. in. 346). In the year 1887 I copied this_ epitaph from a somewhat decayed stone in St. Philip's [Churchyard, Birmingham. From my note- book I now extract the inscription as follows : To the memory of

Thomas Barker

who died January the 22* 1 1781

aged 30 years.

cruel death how could you be so unkind ITo take him before and leave me behind You should have taken both of us if either Which would have been more pleasing to the

survivor.

JOHN T. PAGE. West Haddon, Northamptonshire.

An almost identical epitaph is still to be seen upon a tombstone near the south-west I'orner of the church of St. Philip, Birming- iam, to the memory of one Barker, who died 2-2 Jan., 1781. BEN.I. WALKER.

1 Langstone, Erdington.

I "FoY BOAT" (9 th S. iii. 385). The late Dr. . T. Richardson, in his ' Fragments of History ertaining to the Vill of Ramsgate' (1885), 20, says :

'We are told that the mariners of Ramsgate, in Idition to their ordinary occupations of fishing id farming and other such matters, earned a con- derable livelihood by attending in their boats to e wants and requirements of the ships of the East dia Company both in the Downs and in their assages thereto, in their due seasons; and also an other ships, which were now increasing lidly, both in number and size. This service was led ' foying,' and subsequently 'hovelling.'"

be Rev. John Lewis, in his 'History and ntiquities of the Isle of Tenet,' second edi- on, 1736, p. 32, says :

" They who live by the Sea-side are generally ishermen, or those who go Voyages to foreign iirts, or such as depend on what they call Foi/im/, ?., going off to Ships with Provisions, and to help lem m Distress, <fcc."

In his vocabulary of Thanet words (o.c., p. 35) Mr. Lewis gives :

" Foi, Fr. Voie, A Treat at going abroad or coming home."

"Huffier, one that carries off fresh Provisions, &c., to Ships."

The latter word was generally spelt koveller, and in addition to the "Foy Boat Inn" (hodie Hotel), there is another tavern in Ramsgate which is known as " The Hovelling Boat." This inn, which is situated in York Street, was considered by Dr. Richardson to be one of the oldest buildings in the town. I find that the old sign of " The Foy Boat," which is mentioned by MR. THOMAS, is now affixed to the wall of a warehouse overlooking a chalk -pit outside the South-Eastern Railway Station at Ramsgate. W. F. PRIDEAUX.

The 'Diet, of Kentish Dialect' gives foying

as " victualling ships; helping them in 'dis- tress, and acting generally as agents for them." A foy boat would be one so em- ployed ; whilst a foy is " a treat given to a person on going abroad or returning home." ARTHUR HUSSEY. Wingham, Kent.

CAPTURE OF SEVILLE (9 th S. iii. 327, 395). General Villatte was in command of the French. When Soult left Seville, taking with him the best of the troops, Villatte remained at the head of a force quite inade- quate for any efficient defence. A good man for such thankless tasks, he did all he could, and drew off his troops in safety. A wounded British officer fell into his hands. In spite of his weak condition he was fastened to a gun- carriage and hurried away in the retreat. According to Sou they this miserable act was the fruit of a direct order from Villatte. A good account of the taking of Seville will be found in Southey's ' History of the Peninsular War ' (vol. vi.), a work far too little known. GEORGE MARSHALL.

Sefton Park, Liverpool.

MORALES (9 th S. iii. 327, 395). The French rearguard was probably under the command of General Villatte. He evacuated Salamanca on 29 May, arid had been in more or less obstinate retreat before the allies since that date. This suggestion is backed by the treat- ment meted out to Capt. Lloyd, of the Hussars, who charged too far home and was taken prisoner. Though badly used ("beaten," according to Southey), he was left behind as the French fell back to Vittoria. Villatte, though a very capable officer, was not accustomed to consider the humanities of war. GEORGE MARSHALL.

Sefton Park, Liverpool.