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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



L2nd S. VIII. Oct. 29. '59, 



"This daj' Capt" Cameron of Colonel Fraser's regt. 

 died, much and justly regreted, as he was a most agree- 

 able, sensible, and benevolent man. 



" We hear the Sunderland man-of-war was attacked 

 the night of the 29th ulto. by 75 bataves; the enemy 

 were repulsed with the loss of 4 bataves taken. In orders, 

 the Light Infantry commanded by Capt. Garden to re- 

 turn to the regt, and all the corps of Lt. Infantry to re- 

 ceive their orders from Colonel How. 



" 4th. An officer and three Rangers arrived ia camp 

 with dispatches from General Amherst to General Wolfe, 

 whom the}' left at Crown Point the 8th of Aug. making 

 all preparations necessary for pursuing his design, and 

 first the possession of Lake Champlaine. We hear no- 

 thing of the contents in these dispatches further than a 

 random shott carrj'ing off Colonel Townshend, one en- 

 sign and three men of the Light Infantry. 



'' This evening Capt. Cameron aforesaid hurried, and 

 Capt. Fraser of Culduthell with his aditional company ar- 

 rived in the harbour. 



6th. The whole of our Light Infantry, under the com- 

 mand of Colonel How, to march ^ one mile to the west- 

 ward of Goram's post (formerly mentioned), where they 

 are to embark on board the men-of-war and transports. 

 As we were passing the river Eire Chemin the enemy 

 fired from a two-gun battery. None of us hurt; prodigi- 

 ously crowded on board. 



"6th. Nothing extraordinary. We drove up with the 

 flood tide opposite Cape Eouge, discovered some men on 

 the north shore fortyfying the bay to the eastward of the 

 Cape, as also a house which they occupy'd. 



" This evening his Excellency General Wolfe, with the 

 three Brigadiers, and the army of the intended attack, 

 embarked. The army in great spirits. 



" 7th. Eemains on the same anchorage ground as yes- 

 terday. The General in the Hunter sloop-of-war went up 

 the length of Point au Tremble to reconoitre. The enemy 

 continues to work on the north shore. 



" 8th. The General with the Hunter sloop returned at 

 12 o'c, orders for 1500 men to prepare to land on north 

 shore, and wait the night tide, under the command of the 

 Brigadiers Moncton and Murray. 

 " A faint. 



"The Hunter sloop-of-war, one transport with Roy. 

 Americans, and another with Light Infantry, to fall up 

 to Point au Tremble, and return with the ebb tide in the 

 morning. The weather very rainy. 



" 9th. The weather continues very rainy, which pre- 

 vents the 1500 men landing. We remained off Point au 

 Tremble. The remaining vessells in their former station 

 opposite to Cape Eouge. We can't perceive any works 

 on the beach, only small entrenchments from the mill to 

 a house about 300 yards to the eastward (belonging to 

 Point au Tremble), and discovers but very few men. 60 

 bataves " on shore ; no floatting batteries. 



J. Noble. 

 (Tb he concluded in ou7' next.') 



NORTHUMBRIAN NOTES, 



To those of your readers who may be contem- 

 plating a visit to the north, as well as to others 

 who are always glad to know of the peculiar cha- 

 racteristics which distinguish each of our Eng- 

 lish counties, a few notes on the antiquities of 



. * What are bataves ? [Probably boats — bataves being 

 used as an irregular plural oibatau. — Ed.] 



the remoter parts of Northumberland will no 

 doubt be interesting, and I am glad of an oppor- 

 tunity of noticing also, through the medium of 

 your columns, the hospitality, politeness, and kind- 

 ness which universally distinguished all the Nor- 

 thumbrians we had the happiness to meet with, 

 in the course of a recent tramp through the 

 county. 



In the churches there is not noticeable that like- 

 ness which often pervades all the parish churches 

 of a district. There is more variety, and there 

 has been probably more destruction than is usual 

 in other parts of England which have not been 

 so often the battle field of clans and parties. 



Some early Norman work occurs in a class of 

 towers of which Bywell is a type, and Ovingham 

 (interesting as the burial-place of Bewick) a fine 

 example. The belfry windows are divided into 

 two lights, with round heads, and a simple hole 

 pierced in the space above, the whole being con- 

 tained in a large round head, very plain, and with 

 some attempts at a capital above the columns, 

 but most noticeably severe in character, 



Norham church is of a more elaborate design, 

 its chief beauty consisting in a chancel of six 

 windows, five of them Norman, with deep rich 

 mouldings. The tower is also remarkable, low 

 and sturdy, as Norman towers always are; the 

 belfry windows similar to those at Bywell, ex- 

 cepting that they are two instead of one. The 

 chapel in the castle at Newcastle was apparently 

 designed at the period when the zigzag ornament 

 was very much used. The capitals in the same 

 chapel have very much of the classical about them, 

 and the whole castle is worth particular attention 

 as an instance of a building erected entirely in 

 one style. In the church of St. Andrews, in the 

 same town, there is much early work still re- 

 maining ; the chancel arch, which is ornamented 

 with zigzags, &c., seems to have been flattened 

 slightly under the superincumbent weight. The 

 church of St. Nicholas is celebrated for the grace- 

 ful crown which surmounts the tower. The body 

 of the church has no noticeable excellency, having 

 apparently been erected, and repaired, and re- 

 stored, until the effect is rather mongrel than 

 beautiful , 



At Mitford, near Morpeth, the church seems 

 to have been built in the interesting transitional 

 period when Norman was becoming scarce, and 

 the early English coming into vogue. The chancel 

 doorway shows this very plainly, a pointed being 

 enclosed by a Norman arch, and both beautified 

 with the zigzag. 



Ford church, interesting from its associations 

 with the castle, and the field of Flodden, has been 

 restored ; but an old belfry remains, pierced for 

 three bells. The shape is exceedingly curious, 

 but requires an illustration or a personal inspec- 

 tion to explain it. 



