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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



L2°a s. i?o 28., July 12, '56. 



tion, which is to be read " Death," are the words 

 " Victory or." I have seen a still more clumsy 

 design engraved on the brass traps in gun-stocks 

 of a Volunteer Rifle corps of the last century, viz. 

 the skull and cross bones followed by the words 

 " comes swiftly." W. J. Bjbenhaed Smith. 



Temple. 



I am told that the 57th regiment, from its 

 courage at Albuera, earned the name of " Die 

 Hards ; " and the 28th, from their conduct in 

 Egypt, received the privilege of wearing the regi- 

 mental plate before and behind the shako ; being 

 hard pressed by the enemy they presented a double 

 face, the word having been given " Rear rank, 

 right about face ! " The 9th were called in the 

 Peninsula ' 'The Holy Boys," from a sale of 

 Bibles which they held. The Duke of Athol's 

 Highlanders carry the significant motto " Firth, 

 forth, and fill the fetters ! " (in Gaelic.) 



Mackenzie Walcott, M.A. 



thing to be killing men speaking our own Ian 



guage. 



T. F. 



"The 28th" is the regiment who wear the 

 plate in front and at the back of their shako. 

 I think that in Egypt this corps, drawn up 

 " two deep," were charged in Iront and rear 

 by the French cavalry ; and the colonel of the 

 gallant 28th gave the word " Rear rank, right 

 about face ! " " fire a volley ! " which sent the 

 enemy flying. Upon the Queen's birthday, in- 

 spection, and other gala days, "the 22nd" wear 

 in their caps a sprig of oak, and a branch of the 

 same is tied on the colours. The tradition in the 

 corps is, that in the retreat after the battle of 

 Dettingen, George II. was rescued from imminent 

 danger by a company of the regiment. In " The 

 23rd Royal Welsh Fusileers," the officers wear a 

 black silk bag with three tails at the back of their 

 coats. This is still the custom of the corps, and 

 I suppose that the origin is derived from some 

 sort of wig. 



I have heard somewhere of "The 5th Fusi- 

 leers," whose plumes are tipped with red, and who 

 were called " The Bloody Fifth," that this sobri- 

 quet was given in consequence of the men dipping 

 their worsted plumes in the enemy's blood at one 

 of the Peninsular battles. 



"The 69th" are very proud of their facings, 

 which are the true Lincoln green in colour. 



Centurion. 



" Springers " is the name given to the 62nd re- 

 giment. When at the battle of New Orleans a 

 regiment considered themselves to be ill-supported, 

 the, men exclaimed, " This would not have been 

 if the Springers had been here with us." This 

 was told me by a serjeant, who also added, " We 

 did not like the American war : it seemed a cruel 



In the Army and Militia Almanac for 1856, 

 edited by J. Stocqueler, Esq., published by Web- 

 ster, 60. Piccadilly, a tabular list is given of the 

 badges, mottoes, facings, &c., together with other 

 useful particulars of the cavalry and foot regi- 

 ments. C. ().) 



Eaton Stannard Barrett : " Lines on Woman " 

 (P' S. viii. 292.) — In Vol. viii. of "N. & Q." 

 several communications were elicited relative to 

 the then, as now, almost forgotten Eaton Stan- 

 nard Barrett, author of some exquisite " Lines on 

 Woman," — the heading of all the letters which 

 appeared in " N. & Q." on the subject. Of these, 

 the most interesting was one from Mr. Robert 

 Bell, author of the History of Russia and Ladder 

 of Gold; but in regard to the time of Barrett's 

 death, no more satisfactory information was elicited 

 than that it occurred " many years ago." Al- 

 though the present communication is somewhat 

 behind date, yet, to perfect what has already ap- 

 peared, and to carry out the main object of " N. & 

 Q.," the following cutting from a newspaper of 

 the year 1821 may be with propriety annexed. 

 Is the book in existence whicli was nearly finished 

 at the time of Eaton Stannard Barrett's death, 

 and what is the nature of it ? 



" Died, on the 20th of March, in Glamorganshire, of a 

 rapid decline, occasioned by the bursting of a blood vessel, 

 Eaton Stannard Barrett, Esq., so well known to the lite- 

 rary and poUtical world, as the author of All the Talents, 

 The Heroine, &c. &c. There were few gentlemen whose 

 private worth gained more esteem, or whose manners 

 possessed greater attractions. Ardently pursuing his 

 favourite occupations, he had nearly completed a Work, 

 of which his unexpected, death has deprived the world, 

 and which might long since have been finished, had not 

 another study divided his time and thoughts." * 



His brother, Richard Barrett, whom Mr. Beli. 

 referred to as living in 1853, editor of the Dublin 

 Pilot, and & fellow-prisoner of O'Connell's, died at 

 Dalkey, about eighteen months ago. 



William John Fitz-Patrick. 



Miss Edgeworth (2"'^ S. i._383.) — W. J. Fitz- 

 patrick is in error in stating that Miss Edge-' 

 worth was the daughter of Honora Sneyd :^ that 

 distinguished writer was the child of Mr. Edge- 

 worth by his former wife, Miss Elers (see Quart. 

 Rev., xxiii. 528.). # «• ^• 



Spelling of Names (2°^ S. i._372.)— The spell- 

 ing of names sometimes v^ies in the present day. 



[* Eaton SUnnard Barrett Weatli is also noticed in the 

 Gent. Mag. for April, 1820, p. 377.] 



