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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 219. 



George III., after the Prince of Wales assumed 

 the command of that regiment, I beg to state that 

 the Prince entered the army as brevet-colonel, 

 Nov. 19, 1782; that the regiment received the 

 title of " The Prince of Wales's own Regiment of 

 Light Dragoons" on Michaelmas Day, 1783 : that 

 the regiment was stationed in the south of England 

 and in the vicinity of London for many years, 

 from 1790 to 1803 inclusive; and that King 

 George III. repeatedly reviewed it, accompanied 

 by the queen and the royal family. That the j 

 Prince of Wales was appointed Colonel-command- 

 ant of the corps in 1793, and succeeded Sir W. 

 A. Pitt as colonel of it in July 18, 1796. That 

 the regiment was reviewed on Ilounslow Heath 

 by the King in August, 1799 ; and the Prince of 

 Wales (who commanded it in person) received 

 his Majesty's orders to convey his Majesty's ap- 

 probation of its excellent appearance and per- 

 formance. Perhaps the picture by Sir William 

 Beechey was painted in 1799, and not 1798. I 

 did not find the catalogue at Hampton Court free 

 from errors, when I last visited the palace} in 

 October, 1852. M. A. 



Pembroke College, Oxon. 



John Waugh (Vol. viii., pp. 271.400. 525.). — 

 Does Karleolensis know whether John Waugh, 

 son of Waugh, Bishop of Carlisle, was married, 

 and to whom ? 



Farther information of the above family would 

 be most acceptable, and thankfully acknowledged, 

 by George Waugh, of the family of the Waughs 

 of Oulton and Lofthouse, Yorkshire. 



Exeter. 



Daughters taking their Mothers Names (Vol.viii., 

 p. 586.). — When Buriensis asks for instances of 

 this, and mentions "Alicia, daughter of Ada," as 

 an example, is he not mistaking, or following some 

 one else who has mistaken, the gender of the 

 parent's name ? Alicia Jil. Ada would be ren- 

 dered "Alice Fitz-Adam," unless there be any- 

 thing in the context to determine the gender 

 otherwise. J. Sansom. 



*' Service is no Inheritance'" (Vol. viii., p. 586.). — 

 This proverbial saying has evidently arisen from 

 the old manorial right, under which the lord of 

 the manor claimed suit and service and fealty 

 before admitting the heir to his inheritance, or 

 the purchaser to his purchase. On which occasion, 

 the party admitted to the estate, whether pur- 

 chaser or heir, "fecit fidelitatem suam et solvit 

 relevium;" the relief being generally a year's 

 rent or service. Anon. 



Sir Christopher Wren and the young Carver 

 (Vol. viii., p. 340.).— If your correspondent A. H. 

 has not already appropriated the anecdote here 

 alluded to, I think I can confidently refer him to 



any biographical notice of Grindling Gibbons — to 

 whom the story of the " Sow and Pigs" relates. 

 Gibbons was recommended to Sir Christopher by 

 Evelyn, I think ; but not having " made a note of 

 it," I am not sure that it is to be found in his 

 Diary.* If there be any monograph Life of 

 Gibbons, it can scarcely fail to be found there. 



M. (2) 



Souvaroff's Despatch (Vol. viii., p. 490.).— 

 SouvarofT's doggerel despatch from Ismail, im- 

 mortalised by Byron, is, as usual, misspelt and 

 mistranslated. Allow me to furnish you with what 

 I have never yet seen in English, a correct version 

 of it: 



" Slava Bogou, slava Vam ; 

 Krepost vziala, ee ya ta;n." 



" Glory to God, glory to You, 

 The fortress is taken, and I am there." 



Dmitri Andre ef. 



Detached Church Totcers (Vol. viii., p. 63.). — 

 In the lists I have seen no mention is made of the 

 fine tower of West Walton Church, which stands 

 at a distance of nearly twenty yards from the 

 body of the church. W. B. D. 



Lynn. 



Queen Anne's Motto (Vol. viii., p. 174.). — The 

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania is in possession 

 of an English coat of arms, painted on wood in 

 the time of Queen Anne, having "AnnaR." at 

 the top, and the motto Semper eadem on the scroll 

 below. It probably was in one of the Philadelphia 

 court-rooms, and was taken down at the Revo- 

 lution. Uneda. 



Philadelphia. 



Lawyers Bags (Vol. vii. passim"). — The 

 communication of Mr. Kersi.ey, in p. 557., al- 

 though it does not support the inference which 

 Col. Landman draws, that the colour of lawyers* 

 bags was changed in consequence of the unpopu- 

 larity which it acquired at the trial of Queen 

 Caroline, seems to show that green was at one 

 time the colour of those professional pouches. 

 The question still remains, when and on what 

 occasion it was discontinued ; and when the pur- 

 ple, and when the crimson, were introduced ? 



When I entered the profession (about fifty 

 years ago), no junior barrister presumed to carry 

 a bag in the Court of Chancery, unless one had 

 been presented to him by a king's counsel ; who, 

 when a junior was advancing in practice, took an 

 opportunity of complimenting him on his increase 

 of business, and giving him his own bag to carry 

 home his papers. It was then a distinction to 

 carry a bag, and a proof that a junior was rising 



[* See Evelyn's Diary, vol. ii. pp.53, 54., edition 

 1850 Ed.] 



