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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2«<« S. IX. April 7. '60. 



latter named building has very kindly searched 

 the books in the office, and was enabled to in- 

 form me that the Excise Office, Old Broad Street, 

 was designed by William Robinson. This con- 

 firms the memorandum I mentioned as having 

 been found amongst my father's papers. This 

 W. Robinson, no doubt, at that time held an ap- 

 pointment in the Board of Works. While lately 

 looking into the " Crowle Pennant" in the Print 

 Room of the British Museum, I found a print of 

 the building, with " W. Robinson, Archt.," and 

 " Engraved by J. Robinson," upon it, which is 

 corroborative evidence. Of the South Sea House, 

 I have not obtained any information as to its 

 architect. Wyatt Papworth, Archt. 



London Riots, 1780 (2 nd S. ix. 198. 250.)— In 

 reply to your correspondent Moeigerus, allow 

 me to subjoin a list of the militia regiments aggre- 

 gated in the metropolis on the occasion of the 

 above tumults : — 



Commanded by. 

 Lieut-Col. Commandant, Thomas 



Watson Ward. 

 Hans Sloane, M.P., F.R.S. 

 Sir Rich. Worsley, Bart., M.P. 

 James Viscount Cranboume, M.P. 

 Henry, Earl of Sussex. 

 Lord Algernon Percy, M.P. 

 Lord Chas. Spencer, M.P. 

 Francis Viscount Beauchamp.M.P. 

 Sir George Savile, Bart., M.P. 

 Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart., M.P. 



The above were summoned up iu aid of the 

 regular forces, which were : 



The Horse Guards. 



The Horse Grenadier Guards. 



The three Regiments of Foot Guards. 



3rd (King's Own) Dragoons. 



4th (Queen's Own) Dragoons. 



7th Light Dragoons. 



16th Light Dragoons. 



2nd Regiment of Foot. 



18th Regiment of Foot. 



22nd Regiment of Foot. 



The militia regiments, with the exception of the 

 Warwick and 1 st West York, were encamped in 

 Hyde and St. James's Parks. The Warwick were 

 stationed in Southwark, and the 1st West York 

 were in camp in the gardens of the British 

 Museum. 



It is curious to contrast the little preparation 

 existent at that period, for encountering both our 

 foreign and domestic enemies, with that which 

 prevails at the present moment. We then num- 

 bered, successively, eighty-four regiments of foot, 

 which were thus distributed : — 



In America -------43 



In Great Britain ------ 17 



In Ireland -------14 



At Gibraltar, the West Indies, Minorca, &c. - 10 



The effective strength of each of these regi- 

 ments was designated at — those on foreign ser- 



Regimenta. 

 Cambridge 



North Hampshire 

 South Hampshire 

 Hertfordshire - 

 Northampton - 

 Northumberland 

 Oxford - 

 Warwick 

 1st West York 

 North York - 



vice at 804 ; those serving in Great Britain at 670; 

 and those in the Irish establishment at 474. But 

 when we consider the nature of their services and 

 various circumstances considerable subtractions 

 must be made in many instances from these num- 

 bers. The militia was then most advantageously 

 constituted, upon the plan enacted at the com- 

 mencement of the reign of George III. ; and the 

 men being balloted for, all deficiencies of com- 

 plement were immediately replaced by fresh re- 

 cruits. The system of qualification by freehold 

 property in the respective counties being required 

 of the field officers and captains (the last to the 

 value of 2001. per annum), made the service very 

 popular, and much desired by persons of rank and 

 influence in the different counties. 4>. 



The newspapers of June, 1780, mention the 

 following regiments of militia as being quartered 

 in Hyde Park on the above occasion : — 



Cambridge. Oxford. 



Southwark. Northumberland. 



North Hants. And one of York. 



The Warwickshire also arrived in London from 

 Plymouth. Gilbert. 



Medal of James III. (2 nd S. ix. 144.)— I am 

 glad to be able to give some information upon 

 the occasion on which this and other medals were 

 struck. It is worthy of remark that on one 

 medal the sails are filled with a fair wind, and the 

 other with an adverse wind. 



No. 1. A ship with sails set, and a fair wind. 

 Legend, " jac. 3. d. g. m. b. f. et. h. rex." Rev. 

 St. Michael and the dragon. Legend, " soli . deo . 



GLORIA." 



No. 2. A ship with sails set, and the wind ad- 

 verse. Legend, " iac. m. d. g. m. b. f. et. h. r." 

 The reverse the same as No. 1. 



Nos. 1. and 2. were struck to present to such 

 persons as came to the nominal king to be cured 

 of scrofulous affections by his touch. 



W. D. Haggard. 



Naval Ballad (2 nd S. ix. 80.) — The ballad 

 of which Mr. Peacock gives a fragment was most 

 probably never in print at all ; and as it refers to 

 the exploits of the " Kent ". Capt. Thomas Ma- 

 thews (not Sir Thomas) in the action fought by 

 Sir George Byng with a Spanish fleet of superior 

 force off Messina in the year 1718, it is probably 

 forgotten by the present race of old sailors. There 

 mav, however, be found some veteran in Green- 

 wich Hospital, or elsewhere, who can remember 

 to have heard it in his youth, and who may be 

 able to supply what is lacking ; but, judging from 

 the fragment quoted, it would hardly be worth 

 the trouble. By far the greater number of songs 

 which in my younger days were popular with 

 seamen owed their origin to some forecastle 

 laureate, and never existed in print. It is quite 

 a mistake to suppose, as many persons do, that 



