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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2-a S. IX. Apkil 14. 'GO. 



liam with figures, fruit, flowers, and conventional 

 ornaments in a superior style. On the demolition 

 of the hall, they were purchased by a gentleman 

 for the decoration of his drawing-room ; where, 

 having become the worse for wear, and their 

 owner being ignorant of their artist, they were 

 painted over. Thus their owner, when he speaks 

 of his gallery, can boast of possessing several 

 Beecheys, although he is unable to display them, 

 as their forms are concealed by two coats of paint, 

 and an over-coat of varnish. Cuthbert Bede. 



London Riots in 1780 (2 nd S. ix. 198. 250. 

 272.) — Will your correspondent H. Gilbert ex- 

 cuse me if I surmise that from a misprint in his 

 communication, or some such cause, we should 

 read South Hants, for Southwark Militia? The 

 former was commanded by Sir Richard Worsley, 

 Comptroller of the King's Household. And I am 

 the more confirmed in my suspicion, by having 

 read an account of a most superb ball and supper 

 given by him on Wednesday, 28th June, when 

 the riots which had caused such devastation and 

 slaughter, in the early part of that month, had 

 happily terminated ; that the ball was held at the 

 Encampment in Hyde Park, an elegant building 

 having been erected for the purpose. 



Hyde and St. James's Parks were shut, and by 

 the 8th of June 10,000 men were encamped in 

 the former ; and temporarily it appears no persons 

 were permitted to pass through them ; but sub- 

 sequently this order must have been relaxed, as a 

 paper of the day says, " It is now become as 

 much of course to give a shilling to enter into 

 either of the Parks as into the gardens at Vaux- 

 hall." Previous to this calamitous revolt there 

 existed an unfortunate division and estrange- 

 ment between Geo. III. and his brothers Wm. 

 Henry Duke of Gloucester, and H. Frederick 

 Duke of Cumberland ; but the former, who was 

 Colonel of the 1st Guards, lost no time in writing 

 to the king, to be immediately employed in de- 

 fence of his majesty's person and authority; and 

 it gave universal satisfaction that the most cordial 

 reconciliation of the three was the result. 



Brackley Kennet *, the Lord Mayor, was the 

 subject of much vituperation, for what in the 

 mildest terms was called " supineness and inac- 

 tivity ; " still it must be conceded that no public 

 magistrate had ever, in England, been placed in 

 circumstances of greater difficulty, and it may be 

 said with Virgil, 



" Non omnia possuraus omnes." 



We have all been accustomed to admire the 

 impulsive energy and decision of the Duke of 



* He died within two years after these riots, and was 

 buried in Putney Church. Mr. Bray, in his continuation 

 of Manning's Surrey, vol. iii. p. 293., says- he was Lord 

 Mayor of London at the time of Lord George Gordon's 

 riots, and wa9 severely censured for want of spirit. 



Wellington, but even he, perhaps, might have 

 hesitated what measures to adopt in such an 

 emergency : still promptitude and unflinching 

 severity might have been humanity in the end. 



The 4th (Heavy) Dragoons, usually styled Car- 

 penter's Dragoons (Lt.-Gen. Benjamin Carpenter 

 being Colonel), seem to have been the most ac- 

 tively employed during the insurrection. 



I subjoin a jeu d" esprit of which the Lord 

 Mayor was the subject : — 



" The Lord ilfai/or's Dilemma. 

 "The Riot quite confus'd the May'r; 

 But where's the wonder, when it 

 Was such a critical affair, 



His lordship could not Ken-it." 



FlDELIS. 



Peers serving as Mayors (2 nd S. ix. 162.) — 

 The following examples from the Mayors' Roll of 

 Chester will show that the practice was not con- 

 fined to Liverpool : — 



"1668. Charles, Earl of Derby (two years after serving 

 the like office in Liverpool). 



" 1691. Henry, Earl of Warrington. 



" 1702. William, Earl of Derby. 



" 1807. Robert, Earl Grosvenor." 



Of the instances quoted by Mr. Brent, those 

 in 1585, 1625, and 1668, are not cases in point, the 

 noblemen in question not being peers of the realm 

 at the dates of their mayoralty. I ought to say 

 also that there was no Frederick Lord Strange in 

 1585 : the name is no doubt a misprint for Fer- 

 dinando, afterwards Earl of Derby, who met his 

 death by poison in the year 1594. T. Hughes. 



Chester. 



In Mr. Skimin's History and Antiquities of 

 Carrickfergus the following noblemen are re- 

 corded as having served the office of Mayor of 

 Carrickfergus in the period from 1523 to 1822: — 



"Arthur, second Earl of Donegal, 1685; Francis Lord 

 Conway, 1729; Arthur, fifth Eavl of Donegal, 1765-1768 ; 

 and the Marquess of Donegal, 1803, 1805, 1813, 1815, and 

 1817." 



Abhba. 



I do not know whether his lordship ever served 

 the office of mayor, but the borough of Appleby 

 in Westmorland numbers amongst its aldermen 

 William Earl of Lonsdale, and also two clergymen 

 Another clergyman is one of its Town Councillors. 

 What other examples have we of clergymen hold- 

 ing these civic dignities ? Wm. Matthews. 



Cowgill. 



" Dickey" for "Donkey" (2 nd S.ix. 232.) — 

 Knowing that P. C. H.'s acquaintance with Nor- 

 folk is both far more extensive, and of far longer 

 standing than my own, I promptly withdraw the 

 statement I made in p. 131., as to the "univer- 

 sality" of this phrase here. But in so doing I must 

 add my own experience, viz. that during nearly 

 four years' residence in East Norfolk (near the 

 coast) I have never heard from man, woman, or 



