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REPORTS. 



Guy was burnt. The following copy of the verses referred 

 to is transcribed from a printed circular kindly lent me by 

 Mr. B. T. Rowswell :— 



KIND FRIENDS. 



We take the liberty again to ask you to — 

 Remember ! Remember ! the 5tli of November, 

 The gunpowder treason and plot ; 

 We see no reason, why gunpowder treason, 

 Should ever be forgot. 

 Six and thirty barrels laid down below, 

 The Houses of Parliament to overthrow; 

 There Guy Fawkes waiting the appointed time 

 With match in hand to fire the mine, 

 Thanks to the friends true to their King, 

 Was not allowed his light to bring, 

 But on arriving on the spot, 

 Was foiled in his outrageous plot, 

 And thus the enemies of our land, 

 Before the judges had to stand, 

 And to their cost they quickly learned 

 The fate they had so richly earned. 



So now appealing to your aid, 



To help the efforts we have made, 



We hold our annual fete to-night, 



And burn our Guy Fawkes by torchlight. 



Trusting, kind friends, to your liberality to assist us in this 

 Demonstration, 



We are, yours faithfully, 



St Martin's Torchlight Procession. 



GOD SAVE THE KING. 



Tozeri, Printers, Guernsey. 



Some years ago the processionists were forbidden to 

 march through the town because of the disorder that ensued. 

 Not that the processionists themselves were disorderly, but 

 because their spectacular display attracted a very undesirable 

 following of loafers and others who indulged in rough and 

 objectionable horseplay. Roasted apples used to be thrown 

 at passers-by, and so were small paper bags filled with flour, 

 which bags were supposed to burst when they hit the person 

 aimed at, and the flour was scattered over his clothing. These 

 rowdy practices have however gradually died away, and 

 indeed the general interest in the whole affair has for years 

 been becoming less and less, while this year (1911) the two 

 Constables of St. Martin's for the first time officially forbade 

 the procession on any of the public roads of their own parish, 

 so that the celebration at St. Martin's, at any rate, is probably 

 now finally ended. 



