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woman ; and if they be not suspicious, bring them
to an Inn, and if they be found suspicious or
untrue then that they be brought to ward until
the Mayor and Bailiffs have had examination of
them."
That the oath administered to John
Shakespeare did not materially differ from
this may be inferred from his son's delicious
. burlesque of the office in ' Much Ado About
Nothing,' III. iii. Iff :
Dogberry. Are you good men and true ? . . . . This is your charge you shall comprehend all vagrom men, you are to' bid any man stand in the
Prince's name.... You shall also make no noise-
in the streets. . . .You are to call at all the ale-
houses and bid those that are drunk get them to
bed. . . .If you meet a thief you may suspect him.
to be no true man.
Watchman. If we know him to be a thief shall we not lay hands on him ?
Dogberry. Truly, by your office you may.
Verges. If you hear a child crying in the night*, you must call to the nurse and bid her still it.
EDGAR I. FRIPP. (To be continued.)
AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740.
(See 12 S. ii. passim ; iii. 46, 103, 267, 354, 408, 438 j vi. 184, 233, 242, 290, 329 ; vii. 83, 125, 146, 146, 165, 187, 204, 265, 08, 327.)
The next regiment (p. 68) was raised in July, 1715, in the south of England, by Brig.- General James Dormer, as "Dormer's Dragoons," later becoming the 14th Regiment of Dragoons.
Successively, it has been styled " 14th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons " (1776) ; " 14th (or the Duchess of York's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons " (1798) ; " 14th (or the- King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons " (1830) ; and " 14th (The King's) Regiment o Hussars " (1861) ; now (1920) being " 14th (King's) Hussars."
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel Major
Captains
Captain Lieutenant
Lieutenants . .
Cornets
Brigadier Hamilton's Regiment of
Dragoons. . . Archibald Hamilton (1)
William. Wright
Mich. O'Brien Dilkes (2) (Richard Bowles (3) J. James Norris (4) ( James Clark
Josias Paterson (5) / Thomas Ellis
William Hamilton (6) - William Ross (7)
Alexander Knapton . . v James Baillie (8) (Peter Smith
John Maine (9) ! Trever Smith (10) .. "j Arthur Forth (11) I George Nash (12)
Dates of their
present commissions.
. . 27 June 1737
7 July 1737 .. 13 Jan. 1737
2 May 1724 .. 12 Dec. 1733 .. 13 Jan. 1737 . . 13 Sept. 1721
5 April 1720 . . 25 Aug. 1720 . . 29 Feb. 1729 .. 30 Aug. 1733 . . 29 June 1739 . . 14 April 1722
1 May 1734
2 Aug. 1734 . . 20 June 1739 . . 22 Nov. 1739 . . 22 Nov. 1739
Dates of their first
commissions. Cornet, 1688..
Cornet,
ditto
ditto
12 Aug. 1712.
15 July 1719.
1 May 1705.
Lieutenant, 21 Dec. 1708*.
Cornet, 3 July 1711.
ditto 22 July 1715..
ditto 3 June 1717.
Ensign, 24 April 1706*.
Cornet, 13 Sept. 1721.
Ensign, 4 Nov. 1717
VHenry Malone (13)
(1) Major- General, Jan. 1, 1742 ; Lieut.-General, 1748. Died July 8, 1749.
(2) Captain, June 15, 1723; Lieut.-Colonel, Nov. 14, 1746; Major- General, Mar. 11, 1755? Lieut.-General, Feb. 11, 1759 ; General, May 25, 1772. Appointed Colonel of the 50th Foot, Feb. 3 .1774. Died in 1775.
(3) Major, Mar. 13, 1742.
(4) Ma'jor, 1746 ; Lieut.-Colonel, 1749.
(5) Captain, Mar. 13, 1742. Died in 1753. ((>) Captain, 1746.
(7) Retired on half-pay, June 20, 1753.
(8) Captain, 1746. Major, June 19, 1751- Still in the regiment in 1755.
(9) Lieutenant, 1742.
(10) Captain-Lieutenant, Mar. 12, 1754. Still in the regiment in 1755.
(11) Lieutenant, Sept. 12, 1745. Still in the regiment in 1755.
(12) Lieutenant, 1754. [ (13) Died in 1753.
J. H. LESLIE, Lieut. -ColonoT (Retired List X- (To be continued.)
