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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. 11. OCT. as, me.
aided by a garrison and brave inhabitants of this
"City, most gallantly defended it through a pro-
tracted Siege, viz : from the 7th December, 1688,
to the 12th of August following, ;i gainst an arbi-
trary and bigoted monarch, heading an army of
upwards of 20,000 men, many of whom were
foreign mercenaries, and by such valiant conduct
in numerous sorties, and by patiently enduring
extreme privations and sufferings, successfully
resisted the besiegers and preserved' for their
posterity the blessings of civil and religious
liberty."
The pedestal also bears the names of the other leaders : Butler, Murray, Mitchel- burne, Cairnes, Leake, arid Browning.
JEMIMA NICHOLAS.
Fishguard, Pembroke. A memorial, in shape exactly like an ordinary upright grave- stone, is placed on the north side of the Market Square, contiguous to the wall of the parish church. It is thus inscribed :
In
Memory of Jemima Nicholas
of this Town
" The Welsh Heroine "
who boldly marched to meet
The French Invaders who landed on our shores in
February 1797. She died in Main Street July 1832
Aged 82 years. At the date of the invasion she
was 47 years old, and lived 35 years after the event.
Erected by subscription collected at the Centenary Banquet July 6 1897.
Near the spot where the French landed is a roughly hewn stone, on which is inscribed as follows :
1897
CARREG GOPPA
QLANIAD-Y-FFRANCOD
CHWEFBOR 22 1797
MEMORIAL STONE
OP THE
LANDING OP THE FRENCH FEBRUARY 22 1797
(See also 11 S. vi. 386 ; x. 290, 350.)
DAVID KEWLEY.
Douglas, Isle of Man. A drinking fountain near the Victoria Pier is thus inscribed :
Erected by Public Subscription
in memory of David Kewley (Dawsey)
as a tribute of
Admiration for his bravery in saving at various tunes 23 "lives
from drowning.
May his example prove an
incentive to like heroic deeds.
A.D. 1904.
WILLIAM WALTON.
Ferryhill, co. Durham. A monument, designed by R. Swinburn, was unveiled by John Johnson, Esq., M.P., in April, 1908. It stands in front of the Town Hall, and is thus inscribed :
" Erected by the Officials and Workmen of Dean and Chapter Colliery to the memory of the late William Walton (Overman), who sacrificed his life in saving the lives of two boys at Dean Bank, August 8th, 1906."
PEECY H. GORDON.
Rochester. On Nov. 2, 1912, Lady Darnley unveiled a memorial tablet on the Esplanade to Percy Henry Gordon, aged 26, a visitor, who was drowned on April 5, 1912, in attempting to rescue a little girl from the Medway.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (ante, p. 264.)
I am informed by a correspondent that Florence Nightingale's burial-place is at East Wellow, Hampshire, and not at We.st Wellow, Wilts, as stated at the .above reference. I may add that my information was obtained from The Daily Graphic of Aug. 19, 1910, in which issue photo-repro- ductions appeared of
" The Grave and Church of West Willow, Wiltshire, where the funeral of the late Florence Nightingale will take place to-morrow."
JOHN T. PAGE. Long Itchington, Warwickshire.
(To be continued.)
NEWSPAPER HISTORY : ' THE ISLINGTON
GAZETTE.' The Islington Gazette, one of the
oldest of London's so-called local papers,
has just celebrated its Diamond Jubilee
(1856-1916), the actual 60th birthday being
Sept. 21. The outward and visible signs of
the event appeared in the form o; a resume
of its history in the paper itself, while during
the week a,few short commemorative articles
with appreciative letters from old readers
and correspondents were printed. The inner
man was not, however, forgotten, for on
the evening of Sept. 22 the staff were
entertained by the proprietors the Trounce
family to a "substantial English dinner at
the Old Bell Restaurant in Holborn. Three
journalistic personalities stood out in the
course of this function. Two gent lemen were
present who will long be remembered in the
Press Gallery of the House of Commons
the present editor of the paper, Mr. Henry
Trounce, who was in the chair, and
Dr. Lauzun-Brown of The Lancet; while
