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NOTES AND QUERIES. [i2s.m.Nov.,i9i7,
spire, surmounted by a cross. The in-
scription is as follows :
In
Memory of Henry Pearson
Gates,
First Mayor of this City.
Besides the arms of the City and See of Peterborough are the following : Per pale, sable and gules, three lions rampant guar- dant or (Gates) ; and Gates, impaling Azure, a chevron sable between three maunches of the second (Mansel).
JOHN BIGGS.
Leicester. On Easter Tuesday, April 15, 1873, this statue was inaugurated in the presence of 20,000 people. It was sculp- tured by Mr. G. A. Lawson, and is of white Sicilian marble, 7 feet high. The granite pedestal is 8 feet high, circular in shape, and merely records :
John Biggs 18011871.
He was a native of Leicester, and engaged in the staple trade. He was three tunes mayor of his native town, and represented it in Parliament from 1856 to 1863, when declining health compelled him to retire.
JOHN T. PAGE. Long Itchington, Warwickshire.
(To be continued.)
0?HE CORRESPONDENCE OF RICHARD
EDWARDS, 1669-79.
(See ante, pp. 1, 44, 81, 122, 161, 205, 244, 262, 293, 323, 349, 377, 409, 439.)
LETTER LXVIII.
Richard Edwards to Ralph Harwar (rough draft). (O.C. 3490.)
Cassumbuzar 3d October 1670 To the Doctour
yours by Mr Vincent I have received and returne you many thanks for, esteeming my selfe much obliged to your humanity in Seeking to renue the almost dead corre- spondence between us, and could I have khowne your inclinations, I had, I assure you, anticipated you in the like desire, for indeed the fault was cheifly on my part, and only excusable in that the creditt of my friend, which I thought you somewhat neerly touch' t (rather then any great ex- ception my Selfe tooke) caused me to returne
you so sharp an answer ; but I shall omitt
repetitions, and only crave pardon for what
was amiss on my Side, and Since I assure
my Selfe of your reality I doe on my part
promise my utmost endeavours for the
perfecting of an entire amity betwixt us,
for which I think I cannot lay a better
foundation then to desire Jrom you, and
from my selfe assure you, oblivion of all
actions past, and I hope my future comport
you shall find so full of opennesse and
reality as may make you willing to entertain
a more strict friendship, which if you shall
thinke me- worthy of, you Shall ever find
me most ready to embrace ; and I doubt
not to remove the opinion you may have
possibly conceived that I am apt to take
notice of any small mistake or irregularity,,
for under such was this, only it's happening
in the rawnesse and infancy of our acquaint-
ance caused it to amount to such an heigth,
[Unsigned] [Endorsed] To Doctor Harwar 3d Octr: 70
LETTER, LXIX.
John Vickers to Richard Edwards.
(O.C. 3492.)
Hugly the 5th October 1670 Mr Richard Edwards Dear Friend
My last to you was Per Mr Vincent which I hope Safely reach' t your handes ; having Received non[e] from you since,, have little to advise, Save that Mr Clavell has Received your bundle from Mr Fr[e]man, it reaching his hands before mine. Mr Marshall Desires kindly to be Reme[mberd] to you and hath Delivered me 2 smell bumboes* and 1 pallamposet for you which I have Sent Per this Boat in Charge of Sheek ChaunJ peon.
I hear nothing from Mr Mainw[ar]ing as yet of the receipt of the Goodes, hope Per the next may advise you their sale,, promising to bee more large, in the interim Remaine
Your Reall and affectionatly loving Friend
JNO. VICKERS
pardon the trouble you will receive in read- ing this, being in hast.
Id. J. V.
[Endorsed] To Mr Richard Edwards
Merchant In Cassumbazar [In Richard Edwards' s writing] Received the 12th October
- Bamboos, an unusual spelling of the word.
t A quilt. See Letter IV. J Shekh Khan.
