9<S. XL MARCH 28, 1903.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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Nonconformist visitors to London invariably
found their way through the maze of streets
and courts which surrounded this modest
place of worship. One wonders whether the
sermon \vhich has been annually preached
for nearly two centuries to commemorate the
great storm of 1703 will continue to be
delivered in whatever chapel has taken the
place of this old one. Many well-known
ministers and prominent members of the
Baptist community found a last resting-place
in the vaults of Little Wild Street, and it is
hoped that some antiquary will preserve their
names to us.
A writer in the Daily News recalls the fact that it was in a house near this chapel that on 1 Januaiy, 1825, the old actor Ralph Wewitzer d'erl in great destitution. His
- School for Wits ; or, the Cream of Jests,'
was at one time well known, and may even now occasionally be met with. Perhaps some reader of ' N. & Q.' will tell us of other associations which linger round this old temple of Dissent.
FREDERICK T. HIBGAME.
WE must request correspondents desiring infor-
' ill ' '
lation on family matters of only private interest
affix their names and addresses to their queries,
order that the answers maybe addressed to them
lirect.
K" OVERSLAUGH." Can any reader of
^. & Q.' help us with information as to
. le origin and history of the term overslaugh
in the British army, and with quotations for
it before the middle of the nineteenth cen-
tury? The first instance that has yet reached
us is one of 1855, in which the well-known
General Perronet Thompson, in one of his
political pamphlets, refers to u what soldiers
call their overslaugh." This looks rather
colloquial ; but the word is used in 1859 in
' Musketry Instruction for the Army,' p. 8 :
" In depot battalions, the officers holding the
permanent appointments of instructors of musketry
are to be allowed an overslaugh on the roster for
duty with the service companies, which they are
not to be required to join without special orders
from the Commander-in-Chief."
This passage, I am informed, does not occur in the 'Musketry Instruction' of 1855 or 1856. Finally, the term is used in the 'Queen's Regulations' of 1868, para- graph 837 : "When an Officer's turn of duty comes along with other duties, he is to be detailed for that duty which has the pre- cedence, and he is to receive an overslaugh for any other duties." This paragraph, I ain
told, does not occur in the ' Regulations ' of
1866, 1854, or any earlier year. On the other
hand, I have been assured by one of the
oldest of retired officers that the term was
as well established and fully recognized in
the array, when he joined it in the thirties,
as it is to-day. Apparently, however, it had
not yet received official recognition. As to
derivation, the term appears to be adopted
From the Dutch overslaan, to pass over, omit.
But when, why, or in what circumstances
was a Dutch word likely to gain currency in
bhe British army ] Any information throw-
ing light on this question will be heartily
welcomed, as will any quotation for the word,
printed or written, before 1855. (Please be
it noted that I am not asking about the
American overslaugh, a bar in a river, or to
overslaugh, to pass over the senior candidate
For an appointment ; only about overslaugh
in the army.) J. A. H. MURRAY.'
Oxford.
ARMS OF BOROUGHS AND DIOCESES. When were boroughs and dioceses first granted arms, and with what object? I have consulted Clark, Planche', Boutell, <fec., with- out success. D. K. T.
TREVELYAN LEGEND. I should be much obliged if any of your readers could inform me where is first told in literature the legend of a Trevelyari swimming a horse from the submerged land of Lyonnesse to a spot near St. Michael's Mount. A. M. Z.
CAPTURE OF CADIZ IN 1589. Can any of the correspondents of 'N. & Q.' give me a list of the 117 ships and of the captains of each that constituted the fleet which sailed from England and captured Cadiz ? If so, I shall be much obliged. F.R.A.S.
SIR TOBIE MATTHEW. I should be grateful for information as to the present whereabouts of a MS. entitled 'A History of the Late Times,' an opus imperfectum of Sir Tobie Matthew. A. H. MATHEW.
Chelsfield, Kent.
SCHULZE, THE GERMAN ORGAN-BUILDER.
I shall be grateful for any information as to Edmund Schulze the man, his methods, &c.
J. H. BURN. The Parsonage, Ballater, Aberdeenshire.
HEDGEHOG. Afriend of mine named Harris has the above creature as his crest. It has therefore occurred to me that some gentle- man of that name bore that crest. I recollect that the French for hedgehog is herisson. Can the gentleman who bore that crest in
