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NOTES AND QUERIES. 112 s. n. OCT. 7, me.
21 d" time for y e Concern'd to prove their intrest
else all to be condemn'd & copy of y e Judgem 1 will
be sent next week for England to have y c Con-
firmacon -of y e Admiralty w* goods were laden at
Venice are freed.
Some time before was bro* in a Genovese richly laden from Palermo for Leg & Genoa by a Corsair belong* to his Roy 1 Highness y D. of Savoy under his patent A: bandiera <k directed to y e English Consuls at Liv <fc y e place to take care of y m A: assist them sev 1 Eng 8 being concern'd in s d Corsair y e Judgem' w ch has been given is to free y e bark to y c master w ch has been done w* realy by Authentick proofes belong to Genoese at Genoa is restored & w' on good proof &c* be to Sicilians has been Condemn'd as prize, indeed y e vvriteings w ch have been produced to clear some of y e Effects declare a great part for y e Palerm- itaiis ace* & they are concern'd [illegible,? one-third or less] in a part of y e Silk w ch is 74 bales & so are all y e Genovese & Venetians w ch may Serve p' Governo w' ever Industry they use to Stiffle y e truth, & w ta worse y n all y e Governm* notw th - stand* my Lord Pembrooks ord to y e Contrary w ch I have by me und r y e Admirals seal would have
prizes come und r their directions & will meddle
w ch is very Injui" <V derogatory to y' L d high
Admirals hon r & jurisdiction so y' they may do
w' they may repent off
we want y here S r w th y e fleet to regulate matters relate 8 to o r Nation for tho they i/ive fair words they have it in little Esteem.
It would be very well if y would please to procure y e Kings orders for hav* w* ever y fleet wants from hence, duty free, as was in Admiral Aylmers time, & noth but w< is most Just & reasonable y e dutys being very high here " I salute y w th my best respects and rem e S r your Hon most obed* & most humble Serv*
JOHN FLEETWOOD.
To the right hon ble S r Jn Norris Admiral & Comm r in chief of her Maties fleet in the
Mediterranean Endorsed :
M r Fleetwood's letter of the 7 th of August 1710 from Naples giving acc ot of several prizes bro* in there.
R. W. B.
AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740.
(See ante, pp. 3, 43, 84, 122, 163, 204, 243.)
BRIGADIER CORNWALLIS'S REGIMENT OF FOOT was raised in 1685 by Henry-, Duke of Beaufort, and was composed of men from Devonshire, Somersetshire, and Dorsetshire; Tt was later stvled the llth or North Devonshire Regiment of Foot, and is now the Devonshire Regiment :
Brigadier Cornwallis's Regiment of Foot.
Stephen Cornwallis, Colonel (1)
Robinson Sowle (2)
Edward Montague . .
John Edwards
Richard Scott
Charles Greenwood (3)
Arnoldus Tullekins (4)
William Mackintosh
Earl of Ancram (5)
Charles Guerin
Robert Browne . . . .
William Horneck John Henry Bastide William Lee Lancelot Storey Samuel Crich (6) John Reed
John Dalgardno (7) . . Joseph Comes Thomas Browne I Charles Fonjulian
(1) Second son of the 4th Baron Cornwallis title extinct in 1852. He was Colonel of the 34th Foot from 1734 to 1738, and died on May 17, 1743, then being Major-General.
(2) Was Colonel of the regiment from 1743 to 1746, when he was appointed to the Colonelcy of the 3rd Royal Marine Regiment.
(3) Became Major in the regiment, March 30, 1742.
(4) Or Tullikens.
(5) William Henry Kerr, elder son of William, 3rd Marquess of Lothian, whom he succeeded in 1767 as 4th Marquess. Was transferred to the 1st Foot Guards in 1741, and later held the Colonelcy of the llth Dragoons. See ' D.N.B.'
(6) Or Oeiche. Captain-Lieutenant in the regiment, April 25, 1741.
(7) Or Dalgarno. Captain in the 12th Foot, Dec. 5, 1747.
Brigadier
Lieutenant Colonel Major
Captains
Captain Lieutenant
Lieutenants
Dates of their
Dates of their first
esent commissions. commissions.
9 Aug. 1738
Ensign, 19 Mar. 1719.
23 Jan. 1731-2
Ensign, 6 April 1704.
21. Jan. 1737-8
Ensign, 27 May 1728.
15 April 1707
Ensign, 31 Dec. 1688.
6 Dec. 1721
Ensign, 20 Oct. 1711.
12 Oct. 1732
Ensign, Nov. 1710.
5 June 1733
Ensign, 15 April 1707.
21 Jan. 1737-8
Ensign, 4 Oct. 1727.
9 Jan. 1738-9
Cornet, 20 June 1735.
12 Jan. 1739-40
Ensign, 28 Nov. 1717.
ditto
Ensign, 6 Nov. 1712.
6 April 1708.
25 Feb. 1717-8
Ensign, 1711.
13 Aug. 1722
Ensign, 22 July 1712.
24 Mav 1723
Ensign, 5 Jan. 1715-6.
30 Jaii. 1727-8
Ensign, 10 April 1708.
5>ft Tan IT^-fi
' .ii n. ji (.i.i-'.
17 Mar. 1735-6
Ensign, 25 Feb. 1717-8.
12 Jan. 1739-40
Ensign, 24 May 1723.
19 ditto.
7 Feb. 1739-40
Ensign, 22 July 1718.
