DR. PETER DU MOULIN AND NORTH WALES (11 S. vi. 389). A letter, dated Canterbury, 11 Oct., 1675, from Dr. Peter Du Moulin the younger to Sir Thomas Myddelton, second Baronet of Chirk Castle, discloses the benefaction in North Wales bestowed on the Doctor by Archbishop Williams, which he enjoyed from 1626 to the time of his death in 1684. It throws no light, however, on his "mother-in-law." Should it not be mother or "stepmother"? Sir Thomas, to whom the letter is addressed, succeeded to the baronetcy when he was only twelve years of age, his father, Sir Thomas, dying in 1663, and his grandfather, Sir Thomas Myddelton, Knt., in 1666. It is through the kindness of Mr. Richard Myddelton, the present possessor of Chirk Castle, that I am enabled to send a copy of this letter.

SIR,

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Though I haue not the happines to be knowne to you, I was to yor worthy father, and more to my noble friend yor Grandfathr who did severall wayes oblige me, and once kept me a whole Xmas att Chirk Castle; But I hope I need noe other introduction to the businesse I haue with you then yo owne righteousnes and Gentlenes.

My busines, Sir, is to represent vnto you, that you are possest with a litle piece of glebe belonging to my Rectorie of LLanarmon in Yale (called tir llan, that is terra ecclesiæ) which yor GrandfathTM without any designe to wrong the Church, & being ignorant of my right, bought of Mr. John LLoyd of Kelligonen [Gelligynan] a yeare or two before the Civil warre. When I knew of that wrong to my church I represented it to S Tho: whom I found inclined to amicable termes. But the warre debarred me from any recouery of my right, the Rectorie being seized into the Parliam's hands because I was found guilty of loyalty, And since the King's returne, either yo young yeares, or yo' trauelling abroad, haue kept me from renewing my claime. Sir, the matter is but small, it is but foure akers of ground in the township of Boddigra yr yarll, & I thank God I am in a Condition to find noe want of it, yet y losse of it to the Church in my time lyeth heavy vpon my Conscience, & calls vpon me, who am welnigh 76 years old, not to goe out of this world, before I haue discharged my duty to the Church in yt particular. Edward, father to John LLoyd, holding that land without

paying anything to the Church I gott him summoned by a reference from the King to appeare before y Lords of ye Councell about it, where I produced the terriar of the Church & other such evident proofes as made the Lords satisfied of my right, And before their Lordsh the said Edward Lloyd acknowledged that he had nothing to shew for it. Wherevpon ye Lords advised him to setle the sd busines by some reasonable agreem with the present Incumbent, but soe as the right of y Church might be declared, or in default thereof, to attend them with his answere in the begining of Easter terme of the yeare 1636. Mr. Edward LLoyd shewed himselfe willing to yeald y tennam wholy, and did not attend ye Lords any more. But falling sick of a very long sioknes And his of which he died nothing was done. son rather then to restore that tenement to the Church chose to sell it to Sir Tho: Myddelton for which Sir I am certeine yt you shall find among your papers no title produced by him; it being knowne in ye Countrey that his family had never one foot of ground in Bodigra yr yarli. Sir in this busines I cast myselfe vpon your justice & wisdome & doe humbly craue your resolution & directions, resting in ye meane while you most humble servant yt beares an hereditary loue to PETER DU MOULIN. yo' family.

Sr you may be pleasd to honour me with a letr directed to me at Canterbury where I am one of the Canons of the Church.

I forgott to say that Edward LLoyd's grandfath held that land by a lease from my predecessor Godfrey Goodman who when I came to the Rectory was made Bishop of Glocester, and from whome I had a certificate of the same which I did exhibit to the Lords and which I keep still. Canterbury, October 11th, 1675.

Woodhall Spa.

W. M. MYDDELTON.

CAPT. PITMAN (11 S. vi. 448, 513).-About fifty years ago Capt. Samuel Pitman lived at the Manor House, Bishop's Hull, near Taunton. He held a commission in the West Somerset Yeomanry, and was a keen sportsman. He owned and hunted the Langport Harriers, and at the same time was Master of the South Berks Foxhounds. The following extract from one of the sporting papers (The County Gentleman and Sportsman's Gazette of 1883) will give some idea of his love of hunting :

"He hunted the harriers near Taunton on Monday, went up to Reading (125 miles) Monday night, hunted the South Berks Hounds on Tuesday and Wednesday, went back to Taunton Wednesday night to hunt his harriers on Thursday, returned to Reading Thursday night to hunt the South Berks on Friday, and on Saturday he often had a day with the Duke of Beaufort or the Vale of White Horse on his way down to Taunton, to be ready for a fresh start on Monday morning. This he did for three seasons, never missing a day except when the frost stopped hunting, his railway journey alone averaging 1,000 miles a week. Upon giving up the South Berks Hounds, Capt. Pitman hunted from Bath with the Duke of Beaufort's, the Vale of White

Horse, and the Old Berkshires, and this he did for a period of thirteen years, often travelling fifty miles by road to a meet. His last season was that of 1877-8, for in the autumn of 1878 he was attacked with a complaint of the spine, which prevented him from riding."

Capt. Pitman was the eldest son of the Rev. S. Pitman of Oulton Hall, and was a magistrate for Norfolk and Somerset. He was a good shot, and much interested in agriculture. He died some years ago, and left (I believe) two sons and two daughters. The elder son is dead, and the second went to Australia. The daughters married, but I do not know whether they are still living.

C. T.

W. CARTER (11 S. vi. 410).—I assume that the person MR. CANN HUGHES asks about was of the last century, as he was buried in a cemetery; that being so, there were then four artists of that name.

In A Dictionary of Artists,' 1895, Mr. Algernon Graves enumerates three as having exhibited, viz., W. Carter (1849-50), William Carter (1836-76), and, lastly, the wellknown portrait painter of the present day, who exhibited a portrait of himself at the Royal Academy in 1910. The other two (who both address from London, and never Bristol), I came to the conclusion, after an inspection of the R.A. Catalogues, were the same person. But, on tracing their addresses out in the Post Office Directories, I do not think my conclusion can be right. The fact is that they are, as was usual with the early Royal Academy Catalogues (see my note, 11 S. iv. 201), so mixed up that identification is most difficult, if not impossible. On referring to the Post Office Directory at the address given for "W. Carter in the Royal Academy Catalogue for 1849, I find he was also a William," and that he was at 23, Philpot Lane, from 1847 to 1875, and his business is given as "architect and surveyor." He is the one first above-mentioned, and according to the Catalogues he exhibited once only at the Royal Academy, and that was in 1849, from 23, Philpot Lane, No. 297, An old gateway at Hanham [sic]. Mills, near Bristol.' The 1850 exhibit was at Suffolk Street Exhibition. Also in 1849 William Carter exhibited No. 16, A scene on the Tees,' and No. 1160, Sketch for a country residence'; and his address in the Royal Academy Catalogue index is 23, Alfred Place, Bedford Square. He is not in the Post Office Directory at that address, but at 238, High Holborn, which was his exhibition address for some years. He exhibited

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at the British Institution from 1843 to 1861, his address being 238, High Holborn. He was an artist. I think that No. 1160 really belonged to the architect of 23, Philpot Lane, as did also other exhibits of an archiartist's tectural kind indexed under the name. Mr. Graves in The Royal Academy Exhibitors' (this is the title on his bound copies, and it is the running title, but the title-pages have The Royal Academy of 'W. Carter Arts) has (this was the architect) for one picture only at the Royal Academy in 1849. But Mr. Graves's next entry is of the namesake whom I call the artist, who exhibited "landscapes" at the Royal Academy from 1847 to 1876. Among his exhibits in 1847 I find No. 79 is A Ferry at Hankham [sic], near Bristol.' It seems most curious that two persons of the same name should both go to Bristol for their subjects about the same time! Perhaps the Bristol subjects belong to the artist MR. CANN HUGHES inquires for, and to neither of the others.

In the Print-Room, British Museum, there three are water-colour sketches signed "W. Carter," which are by the artist: one was given by Mr. Sidney Vacher. RALPH THOMAS.

APPARENT DEATH (11 S. v. 428; vi. 16, 58, 133, 193, 353). The real facts are these: Mr. Notman, a British subject, a Quaker, was inspector of the Imperial tanneries in Russia.

He lived in a rather lonely district, and once, when he was far away on duty, Mrs. Notman was taken ill, and, as was supposed, died. For two days she was laid out for burial by the Russian servants in charge. Meanwhile a messenger was sent to Mr. Notman, then 600 miles away. John Howard was a very intimate friend of the Notmans, and happening just then, in his travels, to be within reach of their residence, he thought he would call to see them. On arriving at the house, to his surprise he was informed by the servants of what had occurred. Being a friend, he obtained permission to see the body, and observing that there was not so much change in appearance as ought to take place two days after death, he doubted its reality, and at once had recourse to restoratives. By applying the glass of his watch to her mouth, he detected signs of breathing, and stayed on till complete restoration was effected.

I had these facts from my mother-in-law, Mrs. Richard Knill, who was born after this event, and received the information direct from her mother, Mrs. Notman.

She

also told me that when, in 1832, she and Mr. Knill, her husband, landed from Russia in London, they drove direct to St. Paul's to see the monument to John Howard. Because of this singular service of Howard to the Notmans and Knills, one of my own sons, now in Colombo, bears the name of Howard, and one of my grandsons, now in Canada, the name of John Howard. CHARLES CHAPMAN.

Bristol.

THOMAS PRETTY, VICAR OF HURSLEY (11 S. vi. 131, 175, 455, 513). — MRS. SUCKLING's interesting notes re above appeared by a coincidence at the same time as the query about the Harveys of Whittington, Staffordshire. Ursula Harvey, who married Thomas Pretty at Whittington, 18 Sept., 1673, was daughter of Nicholas, not William, Harvey. Also, Harvey Combe, son of Edmund Combe and Katherine Pretty his wife, was baptized, not at Andover, but at St. Clement Danes, Strand, 27 Sept., 1716. He was buried at Andover 2 Aug., 1787. The connexion between the St. Johns and Prettys may have been through the Combes, as Edmund Combe's great-uncle, Sir Francis Topp, had a son Sir John, the last baronet (see Burke's Extinct Baronetage ), who married Barbara, daughter of Sir Walter St. John, Bart. S. T.

LONG "S," DATE OF DISAPPEARANCE (11 S. vi. 386).-Interesting instances of the transition and disappearance of the long & are in Bewick's works.

The Quadrupeds.' - In the first four editions, printed by S. Hodgson at The Newcastle Chronicle office, and dated 1790, 1791, 1792, and 1800, the long s is used throughout each volume. In the subsequent editions, printed by Edward Walker at The Newcastle Courant office, and dated 1807, 1811, 1820, and 1824, the short s is used throughout.

'The Birds,' Vol. I.-In the first two editions, printed by Hodgson, both dated 1797 (although the second was not issued until 1798), the 1804 demy 8vo, and the royal 8vo edition, also dated 1804-but not published until 1814 or 1815 (see 11 S. vi. 281)-both printed by Walker, the long is used throughout. In the 1809 edition the long s is used in the Preface, Introduction, Explanation of Technical Terms, and Contents, and the short s in the body of the work. In the 1816 and subsequent editions the short s is used throughout.

'The Birds,' Vol. II.-In the first edition, printed by Walker, and dated 1804, the Advertisement," short 8 is used in the

or preface (which is printed in italics, and dated Newcastle upon Tyne, July 3, 1804 "), and the long s in the remainder of the volume. In the second edition, dated 46 New1805 (royal 8vo), the Preface (dated castle upon Tyne December, 1805") is a new one printed in roman letters, and the long s is used throughout the volume. In the 1809 edition the long 8 is used in the Preface and Introduction, and the short s in the body of the work. In the 1816 and subsequent editions the short 8 is used throughout.

The Fables of Esop and Others.'-The short s is used throughout the two editions, printed by Walker, dated 1818 and 1823. WHITE LINE.

NOVELS IN NORTHANGER ABBEY' (11 S. vi. 449).-The Biographical Dictionary of Living Authors,' 1816, includes The Midnight Bell,' 3 vols., 12mo, amongst the works of George Walker (1772-1847), a London bookseller; as no date of publication is given, but that of a preceding work is 1813, it would seem to be 1814 or 1815. The Dictionary of National Biography attributes to George Walker "The Midnight Bell, London, 1824. Under heading as above in the British Museum Catalogue the work in English does not appear, but there is " La Cloche de Minuit. Traduit de l'ang.. lais [1799]," with cross-reference

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Cloche,' and at the latter heading a MS. alteration of "G. Walker to Francis Lathom.. Search under the last-mentioned name resulted in finding "The Midnight Bell, a German story, founded on incidents in real life. In 3 vols. By Francis Lathom," second edition, A. K. Newman & Co., Leadenhall Street, 1825; and also in the discovery that, as one of many works, there is ascribed to Francis Lathom (17771832) in the 'Dictionary of National Biography "The Midnight Bell, 3 vols., London, 1798; another edition, 1800. The authorship of the novel appears, therefore, to be in dispute, and the circumstance of its attribution in the Dictionary of National Biography' to two different writers is curious, as it appears hardly probable that separate novels bearing the same title would be brought out within a few years of each other.

George Walker is said by Halkett and "The Haunted Laing to have published Castle, a Norman Romance, 2 vols., 1794,' which is also credited to him in the Bibl.

Dict. of Living Authors,' 1816, so that he appears to have written anonymously at times. The Midnight Bell,' bearing Francis Lathom's name on its title-page, has its scenes and characters in Germany, but nothing to show it to be a translation. It is a widely printed romance of the Mrs. Radcliffe school, with plenty of space and margin in its three small volumes, and might easily be contained in one of quite moderate size.

I have come across no other novels in the Northanger Abbey' list, and am inclined to think several, at least, of the names given are parodies or imitations, and not actual titles of published works. The authoress of Clermont' is given in the Biog. Dict. of Living Authors' as Regina Maria Roche. W. B. H.

"PROCK" (11 S. vi. 447).—The singular belief to which MR. THORNTON refers is well known. Sir Thomas Browne discussed it in one of the most entertaining chapters of his Pseudodoxia Epidemica,' Book III. 5, and found it repugnant unto the three determinators of truth, Authority, Sense and Reason.' The objection with which he concludes is worth quoting :

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"Lastly, The monstrosity is ill contrived, and with some disadvantage; the shortnesse being affixed unto the legs of one side, which might have been more tolerably placed upon the thwart or Diagoniall movers."

Browne, while speaking of this vulgar error as "perhaps not very ancient," refers to Albertus Magnus (thirteenth century) as confessing he could not confirm the verity hereof."

Those who attended the luncheon held after the unveiling of Sir Thomas Browne's statue at Norwich on the tercentenary of his birth, 19 Oct., 1905, will remember Lord Avebury's speech, in which he described how, on an occasion when the point was put to a practical test, two persons were found to declare that when they looked at the badger the legs on one side did appear longer than those on the other. But on comparing notes, it appeared that one gave the preference to the left, the other to the right. EDWARD BENSLY.

YELVER IN PLACE-NAMES (11 S. vi. 191, 218, 297, 352, 416).-May I say, in reference to the Yelverton in South Devon referred to by MR. A. L. MAYHEW at the last reference, that this version of the name dates practically, I believe, from the opening of the railway station so called? I distinctly recollect that in a map of the district round

Plymouth dating, I think, from about 1849 The the place was then called Elfordtown. Elfords were a well-known family residing in the neighbourhood in Queen Elizabeth's time, and long subsequently.

I have also found since writing the above that the spelling Elfordtown appears not only in two other local maps published in Plymouth and Devonport from forty to fifty years since, viz., Heydons's Devonport and Sellick's 'Plymouth,' but it is found in the Government Ordnance Map itself. W. S. B. H.

"DANDER"

(11 S. vi. 468).-Halliwell dander in the enters Archaic Dictionary,' and says that in various dialects He does not venture it signifies "anger."

on the derivation of the term. Brewer in Phrase and Fable' definitely states that "the word is a corruption of d- anger," and adds that "this is generally considered to be an Americanism." On the other hand, in Scotland smithy cinders are called danders." Though not of a particularly fiery quality, these have possibilities, as is thus shown in a national lyric :

And when the callans, romping thick,
Did crowd the hearth alang,
Oft have I blown the danders quick
Their mizlie shins amang.

Discussing this term, both in reference to its association with the blacksmith's shop, and as denoting a piece of the scorice of iron or of the refuse of glass, Jamieson in the Scottish Dictionary is disposed to connect it with Isl. tendr-a, adding that "Tindr-a signifies to emit sparks." haps, then, the kindling process is suggested when it is said that "the dander is up."

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THOMAS BAYNE.

I suspect "dander" is a form of " tander' tinder: to "get a man's dander up "is to set his temper afire. "Tander," as the 'E.D.D.' testifies, is used in Pembrokeshire as the name of a rotten phosphorescent stick," and something very like the word is seen on those boxes of Swedish lucifers which one meets with on the Continent.

I do not know whether this has occurred to anybody else. Mr. John S. Farmer says nothing of it in his Dictionary of Americanisms,' and his investigations may be considered :—

"Possibly an English provincialism. It may be remarked in this connection that Brewer in of damned anger,' the damned' being employed Phrase and Fable' quotes dander as a corruption

as an oath. He further remarks that Halliwell gives in his Archaic Dictionary' both dander