If the "shameful offence" alluded to, and to which he is now stated to have pleaded guilty, was that of conniving at the stealing of some college plate whilst head master of Eton, as has been somewhere suggested, it is somewhat strange that he should subsequently have been appointed head master of Westminster School, where he died the following year. The whole story is improbable on the face of it. He lies buried in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, Dec. 23, 1556. The name in the register reads more like "Yevedale," with the interchangeable u and v of the period. J. S. UDAL. Fiji. P.S.-The signature of your correspondent ST. SWITHIN reminds me of a note I intended to make in 'N. & Q.' years ago; but, heedless of Capt. Cattle's advice, did not. Does ST. SWITHIN remember a discussion in 'N. & Q.' as to the proper spelling of his name? Apparently at that time the City Fathers were themselves divided in opinion, for at one end of St. Swithin's Lane, in the City of London, unless my memory fails me, it was written up St. Swithin's Lane, and at the other St. Swithun's. Probably the London County Council has seen to this ere now. [The offence was not theft, but comes under Sir Thomas Browne's definition of "sins heteroclitical," is to be feared that the matter is beyond dispute.] It FOLK-LORE (8th S. v. 449).-There is more, perhaps, in the influence of the moon upon fish than appears from the query of MR. C. LEESON PRINCE. Sharon Turner, in 'The Sacred History of the World,' has this note (letter iii. vol. i. p. 55, 1840): "Fish hung up all night in the light of the moon, when eaten next day has occasioned violent sickness and excruciating pains.'-Montgom., Travels of Tyerm. and Bonnett.'' The book to which there is reference has this for its full title : “Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet Journal of Voyages and Travels in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c., Deputed by the London Missionary Society, compiled from Original Document by James Montgomery, Lond., 1831, 2 vols. portraits, plates." (Lowndes.) There are two replies to the same effect in 'N. & Q.,' 1: S. iv. 355, with reference to the effect of the moon in causing putrefaction in tropical climates. There are various other notices of the influence of the moon's rays. ED. MARSHALL. It is an old usage, not quite forgotten about here, to have tea by daylight for the first time in the season on Candlemas Day. The custom seems to account for the following maxim, which I have heard in connexion with it, and which Mr. Inwards gives on p. 15 of 'Weather Lore ':— You should on Candlemas Day "NIVELING" (8th S. v. 248, 395, 437, 493).Please let me correct a mistake at the last reference. ST. SWITHIN suggests that I ought to have printed the word snivelling with two l's, and not one. If he will only have the goodness to English Text Society (p. 705, col. 2), he will find look at my 'Glossary,' as printed for the Early it so spelt. I hope this will satisfy him, and that we entirely agree." WALTER W. SKEAT. KENNEDY FAMILY (8th S. v. 369).—Sir Richard Kennedy, Bart., of Mount Kennedy, co. Wicklow, second Baron of the Exchequer, who died in London, May 10, 1703, and was buried at St. Margaret's, Westminster, had a daughter Elizabeth, who was married to Edward Jones, Bishop of Cloyne 1682-1692, whence he was translated to St. Asaph, and was created Lord High Almoner to Queen Anne. A younger daughter of Sir Richard Kennedy was called Bridget, and was married to the Rev. Matthew Jones, the bishop's younger brother, Archdeacon of Lismore. F. BROOKSBANK GARNETT. 4, Argyll Road, Kensington. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (8th S. v. 467).-I, in common with many others, am as anxious to obtain a complete collation of Thornton's New Illustration of the Sexual System,' his 'Temple of Flora,' 'Philosophy of Botany,' and other botanical works, as P. F. W., if such a thing be possible; but I know of no two copies exactly alike. I have not seen any part of any of the books named in the original wrapper or cover; but I think the parts must have been issued most irregularly and unequally—that is to say, each and every subscriber did not receive the same text and plates. For instance, there is no plate in the second volume of the Kew copy of the "Philosophy of Botany,' but otherwise it seems to be the same as P. F. W.'s. I have long been on the look out for anything bearing on the life and works of this little-known though exceedingly fertile author; and, with a view of obtaining further information, I have drawn up a very brief sketch of Thornton's life and works, which is in the hands of the editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle. This contains a complete, though not detailed collation of the Kew copy of 'The Temple of Flora' and 'New Illustration of the Sexual System.' Therefore, I will only add now that several of the large engravings were reproduced on a W. BOTTING HEMSLEY. reduced scale. DELESCOT (8th S. v. 367).—The circular pot is probably an ancient apothecary's utensil, and the capital letters form a medical label placed on it by the potter, as was usual long ago. Numerous errors, of course, occurred in the spelling of such labels, d's being used instead of o's, &c. If my conjecture is well founded, the label refers to a preparation of the Scotia speciosa (Guaiacum afrum), a favourite drug of old physicians, and the letters would thus run, "Dil: e: Scot: " dissolutio (solution) of guaiacum; or, if the D will stand for 0 (and if the letters are Gothic the mistake is easy), it may be "Oel: e: Scot:," oil of guaiacum. H. T. SCOTT. A "PHRONTISTÈRE" (8th S. v. 246, 358).Here is a much earlier instance of the use of this word than those given by your correspondents at the second reference : HAIRAY: BARCLAY DOWNIE (8th S. iv. 267). -I cannot offer any information on the family history of these officers, but if MR. MCCORD wishes more particulars of the naval war of 1812-15, he will find some in the last appendix to James's 'Naval History,' edition of 1886, or in Collier's United Service Magazine for April, 1885. I presume he has seen James's 'Naval Occurrences.' American authors are Dawson and recently Roosevelt, besides Fenimore Cooper. A discussion also was carried on in the Army and Navy Journal of New York between September, 1888, and June, 1889. H. Y. P. SWIFT AND STELLA (8th S. v. 107, 215).-Your querist might be referred to 'Swift, the Mystery of his Life and Love,' by James Hay, published by Chapman & Hall, in which the author asserts that he has proved, "beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the marriage story is a scandalous ROBERT BROUGH (8th S. v. 309, 418).-'Songs of the Governing Classes,' by Robert Brough, was certainly published. I have seen two editions. One of them is illustrated. THOS. WHITE. Liverpool. ITALIAN ANTHOLOGY (8th S. v. 387).-FromHoepli's select bibliographical list of 'I migliori Libri Italiani' (Milano, 1892), I gather the titles of three or four recent anthologies which may serve for the student's purpose : moderne. Torino, 1889. 5 lire. 1. Finzi (G.). Antologia di prose e poesie classiche e 2. Targioni-Tazzetti (A.). Antologia della poesia i prosa Italiana. 2 vols. 4 ed. Livorno, 1887-88. 8 lire. 3. Puccianti (G.). Antologia della prosa Italiana. 2 vols. Firenze. 5 lire. 2 vols. (Vol. i. Da Dante a Metastasio; vol. ii. Poesia Moderna.) 5 lire. 4. Puccianti (G.). Antologia della poesia Italiana. An edition of vol. ii., published separately by Lemonnier (Fir., 1872), which lies before me, comprises 588 pages, and deals with thirty-six poets. Richard Gittens sworn etatesThe thing is this my "October 15th, 1660. The Tryal of William Hulett...... Lord, this Gentleman at the bar and myself were both in a Regiment in one Company as Serjeants, about 12 or 13 years together. About a day or two before the King came to the Scaffold, Colonel Hewson did give notice to a Lieutenant, that we should come to him, about 38 of nothing of what they did he swore us to the book: us; and he put us all to our oaths that we should say after he had sworn us, he asked us if we would undertake to do such an Act, if we would, we should have an hundred pounds down, and preferrment in the Army as long as that stood, and the Parliament. Afterwards we refused every person, we thought Captain Hulett did refuse: after all refused, it seems, he did undertake to do the deed. When the King was on the Scaffold, we were Banquetting-Chamber: when they were there I laid in Scotland Yard, and they were upon the Guard in the down my Armes and got into the company: Captain Webb kept the Guard with his Halbert in his hand, by the Scaffold, and I did bustle to come near to them: then I returned back. Hulett (as far as I can guesse) when the King was on the Scaffold, for his execution and said "Executioner, is the block fast?" then he fell upon his knees.' "Councel. Who did?' "Gittens. Hulett, to ask him forgivenesse,' &c...... "Benjamin Francis sworn states. My Lords and Gentlemen of the Jury, as to the Prisoner at the bar (William Hulett) he was very active in that horrid act, there was two of them had both clothes alike, their frocks were close to their bodies (as I remember) they were rather in Butchers habits of wollen, one had a black hat on his head cockt up, and a black beard, and the other had a grey grisled periwig hung down very low, I affirm, that he that cut off the King's head was he in the gray periwig, and I beleeve this was about that man's stature (pointing to Mr. Hulett) and his beard was of the same colour, if he had any. I was coming from Westminster, the scaffold was encompassed within, with a great guard of Souldiers of Redcoats, I think commanded by Biscoe."" It is possible in the above evidence that the name Biscoe may have been given in mistake for C. S. HARRIS. Bostock. Fort Carlisle. JOSHUA JONATHAN SMITH (8th S. iv. 308, 497; v. 72, 238, 435).—I cannot trace in the registers of St. Mary's, Fulham, the interments referred to by your querist MR. HARRISON. Alderman Smith's coffin used to be in a vault beneath this church, and I am informed that it was the only coffin in that vault. I presume that if the relatives had been buried at St. Mary's the same vault would have been used. I am not sure whether it has been put on record that Alderman Smith was, conjointly with Lady Hamilton, executor of the last will and testament of Viscount Nelson. CHAS. JAS. FERET. "SYNALL" (8th S. v. 347).-I am sorry that I cannot answer your correspondent's query. Synall is a word that baffles my search. Assuming, however, that the documents in which MR. PRINGLE finds it are manuscript, I would ask him if he is quite certain of the decipherment. Could a badly written small have been misread as synall? Small has a technical meaning as applied to diamonds. Jeffries, in his' Treatise on Diamonds,' 1751, p. 20, defines "small stones" as stones under the weight of a carat"; and "small diamonds" are referred to by Malynes, in the Lex Mercatoria,' 1622, p. 75, as having "some proportionable price." 66 Since the above was written I have discovered the following manuscript entries in a dictionary that belonged to a deceased friend : "Boart (bort?), granular or imperfectly crystallized diamonds, crushed into powder, or used for engraving on hard stones: 22s. to 30s. per carat." "Bort (boart), small fragments of diamond." This strengthens my suspicion that small is the F. ADAMS. proper word. 80, Saltoun Road, Brixton. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE ARMY OF WATERLOO (8th S. v. 345, 389, 433).—I extract the following from the 'Memoirs' of Pryse Lockhart Gordon, published by Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley in 1830. The writer was at Brussels on June, 18, 1815, and took pains to arrive at the truth : "Perhaps no general in the world except the Duke of Wellington could have maintained for so long a time so unequal a conflict, making every allowance for the steadiness and bravery of the British troops...... From every account [says this writer, and he cites many], the French appear to have exceeded the British in numerical force from 30,000 to 40,000 men. But when we call to mind that the former consisted of picked men, all of one nation, animated by one soul, who had seen a hundred battles, and were called to fight for lost honour and life; and that Wellington's foreign troops were composed of different nations, almost all raw levies from the militia, and recruits who had never been engaged (a part of the German legion, and three English regiments just disembarked from America excepted), it must be admitted that the difference between the two armies was indeed tremendous......I have taken all these details from the best authorities, and hope they will not be considered uninteresting at this distant period." The "distant period" above named was only fifteen years; and it cannot be doubted that the author would have been roughly handled if his statements had not been accurate in every I was mistaken particular. In writing from memory in saying that only one regiment engaged on our side at Waterloo had fought in the Peninsula. I should have said that the Peninsula regiments had been filled up by raw recruits, and that only three regiments of British infantry, lately disembarked from America, could claim to be styled veterans. RICHARD EDGCUMBE. 33, Tedworth Square, Chelsea. I am very much obliged for the quotation. The dyke is still there to see; but I do not remember reading in any account of the campaign what the breadth or depth of it was after the heavy rains. Some of our cavalry forded it on the retreat or retirement through Genappe on the 17th. As to works on the campaign, I cannot see anywhere the Mémoires' of Col. Lemonnier-Delafosse quoted R. B. S. by Creasy. MR. JUSTIN SIMPSON gives a list of French Regiments of the Line at Waterloo and in the Crimea,' 7th S. xi. 506. CELER ET AUDAX. QUEEN'S ENGLISH (8th S. v. 445)-Nor has been used without another negative by the best writers. Virgil frequently uses a single nec, Nec modus inserere atque oculos imponere simplex. "Georgics,' book ii, 1. 73. There are many such sentences in the works of Virgil, who is much given to expressing himself in this way. "Nec mora," unaccompanied by another negative, occurs often in Ovid's Metamorphoses.' Dr. Johnson, in his life of Milton, has written this sentence: "Nor would Milton have begun it after he had lost his eyes." There is no other negative. Milton himself also uses one nor only in the following passage; and similar passages may be found in his works : Nor content with such Audacious neighbourhood, the wisest heart of Solomon he led, &c. 'Paradise Lost,' book i. 11, 399–401. Another example may be added : For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, Your correspondent appears to assume as a principle too well known to require proof that the word nor should not be used without a preceding negative. Only "slipshod writings," it seems, ever transgress this rule. As such a canon of criticism is an absolute novelty to me, I should be glad to know upon what ground it is alleged to be a settled rule of our grammar. I quote a few instances from English writers of authority where the very thing your correspondent stands aghast at is unblushingly done. Milton ('Paradise Lost,' i. 714-5) Doric pillars overlaid has, says, With golden architrave; nor did there want Macaulay, at the beginning of his essay on Addison, "Some reviewers are of opinion that a lady who dares to publish a book renounces by that act the franchises appertaining to her sex....... From that opinion we dissent.......Nor are the immunities of sex the only immunities which Miss Aikin may rightfully plead." Further on in the same essay he says, "Gay supposed that some plan to serve him had been in agitation at Court, and had been frustrated by Addison's influence. Nor is this improbable." The late Prof. Freeman ('Norman Conquest,' second ed., iii. 484) has a similar construction: "He had died in the noblest of causes, and by the hand of the mightiest of enemies. Nor did he fall alone." These examples present themselves at once. No doubt a little search would discover countless others. But first let us hear by what authority the prohibition is supported. I venture to think that there is not, and never was, any rule of the kind. SLIPSHOD. The use of nor without a preceding negative is allowable for and never or and not ever, especially in verse. If 'H. A. and M.,' 368, be slipshod, it is in good company, for John Gilpin rode a race, THE 15TH HUSSARS AND TAILORS (8th S. v. 328, 413, 478).-There is a recent memoir of General George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield of Sussex. It appeared in the Royal Engineers' Journal of Feb. 1, 1888, and was written by the late Capt. T. W. Conolly, R.E. In this it is stated that in in 1759 Major-General Eliott was commissioned by King George II. to raise the first corps of light cavalry, afterwards known as Eliott's Light Horse (the present 15th King's Hussars), and that this corps first came into action at Emsdorf, July 16, 1760. In the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. xxix., 1759, p. 385, is given the line of battle of the allied army before the battle of Minden on August 1, 1759. The British cavalry mentioned consisted of three squadrons of Bland's Dragoons (present 1st King's Dragoon Guards), two squadrons of Inniskilling Dragoons, three squadrons of Blue Guards, two squadrons of Howard's Dragoons, two squadrons of Mordaunt's Dragoons, and two squadrons of Scotch Greys-a total of fourteen squadrons, which, though present during the action, took no active part in it, as Lord George Sackville, who commanded the British troops. failed to carry out the orders sent him by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick for advancing his cavalry. My great-grandfather, Capt. Floyd, of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards, died on duty in Germany on Sept. 12, 1759; his son John (afterwards General Sir John Floyd, who commanded the 19th Light Dragoons in India), when twelve years and two months old received a commission, dated May 5, 1760, as cornet in Eliott's Light Horse, and embarked at Gravesend on June 10, 1760, on board the Port Mahon, twenty gun ship, with Lord Pembroke and Major-General Eliott. They approached the Elbe in bad weather; during one of the squalls the vessel ran aground at no great distance from Heligoland, and they left her and went with the regiment up the Weser, landing near Bremen. Cornet Floyd had a horse shot under him close to the line of the French infantry at Emsdorf on July 16, 1760, and carried off as a trophy a French cavalry sabre, which is still preserved; on the blade are the inscriptions, Regiment de Turpin," "Vivat Hussar," "Vive le Roy." Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' kindly help me to identity this regiment? In the London Gazette of that time only Berchini's Hussars are mentioned in the list of French prisoners taken in this action. W. C. L. FLOYD. THE BATTLE-AXE GUARDS (8th S. v. 429).—The Battle-Axe Guards, or Beaufetiers (commonly called Beef-eaters), will be the Yeomen of the Guard. A list of the captains from 1486 to 1850, with a brief historical sketch, is in 'The Book of Dignities,' by Joseph Haydn, 1851, p. 212. A more extensive history will be found in 'The Book of Court,' by William J. Thoms, 1844, p. 363. The 'Angliæ A question of the same purport appeared in 'N. & Q.,' 6th S. xii. 147, and did not elicit a reply. As your correspondent's inquiry is dated from the county of Down, I would refer him to the library of Trinity College, Dublin, where he may consult Army Lists' from 1743, or to the Hon. Society of King's Inns, Dublin, where one published in March, 1744, may be seen. Those at the Horse Guards, London, commence in 1795. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. BURNET FAMILY (8th S. v. 409, 498).-If VERNON will kindly communicate to me any particulars he may possess respecting the Burnet family I shall be very grateful. HARDINGE F. GIFFARD. Junior Carlton Club, S.W. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, &c. The Hall of Waltheof; or, the Early Condition and Settlement of Hallamshire. By Sidney Oldall Addy. (Sheffield, Townsend; London, Nutt.)] THIS is a beautifully illustrated work. When, however, we say this, we do not wish to be understood to imply that the text has been written as a mere set-off to the plates. Such is not the case. Had every engraving been omitted, Mr. Addy's work would still have a distinct value as a commentary on some of the earlier antiquities of Hallamshire. There are several matters on which we do not agree with the author; but in those cases in which we hold him to be wrong he is able to make out a very fair case for himself. Mr. Addy is not one of those rash persons who regard the derivation of words and place-names as a matter of guesswork. He has escaped from the old superstition that if two words seem nearly the same to the eye or the ear they must necessarily be nearly related; but though he employs the modern methods, we cannot but think that some of his speculations are not a little rash. The cross found at Bradfield is an interesting relic. We have little doubt that it was a preaching-cross-a station where the Christian and half-heathen folk assembled to hear the truths of the Gospel ere there was a church in the neighbourhood. We do not think, how ever, that the author's surmise that there were very few churches in Hallamshire is in any way strengthened by the fact that in the Domesday Survey only one church is mentioned in that wide district. When a church is spoken of therein it is positive evidence that a church existed at the time the returns were made; but we cannot argue that there was not a church in this place or that because there no mention of it in the survey. Why the churches are mentioned in some places and not in others is not easy to explain; but as to the fact no doubt can be entertained. In some cases Mr. Addy carries historic caution to unreasonable lengths. The arrant scepticism of a passage such as the following ought not to pass unrebuked: "The many legends and old wives' tales which are related about St. Patrick lead one to think that he is a myth, a creation of popular fancy." This is really too bad. We might as well regard Oliver Cromwell as a freak of the imagination because there are many old enshrined in modern books, where we might have hoped wives' fables told concerning him, some of which are that the sifting process would have been applied. Anne of Geierstein. By Sir Walter Scott. Edited by Andrew Lang. (Nimmo.) As has already been said, Mr. Lang is a little unjust to nizable decline of Scott's capacity. We, on the other 'Anne of Geierstein,' which he takes to mark the recoghand, prefer it to The Fair Maid of Perth.' It is true that the elfin tricks of Anne are a little puzzling, that the fortunes of Queen Margaret inspire but moderate interest, and that the termination is more than a little nebulous. The description of Swiss scenes is, however, very clever. The spirit of adventure dominates the whole. Arthur is one of the most acceptable of Scott's heroes, and the young" sons of Anak," though they recall the Osbaldistones in Rob Roy,' are fine young fellows. The illustrations to this favourite edition are by R. de Los Rios, and are specially dramatic. The pictures of 'The Defiance,' 'The Duel,' and 'The Execution' are among the most vigorous that have yet appeared in any volume of this enchanting series. Old Celtic Romances. By P. W. Joyce. Second Edition. (Nutt.) IT is delightful to think that Dr. Joyce's charming translations are again available to those who have wished to possess them. This edition, too, contains an additional tale, good notes, and a list of proper names, all of them welcome to the student. Dr. Joyce says he has translated from the original MSS. faithfully and freely, and there is no doubt he has combined the two qualities as thoroughly as it is possible. The stories are old favourites-the fate of the children of Lir, or the four white swans; the fate of the children of Turenn, or the quest for the eric fine; the overflowing of Lough Neagh and the story of Liban the mermaid; Connia of the golden hair and the fairy maiden; the voyage of Maildun; the fairy palace of the Quicken Trees; the pursuit of the Gilla Dacker and his horse; the pursuit of Dermat and Grania; the chase of Slieve Cullinn; the chase of Slieve Fuad; Oisin in Tirnanoge, or the last of the Fena; and the voyage of the sons of O'Corra. There are few charms in ancient literature equal to the Celtic romances, and few problems in historical science so interesting as their origin and value. As we understand them, there is a world of real ancient Irish culture enshrined in the descriptions of places and events with which they abound-a culture which reveals Celtic belief and Celtic institutions-and the only doubtful element is as to the origin of the forms in which they appear, the Homer or Homers who made them into literature. But while scholars are discussing and trying to settle these things, those who love the romances for themselves will thank Dr. Joyce and his publisher for this gain to their means of enjoying that fascinating past which Ireland, above all countries, has known how best to reveal to modern days. Will not Dr. Joyce give us a second series? PROF. DOWDEN Contributes to the Fortnightly an eminently sympathetic, discriminating, and appreciative estimate of The Poetry of Robert Bridges. This will do somewhat to spread the fame of a poet who has con |