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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. XL FEB. 27, urn.

in order that this final edition may be a_ complete and trustworthy as possible ; hence any one in possession of additions or corrections to the first edition is earnestly requested to send them to the general editor, Freiherr F. W. von Biedermann, 33, Albrecht- strasse, Steglitz bei Berlin ; or to the under- signed, who is editing the conversations recorded in English. The accounts of the following Englishmen and Americans have already been examined and prepared for the press : G. Bancroft, Alb. Brisbane, G. H. Calvert, J. G. Cogswell, Geo. Downes, H. E. Dwight, Wm. Emerson, R. P. Gillies, A. B. Granville, G. H. Lewes, John Murray, Sir Ch. Murray, H. C. Robinson (MSS.), W. R, Swifte ('Wilhelm's Wanderings'), Thackeray, Geo. Ticknor, Jos. Wolff (exact date undetermined) ; but there must be many others still unnoticed.

LEONARD L. MACKALL. Kaiser Wilhelmstrasse, 13, Jena.

SEMAPHORE SIGNALLING. At what speed was it possible to send messages from London to Portsmouth by the old method of sig- nalling ? In ' Highways and Byways in Surrey,' by Eric Parker, 1908, I read on p. 86 of

" a system which enabled news to be sent from London to Portsmouth in a few seconds. (It toolc three-quarters of a minute to signal the hour of one o'clock from Greenwich to Portsmouth and back again to Greemcich)."

Italics mine. Can this have been possible ? If so, telegraphy was no gain to the Admiralty. W. C. J.

BRITANNIA AS THE NATIONAL EMBLEM. At what date had the figure of Britannia come to be recognized as the national emblem ? D _ H.

"THE WHITE HART." What is the badge of " The White Hart," so common as the sign of inns and hotels ? D _ H.

[A white hart was the badge of Richard II. See the numerous communications at 10 S vii 249, 337.]

CHINESE PROVERB IN BURTON'S ' ANA- TOMY.' In his introduction, ' Democritus to the Reader' (p. 40, ed. 1651-2), Burton writes : " The Chinezes say, that we Euro- peans have one eye, they themselves two, all the world else is blinde."

The same saying is found in Bishop Hall's ' Mundus alter et idem,' less than half way through the ^opening part, ' Itineris occasio e't '

" Quis inter Chinensea tantum acuminis, solertiseque, expectasset ? quia tot artes, tamque

multijugem rerum omnium scientiam ? qui dum nos Musas omnes in hoc Occidental! gurgustiolo inclusas putamus, rident, nee immerito, quicquid uspiam praeter so hominum est ajuntque se solos vere oculatos, Europasos unioculos esse ; reliquos, quotquot sunt, mortales, ccecutire." P. 15 in the Utrecht edition of 1643. The margin has " Proverb. Chinensium."

Burton was most likely indebted to this, passage of " Mercurius Britannicus." But can any one point to a place in Chinese literature where the thought occurs, or to any account of China or book of travel where the saying is attributed to the Chinese ? I once consulted the late Dr. E. J. Eitel on the subject, but neither he nor the other Sinologists to whom he was good enough to refer the question were able to indicate a source. EDWARD BENSLY.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE WORTHIES. The fol- lowing are the names of some famous men born in Gloucestershire. Can any of your readers mention others ? Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London

1396, &c. Tideman de Winchcombe, Bishop of Worcester

1395-1401.

John Carpenter, Bishop of Worcester 1443-76. John Chedworth, Bishop of Lincoln 145271. Henry Dene, Archbishop of Canterbury 1501-3. Thomas Ruthall, Bishop of Durham 1509-23. Edward Fox, Bishop of Hereford 1535-8. Sebastian Cabot, died c. 1557.

William Tyndale, translator of the Bible, d. 1535. Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York 1606-28. John Taylor, the Water Poet, b. 1580, d. 1653. Sir Matthew Hale, Chief Justice 1671-6. Sir William Penn, Admiral, b. 1621, d. 1670. Edward Fowler, Bishop of Gloucester 1691-1715. Sir John Powell, Justice of the King's Bench

1702-13. Sir Robert Atkyns, county historian, b. 1647,

d. 1711.

Rev. James Bradley, Astronomer Royal 1742-62. Rev. George Whitefleld, the preacher, b. 1714,

d. 1770.

John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury 1783-1805. Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools,

b. 1735, d. 1811. Edward Jenner, discoverer of vaccination, b. 17-19,

d. 1823.

Sir George Nayler, Garter King-of-Arms, 1822-31. Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Roya\

Academy 1820-30. Robert Southey, 1813-43. Rev. John Keble, b. 1792, d. 1865. John Fraser, Bishop of Manchester 1870-85. Herbert Vaughan, Cardinal Archbishop of Wi

minster 1892-1903.

Please reply direct. A. A. HUNTER.

College Road, Cheltenham.

LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU'S LET- TERS. The ' Letters ' are generally stated to have been first published in three volume^ in 1763, and an additional volume issued in 1767 is said to be spurious, and is attributed