Page:Notes and Queries - Series 10 - Volume 11.djvu/567

 io s. xi. JUNE 12, im] NOTES AND QUERIES.

467

Her age and the date of her death are important in relation to the vexed con- troversy as regards the authorship of the
 * Essay on Woman.'

HORACE BLEACKLEY.

FIRST ELEPHANT EXHIBITED IN AMERICA. The Aurora, Philadelphia, 28 July, 1796, contains an advertisement of this animal, which, it says,

41 has just arrived from New York, in this city, on his way to Charlestdn .... He possesses the Adroitness of the Beaver, the Intelligence of the Ape, and the Fidelity of the Dog. He is the largest among quadrupeds ; the earth trembles under his feet:.... he has the power of tearing up the largest trees, and yet is tractable to those who use him well .... This Elephant now offered for public exhibition is about three years old, near six feet high. He is of the largest species, growing to the height of sixteen feet .... He was purchased in New York for Ten Thousand Dollars."

Grown persons were charged half a dollar and children a quarter to see this great sight exhibited, I may add, while Washing- ton was yet living.

RICHARD H. THORNTON.

30, Upper Bedford Place, W.C.

ARCHBISHOP WHATELY AND RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION. (See ante, p. 387.) I re- member hearing a good story some years ago involving the nursery rime mentioned by MR. LEWIS MELVILLE. It was to the effect that in conversation with a friend Archbishop Whately said he did not wonder at religious persecution being rife, for it was instilled into most people in their nurseries. To this the friend demurred, saying that in his case it had certainly not been so. " What do you think of this ? " the Archbishop replied :

Goosey, goosey gander, whither shall I wander ? Upstairs and downstairs, and in my lady's

chamber. There I met an old man who would not say his

prayers ; I took him by his left leg and threw him down the

stairs.

JOHN T. PAGE.

" THE NAPIER TAVERN," HOLBORN. The partial destruction of this old tavern by fire recalls the time when it was known as " The Castle Tavern," and was celebrated for its boxing exhibitions. The renowned Tom Belcher kept it for some time, after which it passed into the hands of Tom Spring, who became the champion of England in 1821. On the retirement of Tom Cribb, Spring, whose real name was Winter, kept it from 1828 till his death there in 1851, and " Tom Spring's Back

Parlour " was celebrated far and wide amongst the boxing community Until the recent fire this " parlour " could be identified by the marks in the floor showing where the ring-posts were placed.

FREDERICK T. HIGBAME.

(giwrus.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest lo affix their names and addresses to their queries, ji order that answers may be sent to them direct.

JOHNSON BICENTENARY CELEBRATION AT LICHFIELD. In connexion with the bicen- tenary of the birth of Dr. Samuel Johnson it is proposed to hold an exhibition of Johnsonian manuscripts, books, portraits, pictures, relics, &c., at Lichfield in September next.

As Mayor of the City, I have been asked to appeal to all those who possess mementoes of our great citizen to allow them to be placed on public view on that occasion. To make the exhibition as representative and reminiscent as possible it has been resolved to allow books, papers, and articles to be sent either on loan or sale.

I venture therefore to ask all lovers of Johnson to co-operate in this undertaking, and to assist in making the exhibition worthy of the name and fame of the great man of letters whose memory we desire to commemorate.

All communications should be addressed to the Town Clerk, Guildhall, Lichfield. by whom every information will be given. H. M. MORGAN,

Mayor of Lichfield.

SACRED PLACE-NAMES IN FOREIGN LANDS. Wanted a list of these, similar to Nazareth in Pennsylvania, Jericho and Joppa near Edinburgh, &c. When in the latter city some years ago I learned that a post card was once addressed from it to the adjoining Joppa, and only reached its destination long afterwards, having tra- velled round by its Eastern prototype. Please reply direct. J. B. McGovERN.

St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester.

[Many such names were supplied in the recent discussion on Egypt as a place-name ; see 10 8. x. 447 ; xi. 93, 174.]

SWEDISH PAINTERS IN ENGLAND. During the eighteenth century at least six Swedish painters lived and worked for different periods in England. The most popular of them was Michael Dahl (1656-1743), the portrait painter : but besides him may be