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by. If any one will give me further informa- tion about it I shall be much obliged.

PHILIP NORMAN.

"WORK LIKE A TROJAN." The vicar of a church here, speaking, on the cover of his parish magazine, of some of his assistants on a recent occasion, says that "they worked like Trojans, 5 ' and then adds, with a touch of humour, in a parenthesis, " By the way, can any one say exactly how Trojans did work 1 " In other words, what is the origin of the expression ? As I have failed to find it in the Indexes of ' N. & Q.,' I venture to put it now as a query. W. T. LYNN.

Blackheath.

[A Trojan is a canting term for a resolute man, one not easily overcome or dismayed.]

ST. GEORGE. Has this proverb on St. George any known source ? " Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way." It occurs in Clement Walker's 'History of Independency,' 'The Mysterie of the Two Junto's,' P- 13 (1648). REGINALD HAINES.

Uppingham.

BURGOMASTER Six. Can any of your readers give me the arms of the Burgomaster Jan Six, the friend and patron of Rembrandt 1 ? Rietstap in the 'Armorial General ' mentions two families of this name, viz., Six de Hillegom, Holland, and Six d'Oterleek, Holland, each bearing the same arms, Azure, two crescents in chief and an estoile in base argent. Are both or either of these families descended from the burgomaster ?

G. J. W.

MORAL STANDARDS OF EUROPE. An article in the Intermediate for 30 April, speaking of the marriages of brothers and sisters among Jews, Egyptians, Greeks, and Britons, remarks, "Tous les ernpechements pour cause de parente qu'admet 1'Eglise catholique sont d'origine, non pas juive, non pas meme chretienne, mais romaine."

Is there any adequate history of the development of the moral standards now accepted in Europe which explains whence our conceptions of right and wrong were derived ?

Though still faulty enough in that respect, the races with a preponderating share of Teutonic blood are said to be more truthful than the nations of Keltic type or than the peoples of the Mediterranean basin. Whence did they derive the specially strong sentiment which makes it, theoretically at least, a disgrace and a sign of effeminate cowardice for a man to lie ? A friend of mine remarks :

Your slow -brained Teuton only lies for

sordid gain, and even then is conscious of wrongdoing ; but the races with more lively imaginations appear to indulge in misstate- ment as a pastime, for they recognize no distinct cleavage between fact and fiction." If this is correct, the virtue of truthfulness has probably to do with physiological structure. Yet it may be asked, When and how did it first appear in a sufficient degree to be noted as a racial characteristic 1

X.Z.

FINCHALE PRIORY, DURHAM. In or about 1866 a Mr. Charles Hensman obtained the prize of the Royal Institute of British Architects for a series of architectural drawings of this priory. He subsequently placed all these at the disposal of the late Edward Roberts, F.S.A., to illustrate a paper printed in their Journal (vol. xxiii. pp. 67-85). Mr. Roberts, however, only used a selection, and stated in a foot-note, "His drawings are in course of publication under his own direc- tion." Were these ever published ? If so, when and where 1 Is anything else known of Mr. Hensman's work ?

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A.

Lancaster.

ASHBURNER FAMILY OF OLNEY, BUCKS.

I am desirous of compiling a pedigree of this family, and should much appreciate any information your readers may have. The Rev. Edw. A.shburner (1734-1804), a member of this family, was pastor of the Noncon- formist meeting-house at Poole, Dorsetshire. The family were living at Olney about 1580. Are they descended from the Lancashire family of that name ?

CHAS. HALL CROUCH. 5, Grove Villas, Wanstead.

RICHARD PRICE, M.P. FOR BEAUMARIS, 1754 AND 1761. What was the date or approximate date of his birth 1 H. C.

FALKNER OR FAULKNER FAMILY. I am anxious to ascertain the parentage of John Falkner, paper-maker, Claverley, Shropshire, who died in 1761, aged forty-three. He would be born about 1717, 1718, or 1719, and it seems probable that he was first of his family to settle in that parish. Any clue will greatly oblige me. W. P. W. PHILLIMORE.

124, Chancery Lane.

MESMERISM IN THE DARK AGES. Whilst Dr. Walford Bodie, the well-known mesmerist, was lecturing in the Palace Theatre, Aber- deen, on the night of 22 July, previous to giving his performance in that art, he said that mesmerism was not a thing of to-day (at the same time citing a case of 1748), but was