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Memorables,' &c., Paris, 1557, p. 78. Rabelais (' Gargantua,' bk. i. ch. 43) makes Gargantua say : chemins, et pliitot leur faites un pont d'argent,* afin de les renvoyer.' (Always open to your enemies all gates and outlets, and rather make for them a bridge of silver, to get rid of them.) Cf. ' Scipio Africanus dicere solitus est, hosti non solum dandam esse viam fugiendi verum etiam muniendam.' (Scipio Africanus used to say that you ought to give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.) Frontinus, '8trateg.,'iv. 7,16."
 * Ouvrez toujours a vos ennemis toutes les por^es et

EDWARD LATHAM.

BARON WAKD (10 th S. ii. 169). There can be little doubt, I think, that Thomas Ward was born at Howden, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in 1810. As a boy I resided in that town, and often heard him spoken of. Many were the tales about this worthy, and his periodic visits to the place of his birth added considerably to the gaiety of the quiet old market town. A Yorkshire stable-boy who rose through sheer ability to the posi- tions of Prime Minister of Parma and Ambas- sador to England deserves an adequate biography. H. C. L. MORRIS.

Bognor.

[A life appears in the ' D.N.B.']

Burke's 'Vicissitudes of Families,' second series, second edition, 1861, p. 224, states :

"Thomas Ward's son, William, was settled at York, as studgroom to Mr. Ridsdale, the trainer. His wife's name was Margaret, and their son Thomas (the Baron) was born at York, in the year 1809.

Thomas Ward the elder, the baron's grand- father, lived at Howden, and it was the spot where the baron spent his early days, although not the place of his birth. R. J. FYNMOEE.

Sandgate.

"FIRST KITTOO" (10 th S. ii. 149). "At the first go to" is a common phrase in Lanca- shire. WILLIAM E. A. AXON.

CAST-IRON CHIMNEY-BACK (10 th S. ii. 189). It may interest MR. HEBB to know that there is a fine one (with fleur-de-lys, Tudor rose, &c., and initials " E. R.") at the Old House, Sandwich. I can give no more particulars, but believe that the present occupant and owner would be able to supply them.

HARRY H. PEACH.

LONDON CEMETERIES IN 1860 (10 th S. ii. 169). I am pleased to be in a position to give MR. F. A. HOPKINS the information he needs, for in looking through some papers which

Ine Irench proverb is ' II faut faire un pont d'or a son ennemi.' (Make a golden bridge for your enemy.)
 * I.e., stratagem give them a seeming ad vantage.

belonged to my late brother-in-law, Mr. W. E. Need ham, who was Registrar of Births and Deaths for this district at that time, I found a complete list of the cemeteries then open. They were :

Abney Park, at Stoke Newington, N. The secretary was then Mr. Heath, and the office at 26, Bishopsgate Street Within, E.G. ; but now the secretary is Mr. A. Clark, the office being at the cemetery.

City of London, Little Ilford. The super- intendent then was Mr. J. C. Stacey, the office being at the Sewers Office, Guildhall, E.G. ; but now the clerk is Mr. H. M. Bates,, at the Guildhall.

City of London and Tower Hamlets, South Grove, Mile End Road, E. The then secre- tary and superintendent was Mr. David Shaboe ; the positions are now held by Mr. A. Clark, jun.

Great Northern Cemetery, near Colney Hatch. In 1860 Mr. H. P. Hakewill was the general manager, the office being .at 122, High Holborn, W.C. The office is now at 22, Great Winchester Street, E.G., and pre- sumably inquiries should be addressed to the secretary.

Highgate Cemetery, N. This cemetery, with Nunhead Cemetery, near Peckham Rye, S.E., belongs to the London Cemetery Com- pany, the secretary then for both being Mr. E. Ruxton, and the office at 29, New Bridge Street, E.G. Mr. H. M. Dodd is now the secretary, at the same address.

Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, W. This belongs to the General Cemetery Company. Mr. F. Riviere was then the secretary, and the office at 95, Great Russell Street, W.C. Mr. K. Havers is now secre- tary, and the office at No. 21 in the same street.

London Necropolis Company, Cemetery at Woking. Mr. R. Churchill was then the secretary, and the office at 2, Lancaster Place, Strand, W.C. It is now at 121, Westminster Bridge Road, S.E., but the present secretary's name I have not been able to ascertain.

Norwood Cemetery, Norwood, S.E. Mr. G. Thomas was then the clerk, the office being at 70, King William Street, E.G. It is now at 58 and 59, Temple Chambers, E.G., Mr. R. La Thangue holding that appointment.

Nunhead. See under Highgate Ceme- tery, N.

Victoria Park Cemetery, E. The secre- tary then was Mr. C. E. Kingstone, the office being at 98, Bishopsgate Street Within, E.G. This cemetery has been closed for many years, it having been (so I am informed) so full that the pathways were utilized for