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Paris. The duke adopted "Esperance" as his motto at a later period. MERVARID.

CAER AND CHITTY FAMILIES. I want a copy of the marriage certificate of Charles Carr and Mary Chitty and the baptismal certifi- cate of their son Antony Christopher Carr. Mary Chitty came from Deal, but she was not married there, and we do not know where to search. (Mrs.) L. E. A. TUBES.

Denholme, Datchet.

SCHOOLS FIRST ESTABLISHED. Can any of your readers tell me when schools were first established ] What sort of establishments were the early schools ? Were they adjuncts to the various monasteries then scattered over the kingdom 1 In reading the other day in the British Museum the will of a nobleman dated 1483, I see he directed his executors to send his heir "ad scholas." T. B. L.

[Much information will be found at 9 th S. i. 166, 21o,:2o7, 269.]

SIR HARRY BATH : SHOTOVER. Who was the Sir Harry Bath mentioned in Wither's lines hereinafter quoted ? Where is the legend to be found which connects him with Shotover 1

Yet old Sir Harry Bath was not forgot, In the remembrance of whose wondrous shot The forest by (believe it, they who will !) Retains the surname of Shotover still. George Wither, 'Abuses Whipt and Stript.'

S. F. HULTON. 10, Kings Bench Walk, Temple

"BEATING THE BOUNDS." The means by which the boundaries of a parish were at one time retained in the parishiouers'memory was by perambulations or " beating the bounds." Injunction 18 of the In junctions of Elizabeth, while generally forbidding processions, directs that the people,

" for the containing of the perambulation of the circuit of the parishes, shall once a year, at (he time accustomed, with the curate and the sub- stantial men of the parish, walk about their parishes as they were accustomed, and at their return to church make their common prayer."

In the ' Encyclopaedia of the Laws of Eng- land ' it is stated that the perambulations took place at Rogation tide ; but I have been unable to ascertain whether in every parish throughout the country the custom was observed at that time. I should be glad of information on the point.

I understand the perambulations still take place in some few parishes. I should be glad of instances. R. VAUGHAN GOWER.

50, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells.

[See 1 st S. xii. 133 : 3 rf S. vi. 107 ; 5 th S. vii. 365, 517 ; viii. 117, 158 ; 6 th S. iii. 506 ; 8 th S. ii. 245. 1

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SCOTTISH NAVAL AND MILITARY

ACADEMY. (10 th S. iii. 148.)

A HISTORY of this academy, which was instituted in 1825, would be of great interest to many persons, and perhaps it might not be difficult to compile one from records in the possession of those relatives of the late Capt. Orr who still reside in Edinburgh, and from other sources. I can supply a few notes concerning it in the years 1853-4. It was situated on the western side of the Lothian Road, Edinburgh, adjoining Scott's riding-school, and nearly opposite the main entrance to St. Cuthbert's Churchyard ; but the site was acquired some years ago by the Caledonian Railway Company, and the buildings were pulled down.

Prince Albert was Patron of the Academy, and Viscount Hardinge, Commander-in-Chief, was its President. A large number of Scottish noblemen and gentlemen were Vice-Presi- dents and Extraordinary Directors, but the real governing body was the board of Ordi- nary Directors, composed of influential men who had been connected with the army or navy and were resident in Edinburgh.

Old pupils may care to be reminded of the names of the teachers in those years : Engi- neering, fortification, &c., Lieut. Mackie ; landscape drawing, George Simson, U.S.A. ; mathematics, George Lees, LL.D. ; Latin anc 1. Greek, William Skae ; arithmetic, James and Alexander Trotter ; history, &c., William Graham, LL.D. ; Persian, Hindostanee, and Arabic, Prof. Liston ; French, F. Senebier ; Italian, S. Rampini ; German, Dr. Nachot ; fencing, Messrs. Roland ; artillery exercises, Sergeant Webster, late R.A.

The Superintendent was Capt. John Orr, who had been a lieutenant in the 42nd High- landers, and was wounded at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. I have a large engraved por- trait of him in his uniform as Superintendent. The Academy sergeant was Alexander Men- zies, a Peninsular veteran.

A display of military exercises, followed by presentation of prizes, took place annually, in July, in the Music 'Hall, George Street. The pupils wore a Glengarry cap, dark blue shell-jacket, with single row of gilt buttons, waistbelt, and white trousers.

Many pupils entered the East India Com- pany's service. In the following list of prize- winners in 1853-4 I have inserted the regiments to which some of them were afterwards appointed : Andrew Balmer, Ber-