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unknown to her descendants, but she is believed to have been a daughter of William Sharry, and she had a son named William Sharry Pitcher. From Oliver's 'History of Antigua ' it appears that in the family of Elizabeth there was a Daniel Sharry, of St. Kitts, who is mentioned in two deeds. This Daniel, probably the brother of Eliza- beth, had a daughter Henrietta Maria Friend Sharry, who married William Davis, jun., in 1803, and died in 1807, when she was buried in her father's vault at St. George's, Basse- terre. He was also probably the father of William D(aniel) Sharry, who had a daughter Ann Gateward Lucy Sharry, born in 1811. Mrs. Herbert's husband had a store, and after his death she continued the business, which was carried on later under the name of Pitcher, Paull, and Burt. At St. James's, Clerkenwell, Francis Sharee married Martha Pye, 1 November, 1745 ; and at St. George's Chapel, Hyde Park Corner, Martha Sharrey, of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, married John Downes 22 March, 1754. Michael Sharry, of Tourin, co. Clare, emigrated to Victoria about 1855, where he has several descendants.

HENRY W. POOR, Col. 121, Hither Green Lane, Lewisham, 8.E.

STATUES IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA. In a notice of 'Russia: Travels and Studies,' by Annette M. B. Meakin, The Athenaeum of 30 December, 1905, remarks :

blouse and blue overcoat (the King's baggage must of necessity have been very limited). Can any reader of * N. & Q.' supply the date of landing, the place where their majesties stayed the first night on English soil, and the name of the captain belonging to the Express, and also tell me if the Express was especially chartered by the English Govern- ment? F. P.

GIN DISTILLERY IN BERMONDSEY. I under- stand that the famous firm of Gordon, gin distillers in Goswell Road, started in Bermondsey, during the latter half of the eighteenth century. Is there any trace of such a distillery? What is known of the founders of the distillery 1 I understand they came from Aberdeenshire.

J. M. BULLOCH.

118, Pall Mall, S.W.

WATCHES AND CLOCKS WITH WORDS INSTEAD OF FIGURES. I cannot answer the query con- cerning Hardy and Thomas Soper (ante, p. 287), bub am greatly interested in the type of watch described. My wife has a curious old dressing-table clock, which, instead of numerals for the hours, has the letters ESTO PERPETUA. Can any one refer me to other instances of twelve-letter phrases being used instead of numbers on the dials of watches or clocks? JAS. PLATT, Jun.

"The Steppes of Southern "Russia are still dotted with strange seated stone figures, which have a large literature of their own. To these she refers in several passages, and quotes allusions to these statues in 1253 and, elsewhere, in 1800. Apparently

she [is not] aware of the continued existence

in great numbers of these statues except in the museums, where she has seen some."

Any information about earnestly desired.

these statues FRANCESCA.

[There appear to be two different kinds of these statues attributed to the Huns, and those described by Miss Meakin are not similar to the many which are to be seen north of the Sea of Azof. The latter have been figured in various illustrated volumes of travel in the eighteenth and early nineteenth cen- tury. They are rude, seated figures of life size, apparently representing women, the most notice- able part of which is the head-dress seemingly a small turban. The bad stone and the effects of weather have deprived them of sculptural interest ; and it is not easy to be sure about the features.]

Louis PHILIPPE'S LANDING IN ENGLAND. If I remember rightly, the ex King and Queen of France landed at Newhaven incog- nito as Mr. and Mrs. Smith in March, 1848, from the Express, having been transferred from a French fishing-boat off the coast of France. The captain lent the King his green

BURY FAMILY. In the Register of Burials in Winchester Cathedral is the following entry : "April 5th, 1787, Mrs. Berry brought from Bath." Can any of your readers say who this lady was ? I am inclined to think that the name should be Bury, and in the same register it is stated that " Mrs. Florence Bury was buried Nov. 2nd, 1801 " ; and "Thomas Bury, Esq., was buried Feb. 27th, 1802."

From letters in my possession I find that a Mrs. or Miss Bury was residing at No. 7, The Circus, Bath (previously the residence of Mr. Pitt), in 1763, and it may possibly have been this lady who in 1787 was brought from Bath and interred in Winchester Cathedral. Her letters are signed " P. Bury," and I think she was a member of the family of Lord Charle- ville (a title which became extinct in 1875), but I have hitherto been unable to trace the relationship. D. K. T.

Bath.

HAYES, CONSUL AT SMYRNA. Can any one give me information concerning Mr. Hayes, who was British Consul at Smyrna in De- cember, 1790. and his decendants ?

F. DE H. L.