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NOTES AND QUERIES. t n s. i. MAY 7, 1910.

William Cart, almsman, buried in cloister of the same building 11 Oct., 1664.

I cannot trace any Carts in Bedfordshire books of reference at the present day.

BERNARD LORD M'QUILLIN.

Liberal Club, Leicester.

GUILDHALL: OLD STATUES (11 S. i. 208, 333). The author of Cassell's ' Old and New London J is evidently confusing the three statues that were formerly in front of the Guildhall Chapel with those I am endeavouring to trace.

The statues from the Chapel were placed in niches at the end of the Great Hall ; they -were removed when the wood screen or panelling was erected, and were placed in the Guildhall Museum, where they are now.

The following is an extract from The Archaeological Journal, 1846, vol. iii. p. 205 :

" As choice examples of the union of Italian with English feeling, towards the early part of the sixteenth century, I would notice, in con- clusion, four statues, representing Discipline or Religion, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance, formerly preserved at Devereux House in the Strand, and removed a few years since from the Guildhall of the City of London. They were presented to Thomas Banks, the sculptor, and were included by Carter amongst the most valuable specimens of sculpture in England."

The statues are illustrated in Price's ' Guildhall 2 from a drawing in the Gardner Collection ; and if any one can help me to trace them, he will greatly oblige me.

S. P. Q. R.

SHAKESPEARE AND THE MOUNT JOYS (11 S. i 204, 315). With reference to MR. ALBERT MATTHEWS'S quotation from The Nation of New York, I should like to state that in The Daily Chronicle of 1 March a letter of mine to the effect that Shakespeare obtained the name Mountjoy from Holinshed was published.

I have since learnt that Mountjoy was the official title of the principal King at Arms to the French kings throughout the Middle Ages. T. EDWARD ALLDRED.

734, Harrow Koad, W.

EASTER TWICE IN ONE YEAR, O.S. (11 S. i. 305). If it be understood that in the table criticized by Miss LEGA-WEEKES the com- piler has adopted the historical year, which began, both before and after 1752, on 1 January, it is thought that the appearance of a blunder may vanish.

Supplementing her interesting note, I may observe that during the period covered by the table there were eight civil (otherwise legal or ecclesiastical) years beginning on 25 March which had two Easter Days, viz.,

1504, 1516, 1572, 1600, 1610, 1667, 1695, and 1705 ; and consequently the civil year succeeding each of these had no Easter Day at all. Had the New Style been perfected at Rome and adopted in England so early as 1504, Easter would have fallen on an early day in April in each one of these Easter-less years. THOS. C. MYDDELTON,

Woodhall Spa.

, HEINE IN LONDON (11 S. i. 329). According to William Sharp's admirable 'Life' in the "Great Writers " Series, Heine sailed from Hamburg for London in April, 1827, on the very day the second volume of the ' Reisebilder '- was published. During his stay in London he lodged at 32, Craven Street, Strand. About mid- June he went to Ramsgate, and there fell madly in love with " the blithe and beautiful Irlandaise " who figures prominently in the fourth series of the ' Reisebilder.* ' He returned to London from Ramsgate about the middle of July, and left for Norderney on the 8th of August, the day upon which Canning died. GALLOWAY FRASER.

Strawberry Hill.

NEIL Gow, RACE-HORSE (11 S. i. 288). MR. MAYCOCK is no doubt right as to the old form of spelling the name of the famous Scottish fiddler. It was spelt " Niel " by himself, as well as generally by writers of the age in which he lived. The adoption of this old form by the ' D.N.B.* is merely a case of reversion to the original type. Within recent times, however, the fashion of spelling the name has altered, especially among Scottish writers. Anderson, Brown, Cham- bers, and many others invariably write " Neil,' ? even when referring to the musician. It ought to be kept in mind also that Lord Rosebery's son is the Hon. Neil Primrose, In these circumstances it was perhaps deemed inadvisable to allow the colt to plough a solitary furrow across the sands of time. Hence the modern form Neil Gow, race horse. SCOTUS.

" ROSAMOND A'S LAKE n (11 S. i. 169, 229> 277). The suggestion made by MR. W. L. RUTTON as to the origin of the name of the pond in St. James's Park appears to me more satisfying than any other hitherto afforded. There are two articles on the subject in The Connoisseur: (1) January, 1909, with a coloured reproduction of an oil painting ; (2) April, 1910, also illustrated, but not in colours.

Information is desired as to the present ownership of the painting by Hogarth