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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. xn. JULY 21,1915.

The subject was suggested (Theatrical Journal, 19 March, 1842) by Southey's poem ' The Idiot Boy,' and also by an inci- dent said to be derived from the annals of Crosby Hall. Evidently the play was not- published, but I shall be thankful for any longer notice of it. Probably it dramatized the story of ' Job Cinere ' or ' Job Rakt-out- of-the Ashes.' ALECK ABRAHAMS.

HIGH SHERIFFS OF COUNTIES. Has it ever occurred that a gentleman has served as High Sheriff of his county and yet not been made a county magistrate ? It is said to have happened in one of the Home Counties.

HISTORIAN.

AUTHORS OF FRENCH QUOTATIONS WANTED.

1. Who said, and where, " Non seulement 1'Angleterre mais chaque Anglais est une ile " ?

2. Where did Alfred de Vigny write " Qu'est-ce qu'une grand e vie ? C'est un reve de jeunesse realise dans 1'age mur" ?

3. Where appears the oft-quoted phrase of Talleyrand, " Qui n'a pas vecu dans les annees precedant la Revolution ne connait pas la douceur de vivre " ?

4. Where did Auguste Comte write " L'humanite se compose de plus de morts que de vivants " ?

5. Where did Constant presumably Ben- jamin Constant write the phrase cited by Haywood, " Je ne suis pas la rose, mais j'ai vecu avec elle " ?

6. Where did Bossuet say " Le plus grand dereglement do 1'esprit est de croire une chose parce qu'on veut qu'elle soit "?

OTHON GUERLAC. Ithaca, New York.

[For 5 see US. vii. 349, 397, 435, where, how- ever, the attribution to Constant is not made certain, still less chapter and verse discovered.]

SUB-DEDICATION OF NAVES IN MONASTIC CHURCHES. Here at the Priory Church of St. Leonard, Stanley, Glos., we have evidence that the nave, at any rate from the fifteenth century, was used as the parish church. In the King's Book (I believe) St. Swithun is given as the patron saint. There can be no doubt that the parish is the parish of St. Swithun, and very likely an old barn within the priory precincts, quite close to the church, was the original Saxon parish church of St. Swithun. There is much masonry of a Saxon character in the walls of it, which were extended eastward early in the fourteenth century; and quite recently, by excavation, we have discovered the

foundation course of the Saxon apse, which*, was left in situ undisturbed when the building; was enlarged and beautified with Decorated windows.

I shall feel much obliged if any reader of. ' N. &. Q.' can give me instances of naves in monastic (Austin Canons') churches being sub-dedicated in honour of saints dif- ferent from the patron saints of the houses themselves. CHARLES SWYNNERTON.

BURLESQUE SERMON. I want to get a copy of a burlesque sermon American, fancy which m any know, but which I have not seen in print. The text is, I believe^ " He shall gnaw a file," and there are very eloquent (!) passages about the waters of Hepsiba, &c. Can any of your readers telli me if this sermon has been published, and by whom ? Lucis.

CAMBRONNE'S REPLY. (See ante, p. 7.> What is the precise form of the word which Carnbronne is supposed to have used when summoned to surrender at Waterloo,, and what the evidence for it ?

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. [The word is "merde," ancient slang for" dung." J

WEBSTER,' VOCALIST. Where should I be likely to find information about this actor and singer ? He is mentioned in ' The Thes- pian Dictionary,' and also in vol. vi. o Genest's ' English Stage.'

HORACE BLEACKLEY.

" THE PRINCE OF WALES'S TAVERN," NEAR SLOANE STREET. What was the exact position of this tavern, which flourished at the beginning of the nineteenth century ? HORACE BLEACKLEY..

AUTHOR AND CORRECT VERSION WANTED. There is a saying by somebody somewhere to the following effect probably I do not quote it quite correctly : " Wherever the Spaniards go they build a church, the Frenchi start a cafe, the Italians an opera-house, the- Germans a beer-garden, and the English a club." Required, the correct version, and the author. PENRY LEWIS..

Quisisana, Walton -by-Clevedon, Somerset.

MRS. W. H. TRINDER. " Voices of Home- and Nature. By Mrs. W. H. Trinder. Lon- don : Bosworth & Harrison, Regent Street,. 1861 " a small volume of poems. Infor- mation concerning the author is desired,, and especially whether she was a resident in Staffordshire, and, if so, where, and fon how long. S. A. GRUNDY-NEWMAN..

Walsall.