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H. S. SMITH : PROJECTED LIST OF YORK- SHIRE OFFICERS. During the years 1854 to 1857 Mr. H. S. Smith published Obituary Lists, with records of service, of all officers of the Army who died during those years. In a, note to the 185-4 List he adds :

" Mr. H. S. Smith is preparing for publication a List of Yorkshire Gentlemen who have held Com- missions, or who are now in the Army. He has already collected 500 names, and with a view of making the List more complete, he respectfully solicits the assistance of parties who may take an interest in the work, and will feel obliged by any communications on the subject.

" Headingley, near Leeds, "31st March, 1855."

Can any one tell me if this List was ever published, and, if so, where it can be obtained ? M. L. FERRAR, Major.

Torwood, Belfast.

1. MACPHERSON : GENERAL JOHN MAC- PHERSON. This officer is stated to have left the British service with several others in 1815, and joined Bolivar, ultimately becom- ing commander-in-chief, a position to which his son also attained.

Can any of your readers supply informa- tion as to his parentage, regiment, &c. ? He was a lieutenant in the British Army.

2. GENERAL JAS. B. MACPHERSON. This officer was killed at the battle of Atlanta, 22 July, 1864. Where can his history or parentage be best obtained ? CATACH.

CHARLES ALLEN, BRISTOL BOOKSELLER. Is anything further known of Charles Allen, a bookseller in Broad Street, Bristol, about 1678 ? His name appears on the title-page of a work published in London in that year. Any information as to his activities would be welcome. Was he a member of the Society of Friends ?

W. J. C.

FLOWER-XAME. If the question is not too trivial, I should like to ask if some one familiar with the English flora will tell me the name of " the little pink flower that grows in the wheat," mentioned in the song ' Twickenham, Ferry.' R. B s.

Newport, R.I.

[Is it not the corn-cockle, Agrostemma gitlmyo /]

SOUTH AFRICA : UNION MEDAL ISSUED IN DECEMBER, 1910, on the occasion of the opening of the South African Parlia- ment in Cape Town by the Duke of Con- naught. Can any reader inform me where this may be procured ?

THOMAS H. MILLER.

Bath and County Club, Bath.

ENGLISH AS SPOKEN IN DUBLIN.

" An Irish gentleman said to me the other day : ' We Ve always been draggin' the divil by the tail, and only a .slipping hoult of it at that.' Does the Sassenach understand the idiom ? "

The above appears in The Times of 18 Nov., p. 9, col. 6, in an account of ' Dublin in the Strike,' from a correspondent. I should be very much obliged if one of your Irish readers would explain to a " Sassenach " what the " Irish gentleman " meant.

A. L. MAYHEW.

21, Norham Road, Oxford.

" THE HONOURS THREE." Gae bring my guid auld harp ance mair, Gae bring it free and fast.

I '11 drink a cup to Scotland yet,

Wi' a' the honours three.

The words of this song were written by the Rev. Henry Scott Riddell (1798-1870). I want to know the meaning of " the honours three." Are they the sword, the sceptre, and the crown in the Regalia Room in Edinburgh Castle ? A friend suggests that " the honours " are connected with the drink- ing of " a health," and that the toast is said to be drunk " with honours " when the diner stands with one foot 011 the table and the other on a chair, and in this perilous position cheers and drinks. THOS. WHITE.

MONUMENT TO CAPT. Gr. FARMER. (See 7S. iv. 537.) The late REV. J. PICKFORD stated at the above reference that there is a monument erected at public expense to Capt. George Farmer, R.N., of the Quebec, in St. Paul's Cathedral. I have, in conjunction with Capt. Farmer's great- grandchildren, recently made a close search, and have been unable to find any such monument.

Can any one inform me if there is a monu- ment of any description anywhere to Capt. Farmer ? J. J. PIPER.

Cintra Park, Upper Norwood, S.E.

THE LEGEND OF ST. CHRISTOPHER : PAINT- QTG AT AMPTHILL. On the three columns of the north arcade in Ampthill Church, Bedfordshire, are faint remains of paintings which may have formed a series of six scenes representing the story of the legend of St. Christopher. Two of the scenes are easily discernible in a good light, viz., that on the eastern column, which shows the Holy Child apparently talking to the saint ; and the picture on the western column, of the familiar scene showing the saint carrying the Child. It is very difficult to see what