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members were called Roeites, otherwise Re- formed Quakers (although not recognized by the Quakers proper), and the sect never extended beyond Calverton itself, where their one chapel and burial-ground long ago disused are yet pointed out. William Howitt, in one of his rural books, describes what he saw at a service in the chapel. I should be glad to learn if there exists any work of reference likely to supply a definite account of the Roeites and of their tenets.

A. STAPLETON.

ANDREW ARTER' s MEMOBIAL, HAMMER- SMITH. Can any one throw light upon the unpretentious stone pillar which stands in the roadway near the corner of Beavor Lane, Hammersmith, almost opposite Ravens- court Park ?

The pillar in question, which is about a yard in height, and stands about a foot from the curb an excellent position, one cannot help thinking, for taking a wheel off a cart on a foggy evening bears on the side nearest the high road the following in- scription :

Andrew Arter

October

1877.

There are traces of wording on at least one other side, but they are very faint. Who was Mr. Arter ? WILLIAM MCMURRAY.

CHURCH WITH WOODEN BELL-TURRET. I should be glad if I could be assisted to locate the subject of a water-colour drawing, probably 1820 or earlier, depicting the exterior of the south side and east end of a small stone church consisting of nave and chancel. The nave shows a doorway and two windows, the latter placed noticeably high in the wall ; the chancel, a large and a small doorway at the side, and a three- light, square-headed east window of the debased period. All the doors and windows have heavy hood-mouldings. The west end of the nave carries a square' wooden bell- turret. The site is on high ground, with village roofs lower on the" left, and woods beyond. Under the east window are plain iron rails round a tomb. W. B. H.

COWPER'S " GOD MOVES IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY." Will any contributor tell me the correct reading of Cowper's words in his famous hymn " God moves in a mysterious way " ? The whole verse runs : His purposes will ripen fast,

Unfolding every hour. The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.

I remember seeing in ' N. & Q.' another version of the last couplet, reading The bud may have a bitter taste, But wait and smell the flower.

Which is the original form ?

WATSON SURR

EXHIBITION OF 1851 : ITS MOTTO. (US. ii. 410, 452, 493.)

THE motto " The earth is the Lord's," &c., must, as MR. WARD states, be regarded as the motto of the Great Exhibition. It was well known to be a favourite with the Prince Consort, and in addition to its appear- ing on the cover and title-page of the Official Catalogue, it is placed on the title-pages of the volumes of the Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue. These I possess, in addition to my father's copy of the corrected edition of the Official Catalogue. The latter bears the imprint of Spicer Brothers, wholesale stationers, and of W. Clowes & Sons, printers, Contractors to the Royal Commission. Its price was Is. in the build- ing, and Is. 3d. if bought at the City office or of booksellers.

At the foot of the cover are these words : Say not the discoveries we make are our own. The germs of every act are implanted within us, And God our instructor, out of that which is

concealed, Developes the faculties of invention.

This also appears in Latin on the back of the title :

Ne nostra, ista quse invenimus, dixeris Insita sunt nobis omnium artium semina, Magisterque ex occulto Deus producit ingeiiia.

Underneath, the translation is given as on the front cover (except that the third line reads "And God our instructor, from his concealment''), and below this is the fol- lowing :

Humani Generis Progressus,

Ex cpmmuni omnium labore ortus,

Uniuscujusque industrial debet esse finis :

Hoc Adjuvando, Dei opt. max. voluntatem exsequimur.

The progress of the human race, Resulting from the common labour of all men, Ought to be the final object of the exertion of each

individual.

In promoting this end,

We are carrying out the will of the great and blessed God.

A short introduction states that the mottoes were selected by Prince Albert.

This corrected edition contains a report of the opening proceedings, the address read