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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. iv. AUG. s, 1911.

Edition" ever appear ? I have never met with it, nor, indeed, with either the first or the second edition, unless their identity has been concealed under another title.

CHARLES HIGHAM.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWSPAPERS. Can any reader tell me if any of the following are to be found on file at the British Museum or in any other library in London ?

The South Carolina Gazette, 1732 to 1774.

The South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal, 1766 to 1774.

The South Carolina Weekly Gazette, 1732, 1733.

The South Carolina Weekly Journal (published probably previous to The S. C. Gazette).

QUIEN SABE.

LONDON DIRECTORIES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Is there any collection of London Directories, accessible to the public, which goes back as far as the last quarter of the eighteenth century ? The period for which I wish to consult them is from about 1770 tblSlO. J. R. F. G.

CAPT. DRAYSON'S ' THIRD MOTION OF THE EARTH.' The following advertisement ap- peared in Jackson's Woolwich Journal from August to December, 1859 (published by W. P. Jackson, Woolwich) :

Just published. Price os. Free by Post.

The Third Motion of the Earth, which solves the following mysterious facts, viz. the formation of Coal Beds ; the remains of Elephants, Alli- gators, &c., in England, and other northern climates ; of tropical terms in northern regions ; the retrograde motion of the Satellites of Uranus ; the sun standing still mentioned in Joshua ; the shadow departing from the sun dial of Ahaz ; the Statements of the Ancient Egyptians ; the Precession of the Equinox, &c.

By Captain A. W. Drayson, Royal Artillery. Sold by W. P. Jackson, Thomas Street, Woolwich.

There is no copy of the volume in the British Museum, the Bodleian Library, or at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. I shall be glad of information about the book. (Major) J. H. LESLIE.

31, Kenwood Park Road, Sheffield.

PER CENTUM : ITS SYMBOL. A question has been raised as to whether the true meaning of the symbol % is " per centum " or "per centum per annum." I have been searching for its derivation, and, according to Webster, the symbol "is a cursive variation of -4- the sign of division ; thus six per cent may be expressed by TTT or 6 -r- 100, or, without indicating the denomi- nator, 6 -7- whence, in rapid writing, 6 % or

This seems rather far-fetched, and it has been suggested that it is more likely to be an abbreviation of " per cento," which I believe was, in old account-books, often written " P. cento," and suggests that it might have been written P/- o, and so got to %.

I shall be grateful for information on the point, H. D. O'NEILL.

HISTORY or ENGLAND WITH RIMING VERSES. In the early part of the last century there was a History of England for children, with at the beginning of each reign verses, of which I can only remember a few, thus :

William the First, as the Conqueror known, By the battle of Hastings ascended the throne ; His laws were all made in the Norman tongue, And at eight every evening the Curfew was rung,.

fee.

William called Rufus, from having red hair, Of virtues possessed but a moderate share, &c. Then London was paved that the streets might

look pretty, And houses were no longer thatched in the City.

If any one has a copy, will he kindly supply the rest and give me the exact title of the book ? (Rev.) CAMPBELL LOCK.

Ashknowle, Whitwell, Ventnor.

[Various riming verses on English history are discussed at 10 S. i. 80 ; iv. 510 ; v. 31, 77, 194 ;.

x. 228.]

MASONIC DRINKING-MUG. I was recently shown a peculiar earthenware mug with single handle, having a capacity of nearly a quart. The outside is decorated with Masonic emblems, a temple, and figures of Truth and Justice ; inside, near the bottom, a brown frog is attached. The frog is not apparent until the contents are nearly exhausted, and being hollow, upon ita coming into \iew, a whistling begins, con- tinuing so long as any liquor passes through. Upon the bottom of the mug is : " J. Phillips, Sunderland Pottery." Can any reader say if this was the pottery shown in old views of the original bridge across the Wear (opened by Rowland Burdon at the end of the eighteenth century), and the probable date of the mug ?

CHARLES S. BURDON.

CHARLEMAGNE'S KINDRED. Drogo, Count of the French Vexin, who married Godgifu, daughter of King yEthelred, was reputed, according to Orderic, to be " de prosapia Caroli Magni." Can any one state the foundation of this claim ?

FRANCIS P. MABCHANT,

Streatham Common.