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mound to another, and known as ' Breedlings,' name which had succeeded the ancient ' Girvii and afterwards given place to that of 'Fe Slodgers,' by which appellation they were known u to the beginning of the present [i.e., nineteenth century."

Could some reader kindly supply the refer ence in Macaulay ? L. L. K.

CONGEES INTERNATIONAL DBS SCIENCE; AUXILIAIRES DE 1,'HiSTOiRE. This Congress I am told, meets every fifth year. It wa held in Rome in 1903, in Berlin in 1908 and the next meeting is to be held in London in 1913. It is of special interest to student of genealogy, heraldry, topography, loca history, palaeography, and diplomatics. Can any one inform me who has the arrange ments in hand for the London meeting, giv me the Secretary's address, or tell me anything about it ? GEORGE SHERWOOD, Hon. Secretary, Society of Genealogists

227, Strand, W.C.

FREEMAN FAMILY OF GREENWICH AND VICINITY, 1700-1800. (See also 11 S. iv 164.) I should be exceedingly grateful for any genealogical data regarding the Free man family, of Greenwich, Deptford, Black- heath, arid vicinity (1700-1800), particularly as associated with Arundel, Clifton, Day, Halley, Hawley, Pike, Pyke, Price, Reeve, Sharpe, Stewart (or Stuart). Please reply direct. EUGENE F. McPiKE.

135, Park Row, Chicago.

AUTHOR WANTED. Upon the walls of the Charity School in Church Street, Edmonton, these lines are inscribed :

A structure of Hope

Pounded in Faith

On a Basis of Charity.

1784.

They always strike me as being singularly terse, beautiful, and appropriate. Who wrote them ? Are they original, or quoted ?

CECIL CLARKE. Junior Athenaeum Club.

ST. AGATHA AND WHITE RABBIT. At Biddenham in Beds there is a custom on St. Agatha's Day for a small procession to go round carrying a white rabbit bedecked with scarlet ribbons, and singing in honour of St. Agatha. Young unmarried women, chancing to meet the procession, extend the first two fingers of the left hand towards the rabbit, and say :

Gustin, Gustin, lacks a bier ; Maidens, maidens, bury him here. Wliat is the meaning of this ?

A. G. KEALY. Ashley House, Gosport.

M. DE CALONNE'S MUSEUM. This c.ollec- tion of natural history objects was exhibited during 1797 at Savile House, Leicester Square, and subsequently sold by George Humphrey at 4, Leicester Street. The Exhibition Catalogue was presumably made the Sale Catalogue, but I am in doubt if it consists of more than one part, ending with exhibit No. 1439. Apparently every prob- able classification is included, but a note on the last page, "End of the First Part," suggests that there were other portions. Are any such known ?

M. de Calonne's library, wines, pictures, and the contents of his house at the extremity of Piccadilly " were sold on the premises, May, 1793.

ALECK ABRAHAMS.

THE CITY OF STATUES. I have read somewhere of a fabled city, the inhabitants of which were all turned to stone. Can any reader help me to locate it ? LECTOR.

[Within the pages of ' The Arabian Nights,' ' The Story of the First of the Three Ladies of Baghdad.']

DE VERB AT DRURY LANE. Can any reader kindly inform me what was the date of Mr. De Vere's management at Drury Lane Theatre ; when it began ; when it ended ; what pieces were performed ; and who were the principals ? I believe the brief season was run in 1852. M. O.

ARMS OF THE GHIBELLINES. On many of Florence appears the coat of arms or ' stemma " of the Parte Guelfa. Of course Florence was a Guelf city, and the Parte was never very hospitable to its opponents, >ut in other cities the arms of the Ghibelline >arty may have occupied similar positions. ~ any of your readers inform me what were the arms of this Parte ?
 * he public and semi -public buildings in

ALFRED ERNEST HAMILL. Lake Forest, Illinois.

NEOLITHIC REMAINS : THEIR GEOGRAPHI- CAL DISTRIBUTION. Does further study bear ut the statement that cromlechs are found nore abundantly near the seacoast, and hat their distribution has been affected iy the presence, or absence, of material uitable for their construction ? also, that hey are more numerous on the western han on the eastern side of England, and hat the same is true of Scotland, Ireland, 'ranee, Spain, &c. ?

In England it may be noted that certain istricts were occupied by the Neolithic eople, whilst others were neglected. One