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 iis.v.jtx E -,i<ji2.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 5..', 1911.

t CONTENTS. No. 130.

NOTES : Statues anil Memorials in the British Isles, 481

A Norman " Motte " Theory, IS^Casanova in England, 484 Jacobite Verses : " Turnip-hoer " The Observatory on the Field of -Waterloo, 435-'* Shire " : its Derivation, 486 Derbyshire fteld-Naiues Xo Twin ever Famous Petition for a Church Flag, 437.

'QUERIES: William A mberst Author Wanted Gordon- Archer Theodore =Dirck .- Dry den Papers at Rome, 4SS Abercromby Family Turkish Spy in Paris "The first

day of winter " Kendall Bengeworth Leighton's British Crests' Whelpley: Bingwood " Here I lay

.outside the door," 4S9 -Dr. Fell: Martial Tablet te Book of Lady Mary Keyes Shakespeare's Signatures Eardley : Primram " Dr. Syntax " ' The Kentish Note- Book,' 490.

REPLIES: S-wiss Regiments in British Service, 491 Forlorn Hope at Bidajos, 492 Compston Family Camden Society, 493 Almanacs in Dialect Cheshire Words, 494 Coaching Songs Frith's ' Road to Ruin' and 'Race for Wealth' Honorary Degrees at Cam- bridgeThe Suffix "shire," 495 Wiltshire Phrases 'Twice a Traitor 'Families : Duration in Male Line- Early Fountain Pens, 406 Miss Buss and Miss Beale I'Anson Roman Inscription at Hyeres, 497 Mary P. Jacobi : Mrs. Ellis, 49S.

NOTES ON BOOKS : Second Supplement of the ' Dic- tionary of National Biography.'

Booksellers' Catalogues. Notices to Correspondents.

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STATUES AND MEMORIALS IX THE BRITISH ISLES.

(See 10 S. xi. 441 ; xii. 51, 114, 181, 401 ; 11 S. i. 282 ; ii. 42, 242, 381 ; iii. 22, 222, 421 ; iv. 181, 361 ; v. 62, 143.)

MEN OF SCIENCE.

Newcastle-on-Tyne. On 2 Oct., 1862, a bronze statue of George Stephenson, 4 * the father of railways," was unveiled by the Earl of Ravensworth. It was de- signed by John Graham Lough, and is said to be a faithful portrait. The pedestal rises from a square base to a height of about 12 ft., and at the corners are disposed f our figures representing a pitman, a black- smith, a platelayer, and an engineer. The total height of the statue is about 21 ft. On the pedestal is carved the word " Stephenson."

In May, 1879, a tablet was placed on the house, 17, Eldon Place, which is thus in- scribed :

The Residence of

George and Robert

Stephenson

1824-5.

Shrewsbury. A bronze statue of Charles Darwin was unveiled in his native town on 10 August, 1897. It is suitably placed under the shadow of the Old School, where he received his education. It is the work of Mr. Horace Montford, and bears a striking resemblance to Boehm's marble statue in the Natural History Museum, South Ken- sington. Darwin is represented seated in a massive chair. On his crossed knees rests a manuscript, upon which he is engaged, although his face is turned from it as if in momentary, thought. A number of volumes representing his works are piled at his feet. The statue cost 1,000 guineas, and was given to the town by the Shropshire Horti- cultural Society. On the pedestal is in- scribed the one word " Darwin."

Birmingham. -A marble statue of Dr. Joseph Priestley, " the father of pneu- matic chemistry," stands in Victoria Square, south-west of the Council House. It was erected by the inhabitants of Birmingham, and unveiled by Prof. Huxley in 1874, the centenary of the discovery of oxygen. Priestley holds a vessel of mercury in one hand, and in the other a lens.

A tablet and medallion, " consecrated to the memory of the Rev. Joseph Priestley, LL.D., by his affectionate congregation," was erected in the New Meeting-House, Moor Street, at the time of his death. He was minister of this chapel for ten and a half years 1780-1791. The monmnent was, with others, removed to the Church of the Messiah, Broad Street, in 1862.

Birmingham. On 2 November, 1868, on the occasion of the visit of the Social Science Congress to the town, a statue of James Watt was unveiled, which had been erected by public subscription, arid executed in Sicilian marble by Mr. Alexander Munro. With the pedestal it rises to a height of 20 ft., the statue itself being 8 ft. 3 in. high. Watt is represented standing

" attired in the costume of his period ; his head is slightly inclined in front ; his right hand holds a pair of compasses, while his left rests on thj cover of the cylinder of the steam-engine which he perfected ; the weight of the body is thrown on the left arm .... The value of the work is increased by the careful and painstaking manner in which the various details of the accessories