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the Lancashire yearth for earth and Yem for Edmund (' Lane. Gloss.,' pp. 286-7) may be compared the Devonshire yammet for emmet (' Peasant Speech of Devon,' p. 150) ; also the Derbyshire Yed for Edward ; while in place-names we have Yearsley, the Domesday Everslage, not to mention York itself, the A.-S. Eofer-wic.

HY. HAKRISON.

FlTZWILLIAM AND GRIMALDI ARMS (US. vi. 144, 215, 256). In the list given by your very expert correspondent, LEO C., of " English and foreign names to which the arms ' lozengy ' or ' fusily ' ' argent and gules ' are ascribed," I do not see the name of de Chesney, Bishop of Lincoln. He bore these arms (as well as another shield), and they were also borne by the Norman family of de Chesney of Guernsey. I am very anxious for information as to the eventual settlement of this family in Eng- land, and I should be grateful if any of your readers could favour me with an answer to the questions : Were they the same family as de Cheney, later of Bucks ? Were they connected with the Oxford family ? and do any of their direct descend- ants yet live ?

The present-day Chesneys use, doubtfully, a different coat of arms. Y. T.

"LET SEVERELY ALONE" (11 S. vi. 228, 317). Mr. Parnell always strongly denied that in the speech quoted at the latter reference he used the words " You must shim him," averring that he said, " You must show him." in the sense of exposing liim to the public gaze or, colloquially, " showing him up." He affirmed this on oath before the Special Commission in the spring of 1889 ; and the late Sir Henry James, Q.C. (afterwards Lord James of Hereford), one of the leading counsel for The Times, in his closing address to the judges, accepted the statement with this qualification :

" Much has been said as to that word [show]. Aly own view is it is rightly reported as 'show him.' Whether 'shun' or 'show,' the sense is much the same " ;

but he read the report as " show."

POLITICIAN.

APPARENT DEATH (11 S. v. 428; vi. 16, 58, 133, 193). The statement that the mother of General Robert E. Lee narrowly escaped being buried alive is not mentioned in any of the biographies that I have been able to consult, and it seems very unlikely that such an extraordinary incident should

escape notice, especially when associated with the family of so prominent a man. I wish that MR. WILLIAMSON would give his authority. HENRY LEFFMANN.

Philadelphia.

I have heard that John Howard was instrumental in preventing the premature burial, not only of Russian prisoners, but of Mrs. Knill, the wife of Richard Knill the missionary, during her husband's absence on a prolonged tour. A grandson of the daughter bom after this event bears the name of John Howard.

A similar story to that of Mrs. Erskine is told of a Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.

MARGARET LAVINOTON.

AN INGENIOUS TAILOR (US. vi. 267). MR. R. VAUGHAN GOWER will be interested in hearing that other examples of G. Smart's work are in existence. A few years ago a gentleman living at Clifton presented two to this Museum, which he had purchased in a curiosity shop in Bristol. They are both contained in one frame, which the donor kindly provided to accompany the gift.

One of the figures corresponds exactly with the description given by MR. GOWER of that in his possession, and is a representa- tion of Old Bright, the Tunbridge Wells postman of that period ; hanging down from under the flap of his letter-bag is the direction label of a packet addressed to " Talleyrand, Richmond."

The other figure is that of an old country- woman, apparently going to market with some ducks in a basket she is carrying on her right arm. She is dressed in a short print frock, white apron, and stockings, with low shoes and buckles, a scarlet cloak, and a black coal scuttle bonnet. The landscape in the background includes a view of Bridge Castle.

Probably other examples of Smart's ingenuity will be heard of in response to MR. GOWER'S communication, as it is scarcely probable they have all perished ; there must be some in existence in some of the country houses round about Tunbridge Wells.

J. H. ALLCHIN.

The Museum, Maidstone.

Since my note appeared I have received several letters which show that there are at least three of the pictures to which I referred in existence, besides the one in my possession.

Mr. W. R. Musgrave, of Sandgate Road, Folkestone, has, however, in his possession