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 NOTES AND QUERIES. m s. VIL JAN. 25, 1913.

An Alemanic or Suevic *Cens-ari would yield the Censorius of Hydatius (who lived in close proximity to the Suevi), as well as the Cajsarius of Fredegar (who may have been a Low Franconian), and the Casgre of Widsith (who was an Angle). In the Old English dialects the ai, se, ei of Conti- nental dialects were regularly represented .by a. So, too, were O.S. and O 4 H.G. e in certain positions.

Casere, then, who ruled over the descend- ants of Crogo the Aleman, i.e., the Creacas, and who was possessed of the government of Oaul, according to Widsith, is none other than the Count Csesarius of Fredegar, the Count Censorius of the Galician bishop Hydatius. The reason why Count Cen- sorius was sent three times to the Suevi of Galicia by Aetius may be the close relation- ship between Alemans and Suevi ; and Widsith, who knew Attila, may well have visited Count Csesarius, who was assassinated by an hereditary enemy of the Suevic race in 448. ALFRED ANSCOMBE.

STATUES AND MEMORIALS IN THE BRITISH ISLES.


 * (See 10 S. xi. 441 ; xii. 51, 114, 181, 401 ;

11 S. i. 282: ii. 42, 381; iii. 22, 222, 421 ; iv. 181, 361 ; v, 62, 143, 481 ; vi. 4, 284, 343, 385.)

SOLDIERS (continued).

MANY statues of the great Duke of Welling- .ton have been erected. Below I record several of the more important memorials. <See also 9 S. xi. 447 ; 10 S. ix. 1, 283 ; x. 123.)

Edinburgh. A bronze equestrian statue on a pedestal of Peterhead syenite is placed in front of the Register House. It is the work of Sir John Steell, and cost 10,000^., being inaugurated on Waterloo Day, 18 June, 1852. The Duke not only gave special sittings to the sculptor, but mounted and rode his charger in order to give a correct representation of his seat in the saddle. He was so entirely satisfied with the modelling of his own bust that he ordered two replicas one for Apsley House, and the other for Eton. Lard Cockburn describes the unveiling ceremony in his ' Memorials ' :

" The cheers, when the canvas dropped and disclosed the statue. .. .were very fine; and before they had ceased the guns of the Castle roared ; and scarcely had they done their beat,

when the inspired thunder rolled also, and left us to disperse in silence and under a shaip torrent of rain."

Wellington, Somerset. On the summit of the Black Downs an obelisk was erected in 1817. The foundation stone was laid by Lord Somerv.ille in October of that year. The shaft is placed on a broad base not unlike a blockhouse. Some Waterloo ordnance, intended to be placed near it, have remained on the quay at Exeter until the present day, being mostly used as mooring-posts. A movement was lately set on foot for the recovery of these guns.

Manchester. In front of the Royal In- firmary, Piccadilly, a memorial of the Duke of Wellington was unveiled on 30 Aug., 1856. It was designed by Matthew Noble, and consists of a bronze statue of Wellington 13 ft. high, standing on a granite pedestal 19 ft. high. At the base are grouped four subordinate figures representing Valour, Wisdom, Victory, and Peace. It was erected by voluntary contributions at a cost of about 7,OOOZ. At the inauguration it was handed over by Alderman Robert Barnes, on behalf of the subscribers, to the Mayor and Corporation of Manchester.

Dublin. At a cost of 20,OOOZ., subscribed by his fellow-townsmen (see 9 S. vii. 265), a memorial was erected to the Duke of Wellington in Phoenix Park in 1817. It consists of a quadrangular truncated obelisk built of granite, elevated on a square plat- form of the same stone, approached on each side by a flight of steps. It is 205 ft. high from base to summit. Before the principal front is an equestrian statue of the Duke. ^

Liverpool. In May, 1863, the Welling- ton Memorial in the London Road was inaugurated. It was executed from de- signs by Mr. Lawson of Glasgow, and took two years to erect. It consists of a base of three granite steps ; on this is placed a pedestal 10 ft. high, from which rises a fluted column to a height of 81 ft. On this again is a smaller pedestal surmounted by a statue of Wellington standing erect and draped in a military cloak. The statue is 14 ft. high, and was cast from cannon taken at Waterloo. The pedestal is in- scribed on the front with the word " Welling- ton," and on the sides with the names of his most celebrated actions ; at the back is a bronze bas-relief representing the. Duke ordering the final charge at Waterloo.

Strathfieldsaye, Hants. Here was in- augurated in 1866 a column 82ft. high,