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NOTES AND QUERIES.

[12 S. IV. MAY, 1918.

THE METROPOLITAN CLUB. George Gil- fillan in his ' Modern Christian Heroes,' 1869, speaks of " a select vestry of master spirits " having newly formed themselves into a club in London under the name of the Metropolitan Club. According to Gil- fillan, it included all sections of thought Tennyson, Huxley, Maurice, Martineau, Dean Stanley, Archbishop Manning. Its object was " the freest discussion of the great philosophical and religious questions of the day." Are any particulars available about this club ? Where did it meet, and were its proceedings ever published ?

GALLOWAY FKASER.

Strawberry Hill.

WYBORNE FAMILY OF ELMSTONE, KENT. What were the arms and crest of the Wy- borne family of Elmstone, Kent ? One of them, Petley Wyborne, was rector of the parish, 1604-20 ; and his daughter Marie was married at Elmstone, Dec. 1, 1629, to William Garnam or Garnham, Esq., after- wards Serjeant of the Counting-House to Charles II., and of Farnborough, Wantage, Berks, where both are buried in the church. John Harfleet of Chequer and Molland in the parish of Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, who was buried there in 1558, married Bennett, daughter and heir of George Wyborne. The arms of Wyborne were said by the Rev. Bryan Faussett to have been quartered with others by the Septuan family in glass in the church at Ash and also in the manor houses of Molland and Chequer in the seventeenth century. Any informa- tion will be gratefully received.

LEONARD C. PRICE. Essex Lodge, Ewell.

NATURALIZATION BY ACT OF PARLIA- MENT. In bygone days foreigners were naturalized by Act of Parliament. How can one get access to such records ? E. C. W.

[See alse ' Denization by Letters Patent,' ante, p. 127.]

MERRINGTON FAMILY. Is there any book in which the arms of this family may be found ? The crest is given in Fairbairn's ' British Crests.' Please reply direct.

J. DAMER POWELL, Lieut. R.N.R.

H.M.S. Halcyon II., c/oG.P.O.

HUSSAR'S SWORD. Nearly sixty years ago, in the roof of a house in Hampshire which was under repair, a sword was found, which is now in my possession. It is apparently a trooper's sabre of the end of the eighteenth century, with a black and brass hilt, and a blade, slightly curved, about three feet long. On the blade is a rough

engraving of a mounted soldier, with dolman and plumed hat, while above him are the words " Zwat Hussar " and a trophy of arms. I should be very glad to know the meaning of the word " zwat," and the language. I have made many inquiries^ but the replies have been conflicting. I have been told (1) that it is Polish, signifying "swashbuckler" or "dare-devil soldier, and that the sword was probably used by one of Napoleon's Polish Hussars ; (2) that it is Dutch, meaning " Zwarte," or Black, Hussar, a crack regiment in the Dutch army ; (3) that the word is intended to be " Schwarz (Black Hussars). I should be grateful for any suggestions. J. R. H.

COWPER AND THE ' GREEK ANTHOLOGY.'

In the " Bohn " volume of ' Translations- f rom, the Greek Anthology,' p. 88, is a translation of an epigram of eight lines by Agathias ('Anth. Grsec.,' ix. 204), beginning,.

Rear me not, traveller. The weapon I that Ajax once at Hector taught to fiy.

This version is not included in the Globe ' Cowper ' (in which many other of his versions of Greek epigrams are given). I& it genuine, and on what authority ?

If any reader of ' N. & Q.' would like to have the Greek references for the versions in the Globe edition, I shall be pleased to send them. H. K. ST. J. S.

' GREEK ANTHOLOGY ' : WESTMINSTER AND- ETON. In the " Bohn " volume of ' Trans- lations from the Greek Anthology ' allusion- is made, in the preface, to " Collections of epigrams made for the use respectively of the schools of Westminster and Eton " ; and many references are given to these Collections. Are these books published and procurable ? The Cambridge University Library has not got them. If they are out of print or inaccessible to the public, wilt any reader of ' N. & Q.' have the kindness to lend them to me for a short time ?

H. K. ST. J. S.

Ashfield, Bedford.

F. THACKERAY : J.W. BUCKLE. Who wt,s Frederic Thackeray, living in Cambridge in 1833 ? and who was J. W. Buckle, living at 33 Mark Lane, London, in 1814 ? As I possess old letters of theirs (one of the latter from Brussels mentioning the arrival of Napoleon at Elba), any information will be of interest. The Thackeray letter deals with the suggested trial and subsequent suicide of a Mr. Purchas, and is addressed to Commissioner Buckle of Norwich.

W. M. DODSON.