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and opened to the Public on the 12th day of March A.D. MDCCCLVI.

" The cost of the erection was defrayed partly by voluntary subscriptions, partly by the Trustees of the adjacent Turnpike Roads, and the remainder by Bates assessed upon the property within the Borough."

The architect of the bridge was Mr. James Samuel, and the contractor Mr. James Taylor.

A service of plate was presented to Mr. Workman in 1857, and the following was inscribed on the epergne :

" September, 1857. Presented to Henry Work- man, Esquire, as a Testimonial of his public services in connexion with the Evesham Bridge. For the purchase of this epergne and other pieces of plate the sum of 315?. was raised by public subscription."

GEOBGE LEACH ASHWORTH.

Rochdale. This statue stands in the centre of the large ornamental garden in Broadfield Park, facing the Town Hall. It was unveiled in the presence of 15,000 people by the late Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., on June 1, 1878. The sculptors were Messrs. W. & T. Wills, and it cost 800 guineas.

"The statue is placed on a granite pedestal 10 feet high ; the figure itself is 8 feet high, and is cut out of a solid block of hard Sicilian marble which weighed 4 tons. It is of a light grey colour, harmonizing well with the tone of the pedestal, and weighs 1 ton 15 ewt. The attitude of the figure is spirited and dignified and full of energy ; the likeness is pronounced a most faith- ful one."

On the pedestal is the following inscrip- tion :

Alderman G. L. Ashworth J.P.

Twice

Mayor of Rochdale.

Born August 1st 1823

Died August 6th 1873.

Erected by public subscription

in loving remembrance of a

devoted friend of the People

1877.

Although the date 1877 appears in the above inscription, arrangements were not forward enough to allow of its unveiling in that year.

EDMUND C. BUKTON.

Daventry, Northamptonshire. On Feb. 4, 1911, the Gothic cross erected to the memory of the late Mr. B.C. Burton, on the Market Hill, was inaugurated without ceremony. It is 39 feet high, and constructed of Ketton stone from a design by Mr. W. J. Pullen. It consists of four stages, and is mounted on a calvary of four steps. The lower stage is square with four open arches displaying a square central shaft. The second stage

is also square, the lower faces consisting of arcading, and the upper faces of arched panels divided by mullions and tracery. The third stage is octagonal, with recessed arched panels. The fourth stage is a croc ke ted spire with finial. Springing from the angles of the two lower stages rise slender shafts connected with the main structure by flying buttresses. Beneath the arched opening is a bronze drinking-fountain attached to the west side of the central shaft. Above it on a bronze plate is in- scribed as follows :

" To the Memory of Edmund Charles Burton, M.A., of The Lodge, Daventry. Born Sep- tember 4th, 1826. Died August 20th, 1911. Educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford."

On another plate on the north side is the following :

" This memorial was placed here in remembrance of Edmund Charles Burton by members past and present of the National Hunt Committee, his personal friends, and others who esteemed him. A staunch Churchman, a renowned sportsman, and a man greatly beloved. By his life he set an example of what a true English gentleman should be, and whether in sport, business or pleasure, it can be truly said of him ' sans peur et sans reproche.' "

JOHN T. PAGE.

Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

(To be continued.)

ARTEMIS APHAIA. Up to the present, no attempt has been made to explain the epithet Aphaia, given to Artemis at the Athenian temple in ^Egina. The double name may be due to a compromise between the Athenian founders and the people who were on the site before them. It is generally agreed that Aphaia had a local cult at ^Egiria (Furtwangler, ' ^Egina,' vol. i., Einleitung).

Now there is evidence that at Rhodes, Thera, and ^gina (Hall, ' Oldest Civilization in Greece,' pp. 237, 286, n. 2) there were Phoenician settlements, and it is reasonable to infer that the new-comers must have brought with them some elements of their worship. The suggestion now offered is that the goddess Aphaia was of Semitic origin. The equation may be put thus :

Ai>AIA=nfi> ( =beautiful). The final A is the feminine termination.

It will be objected that the Greek^ trans- literation does not show the initial 'I sound of the supposed original ; besides this, A4>AIA, without an 'I at the beginning, is the form foiind in Pausanias, Hesychius, and elsewhere ; yet the treatment of foreign