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Crowley or Crawley, Alderman of London; thirdly, Anne Hussey, daughter of Francis Blake Delaval, of Seaton Delaval, co. North- umberland. By the last two he had no issue (Collins's ' Peerage,' 1812, vol. iii. p. 426). For the Delaval pedigree consult Lodge's ' Peerage of Ireland' (enlarged by Archdall), 1789, vol. vii. p. 225. As to the marriage, an entry might be found in the registers at Earsdon.

JOHN RADCLIFFE.

THE NATIONAL FLAG (9 th S. ix. 485; x. 31, 94). It is altogether wrong for a church or other public building or private person to display the white ensign. This flag belongs exclusively to His Majesty's navy, until 1864 the navy was divided into the white, the blue, and the red squadrons; but, as Mr. Edward Hulme relates in his 'Flags of the World,' the three sets of colours caused much inconvenience, and Nelson at Trafalgar ordered the whole of his fleet to hoist the white ensign. An Order of Council dated 18th October, 1864, put an end to the use of different flags by the navy, and the white ensign alone was declared to be its flag. By very exceptional privilege it is allowed to be flown by the Royal Yacht Squadron, but, by a special minute issued by the Admiralty, no other club is allowed to use it. I cannot at all agree with MR. NUTTALL that we should use flags to which we are not entitled for " the sake of a little variety in our decora- tions." If we did this we might as well hang from our flagstaffs silks of diverse colours. If variety is required (and I quite agree with MR. NUTTALL as to the advantage of this) I would suggest that the plan of a friend of mine should be followed. He comes from East Anglia, and on the occasion of public festivities he displays the East Anglian flag. If citizens displayed the flags of the cities or districts associated with their families this would give variety and add much historical interest to the display. During the present Coronation festivities His Majesty has granted special permission for the Royal Standard to be displayed by his subjects.

A. Q.

CAPT. ARNOLD (9 th S. ix. 447). The 'Biographical Dictionary,' published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1844, says Benedict Arnold was twice married. By his first wife, whose name was Mansfield, he had three sons, one of whom held a com- mission in the British army; the others received grants of land in Canada, and were men of property there in 1829. His second wife, Miss Shippen, a Philadelphia lady of great accomplishments, and a friend and

correspondent of Andre, was married to him at the age of eighteen, just before he obtained the command of West Point. She died in London in 1803. The church at which Benedict Arnold was buried still remains a mystery. See 9 th S. iii. 152.

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

SERJEANT EDWARD DENDY (9 th S. ix. 508). This worthy was so appointed in 1621, vice Hamilton, under the Crown. In 1648 his services were transferred to Parliament, and so continued till 10 August, 1659, when he acted for the Privy Council only. In 1660 he petitioned for an appointment under the Customs at Bristol, but being prosecuted at the Restoration he escaped to Lausanne, where he appears to have been living till 1666. He had a father of the same name Jiving at Wigan in 1659; and apparently a son named John, a sub-official at trie Mint in 1648. This connexion with Wigan points to a Northern origin, and there was a family named Dande from Cheshire, who settled in Derbyshire and Notts from 1575 to 1670, from whom some Dendys of Sussex and Surrey claim descent. ABSENS.

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Greek Votive Offerings. By William Henry Denhain

Rouse, M.A. (Cambridge, University Press.) MR. ROUSE has been astute enough to discover in the history of Greek religion a province all but unoccupied, and diligent enough to write a work concerning it which supplies all accessible informa- tion. His volume is, accordingly, a solid con- tribution to scholarship, and, indirectly, to our knowledge of primitive culture. Materials for a task such as he has accomplished are superabundant, and may be gleaned from all sources. Pausanias alone is a mine of information, not only of per- sonal observation, but of historical and mythical recollection and survival. Athenseus and the Greek Anthology yield a full store, and there is scarcely a writer of antiquity, from Hesiod and Homer to Theocritus, Horace, and Lucian, from whom something cannot be gleaned. The various museums abound with specimens of votive objects, and the Transactions of various learned societies give numerous articles on the subject. Up to now, however, no attempt to deal thoroughly with Greek votive offerings seems to have been made. Jacopo Filippo Thomasini (1597-1654), Bishop of Citta-Nuova, wrote a book, 'De Donariis ac Labellis Votivis' (1654), which reposes on the shelves of most large libraries. Much information is found in Mr. FarnelPs ' Cults of the Greek States' (see 8 th S. ix. 519), for the third volume of which we wait. Mr. Rouse is the first to deal with the subject on a scale commensurate with its import- ance, though his work is in some respects tentative,