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 9th S. IV. Oct. 7, '99.] 285 NOTES AND QUERIES. Thomas Ashton (1716-75) was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, and a friend of Horace Walpole's. John Pickfoed, M.A. Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge. Penn's Monument.—Being in Bristol a few years ago, I transcribed all the inscriptions of every sort inside the church of St. Mary Ked- cliffe. and confided the manuscript volume to the care of Mr. Cross, the intelligent head verger of that beautiful building. The monumental tablet, with arms and en- richments, to Sir William Penn is on the west end of the north wall of the nave, but so high up as to be unreadable from the pavement, and only with some difficulty I succeeded, by aid of a long ladder, in making what I believe is an accurate copy. I understood that it had never been printed, but that many persons from the United States visited the church, and invariably inquired for it. Mr. Cross has lately had it printed as a leaflet; but if it has not been recorded in the recently reviewed life of Sir W. Penn, it seems worthy of more permanent preserva- tion, both on the admiral's account and on that of his greater and better son :— " To Y° Just Memory of Sr Will Penn K' & Some- times | Generall borne at Bristol In 1621 son of Cap- tain Giles | Penn several years consul for y» English in y° Mediterranean | of yePennsof Penns Lodge in the County of | Wilts & those Penns of Penn in y» County of Bucks & by | his Mother from ye Gilberts in ye County of Somerset | Originally from York- shire. Addicted from his | youth to maritime affairs. He was made Captain at I ye yeares of 21. Rear Admirall of Ireland at 23 Vice | Admirall of Ire- land at 24. Admirall to ye. Straightes | at 29. Vice Admirall of England at 31. a Generall | in ye first Dutch Warres at 32 whence retiring | in An" 1655. He was chosen a Parliament man for ye | Towne of Weymouth 1660 made Commissioner of | ye Ad- miralty <fe Navy Govoner of ye Townes and Forts of | King Sail Vice Admirall of Minister & a member of | that Provinciall Counsell & in Anno 1664, Was | Chozen Great Captain Commander Vnder his | Royall Highness: In ye signall & most Evidently | Successful fight against ye Dutch fleet | Thus he took Leave Of The Sea his old element, But | Con- tinued still His other Employs till 1669: at which | Time : Through Bodily Infirmitys. (Contracted by ye | Care & Fatigue of Public Affairs) He With- drew | Prepared & Made for his end, & with a Gentlo A | Even Gale in much peace arrived & anchored in his | Last and Best Port, at Wanstead In ye County of Essex | ye 16 Sept 1670 being then but 49 & 4 months old | To whose Name and Merit his surviving l<ady | Hath Erected this Remem- brance." D. J. "Parsimony," not "Parcimony."—May I be permitted to enter a protest against the growing inclination to spell in English the word parsimony with a c instead of with the letter s ? Recent instances will be found in the Times of 15 and 21 September. In favour of the spelling of the Latin archetype of the word (narsimonia) with a c there is nothing but the opinion of one of the Aldi; and that opinion is condemned by the best manuscripts of the classical authors. Italy and Spain, in retaining the word, retain the orthodox spelling. England has hitherto done the same. Why should she now follow France, with her pareimonie—to go wrong 1 Richard Horton Smith. Athenseum Club. SWORD WORN AT THE RlGHT SlDE.—Some time ago instances were mentioned in 'N. &, Q.' of warriors being represented in art with the sword hanging at the right instead of at the left side. In the Inter- me'dinire for 15 August a correspondent points out that the sculptor Fremier has represented the St. Michael designed to crown the spire of the abbey of Mont with the baldric passing from left to right, a singular position for it to occupy, since neither a man nor an arch- angel could very well leap on his horse, or draw his sword, if the weapon were suspended under the sword-arm. L. E. E. K. Remarks on Msor. (See 9th S. iii. 344, 404; iv. 85.)—I learn from a note to 'Hudibras' that Sir Roger L'Estrange has told the fable of Jupiter and the bee. Some time ago I looked over his large collection of fables, but do not remember much of them. E. Yardley. Mr. Kipling's " LuciA."--Readers of ; The City of Dreadful Night' will remember that the papers in which Mr. Rudyard Kipling exposed to public view the unlovely features of the capital of British India wound up with an idyllic picture of the brief career of a Cal- cutta beauty of the last century. It was " a big and stately tomb" in the Park Street Cemetery, "sacred to 'Lucia,' who died in 1776 A.D., aged 23," that inspired this little history. In Mr. Kipling's fancy Lucia was " a fair Kentish maiden, sent out, at a cost of five hundred pounds, English money, to wed the man of her choice," who, we learn further on, was a " sober factor," or senior civilian in the service of the East India Company. Now that these papers have been published in a form that elevates them to the rank of a classic, a few lines of commentary on this passage may not be unacceptable. Mr. Julian James Cotton, an able young civilian belong- ing to the Madras Presidency, has been lately contributing to the pages of the Calcutta Review a series of papers descriptive of the