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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1900.

CONTENTS. No. 125.

NOTES : Regimental Mottoes, 389 -Kingston Coronation Stone, 391 Shakespeariana, 392" Hansel," 393-" Lazy Laurence " Job Betts " Mawkin " Origin of Royal Academy" Chacma," 394.

QUERIES : " Inundate " " Nesquaw" " Platform " Sale of Church Property Erlik Khan Plates of Antique Gems, 395 Spurring Family Sir G. Norton Life in South American Republics Camplin Family - Myall- wood Abbot of Furness Basque Book of Genesis Lines Wanted Field-names, 396 Extent of St. Martin's Parish -St. Francis of Assisi " Atlantic greyhound" Reynolds's ' Infant Academy ' ' Punch ' Weekly Dinner- Authors Wanted, 397.

REPLIES : Open Spaces, 397 Familiar French Quotations Eighteenth-Century 'History of England' "May fair marriages "Discoveries of Capt. Edge Kemps of Hen- don, 398 Moated Mounds" No deaf nuts," 399 Artists' Mistakes Bohun : Plugenet Elizabeth Alkin, 400" In- timidated thrones" Old and New Style of Chronology- Faggots for burning Heretics Volant as a Christian Name, 401" Pineapple " Bucth Casts of Ancient Seals Sir R. and Sir W Stuart -John Botoner Football on Shrove Tuesday" Blenkard," 402 A Chained Curate Leland Family "Jullaber," 403-Humbug Stamp Col- lecting, 404' The Wearin' o' the Green 'Date of the Building of Rome, 405 Elverton Manor "The green- eyed monster" Tablet to Mr. Gladstone, 406 " Be the day weary," &c. French Stanza, 407.

NOTES ON BOOKS : ' Inquisitions and Assessments relating to Feudal Aids,' Vol. I.' The Registers of the Church of Bury ' ' The Registers of the Church of Burnley ' ' The Registers of Eglingham.'

Notices to Correspondents.

REGIMENTAL MOTTOES OF THE BRITISH ARMY.

MANY regiments, including the Black Watch and others of equal distinction, have no motto. Others have the royal motto on the guidon. This cannot be considered as the special property of the regiment that bears it. Nor can " Ich Dien," which some regiments carry, be regarded as a motto. In the alphabetical arrangement which is here adopted some mottoes are in- cluded that are not in the 'Army List,' and some that are perhaps to be regarded as badge mottoes rather than as regimental mottoes.

"Anna pacis fulcra" is the motto of the Honourable Artillery Company, and ex- presses the well-worn sentiment that "Arms are the supporters of peace."

"Aucto splendore resurgo" is the motto of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, and may be taken as the desire or intention to raise the flag again with augmented splen- dour.

" Aut cursu, aut cominus armis," is the motto of the 16th Queen's Lancers, and expresses their readiness for marching or fighting hand to hand.

" Bello ferox " is one of the mottoes of the

Scots Guards, whose claim to that character none will gainsay.

"Bydand" is a Gaelic word worn by the Gordon Highlanders on the headdress plate. It is the motto of the Marquis of Huntly and of the Gordon family, and is said to mean " remaining."

"Cede nullis" is the declaration of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who " yield to none."

" Caber feidh " is a motto, if such it can be called, of the Seaforth Highlanders. It means the stag's antlers, and is the Gaelic name of the Clan Mackenzie, of which the Earl of Seaforth was the chief.

" Celer et audax " is the motto of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, and its dash and bravery are attested by the names of thirty-two vic- tories in which it has shared, from Louisburg to Chitral, in each of the four quarters of the globe. The motto was given to it by Wolfe.

"Concussse cadunt urbes" is one of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, and is the moral of many sieges. It is a reminiscence of the words of Lucretius (v. 1236). The badge to which the motto belongs represents firing of a cannon.

"Cuidich'n righ" is a Gaelic motto of the Seaforth Highlanders. The meaning is "I help the king," and arises from a Mac- kenzie family tradition of aid to a Scottish monarch.

" En ! ferus hostis " is one of the mottoes of the first battalion of the Scots Guards, and is the feeling, spoken or unspoken, of many on beholding their savage foemen.

" Firm " is the emphatic and soldierly motto of the Worcestershire Regiment.

"Gwell angau na chywilydd " is the motto of the Welsh Regiment, and means " Death rather than dishonour."

"Honor ubique" is one of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, who seek honour every- where.

" Honores refero " is another of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, who both carry and bring honour.

" In funera fides " is a third of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, who thus make the soldier's claim to be faithful unto death.

" In defence " is yet another of the mottoes of the Scots Guards.

"In veritate religionis confido" is the second motto of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, who thus express their corporate and individual trust in Christianity.

"Intrepidus" is one more motto of the Scots Guards.

''Inyicta," with the badge of the white horse, is one of the mottoes of the East Kent