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 9m S. VIII. JULY 6, 1901.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1901.

CONTENTS. No. 184.

NOTES :-Civil List Pensions, 1-Newbury, James's Fow- dert, and Goldsmith, 11 - Shakespeariana, 12 -Bishop Sherborne, 13- "A bad day and a worse "-"Three acres and a cow "-Pall Mall -Japanese Names -Dahlia and Fuchsia-Price of Ink in 1288, 14.

QUERIES " Kentish fire " Goldsmith's Publishers Antoine de Lafosse in England "In the days when we went gipsying " Redmaynes - Mayors of Newcastle- under-Lyme, 15-Cowley's Poems set to Music -Isaac Penington the Younger-" Custice "-Lavington in Sussex -'King of Spain's Bible' -Breslaw Philpot MSS. Mackenzie of Gairloch, 16 Icknield Street, 17.

REPLIES: St. Clement Danes, 17 "Anyone," "Every- one," 18-Sheriff Sir T. Cooke-Neptuoe and Crossing the Line' La-di-da, " 19 De Bathe and Holsworthy Families, 20 Designations of Foreigners in Mexico Gladstone Volume Game of Battledore -Funeral Cards -" Rabbat- ing " 21 Bell Inscription Scottish University Graduates Verbs formed out of Proper Names" Toucan," 22 Knifeboard St. George and the Dragon, 23 Hogarth s House Blue Beard, 24 " Parlour "Glasgow Univer- sity 25" Collate "Malt and Hop Substitutes Authors Wanted, 26.

NOTES ON BOOKS : ' Memorials of the Duttons of Dutton 'Reviews and Magazines.

Notices to Correspondents.

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.

ON the 16th of May, by an Order of the House of Commons, a Return was printed of "Persons now in receipt of Pensions charged on the Civil List of Her late Majesty under the Act 1 Viet., c. 2, s. 5." On looking over this publication I felt what an interesting permanent record it would be if we could place it in the pages of " dear olc 'N. & Q.,'" and with the Editor's cordial approval I wrote to the printers, Messrs Eyre & Spottiswoode, asking them for per mission to reprint it. Their reply was thai the copyright did not rest with them, bul they courteously suggested that I should place my request before the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office, who has kindly acceded to my wish upon the understanding that " mention is maae of the fact that the permission of the Controller of His Majesty' Stationery Office has been obtained," and ' am now able to place the Return before th readers of 'N&Q.'

The following references to the subject o literary pensions have appeared in thes columns :

On the 21st of October, 1854, INDIGNAN calls attention to "the pittance of 1,2002 distributed among some- thirty or fort; individuals, all of whom, by the force an splendour of their genius have contr

uted so greatly to advance the prosperity nd renown of their country."

On the 2nd of December, 1854, LIBERAL ives the following quotation from Madame e Stael :

" Quelques pensions accord^es aux gens de lettres 'exerceront jamais beaucoup d'influence sur les rais talens. Le g^nie n'en yeut qu'a la gloire, et

gloire ne jaillit que de 1'opinion publique."

On the 31st of July, 1858, J, M. H. notes hat in the year 1663 Louis XIV. granted >ensions to several literary men, and asks or a copy of the list. To this CLERICUS (D.) eplies on the 21st of August.

On the 1st of February, 1862, MR. J. W. ARYANS proposes the founding of an Order )f Merit, to take the name of the " Order of he Albert Cross," in memory of the late D rince Consort.

" We have already the ' Victoria Cross ' for deeds done in the field ; might we not have the pendant paths of science ? "
 * o it, for exploits no less worthy in the peaceful

On the 1st of February, 1868, appears a note, ' The Literary Pension of the Civil List/ dgned J. A. G., who suggests that 5,000. per annum should be the very minimum sum devoted to literary pensions, and leaves it

in the hands of the Editor and those of his ble contributors for an influential and suc- cessful advocacy."

On the 25th of July, 1885, H. Y. P. asks 'or records of royal bounty funds.

I have, as will be seen, not given the pen- sions in the order of the printed list, but have classified them under their respective beads. The name of the Prime Minister under whose administration the pension was granted has also been added.

One name dear to all lovers of literature, that of Sir Robert Peel, appears but once, there being now only one recipient among the many who received pensions at his hands. This survivor is a daughter of the late Sir Hudson Lowe, the pension being granted as far back as 1845. Of Sir Robert Peel's sym- pathy with literary men full mention was made by the Athenceum in the obituary notice of him which appeared in the number of the 6th of July, 1850. The grant of 300Z. a year to Southey, with an offer of a baronetcy, a like sum to Wordsworth, 200. a year to Tenny- son, 1501. a year to James Montgomery, 200. a year to Mr. Tytler, the same to Mr. M'Culloch, 100. a year to the widow of Thomas Hood, proved his appreciation of literature, while for the sons of Mrs. Hemans he found places under the Crown, and the first appointment of his first admini- stration was given to Allan Cunningham.