The work was designed "to direct any man with a delicate stomach and a full purse, or any man with a keen strong stomach and a lean purse, where he may dine well, and to the best advantage, in London." on The itinerary commences with London " its highest ground, in Pannier Court, between Paternoster Row and Newgate Street." In Queen's Head Passage, close to Pannier Court, the reader is directed to "Dolly's Chop House," in which "that native dish, the beef steak, so much envied by the French, and classed by them among their assiettes volantes......is dressed in the best style...... At this house the ingenious anatomist and chemical lecturer, Dr. George Fordyce, dined every day, for more than twenty years......At four o'clock, his accustomed hour of dining, he entered, and took his seat at a table always reserved for him, on which was instantly placed a silver tankard full of strong ale; a bottle of port wine, and a measure containing a quarter of a pint of brandy. The moment the waiter announced him, the cook put a pound and a half of rump steak on the gridiron, and on the table some delicate trifle as a bonne bouche, to serve until the steak was ready. This morsel was sometimes half a broiled chicken, sometimes a plate of fish when he had eaten this, he took one glass of his brandy, and then proceeded to devour his steak. We say devour, because he always ate so rapidly that one might imagine he was hurrying away to a patient, to deprive death of a dinner......He thus daily spent an hour and a half of his time, and then returned to his house in Essex Street, to give his six-o-clock lecture on chemistry. He made no other meal until his return next day at four o'clock to Dolly's." When St. Paul's Churchyard is reached, there is a description of "that well-known and long-established house the Chapter Coffee House." This place, described as situated "in a passage which looks into Paternoster Row," appears to have been well supplied with files of all the British news papers, also magazines, reviews, &c., "together with all the most popular pamphlets." There were compartments or boxes, and two of these appear to have been whimsically denominated "Hell," owing, probably, to reports as to the conversation sometimes heard within them : "In this house the magnificent and munificent booksellers of London hold their conclave. Whether or not there be also a board of grey-bearded reviewers, we have not hitherto discovered." Upon our arrival at Threadneedle Street we are told that "The Bank of England seems to be the magna parens of coffee houses and taverns......Let them Lour enemies] send some spy to inspect the Bank of England and the avenues about it; John Bull may there be seen daily, waddling out of the front gate, and into one of the nearest places of replenishment, there to convert his paper into solid supplies for the service of the current day. Thus, while each new tax adds another feather to his load, he continues to widen and strengthen his shoulders to bear it, and now he looks like the fat alderman, on the back of whose coat a wag pinned a ticket, copied from the inscription at the corner of Old Jewry, Widened at the expense of the Corporation of London."" . The few extracts I have made from 'The Epicure's Almanack' will, I think, justify Mr. Courtney's opinion to the effect that "these volumes are still worth turning over." G. E. WEARE. Weston-super-Mare. AN EARLIER CHARLES LAMB.-An American correspondent has directed my attention to a most curious reference to a Charles Lamb, as presumably a champion of chimneysweepers, a hundred years and more before the Charles Lamb whom we know came forward to write those black imps' praise. The book is The Scourge: in Vindication of the Church of England,' by T. L. (Thomas Lewis), first published in 1717, and again in 1720. On p. 271 of the 1717 edition, and on p. 205 of the 1720 edition, as a corroborative search at the British Museum reveals, is this sentence in a letter dated "Button's, Sunday, September 1":— "Well, I shall live to be reveng'd of all the Lamb, I do love that dear Fellow, I did not care if Chimney Sweepers in England, and only for Charles they were all hang'd and damn'd." sence of so odd an anticipation. One can simply rub one's eyes in the pre E. V. LUCAS. ZOUAVE UNIFORM. What M. P. says of German duelling (10th S. iv. 388) reminds me of the military uniform of the Zouaves-the light infantry in the French army. They wore baggy trousers, which were drawn in at and tied about the ankles; and at the bottom they were joined together so near the ankles that they did not allow a man to occurred to the new man that he must slit take the regimental stride. It immediately them up a bit so that he could walk properly. His older comrades told him he would get "huit jours" if he did. On the other hand, if he wanted to walk there was nothing to be done but slit them up a few inches, which he accordingly did. The officer came along for the usual inspection, and at once detected what he knew must take place. Nevertheless the usual question was asked, What have you done this for? and the usual reply was given, but without avail. The expected sentence was pronounced, "huit jours de prison." Having served his term, the man was not required to sew the parts up again, but was allowed to keep his bags in walkable condition. I was told this many years ago by a Zouave who had won 4,000l. in a State lottery, and had consequently given up soldiering. Perhaps the authorities are more reasonable RALPH THOMAS. now. "PRETTY MAIDS' MONEY."- The following extract from The Cornish and Devon Post (Launceston) of 15 July, 1905, records a ceremony which seems worth noting : "This money, amounting to 27. 10s., which, left by the Rev. Mr. Meyrick, is known as the 'Pretty Maids' Money, and which is given to a pretty maid of good character and regular attendance at Church, on the first day of the Fair each year, was on Tuesday received by Miss Elsie Back. The legacy was left to promote peace on earth and goodwill among men.' There was a good attendance at the church porch on the occasion, among them being the rector, Rev. T. S. Kendall, Mr. Horace Higgs, C.C., Mrs. Kendall, sen., Mrs. Kendall, jun., and other ladies and gentlemen. As soon as the clock struck twelve, Mr. Higgs handed Miss Back the money, heartily congratulating her. Miss Back returned thanks, after which she received the congratulations of those present." after this portion of the line had been opened. Evidently the "privilege of walking about" BIRDS OF EAST FINMARK.-It may be of use to students of Northern languages to record in your pages that in The Zoologist, Second Series, vol. ii. pp. 697-700 (1867), there is a list of the native names of the birds of East Finmark, compiled by Ch. Sommerfeldt, parish priest of Næsseby. EDWARD PEACOCK. CECIL FAMILY. (See 6th S. vii. 384; viii. 69; xi. 69; 7th S. xii. 144.)-At the above places the descent of the great Lord Burghley from the Sitsilts of Alterynnys, believed in by himself-see the document reproduced in Nares's Memoirs,' vol. i. p. 8-is disputed, and it is suggested that he was descended "HOOSHTAH."-This word seems to be one from a Yorkshire family named Cecill. of the most recent importations into English. Stress is laid (6th S. vii. 384) on the use of A friend who has lately returned from the spelling "Cecill" by Lord Burghley and Westralia uses it upon every possible occahis father and grandfather. I think some sion, both as interjection and verb. He tells light is thrown on the question by the_will me it is really a cry of the Afghan camel-(P.C.C. 13 Adeane) of Sir David Philipp, Knt., drivers, of whom there are many on the gold-1506. The testator is buried at Stamford, dated 25 September, and proved 10 December, fields. I have just come upon the following but he mentions "Dewles," to the rood of quotation in an Australian novel, True Eyes,' by Randolph Bedford, 1903, p. 295: which he gives a legacy; and this may be "So the camel was 'hooshtahed' down and Dulas, Dewlas, or Dulace, a few miles from strapped, after she had ground the dust Alterynnys. But a more certain point is under her chest pad into the shape of that Lord Burghley's grandfather David is comfort, and so left to the enjoyment of the quandong." JAS. PLATT, Jun. named as an executor, being the only executor who proved; and a legacy is left to him as a godson of the testator, unless (which is, of course, possible) the godson was David's son David. In all cases the name is spelt Seysyll, Scisseld, or Scissilde, never Cecill. Agnes Scisseld is also mentioned, and the following clearly Welsh names occur: Jane ap Rosser (legacy), Hugh Edwards (executor), Sir John Landaff (witness). Some conclusion might be drawn from the provenance of Sir David Philipp himself, if that be known. If he lived in early life near Alterynnys, and if David Cecill, senior, was the godchild, then the latter was probably born there, for Sir David Philipp's connexion with Stamford seems to have been due to marriage, and David Cecill, senior, must have been thirty to forty years old in 1506. N. & Q.'direct me to any other source in which the alleged practice is referred to or described? A historical student to whom I have applied is unable to answer the question, but says that it is the practice at Rome (in correct or Black households) for a cardinal to be received by two manservants bearing torches, and to be preceded by them to the reception-room. He suggests that the two pillars borne before Wolsey were merely two silver candlesticks. But this would evidently be quite at variance with the notion of Nares as to what the "pillars" symbolized. I should be very glad of any communications bearing upon the subject, and if writers will, to save time, send them to me direct (address Dr. Murray, Oxford), I will forward them to the Editor of' N. & Q.' J. A. H. MURRAY. 66 L. W. H. BEN JONSON'S WORKS, 1616.-Old errors die hard, and among them is the belief that the 1616 folio of Ben Jonson contained the portrait of the poet by Vaughan. I am reminded of this by the words "no portrait" added to the record of a sale of this volume, together with the posthumous second volume, in The Athenæum of 9 December. On this subject the late Mr. George Bullen, of the British Museum, wrote to me in 1879 as follows:"We have two copies of Ben Jonson, 1616, fol.: one in the General Library, and one in the Grenville. The former has no portrait: the latter has one by Vaughan, the same that appears in the 1640 edition. Mr. Grenville in a note states 'I have added to my copy the head by Vaughan.' Now Vaughan, according to Nagler, Künstler Lexikon,' was born in 1600, so that it is scarcely, probable he could have done this portrait in 1616." H. A. EVANS. Queries. We must request correspondents desiring information on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct. CARDINALS' PILLARS.-In Nares's 'Glossary,' edited by Halliwell and Wright, occurs the statement: "Ornamented pillars were formerly carried before a cardinal, and Wolsey was remarkable for keeping up this piece of state. In the stage directions for his solemn entry in the play of Henry VIII,' it is said, 'then two gentlemen bearing two great silver pillars. This was from authentic history. He is so described by Holingshed and other historians. Cavendish, his biographer, speaks of these silver pillars, and of his cross-bearers and pillar-bearers. Skelton satirically describes him as going preceded by two cross-bearers : After them followe two laye-men secular And eche of theym holdyng a pillar In their handes, steade of a mace. These pillars were supposed to be emblematical of the support given by the cardinals to the Church." This account of Nares is responsible for a sense of the word pillar introduced in some modern dictionaries (chiefly of American authorship), "a portable ornamental column formerly carried before cardinals, as emblematic of his support to the Church." No authority, however, is cited for this general use, nor have I as yet found any reference to pillars borne before cardinals, except in this case of Wolsey. Can any reader of [Is it possibly derived from the lictors?] ENNOBLED ANIMALS.-Can any readers of N. & Q' help me to cases of animals which have been ennobled in a similar way to Caligula's horse, which was made Consul of Rome? If any artist has treated the subject, I shall be very grateful for information about the picture. RUDOLPH DE CORDOVA. 2, Pump Court, Middle Temple, E.C. SCOTT AND CAREY: SCOTT IN IRELAND.— Can any reader remind me where Sir W. Scott quotes the first two lines of Carey's play : Aldiborontephoscophornio, Where left you Chrononhononthologos? That he was familiar with the play we know from the motto prefixed to the first chapter of The Antiquary,' and by his nicknames for the two Ballantynes (Lockhart, vol. ii. chap. vi., near beginning). But I think he also somewhere quotes the above lines. I have a further question to ask. In Carey's play the above lines are spoken by RigdumFunnidos (so spelt by Carey), and the pompous gentleman, whom for shortness we may call Ald., thus replies :— Fatigu'd with the tremendous toils of war, Within his tent, on downy couch succumbent, Himself he unfatigues with gentle slumbers. Now, in a family closely connected with Scott's early friends John and Alexander Irving, the following lines have been handed down orally : Fatigued in his tent by the toils of war, While the prince lay dozing. Where do these lines come from? They are evidently a burlesque version of Ald.'s reply (itself a burlesque), couched in a different metre, and certainly forming no were Mawbey? GERALD FOTHERGILL. part of the play. Did Scott invent them? who are on the chart as sons of William Family tradition says that the three friends 11, Brussels Road, New Wandsworth, S. W. in the habit of making up and PENN AND MEAD JURY, 1670.-Mr. Horace "spouting" queer rimes of all kinds, and I incline to think that this was one of them. Unless another origin can be pointed out for J. Smith, of Philadelphia, has started a movethese lines, I shall conclude that we have in ment to provide a memorial commemorating the jurymen who in 1670 refused to convict them a trouvaille from Scott's young days, ing in Gracechurch Street. As chairinan of probably made by him, and at any rate often William Penn and William Mead for preachon his lips. the committee I shall be glad if readers of N. & Q' can supply me with any informaJOHN HENRY LLOYD. tion about these jurymen or their letters or Edgbaston Grove, Birmingham. portraits. I may add that the same family tradition tells that Scott and his two friends, in their college days, made a trip to the north of Ireland, crossing from Galloway; that there Scott usually rode while his companions walked; that the trip was cut short for some unknown reason; and that a riming account of it was preserved by John Irving, though it has long since disappeared. This excursion is not mentioned by Lockhart, nor, so far as I know, by any other chronicler of Scott's life. To many of us every trifle connected with the Great Magician is of value, so I make no apology for mentioning these. T. S. OMOND. 14, Calverley Park, Tunbridge Wells. THOMAS BARRY, the son of Spranger Barry, the famous actor, by his first wife, was admitted on the foundation at Westminster School in 1758. I should be glad to learn the maiden name of his mother, and any par ticulars of his career. G. F. R. B. NED: "TO RAISE NED."-Can any one give an explanation of the origin and early meaning of the phrase "to raise Ned"-a common expression applied to an active fellow who creates disturbances out of a pure love of mischief? That is to say, it was common enough in New England half a century, or It signified a sort of harmless, more, ago. Is the yet provoking disorder in conduct. expression current in England to-day? or has it ever obtained there? FRANK WARREN HACKETT. 1418, M Street, Washington, D.C. MALTBY: MAWBEY.-Miss Maltby, of 58, Grove Street, New Haven, Connecticut, has asked me to send the following to 'N. & Q.' Parentage is wanted of William Maltby, born 1645, and of his brother John; they emigrated to America about 1670. A Robert Maltbye witnesses a deed of land for William in 1673; the relationship of this Robert is unknown, as this is the only time he appears upon the records. In Betham's 'Baronetage,' vol. iii. p. 322, is to be found the pedigree of the Mawbeys of Botleys, Surrey. Can any one tell what became of the John and William MONUMENTAL BRASSES IN THE MEYRICK Sawbridgeworth Church, in COLLECTION. common with many others in Hertfordshire, has suffered the loss of many monumental brasses, some of which are in the Saffron Walden Museum, and others, apparently, were in the Meyrick collection. Haines informs us (under Sawbridgeworth) that " a brass of a man in armour, about 1480, is at Goodrich Court, Herefordshire." This probably represents John Chauncy, whose effigy is missing from its matrix. Cussans, referring to an altar-tomb in the chancel of Sawbridgeworth Church containkneeling before a representation of the ing matrices of a knight and his two wives Trinity, states: "These brasses are said to have been in the collection of Sir Samuel Meyrick at Goodrich Castle [Court?]." I am informed that the Meyrick collection is now entirely dispersed, and no references to these brasses is to be found in the sale catalogues. Is it possible to ascertain their whereabouts at the present time? Bishop's Stortford. W. B. GERISH. BORN WITH TEETH.-I am presently issuing a work to be called 'Dental Jottings,' and shall be obliged if any readers of N. & Q.' can send me the names of any distinguished persons of whom it is undoubtedly on record CHAS. F. FORSHAW, LL D. that they were born with teeth. Baltimore House, Bradford. [Is it not stated that Richard III. was so endowed at birth?] FRANCIS PRIOR: ANNABELLA BEAUMONT.-I am anxious to learn if Foster's 'London Marriage Licences' records the marriage of Francis Prior and Annabella Beaumont between 1700 and 1720. If it does not, is F. O. HOPKINS. there any similar publication that does? 39, City Councillors Street, Montreal. WILL-POWER AS RECORDED IN HISTORICAL PORTRAITS.-In some magazine article by Mr. Harry Furniss, which I came across not long ago, the author remarked that as a caricaturist he had observed that women of marked intellect had masculine-looking jaws. Great women singers, whose gift is physical, may have the lower part of the face feminine in type, but the other celebrities of their sex resemble men in this respect. Is Mr. Furniss's opinion borne out by those historical portraits which are considered to be more accurate than flattering? Further, do masculine portraits confirm the general belief that a heavy jaw indicates a commanding will? Have the great men of action, whose special faculty is the power of compelling others to follow their lead, stronger jaws and chins than other gifted people with capacious skulls and highly organized brains? Personally I have known a very weak jaw go with great tenacity, and on the contrary, have observed strong jaws whose possessors never got a hold on the wills they were anxious to guide. It has yet to be discovered, I believe, how it is that certain men, without apparent effort, extort obedience from the rest of their world; while others, however right and reasonable, however steadfast to their point, are as impotent for good as Cassandra. J. A. CALFHILL FAMILY.-In 1570 James Calfhill was nominated to the bishopric of Worcester, but died before consecration. In 1601 James Calfhill was curate (vicar) of Folkestone, Kent. Were they related? gives the earliest account of the piper who went into an underground passage at Castle Bytham, in Lincolnshire, and was never seen again, although he could be heard playing on his pipes for some time? If my memory does not deceive me, he is spoken of as a Scot in Wild's History of Castle Bytham'; but surely this is a modern error. Does not the tale come down to us from a time when Lincolnshire pipers were well known? What other versions of the story occur? I imagine the legend must be current in many parts of the British Islands. G. T. NAPOLEON'S CORONATION ROBE: ITS GOLD BEES. Can any of your readers tell me where the gold bees are to be seen which were used on Napoleon I.'s coronation robe? They were solid gold and of Greek workmanship, and were dug up in an old tomb. I should be much obliged for any information concerning them. D. CRISP. Broadhurst, Godalming. RIGGS. Under date of 12 July, 1666, Pepys records in his immortal 'Diary': "With Sir W. Coventry into London to the office. And all the way I observed him mightily to make mirth of the Duke of Albemarle and his people about him, saying, that he was the happiest instruments. man in the world for doing of great things by sorry And so particularized in Sir W. Clerke, and Riggs, and Halsey, and others." Who and what was this Riggs? In 1689 Ensign John Riggs brought to Lieut. Governor Nicholson, of New York, the official announcement from England of the accession of William and Mary to the throne. Can any reader inform me who this E. FRANCIS RIGGS. Washington, D.C. I also find in a pedigree of Kennet of Sel-officer was? lendge, in Kent, and of Coxhoe, co. Pal. Durham, that Reginald Kennett, about 1480, married Anne, daughter and heir of Sir John Calfhill, of Kent. Arms, Erm., a calf passant gules. I do not find the name in the general index to Archæologia Cantiana. R. J. FYNMORE. GARIOCH: ITS PRONUNCIATION.-How should this name, as title or place-name, be pronounced? I ask because, having just had occasion to look it up, I find that authorities differ. In the list of Peculiarly Pronounced Proper Names' in 'Who's Who' it is given as Garrick; yet in a well-informed article in M.A.P. (2 Dec.) we are told that it should be sounded Geery. Which is correct? JAS. PLATT, Jun. PIPER AT CASTLE BYTHAM-Can any correspondent of N. & Q.' tell me what writer 'CENSUS REPORT, 1851.'- Who was the author responsible for the historical part (vi-lxxix) of the 'Results and ObservaQ. V. tions'? ROBERT WESTON. I should be much obliged if any reader could help me to the birthplace and parentage of a Robert Weston, who was born 1740, and was steward of the manors of Christ Church, Duchy, and Windsor. He married a Jane Howard, of Brackley. His birthplace will probably be found in Oxfordshire or Northants. F. H. WESTON. Lastingham Vicarage, Sinnington, RS.O., Yorks. BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLK.-Sir William Brandon, Knt, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Wingfield, of Letheringham, M. P. for Suffolk, 6 Hen. VIII., by Elizabeth, |