left 3,000l. for the purpose. The statue was unveiled by the Marquis of Lorne (Duke of Argyll) on 29 June, 1888. Ayr.-The Wallace Tower in the High Street, in which the Scottish patriot was, according to tradition, confined, was taken down in 1835, and the present Gothic building erected on its site. The old clock and bells are retained, and on the front of the building is placed a statue of Wallace by Mr. Burn, a local self-taught sculptor. There is also another statue of Wallace in the front of the dwelling-house which now occupies the site of the ancient courthouse. Wallacestone, near Falkirk.-Formerly a rough, unhewn stone marked the spot where Wallace stood to view the approach of the English army on the eve of the Battle of Falkirk. This stone is now replaced by an obelisk 10 ft. high, which, with a flagstaff, is enclosed by iron railings. Elderslie, Renfrewshire.-On 28 Sept., 1912, a monument erected to the memory of Sir William Wallace, near his birthplace, was unveiled by Sir Thomas GlenCoats, Bart. It is estimated that about 5,000 persons were present at the ceremony. The memorial consists of a granite column about 40 ft. high, rising from a hexagonal podium, and surmounted by a crown. On the front of the column which is entwined with laurel wreathing is carved the Wallace sword. It is erected upon a broad stone platform surrounded by a low parapet, and is approached from the main road by a flight of steps. The site on which the monument is placed was given by the present Laird of Elderslie, Mr. A. A. Hagart Speirs. The foundation stone was laid by the Lady Anne Speirs on 15 June, 1912. Dryburgh.-On a steep, wooded hill overlooking the river, in the vicinity of Dryburgh Abbey, is a colossal statue of Wallace carved in red sandstone. It stands considerably over 20 ft. high, and can be seen from a long distance. The warrior is represented in armour, with right hand steadying a huge, two-handed sword, and left hand resting upon a shield. It is related that the Earl of Buchan placed the order for the statue in the hands of "a local stonecutter, who was absolutely ignorant of the art of sculpture, but who undertook the task without fear, and crowned the eminence with his best handicraft." Bridge of Allan.-Of the Wallace Monument on the Abbey Crag I shall be glad to obtain particulars from some kind helper. See also 10 S. xi. 442. GORDON MEMORIALS. a It Old Brompton, Chatham.-In 1890 bronze statue representing General Gordon in Oriental dress, seated upon a fully caparisoned camel, was erected on the Esplanade by the Corps of the Royal Engineers. was executed by the late Mr. E. Onslow Ford, R.A. The monument was unveiled by King Edward VII. (then Prince of Wales) on 19 May, 1890. A replica has since been erected at Khartoum. Southampton.-A memorial to General Charles George Gordon, C.B., cross. Soldier, Administrator, Philanthropist. Born at Woolwich, January 28th, 1833, Slain at Khartoum, January 26th, 1885. His last letter to his sister closed with the words: "I am quite happy, thank God, and like Lawrence, I have tried to do my duty." At the back and sides are recorded the particulars of place and date of Gordon's principal achievements. Gravesend.-In the Ragged School, near the corner in which General Gordon used regularly to teach his class of boys on Sundays, a tablet was unveiled by General Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell on 20 April, 1910. It was presented by the Council of the London Ragged School Union. Aberdeen.-In front of the Art Gallery Buildings is a life-size bronze statue of General Gordon, placed on a pedestal of red granite. It was erected by the Gordon Clan in 1888. On the pedestal is inscribed a sentence from one of the last messages received from Khartoum before the General's death: "I have done my best for the honour of my country." London. Besides the statue in Trafalgar Square (see 10 S. ix. 103) there is a cenotaph in the north aisle of St. Paul's Cathedral. It consists of a huge sarcophagus, on which is placed a recumbent figure of General Gordon. This memorial was executed by the late Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, R.A. On 9 June, 1892, a memorial of Gordon was placed by the Royal Engineers over the belfry door at the west end of Westminster Abbey. It is the work of the late Mr. E. Onslow Ford, R.A., and consists of a bronze head in high relief, supported on a bracket, with an inscribed shield below. On the house in which Gordon was born -29, The Common, Woolwich-a tablet commemorative of the event was unveiled The church itself is old and most interest28 Jan., 1900. WELLINGTON. Glasgow. In response to my request at the penultimate reference MR. T. F. DONALD has kindly supplied me with the following particulars: 66 As a result of a public meeting held at Glasgow in February, 1840, an equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington was erected in front of the Royal Exchange in that city. It is the work of Baron Marochetti, and consists of a granite base, surmounted by a statue of the Duke on horseback. He is attired in a Field-Marshal's uniform, and wears the collar of the Order of the Garter, and the Order of the Golden Fleece. On one side of the granite base is an alto relievo depicting the battle of Assaye, on the other the battle of Waterloo. On one end a youth at the plough, on the other the soldier's return home. The statue was inaugurated on 8 October, 1840, when there were present the Scots Greys, the 92nd Highlanders, and a large number of Pensioners, many of whom wore the Waterloo medal. "When the Duke was apprised of the intention to erect this memorial he remarked that he regarded this as one of the highest compliments I have ever received, coming as it does altogether unexpectedly from a city of such rank and importance.' "The statue and the alto-relievos are of bronze." Dublin.-Through the kindness of MR. WM. MACARTHUR I am enabled to correct an error. There is no equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington near the memorial in Phoenix Park, as stated. (See also ante, p. 175.) JOHN T. PAGE. Long Itchington, Warwickshire. (To be continued.) ing, though little known, and disfigured seventy years ago by the erection of large, the nave, and a large gallery blocking out square, high pews, painted buff, throughout a fine west window. The walls of the tower are of immense thickness, with a remarkable iron door to the staircase; it was used as a stronghold against "foreign invaders" in olden times. An attempt is being made to remove the galleries and pews, and money is much required, the neighbourhood being very poor. P. A. F. STEPHENSON. The tree does not appear to have been injured by the stroke: it is now in full vigour, and is about 70 or 80 years old. W. B. GERISH. SHEPLEYS OF MIRFIELD.-The following inscriptions are a remarkable series. They relate to the same family, and are in the same churchyard (Mirfield). Here lyeth the Body of Daniell Shepley the younger, who departed this life the 25 day of January A Dom. 1630. Our Brother's dead, alas, | Here 's Body lies Hic sitæ sunt Reliquiæ Mag. Tho. Shepley nuper de Upper Hall in Mirfeild qui obiit Jul. 28 An Dnj 1701 Æt. suæ 55. Thus shall thy Corps to Dust Returne, To have a house. Thy grave for bed. Repent, beleive, and work to-day. Sacred to the memory of Richard Shepley of Over Hall, who departed this life the 11th day of May, 1822, in the 55th year of his age. 46 - In The Reader! the friend intombed beneath, While standing near, sunk down in death. While noting where a corpse should lay, Himself became to death a prey. O solemn scene! Mortals beware. Repent, for sudden death prepare. FAREWELL, VAIN WORLD." Leeds Mercury of 3 May, 1726, it is stated that William Lenton, apothecary at St. Ives, 26 years old, composed the epitaph Farewell, vain World, I have known enough of thee," &c., the night before his execution. G. D. LUMB. Leeds. 66 CURIOUS EPITAPHS.-Nacton in Suffolk is celebrated as having been the place of residence of Admiral Edward Vernon, the victor at Porto Bello in 1739; as being the birthplace of Sir Philip Broke, the commander of the frigate Shannon, with which he captured the Chesapeake in 1813; and also as the birthplace of Margaret Catchpole, and the home where the greater part of her early life was spent. There is a mural tablet in the church to the memory of the above-mentioned Sir Philip Broke, who died at Nacton. There are also in the churchyard an example (lacking the last two lines) of the "Blacksmith" epitaph given at 11 S. v. 505, to one Joshua Mellor (d. 1880); and, at the west end, on a headstone, erected by Sir Robert Harland to the memory of William Scott, who died 8 May, 1847, in his eightysecond year, the following lines :— 64 Stranger, pause one moment, and read the tribute of a grateful master to a faithful honest servant, who lived in his father's family and his for upwards of seventy years as game and Park keeper, and who attended him, he may say, every time he shot at home for full sixty-three years, hardly having had three days' illness following, and never having left home but with his master during that long period. As a token of sincere regard, Sir Rob Harland has caused this stone to be erected to him. "Peace to his memory." Bucklesham, who died in the year 1773, aged 66 years. After a laudatory description of the piety of the departed, the inscription concludes as follows: "Use Gastrell's Christian Institutes, or Mapletoft's Principles and Duties with the Prayers.' JAS. M. J. FLETCHER. Wimborne Minster. SIGNS OF THE FIFTEEN LAST DAYS OF THE WORLD.-These signs are described in mediæval literature, and represented in art. They were supposed to have been ascertained by St. Jerome from books of Jews. There is a triptych representing them in the Liebfrauenkirche at Oberwesel. At the sented with a book before him, and over him beginning of the series St. Jerome is reprethe inscription : hebreorum invenit signa xv dierum ante diem iu"De signis xv dierum. Jeronimus in annalibus dicii. Sed vtrum continui futuri sint dies illi an interpolati non expressit.' In a book that I saw in 1885 in a showcase in the Archbishop's library at Utrecht I noted: "Signa quindecim horribilia de fine mundi, et extremo judicio. Paulus hieronymus ita dicunt gregoriusque. Non mihi scribenti tu lector crede, sed illis."" I should like to know what this book was, if any one can identify it. ་ In the collected works of the Venerable Bede, under Collectanea et Flores,' we find the list of the fifteen signs, with the statement that Jerome found them " in annalibus Hebræorum (ed. Colon., 1612, iii. 494; Migne, P.L.,' No. 94, col. 555). I find that they are given in English in Rolle of Hampole's • Pricke of Conscience,' as Jerome "had sene in som bokes of the Hebriens." I have never been able to find anything about these signs in Jerome's works, nor yet in those of Gregory. The "Paulus" named in the book at Utrecht cannot be the Apostle, but may, perhaps, be Paul the Deacon (8th cent.), who quotes a passage from the Sibylline Oracles, Book VIII. (2nd cent.), mentioning some of the signs, which seem not to have been brought up to the number of fifteen at the earlier date. These verses made an enduring impression on the mind of Christendom; they are quoted in Eusebius, Constantini Oratio'; and St. Augustine, 'De Civ. Dei,' Lib. XVIII. cap. 23; and are referred to in the famous Dies ira, Teste David cum Sibylla.' I may just remark that the fifteen signs are represented in a window at All Saints', North Street, York, with English verses. I shall be very glad if any one can give me references to English, patristic, or Jewish books concerning these signs. It will be very interesting if MR. BRESLAR or any other learned correspondent can show to what Hebrew books St. Jerome was indebted, or where that famous Father and Doctor mentions the signs. I have found what there is in Cursor - AN OLD MAN'S HOBBY. (See 11 S. v. 518.) — In a contribution at the above reference I mentioned the antiquary Mr. Sutton of Surbiton. He died on 19 Feb., 1913, having been born on 29 May, 1829. His collection of the early editions of the works of Quarles was unique. He was for many years confined to his chair, and he spent his time in lining and ornamenting disused match, cigar, cigarette, and other small boxes with pictures which he cut out of illustrated journals and magazines. His daughter, Mrs. Gibbs, with whom he lived, tells me he thus lined, filled with sweets, and distributed to various institutions for children over 8,000 of these boxes a year; and as he was engaged at the charitable work for ten years at least, he personally prepared more than 80,000. During the January preceding his death he pasted up 800. I thought it worth while to record these interesting facts. J. HARRIS STONE. 66 GOOD FRIDAY" IN WELSH AND IRISH. -It may deserve to be recorded what name is given in Welsh and Irish to "Good Friday," and to explain its original meaning. 1. Welsh: Dydd Gwener y Croglith-i.e., Dies Veneris, Crucis lectio (?). . instead of original "Deiz-Gwéner "—i.e., VIRGINIA. As many Americans are 66 Kirkby Lonsdale. 66 'DISALLOWAL," nicle of the Church Reform League for 24 Rule 6 (g) provides :- parochial authority shall give notice to the appli- 66 Rule 14 provides :— Any protest against the allowance or disallowance of enrolment on the electoral roll or of a vote .....shall be considered [&c.]." I hope this is a misprint. If not, I venture to suggest that the rules should speedily be reformed by the same word being used in both places. It seems opportune to protest against the growing habit of coining nouns of action by merely adding -al to any verb ending in a stressed syllable, 2. Irish: Aoine an Céasda―i.e., jejunium, instead of considering whether, in fact, the Fast-day of Quest or Trial (?). Gaelic and language does not already contain such a Old Irish Ceisd (a question), from L. quæstio, noun with the termination -ance, -ation, according to Al. Macbain's 'Gaelic Ety--ition (or the like); or whether, alternatively, mological Dictionary,' Inverness, 1896. the verb may be used as it stands, because Cf. also Rev. Patrick S. Dinneen's Foc- it is identical in form with a noun that lóir Gædilge agus Bearla,' i.e., Vocabulary, already implies action, as, for example, Gaelic or Irish and English,' Dublin, 1904. review, and many others. It is clearly too Let me add an important Breton-Celtic dialect cognate of the Cymric-Welsh name of "Good Friday," which renders more evident the primary sense of "Dydd Gwener y Croglith," viz., "Gwéner ar groaz "-i.e., literally, "le Vendredi de la Croix," the ordinary name of Friday in Breton, "Gwéner," being identical with that in Cymric or Welsh, "Gwener." The fuller Welsh name of Friday, Dydd Gwener," answers too that of Breton, 66 Di-Gwéner," 66 much to ask a ready writer to search his memory (or a dictionary perish the thought!) for a Latin or French word that would give him a clue to what ought to be the English form. I shall be glad to know whether I am right in an impression that twenty or thirty years ago such coinages in -al were more common in Scotland than in England, and specially common in legal and commercial terms. Q. V. 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. DIDEROT: LETTERS AND ESSAY ON SCULPTURE.-I shall be glad to hear of any letters of Diderot to his English friends, particularly Hume, Garrick, and Wilkes, other than those printed in the Assézat-Tourneux edition of Diderot (Paris, 1875-7, 20 vols.) and those in Egerton MS. 19 and Addit. 30, 877, ff. 81, 83, 85, in the British Museum. Is the French original of Diderot's letter to Wilkes, dated 2 April, 1768, and printed in English by John Almon ('Corresp. of the late John Wilkes,' London, 1805, v. 243), still extant ? I should also like to know where I might find the following book : MANOR OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.The Manor of St. James at Westminster is said to have passed into the hands of Henry III. by exchange. Simon Pincerna, its owner, received in its place the Manor of Connerton, with the bailiwick of the Hundred of Penwith. Hals states this in his' History of Cornwall,' and gives as his authority letters patent yet [c. 1700] to be seen at Lanherne.' Can this statement be either disproved or supported? To which royal or baronial family was Simon Pincerna hereditary butler? J. H. R. 1. 2. "Pieces written by Mons. Falconet and Mons. Diderot on sculpture in general, and particularly on the celebrated statue of Peter the Great, now finishing by the former at St. Petersburg. Trans-3. lated from the French, with several additions, by the Rev. William Tooke." London, 1774, 4to (with an engraving of the statue). New York. 66 R. L. CRU. a AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.— me Soul of my soul, she will never be part of me- Song of my sorrows, My lady of moods. And though they sleep in dungeons deep, We love them yet, we won't forget Those she refuses, she treats still R. L. MORETON. BUKATY FAMILY.-On 16 Sept., 1783 GILBERT OF KILMINCHY AND KNOCKINAY. Joseph Bukaty, secretary to the Polish-Is there anything known of the parentage Embassy at London," was admitted of Sir William Gilbert, Kt., of Kilminchy member of the Masonic Lodge St. David, and Knockinay, Queen's Co., Governor of the Edinburgh, No. 36 (Sir Walter Scott's Fort of Leix? He was born 1599, and married Lodge), along with three other gentlemen Catherine, daughter of Peter Castelion, a from Poland (two with Scots surnames). captain in Ireland, by his wife Thomasine, The ceremony was performed and translated daughter of Sir Christopher Peyton, Auditor into Latin, as none of them understood Engof Ireland. He was knighted at Dublin, lish. Was Joseph Bukaty any relation of 23 Oct., 1629, and was buried in St. John's Francis Bukaty, who was a member of the Church, Dublin, on 8 June, 1654. Sun Fire Office Lodge, London, and representative of the Grand Lodge of Poland in 1784 ? J. M. BULLOCH. HORATIO HELE.-On 25 Feb., 1729/30, at Stockleigh English, Horatio Hele married Frances Bellew. Frances Bellew was the daughter of Henry Bellew of Stockleigh Court by his wife Frances, the daughter of William Barbor of Lary and Raleigh, co. Devon. Horatio Hele was a surgeon at Great Torrington, and his will was proved in 1784. He was the heir of the Rev. Richard Hele, Rector of Rampisham, Dorset. Can any one say who was the father of Horatio Hele? also, what relation he was to the Rev. Richard Hele ? (Miss) A. Q. CARTER. 46, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester, WM. JACKSON PIGOTT. Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down. "COLUMPNAS."-This is a word occurring in the Close Roll of 22 Edw. I. in the following connexion : Order to deliver various properties in the columpnas of Blethevagh in Wales.” Can any of your readers help me to the exact meaning of the term, and to another instance of its use in England or Wales? I have looked up Ducange. E. O. COMPANIONS OF GEORGE I.-Is there any record extant of the Germans or Hanoverians who came with or followed the Elector of Hanover's son into this country on his accession to the English throne in 1714 ? J. T. WELLDON, |