edition examined by Mr. Livingston-a line
in old ink had been drawn through the
r in
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earch in 1. 8, and through the
S " in "peasants 22 in 1. 302. It is curious
that in the Barker copy in my possession
both these words are printed correctly.
Every one knows the oval engraving on the
title-page of the first quarto of The Deserted
Village,' "Isaac Taylor del. & sculp.," which
represents the old watercress woman,
sad historian of the pensive plain," telling
her sorrowful story to the pilgrim leaning on
his staff. In the little Barker edition a copy
of this engraving appears on the title-page,
"Mutlow & Woodman, sculpt 22; it is by no
means badly engraved, but the fact of it
being reversed shows that it is a copy.

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Mr. Livingston observes that it is generally considered, in comparing similar editions of any book, that the edition with the errors antedates the corrected edition." Barker's edition contains the errors of the supposed first octavo, but the presence of the copied engraving on the title-page shows that it must have been issued later than the first quarto. It seems clear, therefore, that the fact of the supposed first octavo containing these errors does not conclusively establish its priority over the first quarto.

aloft, and cheering his followers to the charge as at the battle of the Boyne. Mr. Hems kindly informs me :—

"Great pains were taken to have the appareb worn by the rider historically correct. To attain this end the more successfully, the actual equipment in which William was dressed (now in the possession of the Baroness von Staiglitz) was loaned to me for that purpose." It was unveiled by Col. Sanderson, M.P., on 18 November, 1889, in the presence of a concourse of more than 20,000 people. is an equestrian statue of William III. It Bristol.-In the centre of Queen Square is generally stated to be constructed of copper, but I am informed that it is more probably composed of lead. The sculptor was Rysbrack, who received 1,8007. for the work. In 1833 a writer stated that perhaps as a work of art [it] is not surpassed by anything of a similar nature. 22

Petersfield, Hants.-Here is a lead equestrian statue of William III. It was the gift of William Jolliffe, Esq., and stands on a lofty pedestal near the church. I am informed by a correspondent that it is much warped by the sun.

Paignton, Devon.-About three miles from Paignton, on the road to Totnes, stands an old house known as the Parliament House. Here William III. held his first Parliament after landing at Brixham, 5 November, 1688. The incident is commemorated on a stone erected in the garden.

All these octavos may have been pirated, though as Griffin's name appears on three of them it must have called for some audacity to forge the imprint of the genuine publisher upon their title-pages. It would seem more likely that cheap reprints of popular poems Minehead, Somerset.-A white marble were circulated as chapbooks in country statue of Queen Anne was presented to the towns and villages. This would account town in 1719 by Sir Jacob Bankes, or Bancks, for the extreme rarity of these little who represented Minehead in Parliament pamphlets, and perhaps for the careless for sixteen years. Its first site was on or manner in which they were printed. The reading of these poems to his rustic audience was perhaps one of the most grateful duties of the village schoolmaster in the long evenings that brought the peasant sweet oblivion of his daily care.1

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near the pier, but to save it from the action of the weather it was eventually removed to the church. It was re-erected in Wellington Square by public subscription in 1893, being placed within a domed structure upon a pedestal of red granite.

Barnstaple, Devon. In the Strand, oppo site the bottom of Cross Street, is the STATUES AND MEMORIALS IN THE Exchange, built in the reign of Queen Anne.

BRITISH ISLES.

(See 10 S. xi. 441; xii. 51, 114, 181, 401; 11 S. i. 282.)

ROYAL PERSONAGES (continued). Belfast.-A colossal equestrian statue of William III. surmounts the Orange Hall, Clifton Street. It was erected at the cost of the Orangemen of Ulster in 1889. It is the work of Mr. Harry Hems of Exeter, and represents William mounted on his celebrated white charger, waving his sword

Her Majesty's full-length statue graces the centre of the parapet. The piazza is known. as Queen Anne's walk.

Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey.-Over the main entrance to the Town Hall, built in 1840, is placed a leaden statue of Queen Anne, which occupied a niche in the previous structure.

Basingstoke, Hants.-Near this town is Hackwood, the seat of the Duke of Bolton.. The house was built by Inigo Jones in 1688. In front of it stands an equestrian statue of

George I. presented by that monarch to the then Duke of Bolton. See LORD CURZON'S query, ante, p. 7, and also post, p. 51.

St. Helier, Jersey.-Royal Square was originally named the Market Place, and here formerly stood the old market cross. The same site now contains a gilded statue of George II. erected by public subscription. It was unveiled 9 July, 1751, and represents the King in Roman costume.

Bath.-When William, Prince of Orange, came to England in 1734 to espouse the Princess Royal (Anne), daughter of George II., he visited Bath, and experienced great benefit from drinking the waters. In memory of this visit Beau Nash caused a pillar to be erected in the Orange Grove. On it was placed the following inscription, composed by Nash :

In Memoriam

Sanitatis
Principi Auriaco

Aquarum Thermalium potu,

Favente Deo,

Ovante Britannia,

Feliciter Restitutæ,

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MDCCXXXIV.

The Guide to all the Watering and SeaBathing Places (1806) describes it as a small obelisk, which a Bath waggon might carry to London at once, without being overloaded."

Bath.-In the centre of Queen's Square stands a tall obelisk 70 feet high, "shaped and pointed like a bookbinder's needle." It was erected by Nash in memory of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, son of George II., and his consort Augusta, youngest daughter of Frederick II., Duke of Saxe-Coburg. It contains the following inscription, written by Pope :

In memory

of honours conferred,
and in gratitude
for benefits bestowed
on this city

by his Royal Highness
Frederick, Prince of Wales,
and his

Royal Consort,

in the year MDCCXXXVII,
This Obelisk is erected

by Richard Nash, Esq.

of George IV. from a design by Sir Richard Westmacott, being completed and placed. in position in 1832. The statue is raised upon a pedestal consisting of a mass of rough stones intended to represent a rock. The total elevation is over 50 feet, the statue itself being 26 feet in height. At the time of its erection a writer said :

"The likeness to the face of George III. is very admirable; but those who recollect that jack-boots will have difficulty to recognize him monarch in his plain blue coat or his military in his Roman costume."

The Grateful Inhabitants

to George the Third

on his entering the 50th year
of his reign.

Liverpool.-An equestrian statue of George III. is erected on the London Road. It was designed by Westmacott in imitation of that of Marcus Aurelius at Rome. It was placed. in position in 1809, being originally intended for a site in Great George Square. Its total height is 30 feet.

Liverpool. On the west wall of the south. shed, No. 1 Branch of the Alexandra Dock, is a granite tablet containing a representation of the Arms of Great Britain and the Crest of the Prince of Wales. It is thus. inscribed :

"These arms of Great Britain in the reign of George III. were removed from an old building on the Dock Estate, and re-erected here, as a memorial of the auspicious visit of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales,. on the occasion of the opening of these Docks, September 8, 1881."

Bristol. There was apparently at onetime a statue of George III. here. A writer circa 1833 states :

A stone statue of George III. was erected in Portland Square; but during the French war party feeling ran so high that the head of the statue was knocked off one night, and the

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Hagley, Worcestershire.-In Hagley Park pedestal now alone remains." is a tall column surmounted by a statue of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales. It was erected in 1737 by George, Lord Lyttelton, who was at that time the Prince's secretary. Windsor.-On the summit of Snow Hill, at the end of the Long Walk in the Great Park, is a colossal bronze equestrian statue of George III. It was erected by command

In The Lady's Magazine, 1901, there is an article by Milton Brooke on Statues to. Women.'

A memorial to Sir John Moore, killed at Corunna, was unveiled on 19 November last at Sandgate. R. J. FYNMORE.

HALLEY AND PYKE FAMILIES.

(See 10 S. ix. 166; xi. 407.)

MR. R. J. BEEVOR, of Reymerston, Manor Road, St. Albans, has kindly supplied abstracts of five Halley wills recorded at Lichfield. Brief extracts are given below:

Will of Henry Halle of Youlgreave, co. Derby; dated 26 May, 1536.-To be buried in the church yard of All Hallows, Youlgreave ; mentions daughter Mawde and others; executors Agnes my wife and John my son. Proved by executors 4 Oct., 1536. Inventory dated 29 Sept., 1536; amount, 157. 148. 4d.

Will of Richard Halley of Ashborne, co. Derby (upper part of will eaten away).-Bequeaths to cousin Ric. Halley my parte of the treyne which Will'm Dickonson of Uttoxeter oweth unto us, that is to witt xxi galons for my pte. Inventory dated 3 February (no year given-lower part missing). Proved 13 Sept., 1552.

Will of Robert Halley of Derwent, p'ch Hathersage, co. Derby; dated....1557. To be buried in the churchyerde of St. Peter of Hope; mentions Nichs. Halley, brother; John Halley, brother, executor. Inventory dated 12 April, 1558 amount, 81. 108. Proved 20 April, 1558, by the 'sole executor.

Will of Robert Halley of Gretton, parish of Youlgreave; dated 8 Feb., 1557.-To be buried; in the parish church of All Saints in Youlgreave; goods to be divided into three parts, one part to wife Agnes Halley, and the two other parts to Homfrey Halley and Wylm Halley my sons. Inventory dated 2 April, 1559; amount, 177. 10s. Proved by Homfrey and Wylm. Halley, executors, 5 April, 1559.

Will of John Halley of Stanton, p'ch Youlgreave, co. Derby; dated 15 March, 1576.No place of burial named; eldest son Henry Halley; wife Elyn; six children (no names given); son George Halley. Executors: wife Elyn and son Henry. Inventory dated 11 April....amount 591. 158. 4d. Proved by both executors, 17 April, 1577.

The italics are mine. There are other entries of Halley wills in the index of the Probate Registry at Lichfield, but some of the (perhaps most relevant) documents, including two William Halley wills, are nonextant. Among such missing documents is the administration of the estate of Humphrey and Margaret Halley of Cheddleton (Ad., 190 b, 1 July, 1597). Perhaps this Humphrey Halley was identical with the Homfrey Halley, son of Robert Halley of Gretton, in the parish of Youlgreave (see above), and also (?) with his namesake mentioned in the following item, recently sup plied by a record-searcher in London :—

Duchy of Lancaster: Hawley. Pleadings in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; printed calendar, p. 311, has (35th year of Queen Elizabeth)

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Humfrey Hawley & Wynifride Streethey or Stretye.' Both are defendants as to tenements and lands at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. Occupant of the premises was William Walker, and the lessee was Robert Wells. Uttoxeter is on the border of Derbyshire."

was

Here, no doubt, we have a clue to the earlier ancestry of the famous astronomer. The latter's paternal grandfather Humphrey Halley, vintner, of London, of whose history some new facts have lately been recovered.

Mr. Beevor, after consulting the early records of the Stationers' Company, printed by E. Arber, sends this item:

"Received of Edmonde Hallye at his making free of this Company the 26th day Feb., 1560, 38. 4d.' There are also entries relating to licences to print accorded to the same Edmonde Hallye

1562-6. Can it be that this was an ancestor of the astronomer? It seems possible."

'N. & Q.,' at 3 S. iii. 283-4, gives some entries from the registers of All Hallows, Barking, in Essex. I repeat three below:

"1575. Robt. Ward, who dyed in the streat, bur. 28 Jany."

"1582. William, sonne of Willm Dethick al's Yorke, One of the Heraultes, bur. March 28."

"1684, April 22. Mr Edmund Halley of London, Merchant, murthered, & buryed in linen, 21. 68. pd to this parish for yo use of the poor."

Again the italics are mine. The contributor, MR. EDWARD J. SAGE of Stoke valuable paper Newington, mentions a on the Barking registers by Mr. Henry W.. King (Transactions Essex Arch. Society, vol. ii. part iii.), but examination thereof reveals nothing new in our quest.

The Rev. J. W. Eisdell, Vicar of Barking, Essex, obligingly supplies Mr. Beevor with the following interesting entries :

"1684, April 22. Mr. Edmund Halley of London, Merchant, murthered and buryed in linen, 27. 10s. pd to this Parish for the use of the

poor.

"1672, Oct. 24. Ann, wife of Edmond Haw ley,"

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.There is a hiatus in the registers (marriage) 1645-1661. I can find no trace of the baptism of Edmond Halley [1656]."

"I think this is a correct transcription :"1617. November, Humphrey Hayly & Katherine Newes, married ye 24th day of November'; but the writing is difficult." The bride's maiden doubtedly, Mewes or Mewce.

surname was, un

A search of the registers of St. Giles, Cripplegate (1606-1719), had already revealed this entry :—

"Ann, w. of Edm Halley, Gent., buried 24th Oct., 1672, at Barking."

Verumque confitentibus latifundia perdidere Italiam jam vero et provincias."-Pliny, Natural History,' xviii. 6.

verum nisi

in the Dictionary of Quotations (Classi- reading is rоνπíураμμа, το πίγραμμα, cal), by T. B. Harbottle, and King's Classi- scripturam mutaris, nulla sententia potest cal and Foreign Quotations,' I add the text elici." Erasmus meant eríoayua to mean and reference :an extra packet taken by a carrier besides his proper load. But the change is uncalled for. The proverb of the label being larger than the bag is unintentionally illustrated by a picture postcard that may be seen in Wales, on which an adhesive label of interminable length, imprinted with a notorious Welsh place-name, is being produced to decorate a very diminutive valise. Aberystwyth.

EDITOR.

EDWARD BENSLY.

JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY: DANTE CODEX. -Lest it should escape the attention of your readers, kindly allow me to bring to their notice the long article by Dr. Cossio on The Landi Dante Codex at Manchester,' which appears in the June number of The Antiquary. The precious manuscript, fully WITCHCRAFT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. described, is preserved in the John Rylands-The following advertisement appeared in Library, and Dr. Cossio, the well-known The Worcester Daily Times of 18 June :Dante scholar, suggests that it should be To the Inhabitants of Eckington and to all whom called "The Codex Mancuniensis."

MINIME.

PROVERB QUOTED BY BISHOP FISHER.— At 10 S. vi. 486 W. C. B. quoted the following words from Bishop Fisher's 'Assertionis Lutheranæ Confutatio,' 1523 (p. 463), and asked for the origin and reference :

Sic enim (renitente prouerbio) Thylaco maior erit accessoria sarcinula.'

The source is a passage in chap. x. of Lucian's dialogue 'Demosthenis Encomium. One of the speakers is meditating a panegyrical address on Demosthenes. His friend encouragingly reminds him of the wealth of material that lies to hand, and begins by enumerating at length the many points that can be made in connexion with the importance and splendour of Demosthenes' native city-Athens, but breaks off to remark that perhaps he may be anxious not to draw down on himself the gibe that want of proportion is apt to provoke, the proverb about the label being bigger than the bag: σοὶ δ ̓ ἴσως εὐλάβεια τὸ τῆς παροιμίας σκώμμα ἐπὶ τῇ ἀσυμμετρίᾳ ἐπαγαγέσθαι, μή σοι μείζον προσκέοιτο τοὐπίγραμμα τῷ θυλάκῳ.

it may concern.

Whereas Mary J. Dance, wife of John Dance, of your Parish, has been repeatedly slandered in common talk and gossip as a Witch, with other false and injurious accusations against her person and character, and has thereby suffered grievously in mind and body, and in the esteem and fellowship of her neighbours, this is to give notice that upon any repetition of these offences legal action will at once be taken against the slanderer; and, further, that any person giving to me, at the address below, such information of any such offence as will justify the taking of legal proceedings, will be suitably L. RONALD NEEDHAM, 51, Foregate-street, Worcester. Solicitor for the said Mary J. Dance. A. F. R.

rewarded.

HANOVER CHAPEL, PECKHAM.-The demolition of this well-known place of worship, which for many years has stood at the corner of Rye Lane, will remove another famous South London landmark. The congregation has an unbroken history of over two centuries and a quarter, and originally worshipped in a building known as the “ Meeting House," which stood on a site close to High Street, Peckham, and is still commemorated by the thoroughfare known as MeetingThe explanation of the curious form in House Lane. This chapel was started in which the proverb is quoted by Fisher, 1657 by the Rev. John Maynard, the where accessoria sarcinula " has no ejected vicar of Camberwell Parish Church. correspondence to тоvπíуpаμμa, may be In 1751-4 the pastor was Dr. John Milner, seen by consulting Erasmus's Adagia, who also kept a school near by, where Oliver p. 24, in Grynæus's edition of 1629, under the Goldsmith was an usher. This old building, heading Accessio pusilla aut nimia. Eras- afterwards known as Goldsmith House, was mus, after quoting the Greek words, with the pulled down some thirty years since. From substitution of Touriσayua for тоúníураμμа, 1801 to 1854 Dr. John Collyer was the and translating them "At tu fortasse vereris, minister, and the fame of his preaching ne in te torqueatur illud proverbiale dic-attracted crowds of fashionable people, terium, de male respondente proportione: including the Duke of Sussex, the uncle of nempe, ne tibi thylaco maior sit accessoria Queen Victoria, who presented the organ sarcinula," adds that he is aware the ordinary still in use. The name of Hanover was given

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