and conferences to that end. With the recommendation of the sound spirituall and savoury worth of them to the sober and spirituall reader, by Vavasour Powell, Minister of the Gospell.... To which is added. The Manner of the discipline and practise of the Gathered Churches, &c. London. Printed for Robert Ibbitson. 1651." The addition contains a typical "Covenant." Space will not permit me to point out all the Walkerisms, so I will confine myself to one the attack on the Quakers-rendering it quite certain that Harvey could not have written the tract. After saying of Cromwell that he had to deal, "by reason of his great place, with many of erring judgments, as well as others, the most obstinate of whom I have often heard him silence, discountenance their errors with the greatest detestation, especially when of fundamental consideration," the tract goes on to state as follows: As once, dealing with some of the Quakers, he rendered their opinions in the most dreadful yet truest character that I ever heard. Saying that they were such as took the Crown off the Head of Christ, disrobed Him of His priestly garments and denied His propheticall office by setting up a spirit of their own in the room of His; by the whole utterly making voyd His mediatorship, Who is God blessed for ever. And that he had rather be buried alive under a heap of stones than in the least to countenance the same, and much more which I have now forgot.' IN An Inventory of the Earl of Sussex's No. 26. DRESSING ROOM. Queen Mary, Daughter to Henry 4th, King of Lord Visct Longueville when a child Lady Hatton [Frances, daughter of Sir Henry No. 28. LITTLE DINING ROOM. Sir Henry Yelverton It is, I think, well known that this does not in the least truthfully describe Cromwell's attitude towards the Quakers, and any one who refers to Walker's news-book, Severall (or Perfect) Proceedings, for the year 1655, will find a series of the vilest personal accusations against both Fox and his followers. In particular (to leave accusations of im- 51 Prints of Noblemen's Seats morality out of the question) he wrote as follows on 28 May, 1655: "Some papers were scattered about Westminster Hall this day, that the Quakers do acknowledge that there is a Heaven and a Hell, the Scriptures to be a declaration from the Spirit, and a Resurrection and Justification by faith in Christ. But there is no name to it; it is a libell. I should be glad to hear of their conversions, or of any of them, from their black errors to the truth....For I do not remember that I ever met with one of them that would own these fundamental truths." The Quakers answered this accusation by a broadside entitled : "Slanders and lyes, being cast upon the Children of Light, given forth to print from one Henry Walker, which R. Ibitson [sic] hath printed, that they deny the Resurrection and Heaven and Hell," &c. But the condemnation placed by Walker in the mouth of Cromwell would seem to infer that the errors of the Quakers were No. 29. LONG GALLERY. No. 30. VELVET BED CHAMBER. Mr Susannah Yelverton [? wife of Sir Henry, No. 31. DRAWING ROOM. Lady Manchester [? Anne, daughter of Sir Chris- Sr Henry Yelverton Lady Grey Lady Longueville Henry Pelham, Esq', of Lewes [father of the wife No. 32. BLUE DRAWING ROOM." No. 33. GREAT DINING ROOM. King James 2nd Queen Mary Sr Chr. Yelverton Ditto a long and interesting article in the Figaro (Literary Supplement) of 7 August, by M. Michel Lady Yelverton, wife of Sir Chris. [Anne, daughter Aubé, proves, as conclusively as such things can of Sir William Twisden] Duke of Richmond be proved, that the author was undoubtedly Rouget de Lisle." I have been moved by the incompleteness and inaccuracy of current English "versions" of the 'Marseillaise' to attempt the following more literal rendering of the whole of that magnificent battle-song. In this rendering my sole aim has been to Frances, Viscount Hatton [daughter of Sir Henry keep as close as possible to the actual Yelverton] Lady Bulkeley Mr Lawson Lady Susannah Grey words as well as to the spirit of the original, my desire being to convey to some of the many English folk whom the present happy alliance of France and England has made familiar with the music of the French national hymn, but who do not understand French, the marvellous appropriateness of the chant du combat of 1792 to the circumstances of 1914-15. In all the seven verses (six by Rouget de Lisle, and the seventh by Dubois) there are only three lines that might not have been "specially" written within the last six months. O come, ye sons of France our motherland, In our very clasp they would slay! [The last four were ancestors of Charles Longue- To arms, ye inen of France! form up your ranks ville, Lord Grey de Ruthin.] IN THE STEWARDS PARLOUR AND PUMP PARLOUR. 5 pictures (not described). Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Bart., was father to Sir Henry Yelverton, who married Susan, daughter and heir of Charles Longueville, Lord Grey of Ruthin. Their second son, Henry, created Viscount Longueville, married Barbara, daughter of John Talbot of Laycock, co. Wilts, and was the father of Talbot, first Earl of Sussex, who married Lucy, daughter of Henry Pelham. Their two sons, George and Henry, were respectively second and third Earls of Sussex. PERCY D. MUNDY. once more: March on, march on, and let our fields be drenched with felon gore! What seek they as prize of battle, This horde of traitors, princelings, and slaves? For whom are these chains that they rattleChains they long have been forging, the knaves Chains they long have been forging, the knaves! Frenchmen, for us! they boast it in bravery: How free souls revolt at the word! 'Tis us these bondmen of the sword Dare to dream of bringing into slavery! To arms, ye men of France! form up your ranks once more: To arms, ye men of France! form up your ranks March on, march on, and let our fields be drenched with felon gore! Tremble, ye tyrants! and if spies there beBy every loyal soul abhorredLet them tremble too, for their treachery Now shall meet with its due rewardNow shall meet with its due reward! Foes like these make each man a fighter; And if our heroes needs must fall, Their country, at their dying call, Will bring forth yet more sons to right her! To arms, ye men of France! form up your ranks once more! March on, march on, and let our fields be drenched with felon gore! ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH, REGENT STREET. -The_recent rebuilding of premises facing New Burlington Street disclosed the west front of this unfamiliar eighteenth-century edifice. Named after its founder, Archbishop Tenison's Chapel and School, a timberwork structure provided in 1688, had to be replaced in 1702 by the existing building. The site was, on 27 Jan., 1692, granted as a freehold, "for good and charitable causes," by William and Mary to Dr. Tenison, and measured 200 ft. east to west by 96 ft. north to south, the frontages being in King Street on the east, and Marybone Lane alias Swallow Street on the west. First styled an oratory or tabernacle, it was popularly known as "the oratory in King Street," and not until about 1823 was its present title first used. The history of the church and its site has been adequately recorded in The History of St. Thomas's Church, Regent Street,' printed for the author," the Rev. Arthur Jackson, in 1881. 66 The minutes of the trustees' proceedings afford many interesting references to this locality, that still wants an historian. For example, in 1710 it is ordered "that the agent, in the name of this trust, go to the persons chiefly concerned in the Bear Garden now setting up in Benjamin Street near the chapel, and acquaint them that if they proceed with such a nuisance so near the chapel and serious a neighbourhood, all lawful causes shall be taken to remove them to a greater distance." The western approach, from Swallow Street, was of course much curtailed when Regent Street was planned, but an opening between the houses and a forecourt remained, and is shown in George Thompson's 'Plan of the Parish of St. James, Westminster,' 1825. The buildings which will soon screen the church from the great thoroughfare will probably be twice the height of, and infinitely more magnificent than, Nash's ambitious designs which they replace. The fragment of the eighteenth century will remain half hidden : a delightful haven to the lover of old London until it is demolished for further improvements and extensions. Office on cargo, although the stamp duty is not charged to the public. The explanation given was: "It's a wangle between this Office and the Inland Revenue." It has been used recently in a newspaper, as a verb, by a writer in describing his visit to a hospital for the wounded. It is visiting day, but he knows no patient, so he asks for Private Brown, one of the lonely soldiers who have no friends to cheer them. The nurse says: "He's over there, and his name's Maconochie." Visitor and patient are apparently both humorists. The soldier points to his chart, which shows several high temperatures, and the nurse warns him not to let his temperature rise again. He has a liking for invalid food, and says to his visitor, "See me wangle a jelly.' The word, therefore, is connected with the acquirement of something by a stratagem not devoid of humour. In due 66 course wangler," a person who acquires things in this manner, will no doubt find its way into the language. At present the usage can only be slang. R. W. B. SOME ENGLISH PRISONERS IN FRANCE IN 1811. Here and there, scattered in our old newspapers, are to be found occasional lists of those unfortunate Englishmen who, from force of circumstances, were obliged to remain prisoners of war in France some odd hundred years ago. One such list, containing many names, mostly of shipowners and master mariners, I append below. Many of them, particularly in the Sunderland and Whitby lists, are those of men well known locally in their day. Newcastle Advertiser, Saturday, July 13, 1811. "The writer of the following list of English prisoners at Verdun and Longuay is Capt. John Simpson, of Rotherhithe; he had been in captivity since the year 1803, and was sent home in consequence of ill-health. Within a few weeks of his departure a number of persons entered their names in his pocket-book, signifying that they were well at that period (20th May). The following list, we trust, will prove gratifying to their friends and relations in this country : "Newcastle upon Tyne. Joseph Harrison, Thomas Bertie (ship John), Thos. Bowman, Ralph Short, George Harle, Edmonston Wait. "North Shields.-Robert Hogarth, Peter Tharsby, George Carr, William Russel, Thomas Howard, William Forster, Thomas and Joseph Burn, Isaac Forster, Joseph Harcus. "South Shields.-Michael Swinburu and son, William Gull, Wm. Anderson, and James Ramsey (ship Young Edward); Bryan Startford (ship Brothers); Gilbert Purvis, William Young, Richard Middleton, John Beveridge, John Ventoso, George Younghusband, John Taylor, James Houlden, Geo. Pattison, John Hebron, William Anderson, James Curley. "Sunderland.-Durham.-James Sanders, John Smith, Wm. Bainbridge, John Waterhouse, Joseph Oliver, John Hodgson, Wm. Evans (ship Concordia); Wm. Tinmouth Eden, Thos. Wilkinson, Wm. Barnbrough and son, John Wardropper, John Richardson, John Atkins, Edward Bell, Richard Shields, John Halcrow, John Loutiff, Wm. Marns, Robert Laters, Robt. Rountree, Mark Hamilton, Peter Johnson, Christopher Bainbridge, George Atkinson, Wm. Elenor, John Harling, Alex. Smith (ship Northumberland); George Robson (Providence); W. Adamson (Salacia); Turner Wilson, George Stoderd, Robt. Lamb, George Wilson (brig Friendship); John Deans, Matthew Coates, Wm. Embleton, Thos. Canney, Andrew Harrison (brig Industry); Henry Curt, John Hobson, Joseph Headley, Francis Bywater, John Robson, James Spence, Peter Hull, Hendon; Wm. Walker, Thos. Broun, Peter Garrett, Bartholomew Armstrong, Thos. Hixon, John Reed, George Davison, Thomas Foster, Joseph Mordey, John Barnikell, William Reynolds, Edward Armstrong, William M'Cain, Andrew Cuthbertson, Ralph Adamson, Thomas Ryder. "Berwick-upon-Tweed. W. Bell, Alex. Bartram. 'York. Joseph Harper, Thos. Patrick, of Selby; W. Snawdon, Stains; Wm. Atkinson, John Heavysides, Stokesley. Robin Hood Bay; Thos. Bownas, Branham Lodge; 'Hull, Yorkshire.-Edward Cooper, John Wickman, William Foster, John Welburn, John Gatecliff, Thos. Bailey, Capt. John Threadgold, Jas. Seddon, John Stewart, W. Heseltine, Samuel Pape, Wm. Dales. "Whitby. Matthew Storm, John Chapman, Wm. Calvert, Wm. Croft, John Pearson, Thos. Coverdale, Wm. Nesfield, Wm, Atkinson, Robert Brouf, Thos. Marchant, Capt. Thos. Seaton, George Chapman. Robt. Wells, John Harrison, Moses Walker. George 65, Chancery Lane, W.C. 'BY HOOK AND CROOK.”. This is now a very common phrase, but I believe its origin is due to Ireland, and I find this interesting reference to the subject in The Amaranth (edited by Randolph Roscoe), in an article on "The First Invasion of Ireland, with some Account of "The Irish Hercuwritten in 1827. Speaking of Strongbow's by the Rev. Dr. Robert Walsh, laneum,' expedition, he says that the warrior was sailing past the promontory of Baganbun, and proceeded to the contiguous harbour of Waterford, which was built by the Danes, and called by them Vater Fiord (Father's Harbour), hence Waterford. And he adds: "On one side of Strongbow stood a tower erected by the Danes on the Wexford shore; on [This is certainly an amusing illustration of the earlier attempts at etymological explanation.] TICHBORNE STREET. (See 11 S. x. 475.) -Writing in 'N. & Q.' about this street has brought to my recollection one of the many stories about the Tichborne Claimant which were sent from Australia during and after the Tichborne trial, and were subsequently published by Mr. Guildford Onslow. It was sent by a Mr. J. Willoughby, and ran as follows: "About twelve or thirteen years ago the Claimaut was living close to my house with a Mr. Barrons of North Deniliquin; and a storekeeper of the name of Harry Lee and the Claimant I saw wrestling together; and there was an iron threelegged pot standing about three parts filled with fat, and it was cooling down to the consistency of paste or treacle, and each was trying to put the other's head in the fat. At length Castro (as he was called) succeeded in covering Lee's head in the fat. In the conversation between them previous to this I heard Lee say to Castro, 'I will give you a bit of Owen Swift.' I said I knew Owen Swift. Castro replied, 'Did you? He lived in a street that is named after our family.' I said, 'What street is that?'. He said Tichborne Street. I said, "That is right. He kept the sign of 'The Horseshoe and Magpie."" When I knew Tichborne Street there was the sign of "The Black Horse, but I do not remember the other name. W. A. FROST. 66 Cardinal "POLE"=POOL. (See ante, p. 46.)—“The pole Exanthe" is obviously the "poole Exanthe." So Cardinal Pole was Poole," and Sir Edward Coke was Cook." This illustrates the older pronunciation of the word " Rome," and the well-known pun in the speech-of Cassius, Julius Cæsar, I. ii. R. Brathwait has a dozen lines playing on Rome and room in his 'Strappado for the Deuill,' p. 66 (1615). RICHARD H. THORNTON. "SHOT-WINDOW."-This word has been the source of some contention. It occurs in Chaucer's Miller's Tale.' The N.E.D.' is doubtful, but defines it as a window that can be opened or shut by turning on its hinges. The late Mr. John Small of Edin The schot I clossit and drew inwart on hy, So the "shot" is a bolt which draws in or Chiverand for cauld, the sessoun was so snell. shoots out, and the window supplied with such a bolt. shot-window singular that Mr. Small omitted to notice this. 66 " is a It is RICHARD H. THORNTON. 8, Mornington Crescent, N.W. Queries. formation on family matters of only private interest WE must request correspondents desiring into affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct. INVERNESS BIBLIOGRAPHY. I recently bought from a second-hand bookseller's catalogue an item which was entered as A Short Account of the Town of Inverness. 66 Edinburgh, 1828." This proved to be a portion of a larger work beginning with the caption-heading 'Inverness on p. 203, and the signature DD on p. 207. A special titlepage has been printed with lettering as above, and in addition "Printed by T. Turnbull & Sons, Old Assembly Close." The size of the page is 8 in. by 5 in. I fail to identify the work from which this fragment has been taken, and any information will be welcome. P. J. ANDERSON. University Library, Aberdeen. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PHYSICIAN ON PREDESTINATION.-In The Author's Preface in Tristram Shandy,' vol. iii. chap. xx. p. 99, occurs the following passage: this corner a son of the divine Esculapius writing a book against predestination." 'In Can any one inform me as to who was the physician who wrote a book against predestination in the first half of the eighteenth century, or at least before 1759 ? The allusion is probably to a contemporary, as the passage is immediately preceded by an allusion to Pitt. R. F. W. B. |