2'"i S. VII. Ai'itii, IG. '59.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



311 



supporter in Parliament. A place In the East Indies 

 was obtained for him, and he sailed in the Aurora frigate 

 for that dependency, and was lost in her at the same 

 time with Falconer, tiie author of the poem entitled the 

 •Shipwreck.' The able tract published by Mr. Pick- 

 ering, Piccadilly, would constitute a fair foundation on 

 ■which to build "the inquiry. — From Notes and Queries, 

 No. 80." 



I may add that I believe Mr. Knott was one of 

 the original settlers who came to this province in 

 1820, was a highly respectable man, and could 

 have no possible object in trying to deceive me. 



Edmund Lombard Kift. 



[We have much pleasure in inserting the foi'e- 

 going communication from Mr. Kift, and should 

 be glad if it throws any light upon so interesting 

 a topic as that referred to, or elicits anything far- 

 ther connected with the subject. We knew Mr. 

 Kemp Knott, the gentleman to whom Mr. Kift 

 alludes, and believe him to have been a highly 

 respectable man, and one upon whose statement 

 reliance might be placed. — Ed. E. P. H.] 



SOME NOTICES OF THE COLONIAL CHUUCII IN THE 

 REIGNS OF CHARLES II. AND JAMES II. 



From a volume, entitle;! Moneya Received and 

 Paid for Secret Services of Charles II. and James 

 II., from 30 March, IG79, to 25 December, 1G88, 

 edited by J. Y. Akerman, Esq., and published by 

 the Camden Society in 1851, I have compiled the 

 following lists of clergymen sent to various colo- 

 nies. In every single case, without any excep- 

 tion, the sum allowed for the "transportation" or 

 passage of the missionary, who is always desig- 

 nated as " minister," " chaplain," or " clerk," is 

 that of 20Z., and the same for each of the school- 

 masters. Occasionally the passage-money Is paid 

 into the hands of the Bishop of London, or of his 

 servant. 



" Leeward Mauds. — 11. Three whose names are not 

 given : Henry Parkhurst, and two others. Alexander 

 Ramsey. Walter Kenard. Thomas Sault. John Cra- 

 mond. ' Charles Shau. 



" Jamaica. — 7. Phil. Bennet. Peter Longworth. One 

 unnamed. Mr. Towers. Garrett Moore. Thomas God- 

 win. Andrew Burne. 



" Barbados. — 3. John Wilson. Mr. Fawket. Patrick 

 Smith. 



" St. Christopher's. — 3. John Child. Henry Burrell. 

 Anthony Gold. 



" Nevis. — 2. Richard Gold; Samuel Gray, School- 

 master. 



" Antigua. — 1. Launcelott Blackburne. 



" West Indies. — 1. Mr. Gower. 



" Virc/iiiia. — 7. John Sclater. Benjamin Boucher. 

 James Blair. Robert Seamier. John Gorden. Stephen 

 Fonace. John Miller, gent.. Schoolmaster. 



^'Maryland. — 4. Mr. Saunder. Wm. Mullet. Duell 

 Pead. Paul Bertrand. 



" A^eiv York. — 2. Josias Clark. Alexander Innis. 



By which lists it appears that, In about ten years, 

 commencing in 1671), and ending in 1688, the king 



out of his privy purse paid the pa-ssage money of 

 thirty-nine chaplains and two schoolmasters to the 

 colonies enumerated. During the same period, 

 and from the same source, the crown contributed 

 the following sums towards the propagation of re- 

 ligion In the colonies, viz. : — 



" 1084-5. To Anne, relict and cx'trix of 

 Samuel Meanie, dec'd, King Charles 2''"' 

 Stationer, in part of 8G2'» 3' 4'i for 

 Church Bibles, Com'on Prayer Books, 

 and other books delivered to Sir Rich'' 

 Dutton, Governor of Barbados, for the 

 use of the Island, and to others, Gover- £ s. d. 

 nors of the forreigne plantac'ons - - 21;) 10 



" 1685. To Ciiarles Meariie, bookseller, for 

 several Church Bibles, Common Prayer- 

 Books, Books of Homilies, and other 

 books delivered to the Bisiiop of London 

 to be- sent to the Plantac'ons of Vir- 

 ginia and New England - - - 139 15 11 



" 1G86. To D'' John Gordon, late Chaplain 

 of the Garrison of Fort James in Ame- 

 rica, for so much money due to him as 

 chaplaine there from 2G'>» Nov. '82, to 

 G'h Oct. '83 lOG C 8 



« 1G87. To Robert Scott, bookseller, for 

 several Bibles, and other books by him 

 sold and delivered to the Duke of Albe- 

 marle, Governor of Jamaica, for the ser- 

 vice of that Island - - - - 137 i) 0" 



• J. K. 



Highclere. 



THE INSCRIPTION ON THE PORTKAIT OF THE COUN- 

 TESS OF PEMBROKE NOW IN THE NATIONAL 

 PORTRAIT GALLERY. 



The Illustrated News of March 5 (In the well- 

 known column of " Town and Table Talk on 

 Literature, Art," &c.), speaking of the recent ac- 

 quisition to the National Portrait Gallery of a 

 fine portrait by Mark Garrard of Mary Sidney, 

 Countess of Pembroke, " Sidney's sister, Pem- 

 broke's mother," says : — 



" There is an inscription in the left-hand corner which 

 puzzles every one: ' 3fartii 12*>, Anno Domini 1014. No 

 Spring till iiow.' To wimt does this refer? Some of our 

 readers will, perhaps, tell the meaning of the inscription." 



Since the publication of this paragraph, various 

 suggestions have been made as to the meaning of 

 the mystic words. The lives of Sydney and his 

 fair sister have been explored ; the biography of 

 the painter has been sifted ; nay, even the Arcadia 

 has been read, line for line, but no clue has yet 

 been discovered. The column to which we have 

 referred, of a later date, suggests that the Inscrip- 

 tion " probably refers to some circumstance con- 

 nected with the painting of the portrtiit, or the 

 fair subject of it, or some of her admirers, which 

 will never be clearly known." 



I see no difficulty in Interpreting the meaning 

 of the words " No Spring till now," coupled with 

 the date, "March 12, a.d. 1614." Every anti- 



