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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2''a S. VIII. Nov. 12. '59. 



known of stews on the London side of the River 

 Thames, as the only stews I have heretofore heard 

 of in old London were those which were situate on 

 the Bankside, in the Bishop of Winchester's liberty 

 or manor of Southwark, commonly called " The 

 Clink." Geo. R. Corner. 



Figures cut on Hill Sides. — ■ What other gi- 

 gantic or conspicuous figures cut on hill sides have 

 we in England besides the celebrated Berkshire 

 White Horse of " scouring " memory ; a large 

 figure, some 200 feet long, and intended to repre- 

 sent a pilgrim with staff, on the hill side near 

 Wilmington, Sussex ; a cross near Lewes, and the 

 Whiteleaf Cross in Buckinghamshire ? Two large 

 figures cut in the turf near Plymouth once com- 

 memorated the battle between Gogmagog and 

 Corineus, the Cornish giant, I believe. Are they 

 still visible ? And I seem to recollect that a 

 figure of some kind (? a horse) used to be visible 

 from the old coach road to Southampton, the lo- 

 cality somewhere near Winchester, but I know 

 of no others. R. W. Hackwood. 



Knox Family. — Where can I find the pedigree 

 of the Right Hon. William Knox, Under Secretary 

 of State under Lord North's administration ? 



Falcon. 



'^''Infanta de Zamorre." — Who was the author 

 of a German opera, entitled Infanta de Zamorre ? 



J. C. J. 



Robert Raikes of Gloucester. — Can any of your 

 readers oblige me by the information where I may 

 gain most particulars of the life and labours of 

 Robert Raikes of Gloucester, founder of our 

 Sunday-school system ? I am aware of what is 

 said in the Gentleman's and European Magazines, 

 and in Nichols's Illustrations. C. F. S. 



What sort of Animal was the Bugle f — In the 

 Isle of Wight the Bugle is a frequent sign, and is 

 painted as a short, stout-made bull without horns. 

 Tradition says this animal was once wild in the 

 forests of the island, but is now extinct. Can 

 this be the " bos in figura cervi" of Caesar {de 

 Bella Gallico) ? and is not the name a corruption 

 of the French hi/le, or houjffle, a cross between the 

 ordinary bull and the buffalo ? A. A. 



Poets' Corner. 



Bishops Gunning and Gauden. — Can any one 

 inform me where these two publications may be 

 found ? I have been unable to meet with them in 

 the British Museum, the Bodleian, and some other 

 libraries : — 



" 1. Gunning. A View and Correction of the Common 

 Prayer. 1662." 



^2. Ganden. The Whole Duty of a Communicant: 

 being Rules and Directions for a worthy receiving the 

 most Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Lond. 1681. 



T. W. P. 



120," 



Clarendon Hou^e, Piccadilly. — In the first edi- 

 tion of Cunningham's Handbook of London is the 

 following passage : — 



" The memory of Clarendon House still survives in the 

 Clarendon Hotel, and Mr. D'lsraeli (Curiosities of Litera- 

 ture, p. 443.) assures us that the two Corinthian pilasters, 

 one on each side of the Three King's Inn gateway in 

 Piccadilly, belonged to Clarendon House, and are perhaps 

 the oul}'- remains of that edifice." 



Mr. Cunningham has mentioned this again in p. 

 658. In the present year, 1859, these pilasters 

 have disappeared. Have they been destroyed ? 



During the repairs (I think in 1858) of St. 

 James's church another column was thrown down, 

 and it may probably be said with less reason, for 

 certainly it was with none at all. At the north- 

 west angle of that tower (on the exterior) stood, 

 independent of the church wall, a singular, and, to 

 my mind, a very elegant monument. It was a small 

 column, erected on a square pedestal, with a base 

 and capital complete, and on the summit a shield 

 of arms. I have not been able to ascertain to 

 whose memory it was erected : but it was worth 

 preservation for its own sake, and its destruc- 

 tion was perfectly unnecessary and inexcusable. 

 Shortly after the repairs I saw it lying prostrate 

 in the l^urial-ground. It would stilt be desirable 

 to re-erect it; and, as an additional reason for so 

 doing, may I inquire if any reader of " N. & Q." 

 remembers for whose memory it was designed ? 



J. G. N. 



Minor ^uttitS tuftfi ^nibierg, 



Buny ail's Burial-place and Tombstone. — Can 

 any of your correspondents give me any informa- 

 tion regarding the present condition and pre- 

 servation of Bunyan's burial-place and tomb- 

 stone? 



I believe that they are much neglected, and the 

 ground " closed " and is now built upon. Will 

 some correspondent inform me how far I am 

 right in my conjecture, or how otherwise ? 



T. S. L. 



[Bunyan's remains were interred in Bunhill Fields, in 

 the vault of his friend Mr. Strudwick, at whose house he 

 died. Over the vault is a substantial table tomb, which 

 ought to be kept in the highest state of repair. A visitor 

 will readily find it in that city of the dead by the fol- 

 lowing numbers, 25 E., 26 W., 26 N., 27 S. The ground 

 is closed, but is not, and I trust never will be, built upon, 

 which would be a disgrace to the nation. An accurate 

 view of the burial-ground and tomb is in my edition of 

 Bunyan's Whole Works. Several unsuccessful attempts 

 have been made to raise a fitting monument to Bunyan's 

 memory. A very beautiful design has been recently is- 

 sued by Mr. Papworth, the sculptor, in the hope of its being 

 placed in Trafalgar Square, by a general subscription 

 throughout the country limited to Is. from each sub- 

 scriber. His works, however, will ever be his imperish- 

 able monument. — George Offor.] 



Sir Horace Poole. — In the Clerical Guide, or ^ 

 Ecclesiastical Directory^ 1817, the Rev. Sir Horace 



