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last representative was Milward Rowe, Esq., whose 

 monument is in Petworth Church, and whose 

 large estates were divided between his two 

 daughters, both of whom married. 



The arms of Rowe of Sussex are : Argent, a 

 chevron sable between three lions' heads erased 

 gules ; and the crest is, I think, a lion's head 

 erased gules. 



Any information respecting this family would 

 be thankfully received by C. J. R. 



Greek spoken in Brittany. — ' In the British 

 Cyclopedia of Literature, History, SfC, 1836, art. 

 Bhittant, is the following sentence : 



" The Bas Bretons speak a dialect of the Celtic. There 

 is also a patois among them called Lvache, of which the 

 words are principally Greek." 



Is this information correct ? If so, how came 

 Greek to be spoken in such an out-of-the-way 

 coi'ner ? E. West. 



Early Grants of Arms. — Was it necessary to 

 prove three descents, with possession of lands, to 

 obtain a grant of arms in the early visitations ? 



H. P. 



Glasgow City Arms. — At the Glasgow banquet 

 in commemoration of the inauguration of the 

 statue of Her Majesty, Baron Marochetti quoted 

 the motto of the city arras thus : " Let Glasgow 

 flourish." Perhaps the worthy baron was not 

 aware that he was perpetuating an error into 

 which the good citizens appear to have fallen not 

 unwillingly, and that the fine old pious prayer, 

 " Let Glasgow flourish through the preaching of 

 the word," had been cut down to serve the purposes 

 of civic civility and commercial enterprise. Are 

 the good citizens ashamed of their motto, or is it 

 too long to find its way within the garter ? If 

 neither of these suppositions should prove correct, 

 would it not be well to revert to the ancient 

 practice, and let their noble guests have the oppor- 

 tunity of wishing the prosperity of Glasgow in the 

 highest sense of the word ? Charles Reed. 



Paternoster Row. 



Portrait of Sir Thomas Allen. — Is there any 

 portrait extant, and where, of Sir Thomas Allen, 

 Lord Mayor of London, who was knighted by 

 Charles II. at Blackheath, on 29th May, 1660, 

 previous to his majesty's triumphant entry into 

 the city of London ? D. 



" The Polyanthea,'' Sfc. — 



" The'Polyanthea : or, a Collection of Interesting Frag- 

 ments, in Prose and Verse, consisting of Original Anec- 

 dotes, Biographical Sketches, Dialogues, Letters, Cha- 

 racters," &c. 



By whom was this work compiled ? It contains 

 some pieces by Swift's friend. Dr. Sheridan, 

 (grandfather to the celebrated Richard Brinsley 



Sheridan), and said to be not before published. 

 Was this the case ? The volumes contain many 

 curious articles, but very few authorities are 

 given. H. Martin. 



Halifax. 



Rowley and Hudibras. — Horace Walpole, in 

 his Apology for his treatment of Chatterton, 

 among other proofs of the imposture of Rowley's 

 Poems, asserts that " a chaplain of the late Bishop 

 of Exeter has found in Rowley a line of Hudibras." 



Could any correspondent oblige me by the 

 " line," and a reference to the passages of Roivley 

 and Hudibras respectively, in which it is to be 

 found? A.B.R. 



Belmont. 



Roman Catholic Divines. — Conversing with a 

 member of the Romish communion a few days ago 

 on the subject of divorce, he, in contrasting tlie 

 dissolution of the marriage contract by authority 

 of the Pope, with that obtained by act of parlia- 

 ment in England, specified this difference in 

 favour of the former, that the parties are never 

 allowed to marry again. Is this the fact uni- 

 versally, or is the rule with exceptions ? D. 



Roubilliac's Statue of Cicero. — In a very in- 

 teresting original letter before me on an ajsthetical 

 subject, the writer says : 



" Chantrey once mentioned to me a statue of Cicero, by 

 Roubilliac (either at Oxford or Cambridge), in the full 

 tide of eloquent inspiration, uttering one of his mighty 

 orations." 



Is there such a statue at either of the universities ? 



H. 



The Sultan of the Crimea. — In the year 1824 

 a gentleman visited these countries who described 

 himself, and was universally received, as the ex- 

 Sultan of the Crimea. He bore the name on his 

 card of Kala Gherai Crim Gherai, and he married, 

 I think, a Scotch lady. Those who met him in 

 society at that time in Edinburgh, well remember 

 his fine person and dignified demeanour. Is any- 

 thing known of his subsequent history ? ? 



Wolffs Gloves. — Shortly before his death, 

 Wolfe gave the gloves he had been wearing to 

 General Price, his aide-de-camp. The family de- 

 scendants of the General possessed them up to a 

 very late date, and would be glad to learn in 

 whose property the gloves are at the present time. 



CUTHBERT BeDE, B.A. 



" Die Heiligen,^' Sfc. — Die Heiligen nach den 

 Volksbegriffen, Ay o\s.: Leipzig, 1791. Who was 

 the author of this book ? J. C. R. 



