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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 91. 



Fairlight, wbicli was taken down not very long 

 since, " was a small but ancient structure, appa- 

 rently of the early part of the thirteenth century : 

 it consisted of a chancel, nave, and square tower, 

 and was built of brick." 



Can any of your readers inform a visitor here 

 whether this is a correct deswiptiou ? AauN. 



St. Leonard's on Sea. 



27. The Leman Baronetcij . — I shall be extremely 

 obliged by any account as to the succession of tlie 

 disputed Leman Baronetcy or estates. Sir William 

 Leman, of Northaw (or Northall), Herts, was, I 

 believe, the last of that designation ; and up to 

 the present time doubts exist as to the heir male 

 or other descendants, although great property and 

 possessions are in abeyance or at stake. 11. M. 



28. Armorial Bearings. — Can any of your cor- 

 respondents inform me to what family the ft)llow- 

 ing arms belonged : Sa. a lion ramj). or, betw. 

 three fleur-de-lys ermine. Crest, a sea-hoi-se. 

 Motto, " Fortior vi virtus." 



The above arms are painted on tlie portrait of a 

 gentleman wearing a riifF, temp. James I., in the 

 possession of my family, and I am anxious to 

 ascertain who it represents. F. J. B. 



Winchester. 



29. '■'■History of Magnetical Discovery." — In 

 the Gentleman's Magnzine for April, 1840, I find 

 the following notice : I 



" Thomas Stephens Davies, Esq., Fellow of tlie 



Royal Societies of Ijondon and Edinburgh, Professor 



of IMattieniatics in the Royal Military Academy at 



Woolwich, and Anthor of the History of Magnetical 

 Discovert/, &c. &c." 



1 Being interested in all that concerns the late 

 Mr, Davies, I shall feel much obliged to any one 

 who will state where I can find the History here 

 alluded to. I may add that I am acquainted with 

 his papers on " Terrestrial Magnetism," published 

 in the London Philosophical Transactions for 

 1835-6; but since they do not much partake of 

 the character of " History," they can scarcely be 

 the papers intended. T. T. \V 



Burnley, Lancashire. 



30. Geoige Chalmers. — Can any of your cor- 

 respondents inform me what became of the MSS. 

 of tlie late Mr. George Chalmers? 



On the titles of many of the older poets and 

 dramatists of Scotland I have met with his n< tes 

 referring evidently to some MS. list of the lives 

 of such writers in his possession. My inquiry has 

 reference, therefore, more particularly to the JIS. 

 in question, which has not, I think, been published. 



J. O. 



31. Mistalte as to an Eclipse. — 



" Some," says Meric Casaiibon, " have been de- 

 ceived in the hour [of an eclipse], as in the eclipse that 

 happened Apiil 3, 160j ; about which some very able 



artists are noted to have mistaken ; and the reason is 

 given by astronomers how such a mistake might 

 happen " 



Such is my "Note;" but I cannot just now 

 give the reference. I will answer for its accuracy. 

 Can any one give some account of that eclipse, 

 and state the reasons alleged why " such a mistake 

 might happen ?" Varho. 



32. Statue of Mrs. Jordan. — In visiting Chan- 

 trey's studio some years since, in company with a 

 sculptor still living, we received from Mr. Allan 

 Cunningham a similar account to that which 

 Mr. Peter Cunningham has given, that is to say, 

 that the design was Stodhart's, of which, indeed, it 

 bore too certain evidence. 



Chan trey was engaged at that time upon a 

 colossal e(piestrian figure of Sir Thomas Picton, 

 destined, 1 believe, for India. On that visit I was 

 singularly impressed with the gracetuhiess and 

 beauty of the statue of a female figure with three 

 children ; one was at her breast, and in the curled 

 head of another at her feet was the mother's hand 

 enfolded. On the pedestal of the statue was this 

 inscrip)tion : 



" Sacred to the memory of Norah Bland." 

 I learnt from Mr. Cunningham that this was the 

 statue of Mrs. Jordan, and was executed for 

 William IV., and that there was some difficulty 

 respecting its place of reception. "What is become 

 of this noble work of art? The little boy amongst 

 whose curls the mother's hand played, was the late 

 Earl of Munster. James Cornisu. 



Falmouth. 



33. " A Posie of other Mens Flowers." — Can 

 any of your readers refer me to the following pas- 

 sage? — 



" I have cuU'd me a posie of other men's flowers, 

 and nothing, save the string that binds tliem, is mine 

 own." 



D.Q. 



34. Sir Edmund Ployden or Plowden. — I am 

 desirous of obtaining information respecting Sir 

 Edmund Ployden or Plowden, who (according to a 

 tract published atMiddleburg in Holland, in 1648, 

 by a writer signing himself " Beauchamp Planta- 

 genet") received a grant of land from the crown 

 of England, covering portions of the present states 

 of jNIaryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 

 vania, and New York. Of this province, which 

 was called New Albion, ths grantee was " Lord 

 Proprietor," "Earl Palatine," "Governor," and 

 " Captain General." Your assistance I venture 

 to ask, as this is a matter of historical interest 

 here. A Transatlantic Reader. 



Philadelphia, July, 1851. 



35. Pope's Translations or Imitations of Horace 

 (Vol. i., p. 230.). — As you have, I hope, very 

 lai'gely increased the number of readers and con- 



