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Monument between Penrith and Appleby. — Can 
any of your correspondents inform me whether 
the monument referred to in the annexed Note 
still exists, and if so, in what ‘condition? Also, 
whether the annuity mentioned is still distributed ? 
On the roadside between Penrith and Appleby 
stands a small pillar, with this inscription: 
“This pillar was erected in the year 1656, by Ann, 
Countess Dowager of Pembroke, for a monument of her 
last parting, in this place, with her good and pious 
mother, Margaret, Countess Dowager of Cumberland, on 
the 2nd of April, 1616; in memory whereof she hath left 
an annuity of 4/. to be distributed to the poor of the 
parish of Brougham every second day of April for ever, 
upon the stone table placed hard by. Laus Deo.” 
R. W. Hacxwoop. 
The Use of Sinning.— Where shall I find the 
lines ? — 
““ Weak the excuse that is on custom built, 
The use of sinning lessens not the guilt.” 
NEIRBo. 
“ Aneroid.” —Can any of your correspondents 
furnish a rational etymology to this word? I 
have heard the obsolete word, vépoy, which is pre- 
served in the Romaic vépo, water, assigned as its 
derivation. If it be so, it seems rather absurd to 
resort to an obsolete word, when the common 
Greek for water is found in so many compounds, 
as to suggest the idea even to the illiterate. 
K. C. H. 
Clock Towers. —Is there an instance in English 
Gothic architecture of a clock-tower being placed 
at the east end of the nave, in one of the angles 
formed by the chancel ? He tom: 
Birmingham. * 
Anonymous Works. —1. Who is the author of 
The Covenanters’ Plea against Absolvers, by Theo- 
philus Timorcus, 1661 ? 
2. Who is D. C., author of Superstitio Super- 
stes, 1641? 
3. Who is E. F., author of The Scriptures’ Har- 
mony, §c., 1643, 4to. ? 
4. Who is the author of a tract, entitled The 
Case of Ordination consider'd, §c., by a Layman 
of the Church of England, 8vo., 1713? 
5. What is the complete title of a tract, about 
1743 (pp. 114., 8vo.), having on p. 9., “ Spanish 
Insolence corrected, &c. ;” an unpaged (ironical) 
dedication “To the Authors of the Gazetteer ;” 
and an Introduction, eight pages in length, begin- 
ning, “As the power of Spain in comparison,” &c. ? 
W. H.C. 
Edinburgh. 
Mabel. —In the records of my Welsh family, I 
*meet, in the year 1400, with the name of Mabel ; 
variously spelt Mabel, Mabil, Mabili, Mable, and 
Mably. Can you inform me if the name of Mabel 
is a Welsh name ? M. Donne. 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[294 8. No 6., Fics. 9. ’56. 
Horses and Men. — 
“A society, called the hippophagic, or horse-eating 
society, has been established in Paris, in consequence of a 
lecture of M. Geoffrey St. Hilaire, whose advice to use 
the horse for food was received lately with great applause. 
The well-known writer, Alphonse Karr, says: ‘ The 
horse has carried the man long enough; it is now time 
for the man to carry the horse.’ ” 
The above is “ going the rounds.” TI have seen 
the same thought expressed in Latin, but cannot 
remember where. Can any of your correspon- 
dents refresh my memory ? S. H. J. 
Acoustics. — Many, if not most of the readers 
of “N. & Q.,” are probably familiar with the 
architectural plan of the ancient Grecian theatres, 
and the peculiarity of their structure. But not 
the least curious and interesting fact connected 
with the arrangement of these scenic edifices was 
the acoustic effect obtained by the introduction of 
echoing vases, which contributed so materially to 
the free transmission and circulation of sound 
from the stage. Underneath the seats of the ko:Aov 
(our modern “boxes”) were placed at certain 
intervals, modulated according to the required 
tonic distance, vases of earth and metal (Hxewa). 
These sounding vases conducted the voice of the 
actor from the stage, or that part of it called the 
Noyetov, on which the performers recited to the 
“boxes,” enabling it thus to traverse the whole 
circuit of the «oiAoy. Would such vibrating media 
be available for, or would the same acoustic prin- 
ciple be applicable to, buildings of a different con- 
struction, —the House of Lords, for instance, or to 
any public room of similar architectural arrange- 
ment, found not to be favourable to the transmis- 
sion of sound? —a result, which even in their roof- 
less theatres, the Greek architects seem to have 
produced with complete success. F. Puimuorr. 
Marriages. —In looking over some lists of 
births, deaths, and marriages for the years be- 
tween 1730—50,’I find most of the last-mentioned 
recorded in the following style: 
“Mr. Baskett to Miss Pell, with 50002. 
“ Mr. Davis to Mrs. Wylds, with 4002. per anném. 
“The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph to Miss Orell, with 
30,0007. [‘ Zt never rains but it pours.’ 
“J. Whitcombe, Esq., to Miss Allen, with 40,0007. 
“Mr. Will. Hurfer to Miss Sally Mitchiner, with 
30001.” 
and so on. When did this methed of announcing 
the “happy event” fall into disuse ? 
R. W. Hacxwoop. 
“A sunbeam passes through pollution unpol- 
luted.” — 
«“¢A sunbeam passes through pollution unpolluted.’ 
‘What a beautiful thought!’ said Sydney Smith (reading 
from a book in his hand).”— Vide Memoirs, by Lady 
Holland, vol. i. p. 357. 
What was the book ? Gro. E. Frere. 
