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symbolises authorship and erudition. The balance 
above him, statics. The syringe on the ground 
indicates surgery. The lunar rainbow and dog- 
star in the sky are unusual signs of astronomy. 
The ladder is probably extended to remind us 
that we can only attain a certain amount of know- | 
ledge in this world; or it may mean that the higher | 
the ascent, the deeper is the fall. The bat is the | 
constant companion of melancholy. The acces- 
sories, which here Heller merely enumerates with- 
out explanation, I have omitted. 
Wiir1am Raprorp. 
Major André (2"4 S. i. 255) —I am not aware | 
that in the various particles of data respecting 
Major André, which have appeared in “ N. & Q.,” 
since information was first requested by his bio- 
grapher, that reference has as yet been made to 
page 174. of The Portfolio (Feb. 1817), a monthly 
magazine published in Philadelphia by Harrison 
Hall. The following is an extract: 
“Maria Edgeworth is the datghter of the celebrated 
Honora Sneyd (afterwards Mrs. E.), who inspired the 
unfortunate Major André with a passion which she was 
not permitted to reward, and which is considered by com- 
mon fame as the cause of his having become soldier.” 
Richard Lovel Edgeworth, the father of the 
fair and distinguished novelist, founded a town 
in North Carolina, h he christened Sneyd- 
borough, in compliment to Honora. 
The above paragraph is extracted from the late 
Thomas Moore’s copy of The Portfolio, six volumes 
of which are at present preserved with the rest of 
his books in the Royal Irish Academy. 
Perbaps some of your correspondents interested 
in the history of Major André may not be aware 
that Miss Edgeworth, in the appendix to her | 
Treatise on Female Education, corrects some in- | 
accuracies of statement in Miss Seward’s Monody 
on the major’s death. 
Wut11aM Joun Firz-Parricx. 
Dublin. 
English Pronunciation of Latin (2"¢ 8. i. 218.) | 
— Your correspondent E. C. H. must, I think, be | 
mistaken in saying that the usage began at the 
commencement of the present century. That de- 
lightful journalist, Samuel Pepys, dining with the 
Spanish ambassador, May 5, 1669, says that he 
met “an Oxford scholar in a Doctor of Law’s 
gowne,” who “knew only Latin, which he spoke 
like an Englishman, to one of the ¥Fathers.” 
(Diary, vol. iv. p. 167., ed. 1854.) Lord Bray- 
brooke adds in a note, “i.e. with the English pro- 
nunciation.” R.S. 
John Knox's Prophecy (2°°S. i. 270.) —A. M. 
calls John Knox’s prayer a “ prophecy,” and asks 
if any French king since Charles LX. has had a 
direct heir as successor. Henry IV. was suc- 
ceeded by his son Louis XILL, who was succeeded | 
by his son Louis XIV. The latter was succeeded 
by his grandson; and no French monarch since 
has been followed in the throne by son or daughter. 
B. H. C. 
Drinking at Public Feasts (1* 8. xi. 25. 255. 
423 ) — The following curious passage is from the 
Life of John Bruen, by W. Hinde, published 
1641: 
“Being once at a High-Sheriff’s feast, where there 
were some Lords, spiritual and temporal, as they are 
called, and many other Knights and gentlemen of great 
place, there was a health begun by one of the Lords to 
the Prince, which after the manner was entertained, and 
maintained, with a great deal of ceremonial solemnity ; 
As it went along, and drew near unto him (many ob- 
serving what he would say or do) he cast out, in a mo- 
derate manner, some words to this effect: ‘ Here is a so- 
lemn service to the Prince, yet did he never require it, 
nor will ever give you any thanks for it. And when 
one pressed him to pledge and drink to the Prince’s 
health, he made this mild and gentle answer only; ‘ You 
may drink to his health, and I will pray for his health, 
and drink for mine own, and as I wish you may do for 
yours.’ And so he put it off, and passed it over, never 
sorting with them, nor yielding to any one of their so- 
lemn ceremonies in this act. He did bear a more ge- 
nerous mind than to be brought in subjection into every 
idle fancy and foolery, or to conform himself unto the 
A. Rorre. 
| humours and customs of profane men.” 
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Somers’ Town. 
Topographical Names (2"4 S. i. 266.) —I sup- 
pose Mr. Hype Crarke to be aware that Bailey 
says :— 
“ OvER, in composition of proper names of places, &c., 
signities a bank; as in Brownsover, &c., from the Saxon 
ofene.” 
R. W. Hacxwoop. 
The Bustard (2° §. i. 814)—At the latter 
part of the last century, the bustard, although 
rare, was not unfrequent on Salisbury plain. My 
great uncle, the Rev. Henry White, of Fyfield, 
near Andover, about the year 1780, told a shep- 
herd on the plain he would give a guinea for one, 
and shortly after the shepherd claimed the reward ; 
producing a hen bustard he had killed on her 
nest! The brother of Gilbert White, of Selborne, 
paid his guinea ; sorely repenting he had so rashly 
promised it. A. Horr Wuire. 
Running Footmen (22 §. i. 177.) — At the 
present time (cr certainly, to my knowledge, 
within the last few years) the carriage of the 
High Sheriff of Northumberland, on proceeding to 
meet the judges of assize, is attended by two 
pages on foot, holding on to the handle of the 
carriage-door on either side, and running along 
beside it. They are dressed in a short livery 
jacket and white trousers, and generally have a 
jockey cap. An aged relative of mine well re- 
membered the custom of running footmen being 
kept up by some of the nobility in that county, 
probably within the last eighty years. M. H.R. 
