gna §, No 95., June 21: °56.) 
foreign soil the ashes of her ‘martyr spy,’ and gave 
them a fit sepulture among the mighty dead who sleep 
in that mausoléum of British worthies, the Westminster 
Abbey. The spot which covers the remains of Hale is 
unknown, and it is but recently that a tardy patriotism 
has erected a fitting cenotaph to his memory in his native 
town of Coventry, Connecticut. 
“ We commend this biography to all who desire to ac- 
quaint themselves in clearer outlines with the character 
of him who, in meeting an ignominious death, ‘ regretted 
only that he had but one life to lose for his country.” 
W. W. 
Malta. 
Pantomimes (24 S. i. 313. 436.) — Paiitomimic 
acting, accompanied by music, has been in use 
among the Chinese, Persians, and other Oriental 
people, and was introduced into the Greek cho- 
ruses. (Lucian, De Saltatione.) The Romans 
had entire plays called sallatio pantomimoruin. 
The word pantomimus is of Greek origin, and 
means “an imitator of everything.” In the reign 
of Augustus two actors, Bathyllus and Pylades 
(both Greek names), were celebrated, but they 
were not its inventors, arid respecting whose con- 
test there is a heavy joke of Augustus in Quinc- 
tilian (vi. 3.). There was a friendly contention 
between Cicero and Roscius, to determine whe- 
ther the one by his phrases, or the other by his 
gesticulations, could vary oftenest a given senti- 
ment. The modern pantomime, as the name of 
harlequin shows, came to England from Italy, 
where Arlecchino is forcibly introduced even into 
such plays as Goldoni’s £1 Padre di Famigtia; 
thereby evincing the popularity of this character ; 
and to which country we also owe Punch, some- 
thing more than pantomime, and more like the 
speaking French harlequin. 
The ancient saltatio is somewhat feebly set forth 
in the melo-dramas of modern times, where the 
action proceeds to the accompaniment of instru- 
mental music, without words or singing. For 
authorities see Eschenburg, Cl. Lit., p. v. s. 319. 
b. 320. Zosimus, i. 6.; iv. 33.93 v. 7. Oct. Fer- 
rarius, De Mimis et Pantomimis. N. Calliachus, 
De Indis seen. Mim. et Pantomim. J. Meursius, 
De Saliationibus veter. De L’Aulnaye, Saltut. 
Théat., with plates. J. Weaver, History of 
Mimes and Pantomimes. Boulanger de Rivery, 
Récherches histor. et crit. sur les Mimes et les 
Pantomimes. Burette, in the Mém. Acad. Inscrip., 
i, Ziegler, De Mimis Romanorum. Sulzer, Allg. 
Theorie, i. 523. Signorelli, Storia critica dei 
Teatri antichi e moderni. T. J. Buckron. 
Lichfield. 
Submarine Duel (2°° 8. i, 412.) —The reason 
why I think there is no truth in the story is this: 
—the same tale is told in the third volume of 
Music and Friends, by W. Gardiner, 1853; only 
the duel is there stated to have taken place be- 
tween two divers employed, not by Mr. Deane at 
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the “ Royal George,” but by a Capt. M‘Neilly in 
raising the “Scotia,” sunk in the straits which 
separate Puffin Island from the main of Anglesea. 
No date is given, but a truly super-marvellous 
addition is made to the duel. Here is the whole 
passage : 
* Capt. McNeilly assured me that two of his men, on 
finding a box of dollars, quarrelled over it, and actually 
fought, at the bottom of the sea, for the possession of the 
treasure. He also told me of a diver who had been drinking 
very freely, on falling asleep in the depths below, had 
his pocket picked by his companion during his submarine 
nap. 
Equipped as divers are, it is just possible that 
they might lay hold of the same article, and pull 
against one another for the possession of it; but 
anything like “fighting” would, I think, be an 
impossibility ; and when I read about the ‘“ sub- 
marine nap,” I cannot help concluding that in the 
whole of the diving wonders he was relating to 
him, the sly McNeilly must have been practising 
on the credulity of Mr. Gardiner. 
Henry Kensineton. 
Kennerleigh Manor lost by a Game of Cards (2° 
S. i. 222.) —The account of which I had from 
Capt. Clayfield, a descendant of the Dowrish 
family ; and I think it probable that if J. T—r 
will apply to that gentleman, he will get every 
information on the subject. Junta R. Bocxerr. 
Southcote Lodge. 
Blood that will not wash out (2% §. i. 374.) — 
In Lincoln Cathedral there are two fine rose win- 
dows, one of which, it is said, was made by a 
master workman, and the other by his apprentice, 
out of the pieces of stained glass the former had 
thrown aside. These two windows were un- 
covered on a certain day, and that of the ap- 
prentice’s construction was declared to be the 
most magnificent. In a fit of jealousy and 
chagrin the master threw himself from the gallery 
beneath his boasted chef-d’euvre, and was killed 
upon the spot. The blood stains upon the floor 
are declared to be indelible, and are still pointed 
out to the admiring visitor by the verger in at- 
tendance. It is but right to add that I have 
heard a similar story at another cathedral: I can- 
not remember which. T. Lampray. 
At Cothele, a mansion on the banks of the 
Tamar, the marks are still visible of the blood 
spilt by the lord of the manor, when, for supposed 
treachery, he slew the warder of the drawbridge. 
But these are only to be seen on a wet day, and I 
have heard of a gentleman who was only con- 
vinced of the truth of the assertion by a visit 
during rain. Many similar traditions haunt 
Cornish and Devonshire houses, 
The blood marks at Holyrood I have certainly 
seen, or, to speak more correctly, the so-called 
blood marks, of the unfortunate Rizzio; and I 
