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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2«* S. IX. June 16. '60. 



noble house of Percy, seated at that time at Leck- 

 onfield and Wressel in the before-mentioned 

 county ; but I am at a loss to discover their iden- 

 tity, and the reason why Lady Percy was interred 

 at Hessle. W. H. H. 



Henry Sneath. — 



" Youth's Considering Glass, or Fatherly Affection 

 manifested by Scripture Directions, for a Christian's Con- 

 versation through the 'whole Course of his Life. By II. 

 S. London : Printed in the Year 1675. 12mo." 



The above is the title of a book of divine poems, 

 consisting of fifty-one chapters, and with a post- 

 script occupying ninety-six pages. The Preface 

 to the Reader (in verse) ends with the words 

 "your Friend, Henry Sneath." After a long search, 

 I am unable to find any mention of this book or 

 of its apparent author. Will some of your more 

 experienced correspondents oblige me with such 

 information on these points as they may possess ? 



FlDELIS. 



Proverbial Sayings. — Can you throw any 

 light upon the following rather mysterious simi- 

 lies : — 



1. "As drunk as Chloe." 



[This probably refers to the lady, so often mentioned 

 in Prior's Poems, who was notorious for her bibacious 

 habits.] 



2. " As mad as a hatter." 



They appear to be quotations from, or refer- 

 ences to, some play or novel of a past age. W. E. 



Campbell's "Battle of the Baltic." — Is 

 there not in print another edition of Thomas 

 Campbell's Battle of the Baltic, besides that which 

 obtains at the present day, and that " first edition" 

 of " The Battle of Copenhagen," printed in the 

 current number of the Constitutional Press Maga- 

 zine (June, I860)? P. Q. 



"As a small acorn," etc. — When I was a 

 boy, I learnt a piece of poetry beginning : 



" As a small acorn to a forest grows, 

 So step by step Britannia rose." 



I do not know if the poem really begins thus, or 

 whether it is an extract from a larger poem. 

 Where is it to be found ? Pater. 



Charles Pigot, Esq. — I request through the 

 medium of your useful publication, to obtain in- 

 formation where I may find a memoir of the 

 above gentleman. He was educated at Eton, and 

 was author of a publication, the Jockey Club, in 

 three parts, which appeared in 1792, and which 

 had an immense and very rapid sale, for I have a 

 twelfth edition of that year's date. The aris- 

 tocracy of this country was attacked in this work 

 with great talent, but in the most sarcastic and 

 severe style. I understand that Mr. Pigot died 

 Tuesday 24th June, 1794, and was buried in the 

 family vault at Chetwynd Aston, Salop. He had 



the prenom or sobriquet of Pediculus or Louse 

 Pigot, which arose, I have heard, in this manner : 

 he early distinguished himself as a French scholar, 

 and was (which was then a very rare accomplish- 

 ment) most completely and grammatically ac- 

 quainted with the language. At that time a book 

 was published under the title of Les Aventures 

 aVun Pou franqais, which he procured and ex- 

 pounded to his brother Etonians ; but this obliging 

 service was followed by an unlucky contre-temps ; 

 an ill-natured schoolfellow suggested and es- 

 tablished the annoying nickname, which adhered 

 to him through life. A. 



Tyburn Gate. — When was Tyburn Gate re- 

 moved from the Oxford Street end of the Edgware 

 Road ? The iron tablet erected against the park 

 rails says it stood there in 1829 ; Timbs's Curiosi- 

 ties of London says it was removed from thence in 

 1824. Which is correct ? W. T. M. 



Anonymous "A Discourse vpon the present 

 State of France " : Imprinted 1588. — This is a 

 copy of the title-page of a small 4to. vol. of 98 pp., 

 which came into my possession a few days since. 

 The centre of the title-page is occupied by a large 

 woodcut, with the words " Vbique Floret." Fac- 

 ing the title is mounted an engraving of the town 

 of "Reims." My Queries respecting it are: Is 

 anything known of the author ? Where was it 

 printed ? Is it a scarce work ? (It does not ap- 

 pear in Lowndes.) Perhaps some of your readers 

 can oblige me with a reply to them. J. Nixon. 



" Alberic" — Who is the author of Alberic, 

 Consul of Rome, or the School for Reformers, an 

 Historical Drama inFiva Acts (Saunders & Otley), 

 London, 1832? This piece, though published in 

 1832, seems to have been begun many years be- 

 fore. The author quotes the favourable opinion 

 of Dr. Parr regarding his play. A. Z. 



Booterstown, near Dublin. — In Mr. G. R. 

 Powell's Official Railway Handbook to Bury, 

 Kingstoiun, the Coast, and the County of Wichlow 

 (12mo. Dublin, 18G0), p. 46., the following state- 

 ment appears : — 



" The district [Booterstown] we are here passing takes 

 its name from one of the features of a past day. It was 

 originally called Freebooterstown, from its being the re- 

 sort of these picturesque desperadoes." 



The parish of Booterstown (termed Ballybotter, 

 Ballyboother, Butterstown, and Boterstone in 

 sundry old documents), forms a very flourishing 

 portion of the large Irish estates of the Right 

 Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and is on the road 

 from Dublin to Kingstown and Bray, and on the 

 southern coast of the bay of Dublin, the shores of 

 which here assume a highly interesting and pic- 

 turesque appearance. 



I am not at all satisfied with Mr. Powell's 



