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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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monument records ? or refer to some authority 

 where satisfactory information may be obtained 

 respecting it ? D. B. 



The Want. —In Quarles' Sampson (sec. iv. 

 1. 45.), among other things Sampson is to forbear 

 from eating is mentioned : — 



" The Want 



That undermines the greedy Cormorant." 



To what supposed habit of the mole does this 

 refer ? Libya. 



Martello Towers. — The following particulars 

 appeared in the Hibernian Telegraph, 28th Sep- 

 tember, 1804, and in the Drogheda News-Letter 

 of the following day : — 



" The building the Martello Towers for the protection 

 of the coast from Bray to Dublin proceeds with unex- 

 ampled despatch ; they are in general about forty feet in 

 diameter, precisely circular, and built of hewn granite, 

 closely jointed. Some are already thirty feet high, and 

 exhibit proofs of the most admirable masonry; one has 

 been just begun at Williamstown, near the Blackrock ; 

 those from Dalkey to Bray are nearly finished." 



Some very just observations respecting them 

 may be found in Sir John Carr's Stranger in Ire- 

 land (p. 112.), London, 1806; but I wish, for a 

 particular purpose, to learn somewhat more of 

 their history. To whom is the credit of originat- 

 ing them to be ascribed? How many in number? 

 And how much of the public money was expended 

 on their construction ? Abhba. 



Family of Havard. — From Jones's History of 

 Breconshire, I learn that the Rev. David Havard, 

 vicar of Abergwili in 1730, married Elizabeth, 

 daughter of Edward Howels, and had seven chil- 

 dren, viz. four sons, Edward, s. p. (Rev.) Griffith, 

 s.p., David, s.p,, and Benjamin ; and three daugh- 

 ters, viz. Mary, Elizabeth, and Sarah. Informa- 

 tion is desired whether or' not Mary was married, 

 and, if so, to whom ? About the middle of the 

 last century there was one Mary Havard, of Tre- 

 vecca, near Talgarth, Breconshire, who was clan- 

 destinely married to one Joseph Ralph — a person 

 greatly beneath her in sphere of life, and was in 

 consequence not recognised by her family. If any 

 of the readers of " IS". & Q." can throw any light 

 upon this subject, to identify these two persons of 

 tfre name of Mary Havard to be the same, it will 

 much oblige. Studens. 



Bamfius: Bladwell. — Among the old fam'ly 

 portraits which adorn the walls of the manor- 

 ' house at Swanington in Norfolk is one over 

 which the following lines are inscribed : — 

 " Vixit Olympiades ter septem Bamfius, tetas 

 Ter fait illustri posteritate minor. 

 Virtutes numera, paucos liquisse nepotcs 

 Comperies, paucos evoluisse dies." 



The first line, I presume, is intended to denote 

 that this worthy lived to the age of 105. But I 

 should be glad to know who he was (the name 



seems to be Latinised), and to whom the second 

 line especially refers. The house and estate were, 

 I believe, for many generations possessed by a 

 family named Bladwell, which has been long ex- 

 tinct. Q. 



Alban Butler. — The Christian name of this 

 learned Roman Catholic divine so closely resembles 

 that of an Albian Butler, gentleman of Clifford's 

 Inn, whose will, dated in 1603, is mentioned by Mr. 

 Hunter in his Illustrations of Shakspeare (ii. 47.), 

 that this reference to the latter may perhaps de- 

 serve to be made a Note of, especially as I have 

 heard that the early history of the author of the 

 Lives of the Saints is involved in some obscurity. 



N. R. 



Mary Wiltshire, a Descendant of the 

 Stuarts. — When in England in October, 1854, 

 I visited an old spinster, living at Tytherton in 

 Wiltshire, and who, for aught I know, may be 

 living there still. Hen name was Mary (vidgo 

 Molly) Wiltshire, and she earned her livelihood 

 by selling lollipops and such trifles. After I had 

 been introduced to this lady as a gentleman from 

 Holland, she fell into a kind of ecstasy, and told 

 me, amongst other things, that she was a descen- 

 dant of the Stuarts. As I could not very well 

 understand her, the most interesting part of her 

 conversation was repeated to me by one of the 

 bystanders. I neglected at the time to inquire 

 whether she could prove her descent, and so now 

 address myself to " N. & Q." Perhaps the Rev. 

 Mr. Jackson, then at Leigh de la Mere, would 

 be kind enough to assist me. J. H. van Lennep. 



Zeyst Townhouse (whilst polling). 

 June 12, 1860. 



Camoens. — Having 'seen in a local newspaper 

 the mere fact announced that a monument has 

 recently been erected at Lisbon to the memory of 

 Camoens, I should feel obliged if any of your cor- 

 respondents would give a description of it in your 

 columns, or refer me to some account of it else- 

 where. E. H. A. 



Quotations Wanted . — 



" Quando puer sedebit in sede lilia," etc.-— St. B/iijldn. 



" Ctesar regnabit ubique, sub quo cessabit vana gloria 

 cleri." — Merlinits Antiquus vates. 



Will some one kindly complete the above, and 

 inform me of the exact references ? B. H. C. 



" And Beauty draws us by a single hair." 



Ar. 



Scotch Genealogies. — Where can I find pedi- 

 grees of any of the following families ? 



1. Ross of Balkaile. Where is Balkaile, and 

 does the family still flourish ? 



2. Gib of Lochtain, Perthshire, 1750. 



3. Meik of Banchorie, Perthshire, 1736. 



Sigma Theta. 



