308
NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. iv. OCT. u, 1911.
removed to the gardener's chamber, anc
after some months the " Pere gardie
decida dans sa sagesse qu'on donnerai
tout ce fatras au dit jardinier." Th
gardener, wiser than the Fathers, called in
a M. Vanderberg, an amateur and literar
man, who purchased the collection for " u
ducat du quintal." Soon after M. Vander
berg showed his purchase to " M. Stock
bibliomane anglais," who gave " a 1' instant
14,000 francs for the MSS. alone.
" Quels furent la surprise et les regrets des PP Ke'collets a cette nouvelle ! Us sentirent bie qu'il n'y avait pas moyen d'en revenir ; mais tout confus qu'ils etaient de leur ignorance, i] allerent hunib lenient solliciter une indemnit de M. Stock, qui n'hsita pas a leur donne encore 1,200 frs., tant il etait satisfait de son acquisition."
I cannot find any trace of this Mr. Stoc] as a book-collector, nor of the manuscripts Can any of your readers throw light on thi curious transaction and its principal figure ?
W. ROBERTS.
MIDHURST GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Can any one give me names, dates, &c., of any old boys of Midhurst Grammar School, foundec by Gilbert Hannam in 1672 ? I should be glad of any information concerning the school or its founder. ERNEST F. Row.
The Grammar School, Midhurst.
JONATHAN WILD'S " GHOST." In The Daily Post for 5 February, 1726, there appeared the following announcement :
" Since the Death of Jonathan Wild has been so much lamented for Want of his useful Intelli- gence, this is to inform the Publick, that his Q-host gives constant Attendance every Night at a certain House in Bury-street ; where he resolves all Sorts of Questions.
- N.B. As his former Business was to dis-
cover Robberies committed, he has now the Gift of revealing Rogueries intended."
I cannot find that this was in any way followed up, and it is so curious that one would like to know more about it.
ALFRED F. BOBBINS.
STATUES, &c., IN VENICE. In 'Ancient fetatues Greek and Roman ; designed from the Celebrated Originals in St. Mark's, and other Public Collections in Venice, by A. Zanetti, and engraved by the First Italian Masters,' London, 1800, large folio, are one hundred plates of statues, busts,' &c. All except, I think, eleven are described as in the Entrance Hall (Antisala) of the Library of St. Mark.
Are these statues, &c., of the Antisala still to be seen in Venice ? That I have
found no mention of them in guide-books
does not establish a negative. Is there a
Library of St. Mark which can be visited ?
A good many of the plates are dedicated to
English noblemen and gentlemen.
According to Brunet, s.v. ' Antiche (delle) statue greche e romane di San-Marco .... (da Ant. -Mar. Girolamo ed Alessandra Zanetti),' the collection was published in Venice in 1740.
Of the statues which are not "in the Antisala," there are five plates of statues in the courtyard of the Doge's Palace (Cortile del Palazzo Ducale), four of the horses on St. Mark's Church, and two of the lions at the gate of the Arsenal.
ROBERT PIERPOINT.
ALEXANDER Ross : WILLIAM Ross. In 1500 James IV. granted the chaplaincy of Dunskaith to Alexander Ross. In 1544 letters of legitimation were granted to his. son Nicholas. Alexander is referred to as
quondam D. Alexander Ros capellanus de Dunskaith." But Alexander probably died before 1533, as in that year a deed is- signed by Nicholas as " capellanus de Duns- kaith." Can any correspondent tell me where I could find information as to the parentage and date of death of the above Alexander Ross ?
William Ross, great-grandson of the above, was born on the last Monday in October, 1574 (see quotation from Kalendar of Fearn in Hist. MSS. Second Report, p. 179).
- te witnesses a deed in Forres in 1608, but
no further trace of him can be discovered by me. Can any correspondent give me advice as to where I should be likely to find details as to William's marriage and death ?
las the Kalendar of Fearn in the possession of the Duke of Sutherland ever been printed ?
S. B. C. R.
JOHN PRESTON, D.D. Can any one tell me where I can find a list of the works of
he above writer ? I believe them to be numerous. Lowndes's ' Bibliographer's Manual ' (1864) does not contain the name of any of them. I have heard that a sermon
f his preached before Charles I. in 1630 was afterwards published, and was much
dmired. L. S. M.
BISHOP THOMAS PERCY. The 30th of ept ember last was the centenary of the eath of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore nd compiler of the * Reliques.' I should >e very glad if some reader of ' N. & Q.' were able to supply a description of his grave
