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holds up the right hand as if in triumph, the
index finger pointing up. On his left arm L
a ram skin ; over his shoulder is a crook
The body of the horse is supported by j
stump, on which is a branch of three fir cone,
tied with a ribbon ; close to it is a pandean
pipe, a small building being in the back
ground. On the margin is written, "Au
Barb, ab Eech. pinx : Sur Laril. Ir
Helueteia. 1750." It appears like a musica
contest between Aristeas and Papias. Wh
were they ?
2. A similar statue, but the centaur looks defeated. A snake is over his shoulder, anc his hands are behind his back. Below are cymbals. The Greek inscription is similar only the fourth word is first. On the margin is, " Arun. Barb : ab Esch. pinx : Sur- launsis. 1749." What is the meaning of the
two marginal inscriptions 1
F/E. R.
'THE THREE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM.'
Three Wise Men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl ;
If the bowl had been stronger
My tale had been longer.
By the aid of works in the Nottingham Public Reference Library, I have been enabled to trace back this rime as far as ' Walks round Nottingham,' 1835, though I have little doubt it is considerably older. If any reader of ' N. & Q.,' who perhaps has access to a larger library, can refer me to printed versions earlier than 1835, I shall be grateful.
A. STAPLETON.
15, Carlton Road, Nottingham.
JACOBITE SOCIETIES. How many Jacobite, Legitimist, or other societies in connexion with the house of Stuart now exist, and what may be their exact aim and object? Do any of them still publish papers as to their doings 1 If I remember rightly, a paper called the Whirlwind, which nourished some eight or nine years ago, advocated their views. In what quarter can one obtain information about these societies 1 N. C.
Westminster.
[There is a good deal of information in the Eighth Series. Tracts are still given away by supporters of the White Rose.]
GARWAY FAMILY. Can your readers inform me whether there are any known living descendants in the male line of John Garway, of London, grandfather of Sir Henry Garway, Knt., Lord Mayor of London 1639- 1640"? Is it known where the said John Garway was buried? Early, but probably incomplete, pedigrees of Garway, or Garra- way, will be found in 'Harl. (Soc. Publ.,' vol. xv. pp. 304-5, and vol. xliii. pp. 201-2, and in
Dall. and Cartw.'s 'Sussex,' vol. ii. part i. p. 50 ;
see also 'Chetham Soc. Publ.,' vol. ix. pp. v-xi;
and ' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' vol. xxi. p. 12. H. C.
SHELLEY'S MOTHER. What are the dates of birth and death of Shelley's mother, Eliza- beth, daughter of Charles Pilfold ? I do not find either recorded in any life of the poet to which I have access. W. ROBERTS.
THE BLESSING OF THE THROATS. At St. Etheldreda's Roman Catholic Church, Ely Place, there is a ceremony performed every year on the Feast of St. Blaise termed the " Blessing of the Throats." It consists in crossing two candles under the worshipper's chin while the following prayer is recited, " By the intercession of the B.V. Mary, and through the merits of Blessed Blaise, the martyr, may our Lord deliver you from all ills of the throat." The Rosminian fathers introduced this custom into England about fifty years ago from Italy. Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' tell me of any similar custom with reference to the blessing of the throat which prevailed in England before the Reformation? FREDERICK T. HIBGAME.
THAMES TUNNEL.
(9 th S. iv. 419, 467 ; v. 35, 75.)
THE statues of the world would be few if
- hey were only to be awarded to great warriors
or statesmen. Men of ideas only have always lad their honourable tombstones, and 1 am grateful to MR. GEORGE MARSHALL for giving Eialph Dodd credit for " sound ideas enough " about London water supply. Although he was mly a poor Northumberland miner, thatshould entitle him to a London statue. I scarcely see who else there is of the early times of that great question, other than the promoters of monopolies, who filled their own coffers
- rom the people's necessities. MR. MARSHALL
should scarcely weigh men's great ideas by he measure of their financial success, and uccess, too, in their own generation. The world is not quite all s. d. If men are to >e so judged, what has he to say for the pro- moters of his Liverpool and Manchester ^anall MR. MARSHALL repeats that the jrravesend Canal scheme came to nothing. iVould he have us believe that the Liverpool nd Manchester Canal scheme has come to othing, or that the Suez Canal is nothing, nd would he deny to M. de Lesseps his statue Because of his personal poverty? Neither hould he judge men in the dim light of a cen- ury ago by that fierce light which is thrown
