enough then, but not to be compared with what tumbles into the stocking in these days of toys and joys without number. Do they talk about Mother Christmas any where? THOS. RATCLIFFE. Worksop. - In the COLLINGWOOD'S DESCENDANTS. Trafalgar Centenary celebrations it seems to have been assumed that there are now no living descendants of Admiral Lord Collingwood. He left two daughters to survive him, viz, Sarah, wife of George Newnham, barrister-at-law, and Mary Patience, wife of Mr. Anthony Denny, these ladies being also coheiresses to their mother, Sarah, daughter of John Erasmus Blackett, proprietor of a beautiful estate at Hethpool, in the Cheviots. George Newnham assumed the additional name of Collingwood, and published a biography of his distinguished father-in-law. He is stated to have died a disappointed man, owing to the refusal, or neglect, of the Government of the day to make him a peerunder the title of Baron Collingwood. Both Mrs. Newnham Collingwood and Mrs. Denny left issue, and I have reason to believe that descendants of the latter are in existence. I shall be glad of information about them or about Mrs. Newnham Collingwood's children. Alnwick. J. C. HODGSON, F.S.A. Beylies, FAME. On p. 149, n. 67, he says: "I have never observed any figure of Gloria among the antiques I have met with. The Roman poets speak of her sometimes in a good, and sometimes in a bad sense." Of the bad sense-i.e, as equivalent to Jactantia-he gives as an example Horace, Odes,' I. xviii. 15, and Sat.,' I. vi. 23; and Epist.' II. i. 177. He might have added Vergil, 'En,' xi. 708. As exemplifying the good sense he quotes Silius, xv. 98, and Valerius Flaccus, i 78 897: fig. 2, a delineation of Honos, taken from a On the same page Spence refers to pl. xxiii. common medal of the reign of Titus, on which he appears partially draped, and holding a spear in one hand and a horn of plenty in the other, and adds: "He is called Honos on a medal too, where you see him joined with Virtus; and they perhaps generally made a male of this deity, and called him by the name of Honos, rather than Gloria; because the latter was sometimes used in a bad sense (for Vain-Glory) among them." "Honos et Virtus" are, I take it, approximately equivalent to "Fame and Valour," our more strictly ethical conceptions of Honour and Virtue being rather foreshadowed by the Roman ideas of which Fides and Justitia are the respective tallies. Temples of Honos and Virtus, so connected that the former was only approachable through the latter were vowed by M. Claudius Marcellus, and dedicated by his son about B.C. 204. C. Marius built another temple to these deities on the Arx Capitolina about B C. 101. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. Samuel Butler, who was Milton's conTo find Fame, in the sense of Renown, temporary, took another view of Fame represented in the way MR. H. J. BARKER(Hudibras,' Part II. canto i. 45, &c.). His mentions is very common in modern Fame would seem to be Rumour rather than times; but I do not think she was ever Renown; but, after all, what is Renown but so depicted by the ancients. Phun, as established Rumour ?— personified by Hesiod (Works and" Days,' 760 sqq.), and Fama as personified by Virgil (Æn.,' iv. 173-88, and ix. 474), Ovid ('Met.,' xii. 39 sqq.), Valerius Flaccus (ii. 116 sq7.) and Statius (Theb,' iii. 426 sqq.), stand rather for Report or Rumour than for Renown, and in the above passages no mention is made of a trumpet or a wreath. Fama does not seem to be frequently represented in works of art. Spence in his 'Polymetis' (I quote from the second edition) gives a representation of her as a nude winged figure, the upper portion of the wings being studded with eyes (pl. xxix. fig. 4), and with reference to it says (at p. 214):— "The only figure I have ever seen of her is the little one in brass in the Great Duke's collection at Florence, from which this was copied." There is a tall long-sided dame Two trumpets she does sound at once, There is a valuable note on the black and the white wings of Fame in Sir Egerton Brydges's edition of Milton (vol. v. p. 124):"Milton, in his poem 'In Quint. Nov.,' speaking of Fame, says, Induit et variis exilia corpora plumis. I do not recollect any instance of Fame having two wings of different colours assigned by any of the Roman poets. Milton seems to have equipped his deity very characteristically, by borrowing one wing from Infamy, and another from Victory or Glory, as they are both described by Silius Italicus; where Virtue contrasts herself with Pleasure or Dissipation, lxv. 95: Atris Circa te semper volitans Infamia pennis; The passage quoted from 'Samson Agonistes has always puzzled the attentive reader of Milton. Jortin's comments on Milton are generally of a high order, and in this case especially so. He cannot tell why Milton makes Fame a god, unless deities are of both sexes. For since Hesiod deified her as a goddess all other poets have followed on. Jortin carries it further with v. 19 of 'Lycidas': So may some gentle Muse, With lucky words favour my destined urn; And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. Jortin says it may be a "false print," meaning misprint. I think it can be read as referring to the body of Lycidas, "in sable shroud," floating by. Possibly Hesiod's hun might have led Milton to think of Rumour, and so treat it as masculine. The names on the wings are from Horace, Jortin thinks ('Ode,' II. ii. 7). I do not quite see that they are so. Chaucer far more naturally saw the hill of this "House of Fame" engraven "with famous folkes names," and to show the transiency of Fame he makes some of the letters scarcely legible: They weran almost off-thawen so, That of the letters one or two Were molte away of ev'ry name. Bacon in his 'Wisdom of the Ancients' makes Fame the sister of the giants or Titans, who made a war on Jove. When they were slain by lightning, the earth, their mother, in her wrath brought forth Fame. This he gets from En.,'iv. 178. He winds all up thus: "So as rebellious actions and seditious reports differ nothing in kind and blood, but as it were in sex only, the one sort being masculine and the other feminine." This is really cleverly dexterous, and gives a little support to my suggestion above, that Milton was thinking of Rumour. The seditious reports are rumores. It would be a very valuable contribution to literature if some erudite person would re-edit the Wisdom of the Ancients,' going through the whole of the mythological allusions, which are innumerable, and giving references to the authorities supporting them. I have on many occasions wished to trace the allusions, and frequently have been unable to find any authority for them. May it be supposed that often there is none? In the 'Classical Manual' Fame is said to be represented by Greeks and Romans with wings on her back, and a trumpet, or double trumpet, in her hand. This to denote that she gives forth either truth or falsehood. Mistaque cum veris passim commenta vagantur Millia rumorum. Ovid, 'Met.,' xii 54. referred to above she is shown as a gigantic Nocte volat cœli medio, terræque per umbram Her immensity is depicted by her raising herself into the air, yet still continuing to the clouds, like a growing volume of smoke. tread the earth, though her head is hidden in She enlarges at each repetition, viresque acquirit eundo. Nobody has ever gone much beyond this. sented in the Vatican Virgil as flying with a to think the eyes and ears all over her body are Walthamstow. Fame should be represented by an angel with wings and blowing of trumpet, but not necessarily, one would have thought, holding a wreath. The medieval wreath is supposed to have been adopted by the Crusaders, in the fourteenth century, from the Saracenic turban, to distinguish a knight, and consisted of the twisted garland of cloth by which the knightly crest was affixed or held to the helmet. The decorative wreath of leaves, however, would be quite appropriately carried by an angel as a messenger of fame, since it was used to crown the victors in games and conquerors in war; but it is apparently appropriated more generally to the goddess of successful conquest, Victory, who carries a palm branch or a laurel crown. A basrelief on the Arch of Titus represents that emperor in his car at the procession on account of the conquest of Jerusalem, and behind him stands a winged figure of Victory, holding a crown of gold (corona triumphalis), made in imitation of laurel leaves, over the conqueror's head. 6, Elgin Court, W. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. In Bacon's Essays,' edited by W. C. Taylor, LLD., is an artistic vignette of Fame blowing a trumpet heaven wards with her right hand, and pointing downward to earth with her left. The description is given underneath : "The poets make Fame a monster; they describe her in part finely and elegantly, and in part gravely and sententiously; they say look how many feathers she hath, so many eyes she hath underneath, so many tongues, so many voices, she pricks up so many ears."-P. 82. JOHN PICKFORD, M.A. Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge. CATALOGUES OF MSS. (10th S. iv. 368, 415, 436, 531)-No argument appears necessary to enforce the importance of the general availability of the Catalogues of the MSS. in the British Museum, especially to students resident in the country, and it is a matter for regret that a larger number of the public libraries have not complete sets of these invaluable publications. MR. MASON refers to the fact that in the list supplied to him by the Museum authorities no price was affixed to the Index to the Additions, 1783 to 1835.' The reason, no doubt, is that the Index in question is not to be acquired at any price. It is a volume issued in 1849, and, if I am rightly informed, only 100 copies were printed. The collections of Cole, Woolley, Burrell, Hayley, Symmes, Bray, Kerrich, Essex, Wood, Banks, Mitchell, and Stepney are all included in this invaluable Index, which runs from the conclusion of the Ayscough Catalogue, No. 5,017 to 10,018, and includes over a hundred of the Sloane collection transferred to the MS. Depart ment after the publication of the Ayscough Catalogue, and not included therein. Some years ago I had to borrow from London a copy of this volume, as no copy was to be found in any of the libraries in Manchester. Since that time, I am happy to say. I have been able to complete my set of the Museum Catalogues by adding this volume. I rather think that there is no printed and published catalogue of some two or three thousand of the Museum MSS., nor any indication in print of their contents, save what this Index affords. It is some time since I worked on these catalogues, but believe that the uncatalogued numbers are between 5,017 and 7,084, or possibly up to 8,220, when the catalogue of acquisitions in 1831 commences. Kersal Cell, Manchester. W. A. COPINger. CAMPBELLS IN THE STRAND (10th S. iv. 509). -No trace is left either of the original "Three Crowns," or of the "Globe" Tavern at the corner of Craven Street, which the "Three Crowns" is, in one instance at least, described as being next door to. In 1683 this "Three Crowns" was the sign of John Wright, haberdasher ('London Bankers,' by F. G. H. Price), before, of course, the Campbell in question moved to the premises in the Strand afterwards those of Campbell & Coutts. John Campbell died in 1712, but his name was retained, for the firm was styled Campbell & Coutts until 1756, owing to George Campbell, a relative of James, having been taken into partnership by Middleton. In 1756 Campbell & Coutts were advertised as treasurers for the British Lying-in Hospital for Married Women, in Brownlow Street, Long Acre (Whitehall Evening Post, 23 Dec.,1756). In Wheatley's London' we are told that Coutts & Co. were established in St. Martin's Lane, in the reign of Queen Anne, by one Middleton, a goldsmith, and John Campbeli, a relative of See also 'London the Duke of Argyll. Bankers,' by F. G. Hilton Price; and Coutts & Co.,' by Ralph Richardson, F.S.A.Scot. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. George Campbell was the Campbell of both Middleton & Campbell and Campbell & Coutts. He was son of John Campbell, of Campbell & Middleton The Week of 20 July, 1870, says he was a cadet of the house of Argyll; but the genealogy of the article is slovenly, and I have been unable to verify, corroborate, or negative the statement. George died sp. His sister Elizabeth married John Peagrum, of Colchester and Knightsbridge, and her daughter married James It is found twice in the Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic,' of Henry VIII. (ed. Brewer and Gairdner): 1. "A book of prests of money in Seland to shipmen by Lelegrave's bidding, and writing for the King's business done per Semper." Various sums paid to shipmen in Zealand by Lelegrave's bidding from 3 Aug. to 15 Sept. To Bowen Adrien at Midilborowe by Wm. Beynam. To Adrian Bos, by Semper and Beynam, 361. 5s. Fl. Each payment is signed by the mark of the receiver. (14 pages.) Date 1530. 2. Certificate by Robert Ross, curate of Watford, Linc. dioc., 18 April, 1537, that he has heard the confession of Katharine Yngram and administered the sacrament to her. Signed in the same hand :-Robertus Semper. (In Latin, small paper, 1 page.) This person is described as Semper alias Ross" in the index. The next reference is in the Acts of the Privy Council,' "At the Sterre Chambre, the vijth of Maye, 1550." "A warraunt to to paie unto John Sely and Bartholomew Semper Ivij xviijs viija due unto them for water cariages in the Kinges Majesties service to the fortificacions of Alderney." The only other mention of this name which at present I have come across is in Bryan's 'Dictionary of Painters and Engravers,' in which an account is given of G. Semper, a celebrated architect, who was born at Hamburg in 1804. One of his principal works was the theatre at Dresden. In consequence of political troubles he came to England, and was made an Associate of the Royal Academy. In May, 1879, he died rather suddenly at Rome. CHR. WATSON. DUCIEMORE (10th S. iv. 328).-" Moor" being the Anglo-Saxon mór waste land, or land rendered waste by water, would not Duciemore be merely the moor appertaining to one of the name of Ducie? Although it is not apparent from gazetteers at hand in which county Duciemoor is situated, it is perhaps remarkable that there is a Moreton in Staffs and a Moreton-in-the-Marsh in North-East Gloucestershire, in which county is Tortworth Hall, the seat of the Earl of Ducie, whose ancestor Matthew Ducie Moreton (son or grandson, apparently, of Sir Robert Ducie, founder of the family) was created, in 1720, Lord Ducie, Baron of Moreton in the county of Stafford. The Tort worth barony was one of subsequent creation to that of Moreton in Staffordshire. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. "DRINKINGS":"DRINKING TIME" (10th S. iv. 506). Halliwell says of "drinking": "This term is now applied to a refreshment betwixt meals taken by farm labourers." "Leven," "levener," "leven o'clock, "bever," and "lowance" are all used to cover a slight snap in the field, and mean any trivial refreshment taken between regular mealtimes. Then, again, we find "to drink by word of mouth," which often happened at these times. A bottle of beer was carried into the hayfield, and several workers would search for a vessel to pour the precious liquor into, but the search might be unsuccessful; then it was agreed "to drink by word of mouth "-in other words, to imbibe direct from the orifice in the bottle. This gave the advantage to the one who drank first, more especially if he was accustomed to this mode of swallowing. It did not ensure an equal division of drink to all in the company. The saying has a kind of classic origin, as it was used by Shadwell, who succeeded Dryden as Poet Laureate. W. W. GLENNY. Barking, Essex. ANTONIO CANOVA IN ENGLAND (10th S. iv. 448, 518).-Your correspondent will find in Haydon, the following notice on p. 224 :'Lectures on Painting and Design,' by B. R. "At this 'crise de la bataille' Waterloo was the departure of the Apollo, &c., for Rome [1815]. won; Canova was sent officially to Paris, to arrange My intimate friend, Hamilton, met Canova at the Duke's in Paris: the Elgin Marbles were often the topic of talk: Canova was officially coming to thank the Prince Regent; and on this important visit rested our only hopes! In November, 1815, Canova arrived, and was at Burnet's Hotel. Wilkie saw him first, and, not understanding him, came to the Student, and declared he did not think highly of the Marbles: the Student hurried away to the Foreign Office, where Hamilton was Under-Secretary, and they went to Canova's immediately. After the ceremonies of introduction were over, he asked him, 'What do you think of the Marbles?' He replied they were the finest things on earth, and he would have walked barefoot from Rome to have seen them. He added the union of life and idea was perfect, and that they would overturn the whole system of form in high art. Hamilton took him the first time he went to the Marbles: the Student went with him the second time, and he (Canova) said he always believed the genuine works of the Greeks had even more of every-day nature than we saw in the other ancient works. Backed as all admirers were thus by Canova, the Government began to melt, for the ministers saw they must become the ridicule of Europe if they obstinately persisted in their indifference, and in the following year, 1816, a Committee was granted." In the same volume, on p. 292, is the following interesting letter: Translation of a Letter from the Cavilier Canova to the Earl of Elgin. 53 ham are the following remarks by Canova "He [Canova] was so struck with its beauty, he In Flaxman's lectures on sculpture there is on the death of an interesting address CHARLES GREEN. Canova. 18, Shrewsbury Road, Sheffield. ROLL OF CARLAVEROCK (10th S. iv. 529).There are at least two English translations of this. The most recent is that published, with notes, by T. Wright, 1864; but the earlier edition of the Anglo-Norman verse, with an English translation by Sir Harris JAS. PLATT, Jun. Nicolas, 1828, is valuable for the biographical notices of the personages mentioned by the poet. London, 10th November, 1815. MY LORD,-Permit me to express the sense of the great gratification which I have received from having seen in London the valuable antique Marbles which you have brought hither from Greece. I think that I can never see them often enough, and although my stay in this great capital must be extremely short, I dedicate every moment that I can spare to the contemplation of these celeI admire in them brated remains of ancient art. the truth of nature, united to the choice of the finest forms. Everything here breathes life, with a veracity, with an exquisite knowledge of art, but without the least ostentation or parade of it, which is concealed by consummate and masterly skill. The naked is perfect flesh, and most beautiful in its kind. I think myself happy in having been able to see with my own eyes these distinguished works; and I should feel perfectly satisfied if I had come to TWIZZLE-TWIGS (10th S. iv. 507).—This name London only to view them. Upon which account Small the admirers of art, and the artists, will owe to your lordship a lasting debt of gratitude for having for the jointed rush is known in the Midbrought amongst us these noble and magnificent lands- generally, I should Ps of sculpture; and for my own part I beg branches twisted on to return you my own most cordial acknowledgments; and I have the honour to be, &c., CANOVA. In The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Esq., M.A.R. A.,' vol. i. p. 313 (published 1831), is a reference to Canova : "Canova visited England in the summer of 1816, and was then very much struck with the pictures, as well as pleased with Fuseli's society. This eminent sculptor remarked that he not only showed the brilliancy of genius in his conversation, but that he spoke Italian with the purity of a welleducated native of Rome." In the life of Roubiliac by Allan Cunning The Antiquarian Repertory (1779), vol. ii. pp. 107, &c., gives a version from the Cottonian MS. (Caligula A. xviii.). JOHN RADCLIFFE. [MR. F. G. HALEY and MR. R. O. HESLOP also thanked for replies.] trees are say. "twizzled " 66 'ravelled." together, and other things in a state of conTHOS. RATCliffe. fusion are "twizzled" or Worksop. There is a Yorkshire hamlet called Wigtwizzle, ten miles north-west of Sheffield. The name has been variously spelt since the time of Edward I. The following are samples: Wygestwy sell (1280), Wytwisle (1329), Wiggetwisell (1638), Twigtwizell (in Bradfield parish register, 1707), Wihtwizzle (Ordnance Survey, 1891). Is it possible that the name is in any way connected with the |