malicious contrivance of the said Neynoe to save himself from the hands of Justice, and to work the destruction of the Bishop of Rochester." Stackhouse, in his Life of Atterbury, 1732, p. 113, says the bishop stated that Neynoe dangerous conspiracy had been for some time formed, and was still carried on, against his person and government in favour of a Popish pretender. A committee was appointed to examine into the matter; and, on March 1, 1723, Mr. Pulteney brought up the report. The first witness referred "Was a pragmatical pretender to secrets that he to is "Philip Neynoe, clerk (who was drowned in knew nothing of, a cowardly, corrupt creature, that would swear backward or forward, say or unsay any attempting to make his escape from the messengers), thing, for Fear or Pay; and a profligate wretch that had declared" His evidence, mostly drawn up thrown away his Life rather than venture to stand to in writing by himself, is largely used throughout, the truth of what he had own'd before his death." and is relied on both by those who spoke for and It seems he had made two statements; first, that those who spoke against the bishop; the one side the bishop was guilty, and secondly, that the contending that, although a knave, he was corro-statement he had made against the bishop was borated, the other that, being a knave, he ought false. Whether he really died as stated on the 28th not to be believed. He appears to have been of September is doubtful; but that he was a false drawn into the conspiracy by George Kelly, alias witness seems certain. EDWARD SOLLY. Johnson, and to have played a double part, for he Sutton, Surrey. was afterwards employed by Walpole to discover the key to the cant names used in the correspondence with the Regent. He was arrested at Deal, on his journey to France, and lodged in the Tower, where he made his confession. He was educated in Trinity College, Dublin, and gained some distinction there. The entry of his matriculation in the Senior Lecturer's book is : "1711, Julii 4°, ho. 10, ante: Philippus Neynoe, Pens: filius Josephi Mercatoris: ann. agens, 14: natus Dublinii: educatus ibidem sub Dre Drury: Tutor, Mr Walmsley." The list of graduates supplies the following information :— Neynoe (Philip), Sch., 1714.-B.A., Est. 1716.- In connexion with the defence of Bishop The Rev. Philip Neynoe or Neyno (not Neypoe) was said to be engaged in a treasonable correspondence with Jacobites abroad in 1722. On his examination, amongst others he accused C. Layer and Bishop Atterbury. It is stated that he was drowned in the Thames on the 28th of Sept., 1722, whilst endeavouring to escape from the messengers who had charge of him; and a paper said to have been found in his pockets was sealed up wet, and so laid before" the Lords" (see Layer's Trial, and the papers relating to it, 1722). In the following year the declarations of Neynoe were used against Atterbury, when it appeared that Neynoe was in the pay of Walpole, a tool, and perhaps a dupe. The Duke of Wharton in his protest (see Hargreaves's State Trials, vi., and Lords' Proceedings) thus refers to him : "II. I conceive that the examination of Philip Neynoe, taken before the Lords of the Council, not sworn to or signed, which appears to me to be the foundation on which the charge against the Bishop of Rochester is built, has been prov'd to have been a false and The "THE CRISIS" (5th S. iii. 487.)-The first number of this very remarkable publication, which succeeded the North Briton, Bingley's Journal, and The Whisperer, appeared on Jan. 21, 1775, and it certainly existed till July 27, 1776, when the eightieth number was brought out. twelfth number, to which your correspondent refers, was published on April 8, 1775, and contains the poem entitled "The Prophecy of Ruin." The subsequent numbers bear various signatures, chiefly Casca and Brutus. The last 30 are headed "To be continued weekly during the present bloody civil war in America." In relation to the history of the time this paper is very interesting. I presume it was stopped by government interference in the summer of 1776, and the only wonder is that it was permitted to appear for so many weeks. Number seventy-two, June 1, 1776, is inscribed, "To the worst and most infamous Minister that ever disgraced this country, Lord North." The authors did not hesitate to stigmatize the acts of the Minister as the crimes of the sovereign. Thus number forty-six is headed :— "Go on, vile Prince, by lawless strides, and try How soon your Crown will fade, your empire die. By your base arts AMERICA shall RISE; The name of Slave and George alike despise. Great Britain's sons will fight in freedom's cause, And gladly bleed to save their rights and laws." ANSON'S VOYAGES (5th S. iii. 489.)-As the son-in-law of the grandson of the Rev. Richard Walter, I am perhaps as well able as any one to answer MR. HEMMING'S query. On this point there was never any doubt in the family, although they knew it to be doubted in other quarters. My father-in-law, also the Rev. Richard Walter, has often told me that his father was satisfied of the authorship of the book, not only from what the author himself told him, but from certain modes of thought and expression quite peculiar to the writer. My copy, 4to., is twenty-eight years older than that spoken of by MR. HEMMING, and is thus described : "A Voyage round the World in the Years MDCCXL., I., II., III, IV. By George Anson, Esq., Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from Papers and other Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his direction by Richard Walter, M.A., Chaplain of His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. Illustrated with Forty-two Copper Plates. London: Printed for the Author by John and Paul Knapton, in Ludgate-Street. MDCCXLVIII." The work is dedicated by Mr. Walter "To His Grace John Duke of Bedford, &c. &c." I have somewhere another account of this ex pedition, by a different writer, but cannot lay my hand upon it. It is much shorter, with no maps or illustrations. I do not remember the author's EDMUND TEW, M.A. name. "STEP" IN RESPECT OF RELATIONSHIP BY MARRIAGE (5th S. iii. 505.)-As further illustrations of this from the writings of Charles Dickens, allow me to observe that in The Pickwick Papers Mr. Samuel Weller addresses his step-mother as mother-in-law, and that old Mr. Weller speaks of her as Sam's mother-in-law. Whether this is usual with people in that class in life, or a slip of the pen on the part of the talented author, I cannot say. Again, in Nicholas Nickleby, Mr. Snawley is said to have entrusted two sons-in-law, instead of what are ordinarily called step-sons, to the tuition of that able instructor of youth, Mr. Squeers of Dotheboys Hall. JOHN PICKFORd, M.A. Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge. Step in this connexion means "bereaved" of one parent. The verb steopan, to bereave, furnishes steop-bearn, a step-child; steop-cild (the same); steop-dóhter, steop-fæder, steop-móder, steop-sunu (see Bosworth, Anglo-Saxon and English Dictionary, 1868, art. "Steopan "). Lavant, Chichester. E. COBHAM BREWER. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, &c. Annals of the Militia. Comprising the Records of the South Devon Regiment; Prefaced by an Historical Account of Militia Organization. (Plymouth, Brendon & Son.) CURIOUS and valuable information is often derived from unlooked-for and unexpected sources. This unpretending treatise, published without an author's name, and printed by a provincial bookseller, contains a remarkably succinct and learned account of the earliest origin of the military organization of England. The book is specially designed to illustrate the records of the South Devon Regiment of Militia, of which distinguished corps internal evidence shows the author to be a member. But not content with giving an account of the honours won, and of the services rendered to the State, by the regiment in which he holds a command, the author has written a welldigested and exhaustive history of the earliest militia organization. In a series of interesting chapters he gives an account of the internal military systems of defence against foreign invaders adopted by our Saxon monarchs, by our Norman, Plantagenet, and Tudor sovereigns; by the Commissions of Array of the Stuart Dynasty, down to the Acts under the House of Hanover for consolidating the militia on the platform of its present construction. He takes no less pains to record the weapons with which the troops in successive periods were armed, from the times of the stalwart bowmen who won the victories of our Edwards and Henries down to the exacter arms of the nineteenth century. With no less exactitude does he give the pay of the captains and soldiers, their mode of exercise with crossbow, pike, and bayonet; their words of command, their modes of uniform, their method of muster, and their conditions of service. The book is full of ancient lore, which will recommend it to the readers of "N. & Q.," and it, at the same time, supplies much practical information, which will be useful alike to the civilian volunteer and to the professed soldier. We have reason to believe that the author is Major Charles Scale Hayne, major in the South Devon Militia, and a musketry instructor of the regiment from 1863 to 1872. with anecdote, with ancient lore, and with modern We have seldom met with a work more rich alike erudition; and we heartily introduce it to the notice and attention of our readers. The Churches and Antiquities of Cury and Gunwalloe in the Lizard District, including Local Traditions. By Alfred Hayman Cummings, Vicar of St. Paul's, Truro. (London, Marlborough; Truro, Lake.) THE reverend author of this book of topographical, antiquarian, and legendary treasures was formerly vicar book alone would suffice to prove how profitably and useof the two parishes named in the above title-page. This fully he spent there his learned leisure-pleasurably, we hope, to himself, and certainly very much so to his readers. The volume, well illustrated as it is, is an important addition to county history; moreover, no visitor to the Lizard District should be without it, and to tarriers at home it will be found as instructive as it is amusing, from the first page to the last. It is, emphatically, a capital book. A General History of Rome, from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of Augustulus, B.c. 753 to A.D. 476. By Charles Merivale, D.D., Dean of Ely. (Longmans & Co.) GENERAL histories have so often been undertaken by writers with less ability than zeal, that they have been often simply confusing, exasperating, and profitless. They require not only a writer who knows everything on perhaps the very widest subject, but who can put all his knowledge into a very confined space. The Dean of Ely is not only a master of his subject, but also a master in the rare power of condensation. Consequently he has written a history of Rome which will not only gratify old scholars but young students. It brings a host of memories to the former, a host of new facts to the latter. We have read this volume with the greatest pleasure, and we warmly recommend it to all who have an interest in the history of the city, or who would see what the city itself was like in its distribution, its hills, its streets, and its inhabitants, all skilfully lined in words which in combination form the grandest of pictures. Echoes of Old Cumberland. Poems and Translations. By Mary Powley. (London, Bemrose; Carlisle, Coward.) In this pretty and interesting volume are preserved pictures of local scenes, expressive old words, and records of habits and customs which are fast passing away. They certainly entitle the writer to a kind remembrance. Such verses as are here offered to the public possess much more than a local importance, seeing that they treat of English speech, English hills and dales, and English manners and morals. Some excellent, brief, well-expressed, and comprehensive notes are added to the poetry, and we do not hesitate to recommend the whole to all who love good rhymes, in the making of which the minstrel has had a praiseworthy object in view. The Humanity Series of School-Books. Edited by the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A., Rector of Nunburnholme, Yorkshire. (Murby.) ALL who have much to do with national schools feel the want of reading books which are at once instructive and interesting. This series of reading books, edited by one who, as the "warm-hearted friend of animals," puts in no infrequent appearance in the Times, seems to supply this want very admirably. Mr. Morris has made an excellent selection, from a wide area of choice, of passages in prose and poetry, which cannot fail to rivet the attention and improve the minds of children. We highly recommend this series to the managers of schools. In them is inculcated chiefly that lesson of humanity which the young can never learn too early. Children are often cruel through sheer thoughtlessness, and therefore it is of the utmost importance to prevent the unthinking cruelty of the child from becoming the habitual cruelty of the man. The well-told stories in these books, which insist on the claims of dumb animals to our kind treatment, are sure to awaken the sympathies of the youth ful reader, and make him feel that the brute creation should ever be dealt with gently and mercifully. But humanity to animals is not the only subject of this series. Other topics find a place in them, and thus the danger of wearying monotony is avoided. It is not too much to say that the Year-Book of Facts (Ward, Lock & Tyler) has in no way suffered through its compilation for the past year having devolved on Mr. C. W. Vincent. As records of facts these succeeding volumes must ever prove of the greatest use, and this usefulness Mr. Vincent intends to maintain by adopting such changes of method in his annual compilation as the circumstances of the case may require. TRADESCANT'S HOUSE.-Turret House, in South Lambeth Road, formerly the residence of Tradescant, still exists as a private dwelling, though much altered since Tradescant's time, and the garden with its fine old cypress trees also remains; but Nine Elms Brewery, which is described as built on this site, is about a quarter of a mile distant, viz., in Nine Elms Lane. The mistake has probably arisen from the fact that the late Mr. John Mills Thorne, the proprietor of Nine Elms Brewery, resided some years since at Turret House. H. W. S. A POEM Somewhat similar to the one quoted by J. F. S. (5th S. iii. 500) appeared in the Wabash Courier a few years ago: "To-day man lives in pleasure, wealth, and pride, To-day he's clad in gaudy, rich array, Bury St. Edmunds. "TO WED, OR NOT TO WED?" &c. (5th S. iii. 499.)-The parody is to be found in the third scene of Messrs. Bellingham & Best's burlesque of Prince Camaralzaman, performed at the Olympic Theatre during Mr. Horace Wigan's management in 1865. A copy of the play was EARLSCOURT. sold by Lacy, in the Strand. Notices to Correspondents. OUR CORRESPONDENTS will, we trust, excuse our suggesting to them, both for their sakes as well as our ownThat they should write clearly and distinctly-and on one side of the paper only-more especially proper names and words and phrases of which an explanation may be required. We cannot undertake to puzzle out what a Correspondent does not think worth the trouble of writing plainly. "AVENUE JOSEPHINE."-When Sheridan, on being picked up drunk by the watch, said his name was "Wilberforce," he was as little original in that as he was in some of his writings. He no doubt remembered the affair of the Spanish ambassador, in 1778, Almadovar, who was arrested for a disreputable row in a disreputable place. As his footmen were standing outside with Hambeaux, the little representative of the King of Spain was asked who he was, and he answered, "I am the Ambassador from Venice." Now, the Venetian resident minister was the gravest of solemn envoys, and this matter was considered a great scandal. P. B. BROWN.-You cannot do better than consult Mr. Wyatt Papworth; his address is 33, Bloomsbury Street, W.C. as applied to bells. See p. 436 in our last volume. F. RULE. It is a thorough misapplication of the term LORD GORT.-See "N. & Q." 5th S. i. 493, for a paper on the subject by MR. SPARKS H. WILLIAMS. in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. C. D. L. will find eight versions of the lines, p. 332-3, "PRESTONFIELD."-Pamphlets received, for which we are much obliged. C. M.-We have forwarded your letter to A. G. A. NOTICE. Editorial Communications should be addressed to "The Editor"-Advertisements and Business Letters to "The Publisher"-at the Office, 20, Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C. We beg leave to state that we decline to return com. munications which, for any reason, we do not print; and to this rule we can make no exception. To all communications should be affixed the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. 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IMPRESSIONS of LONDON SOCIAL LIFE; with other Papers suggested by an English Residence. By E. S. NADAL. Crown 8vo. 78. 6d. [This day. IN the STUDIO: a Decade of Poems. By SEBASTIAN EVANS, Author of "Brother Fabian's "The finest thing in the book is Dudman in Paradise,' a wonderfully vigorous and beautiful story. . . . . The poem is a most remarkable one-full of beauty, humour, and pointed satire... There is hardly one weak page in this very interesting little volume, and it forms a valuable contribution to the literature of scholarly verse."—Academy. Printed by E. J. FRANCIS & CO., at Took's Court, Chancery Lane, E.C.; and Published by JOHN FRANCIS, at No. 20, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C.-Saturday, July 24, 1875. |