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To these excerpts may be added such expressions as Statute of Lamentations (Limitations), p. 28; poluteness (politeness), p. 20; instuted (instituted), p. 53; syllabub, p. 54, &c., which suggest, to an ear attuned to Fielding's creations, a Slipslopian similitude.

No one can fully relish 'Shamela' who does not first read 'Pamela.' 'Shamela' is the grosser, but having read it we lay it aside with a hearty laugh, and with a distinct preference for virtue, whereas 'Pamela' lingers long in our thoughts: we are perplexed how so many deeply-laid schemes to inveigle a girl miscarry; we meditate how, by discreeter handling, success might have been secured.

J. Paul de Castro.

1 Essex Court, Temple.

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Col. John Hayes St. Leger. (See 1 S. ix. 76; x. 95, 175, 376; 2 S. viii. 225, 362.)—No biographical information respecting Colonel, afterwards Major-General, St. Leger has appeared in 'N. & Q.' since the somewhat scanty details given more than fifty years ago. We know that he was a member of the Doneraile family, that he was born on July 23, 1756, and that he died at Madras in 1799 (Gent. Mag. lxx. part i. 187). The most interesting portion of his career was during the time of his intimate association with the Prince of Wales, and it is with regard to this period that references would be welcome. A short but valuable biography will be found in The European Magazine of June, 1795 (vol. xxvi. pp. 363-5), from which we learn that he was gazetted Captain (with the rank of Colonel) in the First Regiment of Guards on Oct. 25, 1782. In this particular it is interesting to note that as early as March 19, 1781, The Morning Herald speaks of him as Colonel St. Leger, and says that he is one of "the principal companions" of the Prince of Wales. For this reason I conclude that he is the hero of one of the famous tête-à-tête 'Histories' in The Town and Country Magazine in July, 1781 (vol. xiv. p. 289), the letter-press of which seems to point to him. The portrait, given under the title of 'The Gallant Colonel,' while quite dissimilar to the prints after the famous picture by Gainsborough, is not altogether unlike that reproduced in The European Magazine. Other references will be found in J. Chaloner Smith's 'British Mezzotinto Portraits,' p. 242 'Gainsborough,' Sir Walter Armstrong p. 278; 'Thomas Gainsborough,' William B. Boulton, pp. 180, 207, 252-3; 'Memoirs of George IV.,' H. E. Lloyd, pp. 115, 324; Hist. MSS. Com. 15 Report, Appendix, part vi. pp. 470, 553; 'Reminiscences of Henry Angelo' (Kegan Paul), ii. 177; 'Female Jockey Club,' Charles Pigott (London, 1794), pp. 19-20. Horace Bleackley.

Epitaphs of Finmore and Willis at North Hinksey.—In the chancel of the church of St. Laurence, North Hinksey, distant a mile to the west of Oxford, and famous for its remains of Norman architecture, one finds the following epitaphs:—

1. On the floor to the north of the altar.

Here lyeth the Body of
Elizabeth Wife of Rich^d Fynmore Esq: of Kidling-
ton who Died the 15^th of
November 1716.

2. To the south.

Reader

Beneath this Stone
Rest the Remains of William Fynmore
Late of this Parish Gentleman,
Who departed this Life
On the 22^d Dec^r 1757
And in the Year of his Age 85.

Here also lyeth
Martha his Wife

Who Exchanged this Life for a better
On the first Day of Nov^r 1723
In the 38^th Year of her Age.
William Fynmore Gent:
And James Fynmore Citizen and Vintner

Of London
Caused this Marble to be laid
In Memory
Of their Deceased Parents.

3. On a marble slab on the north wall inside.

Jacent,

Resurgent,

Guil:

Martha

Finmore

obijt Jun: 19

obijt Jun: 5

1687

ætat:

xxix

xxviii

Consanguinei conjuges,
Maritus charus
Sponsa non minus chara:
Quâ, non imāturo sed precoci fato avulsâ
Lugens sponsus
(pro dolor!)

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Per 14 tantū dies superfuit.
Interiit Record: de Abington,
Tarn comitatûs quam oppidi pacis Justiciarius;

Nulli officio,
Soli dolori impar;
Vitæ integer,
Amicis amicissimus,
Pauperibus benevolus,
Omnibus benignus.
M.S.
Unicæ prolis posuit
Mærens Mater
Jane Finmore.

4. On the inside of the south wall.

Reader,

Look to thy feet, honest & Loyall men are sleeping under them, there lies W^m. Fynmore, Fellow of S^t Johns in Oxford, & Batch^r. of Law, who in y^e