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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. x. AUG. 15, im


The statue of Bishop Heber in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, is behind the altar. A replica of it occupies a prominent position in St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, whither it was removed from St. John's Church, Calcutta.

The London statue of Lord Napier of Magdala near the Duke of York's Column is a replica of the Calcutta statue at Prinsep's

Ghat. WlLMOT CORFIELD.

Calcutta Historical Society.


VICTORIA STATUE, LANCASTER. The sug- gestion by COM. EBOR. (10 S. ix. 284) that MR. PAGE'S labours on statues or memorials should be made to include the whole of -Great Britain and Ireland is very good, .and in this direction I subjoin an abstract of the description I recently prepared, for a

small guide to our town, of the very hand-

some statue of Queen Victoria just given by Lord Ashton to Lancaster. It is un- doubtedly the finest in the provinces. It stands in Dalton Square, facing the new Town Hall, also the gift of Lord Ashton to his native town.

The statue and pedestal are 36 ft. 7 in. high. The bronze figure of the Queen, which stands on a Furness limestone base, is 12 ft. high. Underneath are four bronze lions. The panels contain more than life-size figures of Victorian celebrities. The corner figures represent Truth, Freedom, Justice, and Wisdom. On the sides are the arms of Lord Ashton and the borough.

The statue is the masterpiece so far of Mr. Herbert Hampton. He is a man of great promise, and has exhibited in the Royal Academy and elsewhere.

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A. Lancaster.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE POLL - BOOKS. (For other Poll-Books see 10 S. vii. 349, 415 ; viii. 76, 177, 453, 477.) The following list of Gloucestershire Poll-Books is compiled from copies in the Gloucester Public Library and irom the ' Manual of Gloucestershire Litera- ture,' 3 vols., 1895-6. Unless stated other- wise, the lists were printed locally and in the year of election. Notes of Poll-Books for other elections in Gloucestershire will be welcomed.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 1776, May 6 to 17. Two editions. Gloucester and

London. 1811, Jan. 28 to Feb. 7. Gloucester.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. EASTERN DIVISION. 1832, December [21J. Gloucester, 1833. 1834, August 11-12. Gloucester. 1854, January 12. Gloucester.


GLOUCESTERSHIRE. WESTERN DIVISION. Contested elections in 1832, 1847, 1852, 1867, 1868. None known.

GLOUCESTER CITY. 1741, May 26. London. 1816, October 1-8. Two editions. 1818, June 16-23. Two editions, 1818 and 1826. 1830, July 30 August 4. Two editions.

1832, December 10-11. 1833.

1833, April 8-9. 1835, January 6-7.

1837, July 25.

1838, May 22. 1841, June 30.

1852, JulyS.

1853, Januarys. 1857, March 28. 1859, April 30. 1862, February 26. 1865, July 12.

BRISTOL.

1722, March 28 April 3. 1734, May 14-24. Two editions, London and

Bristol.

1739, November 28 December 12. 1754, April 17 May 1. Three editions. 1774, October 7 November 3. Three editions. 1781, January 31 February 24. 1784, April 3 May 8. 1812, October 6-16. Bristol, 1818.

1830, July 30 August 5.

1832, December 12-13. Two editions. 1833.

1835, January 7-9.

1837, July 24. Two editions.

1841, June 29.

1847, July 30. Bristol, 1848. 1852, July 9. Bristol, 1853.

ClRENCESTER.

1768, March 23-29. 1790, June 16-18. 1802, July 5-7. Tetbury. 1812, October 6-12.

1848, May 24. 1852, [July 7].

1857, [March 28]. Two editions. 1859, [April 30]. 1865, [July 12]. 1868, [November 17].

TEWKESBURY.

1831, May 2-3.

1832, December 11-12. 1837, July 25.

1852, July 8.

CHELTENHAM.

1847, July 30. Two editions.

1848, June 29. 1848, September 4. 1852, July 9.

1855, July 14.

1856, May 8. 1859, April 30. 1865, July 12.

1868, [November 17].

STROUD.

1832, December 11-12. Stroud, 1833. 1841, June 30. Two editions. 1852, July 7. 1868, [November 19].

ROLAND AUSTIN. Public Library, Gloucester.