10 th S. V. MAY 5, 1906.]
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unknown to her descendants, but she is
believed to have been a daughter of William
Sharry, and she had a son named William
Sharry Pitcher. From Oliver's 'History of
Antigua ' it appears that in the family of
Elizabeth there was a Daniel Sharry, of
St. Kitts, who is mentioned in two deeds.
This Daniel, probably the brother of Eliza-
beth, had a daughter Henrietta Maria Friend
Sharry, who married William Davis, jun., in
1803, and died in 1807, when she was buried
in her father's vault at St. George's, Basse-
terre. He was also probably the father of
William D(aniel) Sharry, who had a daughter
Ann Gateward Lucy Sharry, born in 1811.
Mrs. Herbert's husband had a store, and
after his death she continued the business,
which was carried on later under the name
of Pitcher, Paull, and Burt. At St. James's,
Clerkenwell, Francis Sharee married Martha
Pye, 1 November, 1745 ; and at St. George's
Chapel, Hyde Park Corner, Martha Sharrey,
of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, married John
Downes 22 March, 1754. Michael Sharry, of
Tourin, co. Clare, emigrated to Victoria about
1855, where he has several descendants.
HENRY W. POOR, Col. 121, Hither Green Lane, Lewisham, 8.E.
STATUES IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA. In a notice of 'Russia: Travels and Studies,' by Annette M. B. Meakin, The Athenaeum of 30 December, 1905, remarks :
blouse and blue overcoat (the King's baggage
must of necessity have been very limited).
Can any reader of * N. & Q.' supply the date
of landing, the place where their majesties
stayed the first night on English soil, and
the name of the captain belonging to the
Express, and also tell me if the Express was
especially chartered by the English Govern-
ment? F. P.
GIN DISTILLERY IN BERMONDSEY. I under- stand that the famous firm of Gordon, gin distillers in Goswell Road, started in Bermondsey, during the latter half of the eighteenth century. Is there any trace of such a distillery? What is known of the founders of the distillery 1 I understand they came from Aberdeenshire.
J. M. BULLOCH.
118, Pall Mall, S.W.
WATCHES AND CLOCKS WITH WORDS INSTEAD OF FIGURES. I cannot answer the query con- cerning Hardy and Thomas Soper (ante, p. 287), bub am greatly interested in the type of watch described. My wife has a curious old dressing-table clock, which, instead of numerals for the hours, has the letters ESTO PERPETUA. Can any one refer me to other instances of twelve-letter phrases being used instead of numbers on the dials of watches or clocks? JAS. PLATT, Jun.
"The Steppes of Southern "Russia are still dotted
with strange seated stone figures, which have a
large literature of their own. To these she refers
in several passages, and quotes allusions to these
statues in 1253 and, elsewhere, in 1800. Apparently
she [is not] aware of the continued existence
in great numbers of these statues except in the museums, where she has seen some."
Any information about
earnestly desired.
these statues
FRANCESCA.
[There appear to be two different kinds of these
statues attributed to the Huns, and those described
by Miss Meakin are not similar to the many which
are to be seen north of the Sea of Azof. The latter
have been figured in various illustrated volumes of
travel in the eighteenth and early nineteenth cen-
tury. They are rude, seated figures of life size,
apparently representing women, the most notice-
able part of which is the head-dress seemingly a
small turban. The bad stone and the effects of
weather have deprived them of sculptural interest ;
and it is not easy to be sure about the features.]
Louis PHILIPPE'S LANDING IN ENGLAND. If I remember rightly, the ex King and Queen of France landed at Newhaven incog- nito as Mr. and Mrs. Smith in March, 1848, from the Express, having been transferred from a French fishing-boat off the coast of France. The captain lent the King his green
BURY FAMILY. In the Register of Burials
in Winchester Cathedral is the following
entry : "April 5th, 1787, Mrs. Berry brought
from Bath." Can any of your readers say
who this lady was ? I am inclined to think
that the name should be Bury, and in the
same register it is stated that " Mrs. Florence
Bury was buried Nov. 2nd, 1801 " ; and
"Thomas Bury, Esq., was buried Feb. 27th,
1802."
From letters in my possession I find that a Mrs. or Miss Bury was residing at No. 7, The Circus, Bath (previously the residence of Mr. Pitt), in 1763, and it may possibly have been this lady who in 1787 was brought from Bath and interred in Winchester Cathedral. Her letters are signed " P. Bury," and I think she was a member of the family of Lord Charle- ville (a title which became extinct in 1875), but I have hitherto been unable to trace the relationship. D. K. T.
Bath.
HAYES, CONSUL AT SMYRNA. Can any one give me information concerning Mr. Hayes, who was British Consul at Smyrna in De- cember, 1790. and his decendants ?
F. DE H. L.
