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murdered in cold blood twelve Boer prisoners,
one of whom was a clergyman, in the Spelon-
ken district, Transvaal. Two of these, who
were found to have been only accessories,
were cashiered ; one received life imprison-
ment, and the remaining two were sentenced
to be shot. The trial caused a sensation at
the time ; but as the facts were incontestable
and demanded exemplary justice, Lord
Kitchener was of opinion that no clemency
should be extended to the two guilty officers.
See the telegraphic summary in The Times
of 5 April, 1902. N. W. HILL.
Now York.
We are still without a definite military authority as to the practice. I can give one instance regarding which the different pic- torial representations agree at least as to the one particular now under discussion. In ' The Official Records of the Mutiny of the Black Watch,' at p. 113, is 'An exact Representation of the Shooting the three Highlanders on the Parade in the Tower.' The year was 1743. The firing-party con- sisted of eighteen men, drawn up in three ranks of six each. The front rank knelt and fired, the second stood and fired, while the rear stood at what I call a kind of " port arms " while on the right the sergeant-major gave the signal to fire by dropping a handkerchief. A. RHODES.
MARYLAND PROVERB : " SHOE HER HORSE ROUND " (11 S. iv. 387). I suggest that this is equivalent to " make a complete job of it." In the country blacksmith's shop in which I saw horses being shod fifty years ago, the term used when four shoes were needed was " shoe him all round."
W. H. PEET.
All my life I have known the word shoo to " shove " or push, or turn about ; also to drive pigs, fowls, or sheep out of mischief. " Now then, shoo it off," is the cry on these occasions. Workmen, when mov- ing something heavy, say "shoo it"; and if it has to be turned round or over, " Now then, shoo it round " or " over." The saying of the woman " shooe her horse round " seems to be plain enough : that she would turn her back on her husband altogether. For a man to " shoo " a horse and cart would be to turn them in another direction. No doubt the proverb went, like many other sayings, from here to Maryland.
THOS. RATCLIFFE. Worksop.
[W. IS. S. also thanked for reply.]:'
' THE NOON GAZETTE AND DAILY SPY '
(11 S. iv. 388). Perhaps the following may
have some reference to the query :
J^ 7 ? L ,,i uly5 ' Mr " Wheildon, publisher of the Whitehall Evening Post, and Mr. Ayres, printer of the Middlesex Journal, were sentenced by the court of King's-bench to pay a fine of 100J. each, for the publication of a libel against the Russian ambassa- dor."' The Chronological Historian,' by W. Toone,.
Toone records one other newspaper affair in
1781, under date 25 June, viz., that the Rev.
Henry Bate, editor and part proprietor of
The Morning Post, was sentenced to be
imprisoned one year in the King's Bench-
Prison for a libel on the Duke of Richmond.
ROBERT PIERPOINT..
Du BELLAY (11 S. iv. 347). I would sug- gest that the lines " Ad Hilermum Bellaium Cognomine Langium " are by " the French Horace," Salmon Macrin. Among his Latin poems in Part II. pp. 453-573 of ' Delitis^ C. Poetarum Gallorum ' are two addressed to this same member of the Du Bellay family whom he calls "mi patrone," which corresponds to " columen meae Ca- maense " and one to his wife.
As the British Museum has six volumes of Latin poems by Macrin printed at Paris, and one at Poitiers, I suppose there may be a chance that the lines in question, though not to be found in the ' Delitiae,' have been printed. EDWARD BENSLY.
University College, Aberystwyth.
DIATORIC TEETH (11 S. iv. 290, 395). As Siaropos means "pierced," or "bored through," I presume artificial teeth are meant, that are held in position by means of a pivot or wire, or perhaps grafted on to the base of sound teeth. N. W. HILL.
New York.
ROBERT ANSTRUTHER, M.P. (US. iv. 389).. Foster, in ' Members of Parliament Scotland,' describes him as " Probably son of Sir John Anstruther, 4th Bt., M.P., Lieut- Col. 68th Regiment and Col. of the Tay Fencibles." JOHN PATCHING.
MR. STOCK, BIBLIOPHILE, 1735 (11 S. iv. 307, 356). Mention of the late Mr. Elliot Stock's name in connexion with this query prompts the not unreasonable surmise that one of his ancestors may have been the Mr. Stock referred to. The lamented pub- isher was, as the writer can testify, himself a keen collector, and the passion may well aave been inherited. CECIL CLARKE.
Junior Athenaeum Club.
