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It means the stag's antlers, and is the Gaelic name of the Clan Mackenzie, of which the Earl of Seaforth was the chief. "Celer et audax " is the motto of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, and its dash and bravery are attested by the names of thirty-two victories in which it has shared, from Louisburg to Chitral, in each of the four quarters of the globe. The motto was given to it by Wolfe. "Concussæ cadunt urbes" is one of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, and is the moral of many sieges. It is a reminiscence of the words of Lucretius (v. 1236). The badge to which the motto belongs represents firing of REGIMENTAL MOTTOES OF THE BRITISH | monarch. ARMY. MANY regiments, including the Black Watch and others of equal distinction, have no motto. Others have the royal motto on the guidon. This cannot be considered as the special property of the regiment that bears it. Nor can "Ich Dien," which some regiments carry, be regarded as a motto. In the alphabetical arrangement which is here adopted some mottoes are included that are not in the 'Army List,' and some that are perhaps to be regarded as badge mottoes rather than as regimental mottoes. "Arma pacis fulcra" is the motto of the Honourable Artillery Company, and expresses the well-worn sentiment that "Arms are the supporters of peace." "Aucto splendore resurgo" is the motto of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, and may be taken as the desire or intention to raise the flag again with augmented splendour. "Aut cursu, aut cominus armis," is the motto of the 16th Queen's Lancers, and expresses their readiness for marching or fighting hand to hand. "Bello ferox" is one of the mottoes of the "En ferus hostis" is one of the mottoes of the first battalion of the Scots Guards, and is the feeling, spoken or unspoken, of many on beholding their savage foemen. "Firm" is the emphatic and soldierly motto of the Worcestershire Regiment. "Gwell angau na chywilydd is the motto of the Welsh Regiment, and means "Death rather than dishonour." "Honor ubique" is one of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, who seek honour everywhere. 66 Honores refero" is another of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, who both carry and bring honour. "In funera fides" is a third of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, who thus make the soldier's claim to be faithful unto death. "In defence" is yet another of the mottoes of the Scots Guards. "In veritate religionis confido" is the second motto of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, who thus express their corporate and individual trust in Christianity. "Intrepidus" is one more motto of the Scots Guards. "Invicta," with the badge of the white horse, is one of the mottoes of the East Kent Regiment, and also of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. The white horse is the badge of unconquered Kent. "Je maintiendrai" is the motto of the 26th Company of Grenadiers, as it was of King William III. and Queen Mary. "Montis insignia Calpe" is the motto, with the castle and key-the symbol of Gibraltar, which was known to the Greeks by the name of Calpe--borne by the Suffolk Regiment, the Essex Regiment, and the Northamptonshire Regiment. "Ne obliviscaris" is the first motto of the Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. It is the motto of the Duke of Argyll as chief of the Campbell clan. That they will "forget not" the traditional bravery of their race is certain. "Nec aspera terrent" are the words chosen by the 3rd King's Own Hussars, by the King's Liverpool Regiment, by the Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment, by the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, by the King's Own Scottish Borderers, and by the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and also form one of the mottoes of the Royal Scots Greys. It is the motto of the Hanoverian house. "Nemo me impune lacessit," the motto of the Scotch Order of the Thistle, is borne by the Royal Scots Greys. "No one touches me with impunity" is the essence of defensive warfare. "Nisi Dominus frustra" is the first motto of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, and expresses the feeling that human effort is vain without help from above. regular army in India. To it fell the task of avenging the tragedy of the Black Hole of Calcutta. "Pristinæ virtutis memor" is the motto which the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment gained for its gallant services in 1700. With it may be mentioned "Pristinæ virtutis memores," the motto of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars. Both mottoes exhort men to be mindful of former valour. "Pro rege, pro lege, pro patria conamur," the motto of the 18th Hussars, who are ready to give their battle cry and do their best in the cause of crown, the laws, and the fatherland. "Quis separabit?" is the inquiry of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, of the Royal Irish Rifles, and of the Connaught Rangers. It is the motto of the Order of St. Patrick, and is an allusion to the union of England and Ireland. "Quo fas et gloria ducunt" is the second motto of the Royal Artillery, of the Royal Engineers, and of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, who are all ready to go whither right and glory may lead them. "Quo Fata vocant" is the motto of the Northumberland Fusiliers, and they have responded to the call of "Fata" in the hardfought fields of the Peninsula, of India, Afghanistan, and the Soudan. Virgil says:— Quo fata trahunt retrahuntque, sequamur, and Lucan, Sed quo fata trahunt virtus secura sequetur. "Sans peur" is the second motto of the Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who have often shown them "Omnia audax" is the motto of the Lancashire Fusiliers, and the "Minden Boys" have exemplified its teaching in their all-selves to be without fear. daring history. It seems a reminiscence of a phrase of Horace used in a different con nexion. "One and all," the well-known Cornish motto, is borne by the Duke of Cornwall's Own Regiment. "Pascua nota mea" is another of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, and expresses a sense of confidence in that which is ordained, and perhaps intends a play on the word "pascua," as meaning pasture or field. "Per funera vitam" is one more motto of the Scots Guards, and shows their belief that death is the gate of immortality. "Per mare, per terram," is the appropriate motto of the Royal Marines, who have shown themselves equally at home on land and water. "Primus in Indis" is the claim made by the Dorsetshire Regiment. The former 39th Foot was the first European regiment of the "Second to none" is the proud claim of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). "Semper fidelis" is the proud boast of the "ever faithful" Devonshire Regiment. "Spectemur agendo," the motto of the 1st Royal Dragoons and of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, expresses the natural desire of men who have done well to be judged and tested by their actions. "Terrorem affero" is one of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, who have doubtless often carried terror to their opponents. "Timere nescius" is another of the mottoes of the Scots Guards, who fear no enemy. "Tolloch ard," which means the "High hill," is the Kintail slogan of the Seaforth Highlanders. "Treu und fest," the motto of the late Prince Consort, is borne by the 11th Prince Albert's Own Hussars. It signifies "True and steadfast." "Ubique" is one of the mottoes of the inspiration to the performance of duty in Royal Artillery, and also of the Royal times of difficulty and danger. Engineers. "Ubique patriam reminisci," WILLIAM E. A. AXON. the motto of a noble English family, is a 47, Derby Street, Moss Side, Manchester. fuller statement of the patriotic duty of remembrance every where of the fatherland. "Unita fortior" is the motto of the second battalion of the Scots Guards, who, like most other people and things, are stronger by unity. "Vel exuvia triumphant" is the second motto of the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, and shows the soldier's determination to be either triumphant, or left dead and stripped on the field. "Vestigia nulla retrorsum" is the motto of the 5th Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards. "To take no step backward" is the gallant soldier's desire, though to follow it literally would have lost some great victories. The verse is a reminiscence of Horace. "Veteri frondescit honore" is the motto of the Buffs East Kent Regiment, and it is not to be doubted that the honour gained by its veterans will flourish again and again. "Viret in æternum is the sentiment adopted by the 13th Hussars. "Virtutis fortuna comes" is the motto of the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment, and was that of the great soldier whose name the regiment bears. That success is the companion of valour," and that virtue and valour are the same, is, naturally, the victor's creed, but must be taken with the notable exception that valour does not always save from defeat. Indeed, the truest valour has been shown where victory was impossible. 66 "Virtutis Namurcensis præmium" is the motto of the Royal Irish Regiment, as a reward for its valour at the battle of Namur. "Vivat prudentia regnans" is the motto of the 17th Company of Grenadiers, who thus hope that wisdom may reign. Of these fifty-five mottoes it will be noticed that one is German, one Welsh, twoare French, four are Gaelic, four are English, and fortythree are Latin. The preponderance of Latin mottoes is no doubt due to the influence of the classical education of a bygone generation; but if utility alone is to be considered, it seems probable that a well-selected motto in a language understood by all the men of the regiment would have greater influence. It would be well if those regiments that do not already possess mottoes were now to adopt "winged words" for the expression of their hopes and desires. Such mottoes may be an THE KINGSTON CORONATION STONE, A RELIC OF THE HEPTARCHY. I TOOK part recently in a discussion, in the Town Hall at Kingston-on-Thames, on this stone, the occasion being the meeting there of an antiquarian society. In 9th S. ii. 233, 373, 516, some communications appeared on the coronations at Kingston. The authorities for the list of seven kings recorded round the stone at Kingston are given by Lysons in his 'Environs of London,' and are as follows:- Eadward the Elder. Diceto inter decem Script.,' col. 451, and Bromton's 'Chron.' Ethelstan. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,' Bromton, W. Malmesbury, Huntingdon, Hoveden. Eadmund.-Diceto,' col. 452. Eadred.-Ibid., col. 455, R. Hoveden, Holinshed. Eadwy.-'Diceto,' Holinshed. Eadward. Diceto,' Holinshed. Æthelred.-A.-S. Chronicle,' Bromton, Huntingdon, Hoveden, Holinshed. All the chief MS. versions of the 'AngloSaxon Chronicle' record the coronation of Æthelstan at Kingston; but the MSS. known as Cott. Tiber., A 6, Cott. Tiber., B 1, and Cott. Tiber., B 4, are more explicit in stating that he was so crowned as King of Mercia. Surrey was a sub-kingdom of Mercia as early as the time of Wulfere. In the charter, dated A.D. 675, in which Frithswald, the subregulus of Surrey, granted land to the abbey of Chertsey, he says :— "I Frithswald the donor with Ercenwald make the sign of the cross, and that this donation may be made more sure, this charter has been confirmed by Wulfere, King of Mercia, who put his hand on the altar at a place which is called Tame, and himself signed it with the sign of the Holy Cross." He also says that he is subregulus of Wulfere. The coronations at Kingston are based on historical evidence. The evidence of the connexion of the stone with these ceremonies is traditional and circumstantial. The descriptive accounts given of Æthelstan sitting on this stone upon a raised platform in the Market-Place at Kingston have no ancient authority, as far as I know, to support them. The coronation of the Christian kings Ethelstan and Ethelred, during which ceremony Ethelred is recorded to have laid the oath he took to govern his people well on Christ's altar (Kemble, Saxons,' ii. 35-36, quoting Anglo-Saxon MS.), would certainly not have taken place on a |