The crosses at Salisbury are seven in number, viz. one over each side-door at the west end, two on the buttresses of the north and south transepts, two on the buttresses of the east end, and one in the centre of the east wall. The number at Uffington is twelve, disposed as follows: Three under the east window, three under the west window, one under the south window of the south transept, one under the north window of the north transept, one on the south wall of the nave, one on the north wall of the nave, one on the south wall of the chancel, and one in the east wall of the south transept. In each case the crosses have been of brass inlaid in the wall, with the exception of one, which is of stone, and of more elaborate design. The _rationale_ of dedication-crosses, according to Durandus, is,-- "First, as a terror to evil spirits, that they, having been driven forth thence, may be terrified when they see the sign of the cross, and may not presume to enter therein again. Secondly, as a mark of triumph; for crosses be the banners of CHRIST, and the signs of his triumph.... Thirdly, that such as look on them may call to mind the passion of CHRIST, by which he hath consecrated his Church, and their belief in his passion," &c.--Page 125. Under these aspects the exterior would seem the more fitting, and may have been the original position of them. Perhaps MR. ELLIOT will inform us what is the number of crosses at Crosthwaite? CHEVERELLS. * * * * * CURIOUS MISTRANSLATIONS. (Vol. vi., p. 321.) I have found, in _D'Israeli's Curiosities of Literature_, two or three instances in which he mistranslates from the French. The first occurs in the following passage in the article headed "Inquisition:" "Once all were Turks when they were not Romanists. Raymond, Count of Toulouse, was constrained to submit. _The inhabitants were passed on the edge of the sword_, without distinction of age or sex." From the words which I have marked for Italics, it is clear that D'Israeli translated the passage from some French author; but not being aware of the idiomatic expression "passer au fil de l'épée," and that it means "to put to the sword," he translated the words in their literal sense, which in English is no sense at all. The second example will be found in the article headed "Mysteries, Moralities," &c. D'Israeli quotes some extracts from the _Mystery of St. Dennis_, and concludes with the following on the subject of baptism: "Sire, oyez que fait ce fol prestre: Il prend de l'yaue _en_ une escuelle, Et gete aux gens sur le cervele, Et dit que _partants_ sont sauvés." which he translates thus: "Sir, hear what this mad priest does: He takes water _out of_ a ladle, And, throwing it at people's heads, He says that _when they depart_ they are saved!"