G. C. 12. _Statue of Charles II._--What became of the fine statue of Charles II. on horseback which formerly stood in Stock's Market, the site of the present Mansion House? It was placed on a conduit at the "sole cost and charges of that worthy citizen and alderman Sir Robert Viner, Bart." I have seen a print of it, folio. (London, pub. 1708.) G. CREED. 13. _La Mère Jeanne._--In Hallam's _Literature of Europe_, 2nd edition, vol. i. p. 461., I read this passage:-- Two crude Attempts at introducing the Eastern tongues were made soon afterwards (1530). One of these was by William Postel, a man of some parts, and more reading; but chiefly known, while he was remembered at all, for mad reveries of fanaticism, and an idolatrous veneration for a saint of his own manufacture, La Mère Jeanne, the Joanna Southcote of the sixteenth century." Has any account of the character and proceedings of "La Mère Jeanne" been handed down to us; and, if so, where is it to be found? HENRY H. BREEN. St. Lucia, June, 1851. 14. _Man of War, why a Ship of War so called._--Will any of your readers inform me the origin of a ship of a certain number of guns being called "a man of war?" In Shakspeare the term is applied to Falstaff: Davy inquires of Shallow: "Doth the man of war stay all night, Sir?" And it is singular to remark, in the same scene, the first of Act V., the Second Part of _Henry IV._, that the dinner ordered by Shallow for Falstaff is just such as any country gentleman would now provide for an unexpected guest:-- Some pigeons, Davy; a couple of short-legged hens; a joint of mutton; and any pretty little tiny kickshaws, tell William cook." The only difference is the sex of the cook, as country gentlemen in these days have females in that capacity. AN M. D. 15. _Secret Service Money of Charles II._--In Mr. Akerman's preface to this work, just published by the Camden Society, I find this passage: "Amongst these (sums lavished on female favourites) the payments to the Duchess of Portsmouth are most conspicuous. No less a sum than 136,688_l._ 10_s._ appears to have been bestowed by the profligate monarch on this woman _within the space of one year_."--See _Payments under the year 1681_, p. 42. Now, on turning to the year and page designated, I find that the _whole of the class_ in which the Duchess's name appears amounts for _that year_ only to about 22,000_l._, of which the Duchess of Portsmouth appears to have received about 12,000 in several quarterly payments on account of an annual pension or pensions of that amount: so in other years. This is a very different sum from 136,000_l._ I would beg leave to inquire of the editor, or of any of your _Camdenite_ correspondents, whether there is an error in Mr. Akerman's statement, or only in my way of reading it? C.