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Papers of Henry VIII.'s time, he shows to mean "Penrith." Bishop Goodwin's Act had hardly the effect ascribed to it by MR. SCOTT, of stopping an erroneous use of the name. U. V. W.

WESTMINSTER CHANGES IN 1903 (10 th S. i. 263, 302). MR. HARLAND-OXLEY'S interesting communication on this subject moves me to call his attention to the fact that William Harrison Ainsworth selected Westminster as the scene of the plot of his pleasing tale entitled 'The Miser's Daughter,' so very charmingly illustrated by George Cruik- shank. The miser himself resided in an old- fashioned house at the corner of the little Sanctuary ; and the members of the Jacobite Club, often referred to in the course of the story, met not only at "The Chequers," Mill- bank, but also at " The Rose and Crown," Gardiner Street.

With regard to the Irishman, Mr. Stephen Fitzgerald, who commenced business in Tot- hill Street, moved to Millbank Street in 1812, and became a member of the Society of Friends, perhaps I may mention that many years ago, when I occupied a house in Free- grove Road, N., a son of my landlord and neighbour, Mr. John Betts, a Quaker, married a daughter of Mr. Alexander Fitzgerald, of Millbank Street. HENRY GERALD HOPE.

119, Elms Road, Clapham Park, S.W.

In vol. v. of ' London,' edited by C. Knight, p. 208, there is an illustration of Christ Church as it was intended to be. It was inserted to show the progress of taste in architecture, and as representing " the grandest art in its grandest form." Does the new tower follow in detail Poynter's design ? and is it an instalment of an effort to carry out the original purpose ? FRANK PENNY.

ts l EXPECT TO PASS THROUGH" (10 th S. i.

247, 316). In a little book called ' Blessed be Drudgery,' by William C. Gannett, published by David Bryce, Glasgow, there is one paper called ' A Cup of Cold Water,' and in it there is this sentence :

"The old Quaker was right: 'I expect to pass through this life but once. If there is any kindness or any good thing I can do to my fellow-beings, let me do it now. 1 shall pass this way but once.

Addison was not a Quaker, so if this sen- tence is in one of his papers, it must have been a quotation. Who was " the old Quaker"? G. L.

41 BADGER IN THE BAG" (10 th S. i. 289). As the English term is simply a translation from the Welsh, and does not refer to any English sport, it cannot obviously be men-

tioned in the 'N.E.D.' or in any other English source. The question whether the Welsh storyteller was referring to a game actually in vogue in Wales in the Middle Ages is one which should not be unanswerable by Welsh antiquaries. ALF. NUTT.

THE CREEVEY PAPERS ' (10 tu S. i. 285). I am obliged to J. H. K. for calling my atten- tion to the discrepancy between the alleged date of Dr. Currie's death in 1805 and the actual date of his letters written in 1806, and printed by me. Currie's biographer and the 'D.N.B.' must be in error in stating that the doctor died in 1805. I have had letters in my hands written by him in 1806, and the two letters written to him by Creevey in 1806 (cited by J. H. K.) contain internal evidence of being of that year, for they deal with the administration of " All the Talents."

The Creevey MSS. have gone back to their owner, or I would refer to a long printed obituary notice of Dr. Currie which is among them. * HERBERT MAXWELL.

SLEEP AND DEATH (9 th S. xii. 389, 512; 10 th S. i. 315). My husband, who when alive was a contributor to your columns, and who after his death was spoken of by the Athenaeum as " one of the best of the minor poets," in one of his earliest poems, An Ode to Death,' wrote the following verse : Draw nearer still upon thy breast Awhile in blissful trance I f ll lie, And gather up my soul to rest ; ^go so, sweet Death ! I slumber, I.

CAROLINE STEGGALL.

Omar Khayyam, writing circa A.D. 1000, says :

I fell asleep, and Wisdom said to me, " Never from Sleep has the Rose of Happiness

bloomed for any one ; Why do a thing that is the Mate of Death ?

(Bodleian MS. Quatrain 27.)

EDWARD HERON- ALLEN.

MINIATURE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON (10 th S. i. 248, 315). I must take the earliest possible opportunity of correcting MR. COLEMAN'S serious misstatement that 'Sir Isaac Newton was the first President of the Royal Society." This honour belongs to Viscount Brouncker and Sir Robert Moray. Sir Isaac was elected President of the Royal Society on 30 November, 1703, and succeeded Lord Somers, who had retired from that position in the autumn of that year. Bishop Wilkins was the first Chairman of the Society, but only acted in this capacity for a few months, or until the election of bi Robert Moray. Sir Robert was President