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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. i. JUNE 25, 190*.

transcribed from the autograph of William Cowper's aunt, Judith Madan (nee Cowper) On pp. 9, 10, is an account of Delagard, oi whom I find no mention in 'The Life and Times of the Countess of Huntingdon.' The book is a 4to, half-bound in calf. I quote pp. 9, 10 :

" False peace, delusive rest, and vain security. These just and fine epithets 1 heard from the

Bulpit at South Audley Chapel some years ago '.e. apparently before 1754] from poor Delagard, a man who preached, I think, 13 sermons, 13 suc- cessive Thursdays, under Lady Huntingdon's patronage, a post charitably designed to instruct

Both the great vulgar and the small, the service beginning at 12 o'clock, to render the attendance on it as easy as possible to the tender constitutions of those the world calls people of .quality, but who, in the eye of reason and religion, must be comprehended under the only title poor mortals can justly call their own, that of ' miserable sinners.'

" Delagard was a man of a low stature and mean appearance, but in the pulpit assumed a dignity I scarce ever saw before, even where Nature had been more kind in bestowing a better look and more graceful stature. All he said, as it came from the heart, I believe, seldom failed to affect the hearts of his congregation : a force and energy not to be described accompanied every divine precept that fell from his tongue. Many were awakened, some converted ; and in general, as in the Gospel preaching, ' fear fell on all.' Thus for a few weeks it pleased God to enable His servant to do His will ; and not many more passed before he was taken into eternity, I trust and hope, to enjoy that reward ordained for those who turn many to righteousness, ' to shine like the stars in heaven.'

" I think this small recollection of what he was on earth due to the memory of this faithful servant of our glorious Master's, to whom be glory and honour, thanksgiving and power, love and obe- dience, for ever and ever ! Amen !"

JOHN E. B. MAYOR.

Cambridge.

BROWNING'S "THUNDER-FREE." Prof.Luick, of Graz, writes : " In ' Pippa Passes ' Phene says (ii. 59), 'Carve... a Greek... bay-filleted and thunder-free.' What does this mean ?" Prof. W. P. Ker answers : " Compare ' Childe Harold,' iv. 41 : For the true laurel-wreath which Glory weaves Is of the tree no bolt of thunder cleaves. The bay wreath was a protection against the thunderbolt."

F. J. F.

FIRST OCEAN NEWSPAPER. The following, from New York in the Globe of 11 June, should, I think, find a place in 'N. & Q. ':

" A telegram from Nantucket to the New York Herald states that the voyage of the Cunard Line steamer Campania from Liverpool to New York has been rendered memorable by the publication of a daily newspaper, which has been a complete

success. The passengers awaited each morning's issue impatiently. News was received daily from the United States and Europe, and the result exceeded the expectations of the pressman on board. The Sun states that the Cunard Line agent here, Mr. Vernon Brown, has received a telegram from Capt. Pritchard, of the Campania, yesterday afternoon, stating that the Daily Bulletin had been entirely successful. This is interpreted to mean that the daily sea paper has arrived, and is here to stay. The Campania will continue to publish the journal daily on her eastward trip, and subse- quently the Lucania will have a daily publication. Reuter."

J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.

[The Daily Telegraph of 13 June contained a long account of this new departure in journalism, of which the following sentences may be worth preservation in ' N. & Q.' : "The daily paper published aboard by means of the Marconi news service was entitled the Cunard Daily Bulletin. It was no bigger than a parish magazine, eight inches by five in size, but very well printed. Mr. Graham, purser of the Campania, was editor, with Mr. Kershaw, private secretary to Signor Marconi, as chief sub -editor ...... There were no

leading articles, no advertisements, but plenty of miscellaneous news and gossip to break the monotony of the Atlantic passage. Above all, there was the news, short, crisp interesting items from all parts of the world, to which the passengers and crew looked forward daily with increasing interest. The paid circulation was 725 daily, and the cost 2^(1. per number."]

GUEST FAMILY. (See 9 th S. ix. 508 ; x. 51.) A list of works pertaining to the history of this family in America may be of service :

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, xlix., No. ccxc., p. 238, .July, 1874.

American Historical Register, New Series, i., No. 2, p. 167, Philadelphia, April, 1897.

New York Geneal. and Biog. Record, xxix. 100, April, 1898.

American Monthly Magazine, xi., No. 6, p. 557, Washington, D.C., December, 1897.

The Spirit of Seventy-six, iv., No. 5, pp. 138, 139, New York, January, 1898.

Manuscripts relating to Guest Family, &c. Museum of Newberry Library, Chicago, Case No. ii., 31, 2, Catalogue No. 89030.

' Tales of our Forefathers,' Albany, N.Y., 1898.

' Poems and Journal ' (Moses Guest), Cincinnati, 1823-4.

The Guests of New Brunswick, New Jersey (fl. 1776), are said to have descended from those of that name in Birmingham, England. EUGENE F. McPiKE.

Chicago, U.S.

AND ANCHOR" INN. At Scotter, a small town about four miles from Kirton-in- Lindsey, there is an inn bearing the name of the "Sun and Anchor." In former days I well remember admiring the sign, which bore a resplendent sun and a very large anchor. This has now disappeared, and a mere inscription unhappily supplies the place of