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30 May, 1562 (Oliver's ' Ecclesiastical Anti- quities,' i. 18). A' prebendary of Salisbury of this name is mentioned by Dr. Sander as deprived at Queen Elizabeth's accession <Gee's ' Elizabethan Clergy,' p. 227).

The 'D.N.B.,' xlvi. 238, and Foster's 4 Alumni Oxonienses ' make the " Welsh antiquary," who married about 1572, be- come a Fellow of All Souls in 1573. The person who was elected Fellow of All Souls in 1573, and graduated M.A. 6 July, 1576, was another David Powell, one of the sons of Howell ap James of Pant-glas. He be- came Rector of Llanwetherine in Monmouth- shire in 1578. By 8 February he had arrived at Paris with two other " Welsh priests," William Morgan and Thomas Pryse, both of Brecknockshire, with a view of going to Rheims and becoming priests and scholars of the seminary (' Cal. S.P. For. 1581-2,' p. 486). However, in point of fact none of them did go on to Rheims. David Powell returned to Llanwetherine, married, and died 11 Aug., 1621, in posses- sion of the living, in which he was succeeded by his son Valentine, born about 1591 {Bradney's ' Monmouthshire,' pp. 264, 272). JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

LOTEN'S MUSEUM. I think the following from The Eastern Morning News of 22 July is worthy of a place in ' N. & Q.' For many years the museum was to be seen in Mr. Loten' s lovely cottage at Easington, Holder- ness, East Yorkshire, and proved a great attraction to all sorts and conditions of people. It has been described in several popular English and American magazines.

" SALE OF MR. LOTEN'S MUSEUM. There was an unique auction sale in Hull yesterday, the stuffed birds and objects made from fish bones, &c., form- ing Loten's Museum, and the cottage at Easington, being offered for sale at the Ormonde Club. The exhibits have been on view at the club for some time. They are all the work of the late Mr. Loten, who had a genius for turning anything and every- thing into something artistic. From old postage stamps he made a beautiful plaque, and from fish "bones he made a very pretty spray. There are several floral sprays in the exhibition, and one has been made entirely of red onion peel. Mr. Loten -was also highly successful at taxidermy. The series included several cases of robins, in which the birds were made to appear as if attending a wedding, with the procession and festivities. In another an owl was digging a grave, and in a larger case several l>irds were represented taking part in a funeral procession, carrying a tiny coffin on their backs. The collection comprised over 150 cases. The cottage at Easington, in which they had been housed, was included in the sale. Mr. T. G. Hart, Withernsea, was the auctioneer, and he explained that few if any auctioneers had ever offered a lot that could more truthfully be described as unique.

The late Mr. Loten had shown great care, patience, and perseverance in carrying out the work, and a great love and knowledge of art. All the birds were stuffed true to nature. There was a large attendance. Bidding commenced at 200/., and at 35W. the lot was sold to Mr. Clifford Charlton, 83, Heaton Road, Newcastle."

Mr. Loten was pleasant and unassuming in his manners, and was much respected by his neighbours and those who came in contact with him. It is to be regretted that his mind gave way and that he died in a local asylum. WILLIAM ANDREWS.

SHACKLEWELL LANE. This rural tho- roughfare (dear to all lovers of Elia) has recently been the object of what I cannot regard as "an improvement." On the south side of it, starting from Norfolk Road, there stood a row of old elms (about half a dozen or so), between which there were several seats on which we may well believe Elia had often sat down. These have been uprooted and a wider roadway made for which there was no real necessity. Unless the trees were dangerous to wayfarers (and, as far as my judgment goes, they did not seem so), I cannot see why the place should have been shorn of its natural beauty. M. L. R. BBESLAB.

KING'S ' CLASSICAL AND FOREIGN QUOTA- TIONS.' (See 10 S. ii. 281, 351 ; iii. 447 ; vii. 24 ; ix. 107, 284, 333.) No. 3052 (among the ' Adespota ' )

Hinc venti dociles resono se carcere solvunt, Et cantum accepta pro libertate rependunt.

This epigram on an organ is by Jean Bap- tiste de Santeul (1630-97). See 'Joan. Baptistse Santolii. . . .Opera Poetica,' Paris, 1695, p. 318. The distich, which is headed ' Pour 1'Orgue,' begins Hie. The author is described on his title-page as " Poetarum hujus seculi princeps."

It will be seen from No. 256 in Mr. King's book that the motto " Castigat ridendo mores," afterwards adopted by the Opera Comique, is said to have been composed by Santeul. EDWARD BENSLY.

University College, Aberystwyth.

ENGLAND'S WOODEN WALLS : NAVARINO FLAGSHIP. At 10 S. vi. 306 MR. HIBGAME placed upon record some particulars of Mr. John Stainer, reputed to be the " only known survivor of the battle of Navarino," of whom The Daily Graphic on 20 Oct., 1906, gave a portrait. In connexion with this notable engagement it may be recorded that the old two-decker Asia was on 5 May last towed away from Portsmouth to be