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a subject. I also consulted the librarian of the day, but he could give me no assist- ance ; whilst there is no collected edition of Cobbett's works there.

J. G. T. SINCLAIR, Bt. Travellers' Club, Pall Mall, S.W.

PYM AND JEPHSON FAMILIES. Sergeant- Major General William Jephson, soldier and politician of the Cromwellian period, is stated to have been a cousin of the great Parliamentarian John Pym. Could I be informed how the connexion is traced ?

GEORGE EVATT, Surgeon-General. Junior United Service Club, S.W.

FALCON COURT, SHOE LANE. Is anything known of the history of this court, which now forms part of the premises of Messrs. Spottiswoode & Co. ? A stone sign of a falcon, with the date 1671, still survives more or less in situ.

R. A. AUSTEN LEIGH. 5, New Street Square, E.C.

KING'S PRINTERS. In Stephen's 'Digest of the Law of Evidence,' on p. 88, note 2, I find the following question : "Is there any difference between the King's printers and the printers of the Crown ? "

Can any of your readers kindlv answer this ? R. V. J." S. H.

GRAY AND KING OSRIC. In his ' Essay on Norman Architecture' ('Works,' ed. Gosse, i. 300, n. 2) Thomas Gray includes among the figures of uncertain date that of " King Osric at Worcester." Is not Gray really thinking of the effigy of Osric erected at Gloucester by Abbot Malvern in the time of Henry VIII. ? If Gray is right, and there is a figure of Osric at Worcester, I shall be glad to have an account of it. Gray is not often caught napping.

CHARLES SOUTHDOWN.

Ithaca, N.Y.

O'HARA PORTRAITS. Are there any por- traits of Charles O'Hara, Lord Tyrawley, of his son James and daughter Mary, and grandson General ^Charles O'Hara ?

O. H. DARLINGTON. Pittsburg, Pa.

JONES = FRANCIS. Information is desired as to the originals of two portraits of ances- tors of the writer. One portrait, that of William Jones (family tradition says Sir William Jones), was painted by Sir Peter Lely, and is that of a strikingly handsome young man of about twenty-five years of age, in the costume of that period. The

other portrait of a Mr. Francis, is of a man in middle life ; Christian name and name of artist unknown. Tradition states that Mr. Francis married a daughter of Mr. Jones. Possibly the relationship was re- versed.

I am a great-great-great-grandson of John and Hannah Jones of Bristol, England, who settled in Dorchester, Mass. William Jones is supposed to have been a relative.

WILLIAM F. CRAFTS,

42, Cypress St., Brookline P.O., Boston, U.S.

CHESTER CORPORATION RECORDS. Have any or all of these Corporation records been published or calendared ? If so, when and by whom ? H. EGAN KENNY.

FRENCH AMBASSADORS IN LONDON, 1560-

1570. Have dispatches or letters of the

French Ambassadors in London, 1560-70,

been published ? If so, when and by whom 1

H. EGAN KENNY.

Yorks.

EARLY VICTORIAN SONGS. There are two Early Victorian songs which I should like to recover.

1. Miss Wirt, in one of Thackeray's sketches, plays variations upon the air of ' Such a getting Upstairs.' I have never seen this song, except the words in MS. From internal evidence, they seem to be Thackeray's own, but are not, I think, included in his works.

2. ' Come and drink Tea in the Arbour ' was a quiz upon the " country pleasures " of the suburbs. F. F. CORNISH.

DOGE'S PALACE AT VENICE. Some time ago I read in a book that the blank wall over the Gothic arches of the Doge's palace was intended for a large fresco, which was never painted because the authorities found out that the sea air would soon destroy a work of that kind. Will some one kindly tell me the name of a book that gives this information ? H. R.

T. SOUTH OF BOSSINGTON HALL. Can any one give me information about Thomas South of Bossington Hall, Hants ? He was interested in arboriculture, and the Bath and West of England Society gave him a silver jug in 1782 " in testimony of the merits of his writings " on the above. His crest and arms seem to be the same as those of the Souths of Swallowcliffe, Wilts. His brother Henry was curate of Fawley, Hants, and Rector of Much Dewchurch, Hereford. (Rev.) R. J. HILL. Leyburn-Lea, Belvedere Road, Scarborough.