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previous building. In the " Great Globe " building were several theatres or lecture- rooms, and some panoramas found a home there ; but among the staff of lecturers there was not (so far as I remember) any one of the name of Moxhay. W. E. HARLAND OXLEY. Westminster.

LAWRANCE FAMILY OP BATH. I shall be glad to learn anything about the Lawrances of Bath. One of the daughters of Joseph Lawrance married the Rev. C. Crofts, rector of Bath. Joseph Lawrance, jun., came to Africa some time in the forties ; one son went to America.

There is a family of Lawrances here in Cape Colony. Dr. Lawrance, of Middleburg, Cape Colony, is certain that his and our families are very closely connected ; but we cannot find out the link, though so many facts coincide. (Mrs ) A. LAWRANCE.

Box 32, Graham's Town, Cape Colony.

PAINTING OF LOOM. Can any of your readers inform me of the whereabouts of an old painting of a man pointing out a wooden loom to a female standing near him? The date 1589 is on the picture, which was last heard of about 1800. S. W. KELSEY.

45, Southampton Buildings, W.C.

JENNINGS ARMS. I am desirous of find- ing out the most ancient arms of the Jennings family. Viscount Wolseley, in his life of the Duke of Marl borough, says the family were entitled to bear arms from the earliest times, and were of most ancient lineage, but does not give his authority.

Lord Valentia said that the Jenningses were descended from a knight named Jean de Nangis, who came from Nangis, in Burgundy, and that the name was corrupted, first to Jeannangis and afterwards to Jennings ; that this knight came to England in the reign of Henry III., and was buried at Selby, York- shire ; and that the Burgundian family were decended from or connected with Thibault, seventh Count of Provence. The family tombs were in the Chartreuse, Dijon.

I can find in Burke only the following arms of later date :

Jennings, Lord Mayor of London (granted 1508), also of Yorkshire : Arg., a chevron gu. between three plummets sable. Crest, a wolfs head erased, per pale arg. and vert.

Staffordshire Jennings : Arg., on a chevron gu. three plummets or.

Jennings, Ipsley, Warwickshire : Arg., a chevron between three griffins' heads erased or, a chief of the last.

Jennings (Lancaster Herald), time of Henry VIII : same as Ipsley branch.

The plummets appear upon the shield carved over the noble marble tomb of William Jennings in Acton Church, near Sudbury, Suffolk. This Jennings was the richest commoner in England in the time of William III., who was his godfather. He dying intestate, his estate and personalty were thrown into Chancery, and the money is still unclaimed. CURIOUS.

PRINCE ALBERT AS POET AND MUSICAL. COMPOSER. Few there are who will remember 'A Lay of Greeting from Afar,' the music of which was composed by his Royal Highness, the poetry being a translation from the German of Prince Ernest, beginning : How it rustles 'mid the bowers ! How it floats in

whispers by !

What is this that stirs the flowers ? Was it but the zephyr nigh ?

The song ' Does my Brother think of Me ? ' is also a translation from the German of Prince Ernest, and the music by H.R.H. The first two lines are : Have I then the lyre forsaken, which so oft my

hours would share? All its sweetness let me waken, all a brother's love

declare.

The poetry and music of ' Come, Sweet One, Come,'<were by the late Prince Consort. The first verse ran : Come, sweet one, come; the air is balm, the moonlit

wave is shining : O, share with me that heav'nly calm within my

bark reclining : Come, dearest, come; come, dearest, come.

Perhaps some contributor will add to this short list of H.R H.'s poetical or musical pro- ductions. ALFRED CIIAS. JONAS.

HALLET FAMILY. Can any of your readers assist me in tracing the ancestry of Mary Hallet, who married John Batten, of Pen- zance, on 3 June, 1707, at Madron, Cornwall 1 Mary Hallet is stated in the parish registers to be of Penzance. Was she any relation of Joseph Hallet, of Exeter, who was born 4 November, 1656, became a Nonconformist minister in 1683, and conducted an academy at Exeter ? This Joseph had a sister Mary Hallet, born 15 October, 1659, according to the ' Diet, of National Biography,' vol. xxiv.

The great-grandson of John Batten and Mary Hallet was the Rev. Joseph Hallet Batten, D.D., F.R.S., Principal of Haileybury East India College 1815-37. The name Joseph appears frequently among the de- scendants of this Mary Hallet and John Batten, and appears to give a clue to her parentage.

The ' Dictionary of National Biography ' mentions the name of only one of the