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Can these verses be recovered from th notes of a reader curious in these matters If not there already, they deserve to b recorded in ' Notes from a Diary,' by th Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff. A. G. GREESHILL.

1, Staple Inn, W.C.

GUIDOT. I have an ancient picture bj Eoger Francis Guidot, but I cannot find anj reference to this artist in any of the authori ties. Was he possibly one of the family wh designed the Louvre 1 I should be gratefu for any information. II. A. NEVILL.

SIMON MOUNTFORT, eldest son and heir o Edward Mountfort, of Caldmore, co. Stafford was admitted at Gray's Inn 21 February 1710/11. Can any of your correspondent give me particulars of his marriage, offspring and death ?

SIMON SMYTH MOUNTFORT, son of Simo Mountfort, born at Checkley, co. Stafford matriculated atChristchurch, Oxford, 11 April 1799, aged eighteen. Was lie the first Simon' only grandchild 1 and did he leave any heirs himself? P. MONTFORT.

JULES VERNE : STAR AND CRESCENT MOON Would any of your correspondents kindly tell me in what book of Jules Verne there i "an extra capable serving-man, able to see Jupiter's satellites without the aid of a telescope " 1

What is the origin of the star in the crescenl moon an astronomical impossibility ?

J. H. ELGIE.

ST. GILBERT OF SEMPEINGHAM. Are there any legends or folk-tales attaching to this saint ? and, if so, what author recounts them in English ? G. W.

SONNET ON N. M. CONSTANCE. A sonnet appeared in The Standard of 21 April, " In Memoriam of Nellie Mary Constance," com- mencing :

Conscious in life of immortality, We gaze upon an oft-averted shore.

Who was the author ]

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

QUENINGTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Where

can I find any detailed account of the house of the Knights Hospitallers at Quenington, the gateway of which alone remains ?

G. F. E. B.

MINT AT LEEDS, YORKSHIRE. Is there any trustworthy evidence for a royal mint at

Leeds, Yorkshire? Thoresby claims that honour for his native town, and thus accounts for it. The word " Leofdegn " on the reverse of a styca of Ethelred II. he converts into " Leodeg," by supposing that the / was redundant and that the n was intended for m, denoting moneta. ( Vide ' Ducatus," Cata- logue of Museum, p. 341.) Would there be any necessity for a mint at Leeds, when one had been established at York for centuries prior to the date assigned to Leeds ?

JOHN GATES.

CONYERS. Harleian Society's vol. xxiii., Durham Eegisters, says, p. 104, &c. :

"Thomas Musgrave, D.D., buried at Durham Abbey, 1686. He married Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Harrison, of Copgrove, Kt., by Margaret, daughter of Conyers, Lord Darcy."

Can any one give me the date of Conyers and his identity ? Burke seems to show that Margaret died unmarried.

W. BARNES HELMER.

MESSIANIC MEDAL. I obtained the other day a dark bronze medal, the size of a crown piece. It is much worn, especially the obverse, being smooth with indents, and it has the appearance of great age. The dealer from whom I obtained it thought it might be 150 years old, but really knew nothing about it. On the obverse is the conventional por- trait of Christ, bearing a general similarity to that said to be engraved on an emerald, and given to Pope Innocent VIII. The bust looks to your left, and in front of it is the Hebrew letter schin, and behind the head the Hebrew letter aleph.

On the reverse is a Hebrew inscription in five lines, in the square characters. The first word is Messiah, and it appears to import that Messiah has come and will bring peace.

Any information that can be given as to the real age, value, rarity, and place and circumstances of the mintage, &c., of this medal will be thankfully appreciated. Are there copies in the British Museum and else- where? D. M. J.

BESANT ON DR. WATTS. Some few years ago Sir Walter Besant, in one of his books about London, said that the idea contained n the lines,

Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood

Stand dressed in living green,

which form part of a well-known hymn by )r. Isaac Watts, was suggested by the view

rom Upper Clapton, not far from Stoke Vewington, where Watts lived, across the

iea Valley to Walthamstow.