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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1907.

CONTENTS. No. 182.


 * NOTES : Crosby Hall, 481 Roocl-Lofts, 482 Shake-

speariana, 483 Botha : the Name Fathers of the House of Commons, 486 "Erasmus Rogers" Holly Lodge, Highgate George Romney's House in Cavendish Square Ugo Foscolo in London Beheading in England : Earliest Instance, 487.

QUERIES :' Lorna Doone ' Barton Grammar School, Westmorland Chigwell School, 488 Officers' Repre- sentatives Lowe and Wright Sir James Marriott, Advocate-General 1774 Authoi-s of Quotations Wanted Bill Stumps his Mark Wooden Cups in East Anglia Cardinal Newman's Birthplace, 489 Francis Kendall- Jean de Schelandre Cemetery Consecration Father Parsons's Portrait Rutledge Family of Charlestown, South Carolina' Cadet Rousselle 'Sir Anthony Cooke's Wife, 490.

REPLIES : ' The Kingdom's Intelligencer,' 491 William Lewis Hertslet " Every man has his price" Payne at the Mews Gate, 492 Pictorial Blinds Authors of Quota- tions Wanted Chapel Royal, Savoy : Curious Custom, 493 Capt. Walton's Dispatch Hock : Hog : Hoga, 494 Mirage, 495 Spring-heeled Jack " Lying Bishop " : Miles of Varying Length Crooked Pins Pincushions, 496 English Canonized Saints Pillion : Flails " Pow- wow": its Meaning Penny Wares Wanted ' Lincoln- shire Family's Chequered History ' : Walsh Family " W r ax and curnels," 497 " Dump " " Taping shoos," 498.

NOTES ON BOOKS: 'The Greatness and Decline of Rome ' ' The Law of Hammurabi and Moses ' ' Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them " "Handy Modern Fiction."

"Notices to Correspondents.

CROSBY HALL.

THE threatened destruction of this, the only important secular building in the City pre-dating the Great Fire, has received adequate publicity in the daily press. It Is sincerely to be hoped that all the efforts now being made will ensure its preservation, but there must be a feeling of regret that it was only after its sale that the public learnt of its danger. The history of the Hall and its surrounding buildings forming Crosby Place is common knowledge, but there are a few pamphlets and references that are worth listing :

Architectural and Historical Account of Crosby Place, London. Compiled from original sources, with Appendix of illustrative documents, by E. L. Blackburn. Title and pp. ii and 95, front., 8vo, boards, 1834.

The author was the architect who super- intended the restoration commenced 27 June, 1836.

Crosby Place, described in a Lecture on its Antiquities and Reminiscences. By the Rev. C. Mackenzie. Title, dedication, and pp. 60, 8vo, cloth, London, 1842.

This is a reprint of the lecture delivered by the vicar of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, on

5 Aug., 1842, to the Crosby Hall Literary and Scientific Institution.

Architectural Antiquities and Present State of Crosby Place, with an Historical and Descriptive Account. By H. J. Hammon. Pp. 16, 15 plates, 4to, cloth, 1844. Also issued on large paper.

A Memoir of Crosby Place. By the Rev. Thomas Hugo, M.A., F.S.A. Read at Crosby Hall, 28 Jan., 1856. Included in Tramactiom of the London and Middlesex Archceological Society, vol. i. p. 35. Also issued as a pamphlet.

Dr. J. E. Cox in his well-known work ' The Annals of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate ' (1875), provides a great deal of useful information respecting Crosby Place, derived, as he acknowledges, from the collections of Mr. H. R. Williams, who was a member of the firm of wine merchants for many years tenants of the crypt and vault. " Aleph " (Dr. Harvey) in ' London Scenes and London People ' refers to this collection, and de- scribes his visit to the Hall in 1863.

The first appeal for its preservation, sent out on 1 Dec., 1832, refers in a foot-note to " Historical and Antiquarian Notices of Crosby Hall, by E. I. Carlos," one of the committee. I have not seen a copy of this pamphlet.

On its being converted to a restaurant in 1868 (?) the proprietors, Messrs. A. Gordon

6 Co., published a pamphlet, ' Crosby Hall, the Ancient City Palace and Great Ban- queting Hall : its History and Restoration.'

In addition to the majority of the preced- ing pamphlets and books the following circulars, &c., are before me :

The appeal issued 5 June, 1833.

Prospectus of the Crosby Hall Literary and Scientific Institution (dated " 1842 " by Sir Henry Ellis).

Invitation to a soiree held 27 July (1842 ?). This has a very pretty engraving of the Hall, showing the minstrels' gallery.

Programme of a concert and entertain- ment by Miss Clara Seyton, February, 1846.

These dates correct some of those given by the Rev. J. E. Cox. Miss Maria Hacketf s correspondence with John Nichols & Son, her publishers, respecting the several editions of her ' History and Description of St. Paul's Cathedral,' contains many references to her work in connexion with the preservation of Crosby Hall ; but there is nothing of sufficient importance to be worth transcribing for these pages.

ALECK ABEAHAMS.

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