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tain the term " two-tooth." Is not the latter the corrector, from the point of view of old English, the duality rendering un- necessary the pluralizing of the noun ?

EDWARD S. DODGSON. Tintagel.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. Can any of your readers enlighten me as to the authorship of some lines of a date prior to 1820 ? They begin :

See, the ship in the bay is riding ; Dearest Ella, I go from thee ; Boldly go, in thy love confiding ; and end (in each of the two stanzas) : My love is breathing a prayer for me.

H. B. F.

Can any of your readers give me the name of the author of these striking verses ?

Das Leben geliebt und die Krone gekiisst,

Und den Fraueri das Herz gegeben, Und ztiletz einen Kuss auf das blut'ge Geriist

Das ist ein Stuartleben. All I know about them is that they were given without a name in a short German life of Mary, Queen of Scots.

JOHN WILLCOCK. Lerwick.

ORANGE TOAST. Recently I heard given by an old Irish lady an Orange toast to William III., eulogizing that monarch for saving them, among other things, from "brass money," and expressing the hope that all who would not subscribe would be " crammed into the great gun of Athlone and blown to sparrables." The last are a kind of nail ; but what of the other things ? A. S. LAMPREY.

Kilworth, Maidstone.

[Swift in his ' Drapier's Letters ' refers to those who receive or utter brass coin.]

CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. (See 10 S. v. 369, 410 ; vi. 36.) I continue my list of obscure and doubtful entries in the wardens' accounts of SS. Anne and Agnes from the first reference.

1701-2. Rec'd of the Church- Wardens of Christ- church for Tippling, 9s.

1705-6. Rec'd of my Lord Mayor & M r Hatt Tip- ling Money, 10s., & of Hanmer Triming money, 5s.

1716-7. P d for mending the Stew in part, Is.

1735-6. Paid for Search Wine, 2s. 3d. ; & ffor mending a Searcher, Qd.

M r Earle his Bill for an Eye and a Droback [?] and Hanging a Casement, Is.

1747-8. Rece'd of the Commissioners of the Hackney Coaches, 5s.

1748-9. Gave to cure Hobbs of the Peoches [sic] Id.

Paid for fixing the Istemate, 2s. 6d.

1750-5. Given M" Baily to buy a Padle [sic, but ?],

1762-3. Paid for Guacom and Gin for Charters, ill of the Rheumatism, 9d.

Gave Manstield['s] Boy Clothes to Goe arrant Boy to a prichter r?l 15s. 9d.

1776-7. Paid M r Daykin for a Supper after mak a Rate, it being Parish business, charged accordingly that he might be able to pay Taxes, 2h. Us. 6d.

In regard to the first two items I may say that I know what " Tipling money "was, yet I cannot quite make these references out. Is it to be understood from the refer- ence to Christ Church (Newgate Street) that churchwa dens could penalize their brethren of a neighbouring parish for committing (or permitting ?) the offence ? What was " Triming money " ? W. McM.

[1762-3. Guaiacum has long been noted for its medicinal qualities, and is spelt in many ways. See the numerous quotations in the ' N.E.D.']

one inform me what is the scene of, and who are the various sportsmen portrayed in, 'The Melton Breakfast,' painted by F. Grant (afterwards Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A.) ? The engraved print by Chas. G. Lewis was published by Hodgson &, Graves in October, 1839. The print was dedicated to Rowland Errington, Esq., Master of the Quorn Hounds, " from the original Picture in his possession." The latter contains por- traits of eleven hunting men of the early Victorian period, and I should be glad of information enabling me to identify each of them. Who now owns the painting ?
 * THE MELTON BREAKFAST.' Can any

W. B. H.

LEGISLATION AGAINST PROFANITY. In Dr. Waller's recently published work ( ' Moses and the Prophets ') on the Higher Criticism reference is made to "an Act for the more effectual Suppressing of Blasphemy and Profaneness " (9 William III., c. 35). Is it possible to ascertain whether the measures provided by this statute have ever been put into operation ? I should be glad to know who was the object of prosecution under this Act, and for what specific reasons proceed- ings were taken. F. JARRATT. Goodleigh Rectory, Bamstaple.

"DRY," AS APPLIED TO SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS. Everybody must grant that to bear this adjective applied to a liquid, Deing a contradiction, ought to excite our curiosity. At any rate, if excited, it does not find satisfaction in the ' N.E.D.' ; all it has to say under 8 is : " Of wines, etc.^: Free from sweetness and fruity flavour. That is meagre. As to the origin of this peculiar use nothing is said. Is there any sonnexion between it and the well-known