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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRINT : DUKE OF WELLINGTON (11 S. x. 48). In each of the nine volumes of ' Political Sketches, &c., by H. B.,' published by Thos. M'Lean, in the Carlton Club library, is a printed catalogue of the sketches with the names (a few omitted) pasted on a fly-leaf. The entry concerning the sketch in question is :

350, 351. The Chancellor of the University of Oxford attended by Doctors of Civil Law.

1. 2. Sir Henry Fane. 3. 4. Lord

Londonderry. 5. Sir Henry Hardinge. 6. Lord Hill. 7. Lord Fitzroy Somerset. 8. Hon. Mr. Bagot. 9. Duke of Wellington.

It will be seen that No. 1 (he with the lancer helmet) and No. 3 are not named.

Lord Fitzroy Somerset, raised to the peerage as Lord Raglan, died in the Crimea in 1855. Two numbers are given to the sketch because it occupies two pages. The underlining or italicizing of "Civil" I take to be a little jest in allusion to the fact that these Doctors of Civil Law are all soldiers. In this respect it is worth noting that sketch No. 313 (21 April, 1834) gives the Duke of Wellington in the gown of Chancellor of the University of Oxford. (He was chosen 29 January and installed 10 June, 1 834. ) In his right hand is a mace, in his left an academical square cap ; his military boots (? spurred) appear under the gown, and behind him is a cannon. The title of the sketch is ' A Great Doctor of Cannon Law,' in capitals ; but " Cannon " is in italic capitals, and the first N is crossed out. This also is a mild jest.

The following appears in ' An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H. B., from No. 1 to No. 600,' London, published by Thomas M'Lean, 1841, p. 227 :

" CCCL. & CCCLI.

" The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, attended by doctors of civil law f" civil " not underlined.] This is a faithful sketch of the procession at Oxford, on the installation of his Grace the Duke of Wellington into the office of Chancellor of that University. The Duke is attended by the Hon. Mr. Bagot, as his train- bearer, and followed by Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Hill, Sir Henry Hardinge, the Marquis of Londonderry, and Sir Henry Fane."

The omissions are not noticed. H. B., of course, means John Doyle.

It was at the inauguration of the Duke as Chancellor in the Theatre of the Univeristy in 1834 that there was a scene of wild enthu- siasm when a certain passage in the Newdi- gate Prize Poem by Joseph Arnould, of Wadham College, was delivered by the author. The subject of this poem was ' The Hospice of St. Bernard.' A description of

the scene by the late Sir John Mowbray is given in the late Sir William Frazer's ' Words on Wellington,' 1889, pp. 76, 175 :

"The Poet, standing in the rostrum, turned slightly to the left, in the direction of the Chan- cellor ; and gave these lines with marked emphasis :

When on that field, where last the Eagle soared, War's mightier Master wielded Britain's sword : And the dark soul a World could scarce subdue Bent to thy Genius, Chief of Waterloo !

bowing at the same time to the Duke

"The Under acraduates in the galleries rose to their feet, and for five minutes continued cheering ; joined of course by the Masters on the floor of the Theatre : the ladies who were present waving their handkerchiefs. Then there was a pause :

and the Poet endeavoured to go on During the

whole of this scene the Duke sat like a Statue; apparently unmoved : after a time motioning to trie Poet to continue."

Frazer quotes the lines from ' Oxford Prize Poems,' 1839. In my copy of the poems " down to the present time," 1836, the words " Chief " and " Waterloo " are in large capitals, while " Eagle," &c., do not begin with capitals.

I think that it is customary for an officer to wear a D.C.L. gown over his uniform when he receives the degree. I well remember seeing Lord Kitchener in his uniform with the gown over it when he was made a Doctor of Civil Law.

I believe that single H. B. sketches are of very small commercial value.

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

DEVICE ON ENCAUSTIC TILES (US. ix. 509 ; x. 33). A long paper, illustrated with twenty-four plates, on ' The Uses and Teachings of Ancient Encaustic Tiles,' was contributed to the Transactions of the Lan- cashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society in 1891 by the late Dr. Frank Renaud. It was afterwards reprinted for private circulation in folio. C. W. SUTTON.

JUDITH COWPER : MRS. MAD AN (11 S. x. 27). Being nearly related to the Madan family, I found the late W. P. COURTNEY'S article on this lady as full of interest as MR. GRIFFITH appears to have found it, and after reading it, I took an early opportunity of consulting the MS. 28,101 at the British Museum, of which I had never previously heard. It is a good-sized volume, entirely in the handwriting of Mrs. Madan's third brother, Mr. Ashley Cowper, and among other things it contains no fewer than twenty-seven poems, some of considerable length, all of which are stated by the writer to have been composed by his sister. Among them are ' Abelard to Eloisa,' ' The Progress of