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seems hardly possible that the community could have been without a church from 1684 or thereabout to 1838. Perhaps some of your readers can fill up the gap. The authorities at Bayswater are not able to give me any information on this point.

THEODORE E. DOWLING, D.D.,

(late Archdeacon in Syria). 47, Anerley Park, S.E.

BISMARCK ON THE EASTERN QUESTION. I have a vague idea, which I have, unfortu- nately, been unable to verify, that Bismarck's well-known saying about the Eastern Ques- tion, to the effect that it was not worth the bones of a Pomeranian grenadier, was really a plagiarism from Frederick the Great. Can any of your readers bear me out ?

Savile Club.' CLOUDESLEY BRERETON.

QUOTATION FROM FROISSART. The Rev. William Hunt, in his article on Queen Philippa in the 'D.N.B.,' quotes Froissart as saying that she was adorned " with every noble virtue, and beloved of God and all men." I have wanted the quotation for my own use, but have been unable to find the reference. Will somebody who knows Frois- sart better than I do help me ?

INSCRIPTION ON BRASS AT QUEEN'S COL- LEGE, OXFORD. On the brass of Bishop Hobinson, in the chapel of this College, among many quotations from the Bible, occurs " Tamquam ligati tamen liberi," of which I have been unable to discover the source.

Some sheep which seem to represent the Bishop's flock are branded " A. H." " A." is most like " Agni," but I have no better suggestion for " H." than Henrici, Robin- son's Christian name, which I do not think very probable. Perhaps a reader might tli ink of a better solution.

JOHN R. MAGRATH. Queen's College, Oxford.

INSCRIPTION AT DURHAM. Over the en- trance to Bishop Cosin's library is the inscription " Non minima pars ervditionis est bonos nosse libros." It appears to be based on a remark of Joseph Scaliger, quoted, with slight verbal differences from the above, in Hutchinson's ' Durham,' i. 533, note. Can any one supply a full n tcrence to Scaliger ? J. T. F.

Durham.

"CAMBO BRITTANICUS." Among the burials in the registers of Wolstanton, co. Staff., occurs : " 1646/7, Feb. 9, Cambo Brittanicus." Can any one explain this entry ? C. SWYNNERTON.

OLD PISTOL MAKER. I have in my pos- session an old flint-lock pocket pistol which, I should say, dates from about 1780. The total length is just 6 in. ; length of barrel, 2 in. The makers' name, engraved 011 the side-plate of the lock, is " Johnson & Collins." Is this firm or its successors still in business ? Where was the business carried on ? and when was it founded ? T. W. JACKSON.

Elba, Fox Hill, Natal.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. I am curious to know who is the author of a poem beginning :

Gone are the glorious Greeks of old,

Glorious in mien and mind ; Their bones are mingled with the mould, Their dust is on the wind.

ALEX. LEEPER. Trinity College, University of Melbourne.

Mourn not for Venice. Though her fall

Be awful as if Ocean's wave Swept o'er her, she deserves it all,

And Justice triumphs o'er her grave. Thus perish every king and state

That run the guilty race she ran, Strong but in fear, and only srivat

By outrage against God and man. These lines are quoted by A. Hayward, Q.C., in vol. ii. of his ' Sketches of Eminent Statesmen and Writers ' (Murray, 1880). Can any of your readers tell me where they originally occur ? C. J.

THE MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF FRANCIS LYNN. Extracts from this diary relating to the writer's career at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, between 1681 and 1695, were printed in The Evening Mail in January, 1834. It was then in the possession of Mr. William Yatman of Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury Square. I am anxious to discover where this diary is now.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. I should be glad to obtain information about the following Old Westminsters : (1) Charles Lewis, K.S. 1739. (2) Edmund Lewis, who graduated M. A. at Oxford from Christ Church in 1713, and subsequently became Master of Kilkenny School. (3) Ja'mes Linfield, M.A., Tutor of Trin. Coll., Camb., in 1677. (4) James Lloyd, son of James Lloyd of Cardi- gan town, K.S. 1742. (5) Richard Lluellyn, son of Martin Lluellyn, an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxon, in 1690. (6) Robert Lodge, who was elected to Christ Church, Oxon, 1659. (7) William Loope, scholar of Trin. Coll., Camb., in 1655. (8) James Lovell, K.S. 1680. (9) Richard Lowndes, son of William Lowndes of Westminster, K.S. 1734. <"- F. R. B.