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SAFETY IN A THUNDERSTORM. Th coroner, at the recent inquest on the person struck by lightning at Wandsworth, is state< to have said that a man who escaped owe* his life to the fact that he was wearing rubber soled shoes. Is it the case that one is saf from lightning in the following circum stances ? -

(1) When wearing rubber-soled shoes.

(2) In a greenhouse.

(3) In a motor-car.

(4) In a train.

(o) In an ordinary rowing-boat on a lake.

(6) On a piece of plate -glass.

If one had, say, a fishing-rod with gun metal reel and joints, would one still be safe in a boat ? And how, if lightning strikes downwards, does the plate-glass protect one '

IGNORAMUS. [Sir Ray Lankester in The Daily Telegraph o: 29 June had a long article on ' How to get struck by Lightning, and how not to.']

MOSES FRANKS. In Catalogue No. 33 recently issued by Mr. F. Marcham, oi 129, High Koad, New Southgate, item 31 refers to " Moses Franks, Attorney and Advocate-General for the Bahama Islands. ....1794." I should be grateful for any information concerning his parentage and career. ISRAEL SOLOMONS.

JOHN BACON OF THE FIRST FRUITS OFFICE. (See 11 S. ix. 470.) Since my query soliciting information, I have been informed by a descendant that the above acted as secretary to*Lord North during the American War, and that valuable notes of his were burnt by his daughter-in-law. This secretaryship is not mentioned in any account I have seen of the Receiver, and I should like to ask if it can be confirmed. W. L. KING.

Paddock Wood, Kent.

TRANSLATION OF THE LIFE OF M. DE BENTY.

THE | HOLY LIFE | OF | Monsieur DE RENTY, | A LATE | NOBLEMAN | OF I FKANCE, | and some- time | COUNSELLOR | TO | KINO LEWIS the Thir- teenth. | written in French by | John Baptist S. Jure | And Faithfully translated into English, By E. S. Gent, |

London, Printed for Btnj. Tooke, at the Sign of the | Ship in St. Paul's Churchyard. 1684.

On p. v the Publisher ' To the Reader ' says of Renty that " he may seem to contend with the ancient Saints, yet lived but the other day, and dyed not nine years ago, April 24/1649."

Can any reader tell me who E. S. was, and how he came to make this translation ?

PEREGRINUS.

PLAUTILLA AND SOME MEDLEVAL PRIN- CESSES : DATES OF BIRTH W ANTED. What are the dates of birth of the following, if known ? Plautilla, wife of Caracalla, d. 211 ; Sunigilde, wife of Odoacer, d. 493 ; Justina ( ? daughter of Germanus), wife of Theodosius, son of the Emperor Maurice, d. 607 ( ?) ; |Egi- lona, wife of Roderick, " last of the Goths," d. 714 (?) ; Bertha, wife of Philip I. of France, d. 1094 ; Marie, wife of Manuel, Emperor of the East, d. 1183 ; Anne, wife of Ladis- laus VI. of Hungary, d. 1506 (?).

(Miss) MARSCHALL. 18, Horton Road, Platt Fields, Manchester.

" ASCHENALD." Could any of your cor- respondents let me know what " Aschenald " means in the following quotation on p. 11 of Whitaker's ' History of Craven ' ?

" The Castle, Town, and lands about Broken- bridge (Pontefract, co. York) longgid (belonged) afore the Conquest to one Richard Aschenald," &c.

The question is, Does it mean Richard of Ascania, Richard, son of Aschenald, or Richard the ashen ? or is there any other interpretation ? ST. G. M. KIRKE, Col.

GREEK NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN LON- DON. I have a prospectus, dated 1860, oncerning '0 BPETTANIK02 A2THP,' a weekly illustrated journal of politics, commerce, literature, science, and art, to je published in London every Thursday, commencing in July. I should be glad to tnow how long this newspaper lasted, and any particulars about its career.

LEO C.

WELLINGTON : CHANDOS. When Arthur iVellesley was made a duke as a reward for lis great services, why was his title taken rom Wellington in Somersetshire ?

Where is Chandos, the place-name which accompanies the title of duke in the title ' Duke of Buckingham and Chandos " ?

H. A. H.

' THE MANCHESTER MARINE.' A local vriter states that Thomas Dibdin (merchant ) >roduced in March, 1793, an interlude tyled ' The Manchester Marine.' Will some orrespondent kindly say where this can be ound ? RICHARD LAWSON.

Urmston.

THE ORDER OF AREOPAGUS. What is his order ? Is it Greek or English ? What re its aims ? I have seen a lady wearing be jewel of the order, presented to her by lie Sovereign of the order.

H. A. C. T.