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dealt with. Some one better acquainted with the map of Norfolk than I am may be able to say the exact locality of Rixam in the county.

As to Euston, this is no doubt an allusion to the Duke of Grafton's seat in Norfolk, near Thetford. Sir Thomas Hanmer, to whom Prior wrote the letter, married as his first wife, in 1698, Isabella, Dowager Duchess of Grafton, and widow of Henry FitzRoy, the first Duke, and only daughter of Henry Bennet, Lord Arlington. She lived until February, 1723. A. L. HUMPHREYS.

187, Piccadilly, W.

In editing Thackeray's ' Humourists,' where this letter is given in a foot-note, I failed, after a lengthy search, to identify Rixham ; but Euston is surely, as I there suggest, the seat of the Duke of Grafton, near Thetford. Sir Thomas Hanmer married Isabella, the widow of the Duke, and lived at Mildenhall, which is only about ten miles from Euston, so that a servant of Sir Thomas's might well ride the horse over to Euston, as requested. C. B. WHEELER. 80, Hamilton Terrace, N.W.

OLD ETONIANS (11 S. x. 28). (10) John Chichester. ? s. William of Georgeham, Devon, cler. Balliol Coll., matric. 12 March, 1771, aged 18 ; died 1 Aug., 1800, father of Sir Arthur, 7th Bt.

Or (Sir) John C. (Bt.), s. John of Haldon, Devon, Bt. Magdalen Coll., Oxon, matric. 29 March, 1771, aged 19 ; 6th Bt. ; died unmarried 30 Sept., 1808.

Or John (Hody) C., s. Henry of Northover, Somerset, arm. Wadham Coll., matric. 31 May, 1771, aged 18; B.A. 1775; died at Stoke House, Shepton Mallet, 6 May, 1834.

THE FAMILY or CHILDE OR CHILD (US. x. 29). Sir Francis Child (1642-1713); banker and Lord Mayor of London, and ancestor of the celebrated family of bankers, was the son of Robert Child, clothier, of Headington in Wiltshire.

A. R. BAYLEY.

WEST INDIAN FAMILIES (11 S. ix. 489 ; x. 18). The answer must be in the negative.

' Sketch Pedigrees of some of the Early Settlers in Jamaica,' compiled from Chancery suits by N. B. Livingston, is a useful little book ; and ' Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies,' by L. Archer, gives much genealogical information. A few pedi- grees have appeared in my West Indian magazine, Caribbeana, but hundreds more remain imprinted. During a visit to the

Islands last winter I transcribed all the monumental inscriptions in Barbados and the Leeward Islands, and these will be pub- lished as soon as possible.

V. L. OLIVER. Sunninghill.

PALM THE BOOKSELLER, SHOT BY NAPO- LEON (11 S. x. 10, 55). In the Catalogue of the Library of the Borstnverein der Deutschen Buchhandler zu Leipzig, 1902, I find the following references to Falm :

Eckardt (Lud wig) .Palm, ein deutscher Burger. Trauerspiel in fiinf Aufztigen. Jena, I860. Eckardt, 'Dram. Werke,' III.

Ehren-Gedicht auf dem (sic) Buchhandler Palm, in Niirnberg, welcher wegen eines Buches, das er verkaufte, uuter dem Titel : Deutsch lands Ernie- drigung von den Frarizosen aus Niirnberg abgeholt und in Braunau 1806 erschossen worden ist.

Ganzhorn (W.). Lowenwirth Peter Heinrich Merckle von Neckarsulm und Kaufmann Gottlieb- Linck von Heilbronn, dieGenossen desani 26 August, 1806, erschossen en Buchhandlers Palm von Jsiirn- berg. Nach miindlichen Mittheilungen und schrift- lichen Ueberlieferungen. Heilbronn, 1871.

Meindl (Konr.). Geschichte der Stadt Braunau. am Inn. (2 Theile.) Braunau, 1882. Mit Ansicht und Holzschuitten. 1. Theil S. 194-201 : Die Hinrich- tung dcs Buchhandlers Palm zu Braunau, 1806.

Johann Philipp Palm (In III. Zeitimg.Xo.lQQ6). Leipzig, 1862. Slit Portrait.

Spielmann (C.). Johann Philipp Palm. Zum Gedachtniss seines Todestages, 26 August. (Aus- schnitt.)

Timperley's ' Dictionary of Printing,' 1839,. (p. 824), gives the following extract from Ihe pamphlet against Bonaparte issued by Palm. The authorship is attributed to M. Gentz.

BONAPARTE'S ECHO. Je suis seul en ce lieu, personne ne m'ecoute.

Morbleu ! qui me repond ? Qui est avec moi .'

Mov.

Sais-tu si Londres resistera ? Resistera.

Si Vienne et d'autres cours m'opposeront tovjours ?'

Toujoun.

Ah, ciel ! que dois-je attendre apres taut de

malheur* ? Afalheurs.

Apres tant de hautsfaits, que dois-je entrepreneurs ?

Rendre.

Rendre ! ce que j'ai acquis par des exploits iuou'is r

Out.

Et quel serait la fin de tant de soins et de peines ?'

Peines.

Enfin, que deviendrait de mon peuple malhenreux 2

Htureux* Quo serais-je alors moi, qui me crois \mmortel ?

Mortel.

L'univers n'est-il pas rempli de mon nom ? Non. Autrefois mon nom seul inspirait la terreur.

Erreur* Triste echo ! laisse-moi, je m'eunuye, je me mewrs.

WM. H. PEET.