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LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1915.

CONTENTS. No. 293.

"NOTES : Alexamlretta (Scanderoon), 93 -Bombay Gentle- men of 1792 : Williarases of Boston, Mass., 94 Theological Disputations by Signs, 96 Hell-Fire Clubs, 97 Folk-lore in Excelsis " King of Hungary's peace" in Shakespeare, 98 Pendrell Pensions" Of that ilk," 99.

OUKRIES : Nell Gwyn Parthenon Club Naval and Military Allegiance in Germany. 99 -Sonnet by Words- worth Fitzjames Bevis Marks Synagogue Child's Bank Biographical Particulars Wanted Wood's Pamphlet in Answer to Lord Bolingbroke Sophie Cornelys " To go to the lantern," 100 Author and Poem Wanted Biographical Information Wanted Date of Comet Scotch Court of Session Bradley Family St. Thomas Cantilupe Virtues of Onions John Walker, D.D., 101" Mr. Hanwell," Artist American Underground Railway, 102.

HEPLIES : Mechanics' Institutes. 102 Napoleon and the Bellerophon^-" Tobacco-Stoppers "Peat Family Agnes, Daughter of Louis VII. John Trusler, 105 Birth of Edward VI. Map of London-Holyhead Road Cannel Coal, 106 Judgment of Solomon Lieut. J. Deschamps 'The Scourge' Hose Waterloo, 107 Dr. Luzz^to Faults of Index-makingShakespeare and Blackfriars Theatre Translator Wanted Easter Offerings, 108 Rouget de Lisle Dido's Purchase of Land Authors Wanted Anstruther, 109 Buckhorse, the Prizefighter- Burlesque Sermon Heraldic Queries Piccadilly Terrace Clerks in Holy Orders as Combatants St. Andrew- Belts, 110.

"NOTES ON BOOKS : - Henry Tubbe-Reviews and Magazines.

ALEXANDRETTA (SCANDEROON).

THE present town and roadstead of Alex- andretta owe their importance to the com- merce of the sixteenth and subsequent centuries. In the Middle Ages the principal ports in this angle of the Mediterranean were at a place called Portella, on the opposite side of the bay, and at Lajazzo, where was a famous castle guarding the communications between the mediaeval kingdoms of Cyprus and Armenia.

A native village with its squalid bazaar, and near by a number of old houses built for a semi-European colony of former days, constitute Alexandretta. Nothing resem- bling a harbour has ever existed, although the land-locked bay is subject to violent storms ; a dilapidated jetty continues to serve for landing goods and passengers, as in the most primitive times.

Within the churchyard of the Orthodox Church of Mariakoudi stand a few carved tombstones of English Consuls of the Levant Company. They are of the same very interesting character as the contemporary examples at Larnaca ; in fact, they are so similar that they might have been produced by the same artists.

The Orthodox church of Alexandretta has been rebuilt within the last few years, i n the modern taste, and these tombstones of the English have all been shifted to one side of the enclosure, in the fashion of many an old churchyard in England. It is perhaps remarkable that they have escaped total destruction.

ENGLISH MERCHANTS' EPITAPHS REMAINING AT ALEXANDRETTA IN THE CHURCHYARD OF MARIAKOUDI.*

1. Coat of arms : a bend bearing three roses on a field semee of fleurs-de-lis. Crest : on a knight's helm a dove volant.

MARTINVS LOE LOXDOXEXSIS

AXGLORVM RES PER TRIA FERE LVSTRA ACCVRAXS EXAXDRIJ3 | QV.E LOCO AD.EO IXSALVBERRIMO TOT SECVLA AVDIANT | VIR OFFICIO SVO ET XEGOTuS SI QVIS ALMO NEQVAQVAM IMPAR | SPARTAM QVAM NACTVS EST SEMPER ORXAXS 2-1 XOVEMBRIS A.D. 1677. | COXTEREAXEIS SVIS ET EXTERIS IXDIGENIS ET ADVEXIS | VXIVERSIS EQVIDEM MISERIS PR.ESERTIM ET PAVPRIBvS | FLEBILIS OCCIDET | NvLLI FLIBILIOR QVAM LVCLE VIDVARVM AFFLITISSIMLE | BIXIS IXFAXTIBVS MARTIXO ET MARIA | QV^J OPTIMO MARITQ HOC MOXVMENTVM SACRA VIT.
 * IMMATVRO FATO QVADRAGEXARIVS LICET |

2. No coat of arms.

HIC IACET

D. LVCIA VXOR Q. D. MARTIXI LOE COXSVLIS PRO S. M. BRITTAXICA

SCAXDEROX.E

VIXIT AXXI L. OBIIT DIE XII JVLII MDCC.

It would appear that this lady continued to live in Alexandretta for twenty-three years after the death of her husband.

3. No coat of arms.

DEPOSITVM EDMVNDI SAWYER ARMIGERI AXGLI CLARIS PAREXTTBVS ORTI APVD KETTERIXG AGRO XORTHAMTOXIENSI QVI REI MERCATORVM GRATLE IX ALEPPO ALIQVOT AXXOS VIXISSET DOXEC TABE CORREPTVS ET IN PATRIAM SVAM TERRESTEM PATRIMOXIO SATIS AMPLO DITATAM REVERSVRVS REPERTA PRIVS MAGNI PRETII MARGARITA FIDE SCILICET VERA CVM P.ENITEXTIA AD CELESTEM MORTE TRAXSLATVS EST QVARTO DIE JAXVARII AXXO ^TATIS SVE VICESSIMO OCTAVO AXXO Q DOMINI 1687/8.

4. Arms : a chevron between three frogs.

n. i.

IOHANNES WILSON ANGLO BRITTANNV I N AGRO .... MORI^E NATVS DOMO SATIS HONESTA SATIS ANTIQVATO | ANGLORVM MERCATORVM RES HIC LOCI SVMMA CVM FID | SVMMA CVM LAVDE PER VARIOS ANNOS GESSIT | VIR QVI OFFICIO SVO ET NEGOTHS NE VXQVAM QVINDE DEFVI | FATO AH I NIMIS IMMATVRO IN LOCO IXSALV BERRIMO | CVM TRIGINTA ET OCTO ANNOS SVMMO CVM IIONORE SVPERASSET | IPSISSIMO DIE ANNO AVTEM SALVTIS CHRISTAN^I MDCCXII | ABREPTVSV FTT.

with " (sic)." The errors are in the original.
 * Wei have forborne; to pepper these inscriptior 8