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mentions bequest of the " Etrich Cup" and " Queen Eliz th ' 3 glass " that were his grandfather's. (What were these ?) He desires 40 rings of gold should be made with his arms engraven thereon, to be given to his friends and relations. He speaks of his residence at St. Mildred's, Canterbury, where he lately built a furnace and made some glasses. He left two sons, Robert and John, whom he desired not to study for the law. I do not see his name in the ' D.N.B.'

W. L. KING. Paddock Wood.

E. BALFE. As far as I can make out, the painter's name on two sea-pieces in oils of some age is as above. The paintings are considered good. Was he a Dutch artist, and are his paintings prized ?

CHARLES S. KING, Bt.

WANSTEAD PARK. Can any of your readers give me some information regarding W.m^tead Park and the families who lived there ? I have consulted two histories of L'>:idon parks, but they make no mention of vhis park. S. P. KENNY.

4, Park Place, W.

SIR THOMAS BAINES, 1622-80. I should be glad of some information about him other than that supplied by the ' D.N.B.' and the ' Lives of the Gresham Professors.' In particular, did he leave any writings, and what was the place of his birth ?

T. A. MALLOCH, M.D.

S ALT- BOXES : "THE WHOLE COURT OF FRANCE." In a book of old songs, probably of about 1785, mention is made of salt-boxes and mouthpieces to be met with at Bartholo- mew Fair. "Mouthpieces," I imagine, were musical instruments, after the fashion of Jew's-harps or the modern mouth-organs ; but what were " salt -boxes " ?

" The Whole Court of France " is another item mentioned. Would this be a show of the \\ux\vork order ? THOS. RATCLIFFE.

[The 'N.E.D.,' s.v. "salt-box," 1, b, quotes from Webster's Diet. : "In burlesque music, the salt- box has been used like the marrow-bones and cl(-;ivur, tongs and poker, etc."]

JKVONS'S " LOGICAL MACHINE." In the ' Life of Jevons,' by his wife, she narrates that after his working at it for some years his " machine " was finished in 1869. " It was something like a cross between a small piano and an old barrel organ." Was it ever put to practical use anywhere ? In what re- spects did it differ from Babbage's calculating machine ? M. L. R. BRESLAR.

Percy House, South Hackney.

THE SITE OF THE GLOBE.

(11 S. x. 209, 290, 335; xi. 447; xii. 10, 50, 70.)

SIMULTANEOUSLY with my appreciation (ante, p. 10) of MRS. STOPES'S [contribution, the first part of a reply by MR. HUBBARD appeared, a reply not, however, strictly con- fined to the points raised.

In view of the interest MR. HUBBARD has shown in the site of the Globe, as, for example, by writing an account in the Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects and by reading a paper before the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, a deliber- ately expressed opinion by that gentleman demands close consideration.

May I therefore be allowed a little more space in * N. & Q.' to indicate briefly the points in which I am not in agreement with MR. HUBBARD ? though in doing so I wish it to be understood that I am not setting out the full case for the attribution of the site to the south of Maid Lane.

MR. HUBBARD advances evidence which he considers to be confirmatory of his reading of the Coram Rege Roll (viz., that the site of the Globe Playhouse was to the north of Maid Lane), and, possibly, to be, apart from the Roll, in favour of a northern attribution.

In examining this evidence it is un- necessary for me to enter directly upon the question whether MR. HUBBARD correctly construes the passage on the Roll, although I may mention in passing that there are good grounds for supposing he does not. I will confine my remarks to certain selected points which are vital to MR. HUBBARD'S position, and these I will deal with under the following heads : 1. The position of Globe Alley ; 2. The position of the " Park " ; 3. The Sewers' Commission Records ; 4. Con- temporary maps and views ; 5. The alleged site at Nos. 6 and 7, Bankside.

1. The Position of Globe Alky.

In order to prove that the Coram Rege Roll stated that the ground upon which the Playhouse was erected lay to the north of Maid Lane, MR. HUBBARD finds it first necessary to dispose of the fact that the existing Globe Alley lies to the south of Maid Lane.

MR. HUBBARD meets his difficulty with boldness. He advances the hypothesis that there was a first Globe Alley to the north,