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illustrated this pugilistic encounter by an etching entitled " The Baker Kneading Sammy's Dough., Pubd. Deer. 1814, by S. Knight, Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchng." It is signed "I. R . CRUIKSH ANK fec fc " ; but George William Reid in his catalogue attributes it (probably from private informa- tion) to George Cruikshank.

I also have a coloured etching by the same artist signed at the right hand of the lower margin, " Marks Del et Sc.," and at the opposite side it is signed in Hebrew 31^ (Lob), which is Yiddish, and probably old German for " Lion." An appropriate Eng- lish equivalent for this name would have been " Leon " or " Lionel," but his parents seem to have preferred " Lewis." I cannot say whether this etching had a title, as there is only about an eighth cf an inch margin all round. It depicts John Braham, the singer and composer of ' The Death of Nelson,' with Mrs. Henry Wright. Braham is say- ing to Mrs. Wright, " By ^4 -Braham' s great God I swear ' My Heart with Love is beat- ing,' dear ! " arid she replies, " Yes, I '11 Smile on ' the Child of Song,' For ah ! Wright never can be Wrong."

I should be glad to have a few biographical details of this " Lewis Marks," who was undoubtedly a talented artist. I have made considerable research, but without result, and his name is quite unknown to the British Museum Print Room.

ISRAEL SOLOMONS.

PROF. DE VERICOUR. In The Dublin University Magazine for January, 1861, there is an article by this writer. He is prob- ably Raymond de Vericour of Queen's College, Cork, some lectures by whom were published at Dublin in 1851. I am informed that there is also a book entitled ' Historical Analysis of Christian Civilisation,' by L. R. de Vericour, author of ' Milton and Epic Poetry,' ' Modern French Literature,' ' Edu- cational Reports,' &c. (London, 1850). Some biographical particulars of the pro- fessor would be welcome. L. L. K.

INSCRIPTIONS IN THE BEAUCHAMP TOWER, TOWER OF LONDON. The inscription num- bered 52 runs : " I.H.S. A passage perillus makethe a port pleasant. A.D. 1568. Arthur Poole. JS&. suse 37, A. P."

The Arthur Poole who made this inscrip- tion was nephew to Cardinal Pole and a great-grandson of George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV. He died in the Tower about 1570.

The inscription numbered 42 is dated 1570, and bears the name of Thomas Rooper,. i.e., Roper, grandson of Sir Thomas More. It contains the words : " Per passage penible passons a port plaisant."

Which is the original form of the sentiment and from what poet is it quoted ? "A passage perillus," &c., may be seen on the boathouse of a villa at Cadenabbia on the Lake of Como.

JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT.

COCKNEY SPEECH. What are the defini- tions of : (a) a Cockney ? (b) a Cockney accent ? (c) Cockney phraseology ?

I should be glad of examples of (6) and (c). Does the area within earshot of Bow Bells enter into the definitions ? and what are Bow Bells ? A. S. E. ACKERMANN.

25, Victoria Street, Westminster.

[See 5 S. xi. 506; 7 S. ix. 7, 74 ; xi. 87 ; 8 S. vi. 64, 135 ; xii. 48, 136, 276, 424 ; 9 S. iv. 164 ; 10 S. ii. 307, 351, 390, 490, 535. Bow bells are the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside.j

NOVALIS. What translations into English or French have been made from the German of Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg) ?

J. ISAACS.

[An edition of a translation of ' Heinrich von Ofterdingen ' was published at Cambridge, Mass., in 1842, and reissued at New York iri 1853. See 11 S. vii. 178. J

SHEFFIELD : GRIFFITH : HUNT : COLE : Cox. (See ' Family of Dr. John Walker,' ante, p. 101.) Dr. Walker's widow married secondly Jeremiah Griffith, Esq. Her elder sister^ Sophia Sheffield, married first Joseph Hunt, D.D., Master of Balliol College, Oxford ; next a Mr. Cole ; and after- wards a Mr. Cox of Stamford, Berkshire ; vide Banks's ' Extinct Peerage ' (Sheffield).

1 shall be grateful to any one who can say where 1 can find a further reference to any of the above-mentioned persons.

A. H. MACLEAN.

14, Dean Road, Willesden Green, N.W.

" TREGETOURS " : JUGGLERS. Dugdale in his ' History of St. Paul's' transcribes Lyd- gate's ' Dance of Death ' verses. Only one of these verses is addressed to an individual by name, viz., that to " Master John Rikil, whilom Tregetour of noble Henry, King of England, and of France the mighty Conquerour." I shall be obliged for any information about Rikil or other early Tregetours and jugglers.

Is anything known of Brandon the juggler (temp. Hen. VIII.), beyond the mention in Reg. Scott's ' Discoverie of Witchcraft'?

S. C.