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 ii s. in. APRIL i, ion.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1911.

CONTENTS. No. 66.

NOTES :-Gresham College, the Royal Exchange, and Crosby Hall, 241 Casanova in England, 242 Old London Bridge: Death of Sir T. Rempston, 243 Stoke Newington Parish Registers ' Nicholas Nickleby ' : " Popylorum Tibi" Boz and Dombey as French Place -Names S. Rudder Dr. Alexander Carlyle, 244 The French Chapel in Little George Street The Broad Arrow Washington: Lawrence ' The Hull Advertiser,' 1796, 245 Shakespeare and Goodman Mary Tudor's Grave, 246.

QUERIES : ' Mathematical Transactions' Theses by Principal Aidie, 246 Benjamin Franklin and Dreams- Philological School Tal man and John Webb John Murray I. as an Author Moffete Family, 247 Lockhart on Dante ' Discord,' a Satire White Lion of the House of March Bell Inscription at Falmouth-Bp. Ken 'The House of Too Much Trouble' 'The Refuge,' 1808 Corsets and Tight Lacing, 248 Fishing in Fresh Water- Sir J. Budd Phear : Rev. J. J. Raven Major J. R. Madan Arms at Chard' A White Hand and a Black Thumb,' 249.

REPLIES : Latin Hexameters by Machinery, 249 Warwick Lane, 250 Thackeray's Nose ' Young Folks ' First Perforated Postage Stamps Terrace, 251 English Mathematical Diaries, 252 Button's ' Miscellanea Mathematica 'Authors Wanted Parish Formation- Pensioners in the Long Parliament, 253 - Queen's College, Oxford Bethlem Royal Hospital GoodbeterT. Hare Coryat and Westminster School W. J. Lock wood Prior's Birthplace, 254 Alien Priories" Seekers," 255 Indexes Lncorum Atrebatum Plaistow Jordan and Baptism, 256 " No great shakes" Meg Dods " Stick - in-the-Mud" -"Royal Blue" Omnibuses, 257 Thoresby Pedigree Aristotle on Education Proprietary Chapels Rice for the Complexion, 25?.

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GRESHAM COLLEGE, THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, AND CROSBY HALL.

I GATHER from The City Press that tbe much- abused foundation in Gresham Street is to be reconstituted and the premises rebuilt. Some thorough reforms are necessary, and it is to be hoped that this essentially City institution will be adapted to modern needs without becoming part of a larger educa- tional body. Most regrettable is the fact that this renaissance was not begun in 1907, and made part of the scheme for the preservation of Crosby Hall in situ. This was strongly advocated at the time, as it had been on other occasions when the fine Hall was in danger ; but never had it better advocate or greater probability of adoption than when Miss Maria Hackett, after the destruction of the Royal Exchange by

fire in 1838, urged the transference of the Gresham Lectures to Bishopsgate Street. The advantages of the scheme were put forward in a circular showing the ground plan and dimensions of the proposed accom- modation at the Royal Exchange and that to be obtained for less cost at Crosby Hall ; but a letter before me, addressed by Miss Hackett to her stepbrother, S. J. Capper, gives the comparison more fully :

May 20, 1810. MY DEAR BROTHER,

You have probably seen Mr. Tite's very clear and intelligible description of the accepted design for the Royal Exchange, in which, I perceive, he has reserved a considerable portion for Gresham College, intimating, however, that " the space so complete and isolated would readily let by itself or combined with the adjoining office for other purposes, to which, no doubt, it is much better adapted.'* The commercial value of such an area in such a situation may be soon deter- mined. The proposed accommodations include

sq. ft. A Lecture Room, having an area of. . 1,575

Library C50

Room for Lecturers or Librarian. . . . 290 Ditto for apparatus. . .. .. 185

4

2,700

And 3 or 4 smaller apartments for servants, &c. The more ample accommodation at Crosby Hall would be :

sq. ft.

Lecture Room, Ground Floor. . 2,000

Ante Room, &c., do. South Gallery Room over do. North Gallery Room adjoining do. Library, Committee or Lecture Room Lecturers' Room. . Librarian's Room. . Room over do.

Sq. ft. 6000

Exclusive of 2 houses, with shops, having 24- foot frontage in Bishopsgate Street, and the ancient vaulted cellarage beneath the premises.

Should you have an opportunity of entering upon the subject with any impartial members of the Gresham Committee, you will, I hope, induce them to compare the advantages afforded by the two localities. Setting aside all prepossessions in favour of Crosby Hall, a spot so interesting to the poet, the antiquary, and the historian, it must be evident that the Royal Exchange would be of all places the least appropriate for the site of a college from its enormous comparative renta and the unavoidable interruptions of a crowded city. To carry into effect so incongruous a union of the pursuits of commerce and of literature under the same roof would be equally opposed to good taste and good policy, and would be quite at variance with the example, and with the