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from Rha. (Indeed, it reminds me of a notice I s&w lately in the enclosure of St. Paul's Churchyard : " No through thorough- fare to Cannon Street." ) But why Ponticum at all ? Can it refer to the plant being found near the part of the river where it flows into the Hyrcanian Sea, now called the Caspian ? W. T. LYNN.

Blackheath.

AUTHORS OF POEMS WANTED. I shnll be grateful if any of your readers cr.n tell me the authors of the following poems.

1. ' Luke vii. 8.' First line :

I said, Let me walk in the fields.

2. A poem with the refrain " The father- hood of God and the brotherhood of man," beginning,

Now sound ye forth with trumpet tone, Let all the nations hear.

3. * Little by Little,' a twelve-line poem beginning,

Little by little the time goes J>y

Short if you sing thro' it, long if you sigh.

4. * God Help Us.' First line :

God help the poor.

AKNOLD EILOART. The Camp, Ditton Hill, Surbiton.

' MAY FAIR,' A POEM, 1827. I should be extremely grateful if any one could tell me ajny thing about the author of this poem. The little book has recently come into my hands, and is most delightful reading. It deals with the well-known people of the day, their occupations and amusements. The names are thinly veiled by blanks and asterisks. The reference to Newmarket will give a good idea of the style : There, 'tis the etiquette, the winners Ask the bedevilled to their dinners. Oh ! nights and banquets of the Gods ! What odd discussions of the odds ; What light opinions upon weights What cool conceptions upon heats ; What solid talk on drench and mash, Deep things on which the wisest clash : What lofty thoughts on hoof and heel, Round with the brains and bottles wheel !

The B-nt-ncks, F-tzr-ys, C-v-nd-shes, All look like men that had their wish And all is blood, bone, jest, and song, Till morning whips the night along.

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The poem is divided into four cantos, which are dedicated respectively to Lord H-ll-d, Lady J - - y, Lord P - t - rsh - m, and an unnamed lady. It is for the most part good- natured badinage, but rather severe upon "Captain Parry," suggesting that his Arctic voyages were undertaken for profit only, and that he would just as readily have

started on a voyage to the moon for the same reasons which led him to the Pole. The poet Rogers, to whom the author acknow- ledges his indebtedness, is playfully and familiarly referred to throughout as " the Rogers." The writer concludes with this couplet, referring to his own anonymity :

Let those who may, the secret tell, Now women cri tics world farewell.

WM. NORMAN.

to learn the name of the author of a poem entitled ' Belgravia,' and when and where it was published. It is a lengthy poem dealing with the upper and lower classes of life. BETTY LAWRENCE.
 * BELGRAVIA,' A POEM. I am anxious

CLERGYMEN AND CRESTS. Should a clergyman of the Church of England who is of an armorial family use a crest, or does he personally lose it when he becomes an ecclesiastic, and therefore a man of peace ?

I am informed that a clergyman's arms should be borne on a cartouche. When did this custom come into use, and has it invariably, or even generally, been adhered to ? F. T. F.

PRINCE CHARLES OF BOURBON-CAPUA. Any information, however slight, relating to Prince Charles of Bourbon-Capua, his wife the beautiful Penelope Smyth, and their children. Prince Charles and Princess Vit- toria of Bourbon, will be gratefully received and acknowledged by

Miss MARSCHALL.

13, Thorncliffe Grove, Oxford Road, Manchester.

WALTON AND COTTON MEDAL. I desire information about a medal of which the following is a description. It is the size of half-a-crown, boldly but coarsely executed in plated metal : Obverse bust of Walton after the Huysman portrait, " Isaak Walton " at sides, and date MDCCCXXIV. with " Avern F " at foot. Reverse : bust of Cotton, with breastplate and scarf, after the Lely portrait, " Charles Cotton " at sides, and " T. Gosden " at foot. Edward Avern was a medallist in Clare Market, and executed the medal for Thomas Gosden, a sporting bookseller and collector, to whom is attributed ' Songs of the Chace,' 1811 (see 11 S. i. 329, 412). I am indebted to the author of a well-known book on Walton for the knowledge that Gosden in 1823 published * The Life of Isaac Walton ' by Zouch, nnd in 1827 reprinted first published by Richard Marriott in 1662.
 * The Experienced Angler,' by Venables,