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these look very neat, and will much sooner heat a room than the open fire-place." Pp. 14-15.

" The thunder-storms of America are very severe. Often, when they occur, the h< rizon is splendidly illuminated, and the forked fluid, attended with loud and continued peal> of thunder, darts with awful brilliancy to the earth. Frank- lins, or conductors, are a certain safe-guard, and generally used. No building has been knowr to be materially injured where they are properly placed." P. 104.

ALBERT MATTHEWS.

Boston, U.S.

BATTLE AT RIBY, LINCOLNSHIRE. I have found for the first time a paper on this sub- ject which I think may be of interest to some readers. I gather it from the handwriting to be but little short of a hundred years old. I cannot make even a vague guess by whose hand it was written :

" Riby Register, anno 1645, nine soldiers* slaine in a skirmish in a field of Riby the day before, buried June the 19th. Charles Skelton, a soldiour wounded in the same skirmish, buried June the 20th. William Willoughbie, a soldier wounded in the skirmish above named, buried July the 4th.

" Stallingborough Register burials in the year 1645. John Harrington, Esq., Lieut.-Colonel, slaine at the fight at Ryeby Gapp the 18th day of June. John Pugson, a cavileere wounded at the fight at Ryeby Gapp, buried the 20th day of June."

As Charles Skelton and William Willoughbie are described as soldiers only, we may assume that they had no official rank ; perhaps the same ought to be said of John Pugson, but as he is described as a " cavileere," it may be held as doubtful. The inhabitants of the village and neighbourhood were, not many years ago, if they be not now, in the habit of talking of a stream of blood being seen by their forefathers running down the hill ; but they appeared to have forgotten if they ever knew, what was the motive of the conflict, and which party was victorious

COM. LINC.

TALLIS AND BIRD. Among the uncalen- dared proceedings of the Court of Requests, bundle 372, in a small book of office notes recording the fees paid, for a dividend for the officials, there is a copy of the patent granted to these musicians :

" A priviledge or licence to printe set songes in partes, in Lathi, English, Italian, or any other- language that may serve for musicke, eyther in church or chamber or otherwise to be sung or played, and to rule by impression any paper to serve for prynting or prycking of songes, granted to ThomasTallys and William Byrd, gents, of the Chapell, and they or their assignes only, during 21 years, 27 th Jan., 1574, 20s."

C. C. STOPES.

(SJmras.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

' WAVERLEY ' : " CLAN OF GREY FIN- GON." What family or clan name represents " the clan of grey Fingon " in Flora Mac- Ivor's song in ' Waverley ' ?

FORREST MORGAN.

" HAYWRA," PLACE-NAME. Some of Edward II. 's writs cited in Palgrave's ' Parliamentary Writs ' are dated at " Hay- wra," which Pal grave renders " Hurry." Where is or was the place ? I do not find it in Lewis's ' Topographical Dictionary ' or elsewhere. FORREST MORGAN.

Hartford, Conn.

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S PORTRAIT WITH ITALIAN PROVERB. In the exhibition of portraits held this year in the Palazzo Vecchio at Florence there was a picture of Queen Elizabeth by F. Zuccaro. In her hand she holds what looks like an earthen- ware colander, on the edge of which is this inscription : "A terra il Ben Mai dimora insella." I cannot find any such pro verb in Florio's collection. The only sense in which the words would seem to be applicable to Elizabeth and that by her enemies would be, " The good falls to the ground, evil remains in the saddle." Is anything known of the history of this picture ? Has the portrait of Elizabeth at Hampton Court by Zuccaro any inscription ? In the portrait at Florence there is another inscription which I could not read.

J. F. R.

ST. GEORGE AND THE LAMB. I have been asked by an Italian friend why St. George is often represented with a lamb. Is there any legend bearing on the subject ?

HENRY A. FANE.

Travellers' Club.

BRISBANE FAMILY IN IRELAND. I am desirous of obtaining information of a branch of this family, which emigrated from Scot- land to Ireland, owing to political agitation, I believe, some centuries ago, moving from a place in the Highlands known as Rocky Brisbane. At one time they were very rich, having, just outside of Dublin, a stone racing stable, which still stands, with stalls, for over a hundred horses. Dr. John Bris-