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(9) 1839. " Are Unitarians Christians ? An Appeal to all Sects and Parties, Churchmen and Dissenters. By H. H. Piper." (Sheffield. Printed.) 12mo, pp. 12.

(10)1839. Ditto. 3rd Edit. (Sheffield.) (11)1839. Ditto. 4th Edit. (Sheffield.)

(12) 1813. " Tractarianism and Anti - Spiri- tualism, the two prevailing heresies of the present time, examined in a Sermon. . . .By H. H. Piper." (Banbury. )

(13) 1852. " The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England adapted for general use in other Protestant Churches." [By H. H. Piper.] (London. Pickering.)

(14) 185-. Ditto. 2nd Edit., containing the Apostles' Creed, and suppressed soon after pub- lication.

Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 are in my own collection. Nos. 1, 6, 8, 11, 12, and 13 are in the British Museum. No. 7 is in the Williams Library. W. T. FREEMANTLE. Barbot Hall, Rotherham.

NAPPER TANDY (11 S. vi. 228). In reply to MR. WOHX WILL'S inquiry, I may say that I make mention of James Napper Tandy, the famous Irish revolutionist, in my account of the rebellion of '98, included, of course, in my ' Romance of Irish History,' written xip to date and shortly to be published by the Educational Company of Ireland, Ltd. Needless to say, I was unable to devote more space to him than was absolutely imperative ; but I may be able to give MB. WOHIAVILL any information he may require, as I am well acquainted with that period of Irish history. An individual who met Napper Tandy personally at one of the Irish revolutionary meetings, along with Wolfe Tone and others, describes Tandy as the ugliest man he ever saw; and I possess a portrait of him which would seem in a measure to bear out this statement. The most remarkable feature of the portrait is his enormous hooked nose, but the whole head is very big, which is certainly a curious coincidence, as the word " napper " is often used slangily for the head. No doubt MR. WOHLWILL is aware that Napper Tandy's fame will remain while the famous Irish rebel song ' The Wearing of the Green ' lasts, for in it occurs the line : I met with Napper Tandy, and he took me by the hand.

He received provisional rank as general in the French army, was acquitted on a legal point after his arrest at Hamburg, but was rearrested at Lifford, tried, and sentenced to death. Ultimately he was pardoned on condition of his leaving Ire- land, and he died at Bordeaux in 1803.

JOHX G. HOWE. 28, Ulverston Road, Wai tham stow.

Some modern researches into the doings of James Napper Tandy prior to. and after, his arrest at Hamburg may be found in ' Secret Service under Pitt,' by W. J. Fitz- patrick, published within the last ten years. There are also references in the Dropmore MSS. (Hist. MSS. Com.), vols. iv. and v.

In the Preface to vol. iv. the editor thus summarizes the letters in that volume :

Nov., 1798, and, although a French general and on neutral ground, had been arrested by order of the Senate and handed over to the British Govern- ment. As the Directory threatened vengeance for this insult, the Czar, apparently at Panim's instigation, sent a proposal to Berlin that an army composed of Russian, Prussian, British, and Danish troops should assemble in the vicinity of the menaced city for its defence. And Mr. Grenville instructed Sir James Craufurcl, the resident British Minister, secretly to persuade the principal inhabitants to receive a part of this composite force within their walls. Hamburg being within the line of territory allowed to remain neutral by France on the guarantee of Prussia, the success of this intrigue would have served the double purpose of embroiling these two powers and providing an advantageous starting-point for an expedition to Holland. But while Haugwitz [the Prussian Minister] gained time by an evasive answer to the Czar's proposal, the "citizens of Hamburg spoiled the project by refusing to admit a garrison." This was in March, 1799.
 * " Xapper Tandy had arrived at Hamburg in

In vol. v. of the Dropmore MSS., under date April, 1799, Lord Grenville writes :

"It is curious that while Craufurd writes of nothing but the Hamburgh jealousy of Russia, and desire to abide by Prussian protection exclusively, the Danes, who ought to know better, think that the exact reverse of this picture is the true one. I conclude from it that Messieurs les Hambourgeois are not a little afraid of all these great protectors, and I cannot much blame them for it. The Senate have written to me to beg leave to send Napper Tandy and his colleague about their business, but I am adamant.''

Tandy had not been actually delivered up to Great Britain while the Russian proposals were being debated ; and in the same volume there is a letter from the Czar to the Russian Minister at Hamburg conveying to the Senate his view that their neutral city had become a refuge for " vagabonds.'" and specially mentioning Tandy.

In the same volume (p. 80) there is a letter dated 3 June from Lord Grenville, which shows that he was beginning to regret his adamantine attitude of the previous April. He writes :

" The Emperor of Russia will oblige us to have our Irishmen, whom I could have been content to leave in prison where they are. If they are sent to us they must be hanged, and God knows they will deserve it."