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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. vi. OCT. 19, 1912.

No lists of the papers and lectures given in 1828 and 1830 are extant. The reason alleged for this deficiency in the case of the year 1828 makes one wonder if Mr. Piper was a good man of business : " The 6th Report lost in the hands of the Rev. H. H. Piper, and therefore not printed."

Mr. Piper was President of the Society in this year 1828. He was a Vice-President in 1826. 1827, 1834, 1837, 1840, and 1841. and a Member of the Council in 1823 (the first year of the Society's existence), 1825, 1830. 1831, 1832. 1835, 1836, 1838, and 1842. In 1843 his name disappears from the list of proprietors, and in 1846 he was elected an Honorary Member. He is then described as " the Rev. Henry Hunt Piper of Banbury." G. C. MOOKE SMITH.

Sheffield.

A good deal of information respecting him may be found in ' Peeps into the Past : the Diaries of Thomas Asline Ward,' edited by A. B. Bell, with Introduction and Anno- tations by R. E. Leader, B.A., Sheffield, 1909. The Index, which is one of the best of its kind, gives no less than 122 references to him and his near relatives. E. G. B.

ROBERT DENTON (11 S. vi. 169, 274). Through a regrettable oversight, the point of my reply on p. 274 was lost. I omitted to include the baptism, in December, 1680, of Robert, son of Samuel Denton.

LEO C.

LONDON BRIDGE (11 S. vi. 209). The pamphlet mentioned by MR. ALECK ABRAHAMS was reviewed at considerable length in The Mechanic s Magazine for 1831 (vol. xv. pp. 370, 394, 434), the last instalment being signed " C. V.," which probably stood for Charles Vignoles, a well- known engineer of that day. There was much discussion in The Mechanic s Magazine on the subject of London Bridge during the years 1828-32, to which Mr. Christopher Davy was the most prominent contributor. He wrote a series of articles on the bridges over the Thames ; the first of these appeared on 16 Aug., 1829, and the series came to an abrupt conclusion on 19 Feb., 1832 (vol. xvi. p. 355). But on 31 March he resumed the subject by the publication of a ' Report of the Present State of the New London Bridge,' in the course of which he refers to the circumstance that he was accom- panied in his survey by the editor of the magazine. It is very evident that the editor was in close touch with Mr. Christopher

Davy, and also with the author of the ' Professional Survey,' the publisher of which was identical with the publisher of the magazine. It is highly probable that Christopher Davy was the author of the pamphlet in question ; but your corre- spondent will be able to satisfy himself by comparing it with Davy's articles above alluded to. It will be interesting to know the result of his investigations.

R. B. P.

FIREBACKS (11 S. vi. 230). I have just seen in the shop of a Devonshire dealer three interesting pieces of ironwork. Two are firebacks of probably Stuart design, and have solid i.e., flat backs. The third is rectangular in shape, the moulded design being that of Leonardo da Vinci's ' Last Supper.' Its back is hollow i.e., it follows the moulding. Can this be a fireback ? If so, is it not a very unusual piece ? I may add that all three were bought in or near Cheltenham, so that apparently Glouces- tershire may boast her ironwork as Sussex does hers. The museums of Lewes, Hast- ings, and Brighton contain not able examples of local firebacks, which seem to have been made from the sixteenth century onward.

Some further particulars may be found in Mr. Arthur Hayden's ' Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture ' (Unwin, 1912). MARGARET LAVINGTON.

BRINDLE ARMS (11 S. vi. 251). I have never seen any record of the arms of Brindle (de Burnhull) in any MS. of the arms of Lancashire gentry, nor in any of the heraldic Visitations. The quarterings of Gerard of Bryn do not include any coat that can be attributed to Brindle, a circumstance which seems to indicate that none such was ever known. W. FARRER.

Over Kellet.

'ST. JOHNSTOITN' (11 S. vi. 252). I have a note that ' St. Johnstoun ; or, John, Earl of Gowrie,' an historical novel in three volumes, is by Eliza Logan. She also wrote " Restalrig, a Novel by the author of ' St. Johnstoun,' " 2 vols., 1829.

I know nothing about her. I have no recollection of ever having seen the query, or should have answered it, as my note was mad some twenty-five years ago (10 S. ii. 407). RALPH THOMAS.

SHEFFIELD FAMiLYT(ll S. vi. 231). In reply to the query, Who was " John, Lord Sheffelde" ? see G. E. C.'s 'Complete Peer- age,' vol. viii. p. 125 N. I. N.