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 292 NOTES AND QUERIES. [1I & VLL April 12,1913. ' Great Historical Picture of the Siege of Acre ' (11 S. vii. 227).—The pam- phlet is evidently a guide to one of Porter's pictures exhibited at the Lyceum Theatre at the end of the eighteenth century, when its fortunes were at a very low ebb. Its vicissitudes are well described in the follow- ing extract from ' Haunted London,' p. 171, which also incidentally answers Mr. Dib- di.v's query :— " The Lyoeum in 1789-9* was the arena of all ex|ieriraenter»,—of Charles Dihdin and his 'Sans rSouci,' of the ex-soldier Astley's feats of horseman- ship, of Cartwright's'Musical Glasses,' of Philips- Ul s successful 'Phantasmagoria.' Lonsdale's ' Kxyptiana' (paintings of Egyptian scenes, by Porter, Mulready. Pugh, and Cristall), with a lecture, was a failure. Here Ker Porter exhibited hi» large pictures of Lodi, Acre, and the siege of Seringapatam. Then came Palmer with his Por- traits,' Collins with his ' Evening Brush,' Incledon with his ' Voyage to India,' Bologna with his ' Phan- tascopia,' and Lloyd with his 'Astronomical Exhi- bition.' Subscription concerts, amateur theatri- cals, debating societies, and schools of defence were also tried here. One day it was a Roman Catholic chapel; next day the Panther Mare and Colt,' the ' White Negro (Jirl,' or the 'Porcupine Man' held their levee of dui>es and gapers in its changeful rooms." Alan Stewart. This work was painted by Robert ,Ker Porter (1777-1842). Vide 'D.N.B.,' xlvi. 191. The evidence of its having been exhibited at the Lyceum is provided by the title of the pamphlet, and a reference in ' The Panorama, with Memoir of its Inventor Hubert Barker,' an excellent summary con- tributed by G. R. Corner to The Art Journal, February, 1857:— " Mr. Robert Ker Porter painted and exhibited at the Lyceum three great historical pictures of the storming of Heringapatam in 1799, of the siege of Acre, and of the battle of Alexandria, March 21, 1801." Presumably ' Tho Siege of Acre ' was exhibited in 1801 ; it is not mentioned in ' The Picture of London for 1802,' published by Sir Richard Phillips, Fobruary, 1802. Aleck Abrahams. TMk. J. Ardaoii also thanked for reply.] Richard Simon : Lambert Simnel (11 S. vii. 129, 194, 256).—G. W.'s reply at the lust reference is very interesting. Simnel is certainly a mysterious person as to origin, and one wishes it were possible to solve the enigma. But it seems extremely doubtful whether his parentage will ever be satis- factorily determined. Bacon says :— " And as for Simnel, there was not much in htm, more than that he was a handsome boy, and did not shame his robes. But this youth, of whom wc now are to speak [Perkin Warbeek], was such a mercurial, as the like hath seldom been known " ; and proceeds to suggest that Perkin may have been a natural son of Edward IV. But this insinuation is founded upon an error of Bacon's—to wit, that the pretender was the King's godson. John Ford in his fine play ' Perkin War- beck ' introduces Simnel in the last act ; wherein he gives good advice, somewhat belated, to his less fortunate successor in rebellion, which Warbeek scornfully rejects. Ford makes Henry say of Simnel, earlier in the play :— Lambert, the eldest, lords, is in our service, Preferred by an officious care of duty From the scullery to a falconer ; strange example ! Which shows the difference between noble natures And the base-born. Col. Drake (US. vii. 228).—Can he be the following ?— William Tyrwhitt Drake, s. Thomas, of Chadlington, Oxon, arm. Christ Church, matric. 3 May, 1803, aged 17; lieut.-colonel Royal Horse Guards Blue; M.P. Amersham in seven Parliaments (Nov.) 1810-33; died 21 Dec, 1848. A. R. Bayley. Lino Family (US. vii. 230).—Nicholas Ling, the publisher of the first edition of ' Hamlet,' was a well-known bookseller in St. Paul's Churchyard. He was (1) at " The Mermaid " in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1580-83; (2) West Door of St. Paul's Church, 1584-92 ; (3) North-West Door of St. Paul's Church, 1593-6; (4) at the Little West Door of St. Paul's Church, 1597 : (5) in St. Dunstan's Churchyard in Fleet Street, 1600-7. He was the son of John Ling, or Lyng, of Norwich, " parchement maker," and he was apprenticed to Henry Bynneman for eight years from Michaelmas, 1570. Bynneman had " The Mermaid" shop in Knightrider Street, and also a stall in St. Paul's Churchyard. For facility of reference I place in chronological order such facts as are known about Ling. 1570, 29 Sept. " Nycholas Lynge, the Sonne of John Lynge of the Cetie of Norwych, parche- ment maker, hath putt hym self apprentis to henry bynyman, cetizen and staconer of London, from the feaste of Saynt Mychell."—Arber's ' Transcripts,' i. 434. 1577, 25 May. Nicholas Lingo bachelor, of St. Olave's, Hart Street, and Mary Springhani, spinster, of St. Bartholomew in the Exchange. London, general licence 25 May, 1577. — Vide Chester's ' London Marriage Licences ' (1887), p. 817. 1579, 19 Jan. " Nicholas Lynge, receiued of him for his admission freeman of this Cumpanie, Dinner paid... .iii* iiijd."—Introduced by Henry Bynneman, his employer.