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 350 NOTES AND QUERIES. pi a vil May s, mi Edmond Beavob, Captain R.N. (d. 1745). —It would be interesting to know if Sir J. K. Laughton could add any new facts to his sketch of Capt. Beavor (cf. ' D.N.B.,' v. 70), particularly as to his identity and ancestry. It is said (ibid.) that he "was made a lieutenant on 2 March, 1733/4," but it appears that " the passing certificates do not give baptisms at this date." Some particulars as. to Capt. Beavor's naval services have been recovered from Admir- alty papers in the Public Record Office. In addition we have the following from Somerset House :— "29 Jany, 1746. Administration of the goods- chattells, and credits of Kdmund Beavor, late Com- ma ider of His Majesty's Ship Strombelo and Fox, esquire, a batehelor, deceased, was granted to Ann hmmitt (wife of William Emmitt), the sister and 'unn said deoeased. being first sworn."— The printed pedigrees of Beevor do not seem to mention him (cf., e.g., Burke's ' Visitation of Seats and Arms,' London, 1855, vol. v. 2nd pt. pp. 13-16). E. B. Dr. Fowler of York : Name of Painter Wanted.—Can any of your York readers inform me if a noted physician named Dr. Fowler lived there in the years 1750-1800 ? I believe he is mentioned in a ' Bijou Bio- graphy,' written by a certain Gordon, pub- lished years later. Oval portraits now exist of Dr. Fowler and his wife. The doctor is habited in a crimson coat, with ruffles, and wears a grey wig ; his wife is dressed in black with rose-coloured bows, and a lovely lace and lawn cap. Information may guide us to the painter. William Mercer. Barret : Bareyte.—Can any of your readers supply me with any details concern- ing a Barret (or Bareyte) who was Sheriff of London in 1309 ? Any hints as to how I am to obtain information would also be of use to me, as I am unused to such research, and may overlook sources of information which would be well known to the experi- enced genealogist. t, „ „ Thomas F. Barratt, Jun. Bell-Moor, Hampstead Heath. T [Th0 <1U0rist ""Xht write to our contributor Dr. K. K. bHARi'E, Records Clerk, at the Guildhall.] Collection of Tracts and Pamphlets at the London Institution.—It is pretty generally known that the London Institution possessed a very fine collection of tracts and pamphlets, and a catalogue of a portion of them (A-F), occupying 658 pp., was issued m 1840. Is the ultimate destination of this portion of the library settled yet ? A few months back it was rumoured that the Guildhall Library would probably ac- quire them, but I cannot learn if this has been confirmed or negatived. W. B. Geri8H. ' The Philosopher's Scales.'—I shall be much obliged if any of your readers will inform me where I can find a poem entitled ' The Philosopher's Scales.' (Mrs.) S. C. Denman. Tudor Lodge, Kamsgate. THE DATE-LETTERS OF OLD PLATE. (11 S. vii. 289, 338.) The work of Mr. C. Octavius Morgan upon this subject began at a meeting of the Archaeological Institute at Bristol, 1 Aug., 1851, when he made some remarks upon the assay- and year-marks used by goldsmiths (see Archceol. Journal, vol. viii. p. 330, 1851). He published the results of his labours in Archceol. Journal, vol. ix. pp. 126, 231, 313 (1852), and in vol. x. p. 33 (1853). These articles were not issued with any separate title-page, but some were put together in cloth covers as a thin book. The first two articles are upon ' The Assay- Marks on Gold and Silver Plate.' The third deals with provincial towns, and the fourth is called " Table of the Annual Assay Office Letters used in the marking plate from the earliest period of their use to the present time, together with a refer- ence to the various pieces of ancient plate which have been adopted as authorities for the same, by C. Octavius Morgan, M.P., F.S.A. London, Pub- lished at the Office of the Institute, 26, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall East." Mr. Octavius Morgan died at The Friars, Newport, Mon., 5 August, 1888. Since 1853 the following books, &c, have been issued on the same subject:— 1860. W. Chaffers published 'A Chronological List of London Plate-Marks' on a folio sheet. 1865. Chaffers's sheet of marks blossomed into a book, which has many times since been reprinted. 1872. Alfred Lutschaunig, the Manager of the Liverpool Assay Office, issued 'TheBook of Hall- Marks ; or, Manual of Reference for the Gold- and Silversmith. Illustrated with forty - six plates showing the hall-marks of the different Assay towns of the United Kingdom.' &c. London, John Canidem Hotten. This is a useful little book, with excellent plates, and much information. 1878. Wilfred Joseph Cripps issued his 'Old English Plate its Makers and Marks, with improved tables of the date-letters used in Eng- land, Scotland, and Ireland. Founded upon the