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 11 8. VII. May34,1913.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 413 him, by way of securing him against the intrigues of Philip Augustus (see Hume's ' History,' chap, xi., under ' John '). M. A. Biggs. 1. In ' The Encyclopaedia Britannica,' in the article on ' Knighthood,' mention is made of members of the Berkeley family who were knighted at a very early age, viz., the Lord Maurice IV. in 1338, at the age of seven, and Lord Thomas V. in 1476, at the age of five (? four). The reason in both cases is said to have been to avoid the risk of wardship in chivalry. G. F. D. 1. " Mad Madge of Newcastle," as some of her contemporaries called her, wrote thus of her husband, William Cavendish:— " He was made Knight of the Bath, when he was but 15 or 16 years of Age, at the Creation of Henry, Prince of Wales, King James's Eldest Son." Mr. M. A. Lower, who edited the memoirs of this hero and of his wife in the " Library of Old Authors," says : " This is probably the only instance of a knighthood conferred upon so young a boy." It is rather sur- prising that he did not know of some of the instances quoted by Mb. W. D. Pink. St. Swithik. 'The Tomahawk' (11 S. vii. 369).— The first number of The Tomahawk appeared on 11 May, 1867, and I think it ceased to appear some time at the end of 1868 or beginning of 1869. The whole history of its rise and fall, and the names of its con- tributors, are given in chap. v. of ' The a Becketts of Punch,' by Arthur William a Beckett. Matt Morgan's clever cartoons in it caused a good deal of stir at the time, I remember. Willoughby MjWCOCK The whole history of its birth, its career, and its untimely decease will be found in ' The a Becketts of Punch,' by Arthur William a Beckett, an entertaining book which, the author tells us. he wrote in little more than a fortnight, and which was published by Archibald Constable & Co. in 1903. Galloway Fraser. Strawberry Hill. The Reference Library here has the first eighty-six numbers of The Tomahawk (11 May, 1867, to 26 Dec., 1868). The British Museum records an incomplete set ending with No. 186. No. 81 (21 Nov., 1868) gives the editor's name as Arthur a Beckett on the caption title, and this is repeated on the five subsequent numbers. The first number contained 12 pp., and the last of our set (No. 86) only 4 pp. and a cartoon. A full-page cartoon was issued with each number, and these are mostly by Matt Morgan, and are printed in coloured ink. Archibald Sfarke, F.R.S.L. Bolton. The paper named appeared weeklv, price 2rf., from 11 May, 1867, to (I believe)* 26 June, 1869. The cartoons in it by Matt Morgan, so far from being " a few," appeared in each number, and now constitute the chief value of a set of the periodical to its comparatively few possessors. An account of how The Tomahawk achieved notoriety by an open letter in its fifth number, signed " The Staff," and addressed to Queen Victoria, reflecting on her persistent seclu- sion from public functions, and emphasized by a cartoon of unmistakable meaning, but made some amends by later aid of pen and pencil, is to be found in ' Mr. Punch, his Predecessors and Contemporaries,' an article by Sir F. C. Burnand which appeared in The Pall Mall Magazine for March, 1903. W. B. H. A complete history of this paper will be found in ' The a Becketts of Punch,' by Arthur William a Beckett (1903), the author having been part-proprietor and editor of The Tomahawk from first to last. It was the heavy debts incurred by this publication which caused (so I was told) Matt Morgan (the cartoonist and also a partner) to emi- grate to the United States, where, however, his splendid artistic abilities at once assured him of a hearty welcome. He died in America in 1890. Herbert B. Clayton. 39, Renfrew Road, Lower Kennington Lane. No doubt this particular volume has been preserved because of two of its cartoons which reflected upon the then Queen and Prince of Wales, and which raised a storm of protest. A good account of it, although it does not answer Mr. Scott's query as to The Toma- hawk's term of existence, may be read in ' The Savage Club,' by Aaron Watson, 1907, pp. 136-42. E. G. B. This very satirical weekly paper enjoyed only a short life. I recollect, as a boy, taking it in regularly for a while. But it was considered of too strong a flavour for the family-circle, and in consequence became forbidden. Cecil Clarke. Junior Athenaeum Club. [Mr. A. Masson and St. Swithix also thanked for replies.)