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(1514), who substitutes Corinth in his Latin rendering ; while in the ' Proverbia Gallicana ' (1519), with Latin translations by Joannes ^Egidius Nuceriensis, we find :

On ne fit pas Rome en vng iour.

Non fuit in solo Roma peracta die. In F. Goedthals, ' Les Proverbes anciens, Flamengs et Frangois ' (1568), we hear how Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle (Coleri en Aken) were not built in a day. From these Suringar, in the majority of which Rome is the city, it can be seen how widely spread the proverb is. EDWAKD BENSLY.
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RELICS OF LONDON CHURCHES. The Anti- quary for January mentions two relics of London churches, the present whereabouts of which may be of interest to readers of 'N. &Q.

On the making of Queen Victoria Street, in or about 1874, Wren's church of St. Antholin, in Watling Street, was demolished. Its stone octagonal spire is now in the grounds of a house at Round Hill, Sydenham.

A stone baptismal font ornamented with cherubs' heads is now in Sydenham Wesleyan Methodist Church, built some fifty years ago. It stood formerly in the Church of St. Criles, Cripplegate, and was presented by one of its churchwardens to the Wesleyans after rescue from a lumber-room. Milton may have stood by it.

Could not the spire be more appropriately preserved in. some City museum or garden, and the font be restored to St. C4iles's ?

WlLMOT CORFIELD.

r ' PUNCH.' Any event in the history of Punch seems worth record in ' N. & Q.,' and as no reference to the innovation of a coloured wrapper has yet appeared, I venture to send this^note. The Index volumes do not reveal any" references to former alterations in the wrappers, and these also seem worth noting.

The first number of Punch was issued on 17 July, 1841, the cover being designed by A. S. Henning. In the early years it was customary to change the cover every six months, and in January, 1 842, the first was replaced by a design of H. K. Browne's, which in July was abandoned for the third design, by William Harvey. Sir John Gilbert de- signed the fourth cover, January, 1843, and Kenny Meadows the fifth in the following July. The cover of the first issue of the year 1844 was the work of " Dicky " Doyle, who in January, 1849, improved on this, and produced the delightful design which has

been used ever since, and, one hopes, will never be superseded. On 1 Oct., 1913, Punch appeared for the first time with the cover printed in colour.

ROLAND AUSTIN. Gloucester.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN ROME. I am collecting information about the English Church in Rome from its earliest date in 1816, and I should be much obliged if any one possessing old diaries or papers, or any information whatsoever, referring to English Church services held in Rome (from" 1816 to 1887), would send me extracts or copies of such references, with the names of the officiating clergy and the addresses of the houses where the services were held, before the room out- side the Porta del Popolo was rented for divine service in 1825. The names of the clergy and the addresses of the apart- ments where services were held are of special importance for the history of our English Church here.

MURIEL TALBOT WILSON.

195, Viale Regina, Rome.

ELYAS THE PRINTER. I should feel very grateful to any of your readers who could throw any light on the surname of " Elyas the Printer," who from the year 1495 to the year 1500 rented conjointly with William and John Wynkyn a tenement from the Abbot and Convent of Westminster. Elyas pays more than double the rent paid by the Wynkyns. Elyas is always called " the Printer," but the Wynkyns never until the year 1499, when John is styled " Emprenter." EDWARD J. L. SCOTT, Keeper of the Muniments. Westminster Abbey.

" WITHIN SOUND OF Bow BELLS." I have been told that a relation was married in London about 1780 " within the sound of Bow bells." Could any of your contributors tell me what churches would be included in this description, with a view to searching their registers for an entry of the marriage ? W. HAWKES STRUGNELL,

Commander R.N.

44, Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, W.