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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. ix. MAY 23, 1914.

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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.

SONCEF FAMILY IN RUSSIA AND AME- RICA. The following occurs in several Russian genealogical works :

" Kn. Oleg (Olaf) Soncef served in the American army, and was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Of his posterity little is known ; his great-grandson, Olaf or Oleg Niclsson, was living in 1852, when he was settled in Bjorsater, East Gothia."

Any information concerning the American branch of the Soncef family would be welcomed. EDELLEUTE.

Riga,

GENERAL FRANCIS COLUMBINE. Sarah Elizabeth Columbine died here in 1813, at the age of 100 years, and is buried in the chancel of this church. I am desirous of obtaining information as to where her relative General Francis Columbine, who was Governor of Gibraltar in the eighteenth century, was born and died. I understand that a family of that name held a prominent position in Norwich in the same century, one of its members being thrice Mayor of Norwich. ARTHUR B. BALDWIN, Rector.

Collyweston Kectory, Stamford.

[Peter Columbine, Mayor of Norwich 1755, and his son Francis, Mayor in 1776, appear in Mr. Walter Rye's account of the family in his 'Norfolk Families' (Norwich, Goose & Son, 1913). The General is not mentioned.]

TIPPOO SAHIB'S STICK. We possess a heavy walking-stick of some hard wood, boldly carved in spiral so as to have a twisted effect. The ferrule is 6 in. long. The head of the stick bears a sma.ll silver plate with the inscription :

Tippoo Saib Feby, 1792.

Unfortunately, however, I am ignorant of its history, knowing only that it came into my grandfather's possession many years ago in this town. Are any similar mementoes of this ruler known to exist ? and if so, what is their history ? MARGARET LAVINGTON. Chudlcigh House, Bideford.

SILVIO PELLICO'S ' DUTIES OF MAN.' Is there an English version of ' The .Duties of Man ' (' Dei Doveri degli Uomini ') by Silvio Pellico ? If so, is it scarce, or can one obtain a copy without great difficulty ?

EALA.

HERALDIC. Are the following arms genuine, and known to have been borne by any person or community at any time- between the origin of armorial bearings and the early part of last century in England ? This query has a direct bearing on an anti- quarian question of great difficulty. The arms are these (tinctures unknown) : Above an object apparently intended to be a fusil, two annulets ; at middle base point a scallop. R. J. WALKER.

Little Holland House, Kensington, W.

BAGNIO IN CHANCERY LANE. I shall be very glad if any reader of ' N. & Q.' can supply me with some details of a Bagnio that "existed somewhere, in Chancery Lane at about the beginning of the eighteenth century as to its site, when it was opened, &c. Hatton, in his ' New View of London,' 1708, just mentions it, but without giving any particulars ; it is also incidentally mentioned in The Spectator, No. 332, 21 March, 1712, thus : " Having recourse both to the Bagnio in Newgate Street, and to that in Chancery Lane. ..." None of the standard histories of London mention it. ALFRED S. FOORD.

OLD ETONIANS. I shall be grateful for information regarding any of the following : (1) Beeby, Robert, admitted 7 July, 1765, left 1772. (2) Bell, Matthew, admitted 1C Sept., 1755, left 1762. (3) Belt (Thomas ?), Robert, admitted 28 Oct., 1762, left 1763. (4) Benson, George, admitted 28 May, 1759, left 1764. (5) Best, James, admitted 14 Sept., 1763, left 1768. (6) Bigland, Edward, admitted 15 Nov., 1760, left 1762. (7) Bingham, H., admitted 30 April, 1756, left 1757. (8) Bishop, James, admitted 7 Sept., 1764, left 1772. (9) Bishop, John, admitted 7 Sept., 1764, left 1771. (10) Blake, Arthur, admitted 12 Sept., 1760, left 1761. (11) Blake, Benjamin, admitted 10 Jan., 1757, left 1760. (12) Blake, Nicholas, admitted 9 Sept., 1759, left 1760. R, A. A.-L.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.

Imperious, and yet forlorn,

Came through the silence of the trees

The echo of a golden horn, Calling to distances.

HARMATOPEGOS.

Can any of your readers tell me in what burlesque or play the following lines occur ? Whalley 's joined the Jesuit?, And Wagner 's found a tune.

A. GWYTHER.

Windham Club.