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of the guardroom. Eventually run over and killed, its head and neck may still be seen at the Horse Guards, decorated with a collar bearing the words " Died on Duty."

I have some notes of other regimental pets. R. J. FYNMORE.

BAPTISM, 1644 (12 S. i. 50). The " new fashion " at this reference is merely another record of the result of Puritan ascendancy, when the use of fonts was forbidden, arid their place was taken by a basin. See pp. 173, 174, of ' English Church Furniture,' by Dr. J. Charles Cox (1907), and the same .author's ' Churchwardens' Accounts ' (pp. 155-7), published in 1913. A. C. C.

According to the Directory, which super- seded the Prayer Book in *1644, the child "was to be baptized in church, but " not in the places where Fonts in the .time of Popery were unfitly and superstitiously placed."

It is also therein stated that the minister "" is to baptize the child with water : which for the manner of doing it, is not only lawfull, but sufficient and most expedient to be, by pouring or sprinckling of the water on the face of the ohild, without adding any other ceremony." Cox (1610), 36.
 * The Parish Registers of England,' by Dr. J. C.

A. K. BAYLEY.

BARON WESTBURY : MOCK EPITAPH (US. xii. 422, 464 ; 12 S. i. 10, 18)." He abolished the time-honoured institution of the Insol- vents' Court." There was up to 1861 a " Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors In England." Sir Richard Bethell, when Attorney-General, by " The Bankruptcy Act, 1861," abolished this Court, and all the jurisdiction and powers of such Court were transferred to " the Court of Bankruptcy." The Insolvents' Court dealt with persons who were not traders. I may say by the way that Charles Phillips was one of the Commissioners of the Insolvents' Court from 1846 until 1858. The proceedings of this Court were often highly amusing.

" The ancient mode of conveying land." Lord Westbury when Lord Chancellor in 1862, by "An Act to facilitate the Proof of Title to, and the Conveyance of, Real Estate," altered the mode of conveying land.

" The eternity of punishment," &c. I am afraid I can say little more on this subject in addition to what I have already written, and must refer BARRULE to the decision of the Privy Council with reference to the charge against Mr. Wilson in Article 14. See that part of the judgment in ' The Annual

Register ' for 1864, p. 245, which is too long for me to quote.

The writer of the epitaph evidently con- sidered that the judgment of the Privy Council in effect decided that " orthodox members of the Church of England " need no longer believe that sinners were made to suffer eternal misery in hell that is, hell as generally believed in.

I should like to call BARRULE'S attention to W. B. H.'s reply at p. 18, in which he explains the line " He was an eminent Christian."

The mock epitaph was considered at the time of its publication to be excellent from beginning to end, and BARRULE must bear in mind that a jeu d' esprit should not be examined too critically.

HARRY B. POLAND.

Inner Temple.

OIL-PAINTING (12 S. i. 29). The following are among the best modern books on oil- painting : Collier (John), ' A Manual of Oil Painting,' 1903.

Cassell, 2s. Qd. Ganz (H. F. W.), ' Practical Hints on Painting,

Composition, Landscape, and Etching,' 1905.

Gibbings, 2s. Qd. net. (Out of print.) Solomon (S. J.), ' The Practice of Oil Painting

and of Drawing as associated with It ' (New

Art Library), 1910, Seeley, 6s. net.

ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

For the purpose of studying the art of oil-painting it is essential to visit the nearest art gallery and copy one of the oil-paintings there. As a farther help to the study I think the following standard works may be of great assistance :

Landscape Painting in Oils,' by Alfred East, 1907.

Six Lectures on Painting,' by G. Clausen.

The Theory and Practice of Painting in Oil and

Water Colours,' by T. H. Fielding, 1852. Elements of Drawing,' by John Ruskin. The Practice of Oil Painting and Drawing,' by

S. J. Solomon.

E. E. BARKER.

WILLIAM LETHEUILIER (US. xii. 400, 449, v. sub ' Biographical Information Wanted '). The following information may be useful to G. F. R. B. In the year 1732 Capt. John Lethieulier resided at Brea, co. Kildare. He was a son of Mr. William Lethieulier of Clapham, Surrey, " an eminent Turkey merchant," and uncle of Mr. John Loveday, who acquired considerable reputation as an antiquary. Capt. John Lethieulier died in 1738, and was succeeded by his son, William Lethieulier, who married, May 22, 1738, Elizabeth, second daughter of the Hon.