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JOUSTERANT, MINIATURE PAINTER. Is

anything known of a miniature painter named Jousterant, who flourished in 1795 ? I possess a miniature on ivory of Lieut. Charles Hardy, 80th Regiment, in uniform, signed and dated, " Jousterant, 1795."

LEONARD C. PRICE. Ewell, Surrey.

SOURCES OF SOUTHEY'S ' THALABA.' The subjects treated of in Southey's ' Thalaba the Destroyer ' are said by him to have been derived from some "'Arabian Tales." The present writer has, during many years' study of. Arabic, sought to discover such tales, without success. Can any of your readers assist him in this search ? Whence is the name " Dorndaniel," "which has nothing Arafcic about it, taken (or mistaken) ?

NORTON POWLETT, Col.

A FELLOW-LODGER OF BENJAMIN FRANK- LIN. In the ' Life of Benjamin Franklin ' published in 1826 (p. 31) we are told of a fellow-lodger of his in Duke Street, opposite the Catholic chapel, who was " a maiden lady, by choice and habit a nun. She devoted her small estate to charity, and lived entirely on water-gruel ; was cheerful and health- ful ; and her superstition moved Franklin's com- passion."

Could any one tell who this lady was ? Perhaps some member of the Catholic Record Society could identify her.

F. R. B.

ISABEL HEYWOOD AND PRINCE LEOPOLD. In Joseph Foster's ' Baronetage and Knightage ' for 1883 we find under Heywood of Claremont, co. Lane., Bart. (1838, U.K.)., the following notes of relatives :

"Samuel [Heywoodl, serj.-at-law, and a Welsh judge, b. 8 Oct., 1753, d. 11 Sept., 1828, having m. 1 Jan., 1781, Susan, dau. of John Cornwall, Esq., of London ; she d. 19 Jan., 1822, having had with other issue two daus." The second daughter is thus described :

" Bell, or Isabel, for whom her father refused the hand of Prince Leopold, before he was chosen as husband of Princess Charlotte. She d. unm." When did this marriage project take place ? A. FRANCIS STEUART.

FEMALE NOVELISTS, 1785-1815. 1. Who was the husband of Sophia Bouverie, authoress of * St. Justin ' (London, 1808) ? What were her dates ?

2. Who was Mrs. Boys, authoress of


 * The Coalition,' 1785 ?

3. Who was Mary A. C. Bradshaw, authoress of ' Ferdinand and Ordella,' 1810 ?

4. Who was Mrs. Bridget, authoress of


 * Mortimer Hall,' 1811 ?

5. Who was Mrs. A. Bristow, translator of 'The Maniac,' 1810?

6. Who was Eliza Bromley, translator of ' Cave of Consenza,' 1803 ?

7. Who was Caroline Burney, authoress of ' Seraphina,' 1809? Was she married ?

8. Who was Mrs. Burton, authoress of Fugitive ' ? Who was her husband ?
 * Laura, or the Orphan,' 1797, and of ' The

9. Who was Mrs. H. Butler, authoress of ' Vensenshon ; or, Love's Mazes,' 1806 ? Who was her husband ?

10. Who was Mrs. Byron, authoress of 4 Anti-Delphine,' 1806; 'Drelincourt and Rodalvi,' 1807 ; and ' The Borderers,' 1812 ? Who was her husband ? Ei C.

E. CASHIN. There are nineteen pictures mostly water-colour of old Bristol, 18218, in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, by this artist. Is anything known of him ?

F. W. C.

Clifton.

' THE FINAL TOAST.' A song with this title was written by E. J. Crow, afterwards organist of Ripon Cathedral, about 1872 ; is anything now known of the words or music ? J. T. T.

DEATH WARRANTS.

(12 S. i. 49.)

THE King does not sign " death warrants." The ' N.E.D.' gives, as an illustration of the word " death warrant," a quotation from ' The Queen's Resolve,' by C. Bullock, which is as follows :

" Before Parliament relieved her of the necessity, she [Queen Victoria] had to sign the death warrant of all prisoners sentenced to suffer capital punishment."

It is curious that this is a mistake, for the Queen never had to sign a death warrant. Pulling, in ' Laws and Customs, &c., of London,' in defining the duties of the Recorder of London, states (p. 18) :

" At the conclusion of each session [of the Central Criminal Court] he prepares a report of the case of every felon capitally convicted within the City of London and County of Middlesex, for the information and consideration of the Queen in council, and afterwards attends to take the directions of the Crown, under advice of the Privy Council. It then becomes the duty of the Recorder to issue his warrant for the reprieve or execution of the criminal."