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porated with the Marylebone Road. This Southampton Row was the name indicating the houses on the north side of the thorough- fare, and extended from Chapel Street to the Edgware Road. The site in question formed a portion of the estate of the late Mr. Benjamin Bond-Cabbel.

J. LANDFEAB Luc AS. Glendora, Hindhead, Surrey.

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.

ITALIAN OPERA IN ENGLAND. I have been requested by Dr. Tage E. Bull of Copenhagen to ask the following questions :

1. When were the following Italian operas performed in London for the first time ? (a) ' La Merope,' by Da Ponte, music by Fr. Bianehi, about 1799 ; (b) ' La capricciosa corretta,' by Da Ponte, music by Martini, about 1795 (?) ; (c) ' Aci e Galatea,' by (?), music by Fr. Bianchi, about 1795 (?) ; (d) ' Isola del piacere, or the Island of Pleasure,' by Da Ponte, music by Martini, about 1795 (?) ; (e) ' Armida,' by Da Ponte, music by Bianchi, about 1795 (?).

2. What is the title of the cantata which Da Ponte and Bianchi composed together for the wedding (April 8, 1795) of the future King George IV., and when was this cantata produced ?

I shall be obliged if readers of ' N. & Q.' can answer them.

HORACE BLEACKLEY.

MEDIAEVAL ALABASTER PANEL. In 1746 Stukeley, in his ' Palaeographica Britannica,' illustrated an English mediaeval alabaster panel, depicting the head of St. John on a charger, beneath which is a seated and bound figure of Christ, flanked by St. Peter, who wears a tiara and carries a church, and St. Paul, who holds a book and a sword. Above these are St. Catherine, who holds a wheel and sword, and St. Margaret, who holds a cross. Above St. John is a vesica, containing his soul, supported by two angels, emerging from clouds. This panel has apparently been lost sight of since the date of the publication of Stukeley's work, and it would be of much interest if any reader could afford any information which would lead to the discovery of its present location. PHILIP NELSON.

Beech wood, Calderstones, Liverpool.

W. B. HULME, ESQ., HALIFAX, N.S. I have a portrait of this gentleman on metal in naval uniform, holding in his hand a plan. of a fort. I should be interested to know something more about his history, his- connexion with Halifax, and if he has left any descendants. JOHN LANE.

The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, W.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.

1. " This world is but a thoroughfare full' of woe."

2. " The insupportable fatigue of thought."

3. " Those that are perfect men do not easily give credit to every tale."

4. " The most unhappy man of men."

5. " Greatest of losses on the lone peak: slain of Alp-like virtue."

6. Who " saw life steadily and saw it whole " ?

7. What is it that " imagination boggles- at " ? C. J. HOIJLIS.

Holy Trinity Vicarage, Worthing.

[6. Sophocles, as described in Matthew Arnold's* sonnet * To a Friend ' :

But be his

My special thanks, whose even-balanced soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild p Who saw life steadily and saw it whole ; The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus, and its child 1.

7- Is our correspondent thinking of 11. 280 ff. in? Browning's ' The Ring and the Book,' ' Giuseppe^ Caponsacchi '?

The Jews who needs must, in their synagogue, Utter sometimes the holy name of God, A thing their superstition boggles at "]

JOHN RANBY, F.R.S., SERJEANT-SURGEON^ According to the ' D.N.B.,' xlvii. 267, he was the son of Joseph Ranby of St. Giles-in- the-Fields. I should be glad to ascertain. the date of his birth, and the maiden name- of his mother. G. F. R. B.

CHARLES BADHAM, M.D., FJl.S., Regius Professor of Physic in the University of Glasgow, married Margaret, daughter of John Campbell, and cousin of Thomas Campbell the poet. Two of his sons., Charles Badham and Charles David Badham r figure in the ' D.N.B.,' vol. ii. pp. 386-8. Did the Regius Professor have any other children ? If so, I shall be glad to learn some particulars of them.

G. F. R. B.

ARCHDEACON EDMUND PRYS'S ' SALMATT.' Can any musical reader identify author- ship or origin of the collection of twelve Welsh hymn-tunes in the earliest edition, of his versified Psalms ?

ANEURIN WILLIAMS-