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Lord Baltimore's body lay in state at the Exeter Exchange at the end of January, 1772.

Perhaps MB. ERIC R. WATSON, who has made such extensive researches amongst the Sessions Papers and Record Office Criminal Entry Books, can give us further information about this famous pickpocket.

HOBACE

RICHARD PARRY, divine, " son of Hugh Parry, was born in Bury Street, St. James's, London, in 1722 " (' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' xliii. 383). Can any correspondent of ' N. & Q.' supply me with the full date of Parry's birth, and the maiden name of his mother ? G. F. R. B.

MAJOR PARSONS was father of John Parsons, M.D., Reader in Anatomy at Oxford University. According to the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.' he was a Major " of the Dragoons, who resided principally in Yorkshire " (xliii. 405). I should be glad to ascertain the Christian names and the regiment of Major Parsons, the particulars of his marriage, and the date and place of his death.

G. F. R. B.

RICHARD RELHAN, JUN. Wanted any information respecting him, his life or death. His father was the Rev. Richard Relhan, the famous botanist, Chaplain of King's College, Cambridge, who died in 1823.

R. HEFFER.

Saffron Walden.

AUTHOR WANTED : LINES ON SPRING :

It's a sense of renovation, of freshness, and of

health, A casting-off of sordid care, a carelessness of

wealth,

A burst, a gasp, a gurgle, a wish to shout and sing, As, filled with joy and gladness, we hail thee,

gentle Spring.

A. D.

OLD MS. Music IN PARIS. According to a Hungarian author, there is a statement in the Revue de r Orient for July 28, 1889, that a fourteenth-century MS. in the Paris Bibliotheque Nationale contains " une riche collection d'airs nationaux magyars, dont la date est anterieure a 1'arrivee des Boh^miens en Hongrie."

I cannot find the Revue in the British Museum, nor any mention of the MS. in question in the Index to the first thirty volumes of the well-known Notices et Extraits. Could any reader kindly inform me where else I could look for information about this MS. ? L. L. K.

ENLISTMENT AS A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. In transcribing the " Return of all men of the 92nd Regiment of Infantry who served in the Battle of Waterloo, or in any of the actions that immediately preceded it " (P.R.O., W.O. 12 ; 9332), I find, as far as I have gone, that in every case where the birth of the soldier is given (and they are recorded where he enlisted under the age of 18), the day of the week and month coincides with the similar day in the year of his en- listment. Can any reader tell me whether the birthday was calculated by the autho- rities as coinciding with the enlisting day ? Or was it a practice for boys to 'list on their birthdays ?

I may add that one must look to fthe regimental pay lists (class W.O. 12) of the period to get the names of the rank and file who were wounded in battle, though not fatally so. The fatal casualties are contained in the Casualty Registers in class W.O. 25. J. M. BULLOCH.

FRENCH AND ENGLISH.' The Bodleian Library possesses
 * AMUSING AND INSTRUCTIVE FABLES IN

" Amusing and Instructive Fables In French and Enylish. Divided into Sections ; and The two Languages answering almost verbatim, for the greater Conveniency of LEARNERS. The Whole illustrated with Copper Plates. Design'd principally for SCHOOLS. The THIRD EDITION, Carefully Corrected and Improved. LONDON : Printed for S. HARDING, at the Bible and Anchor on the Pavement in St. Martin's- Lane, 1747."

It is bound up with " Part II. Second Edition," of the same press and date. The Catalogue of the British Museum, and the ' Bibliotheca Britannica ' of Robert Watt, do not mention this work. By whom was it written, and when did it first appear ? The editor, or author, speaks of himself in the Preface in the singular number, and of " the beauty and excellency of Esop's Fables." In the second part the woodcut on p. 8 is signed " F. H. fecit " ; nineteen others are marked " W. P." ; and the rest are un- claimed. E. S. DODGSON, M.A.

KNIGHTHOOD AND COAT ARMOUR. I should be glad to know if it is compulsory, when knighthood is conferred, for the recipient to register his arms and crest, or, should he not already possess any, to obtain a grant from the Heralds' College. I have come across some instances of Knights whose arms and crest are not recognized by the Heralds' College. LEONARD C. PRICE.

Essex Lodge, Ewell.