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1796 was gazetted lieutenant-colonel of the 95th Regiment of Foot. In 1800 Albany Wallis, the solicitor and friend of D. Garrick (vide ' Garrick's Friends,' 12 S. ii. 307), died, and left practically the whole of his large estate to Lady Bayly, with reversion to her son Lieut.-Col. Lewis Bayly on condition that the latter took the surname of Wallis. I am anxious to have some details of this Lieut.-Col. Lewis (Bayly) Wallis, particu- larly the date of his death.

ALECK ABRAHAMS.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. I know not flesh is holier than flesh, Nor blood than blood more choicely qualified, That scorn should live between them.

I am anxious for literary purposes to know the author of the above lines, and should be grateful for information.

REGINALD BARRATT.

God girt her about with the surges. The first line of a song sung at Edinburgh on the occasion of Mr. Massie's visit. C. S.

WILLIAM OF ORANGE INSCRIPTION. A medical gentleman in Norwich possesses a curious carving representing William of Orange in a floreated framework, embellished with oranges, and with the following in- scription :

WELEKOM O HOGE VOKST VINT BEIS MET VBEDE TRIT VOOBT VADERLAN ALS U VOOBSATE DED.

This Flemish inscription seems to have a letter or two missing, but has been trans- lated :

" Welcome, O High Prince, find 'rest with peace. Step forth for the Fatherland, as thou didst aforetime."

Both the carving and the words are interesting. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' suggest any origin for this memento, or any better rendering of the inscription ?

JAMES HOOPER.

92 Queen's Road, Norwich.

EWALD : SIR JOHN CUTLER. Quoting from Lord -Beaconsfield's early speeches, Alexander Ewald, the author of ' The Earl of Beaconsfield and his Times,' published in 1884, cites these enigmatic words : " You remember, gentlemen, the story of Sir John Cutler's hose." I should like to know the point of the sarcasm. What is the literary appraisement of Ewald' s work ? I have already formed high opinions of it, though only on the threshold.

M, L. R. BRESLAB.

Percy House, South Hackney, N.E.

STOCKER FAMILY. I should be glad if any correspondent could throw light on the connexion, if such existed, between the Stockers of Colyton and Sidmouth and those of London, who came originally from Eaton Socon, Beds. The earliest record I have of Stockers at Colyton is of 1646, and I am still of opinion that they came from Sidmouth (only a few miles away), where there were Stockers just a century earlier : I believe these came to Sidmouth from Sherborne and Poole, or possibly from Basingstoke, and if so can probably claim to be offshoots of the Beds family, for the Sherborne, Poole, and Basing- stoke Stockers use the arms, either singly or quartered, of Sir Wm. Stocker, 1485, who certainly belonged to the Beds family.

John Stocker was seized and imprisoned at Bremen when on an embassy to Prussia, whereupon the Government of that day, as stated in Patent Rolls 1453/24/5, imme- diately acted as follows :

" Commission to Thomas de Scales, Kt., Wm. Yelverton, and the Prior of Bishops Lynn, reciting that Mastr Thomas Kent, clerk to the Council, and John Stocker, citizen and merchant of London, sailing of late on an embassy of the King to Prussia, were taken by men of Lubeck and brought to Lubyk and there imprisoned, and some of that

town, to wit Henry, George Lang, and others,

came to Bishops Lynn with certain of then- goods and are still there, and the King by letters patent, by advice and consent of the Council, appointed the Mayor and Aldermen of Bishops Linn to enquire touching all men of Lubyke in the said town, and to arrest and keep them safely till further orders," &c.

This embassy is mentioned in Palgrave's ' Antient Kalendars ' and Rymer's ' Foedera.' CHARLES J. STOCKER STOCKER.

"!N COMMENDAM." Would any reader kindly give the origin of this phrase ? It looks like the first words in some old legal formula. T. LLECHID JONES.

LJysfaen Rectory, Colwyn Bay.

[First instance of phrase in 'N.E D.' dates from 1658. Use without "in" quoted from 1563-87; the quotation from Foxe would lead one to think earlier examples might well be found. " Commenda " is Med. Latin for "depositum," something held in charge. Used of a benefice held by a clerk or also a layman till the proper incumbent was forthcoming ;' and of a benefice of which the revenues went for life to some lay person.]

FOLK-TALE : THE KING AND THE FALCON. In a well-known folk-tale a king is accom- panied by his faithful falcon, which dashes the cup from his hand as he is drinking from a spring. The king in his anger kills the falcon, and discovers afterwards that the water is poisoned. I shall feel obliged for a reference to this tale. EMERITUS.