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SAMUEL BTTLL, CAPTAIN OF Co WES CASTLE, I. W. My friend CANON DEEDES recently came across a rare little book, " Vox Coeli ; or, Philosophical, Historical!, and Theologi- cal Observations of Thunder .... By Robert Dingley, M.A., once Fellow of Magdalene College in Oxford ; now Minister of Gods Word at Brixton [Brightstone] in the Isle

of Wight London 1658." Pref. and

174 pages.

The Epistle Dedicatory is "To my honoured friend Major Samuel Bull, Justice of Peace, and Captaine of Cowes Castle in the Isle of Wight." In the course of this Dingley says :

" But, Sir, I know you wish well to our Uni- versities, the Fountains of Learning. Your activity and zeal for God, and the Truth, are so remarkable; your love to the faithfull ministers of Christ so cordial ; and the particular Favours you have conferred on me so numerous ; that not to Love and Honour you for the first would be Impiety ; and for the latter Ingratitude. You have been the Instrument of conveying the Gospel to a Town* that never before enjoyed it, consisting of about a thousand soules, and have helpt to build them a Synagogue. Nay, the Oceans of your Goodness, Justice, and Vigilancy doe stretch themselves into all places of the Isle ; and O that wee had many more such as your self to countenance Religion and good Men in this place. I wish that all our Gentry were such as you are."

Can any of your readers tell me where I can find out anything more about this worthy Roundhead ? WILLIAM BULL.

House of Commons.

" MEN OF KENT," AND " INVICTA " ON MILITARY BADGE. In Brewer's ' Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ' I see it stated that the " Men of Kent " (i.e., those born east of the Medway) are the veritable " invicti," since they avoided conquest by submitting to William I. If Brewer's account is correct, how comes it about that the Royal West Kent Regiment bear the White Horse badge, with motto " Invicta," while the East Kent Regiment, " The Buffs," wear the gilt griffin ?

My old battalion, the 20th London Regiment (T.F.), corresponding to the Royal West Kent Volunteers, now wear the White Horse badge with the motto " Invicta " ; and this is borne likewise, I believe, by the Kent Cyclists' Battalion.

References to original authorities regarding the history of the motto and emblems would greatly oblige.

P. CHETWYND PALMER.

40 Stondon Park, Honor Oak, S.E.23.


 * West Cowes in the Isle of Wight.

FAREWELL FAMILY. I have lately in- herited a very fine portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller of Col. John Farewell, my ancestor, who was Lieut enant-Governor of the Tower from 1689 to 1709. He had property at Finchingfield, Suffolk, and at Toppesfiekl, Steeple Bumpsted, Ridgewell, and Stam- bourne in Essex. He died at Stambourne Hall, leaving an only son (John Gysbert Farewell, who inherited his property in 1710). He married a lady named Elizabeth but I do not know who was her father.

Any particulars about Col. Farewell or his wife and her family would be much appre- ciated. P. BERNE Y-FICKLIN.

Tasburgh Hall, Norwich.

GORKY'S ' STORM PETREL.' Could any of

your readers kindly supply me with a copy

of the poem ' The Storm Petrel,' by Maxim

Gorky, or inform me where it is obtainable ?

PERCY ISHERWOOD.

15 Mawdsley Street, Bolton.

J. RAPHAEL SMITH. I am trying to find out whether J. Raphael Smith, the pas- tellist and engraver, ever painted portraits in Bath. Any information on the subject will be esteemed by

(Miss) B. N. MELLADEW.

Branscombe Lodge, Portland.

JOHANN ZOFFANY : MlSSING PICTURE.

In an article by the late J. E. Hodgson, R.A., in The Art Journal for 1890, p. 206, is a reproduction of an engraving (by R. Earlom) of a picture of Zoffany's entitled ' Porter and Hare,' representing an old man giving a hare to two boys. I should be glad of information as to (1) where is the original picture, and (2) where a copy of the engrav- ing can be seen. G. BASKERVILLE. Crowsley Park, Henley -on-Thames.

' Sm WALTER SCOTT AND HIS LITERARY FRIENDS AT ABBOTSFORD.' This well-known engraving, by James Faed after Thomas Faed, A.R.S.A., contains sixteen portraits. I cannot get a key for the print ; perhaps some one of your readers might assist me to identify all or some of the less obvious characters. In the right-hand corner sits or kneels Hogg ; next at the table from right to left, both sitting, are Sir Walter Scott and Henry Mackenzie ; standing or leaning over Mackenzie's chair, Prof. Wilson ; next, seated at the table, Crabbe, J. G. Lockhart, Wordsworth, Lord Jeffrey (?), and Thomas Moore. Then follow three figures seated at the table, and three stand- ing up behind them. Then come two detached figures, both seated one turning