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offered to certain British seamen in cir- cumstances which show that the im- memorial Brotherhood of the Sea is main- tained despite the defection of the Germans. Early last year seven Dutch vessels were torpedoed by German submarines in the vicinity of the English coast. Several boat- loads of survivors were picked up by two of His Majesty's trawlers, while the remainder -were piloted into St. Mary's by the St.- Agnes lifeboat. The Dutch League of Neutral Countries have decided to award medals to the officers and crews of the British lifeboat and trawlers. The medals (which are of silver for the officers, and bronze for the men) bear on one side the figures of a British and a Dutch sailor -grasping hands, surrounded by other sailors zand rescued men and women ; and on the reverse side the name of the recipient and A short inscription which describes the services rendered, and adds that " the ships were surreptitiously attacked and recklessly destroyed by a German sub- marine." In a letter addressed to the First Lord oi the Admiralty the following sentences occur :

"The League of Neutral Countries makes free to offer to your Lordship, as head of the British Navy, -commemorative medals destined for the sailors in question. May you consider this act as one of the jiumero'is moral and intellectual ties which bind

England and Holland together Our warmest

.admiration is for those who give their lives for the liberty of the world, and we are glad to have ifchis occasion for expression of these feelings."

Me.

HOTELS BRISTOL (12 S. iv. 272). It seems to be very likely that the Hote Bristol at Paris owes its name to a real or "fancied connexion with John Digby, first Earl of Bristol, who died an exile in Paris Jan. 16, 1653, and that this Parisian hote "having become well known as a " long established, aristocratic house, patronizec by royalty," to quote Baedeker, its name was taken over by proprietors anxious to suggest that their establishments were of a like quality. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

JEAN INGELOW (12 S. iv. 270). Th -verses by Jean Ingelow referred to by MR D. R. McCoRD are doubtless those beginning

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries-

These pathetic lines were set to musi( lay the late Miss Virginia Gabriel abou forty years ago in a song which mejudice Is one of the finest English songs eve published, though now seldom heard on th

oncert platform. It is not conceivable hat the engagement of one of the officers, is referred to by your correspondent if t ever existed could have been known o Jean Ingelow, or she would never have mblished such lines. W. C. J.

Epsom.

Jean Ingelow' s ' Song of the Old Love * s reprinted on p. 213 of Palgrave's ' Golden Treasury,' Second Series (London, 1897). t was set to music by Virginia Gabriel, and published by Metzler & Co. (42 Great Marlborough Street, W.) under its opening words " When sparrows build."

JOHN B. WAINEWBIGHT.

I send the verses by Jean Ingelow asked or by MB. McCoRD. They form the VIother's song at the end of ' Supper at the Mill.' WILLIAM BARNARD.

Junior Athenaeum Club.

[We have forwarded the verses to our Canadian ontributor. C. L. S. and Mn.C. B. WHEELER also hanked for replies ]

RUA NOVA (12 S. iv. 215, 256, 283). Miss Leonora de Alberti informs me that " ma " is used figuratively for a person of low class, and she suggests that the attribute "nova" indicates a convert, literally new Christian, in contradistinction to the Portu- guese of pure blood, who styled themselves old Christians. It is probable, therefore, that the Procurador of Macao styled by Courteen's merchants " Filho de Rua Nova " was the son of a converted Jew.

R. C. TEMPLE.

MRS. ABESTGTON (12 S. iv. 273). This query is partly answered by an extract from ' Old and New London ' (by Edward Walford), iv. 136 :

" At her residence in Pall Mall, in 1815, at the age of eighty-three, died the celebrated Mrs. Abington, the first actress who played the part of Lady Teazle in ' The School for Scandal.' "

W. B. H.

CRAGGS AND NICHOLSON FAMILIES (12 S. iv. 220). 1. Is there a book or MS. called ' The Eliots of Port Eliot and Craggs of Wyserley,' as I have been referred to that for information on the Craggs family ?

2. Who were Margaret Craggs' s parents ? She married in 1739 Edward Nicholson of Kendal, and her mother is said to have been " sister-in-law of the Postmaster-General," i.e., James Craggs. It is guessed that her father was Ferdinando, but it may have been another brother.

(Miss^ JOAN GLADSTONE.