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MACAULAY AND MISQUOTATION. There are many well-known instances of mis- quotation by eminent men, but none so far has been attributed to Lord Maoaulay a model of accuracy. Can any of your contributors cite an example of his falling from grace in this respect ? H. H.

Garrick Club.

WOLFE'S ' BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE ' : ADDITIONAL VERSES. T. P.'s Weekly, under the heading ' A Literary Discovery,' stated that an old soldier of the 9th Regiment (a party from which dug Sir John Moore's grave) found among the entries in a manu- script book c. 182f these two stanzas added to Wolfe's ordinary text :

And so he shall sleep, tho' the foe should raise.

In zeal for the fame they covet, A tomb or a trophy to speak the praise

Of him who has soared above it.

By Englishmen's steps when the turf is trod, On the breast of their hero pressing,

Let them offer a prayer to England's God For him that was England's blessing.

Whence came they ? N. C. D.

PYREMONT WATER. In The Leeds Mer- cury of July 27, 1731, there appeared the following advertisement :

" Fresh Pyremont Water, newly arrived, to be sold at Alderman Cookson's, three Pint Bottles at 14d. and five Pints at 18d. per Bottle." What was Pyremont Water, and where did it come from ? Was it used as a tonic or merely as a beverage ? B. C.

[Pyrmont, in Waldeck, 32 miles S.W. of Hanover, is noted for its mineral springs. Its baths were very fashionable in the eighteenth century.]

HEDGEHOGS. The records of St. George's Church, Liverpool, show a curious anxiety for the collection of hedgehogs or " urchins," which were paid for at the rate of about 3rf. a head. In 1680 they were costing about 10s. a year, and this sum gradually rose, till in 1780 about 41. was expended. Can any reader throw light upon this ?

PRIVATE BRADSTOW.

HUSBAND AND HIS WIFE'S MAIDEN NAME. Was it ever the custom in the beginning of the seventeenth century for a husband to use his wife's maiden name ? In a church register, under " Baptisms," two children are mentioned whom I take to be twins, a boy and a girl. The father's name is given correctly in connexion with the boy, but with the girl another surname is used, " Howes." He had a younger son named Dowse, singularly like " Howes " ;

and it was this which led me to wonder if the second surname was the wife's maiden name. The father's Christian name in both cases is the same, and I believe he had two children whose names were the same as those given in this register.

(Mrs.) C. SKINNER.

THE LORDS BALTIMORE. 1. A portrait of George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, is in the possession of Lord Verulam. I have an engraving of it, and also one of Cecil Calvert, second Ix>rd Baltimore. Where is the latter portrait ?

2. I also have an engraving of a miniature of Frederick Calvert, seventh Lord Balti- more. Can any one tell me where the miniature is ?

3. I shall be glad to learn whether there are portraits of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth Lords Baltimore, and if any of them have been engraved.

4. The Christian names of the Calverts known to me are : 1. George ; 2. Cecil ; 4. Charles ; 6. Charles ; 7. Frederick. What were the Christian names of the third and fifth ?

5. Did one of the seven marry a Fowler or a Wilson ?

(Miss) MARION WALDTJCK.

[Vol. i. of G. E. C.'s ' Complete Peerage,' ed. by Hon. Vicary Gibbs (1910), acknowledges only six Lords Baltimore, viz. 1. George (d. 1632) ; 2. Cecil (d. 1675) ; 3. Charles (d. Feb., 1715) ; 4. Benedict Leonard (d. April, 1715) ; 5. Charles (d. 1751) ; 6. Frederick (d. s.p. 1771). No one of them married a Fowler or a Wilson.]

HELEN FAUCIT AS ANTIGONE. In 1862 Sir W. Allan painted a portrait of Helen Faucit as Antigone. There is a print of this in the British Museum. Can any of your readers say where the original picture is ?

W. COUP.THOPE FORMAN. 1 Cricklade Avenue, Streatham Hill, S.W.2.

RICHARD BROTHERS : " ZEBULON " : MARY BOON : GEORGE TURNER. Can any reader tell me the present whereabouts of Riebau's MS. Life of Richard Brothers ? It was in the possession of the Rev. W. Begley, whose library was dispersed by auction.

I shall also be grateful for information about " Zebulon," who published in 1831 a strange book of mystical verse called ' Songs of Royal Sion,' and about Mary Boon of Staverton, a prophetess of the same period.

Is there any available information about George Turner, the Leeds prophet, apart from the scattered details that can be gleaned from his own writings ?

G. R. BALLEINE.

St. James's Vicarage, Bennondsey, S.E.