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 12 s. vin. MAY 7) i92i.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 371 EPIGRAMMATISTS. The following epi- grammatists are quoted in Wright's ' Delitiae Delitiarum,' 1637, of whom I have not been able to find any record. 1 should be grate- ful for their un-Latinized names and at any rate their death-dates : (1) Raph. Macen- tinus ; (2) Timotheus- Polus ; (3) Georgius Thurius, a Hungarian ; (4) Jacobus Roe- grius ; (5) Franciscus Remundus. SLEUTH-HOUND. CATHERINOT: EPIGRAMMATA. In 1664 was published at Bourges ' Nicolai Catharini Epigrammatum,' Libri vi., vn., vm. Can anyone tell me when and where the earlier books were published and whether' there were any subsequent ones ? N. Catherine t, Sieur de Coulons, died in 1688. SLEUTH -HOUND . GRIFFITH. Philip Griffith, born Nov. 7, 1808, Robert John Griffith, born Nov.; 13, 1809, and John Delane Griffith, born June 1, 1812, were admitted to Westminster School in September, 1820. I should be I gl^d of any information concerning them. G. F. R. B. GAGE. Could any correspondent of ' N. & Q.' help me to identify the following members of this family who were educated at Westminster School ? (1) H. H. Gage, who was at the school in 1782 ; (2) Henry Gage, who was there from 1813 to 1817;! and (3) W. H. Gage, who was at the school in 1796. G. F. R, B. " CLUB " VERSUS " SOCIETY." Will some one learned in such matters define clearly the difference between a Club and a Society ? Is it that in a Club every member is personally responsible for its good conduct, and in a Society the council or committee protects members from personal responsibility. This affects archselogical societies and other learned bodies and will interest many readers. ANTIQUARY. HENRY BELL OF PORTINGTON. On the memorial tablet in the church at Eastrington in Yorkshire to Henry Bell of Portington, ! Esquire, who died on December 18, 1816, it is recorded that he was a friend of John Wesley. In Wesley's diary, however, he is not mentioned, nor have I been successful in my search for mention of him in other books relating to Wesley or his doings. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' tell me any- thing about any mention of Henry Bell in any works relating to the life of the great divine ? LEBEL. J. YOUNG PINNET. I should be glad of any information about J. Young Pinnet, landscape painter, c. 1790. Whether the above is the date of birth, death, or painting of a picture is not known. PRISCILLA. STATE TRIALS IN WESTMINSTER HALL. In the great State trials in Westminster Hall, some order, or precedent, was probably always observed as to the part of the Hall where the judges were benched ; where the accused stood, and where the jury sat. Is there any old print illustrating these positions ? G. B. M. REFERENCE WANTED. Can anyone give me the reference for the following quotation from Cicero ? " Nescire quid antequam natus sis accident, id est semper esse puerum." SLEUTH-HOUND. AUTHOR OF QUOTATION WANTED. Can any correspondent tell me where the following quota- tion is to be found ? These are not dead, their spirits never die. ARCHIBALD SPARKE. " JUAN DE VEGA " : CHARLES COCHRANE. (12 S. viii. 308, 356.) MR. ARCHIBALD SPARKE'S reply induces me to recall two references to this curious personality. Mr. T. Frost, in his ' Re- miniscences of a Country Journalist,' narrates that when Beulah Spa Gardens, Upper Norwood,. W r ere a fashionable resort, with pump-room, rosery, archery-ground, maze, &c., there appeared a handsome young man known as " the Spanish Minstrel," Who sang love -lyrics on the lawn. He had a dark complexion, a good voice, and wore an ample cloak, turban hat, and accom- panied himself on the guitar. (Boase says Cochrane was in Hungarian costume, but this is, I think, a mistake.) Frost adds that there was a great mystery about his identity, but it Was never cleared up during his stay at Beulah Spa. Subsequently, however, Charles Cochrane appeared in society as the husband of a wealthy widow' and many persons recognized him as the " Spanish Minstrel " of Beulah Spa. He subscribed largely to charitable societies, organized the corps of stre3t sweepers, and entertained the design of associating himself