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 i2s.viii.MAYU.iosi.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 391 NAPOLEON AS A CHILD. My family have in their possession a very attractive painting of this title, said to be the work of Boily, a French painter, who exhibited the picture in the Salon. I shall be grateful for any facts both about the painter and the picture. The latter was inherited by ray family, with the above re- putation attached to it. H. WILBEKFOBCE-BELL. ARMS or ELLINGHAM. Will some of your obliging correspondents kindly provide me with information concerning the arms of the North of England Ellingham family, some of whom figured in the wars of the Border ? The only cue I have as yet come across is found in Sir Joseph Foster's ' Some Feudal Coats of Arms,' in which Elingham is a piece-name, otherwise known as Elmham ; whereas the arms of Sir W. Elmham are quoted from H. vi. Roll. C. P. CORBALLIS, O.S.B. ' LETTERS FROM GALILEE.' I hope it is allowable to ask the name of the writer of two leaflets published under this title and sold by Mr, J. W. Butcher, at 3, Ludgate Circus Buildings. They purport to be letters of Johanan and his friend Zacchseus (S. Luke xix.), after being in company with our Lord Jesus Christ ; and I first heard of them at the Three Hours' Service last Good Friday. ' Letters from Galilee ' is not too exact a title as Zacchaeus lived at Jericho. He is riLl to have found sepulture in France. ST. SWITHIN. JOHN WINTHROP : INNER TEMPLE, 1628. Was it John Winthrop, Governor of Massa- chusetts, or his son of the same name, Governor of Connecticut, who was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1628 ? The pub- lished biographies vary on this point. E. A. J. FRANCIS AND JOHN GALLINI. Born Oct. 13, 1766, twin sons of Sir Giovanni Andrea Battista Gallini, of Hanover Square, London, an Italian dancing-master, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Bertie, sister of Willoughby 4th Earl of Abingdon, were admitted to Westminster School in January, 1782. I should be glad to obtain any information concerning them, especially the dates of their respective deaths. Francis was ad- mitted to Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 15, 1787, but does not appear to have been called to the bar there. G. F. R. B. WICHE. John Wiche and Magnus Wiche were admitted to Westminster School in July, 1729, aged 11 and 13 respectively. Any information concerning their parentage and careers is much desired. G. F. R. B. JAMES WILLIAM UNWIN was admitted to Westminster School in January, 1780. I should be glad to obtain information con- cerning his parentage or career. G. F. R. B. FOXHOUNDS. Can any reader give me in- formation about the Graven pack of fox- hounds prior to 1873 ? Any private corre- spondence on the subject of hunting would be greatly valued. E. E. COPE. Finchampstead, Berks. 'STIRBITCH FAIR.' Professor J. E. B. Mayor, in his edition of ' The Life of Ambrose Bonwicke,' p. 153, speaks of ' Stirbitch Fair ; a Mock Heroic Poem,' without author or place. Can anyone tell me where a complete copy of this work with a title page is to be found ? I hear there is a copy at the Bodleian without the title page. G. C. MOORE SMITH. Sheffield. RAYNER OF WOODHAM WALTER. I should be glad of any information concerning the family of Eliza Rayner, of the Rayners of Woodham Walter, Essex, who married William Jones, and died at " The Cottage," Oakleigh Park, June 6, 1901, aged 85 years, being interred at the St. Pancras Cemetery, Finchley. BEATRICE BOYCE. " CICERO" COOK THE LEARNED " SCOUT." This man, the learned "scout" of Christ Church, Oxford, is mentioned by Dr. G. W. Kitchin, late Dean of Durham, on p. 13 of his * Ruskin in Oxford,' as helping under- graduates. What is known of " Cicero " Cook ? FREDK. C. WHITE. RICE. Does the eating of rice tend to' prevent the increase of population ? Rice is largely eaten in India, where at least the birth-rate is very high, but so is the death- rate. In The Daily Mail of May 8, 1920, Walter M. Gallichan states that in Derby- shire girls eat raw rice in the hope of pro- ducing a pale complexion. Does it have this effect ? ALFRED S. E. ACKERMANN.