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That a particular day was to be dedicated to the Dominus (solus), who was to sanctify it by His resurrection, had been predicted in the 118th Psalm ; but I am not aware that the title Do- minicus was given to the first day of the week " before the Christian era," even by the Jews who were in possession of David's prediction, much less by the Gentiles, as applied to their dies solis. J. SANSOM.

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (2 nd S. i. 250.) In reply to CUTHBERT BEDE'S inquiry, permit me to state that I remember being informed, on good authority, that Lord Clinton, of North Devon, is descended from the Cotton family, but in what line I am unable to say. M. J.

Charles Povey (2 nd S. i. 266.) The publica- tion of this writer, concerning which he says : " Upon the demise of Q. Anne, I drew up 65 articles of that reign," is in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, as also in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, being contained in the catalogue of the latter as an anonymous work under the head of Q. ANNE.* The title is as follows :

" An Inquiry into the Miscarriages of the Four Last Years Reign, wherein it appears by Sixty Five Articles, That a Scheme was l^id to raise the Grandeur of France and Spain, break the Confederacy, make a separate Peace, destroy the Establish'd Church, sink the Trade of the Nation, betray the Queen, and bring in the Pretender. As also a Design to reform the Army, by putting in Irish Officers to command it, and for making private Leagues, in order to hasten and support the intended Restauration. With other Particulars relating to the Forwardness of a Rebellion in Scotland, the great Encrease of Popery in Ireland, the Occasion of the Queen's Death, and the Dis- covery of an Immense Sum of Money taken out of the Treasury, and not accounted for. Presented to the Free- holders of Great Britain, against the next Election of a New Parliament. London, 1714."

In the first page he says :

" I have writ Five large Quarto and Octavo Volumes, with many other Treatises, to recommend Vertue, Loyal ty, Wit, Honour, Truth, and Moderation ; and to extinguish Vice, Rebellion, Bribery, Pride and Ambition."

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Dublin.

Mrs. Fitzherbert (2 nd S. i. 153. 220. 239.) In addition to the pamphlets mentioned by your correspondents, pp. 220. 239., the following may be useful to G. H. :

" An Admonitory Letter to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, on the subject of the late delicate Inquiry ; con- taining Anecdotes never before published, which may probably lead to the Detection of the real Authors of the late scandalous Attempt to sully the Purity of an Illus- trious Personage. Tipper & Richards, Leadenhall Street, 1806."

"A Third Plain Letter to His Royal Highness, upon

[* The third edition, 1714, of this work is also in the British Museum, entered under ANNE, in the Catalogue of King's Pamphlets. ]

his plain duties to himself, his wife, his child, and to the country, with a design for a statue to be erected to his honour, upon a pedestal of alabaster, with appropriate in- scriptions by the Dukes of York and Norfolk, Mr. Jefferys, a Countess, &c. &c., with a promise to the flexible Lord Moira. London: James Piper, No. 8. Hanway Yard, Oxford Street, 1807."

From the title of the above there appears to have been a second plain letter, but it is not in my possession. Besides the Review of the Conduct of H. R. H." Sfc., by Mr. Jeffreys, there is,

" A Letter to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, by Na- thaniel Jefferys. Dedicated (without permission) to Mrs. Fitzherbert." Also :

" An Antidote to Poison : or, a full Reply to Mr. Jef- ferys' Attack upon the Character and Conduct of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales : containing several important par- ticulars derived from authentic sources of information. By Claudio. Dedicated to Abraham Goldsmid, Esq. London : Mathews & Leigh, 18. Strand. 1806."

Further allusion to the subject is made in The Jockey Club, a series of sketches contained in these pamphlets ; and in an Answer to the same, by a member of the club, of which I have not the dates. JOHN WM. ATKINSON.

Leeds.

Hannah Lightfoot (2 nd S. i. 121.) There is a fine portrait of this lady, by Sir Joshua Rey- nolds, at Knolle Park, Kent, which was doubtless painted by order of George III. In the catalogue she is erroneously called Mrs. Axford. In Burke's Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, supple- mentary volume, f. 269., is the pedigree of " Prytherch of Abergole," by which it appears that the gentleman who is said to have married her grand-daughter has had by her no less than four- teen children.

Mrs. Philipps informs me, by letter dated 27th February last, that her late father, Henry Wheeler, Esq., of Surrey Square, " was the last of the family who saw her, on her going to Keith Chapel to be married to a person of the name of Axford, a person the family knew nothing of; he never saw her or heard of her after the marriage took place ; every inquiry was made, but no satis- factory information was ever obtained respecting her." G. STEINMAN STEINMAN.

Fig-pie Wake (2 nd S. i. 227.) I have a lively remembrance didici puerilibus annis of fig- pie wake, which is kept, not at Draycott only, but in the neighbouring villages. There is (I have heard) a custom at Gloucester somewhat of this kind. Children who are out at service, or otherwise away from home, visit their parents on Mid-Lent Sunday, taking with them a saffron cake as a present. Some of your readers probably can give further information on this custom.* J. I.

[ See "N. & Q.," 1 st S. xi. 284. 353.]