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Arms in Dallaways " Heraldry" To what family do the following arms belong ? They are figured in Dallaway's Heraldry : Barry of six arg. and az., and a chief paly of five gules and or ; over all, a tilting spear, point upwards, in bend. Motto, " Vixere fortes." C. J. DOUGLAS.

Sir Isaac Newton's Pedigree. Has the pedi- gree of Sir I. Newton ever been correctly ascer- tained ? There appear to have been two tradi- tions in the family ; one that he was descended from a gentleman of East or West Lothian, who accompanied James I. into England ; and another that he was related to a baronetical family of Newton :

" During his lifetime, he delivered into the Heralds' Col- lege an elaborate pedigree, stating upon oath, that he had reason to believe that he was a cadet of the latter family." Sir David Brewster's Life of Sir I. Newton.

What arms did he bear ? C. J. DOUGLAS.

Proverbs. The French have a saying, when a father dies at or about the birth of a son, that " Le cercueil de 1'un s'etait creuse pres du berceau de 1'autre." What is the corresponding English proverb, if there is one ?

Also of " Faire donner le dernier coup de pin- ceau." T. LAMPBAY.

MSS. of Hales "Pleas of the Crown." Mr. Amos has just published a book, entitled Ruins of Time, exemplified in Sir Matthew Hole's History of the Pleas of the Crown; and, in the Appendix, has discussed the question as to the MSS. of that work. It appears that the original MSS. of that work was in Lord Hale's handwriting, and con- sisted of one thick folio volume ; and at p. 256. Mr. Amos says :

" Mr. Brown, the last known possessor of a gem above price (the MSS. in question), was deputy town clerk of Liverpool, and died in the year 1807. Diligent inquiries have, on more than one occasion, been made after his personal representatives, but without success."

Nevertheless, I am not without hopes that " N. & Q." may furnish, through some contributor, such information as may lead to the discovery of the missing MSS. C. S. GREAVES.

11. Blandford Square.

Fusel? s " Nightmare." By mere chance I have become the possessor of the original sketch or con- ception of this celebrated painting, which first raised Fuseli prominently into notice. Along with it are many other wild and characteristic sketches in pen and ink, conjoined with rhapsodical effusions, drafts of letters, &c. I believe that the " Nightmare " was conceived in a fearful night- dream, after supping upon half-raw pork, and shall feel obliged to any of your correspondents who can refer me to a circumstantial account of this singular incident. J. K.

Ballad of Richard Coeur de Lion. In the in- troduction to Rot. Curite Regis, p. Ixxiv., Sir R. Palgrave mentions the curious ballad which was circulated in Normandy a short time previous to Richard's death, to the effect that " the arrow- was making in Limousin by which King Richard should be slain." Can any one refer me to where I can find this ballad, or if in MS. favour me with a copy ? LX.

" Venus Chastising Cupid : " Female Terminal Figures. There is a curious subject frequently met with in mediaeval art, both carved and painted, namely, " Venus Chastising Cupid." I have met with it treated in different ways ; in one, Cupid is " horsed " on the back of another Cupid, in the orthodox scholastic fashion, and in another he is undergoing the birch, being laid across Venus's knee, after the usual manner of mammas in ge- neral. I should feel obliged if one of your nume- rous correspondents could furnish me with the classical authority for this very eccentric subject. A very highly finished specimen carved in ivory was formerly in the possession of Colonel Sib- thorpe.

We often meet with female terminal figures in art. Is this classically correct ? T. W.

Cullens and Hamiltons of Lanark. Wanted, some account of the history, genealogy, and con- nexion of the families of Cullen and Hamilton, whose representatives are (?) settled at present in Lanarkshire. F. St. M * * *.

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Colonel John Lilburn. At a recent meeting of the "New England Historico- Genealogical Society," held at Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Pul- sifer

" exhibited a manuscript copy of the original report of the celebrated trial of Col. John Lilburn ; also a printed copy of the same, probably the only one extant. This trial, Mr. Pulsifer remarked, established in England the doctrine that jurors are judges of the law as well as the fact ; and for this reason, he thought the document was of special interest at the present time."

My object in sending this Note is for the pur- pose of asking if the " original report of Colonel Lilburn's trial" does not exist in England? and also, if any printed copies of the same are known ?

Mr. Pulsifer, at the same time meeting,

" exhibited a copy of the Bible (St. Jerome's translation), written on vellum, about the end of the 12th century, which was pronounced a beautiful specimen of ancient chirography."

W. W.

Malta.

[Two editions of Lilburne's Trial have been printed. The first was published by himself under the name of " Theodorus Verax," to which he prefixed, by way of