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is very much to blame, as it certainly may be considered rather bad taste for a repre- sentative of an independent foreign country, should he even be the ambassador of an emperor or king, to put on, at a State func- tion, the livery of the Court at which he is accredited instead of the costume of his own country, or in this case the black frock dress with knee-breeches or pantaloons. E. A. Stockholm.

ST. EPIPHANIUS (9 th S. x. 2C' 7 ). Several saints have borne this name ; five are given with their feast days in A. Potthast's ' Biblio- theca Historica Medii ^Evi,' supplement, p. 208. It is probable that there are accounts of them in the ' Acta Sanctorum.'

EDWARD PEACOCK.

Unless M. H. is exiled from books he may find the information he seeks in Smith's ' Diet, of Greek and Roman Biography,' Aikin's ; General Biography,' Hofmann's
 * Lexicon Universale,' or any cyclopaedia.

F. ADAMS. [Many other replies acknowledged ]

SIR ANTHONY JACKSON (9 th S. x. 247). He was the only son of Richard Jackson, of Killingwcldgrave, co. York, by Ursula, daughter of Richard Hildyard, of Routh ; was admitted to the Inner Temple 1616, called to the Bar 1635, Bencher 1660. Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles I., and promised the place of Prothonotary of the Common Pleas at Oxford in 1646. Knighted at Breda by Charles II. in 1650. Committed to the Tower, 3 November, 1651, "for in- vading this nation with Charles Stuart," and kept in prison until 1658. He was buried in the Temple Church, 14 October, 1666.

W. D. PINK.

OXFORD AT THE ACCESSION OP GEORGE I. (9 th S. x. 225). It is odd that a valuable authority like 'Chambers's Encyclopaedia' should give the date of George I.'s coronation as 31 October, 1714, as there can hardly be a doubt with regard to the real date. I have in my possession 'An Account of the Cere- monies observed in Coronations,' 1761, a book of precedents prepared in anticipation of the coronation of George III., which took place on 22 September, 1761. My copy is an in- teresting one, as it contains the conjoined book-plate of the "Prince of Wales and the Bishop of Osnaburgh," dated 3 May, 1771, and engraved by J. Kirk. The Bishop of Osnaburgh, it may be observed,, was not created Duke of York till 1784. In this book, which may be regarded as official, there is a full account of the coronations of the English

sovereigns from James II. to George II. That of George I. took place on 20 October, 1714. Some picturesque features in the procession seem to have been omitted in more recent years. I did riot observe in the last official list the

"Organ-Blower, in a short red Coat, with a Badge on his Left-Breast, viz., A Nightingale of Silver gilt, sitting on a Sprig,"

or the

"Groom of the Vestry; in a Scarlet Robe, with a Perfuming-pan in his Hand, burning Perfumes all the Way from Westminster- Hall to the Choir-door in the Church."

The coronation of George I. seems to have created but little excitement in London. The Spectator, No. 609, was issued on the day of the ceremony, but contains no allusion to it beyond the statement of a correspondent that he has " chosen a Day to steal into the Spectator, when I take it for granted you will not have many spare Minutes for Speculations of your own." We are, however, told in the official report that while the procession marched on foot to ^Jestminster Abbey the houses on each side were crowded with vast numbers of spectators, who expressed their great joy and satisfaction by loud and re- peated acclamations. . W. F. PRIDEAUX.

MR. PICKFORD states that George I.'s coronation took place on 20 October, 1714, and in an Editorial note it is mentioned that while the 'D.N.B.' confirms that date, and also says that George I. landed at Greenwich on 18 September, 'Chambers's Encyclopaedia' gives 31 October as the date of the corona- tion, and 29 September as the day of arrival at Greenwich. The 1876 edition of 'Chambers's Encyclopaedia ' does not mention any dates for these events, and those named in the later editions seem to be incorrect. Dr. (afterward Sir William) Smith, in his ' Smaller History of England,' states that the king landed at Greenwich on 18 September, the same date as given by the 'D.N.B.' Other histories do not mention any exact dates, but the late George Fisher, in his curious old book, so full of genealogical details, entitled 'A Companion and Key to the History of England' (1832), says of the king :

"Having embarked, September the 16th, at Orange Polder, under convoy of an English and Dutch squadron, and arrived the next day at the Hope, he sailed up the river and landed at Greenwich

about six o'clock in the evening The coronation

took place with the accustomed solemnities at Westminster, October 20th following."

Further on, writing of the early career of George II., Fisher says that prince " landed with King George I. in England, on the