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military title is real, while the medical one is bogus. R. BARCLAY-ALLARDICE.

HYMN BY DEAN VAUGHAN (9 th S. xi. 308). The hymn in question will be found in ' Church Hymns, with Tunes,' edited by Arthur Sullivan, Mus.Doc., published by the S.P.C.K. It is numbered 308 in my copy (which is now some twenty years old), and is set to Dr. J. B. Dykes 's tune ' Sanctuary.' JOHN T. PAGE.

West Haddon, Northamptonshire.

The late Dean Vaughan's hymn, containing four stanzas of eight lines each, beginning

Lord, whose Temple once did glisten, is No. 308 in the S.P.C.K. collection of hymns, 1874, and is, I rather think, to be found in some other hymnals ; but as many of my hymn-books are not at hand, I cannot just now give any other reference. I may add that in a very kind and interesting letter to me about ten years ago Dean Vaughan gave me an account of when and how the hymn came to be written, which then (and still) left the impression on me that it was com- posed under similar circumstances as those under which Bishop Heber wrote his well- known "From Greenland's icy mountains." The letter is carefully preserved, but is not at hand to refer to ; but if W. C. B. will kindly give me his name and address, as soon as I find the letter I will give him the informa- tion it contains. Dean Vaughan added that this was the only hymn ever written by him. THOMAS MATHEWSON.

4, Greenfield Place, Lerwick, Shetland.

" Lord, whose Temple once did glisten," was published in Alford's 'Psalms and Hymns,' 1844, No. 115. It is in several modern collec- tions. ^ These facts are stated in the Rev. J. Julian's 'Dictionary of Hymnology,' John Murray, 1892. It seems worth while to sug- gest that no hymnological query be sent to information has been consulted. (I have only found the hymn in Dr. B. H. Kennedy's ' Hymnologia Christiana,' 1863, No. 920, and in ' Church Hymns,' No. 308.)
 * N. & Q.' until the above storehouse of exact

CHARLES P. PHINN.

Watford.

%< THE DEVONSHIRE DUMPLING " (9 th S. xi. 329). Neither Mr. Hopkins, of Exeter, nor any other Devonshire wrestler appears to have been champion of England early last century or late in the century before. Had Hopkins achieved so prominent a position in the country's sport, the fact would certainly have been recorded in William Litt's ' Wrestliana,' Tate's * Wrestling References,' or in the less

accessible Pierce Egan's 'Book of Sports' (1832). These reliable authorities do not name him. Abraham Cann was Devon's best-known wrestler in the early part of last century. His grave may be seen near the west tower of Colebrook Church, North Devon. The stone records he k 'died April 6, 1864, aged 69 years." The name Hopkins still exists in Exeter.

The appellation "Devonshire Dumpling" is generally believed to have been first applied to the men of the Devon militia of one hundred years ago. This body of soldiers bore the goodly reputation of being able to stand more fatigue than any other regiment in the kingdom. The average height of the men was only 5 ft. 7 in, but, as a rule, their shoulders were so broad that when standing in line they took more room for the same number than did any other regiment. The fact of their being, in common parlance, almost so broad as long gained for them the distinctive nickname of " Devonshire Dump- lings." This sobriquet has stuck to repre- sentatives of the fair county ever since.

HARRY HEMS.

Fair Park, Exeter.

"SURIZIAN" (9 th S. xi. 287, 377, 417). May

1 point put that MR. MACMICHAEL'S "obvious'" derivation of the word " suzerain" is open to very considerable question 1 The matter has been discussed at great length, 7 th S. i. 101, 146, 170, 232, 275, 349, 389, 452 ; ii. 11, 92.

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

JOHN KAY, OF BURY, LANCS (9 th S. xi. 390). An inquiry was made in 4 th S. vii. 142 for the portrait of this inventor. Cer- tain particulars respecting him will be found at p. 173. As the reply was from an anony- mous correspondent, it will be of little or no assistance to MR. CLEGG, but I will furnish him with a copy if he desires it.

EYERARD HOME COLEMAN.

71, Brecknock Road.

'BANTER' (9 th S. xi. 207, 316). In the Pall Mall Magazine, January-March, is an article on ' Mr. Punch : some Precursors and Competitors,' by Sir F. C. Burnand. At p. 394 is some account of Banter, with two specimen illustrations. No 1 was published

2 September, 1867, at 188, Fleet Street, price Id. ADRIAN WHEELER.

HENRY II. AND LINCOLN (9 th S. xi. 368). King Henry II. was not "crowned twice," but thrice : first, at Westminster, on 20 De- cember, 1155 ; secondly, in the suburbs of Lincoln, in 1158; and thirdly, at Worcester, in 1159, together with the queen. Rapin