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Cooper in the former year, and was succeeded by Thomas Bartlett. (See 'English Bell- founders,' by R. C. Hope, F.S.A., Arch. Journ., vol. 1. p. 174.) He evidently cast some of the Sussex bells.

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A. Lancaster

VETO AT PAPAL ELECTIONS (9 th S. xii. 89, 174). In the Month for October, Fr. Thurs- ton has an interesting paper, popularizing the latest German erudition on this subject, in the course of which he says :

" Since the year 1700 the exclusion has been pro- nounced only seven times, inclusive of the case of Cardinal Rampolla a few weeks back. In 1721 Austria used her veto against Paolucci, in 1730 Spain banned Imperial?, in 1758 Cavalchini was excluded by France, and Gerdil in 1800 by Austria."

He then refers to the two cases mentioned by Wiseman, and goes on :

" Thus in the course of two centuries Austria has used her right of exclusion four times, Spain twice, and France only once. None the less, if the extreme measure of the formal veto has not been more fre- auently resorted to, this has been due to the skilful diplomacy of the accredited envoys of the various powers.' 5

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

COMMONWEALTH ARMS IN CHURCHES (8 th S. i. 494 ; ii. 33 ; 9 th S. xii. 194). In Lanteglos Church, Cornwall, which, by the way, is fast falling into ruins for want of attention, there is hanging on the wall of the north aisle a square wooden frame on which are painted in faded colours what I take to be the Commonwealth arms. They appear to be, Quarterly : 1, Or (?), a rose gules stalked and leaved (query if seeded) ; 2, Vert, a thistle or stalked and leaved ; 3, Vert, a fleur-de-lys or ; 4, Or (?), a harp or (?). The colours are so faded it is somewhat difficult to say positively what they originally were, espe- cially the fields of the first and fourth quarters, which are now a brownish orange. I shall be glad to know if these are the Common- wealth arms, as they are somewhat different from other descriptions. E. A. FRY.

COINCIDENCES (8 th S. viii. 124, 177, 270 334 9 th S. xii. 137, 190).-Several years since I bought an important technical serial, in many bound volumes, at a London book auction. It was catalogued "all faults," and L knew that portions dealing with a special subject had been extracted from several of the volumes, amounting to nearly 500 pages in all. Just about a year later, I accidentally looked in at the same room, and there found as part of a miscellaneous lot (and did not tail to secure), the identical parts which had been taken from my purchased books, as was

shown by the calligraphy of a former owner, who, for portability, had had the missing portions bound together in a volume which tiad been separated from the remainder of the work. W. B. H.

SHAKESPEARE AND LORD BURLEIGH (9 th S. xii. 328). It is stated that Queen Elizabeth paid a visit to the seventeenth Earl of Oxford, son-in-law of Lord Burleigh, at Castle Hed- ingham in 1561. Probably a record of the visit may be found in the printed ' Progresses of the Queen.' I. C. GOULD.

TRANSLATION (9 th S. xi. 481 ; xii. 15, 275). The questions concerning Coleridge's trans- lation of Schiller's * Wallenstein ' were settled long since to the satisfaction of students of Coleridge. If your correspondents will turn to the Athenaeum, 1861, i. 797-8 ; ibid., ii. 284-5; to Brandl's 'Life of Coleridge' (1887), pp. 257-63 ; and to Engli&che Studien, xxxi. 182-239, they will find satisfactory accounts of the variations between Cole- ridge's MS. of ' Wallenstein ' and the standard text of the play. JOHN Louis HANEY.

Central High School, Philadelphia, U.S.

JOHN WILKES BOOTH (9 th S. xii. 25, 150, 197, 236). As the old subject of Booth's death in 1865 is now, or ought to be considered as having been, finally settled, my first note thereon has served its original purpose. Remembering to have read an article relating to the pursuit and death of Booth, and thinking that additional data would be of value, I addressed an inquiry to Mr. Reuben G. Thwaites, Secretary and Superintendent of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, who, from his large store of American and general history, very courteously and promptly responded. The quotation following is from his letter, dated at Madison, Wisconsin, 11 September last :

" For detailed accounts of the shooting of John Wilkes Booth, the two following articles will pro- bably be useful to you: 'The Capture, Death, and Burial of J. Wilkes Booth,' by R. S. Baker, McClure's Mag., ix. 574; and 'Pursuit and Death of John Wilkes Booth,' by Ruggles and Doherty, Century, N.S., xvii. 443.

"Jn the Washington National Tribune for Oct. 29, 1885, is an editorial account of ' Booth's Captors,' alleged to be based directly upon the War Depart- ment records."

In connexion with the general discussion brought about by your correspondents F. M. and MR. PEACOCK, one might ask, Is it neces- sary to turn to a tale like that of Bonthron's carefully planned escape from the gallows, in Scott's * Fair Maid of Perth,' for an instance of privately defeated- justice in respect of a