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discusgion of the Address " the Master of the Rolls [Sir Joseph Jekyll] got up, and before he sat down, cnanged nis opinion seven times, and as often the party which thought they had got him roared out the Hear Aim" ('His- torical MSS. Commission, Fifteenth Report,' Appendix part vi. pp. 105, 147). It is of significance, however, that, although the earliest "Hear, hear," supplied in the'H.E.D.' is from the lips of George Grenville in 1769, the Speaker rebuked its use in the next year, when that statesman himself was accorded the same meed of applause : " I beg the House will be silent ; I am sure that it is disorderly "; and it is interesting to add the illustrative quotation of 1832 from Carlyle's article in the Edinburgh Review upon ' Corn Law Rhymes': "Farewell, a long farewell to all his greatness : the spirit-stirring Vote, ear- piercing Hear ; Balaam's occupation gone."

ALFRED F. ROBBINS.

CARDINAL Rossi (9 th S. ii. 129, 175). If MR. J. H. MITCHINER will refer to the two latest works on this subject, D'Anvers or Quatrieme de Ouincy, he will find that the lost works of Raphael are the following :

The Birth of Christ (painting).

The Coronation of the Virgin (tapestry).

Cupids at Play, &c. (five tapestries).

Portrait of Raphael (engraved).

Portrait of Guilderbaldo, Duke of Urbino.

Portrait of Ant. Tebalden.

The Annunciation.

Small painting in his paternal home.

The Funeral of the Virgin.

The Last Judgment.

St. Jerome.

Mary Magdalene.

Portrait of Lorenzo di Medici.

The Stoning of Stephen (cartoon).

Conversion of St. Paul (cartoon).

St. Paul in the Dungeon at Philippi (cartoon). . The Adoration of the Kings (cartoon).

Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus (cartoon).

Massacre of the Innocents (cartoon).

The Ascension (cartoon).

Twenty-four in all. YDOLTOREC.

BEETLE AND WEDGE (9 th S. ii. 506). Once a Week, 25 Aug., 1865, vol. xiii. 254 :

" He stepped back and looked up. There was no mistake ; the sign of the Beetle and Wedge stood out as heretofore large in conception, vigor- ous in colour and execution. This symbol of the Beetle and Wedge had its origin in the old days, when the silvery Thames rolled its unpolluted and capacious waters between banks shrouded in woods, and when the mallet, the wedge, and sturdy Saxon arms were required to clear the forest solitudes. In the present instance the sign was the work of the modern village artist, who, instead of a mallet, which the old word beetle was intended to express, had thought fit to paint an enormous black insect standing on a wedge. It was a wonderful piece of pre-Raphaelite execution the very cast of the

creature's countenance was conscientiously ren- dered. A fancy wreath of lesser beetles and wedges enclosed an inscription."

This sign is not amongst those in the ' His- tory ' but the bear and ragged staff is attri- buted indifferently to the Warwick and to the Dudley family. The "three-man beetle" was probably such an extra-large one as was called a "commander," and used by steve- dores in stowing cargo.

THOMAS J. JEAKES.

MRS. YATES (9 th S. iii. 49). I cannot settle URBAN'S inquiry as to this actress's Christian name, but I can throw some light on one or two other points. By Romney's picture of 'Tragedy and Comedy' I presume URBAN means the well-known one of 'Shakespeare nursed by Comedy and Tragedy.' The face of "Comedy" is undoubtedly taken from Lady Hamilton. I have never before met with the suggestion that Mrs. Yates sat for " Tragedy," and doubt very much whether it could be substantiated. It is not known when Rom- ney painted this very fine picture, but its date is certainly not much earlier than 1787. Mrs. Yates died in 1787. "Tragedy" in Rorn- ney's picture is quite a young woman. This picture was engraved in 1803 by Benjamin Smith, and again, six years later, by Caroline Watson for Hayley's 'Life of Romney.' Romney, however, did paint a character portrait of Mrs. Yates as ' The Tragic Muse (Melpomene).' This picture, a whole-length, was exhibited in 1771 at the Society of Artists, Spring Gardens, and is No. 139 in the catalogue. It passed into the possession of Boydell, to whom it became a "white elephant." Three attempts were made to sell it at Christie's from 1810 to 1822, but in 1824 it was knocked down for 101. to "Johnson." On 1 April, 1897, it was sold at Robinson & Fisher's, Willis's Rooms, for 405 guineas to Mr. Martin Colnaghi. A mezzotint of this picture was engraved by Valentine Green and published 18 May, 1772, and one of the publishers was J. Boydell.

There is another Yates -Romney point which requires elucidating. In 1770 Rom- ney exhibited at the Society of Artists, Spring Gardens, two pictures named 'Mirth' and ' Melancholy.' These were engraved on separate plates as ' L' Allegro ' and ' II Penseroso,' by Robert Dunkarton, and published 1 Oct., 1771. The former is "said" to be a portrait of Mrs. Jordan and the latter of Mrs. Yates. This statement is probably correct. Towards the end of his career Romney painted on one canvas 'II Penseroso and L' Allegro,' which are also " said " to be portraits of Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Jordan respectively ; this was en-