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in Hooe we have a chest like that at Stanforc Bishop. I conjecture it to be of Saxon mak of the eighth century. I shall be glad to have light on the subject. J. J. NEWPORT.

"AFRICANDER": "AFRIKANDER." Why have the English newspapers disfigured Africandei by putting that ugly letter k instead of the c f Does it mean a different person 1 In the Outlook for 7 October, 1899, p. 279, I find "The feeling among the Cape Colony Afri- canders." Would our English papers confuse us by putting Afrikander to this, and so make one wonder whether a new people is intended? RALPH THOMAS.

LYTTELTON'S 'DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD.' An Earl of Angus and a Duke of Argyl figure in one of these dialogues. I should 'be glad to have these two noblemen identified.

H. T. B.

TEESDALE. Can any of your readers help me in tracing the whereabouts of four letters, dated 1657, which were formerly in the pos- session of Mr. H. W. Teesdale, of 6, Frederick's Place, Old Jewry ? They were purchased by him at a sale at Sotheby's in July, 1887. Mr. Teesdale died the following year, and his relatives and executors know nothing of the documents beyond the fact that he made the purchase, and it is conjectured that he gave or sold the letters to some one interested in antiquarian and historical matters. If any friend of the late Mr. Teesdale could throw a light upon the matter would he kindly communicate with me? A. FEA. Mill Hill, N.W.

LONDON CHURCH REGISTERS. Can I pro- cure, through the medium of 'N. & Q.,' a list of all the churches in London and its suburbs whose registers have been printed ?

P. E. CLARK.

ARMS ON THE BAR GATE OF SOUTHAMPTON. Will some reader be so kind as to give me an account of the coats of arms on the Bar Gate of Southampton 1

ALFRED F. CURWEN.

'NAMING THE BABY.' Can one of your correspondents kindly tell me where I can obtain a poem bearing some such title as 'Naming the Baby'? It relates to the diffi- culty of selecting a suitable name for a child.

WILLIAM ANDREWS. Hull Press.

ADELBRIGHT, REX NORFOLCI^E. Where can information be obtained as to this king, who, according to Geoffrey Gaimar, was of Danish origin, and was the father of Orgen-

tille ? In Gaimar's ' Chronicle ' he is said to have died at Thetford, and to have been buried at Colchester. Is he mentioned by any other author ? There is a brief allusion in Brewer's ' Phrase and Fable,' but without authorities. W. G. B.

WALTHAMSTOW CHURCH BELLS. There is a very fine peal of bells at Waltharnstow, in Essex, and some of them, I am informed (very ancient ones), are called the " robber's bells." Nobody seems to know the origin of the name. Can any campanological reader of ' N. & Q.' enlighten us ? R. CLARK.

Walthamstow.

RATE OF THE SUN'S MOTION. Can MR. LYNN, or any of your astronomical readers, inform me what is the exact time which the sun takes in his apparent diurnal motion to move through the distance of his own dia- meter ? Or, in other words, what time elapses between the first appearance of the rim of his disc above the horizon and his last contact with it ? It is said that this period, whatever it is, lies at the base of the Babylonian horology. A. SMYTHE PALMER.

S. Woodford.

Can any readers of ' N. & Q.' kindly indicate name of publisher, with date of issue, of the book bearing this title ? CECIL CLARKE.
 * CHARLOTTE TEMPLE : A TALE OF TRUTH.'

Authors' Club, S.W.

THE JUBILEE NUMBER.

(9 th S. iv. 533.)

IF MR. HUGHES will look again carefully at the previous lists he will find that some of the information he desires has already been given, e.g., E. F. Rimbault (9 th S. iv. 412) ; Gastros was E. Ventris (9 th S. iv. 375) ; A. E. B. was A. E. Brae, and A. B. R., A. B. Rowan (9 th S. iv. 412). With respect to some of the others, I may add that J. S. (Doncaster) is my friend John Sykes, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.S.A., J.P., still living there, in his eighty-fourth year. J. O. W. H., I believe, was the Rev. J. O. W. Haweis (now deceased), father of the Rev. H. R. Haweis. Not a few of the names lave passed into the ' Dictionary of National Biography,' e.g., J. A. Giles, d. 24 September, 1884 ; J.R. Walbran,d. 7 April, 1869 ; Jonathan Eastwood, d. 5 July, 1864. J. M. (Oxford) was orobably J. Macray. One J. M. was Joseph Vlaskell (9 th S. iv. 374) ; another was J. Manuel, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Perhaps MR. PICKFORD may be able to identify the