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 9* s. VL DEC. s, i9oo.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 449 years is scarce or valuable. The subject is ' King James and his Jeweller, George Heriot.' The further particulars printed at the foot of the engraving are as follows: " Pub- lished 1 June, 1838, by M. Parkes, 22 Golden Square, successor to the late R. Bower, Pall Mall. Painted by A. Chisholm. Engraved by W. Morrison. Proof." I am not even acquainted with the story it represents, and should be glad to be informed if possible. JURISDICTION. [There is no story to tell, as your description indicates. If you want to know about George Heriot read the memoir in the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.' or Scott's ' Fortunes of Nigel.' The original design is obviously by Alexander Chisholm, a Scottish historical painter, for whom also see 'Diet. Nat. Biog.,' a work of monumental cost and value which for some of our readers and contributors does not seem to exist.] BISHOP BERKELEY.—Can any reader inform me which is correct of the two following statements ? The work is Bishop Berkeley's 'Principles of Human Knowledge,' and Lowndes (Bohn) states that " the first edition appeared in 1734." Allibone says it was pub- lished at Dublin, 1713, 8vo. F. M. [The life by Mr. Leslie Stephen in the 'Diet. Nat. Biog.' gives the date as 1710. This information is also supplied by Watt, and is presumably correct.] WICKLIFFE FAMILY.—I have read with in- terest the various articles in regard to the last lineal descendant of John Wickliffe, viz., 2nd S. xi. 484: 6th S. ix. 343; 9th S. v. 412; vi. 33. There is a branch of the Wickliffes extant in this country, a very distinguished one, whose founder was Elijah Wicklifle, who came from England to Virginia in 1748. Can any of your readers help me to connect the emigrant with the parent stem / C. WICKLIFJE THEOCKMORTON. New York. "AUCOMPAINE." —I can remember this sweetmeat, a yellowish hardbake—but how is it spelt, and unde derivatur ? I found it lately, spelt as above, in one of James Payn's books and in Thackeray's ' Irish Sketch-book,' but have looked for it in vain in various dictionaries, the 'Century,' the 'Imperial,' Murray's, and Stormonth's. In 'Robert and Frederick,' published over fifty years ago, it was written with an initial E. D. F. C. [See under ' Elecampane' at 4"> S. v. 695; vi. 103, 205, 2<H; vii. 243, 314; 7th S. xii. 47, 117, 208, 251, 315.] "VEDI NAPOLI E POI MUORI." —All know that the Bay of Naples is such a beautiful view that having seen it there remains naught more worth seeing and that one may as well die. But a Natal correspondent and his Neapo- litan companion have brought a certain amount of deductive thought to bear on the expression " Vedi Napoli e poi muori." Mori, they argue, is an island in the bay j therefore, the Quotation should be "Vedi Napoli e mori —" First see Naples and the Mori." I am unable to find any confirmation of there being any such island, and my correspondents are too far up country to point to a verification. Yet I have a slight suspicion that this is only another instance among dozens of others equally absurd where conjecture, probably in this case through the similitude of sound with the Latin mars, has been led astray by its own ingenuity ; and that it is retranslation from the English that has given it the guinea stamp of a foreign origin. Is there a Mori or not? C. E. CLARK. [The only Mori of which we know is in the Aus- trian Tyrol.] ARRAND AND DARRAND.—These are com- mon surnames in this neighbourhood. What is their derivation ? C. C. B. Epworth. WELSH PROSODY.—Can any of your readers give me information regarding the laws of Welsh prosody, or tell me of any likely source whence I might obtain such informa- tion? ARTHUR L. HAYWARD. 28, Princess Road, South Norwood. REGULATING THE PRICK OF HAY, &c.—Ac- cording to a contributor to the " Local Notes and Queries" of the Nottinghamshire Guar- dian, an ancient custom is still kept up at Warwick. He says :— "I was at the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, 16 October, at Warwick, and after the proclamation, I heard read a short statement deal- ing with the current price of hay, fodder, and corn. As it seemed to me a somewhat unusual practice, I made inquiries, and was informed that the report was quite customary When the declaration was ordered to be periodically made, it seems that large numbers of cavalry soldiers were constantly passing up and down the county, who were, of course, bil- leted in the town. The object of it, therefore, was to prevent any extravagant charge on the part of the publicans. Is this usage still maintained in any other parts of the country i WILLIAM ANDREWS. JOHN JACKSON. — In the Gentleman's and London Magazine of September, 1764, p. 596, the following army promotion appears: " Hodgson's (Regiment), Baron. Lieut, John Jackson, Ens." Who was this Baron (?) Jackson? WILLIAM JACKSON PIOOTT. [Is not Baron gazetted Lieutenant, and Jackson Ensign ?] " EYE-GAY." — The new-found and pretty taste for autumn leaves has apparently sug-