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 518 NOTES AND QUERIES. [9‘* S- VL DEC- 29. 1900- distinctly heard in the street, and often frightened horses in the roadway. During Cross’s tenanc, in 1826, Chunee, the stusendous elephant, shown Iiere since 1809, in an oak en which cost 350l., was shot, and his skin sold for 501. :his skeleton, sold for l(I)l., is new at the College of Surfigons. Cross’s menagerie was removed in 18° to the ing's Mews in Charing Cross; and Exeter Change was entirely taken down in l829.” A view of Exeter Change appeared in the Mirror of 20 June, 1829. I have also in my collection a very good view illustrating an unsigned article on ‘ The Three Exchanges in the trand.’ It looks as though it came from Tinsleg/’s Illagazine, but unfortunately I do not possess reliable information as to its source. I should like to add that in ‘ The Picture of London for 1808’ “Pidcock’s Museum ” is fully described and a list of its contents given. The whole might be seen for half-a- crown, ancl the beasts and birds were “ not even exceeded in rarity by those of the royal menagerie in the Tower.” The owner’s name ’ s given as “ Mr. Gilbert Pidcock.” _remember in my youthful days reciting t ‘piece of poetry entitled ‘Yorkshire Angling] w ich starts by describing the different sights in London affected by acountryman. Amongst them are included “ The Temple Bar and Pid- cock’s Bears.” I shall be very glad to learn who wrote this poetry and where it was f'irst published. Itcertainly forms acleverly worked out story. J onN T. PAGE. West Haddon, Northamptonshire. P.S.-The pictures of Exeter Change I have mentioned both show advertisement boards displayed on the front of the building. The one in Tmsley’s (2) is the plainer, and reads as follows :- Exeter Change Royal Menagerie __>.. Ed w“ Cross Dealer in Foreign Birds and Beasts. ii. The Wild Beasts are fed at 8 every Evenl. Billiards. Over the doorway, are disslayed numerous figures of strange easts an birds. ' BUP.1xL-PLACE or WVILLIAM, SoN or HENRY I. (9"‘ S. vi. 389).--From the information given by the chroniclers, he was drowned and “ became food for the monsters of the deep.” According to Roger de Hovenden, the ship struck upon_the rocks called Charterase (liaz de batville, now called Raz de Gatville, to the north of Barfieur), near Barbeflet (Harfleur). Ordericus Vitalis, who gives a full account of the calamity, says, “ The bodies of Earl Richard and several others were found some days after, tire., and their persons were identified, &c., from the clothes they wore.” If the body of Prince William had been found, the event would have been mentioned. The local tradition does not agree with the pro- bable meaning of the name. Gilling (accord- ing to F lave Edmunds) is British, from Gelinga, a man’s name, and dune, A.-S., a mound or rassy hill, which intimates that it is the ‘burial-place of some important personage in early Saxon times. Joss Rx1>cL11='rs. Pxssxos IN Cswcsn (9**‘ S. vi. 468).-See Ch., ‘C. T.,’ 9706 (Tyrwhit?; or G1`0&P E, l. 1833, ie., l. 589 of the ‘lt erchantes ale. I give the reference, asv. ‘Werkman,’ vol. vi. p. 289. I have sent this to Da. CHAPY. WALTER W. Sxsyr. ‘ LIASTERMAN READY ’ (9*‘* S. vi. 470).- William James, Esq., M.P., of Barrock Lodge, who represented the Eastern Division of Cumber and from 1837 till 1841, was living in Brussels in 1843. ALFRED F. Cuawms. THE ‘ D.N.B.’ (9"* S. vi. 466).-Let me state the case for the other side. Queries are many, space for replies is small. It is reason- able that extracts from books not commonly accessible, and from printed sources not enerally obvious, shou d be given more or Fess at full. But such a rule cannot fairly be applied to current and ordinary books of reference. To omit new and valuable matter in order to find room for extracts from recent dictionaries and encyclopmzedias would be a grievous loss to us all, sue as might menace the very existence of ‘ N. tit Q.’ Before corres ndents should be asked to copy out, or ‘N)f)& Q.’ to reprint, a “life” from the ‘ D.N.B.,’ the intending querist may reasonably be expected to have sought to be supplied otherwise. I assert that it is not difficult to discover a public library possess- ing the ‘ D.N.B.’ or the ‘ N .E.D.’ My experi- ence is that librarians almost always answer such applications, even from strangers, in a courteous and obliging manner. iforeover, it is a more ex editions method than writing to ‘N. & Q.’ ; fiom the dispatch of a query to the appearance of the earliest reply takes some time. W. C. B. Joss J Acxsos (9"‘ S. vi. 449).-According to the ‘Army List’ for 1765, Robert Baron was garetted lieutenant of the 5th Re iment of `Foot on 27 September, 1764, am? John