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perience of a chalice of solid silver, which has once more returned to its place in Clontarf Church. The cup, a very handsome one, richly embossed and believed to be of Dutch or Hanoverian workman- ship, was given to the church in 1721. It dis- appeared in the early part of last century, and quite recently it was found in the possession of a gentleman, in whose family it had oeen for many years. From an inscription on the bottom of the chalice, it is evident it was presented as a prize at the Cheltenham Races in 1833."

IBAGUE.

" MEETING." This word has been for some time acclimatized on the Continent, and we find it in newspapers where we should have expected assemblee, Versammlung, or riunione. It is usually written as in English, but I observe that the Heraldo de Madrid adopts the defective transliteration mitin.

FRANCIS P. MAKCHANT.

Brixton Hill.

WE must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct.

PORTRAIT BY DIGHTON. Can any of your readers help me to identify the subject of a water-colour portrait signed R. Dighton, Charing Cross, 1805? It represents a tall, elderly man standing, leaning slightly on a cane ; he wears a scarlet tunic, with blue collar and cuffs, silver epaulettes, silver lace " frogs " on the tunic, and silver lace on collar and cuffs, a silver lace sash round his waist, white leather breeches, jack boots, silver spurs, large black cocked hat with a red and white ornament like a shaving brush, and curved sword. Might this be the "Wind- sor uniform " or a colonel of militia's of that date? H.

SAMUEL RICHARDSON. Any information relating to the exact date of birth and name of place (in Derbyshire) in which the famous printer-novelist was born will be gratefully received. R. N. WHITE.

ARMS OF RICHMOND, SURREY. Can any of your correspondents tell me whence are derived the arms of Richmond, Surrey, Per fesse azure and gules, a fesse ermine charged with three roses gules (or Tudor roses ; I am not certain which) ? The town was restored and renamed in 1499 by Henry VII., styled Earl of Richmond prior to his accession to the throne. I therefore presume that its arms were intended to commemorate ( its royal benefactor, and that, since the

Dearing of the Earls of Richmond, Gules, an orle argent, over all a bend ermine, had pre- viously been adopted by the older town of Richmond in Yorkshire, it was considered necessary to difference the arms of the Surrey bown by the tincture azure and the substitu- tion of the ermine in fesse for the ermine in bend. B. C.

POPE AND ARBUTHNOT. I have a little calf- covered volume entitled 'The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope,' dated London, 1720, with an excellent portrait by Coster of the poet, in long flowing wig, presumably as he ap- peared at the time, in his thirty-second year. Inside the cover has been written : "John Arbuthnot B'atRott 2/5."

I should much like to know if there is any means of finding out whether this is the autograph of Pope's friend, the celebrated wit and physician. There are also auto- graphs of later owners, " Rob fc Arbuthnot " and "Rob fc Arbuthnot, Jun r ," showing that the volume was valued by the family.

WM. NORMAN.

SCOTT QUOTATION. Where is to be found " the old song " quoted by Hob Happer, the miller, in chap. xiii. of ' The Monastery ' ? I live by my mill, God bless her ! She 's parent, child, and wife.

Hob says : " The poor old slut [that is, the mill], I am beholden to her for my living, and bound to stand by her, as I say to my mill- knaves, in right and in wrong." Would not the miller have sympathized with Maitre Cornille in his touching devotion to his mill in Alphonse Daudet's story in his charming
 * Lettres de mon Moulin ' 1

JONATHAN BOUCHIER.

one of your readers could kindly tell me the title and author of a book of which I possess only a few pages. It appears to be divided into two sections, entitled * Eros ' and 'Anteros.' It is a tale of the time of the Roman emperors. The principal characters appear to be Esca, a British slave ; Valeria, a noble Roman lady ; and Mariamne, a young girl with whom Esca is in love. F. G. R.
 * EROS ' AND ' ANTEROS.' I should be glad if

MURAL PAINTINGS : ST. CLEMENT'S, JERSEY.
 * On 6 November, 1879, the Rev. R. Bellis

read a paper before the Royal Archaeological Institute on the mural paintings at St. Clement's Church, Jersey. I cannot find that the paper was printed in their Journal. Was it printed separately, or in the Trans- actions of any Channel Islands society?