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REFERENCES WANTED. 1. Fielding i
- Tom Jones ' mentions a song sung by Sophi
Western to her harpsichord, * Old Sir Simor the King.' Can any reader tell me where i is to be found ? I have been told that i is by Ben Jonson, but I have searched un successfully for it.
2. What play of Dryden's contains th stanza,
How happy the lover, how easy his chain ?
F. ROSE. 18, Grosvenor Place, Bath.
GLASGOW CROSS AND DEFOE'S 'TOUR.' In Defoe's ' Tour through the Island of Grea Britain,' 8th ed., " with great additions anc improvements," 1778, vol. iv. p. 118, we reac concerning Glasgow :
"Where the four principal streets meet, th. crossing makes a very spacious market-place, as may be easily imagined, since the streets are so large. In the centre stands the cross."
In ' Glasghu Facies,' 1873, i. 15, a quotation is given from the fifth edition of the ' Tour,' but the words in italics are omitted.
I should like to know whether the state- ment " In the centre stands the cross appears in the first edition, and in which edition they were first omitted (if they were omitted, for it is possible the quotation in
- Glasghu Facies ' may be inaccurate). Is
anything known of the author of the Scot- tish portion of the * Tour,' if he was not Defoe ? WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK.
Ramoyle, Dowanhill, Glasgow.
DR. THOMAS LAWRENCE, BATH. In perus- ing Hay ward's ' Dr. Johnson's Mrs. Thrale,' new edition, edited by J. H. Lobban, pub- lished by T. N. Foulis, Edinburgh, 1910, p. 40, I find a reference to Dr. Thomas Lawrence, the friend and physician of Johnson. I am inclined to believe he is identical with a Thomas Lawrance who, according to a distant relative of mine, became a notable surgeon at Bath. He certainly agrees with the time of Thomas Lawrance of my race, whose career I have been unable to trace satisfactorily. The man I am searching for was the second son of Charles Lawrance and Margaret Greig (relative of Grieg, the famous composer), born at Lulenstone, Rathen. Aberdeenshire ; baptized 29 October, 1757, before witnesses, John Birnie and William Sutherland (Rathen Baptismal Register, preserved at Register House, Edinburgh).
Can any reader corroborate or upset my theory ? ROBERT MURDOCH LAWRANCE. 23, Ashley Road, Aberdeen.
DUCHESS OF BOLTON. Can any reader
give the dates of birth, marriage, and death
of the wife of the fourth Duke ? It is
stated in G. E. C.'s * Complete Peerage '
and elsewhere that Lord Harry Powlett
(who became fourth Duke of Bolton, and
died in 1759) married Catherine, dau. of
Charles Parry of Oakfield, Berks. The
parish registers of Stratfield-Mortimer and
Sulhamstead show that this Catherine
Parry married, 14 April, 1737, James
Morgan, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, and that
he survived her until September, 1771 ;
therefore she could not have married the
Duke of Bolton. Is it possible that the
Duchess was daughter of Francis Parry of
Oakfield 2 G. R. B.
THE ROYAL ARMS. In The Common- wealth of Australia Gazette (Saturday, 2 Aug., 1913) and also in Supplement to the Govern- ment Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Wednesday, 20 Aug., 1913) appears an illustration, published for general in- formation, described as 'The Royal Arms, 1911.' In The New South Wales Gazette it is accompanied by the following dispatch rom the Secretary of State for the Colonies :
Downing Street,
20th June, 1913.
SIB, I have the honour to transmit to you for he information of your Ministers copies of the new lesign of the Royal Arms, which has been approved >y His Majesty the King.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
L. HARCOURT. Governor Sir Gerald Strickland, G.C.M.G., &c.
In what way does this design differ leraldically from previous designs for the Royal Arms say, from that under Royal /Varrant issued at the beginning of the eign of Queen Victoria ? Its differing rom others decoratively can hardly be he reason for its publication.
E. WILSON DOBBS.
LAND'S END, CORNWALL. This English ame has always seemed to me unexpected n this district. A Celtic scholar has sug- ested that it is Llan sen, and connects it dth Sennen, the patronal saint of the parish rhere it stands. Can early forms of the ame be traced ? What is the earliest refer- nce for the present form ? YGREC.
SONGS IN LAMB'S c MEMOIRS.' Where can find two songs mentioned in Charles ,amb's ' Memoirs,' viz., ' Water parted from Sea ' and ' In Infancy ' ? MIRANDA.
New South Wales,
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