12 S. IV. JAN., 1918.]
NOTES AND QUERIES.
BaUantyne, and Thomas Thomson (at the j born at Chatham iu 1789 ; studied at
end of the table). The three figures stand-
ing up are Sir William Allan, Sir David
Wilkie, and Sir Humphry Davy (examining
a sword). The figure in front of the table,
facing round three-quarters, is Thomas
Campbell ; and the figure wearing Hessian
boots and stroking his chin is Sir Adam
Ferguson. There are seventeen figures in
the picture
JOHN PATCHING.
If L. A. W. will consult ' The Homes and
Haunts of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.,' by
George G. Napier (Glasgow, MacLehose,
1897, pp. 174-5), he will there see a photo-
gravure of this picture, and a complete list
of the portraits. A similar list will also be
found in a work entitled ' Abbotsford,'
painted by William Smith, jun., described
by W. S. Crockett (London, A. & C. Black,
1905, pp. 80-81).
The eight portraits he wants named are : Tom Campbell, sitting opposite to Thomas Moore; Constable and BaUantyne, the two printers, both sitting ; Allan and Wilkie, the painters, and Sir Humphry Davy (examining a sword), all three standing ; Sir Adam Ferguson (in Hessian boots, sitting) ; and on the extreme left of the picture Thomas (Hugh) Thompson (sitting). Napier calls the last-named Hugh Thompson, while Crockett refers to him as Thomas Thompson ; but Thomson seems the better spelling. J. CLARKE HUDSON.
Thornton, Horncastle.
[F. H. and MB. W. E. WILSON also thanked for replies.]
CONQUEST'S VERSION OF THE BIBLE (12 S. iii. 478). W. S. inquires as to a Bible published about the middle of last century by a Dr. George Conquest. I think W. S. must be referring to a Bible published by Dr. John Tricker Conquest. Of this Bible, which contained 20,000 emendations, two editions were issued : the first (16mo) in 1841, the second (8vo) in 1848. Dr. J. T. Conquest was a noted man-midwife of the time, and it was popularly said that those practitioners could be divided into two classes : those who enlivened the period of waiting for the infant by ribald stories, and those who did so by pious exhortations and Scriptural quotations. I fancy Dr. J. T. Conquest must have belonged to the latter
Edinburgh University ; M.D. 1813 ; L.C.P.
London, 1819. He lived at 4 Aldermans-
bury Postern about 1820-24, and lectured
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1825 ; died
at the Oaks, Plumstead Common, Oct. 24,
1866, aged 77. He published the Bible
referred to in 1841, the title-page of which
runs, ' The Holy Bible, containing the
Authorized Version, with 20,000 emenda-
tions ' ; it was printed by John Childs &
Son, Bungay, for Longman, Brown & Co.,
1841.
about
In the preface the editor mentions
300 authorities from whose works
his emendations have been derived. A
" People's Edition" was published in 1843.
There are copies of both in the British
Museum and in the library of the British
and Foreign Bible Society.
ARCHIBALD SPABKE.
PEERAGES : THEIR SALE (12 S. iii. 479). A definite example of the purchase of a peerage in the reign of James I. is that of John Holies, who for 10,OOOZ. was created Baron Holies of Haughton in 1616, and Earl of Clare at a later date for an addi- tional payment of 5,OOOZ. See Prof. C. H. Firth's life of John Holies in the ' D.N.B.,' and S. R. Gardiner's ' History of England,' vol. ii. chap, xxi., where Sir John Roper's title of Lord Teynham is also said to have cost 10,OOOZ. References to authorities will be found in these two places.
On p. 294 of ' The Memoirs of Ann, Lady Fanshawe ' (1907), the editor has the following note :
" A somewhat lurid light upon the honours of these days is thrown by a letter of Sir Thomas Fanshawe of Jenkins to Christopher Hatton on this occasion [the coronation of Charles I.], in. which the uncle writes openly that there are 120 earls, viscounts, and barons to make, and that ready money will be accepted for these, and desires to know his nephew's wishes in the matter, The peerage conferred on Sir Christopher in 1643 was, doubtless, largely in recognition of the considerable sums advanced by him to King
Charles I."
EDWARD BENSLY.
class.
S. D. CLIPPINGDALE, M.D.
W. S. is in error in calling this man George,
He is John Tricker Conquest (British
Museum Catalogue styles him John Trickey
under both his name and Bible). He was
STATUE AS WATER-FOUNTAIN (12 S.
iii. 478, 521). At the second reference four
contributors point to the Mannekin at
Brussels as probably the statue sought by
H. K. ST J. S. The Mannikin, however,
does but partially answer the description
given by the querist. He has in memory,
" in a German or Italian town, a statue
(single figure or group) used as a public
fountain " ; and he has " a faint impression
of four Cupids." These recollections are
