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12 s. ix. SEPT. io, i92i.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 207 figures of Edward the Confessor, Henry VIII., Elizabeth, and Victoria. HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The north front towards Westminster Bridge contains effigies of our Kings from the Heptarchy to the Conquest. New Palace Yard also has royal figures ; the Victoria Tower has figures of the Duke and Duchess of Kent ; and there are many regal effigies in the interior of the buildings. TEMPLE BAB. On the west (Strand) side in niches were figures of Charles I. and Charles II. in Roman costume ; on the east side James I. and Elizabeth (or Anne of Denmark), all by Bushnell. The present Temple Bar Memorial contains statues in Sicilian marble of Queen Victoria and the (then) Prince of Wales by Boehm. POULTRY. Terra-cotta panels on 12-13, Poultry, commemorating the royal proces- sions that passed through the street in 1546, 1561, 1660, and 1844. KINGSTON. Chapel of St. Mary, which adjoined All Saints' Church, contained pic- tures (? statues) of Athelstan, Edred, Edwy, Edward the Martyr, Ethelred and John. PAISLEY ABBEY. Monument to the wives of Robert II. and III., Lady Chapel, erected by Queen Victoria; unveiled 1890. CONWAY, LANCASTER SQUARE. Drinking fountain, surmounted by a column supporting a bronze figure of Prince Llewelyn the Great in chain armour ; figure modelled by Mr. E. O. Griffith. Memorial presented by Mr. Albert Wood. ST. ANNE'S CHURCHYARD, SOHO. Tablet with reproduction of a crown from his coins, with inscription : Near this place is interred THEODORE, King of Corsica, who died in this parish December xith MDCCLXVI ; immediately after leaving The King's Bench Prison by the benefit of the act of insolvency in consequence of which he registered his kingdom of Corsica for the use of his creditors. The Grave great teacher to a level brings Heroes and Beggars, galley slaves and kings But Theodore, this moral learn'd ere dead Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'd a kingdom, and denied him bread. ROTHERHITHE CHURCHYARD. Brick tomb near the western extremity of ground en- circled by iron railings and surmounted by flat stone slab, with inscription : To the Memory of | Prince Lee Boo, | a native of the Pelew or Palos Islands and Son of Abba Thulle | Rupack or King of the Island Coorooraa, | who departed this life on the 27th December 1784, | Aged 20 years. [ This stone is inscribed | by the Honourable United East India Company, | as a testimony of esteem for the humane and kind treatment afforded by his father to the crew of their ship Antelope, Capt. Wilson, | which was wrecked off that Island | on the night of the 9tk of August, 1783. | Stop, Header, stop ! let Nature claim a tear, | a Prince of Mine, Lee Boo, lies bury'd here. | On the north wall of the church is a marble tablet with inscription : In the adjacent churchyard lies the body of | Prince Lee Boo, | Son of Abba Thulle, Rupack or King of the Island | Coorooraa, one of the Pelew or Palos Islands, | who departed this life at the house of | Captain Henry Wilson in Paradise Row in this Parish | on the 27 day of December 1784, aged 20 years. | This tablet is erected | By the Secretary of State for India in Council f to keep alive the memory of the humane treatment j shewn by the natives to the crew of the Hon- ourable | East India Company's ship " Antelope," which was wrecked | off the Island of Coorooraa on the 9th of August, 1783. | ' The barbarous people shewed us no little kindness ' | Acts xxviii. 2 | 1892.J J. ARDAGH. 27, Hartismere Road, Walham Green, S.W.6. NEW YEAR CARDS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. In ' (Euvres Diverses de Monsieur de Greco urt,' nouvelle Edition, Amsterdam, 1765, vol. ii., p. 187, is the following : SouJtaits de bonne ann^e, par M. Desclos. Desclos, prt a finir sa carriere en ces lieux, Vous souhaite longs jours, & puis vous voir aux Cieux. Reponse de Monsieur Stibire. Que de toi vienne yers ou prose, Soit en franc.ais, soit en latin, Soit sur carte ou sur papier fin, Soit ceuvre sous la presse eclose, Soit ecrit de ta propre main, C'est tou jours precieuse chose. Car de ton souvenir enfind., C'est toujours un signe certain. Mais ton dernier distique cause A tes amis un vrai chagrin ; Ta muse y parle de ta fin : Dieu ! quel texte ! Dieu ! quelle glose Ayant le corps <fc 1'esprit sain, Tu ne dois que dans un lointain Voir encor ton apoth^ose. There is this footnote : M. Desclos, pour s'e'pargner la peine de faire quantite de lettres au commencement de l'anne, prend le parti depuis plusieurs anne>s dc faire imprimer deux Vers sur des cartes, qu'il envoie a tous ses amis. Ordinairement ses Vers toient badins ; le se"rieux de ceux qu'on a vis, occasionna la reponse. Who were Desclos and Sebire I do not