in. FEB. is, m] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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graved in stipple by John Jones, and pub
lished 4 Jan., 1799. It is certainly wrong t
state that the portraits are of these two ladies
The catalogue of the Romney sale at Christie'
in 1807 distinctly states that in this "mucl
admired picture " of ' Mirth and Melancholy
both portraits are from Miss Wallis, an<
" were designed to shew the equal degree o
excellence of that late accomplished actres
in either walk of the drama." The saL
catalogue was prepared under the direction
of Romney's only son and biographer, who
had for several years assisted his father in
his accounts. The picture was not sold, bu
was bought at auction in 1834 by the Earl o
Egremont. As that title is extinct, I do no
know where this fine work of Roraney's is a
the present time. W. ROBERTS.
Carlton Villa, Klea Avenue, Clapham.
Mrs. Yates in her letter to Garrick signec herself "M. A. Yates" (see ' Garrick's Private Correspondence'). In Garrick's instructions for drawing up articles of agreement for Mrs Yates's engagement at Drury Lane she is described as Mary Ann Yates ; and the slab to her memory near the altar-rails in Richmond Church bears, I believe, a lik inscription. ROBERT WALTERS.
Ware Priory.
DAMAGE TO BRIDGE (9 th S. iii. 48). The notice which has attracted MR. PEET'S atten- tion is but a brief extract from an Act passed on 6 August, 1861, entitled "An Act to con- solidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Malicious Injuries to Property." Section 33 reads that
"whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously pull or throw down, or in any wise destroy, any bridge, whether over any stream of water or not, or " do any injury with intent, and so render such bridge dangerous and impassable, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be kept in penal servitude for life, or for any term not less than three years."
Possibly from the way the notice is put the impression is given that the warning, with its pains and penalties, is applicable only to that particular bridge, whereas, as the statute cites, "any bridge" is included.
RICHARD LAWSON.
Urmston.
The portentous inscription referred to by MR. PEET is not very uncommon in parts. Stanford's 'Tourist's Guide to Dorsetshire' '1882) mentions a similar one in the Char- Valley, near B rid port ; and I myself, in 1887, loticed the like on a bridge between Ware- lam railway station and town. The Char Valley inscription speaks of " transportation
for life," which refers to a state of things
before the Malicious Injuries to Property
Act, 1861, under which penal servitude to the
same extent is incurred. W. B. H.
SIMEON SLINGSBY (9 th S. iii. 50). This would appear to be the same person as Simon Slingsby, the celebrated dancer (above all those of his day, according to Lee Lewes) of the Opera-House, Drury Lane, and Dublin theatres, who died at West Cowes in 1811. From 1774 to 1777 he was joint manager with Jefferson of the Richmond Green Theatre. WM. DOUGLAS.
125, Helix Road, Brixton Hill.
JOHN KING, D.D. (9 th S. iii. 68). John King, Master of the Charterhouse, is de- scribed in ' Alumni Oxonierises ' as the son of Thomas King, " of Harwich, Essex, gent." According to Mr. Foster, King died on 4 August, 1737, aged eighty-two. His niece Mary King, who died in December, 1719, aged thirty -four, is described on a memorial tablet in West Wycombe Church as " daughter of Major King, of the kingdom of Ireland, and third wife to Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart." (Lipscomb's 'Hist, and Antiq. of the County of Buckingham/ 1847, iii. 657).
G. F. R. B.
THE Six CLERKS IN CHANCERY (9 th S. ii. 69, 233). From an article in the Home Counties Magazine I learn that a list of the Six Clerks since 1545 is given in Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy's ' Catalogue of the Lord Chancellors ' (Butterworth, 1843). The City Press of 30 August, 1879, contains a long, interesting, and instructive notice on the " Six Clerks in 'hancery," their successors in office, and the houses" they lived in. It is condensed Tom a pamphlet by Mr. T. W. Braithwaite, Messrs. Stevens & Haynes publishers.
It may not be generally known that when the office, which was built in 1778, was dis- mantled, the fine old oak found a resting- place in the Royal Courts of Justice.
EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.
THE DOMESDAY "MANSIO" (9 th S. ii. 326, 35). The Mr. Hioll or Hall was probably ^homas Hall, a commissioner for granting aids o Henry VII. in 1496, who is described as the rst that did bear " a chevron between three albots' heads," a coat that has since accom- >anied the name into every county (I may ay every hundred and city) in England. His on or grandson, named Francis, died in 1552, seised of 95 houses held of the Queen, worth 2. 6s. 8d. p. an." Now, seeing that the entire manor belonged to Queen Editha, it is pretty
