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the r'ear of their old location. The other " mark' 

 remains still in good preservation as described by 

 Sir H. Englefield, and is a sunk panel, with a mo- 

 nogram only, more nearly resembling the second 

 specimen given in p. 87. of Mr. Duke's work. 

 The fiict of this having been a staple town, and 

 the fragments of ancient wool-halls still remaining 

 here, renders the subject of ancient trade-marks 

 an interesting one ; and from the work already 

 referred to, it appears that "John Halle" had 

 property in this neighbourhood, and it is near the 

 " VVriothesley" monument in St. Michael's church 

 in this town the second of the above-mentioned 

 " marks" is found.* AVho is the benefactor thus 

 recorded I am unable to say, but the coincidence 

 is worth noting. Henry W. S. Taylor. 



Southampton. 



Slang Names of Coins (2"'> S. x. 237.)— Will 

 Ardeleanu kindly mention why Bob, as a slang 

 name for a shilling, should be derived from the 

 name of Sir Robert Walpole ? It is easy to see 

 why very naturally a coin the introduction of 

 which was in men's minds associated with the 

 name of Joseph Hume should be called Joey. 

 But the shilling is an ancient coin, of which the 

 nominal representative has always existed amongst 

 the Teutonic and Scandinavian nations. And I 

 do not remember that any great change was made 

 in the value or appearance of the English shilling 

 during the public life of Sir Robert Walpole. 

 Doubtless Ardeleanu has some good reason for 

 his conjecture, and I hope that he will kindly ac- 

 quaint us with it. W. C. 



Cockney (2"'^ S. ix. 454.) — 



" The Romans have a singular Taste for all Holidays, 

 and are great Admirers of Spectacles : They are at least 

 as mere Cocknej's as the Parisians, and every little No- 

 velty makes them run to it, as if they had never seen the 

 like in their Lives, thougl^ all that they see is but the same 

 Thing over again." — Memoirs of the Baron de Pollnitz, 

 vol. ii. p. 108., 1739. 



c. p. I. 



Tavern Signs (2"« S. x. 36.) — The deriv^ition 

 of one at least of the signs given by Mr. Fodder 

 is not correct, the "Ram and Teazle," for in- 

 stance. So far as the house with that sign at Is- 

 lington is concerned, the ram rej^resents the crest, 

 and the teazle one of the bearings in the arms of 

 the Clothworkers' Company, the ground landlords 

 of the property, and were chosen for that reason. 



J. Calver. 



Celtic Surnames (2""* S. ix. 403.) — In a little 

 ■work, Celtic Gleanings, or Notes of the History 

 and Literature of the Scottish Gael, by the Rev. 



* Joan, daughter and heir of Wm. Halle, and grand- 

 daughter of John Halle of Salisbury, mar. Thos. VVriothes- 

 ley, Garter Principal King-of-Arms, and grandfather of 

 the Chancellor, whose tomb remains as above. 



T. M'Lauchlan, Edin. 1857, the best part of one 

 of four lectures is devoted to Highland surnames 

 and their origin. William- Galloway. 



Cesar's Dialogue': God and thb King (2"* 

 S. X. 26.) — I have also a copy of this loyal manual 

 of the date 1601. It was, however, licensed to 

 Purfoot in 1593; ^nd under the head of "Ralph 

 Jackson," it will be found in Herbert's Ames with 

 the following extended title : — 



" Foode for Families : or an wholsom Household Dis- 

 course : In which all Estates [and Sorts of People what- 

 soeuer are taught Their Duties towards God, Their Ale- 

 gance to their King, And their Brotherly loue and Charitie 

 one to another. Written for the better and plainer Vn- 

 derstanding in a Dialogue betweene the Father and 

 Sonne. Printed by G. P. for Ralph Jackson," &c. N. d. 

 with dedication by E. N — K. 5 in 8's, Corresponding with 

 the reprint of 1601." 



Thinking the genealogist might take up the 

 question, and show us that there was such a person 

 at our disposal at the period, I have hitherto de- 

 layed demurring to the grounds upon which J. M. 

 would now introduce a new name into the literary 

 annals of Elizabeth, by claiming the book for E. 

 Nesbit. 



Such is the laudable peculiarity of the national 

 mind, that ^ome slight experience as an amateur 

 detective has satisfied me that in the majority of 

 cases the anonymous work of a North Briton sup- 

 plies sufficient internal evidence of its paternity ; 

 and applying this test to Ccesar's Dialogue, the 

 claim entirely breaks down, for instead of the usual 

 amor patrice, which, by my theory, would supply 

 examples of loyalty from Scottish history, and 

 piety from the annals of the Kirk, the author 

 does not once allude to Scotland, but on the con- 

 trary everywhere descants upon the excellency of 

 episcopacy, (" Thus pray we in the English 

 church,") and the superiority and clemency of 

 our English Government. Upon the face of the 

 book E. N. stands out as a maintainer of the right 

 divine of princes, (" tho' cruel as Holofernes,)" 

 to the blind obedience of subjects, and was, most 

 probably, a clergyman conforming in doctrine, 

 discipline, and apparel to the episcopal prescrip- 

 tions and injunctions of the day for the due setting 

 forth of a High Churchman, of which there were 

 certainly no Scottish types in the reign of Queen 

 Bess. 



J. M. has noticed the connexion of James Prim- 

 rose with another of his tracts, God and the King. 

 George Chalmers ascribes this to a Dr. Mocket ; 

 but perhaps some correspondent can give us the 

 history of a book which was so often reproduced 

 to stimulate our loyalty to the Stuarts. CcBsar's 

 Dialogue, and God and the King have the same 

 object in view ; and if another claimant for the 

 authorship of the last was wanted, it might also be 

 assigned to E.N., for he says in his Preface to the 

 Dialogue, with reference to the brevity used to 



