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turies), is now In course of demolition, to make 

 way, no doubt, for some of those palatial sets of 

 offices on which it is the fashion of the day for our 

 tradesmen to waste their profits. R. S. Q. 



Minat ^uevitS. 



Lyster Family. — Walter Lister, of Milltown 

 Pass, died in 1622. His monument remains in 

 the church of Camm, co. Roscommon. He left a 

 widow, Deborah, and two children. From his 

 only son Anthony are descended the Lysters of 

 Lysterfield, Grange, Corkip, Rocksavage, &c., &c. 

 I suspect this Anthony (a family name, by the 

 way, to the present day) married a daughter of 

 Chief Justice Osbaldeston, who, with his two sons, 

 Edward and Talbot, were named overseers in 

 Walter's will, and witnessed its execution. AValter 

 had considerable property in Roscommon. Can 

 any one give me particulars of the family during 

 the seventeenth century ? Y. S. M. 



Richard Woodroffe. — Who is the representa- 

 tive of Richard Woodroffe of Woolley near Wake- 

 field, in Yorkshire, by his wife, Lady Elizabeth 

 Percy, eldest daughter and coheiress of Thomas, 

 the 7th Earl of Northumberland ? " Sir T. C. 

 Banks's/' version will obviously not satisfy the in- 

 quirer. (Vide Baronia Anglic. Concentrataf vol. iii. 

 p. 369.) B. C. 



Early English Printing and Presses. -^ In the 

 article " Printing," by Mr. J. C. Hansard in the 

 newly-issued vol. (xviii.) of The Encyclopcedia 

 Britannica, it is stated (p. 536.), " that some of 

 the letter used by English printers less than a 

 century ago are from matrices cut by Wynkyn 

 de Worde : nay, that the punches are still in exist- 

 ence." And again (p. 538.), " that the identical 

 press at which Milton's Areopagitica was printed 

 is still in existence, and was lately in the posses- 

 sion of Mr. Valpy, the well-known printer of the 

 Variorum Classics." 



Can any of your correspondents state where 

 these interesting relics now are ? Typo. 



Old Graveyards in Ireland. — I have heard it 

 stated that in some of the old graveyards in Ire- 

 land distinct portions are set apart, not only for 

 Tinbaptized children, but for persons who had died 

 of consumption. Is it the case ? And if so, in 

 what parts of Ireland is this strange distinction 

 observed amongst the dead ? Abhba. 



JBarum Top. — Allow me to offer another bone 

 of contention to Messrs. Nichols and Skene ! 

 At Halifax, in Yorkshire, is a street named 

 " Barura Top." Query, Whence derived in this 

 northern latitude ? N. S. Heineken. 



Sidmonth. 



Stonehenge. — At p. 29. of the late Rev. P. 

 Hall's account of Sarum (printed, 1834, as a se- 

 quel to his Picturesque Memorials of Salisbury,) is 

 the following note : — 



" A curious work, comprising an account of the British 

 Islands prior to the invasion of Julius Caesar, has lately 

 been discovered in the possession of the Brahmins of 

 Benares. In this valuable treasure of antiquity, Britain 

 is called by a name which signifies the Holy Land : the 

 Thames, the Isis, and other rivers, bear similar titles 

 with those of the present day : and Stonehenge is de- 

 scribed as a grand Hindoo Temple! The Asiatic Society 

 of Calcutta are said to be preparing for publication a 

 translation of this interesting manuscript." 



Can any of your readers supply information 

 upon this subject, or is it all fudge ? J. 



Quotation wanted. — Tillotson, in his Sermon on 

 2 Peter iii. 3., writes : — 



" I remember it is the saying of one, who hath done 

 more by his writings to debauch the age with Atheistical 

 Principles than any man that lives in it ; ' That when 

 reason is against a man, then a man will be against 

 reason.' " 



To whom does Tillotson here refer ? 



Salford. 



Le Contrat Mohatra. — 



Libya. 



" Le contrat Mohatra est celui par lequel on achete des 

 etofies chferement et a credit, pour les revendra au mgme 

 instant a la meme personne argent comptant et h, bon 

 marchd" — Les Provinciates. Huitieme Lettre. 



The following is the note of M. I'Abbe May 

 nard on the pass.age : — 



" Le mot Mohatra est un mot barbare, ainsi que ses 

 synonymes Barata ou Stoco, mais fort usite en Espagne." 



Could any of your correspondents throw any 

 light on the derivation of " le mot barbare" 

 Mohatra and its synonyms Barata and Stoco f Is 

 the word to be met with anywhere save in the 

 writings of Escobar and other "casuistes cele- 

 bres " of the Society of Jesus ? Libya. 



Salford. 



Residence within the Tower of London. — I shall 

 be glad to be informed whether, about the year 

 1700, a commissioner of the navy, or any officer 

 of the Mint, had ex officio residence, or apart- 

 ments, within the Tower. F. C. A. 



Sir Thomas Laivrence : Linley. — I have in my 

 possession a light pen-and-ink sketch, which I 

 was told by my mother was done in her presence 

 when a girl by Sir Thomas Lawrence when he 

 was young and used to give lessons 'in drawing. 

 It is of a very stout lady, seated, with spectacles 

 on, and a fan in her hand. My informant stated 

 that it was a very good representation of a Mrs. 

 Linley, as she used to appear in her box at the 

 theatre. Can any one say, from the foregoing 

 description. If this was Mrs. Linley, wife of Mr. 

 Thomas Linley, formerly one of the proprietors 



