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probably not always bound up with the Bible. 

 On the top of the title-page is the giving of the 

 law from Mount Sinai, and at the bottom an 

 eagle displayed, in which is represented the meet- 

 ing of Jacob and Esau. 



Will Mr. Offor have the kindness to inform 

 me whether this is really one of the editions of 

 Canne's Bible ? 



[Mr. Offor has kindly forwarded the following re- 

 ply: — "The numerous editions of Tyndale's New Tes- 

 tament which were published before the division into 

 verses took place, and in many cases their close simila- 

 rity to each other, render it impossible .to identify that 

 in the possession of E. W. from the description he has 

 given. A perfect and beautiful one, printed by R. Jugge, 

 1550, was in the collection of the late Duke of Sussex, 

 nearly resembling that described by E. W, There are 

 two or three in the librarj' of St. Paul's Cathedral. Of 

 these and others now in the Bodleian I have minute ac- 

 counts, accompanied by numerous drawings in fac-siraile, 

 together with many original editions. If E. W. will 

 bring his little gem, and spend an hour with me in my 

 library any Saturday, we may be enabled to identify the 

 edition. Canne's Bible was published in 1664. It -i^as 

 printed at Amsterdam, and is noticed in Dr. Cotton's list 

 of Bibles. I have also one of 1662, The first edition was 

 Amsterdam, 1647. George Offor. 



" Grove Street, Victoria Park, 

 South Hackney."] 



Conspiracy to Murder. — How many cases of 

 indictment for conspiracy to murder have been 

 preferred in England during the last century ? 

 and in cases of conviction, what have been the 

 sentences ? This Query does not refer to cases 

 in which parties have been indicted as accessories 

 before the fact. Anon. 



Sir John Temple. — Sir John Temple, Master 

 of the Rolls in Ireland in the reign of Charles I. 

 I wish to know the date of his death ; where it 

 occurred ; the place of his interment ; and the in- 

 scription (if any) upon his tombstone. B. P. W. 



Magdaleine de Scudery. — The romances of 

 Magdaleine de Scudery, Ibrahim, the Grand 

 Cyrus, &c., once so popular, are now little read. 

 Where can I find an account of her life and 

 writings farther than the short notices in D'Israeli's 

 Curiosities of Literature and the biographical 

 dictionaries ? R, H. S. 



Brompton. 



" Societe de THistoire du Protestantisme Fran- 

 qais" — Some information respecting the publica- 

 tions of this Society, its constitution,, and the 

 address of its London agent, is wanted. Has there 

 been any review of the publications already is- 

 sued, or a detailed list of them printed ? 



Enivri. 



Fivemiletown, co, Tyrone. 



Hebrew Letters. — It is, I believe, a universally 

 acknowledged fact, that the Hebrew alphabet in 

 present use dates from the period of the return 

 from the Babylonish captivity. If so, can any of 

 your readers inform me whether it was supposed 

 to have been changed from its ancient and simpler 

 form, now known as the Samaritan, to suit any 

 cabalistic purpose ? M. G. 



Leamington. 



Interments in Churches. — Under what circum- 

 stances are interments within our churches now 

 permitted, as in some cases it is still continued, 

 even where there is no vault ? G. L. 



Prince Lucien Bonaparte in Wales. — A well- 

 written account of Prince Lucien's Philological 

 Tour through Wales appeared in some of the 

 London illustrated newspapers in the latter part 

 of 1855, or the earlier part of 1856. Could any 

 correspondent favour me with the name of the 

 newspaper in which it appeared, and the date ? 



Bungay. 



Was Edward VI. styled Prince of Wales ? — 

 Mr. Froude, in the third volume of his History of 

 England, p. 258., writes thus : — " On the 12th of 

 October the question was decided by the birth of 

 a Prince of Wales." In Mr. Courthope's recent 

 edition of Sir Harris Nicolas's Historic Peerage of 

 England, at page 11., note m, I find the follow- 

 ing:— 



" Neither of the sons of King Henry VIII. had the 

 title of Prince of Wales, although all three of them were 

 Dukes of Cornwall ; Edward VI. was about to be created 

 at the time of his father's death." 



If the latter statement be true, the former 

 would seem to be erroneous, i. e. as far as it is 

 an appellation of the son of Henry VIII. and 

 Jane Seymour. I offer this remark in no captious 

 spirit : on the contrary, I am very thankful to 

 Mr. Froude for what may be termed the most 

 honest account of Henry and the English Re- 

 formation. T. W. II. 



Eeform Club. 



Appleby Family. — For several centuries flou- 

 rished at Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, the 

 family of Appleby, descendants of Sir Edmund 

 de Appleby, Knt., " who fought at Crescy. He 

 bore Azure 6 martlets, or, 3—2 — and 1." 



Any information with regard to this family will 

 oblige C. Denis. 



Bedell, Bishop. — 1. Are there any records ex- 

 tant concerning a grant made to Bishop Bedell 

 of houses or tenements in the city of Dublin ? 

 2. Was the ancient Mayoralty House one of those 

 granted ? It stood then in Pell Lane, a narrow 

 street near the Law Courts. It has since been 

 pulled down, but was for a time in the possession of 

 a branch of the Stanford family, from Belturbet, 



