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the Rey. Charles Wolfe to the Ode on the Burial | Germany.” Can any of your readers furnish the 
of Sir John Moore ? ABHBA. 
Miller's “ Mcdern History Philosophically Illus- 
trated.” —WVhy is it that in booksellers’ catalogues 
the first edition of Dr. Miller’s Philosophy of Mo- 
dern History (8 vols. 8vo., Dublin, 1816-28) is 
invariably spoken of as “the best and only com- 
plete edition”? The second (4 vols. 8vo., Lond., 
Duncan, 1832) and. the third (4 vols. post 8vo., 
London, Bohn, 1848) are very much to be pre- 
ferred. So thinks every one who has read the 
work; and so thought the author himself. The 
second is the best library edition. ABHBA. 
Excommunication by Bishop Prideaux.— This 
bishop is known to have excommunicated those of 
his diocese (Worcester) who took up arms against 
King Charles. Are the formalities of its publica- 
tion, and the form of the document, now known 
or to be found ? Hi. 
Old Silver Medal. ~ What is the origin or 
history of an old silver medal which may be de- 
scribed as follows ?—Diameter, two inches and 
three-sixteenths ; thickness, one-sixteenth of an 
inch. Upon one side, at the top, is a scroll in- 
seribed * Sedes Vacans, 1761.” A cordon, as of 
an order, goes from the scroll, and forming a circle 
around the outer part of the face of the medal, 
returns to the opposite side of the scroll. From 
this cordon are dependent sixteen coronetted 
shields, each having a name attached, as “ V. Furs- 
tenberg, V. Bechtolsheim, V. Lerrodt,” &c. Within 
this circle of shields is a church, appareutly rest- 
ing on a cloud, and an empty chair under a canopy, 
and upon a throne; a mitre lies upon the seat of 
the chair. Upon the opposite side of the medal, 
a circle of shields, &c., appears, in like manner, the 
label at the top bearing the words “ Capitulum 
Hildesien,” and the shields being different from 
those on the other side, though occasionally the 
same shield occurs twice. Beneath the scrqll is 
a dove, or Holy Spirit, in a glory, over the head 
of a Virgin and Child seated on a cloud. With a 
sceptre, the Virgin points to a covered crown, 
and a shield resting on a fringed and tasselled 
cushion. The same cushion supports a crozier, a 
sword, and the cross of an order. The blazonry 
of the shield is gules and or, parted per pale. 
The medal was received by the cashier of a 
bank in Maine, U.S., from a sailor lad, arriving 
from the West Indies. I should be glad to know 
to what it refers. SERVIENS. 
* You've all heard of Paul Jones, have you not 2 
have you not?” —Jn Mr. George Farquhar Gra- 
ham’s collection of the Songs of Scotland (Edin- 
burgh, 1853), vol. i. p. 29., he states that the 
ballad on the celebrated pirate, Paul Jones, begin- 
ning as above, is sung to the air of “ My love's in 
words of the first-named ballad, which is appa- 
rently a popular song in some parts of Scotland? 
SERVIENS. 
“ Cato,” a Latin Tragedy. — There is a Latin 
translation of Cato, published under the following 
or a similar title: Cato, a Tragedy, translated into 
Latin without the love scenes, 8vo., 1764. Can 
you inform me who is the author ? Re J. 
Madame de Staél.— About the middle of last 
century, there was printed, in four volumes, the 
Memoirs of a Madame de Staél. In the fourth 
volume are two dramatic pieces; both the memoirs 
and dramas are in French. Where can anything 
be found relative to this book ? J. M. 2.) 
Vaux Family. —1 shall feel much obliged to 
any of your readers who will favour me with 
notices of descents of any branches of the Vaux 
family subsequent to the Heralds’ Visitations, or 
copies of monumental inscriptions relating to any 
members of the family. Jno. Ricuarps. 
20. Charterhouse Square. 
Physiognomy and Chiromancy.— I have lately 
stumbled upon an old book on these subjects, about 
which I should be glad to know something. It is 
a small folio of 279 pages, the title-page wanting, 
dedicated to Elias Ashmole, by Richard Sanders. 
The Preface to the Reader is signed by the same 
Richard Sanders, and dated from “The Three 
Cranes, in Chancery Lane, November 17, 1652.” 
To the body of the work are prefixed commenda- 
tory pieces, by “ William Lilly, Student in As- 
trologie; John Booker, Astrophil., R. L., Nobilis 
et Medicus; Saxoniensis ; and G. Wharton.” 
The title-page of the second part runs: 
“ The Second Pait, or Second Book, wherein is-treated 
of Physiognomy, Metoposcopy, Oneirocracy (sic), with 
many secrets thereto belonging. ‘ Sapientia homines ita 
illustrat faciem ejus ut Firmitas vultus ejus duplicetur.’ 
Ecclesiast. cap. 8. ver.1. London: Printed for Nathaniel 
Brooks, 1653.” 
To these are added thirty-two more pages of 
“A Treatise of the Moles of the Body of Man and 
Woman, illustrated by Richard Sanders.” T’rom 
all which arise four Queries : 
1, Who was Richard Sanders ? 
2. Is his book considered valuable, after its 
kind ? 
3. Where can I meet with a perfect copy of it ? 
Mine wants a leaf or two at the end. 
4. Who was “R. L., Nobilis et Medicus”? 
Harry Leroy Tempe. 
Collectors of Rare Books: William Fillingham, 
Esq.—In Dr. Dibdin’s Bibliomania, 1811, a por- 
tion of a note runs thus: 
« To these, let me add, the Cutalogue of a Portion of the 
Library of William Fillingham, Esq, consisting of Qld 
