gud §; No 8, Fa. 28. °56.) 
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be madé by stripping off a small sheet of birch 
bark, pinching up its corners, and pegging them 
together, so as to make a deep dish. I should be 
much obliged for any information referring to the 
bark vessels formerly in use in England. FF. G. 
Variation of Currency. — The currency is — 
s) de 
In Canada - - - 5 0 to the Spanish dollar. 
The New England States 6 0 ditto. 
New York - - 8 0 ditto. 
Pennsylvania - - 7 6 ditto. 
Virginia - - - 6 0 ditto. 
South Carolina - - 4 8 ditto. 
England (nominally) - 4 6 ditto. 
And in the British West India Islands it is be- 
lieved there are several different currencies to the 
dollar. In the New England States, Pennsyl- 
vania, Virginia, and South Carolina, there is no 
coin to represent the shilling. In Canada there 
was not, until lately, any such coin. In New 
York State the shilling is a “ real,” one-eighth of 
a dollar. 
The above being now, or having been formerly, 
all English colonies, how did these different cur- 
réncies origifiate ? S. W. Rix. 
Beccles, 
Mrs, Fitzherbert.—Information is requested 
respecting any pamphlets that appeared on the 
Stibjéct of the marriage of the Prince of Wales 
witli Mrs. Fitzherbert. G. H. 
The Cobbe of Lyme. —When was the Cobbe of 
Lyme, in Dorsetshire, built; by whom, and why so 
named ? A FIsHERMAN. 
‘Gunston Manuscript.— A manuscript which I 
have, of 12mo. size, in a good hand of the seven- 
teenth century, bears the following title : 
“A Short Meditation or Consideration of the Future 
Joyfull, Blessed, and Eternall Life: collected out of the 
Holy Scripture, for especiall Cheering and Comfort of 
Heart to all Sotrowfull; Godly Christians in these last 
daigerous and troublous Times. By Jeremia Apfelio, in 
the German Language. Now Bglished by J. Gunston.” 
There follows an ecpistle dedicatory —“ To my 
dearly beloved sister, Mrs. Mary Gunston,” dated 
“ Hambourg, 31. Xber, 1681.” ‘The Preface oc- 
aie eight pages, and the. “ Meditation” itself 
orty-seven, The author obseryes that, in this 
life men have need of food, raiment, dwellings, 
company, and exercise; and proceeds to show, 
“ out of the Holy Scriptures,” to which the mar- 
pital references aré very numerous, that “ all these 
shall thé saints have in thé life to conie.” At the 
end is written, by the hand of the translator or 
nseriber, “ Hannah Gunston, 28 December, 
1691 ;” and on the back of the last page: 
“ A book may find him who a sermon flies, 
And turn delight into a Sacrifice.” 
Has this MS. been printed ?* Was not “J. 
Gunston” the father of Thomas Gunston, who built 
Sir Thomas Abney’s residence at Stoke Newing- 
ton; and of Mary Gunston, who became Lady 
Abney ? be We forse 
Beccles. 
History of Newspapers. —1 have not seen “ N. 
& Q.” regularly for some time, but a friend informs 
me that a notice has appeared in a recent Number 
of the intention of the writer to compile a History 
of Newspapers. As I have been engaged in col- 
lecting materials for such a work for some years, 
—deferred it till I ascertained how Mr. Knight 
Hunt would handle the subject; — and have now 
resumed it, and have it nearly completed, I should 
be glad to know if your correspondent is still pro- 
ceeding with his task. A.A. 
The Derwentwater Family.— Can M. R. be in- 
formed who is the heir of the Derwentwater 
family, as James the third earl, and Charles his 
brother, died without male issue ? 
Sir Charles Sedley. —Is there any picture or 
engraved portrait of him? If there is, I should 
be obliged by a description such as might enable 
me to decide whether a small picture in my pos- 
session is a likeness of him. N.B. 
finor Queries with Answers. 
“ Myrrour of the Worlde.” —I have before me a 
very old dwarf quarto volume in black letter, of 
which the title-pagé has been lost, and in which I 
can discover no date. ‘The “ Prologus” com- 
mences thus: 
“In the name of ower sauiour criste Jésu, maker and 
redemour of al makynd, S. Laurés adrewe, of y° towne 
of Calis, haue translated for Johnes doesborowe, booke 
prenter in the cite of Andwarpe, this psent volume, de- 
uyded.in thre partes, which was neuer before in no ma- 
ternall langage prentyd tyl now.” 
Thé first part is called the “ Myrrour of the 
Worlde,” and treats of thé creation of the earth, 
astronomy, physics, the nature of heaven and 
hell, and the like. Thé second part treats “'To 
the lawde and prayse of Almighty God, of y° 
bestis and wormes on erthe, with their properties 
and vertues.” The third part treats of “ Serpétys 
on y° erthe, fowles in y° ayre, and fisshes and 
monsters in thé water.” The whole volume is 
profusely illustrated with a number of most 
[* This translation does not appear to have been pub- 
lished. A copy of the original work is in the Bodleian, 
entitled Apfelii Meditatio vite wterne, Germanice, 8v0., 
Breme, 1639. } 
