2n<« S. VI. 154., Dec. U. '58.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



491 



Little Ease (2°* S. vi. 345. 399.) — Many old 

 citizens remember a sort of small closet with a 

 grated door in Guildhall which went by this 

 name, and was said to be a place of punishment 

 for refractory apprentices. It was close by the 

 steps leading to the Council Chamber, under one 

 of the statues of God and Magog, which stood 

 over the door at that time. Can any of your 

 readers sav when it was removed, and what be- 

 came of it ? A. A. 



Poets' Corner. 



Mother of the late Czar (2°* S. vi. 246.) — She 

 was Maria Fedorowna, sister of the late and aunt 

 of the present King of Wurtemburg. She lived 

 throughout the reign of her son, the Emperor 

 Alexander ; and a reference to the very interest- 

 ing account, recently published, of the accession 

 of the Emperor Nicholas, will show that she was 

 frequently consulted on matters of the highest im- 

 portance by the members of the Imperial Family, 

 who appear to have regarded her with the utmost 

 esteem and veneration. E. H. A. 



Water-marhs in Paper (2°'^ S. vi. 434.) — J. H. 

 S. will find much valuable information in regard 

 to ancient water-marks in a paper in Archceologia 

 (vol. xii. p. 114.), by the Rev. Samuel Denne, 

 F.S. A. ; and more recently in vol. xxxvii. Part ii. 

 p. 447., by the Rev. Joseph Hunter, V.P.S.A. : 

 both papers being fully illustrated with engrav- 

 ings. J. C. W. 



;aftt«ccnanrou«. 



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