"GOTS . REICH . BLIBT . EWICK . E ."
encircling an emblem of Trinity, in the interior of which is a ball and cross.
There are no figures to indicate a date, but I conclude it belongs to the time of the Hanseatic league.
H. C. K.
Weber on the Material Media of Musical Art.
—Can any of your musical readers inform me whether the treatise on the material media of the musical art, promised by Weber in his Theory of Musical Composition, and which he therein frequently refers to, has ever yet made its appearance; and if so, whether any English translation has been published?
T. L. L.
Clement's Inn.
—I am an attorney; one of my predecessors in business was steward of Clement's Inn. He died, and his partner removed from the Inn to the City. I was articled to the partner, and I recollect that up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1837, he used to receive an annual visit from the minor officials of the inn, beadle, porter, &c., who presented four oranges, and received in return half a guinea. I used generally to suck the oranges, but it never entered my head to inquire what was the origin of the custom. You have probably a correspondent or reader amongst the "ancients" of the venerable society I have mentioned, who may be able to trace the origin of the custom which gave me the privilege of sucking the oranges in question.
Q. D.