Its classification amongst _Lost Antiquities_ seems to imply that the operation destroyed it, which proves that the figures were only on the surface; an argument in favour of its being a natural photograph. Any powerful die would have penetrated the pores of the stone for some considerable distance. R. F. LITTLEDALE. Dublin. "_Stunt with false care._"--Where are the following lines, quoted by Charles Villiers in one of his corn-law speeches, to be found? "Stunt with false care what else would flourish wild, And rock the cradle till they bruise the child." J. N. O. {539} _Winchester College._--Who wrote the account of Winchester College in Ackermann's _History of the Public Schools_? MACKENZIE WALCOTT, M.A. _Old Royal Irish Academy House, Grafton Street._--This interesting building is now some two months abandoned, and bills on the windows announcing it "to be let, or the interest in the lease to be sold," I wish to ask through "N. & Q." if any person intends to make a drawing or other memoranda of the house, ere it undergoes a thorough alteration, as it certainly will, if taken for commercial purposes. I am not aware of any sketch of the house, except one in the fourth volume of the _Dublin Penny Journal_, p. 129.; but I do not think that this, or its accompanying description, are well suited to the character of the institution. R. H. Dublin. _Quotations wanted._-- "Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasures Thrill the deepest notes of woe." "Like a fair lily on a river floating, She floats upon the river of his thoughts." CAPTAIN CUTTLE. _Shakspeare's Seal._--Some years ago, when in Warwickshire, a wax impression of a seal was given to me by a gentleman as that of William Shakspeare. The gentleman had no means of verifying its authenticity, beyond the bare but positive assurances of the person from whom he had received it, an inhabitant of Stratford. The appearance of the seal is not against the hypothesis of its genuineness. It is circular: the device is the well-known ornament called the _True Lover's Knot_, cut somewhat rudely in intaglio, apparently in steel; a favourite ornament in Tudor architecture from the time of Anne Boleyn downwards. Can any of the readers of "N. & Q." encourage me to believe in the genuineness of this relic? SYDNEY SMIRKE. _The long-lived Countess of Desmond._--An acknowledgment is due to THE KNIGHT OF KERRY for his recent interesting communication respecting the portraits of this remarkable old lady: and, at the same time, the KNIGHT may be requested to cause the portrait in the possession of Mr. Herbert, M.P., to be inspected; for it is respectfully suggested that the date on that picture is 1604, and not 1614. This first date will correspond more closely with the age usually ascribed to the aged Countess.