It appears also frown MR. DIXON'S narrative, that Trenchard was employed by Penn to dissuade James from his bigoted and violent course, and that he had interviews with the king for this purpose. MR. TAYLOR will find in the same place curious particulars, given on the authority of Lawton himself, concerning the intrigues which preceded the fall of James. SYDNEY WALTON. * * * * * PAPAL SEAL. (Vol. v., p. 508.) I have in my possession a _leaden_ seal, which has on the one side a precisely similar impression to that described by H. F. H. in p. 508. of "N. & Q.:" viz. two heads, with a cross between them, and the letters "S P A S P E" over them. The head under "S P A" has straight hair and a long pointed beard. The other head, under "S P E," has curled hair and a short curled beard, the whole surrounded with a circle of raised spots. On the other side of the seal is the following inscription, also surrounded by a circle of raised spots: + · E V G E N I V S . P.P · I I I I · It was attached by a strong cord that runs through the substance of the seal to a parchment {594} document that, some thirty years since, I found being cut into strips for labels for a gardener. The few fragments I was enabled to preserve showed that the document related to some conventual matter, from the repetition of the words "Abbati, Conventii, et Monasterii." One of the lines commences with an illuminated capital of about half an inch in height, as follows: "Militanti ecdie licet immeriti disponente domino presidente".... Another line commences-- "Persone tam religiose qua seculares necnon duces Marchione".... On one of the fragments, apparently an endorsement on the back of the document, are the names "Anselmus," and beneath it "Bonanmy" or "Bouanmy." There are unfortunately no traces of the name of any place, or of a date. The writing is very clear and in good condition. Is the document a papal bull? I shall be obliged by any reply to my inquiries. R. H. Kensington. * * * * * MARKET CROSSES. (Vol. v., p. 511.) It is stated in Gillingwater's _History of Bury St. Edmunds_, edition 1804, that "The theatre, an elegant structure, originally the _Old Market Cross_, was erected in the year 1780, from a design by Mr. Adams." In Alexander Downing's _Plan of the ancient Borough of Bury St. Edmunds_, published in 1740, there is a very good view of the old _Cross_. It appears from this print to have been a fine old building; the lower part open. It is possible that there might have been a chapel in the upper part of the cross, as it appears in the print on Downing's map to have been three stories high, with a bell turret or tower. Downing's _Plan_ is not scarce: it is one large sheet, and is engraved by W. C. Toms, sculpt. In Thomas Warren's _Plan of Bury_, subsequently published, there is a view of the _New_ Cross, with the theatre above it, as built in 1780. J. B.