Two copies have been made of it, but the original has never been engraved; from one of the copies, however, an engraving is in process of execution, after the picture by Mr. Newenham, of "Cromwell dictating to Milton his letter to the Duke of Savoy." The likeness of Cromwell in this picture is taken from one of the copies. The original is not allowed to be taken from off the premises on any consideration, in consequence of a dishonest attempt having been made, some time ago, to substitute a copy for it. BRISTOLIENSIS. _Manners of the Irish_ (Vol. viii., pp. 5. 111.)--A slight knowledge of Gaelic enables me to supply the meaning of some of the words that have puzzled your Irish correspondents. _Molchan_ (Gaelic, _Mulachan_) means "cheese." "Deo gracias, is smar in Doieagh." I take to mean "Thanks to God, God is good." In Gaelic the spelling would be--"is math in Dia." A Roman Catholic Celt would often hear his priest say "Deo Gratias." The meaning of the passage seems to be pretty clear, and may be rendered thus:--The Irish farmer, although in the abundant enjoyment of {280} bread, butter, cheese, flesh, and broth, is not only not ashamed to complain of poverty as an excuse for non-payment of his rent, but has the effrontery to thank God, as if he were enjoying only those blessings of Providence to which he is justly entitled. W. C. Argyleshire. _Chronograms and Anagrams_ (Vol. viii., p. 42.).--Perhaps the most extraordinary instance to be found in reference to chronograms is the following: "Chronographica Gratulatio in Felicissimum adventum Serenissimi Cardinalis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis, a Collegio Soc. Jesu. Bruxellae publico Belgarum Gaudio exhibita." This title is followed by a dedication to S. Michael and an address to Ferdinand; after which come one hundred hexameters, _every one of which is a chronogram_, and each chronogram gives the same result, viz. 1634. The first three verses are,-- "AngeLe CaeLIVogI MIChaeL LUX UnICa CaetUs. Pro nUtU sUCCInCta tUo CUI CUnCta MInIstrant. SIDera qUIqUe poLo gaUDentIa sIDera VoLVUnt." The last two are,-- "Vota Cano: haeC LeVIbus qUamVIs nUnC InCLyte prInCeps. VersICULIs InCLUsa, fLUent in saeCULa CentUm." All the numeral letters are printed in capitals, and the whole is to be found in the _Parnassus Poeticus Societatis Jesu_ (Francofurti, 1654), at pp. 445-448. of part i. In the same volume there is another example of the chronogram, at p. 261., in the "Septem Mariae Mysteria" of Antonius Chanut. It occurs at the close of an inscription: "StatUaM hanC--eX Voto ponIt FernanDUs TertIUs AUgUstUs." The date is 1647. "Henriot, an ingenious anagrammatist, discovered the following anagram for the occasion of the 15th: 'Napoleon Bonaparte sera-t-il consul a vie, La [le] peuple bon reconnoissant votera Oui.' There is only a trifling change of _a_ to e."--_Gent. Mag._, Aug. 1802, p. 771. The following is singular: