"Although the figures holding the M. di P. are, in Italian prints and pictures, styled 'San Bernardino da Siena,' there is reason to presume that the honour is at least shared by another worthy of the same order, 'Il Beato Bernardino da Feltri,' a celebrated preacher at the end of the fifteenth century. Mention is made of his preaching against the Jews and usurers, on the miseries of the poor, and on the necessity of having a _Monte-di-Pieta_ at Florence, in a sermon delivered in the church of Santa Croce in the year 1488." On p. 308. is a representation of the Monte-di-Pieta, borne in the saint's hand. I need not specify the points on which the foregoing extract still leaves information to be desired. W. B. H. Manchester. _Poem upon the Grave._--A. D. would be obliged by being informed where to find a poem upon The Grave. Two voices speak in it, and, it commences-- "How peaceful the grave; its quiet how deep! Its zephyrs breathe calmly, and soft is its sleep, And flowerets perfume it with ether." The second voice replies-- "How lonesome the grave; how deserted and drear," &c. &c. _Clocks: when self-striking Clocks first invented._--In Bolingbroke's _Letters on the Study of History_ {373} (Letter IV.), I read the following passage in relation to a certain person: "His reason had not the merit of common mechanism. When you press a watch or pull a clock, they answer your question with precision; for they repeat exactly the hour of the day, and tell you neither more nor less than you desire to know." I believe this work was written about 1711. Can you tell me when the self-striking clock was invented, and by whom? JINGO. _Clarkson's "Richmond."_--Can any of your readers inform me who is in possession of the papers of the late Mr. Clarkson, the historian of Richmond, in Yorkshire? I wish to know what were the ancient documents, or other sources, from which the learned author ascertained some facts stated in his valuable work. To whom should I apply on the subject? D. Q. _"Felix quem faciunt," &c._--I wish you could tell me where I can find this line: "Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum." EFFIGIES. Whitehall. _Sir Francis Windebank's elder Son._--Sir Francis Windebank, "of treacherous memory," it is well known, died at Paris in September, 1646. He had two sons; what became of Thomas, the _elder_? Francis, the _second_, was a colonel in the royal army: he was tried for cowardice in surrendering Blechingdon House, in Oxfordshire, to Oliver Cromwell without a blow; and being found guilty, was shot at Broken Hayes, near Oxford, in April, 1645. I am anxious to make out the fate of his elder brother. EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.