_Miniature of Cromwell_ (Vol. iv., p. 368.; Vol. v., pp. 17. 92.).--In addition to those already mentioned, I have seen in the possession of a gentleman connected with a Presbyterian trust, a miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Cooper. The building connected with the trust, is one of those built after the passing of the Five Mile Act, and is near Yarmouth; with which place, as is well known, Cromwell was much connected. X. Y. Z. _The Sinaïtic Inscriptions_ (Vol. iv., p. 382.) have been deciphered by Dr. E. F. Beer. Vide his _Studia Asiatica_, Leipsic, 1840. S. W. _Why cold Pudding settles One's Love_ (Vol. v., p. 50.).--As no one has replied to the Query of "AN F. S. A. WHO LOVES PUDDING," may I be permitted to offer the following conjectural solution? In some parts of the principality it is customary on the morning of a wedding-day for the bridegroom, with a party of his friends, to proceed to the lady's residence; where he and his companions are regaled with ale, bread and butter, and _cold custard pudding_! I hope I have hit the mark! But, perhaps, it does not become me to speculate upon these dainty matters. AN OLD BACHELOR. Hoxton. _Covines_ (Vol. iv., p. 208.).--A. N.'s inquiry for a reference not having been answered, I beg to name Sir Walter Scott's _Demonology and Witchcraft_, p. 206.; or, if he desires to "sup full of horrors," Pitcairn's _Criminal Trials in Scotland_, vol. iv. Appendix, p. 602., where the confessions of the witches of Aulderne are given at length. It appears by these confessions that a _covine_ consists of thirteen witches ("the Deil's dozen?"), of whom two are officials, the _Maiden of the Covine_, who sits next the Deil, and with whom he leads off the dance (called _Gillatrypes_), and the _officer_, who, like the crier in a court of justice, calls the witches at the door, when the Deil calls the names from his book. _Covine_ is conventus. _Covent_ Garden. See Dr. Jamieson on the word _Covine-tree_. W. G. "_Arborei foetus alibi_," &c. (Vol. v., p. 58.).--Had the "head master" been as well versed in the subject as he undoubtedly was in the words of the _Georgics_, he would have explained to the "sixth form" that, in the lines "Hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvæ; Arborei foetus alibi, atque injussa virescunt Gramina."