“The true History of Betty Ireland, with some Account of her
    Sister Blanche of Brittain.  Printed for J. Robinson, at the
    Golden Lion in Ludgate Street, MDCCLIII. (1753).” {247}

In allusion to the English the following passage occurs,—­

    “But they forget, they are all so idle and debauched, such
    gobbling and drinking rascals, and expensive in blew-beer,”
    &c.

Query the unde derivatur of blew-beer, and if it is to be taken in the same sense as the modern phrase of “blue ruin,” and if so, the cause of the change or history of both expressions?

H.

Carpatio.—­I have lately met with a large aquatinted engraving, bearing the following descriptive title:  “Angliae Regis Legati inspiciuntur Sponsam petentes Filiam Dionati Cornubiae Regis pro Anglo Principe.”  The costume of the figures is of the latter half of the fifteenth century.  The painter’s name appears on a scroll, OP.  VICTOR CARPATIO VENETI.  The copy of the picture for engraving was drawn by Giovanni de Pian, and engraved by the same person and Francesco Gallimberti, at Venice.  I do not find the name of Carpatio in the ordinary dictionaries of painters, and shall be glad to learn whether he has here represented an historical event, or an incident of some mediaeval romance.  I suspect the latter must be the case, as Cornubia is the Latin word used for Cornwall, and I am not aware of its having any other application.  Is this print the only one of the kind, or is it one of a set?

J.G.N.

Value of Money in Reign of Charles II.—­Will any of your correspondents inform me of the value of 1000l. circa Charles II. in present money, and the mode in which the difference is estimated?

DION X.

Bishop Berkeley—­Adventures of Gaudentio di Lucca.—­I have a volume containing the adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca, with his examination before the Inquisition of Bologna.  In a bookseller’s catalogue I have seen it ascribed to Bishop Berkeley.  Can any of your readers inform me who was the author, or give me any particulars as to the book?

IOTA.

Cupid and Psyche.—­Can any of your learned correspondents inform me whether the fable of Cupid and Psyche was invented by Apuleius; or whether he made use of a superstition then current, turning it, as it suited his purpose, into the beautiful fable which has been handed down to us as his composition?

W.M.

Zuend-nadel Guns.—­In paper of September or October last, I saw a letter dated Berlin, Sept. 11, which commenced—­

    “We have had this morning a splendid military spectacle, and
    being the first of the kind since the revolution, attracted
    immense crowds to the scene of action.”