"ROBBED BETWEEN SUN AND SUN,"
(p. 6, of your "Current Notes,") may be derived from the definition of
Burglary, in Blackstone's Commentaries, book 4, Public Wrongs, section
2. "The _Time_ must be by Night, and not by Day, for in the Day-time
there is no Burglary.... Anciently the Day was accounted to begin only
at Sun-rising, and to end immediately upon Sunset."
Therefore, if I was robbed last night, the Burglary was committed
between the _Sun_-set of yesterday, and the _Sun_-rise of to-day.
Yours,
MERVINENSIS.
Mr. Willis.
"CROMWELL BETWEEN THE PILLARS."
SIR,--I extract the following out of the copy I got from you of
"Smeeton's Reprints," which answer one of the queries put by your
correspondent in last month's "Current Notes," p. 7, concerning the
print of Cromwell.
"The following is a History of this celebrated Print:--
"Faithorne, with his master, Robert Peake, engaged in the King's
service, and were both taken prisoners at Basing House, from
whence Faithorne was brought to London, and confined in
Aldersgate; here resuming his occupation, he produced the
exquisite Portrait of the Protector, (known as Cromwell between
the Pillars), which pleased the parties then in power so much,
that shortly after, it occasioned his being set at liberty, and
he retired to France. Copies of the original print have been
known to sell as high as 40 pounds!
"Mr. Caulfield in his Chalcographiana, says, Mr. Bull the
celebrated Collector, shewed him the original drawing in red
chalk from which Faithorne engraved the print; from whom he also
learned the face was afterwards altered to William III."
"OGILS."