appears to me almost of itself to warrant the conclusion drawn by the editor.
General Charles Stewart's Portrait.—I want to identify the original of a portrait by Romney of the Hon. Major-General Charles Stewart. Is he the man who commanded the 1st Battalion 50th Regiment at Walcheren and in the Peninsula? If so, was he in command at Maida?
Death-sequence in Sussex.—An unusual number of deaths occurred in a small Sussex village last year, the last of which happened on a recent Saturday night. A villager thereupon presaged another death within the month, because the corpse would of necessity lie unburied "over a Sunday," and she justified her prediction by referring to the last two deaths, the later of which followed the earlier within the month, the earlier one also having "lain over the Sunday." Is this idea recorded from other counties? Red Cross.
Foscarinus.—Can any one give me the origin, or probable origin, of this extraordinary Christian name? It was borne by one Foscarinus Turtliffe, who died at or near Plymouth in the year 1764-5. The family of Turtliffe appears to have been settled in South Devon for two or three hundred years, but the name would seem to be quite extinct in Devon or even England.
Football on Shrove Tuesday.—Will some North-Country folk-lorist supply me with a description of the Shrove Tuesday football played at Workington, in Cumberland? There is a brief account of it (but from what source is not mentioned) in an article on 'Quaint Survivals of Ancient Customs,' published in the Windsor Magazine, December, 1903. As, however, I have reason to think that one of these "survivals" has been obsolete for some time, I am not sure whether the report of the Workington game can be accepted as quite correct. G. W.
William Hawkins, D.D , died 17 July, 1691.—I should be grateful for particulars of the parentage of this prebendary of Winchester Cathedral, who married Izaak Walton's daughter Anne; and also for precise information as to the date and place of the marriage, which, according to Anderdon's 'Life of Ken,' occurred in 1676. There are references to this Dr. Hawkins at 9ᵗʰ S. vi. 371; vii. 477. Was he identical with the William Hawkins, gent., of Christ Church, Oxford, matric. Nov., 1650, M.A. June, 1655, D.D. (Lambeth) May, 1664, who is mentioned in Foster's 'Alumni Oxon.'? If not, where and when did he obtain his doctor's degree? H. C.
Hundred Courts.—Have the Hundred Courts any legal existence at the present time? If they have, what are their duties? If they have not, when were they suppressed?
'The Children of the Abbey.'—Who was the author of this novel? and when and where was it first printed? J. M. C.
[The author was Mrs. Regina Maria Roche. 'The Children of the Abbey' was published in 1798, the year after Mrs. Radcliffe's 'Mysteries of Udolpho.' See 'D.N.B.']
Honour of Tutbury.—What was the Honour of Tutbury, and how came it to have any jurisdiction over the Hundred of Hemlingford in North Warwickshire ?
Trial of Queen Caroline.—Can any one tell me where a full account of the trial of Queen Caroline can be found? Helga.
['The Trial at large of Her Majesty Caroline' was issued in 1820.]
Royal Family.—What is the surname of the reigning dynasty of England now? Is it still Guelph, or "Wettin," which is, I am told, the family name of the Saxe-Coburg house? Helga.
[See 8ᵗʰ S. ii. 168, 217; iv. 351; v. 215, 257.]
Reign of Terror.—On 8 May, 1794, the scientist Lavoisier was executed with twenty-seven of the Farmers-General. Where may their names be found? Xylographer.
Marlborough and Shakespeare.—To what source is due the statement that Marlborough avowed knowing no other history than what he had learnt from Shakespeare? And on what occasion did the duke make this statement? Arthur Lindenstead.
Potts Family.—Can any of your readers give me information as to the family of Mary Potts, of London, who in 1774 married Robert Day, judge of the King's Bench, Ireland, Grattan's lifelong friend? Their only child Elizabeth married Sir Edward
