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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io<- s. v. FEB. 24,
ifc cannot be much less even in the small-
paper issue. R. MARSHAM-TOWNSHEND.
MILLAR OF EARNOCK. Alexander Millar, of Earnock, married, 15 July, 1715, a daughter of Sir James Colquhoun, of Luss (vide Burke). I shall be very glad if any reader can oblige me with information re- garding Millars of Earnock about the year 1700. (Col.) F. W. GRAHAM.
Avonturn, Rugby Road, Worthing.
ENGLISH SPELLING : ENGLISH CULTURE Does there exist a scientific history of English spelling in the form of a mono- graph 1
Which is the best comprehensive history of English culture? G. KRUEGER.
Berlin.
GILBERT FAMILY. I am very desirous of learning where I can find the lineage of Edward Gilbert, Esq.. of Paul's Walden, Herts, whose daughter Mary married George Bowes, Esq., of Streatlam Castle and Gibside, M.P., who died in 1760, leaving by her an only daughter Mary Eleanor, who married, as her first husband, John, ninth Earl of Strathmore. Whom did Edward Gilbert marry 1
Edward Gilbert had two brothers. What were their Christian names 1 whom did they marry? and what were the names of their children ? Each brother left a son and a daughter. The daughter of one married a Thomas Reeve, that of the other a Stacy Till. FRANCIS H. RELTON.
9, Broughton Road, Thornton Heath.
HABITUAL CRIMINALS. Could you kindly inform me in what Government return I could find the number, per latest estimate, of habitual criminals in the United King- dom, or in England and Wales ? ELAND.
ENGLISH EXILES IN FRANCE AND HOLLAND. Can any one tell me what books throw light on the lives abroad of the English exiles who went to France and Holland in the seventeenth century 1 W. H. R. CURTLER.
Oaklands, Florence Road, Boscombe.
POEM IN ONE SENTENCE. A note by Thomas Hood (the elder) in vol. vii. p. 188 of his com- plete works is to the effect that Collins's
- Ode to Evening,' one of the most beautiful
poems in the English language, is but one sentence ; there is no full stop till the end. I have referred to an edition of Collins's poetical works published by Messrs. Bell & Sons, and there find that the poem of thirteen stanzas is divided into no fewer than five
sentences. Is Hood wrong 1 or is there
another edition answering the condition 1
EDWARD LATHAM.
DR. LETSUM OR LETTSOM. There was a doctor living in the last century, of the name of Letsum, on whose name some amusing lines were written, and I believe they have been published in 1 N. & Q.' Can any one kindly indicate the reference ? A. C. T.
GOLDSBOROUGH FAMILY. An illustrated history of this family appears to have been in progress in 1887. I shall be glad to know whether the work was completed, and also to receive any information respecting the Hertfordshire branch of the family.
H. P. POLLARD.
Bengeo, Hertford.
ASTROLOGY IN ITALY. I shall be glad to receive any information as to books in English, French, or Italian on astrology in Italy in the fifteenth century.
EDWARD HUTTON.
32, Ashworth Mansions, Maida Vale, W.
ARCHER OF UMBERSLADE. Perhaps some of your readers may be able to give me informa- tion about Thomas Archer, first Baron Archer of Umberslade, Warwick. He was born 1695 ; elected Member for Warwick 1735, and for Bramber, Sussex, 4 May, 1741 ; and raised to the peerage as Baron Archer of Umberslade, 14 July, 1747.
For what services was he made a peer ? There are a number of letters between him and the Duke of Newcastle from 1741 to 1767 in the British Museum (Add. MSS. 32698, folio 361, to 32735, folio 64), but they do not elucidate the question. He died 17 October 1768. His brother Henry Archer was M.P. for Warwick for over thirty years from 1735 to 1768.
I should be very grateful for any informa- tion on this subject.
LAUNCELOT ARCHER.
83, Vincent Square, Westminster.
" VENDIUM." What is this? The word occurs in 'Anglo-Indian Cookery at Home ' (London, 1895), in the receipts for Madras curry paste and powder. It is not in 4 Hobson-Jobson.' R N.
"TRUMP" AS A CARD TERM. In Lodge's Rosalynde ' (1590) is the following :
And though thou hast more cards in thy bunch,
I have as many trumps in my hands as thyself. Is this the first mention of "trump" as a card term ? CLIFTON ROBBINS.
24, Villa Road, Brixton.
