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to reform as Hammersley, Montolieu, Green-
wood, Brooksbank & Drewe. It struck a
contemporary like Hardcastle that the affairs
of the bank were wrapped in mystery, and
he speaks of the partners relying for success
on a "dexterous use of the credit system."
E believe William Spode and his brother
Charles both entered the bank, adopting the
name of Hammersley. Can any reader give
me any more information ?
P. B. WALMSLEY. 90, Disraeli Road, Putney, S.W.
BREADALBANE. I want a copy of the 'Genealogy of the Breadalbane Family,' by Joseph Mclntyre, published at Edinburgh, 1752 ; also a later edition. I should be glad to learn condition and price. Can any one give address of a trustworthy genealogist in Edin- burgh whose prices are reasonable? Reply direct to
EDWARD A. CLAYPOOL, Genealogist.
Chicago, U.S.
RAPHAEL ENGRAVING. Could any corre- spondent give me information as to the value of some small engravings of Raphael's car- toons "grave'd by Sim: Gribelin," "in the year 1707"? C. A. B.
ZEALAND,' A POEM, 1842. This is a
missionary brochure, dedicated to the Rev.
Edward Coleridge by "An Etonian." What
is the author's name ? C. W. S.
'ToM JONES' IN FRANCE. The Monthly Review of March, 1750, p. 432 says: "The newspapers inform us that the celebrated ' Tom Jones ' has been suppressed in France as an immoral work." Is this true 1
W. ROBERTS.
ARABS AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. I have read that the Arabs made agriculture a science ; that they regulated it by a code of laws, and improved it by irrigation. They also, I find it stated, made a science of the cultivation of plants, of garden and orchard fruits. On what authority does the state- ment that the Arabs made agriculture a science rest ? I shall be glad of any reference which will allow me to trace the code of laws by which they regulated agriculture. The above statements are made in Marmery's
- Progress of Science.'
R. HEDGER WALLACE.
SIR THOMAS DICKENSON, OF YORK. Thomas Dickejison, a merchant of York, was chosen a sheriff in 1640. In the Civil War he espoused the cause of the Parliament, and after the surrender of York by the Royalists in 1644 was appointed governor of the
garrison left in Clifford's Tower. In 1647 he 1
filled the office of Lord Mayor, and again in
1657, in which year he was knighted by
Oliver Cromwell. He was twice elected M.P,
for York, in 1654 and in 1658. Is anything
further known of this individual, his ante-
cedents, his marriage, or his descendants ?
C. J. BATTERSBY.
Welbury Drive, Bradford.
AUTHOR OP POEM WANTED.
Swallows sitting on the eaves, See ye not the gathered sheaves ; See ye not that winter 's nigh ?
ALFRED AINGEE.
APULDERFIELD FAMILY. Have any papers about this Kent family been printea in the Transactions of any society, giving additions or corrections, since that printed in Topo- grapher and Genealogist, vol. iii. (1858), in which the end of the pedigree is given as conjectural? A pedigree in Add. MS. 5534 gives a most straight descent, which, how- ever, does not fit in with the information of that volume. One branch of the family owned Stourmouth in this county, but died out, and no mention is made how it passed to that other branch whose daughter Elisa- beth took it, by her marriage, to Sir John Fineux. Any particulars, other than that in Hasted, Phttipot, the volumes of 'Arch. Cantiana,' and the before-mentioned work, would be most acceptable.
ARTHUR HUSSEY.
Wingham, Kent.
NICHOLAS CLAGETT was Bishop of St. David's (1731-42) and of Exeter (1742-46). At neither city is a portrait of him known ; but some years ago I was informed by the late Bishop of St. David's (Dr. Basil Jones) that he possessed a pencil sketch of Bishop Clagett, copied from a painting the present habitat of which he had unfortunately for- gotten. Is anything known as to this picture? R. S.
To PLAY GOOSEBERRY. The meaning of this is familiar to most people, but the origin of the expression remains obscure, despite even an inquiry on the subject many years ago in the pages of ' N. & Q.' As so many fresh subscribers must have been enrolled since then, it may be permissible to repeat the query at the present time, as it is not, perhaps, one that will be dealt with in the ' H. E. D.' E. B.
Upton.
ORIGINAL EDITION OF GIRALDI CINTHIO. Furness in his variorum edition of Shake- speare's ' Othello ' mentions, in his notes on
