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NOfEs AND QUER'IE'S.
P. 192. There are some references to
William Smyth in 'Memoirs, &c., of Lucy
Aikin.'
p 305. To " Common Shells," &c., add ana Common Objects, &c.
P. 400. John Hanson Sperling wrote ' Church Walks in Middlesex,' 1849.
P. 434. Was not Spurgeon " requested "_ tc retire from the Evangelical Alliance, as being an accuser of his allies? And did he not leave the Liberation Society because of the association, which he regarded as incongruous, between the Nonconformists and the Secu- larists? EDWARD H. MARSHALL, M.A.
Hastings.
We must request correspondents desiring infor-
mation on family matters of only private interest
to affix their names and addresses to their queries,
in order that the answers may be addressed to
them direct.
THOMAS POYNTZ. The name of Thomas Poyntz is in the border of the largest of three beautiful pieces of tapestry represent- ing the naval battle of Solebay, 1672, and believed to have been especially made, be- tween 1709 and 1725, for the hall at Wolter- ton, the residence of Lord Walpole. On the two smaller pieces only the initials T. P. appear. Will any of your readers kindly give me information as to Thomas Poyntz ? EVELYN WELLINGTON.
Apsley House.
"CREX." (See 1 st S. iii. 451.) At this refer- ence " crex " is said to be the ordinary name for the white bullace with Cambridgeshire folk (in 1851). Is this word still in use ? Is it used as a plural ? The word is plural in form, as we may see from the Picard form creque, "prunelle sauvage," given in Hatz- feld's ' Diet.' Compare also " cracks," a Pem- broke word for wild plums.
THE EDITOR OF THE 'ENGLISH DIALECT DICTIONARY.' The Clarendon Press, Oxford.
CURIOUS MEDAL. A medal recently found in the island of Trinidad, West Indies, and supposed to have been taken there by Governor Sir P. Woodford, bears on the obverse a portrait, surrounded by the fol- lowing inscription: RADULPH . BRIDECAKE . ARCHIDIACONUS . wiNTON. Beneath the bust : A . BASILIS. On the reverse is a side view of a church, surrounded by the following in- scription: ECCLESIA BEAT^E MARLE SOUTHTON RESTITUTA 1722. Beneath the church: NAT 11 JUN 1665 , OB. 12 MART 1742,3. Particulars
of the archdeacon and of the incident thus
recorded will oblige. PLANTAGENET.
W. WHITEWAY SIRR. I should be obliged for information about William Whiteway Sirr, a naval officer, living at Portsea at the end of the last century, or about his wife, and issue (if any). He was one of the two sons of Major Joseph Sirr, of Dublin, and married at Portsea, 18 Feb., 1797, Frances Elizabeth Hewlins, of Portsea ('Allegations for Marriage Licences, Hampshire '), and at that time was Lieut. R.N. Hewlins seems to be a most uncommon name. HARRY SIRR.
50, Twisden Road, Highgate Road, N.W.
SCOTTISH PROBATIONER. What is known relative to the amount extended to this being during the last century and earlier, per Sabbath, when supplying vacant parish churches ; and what may be said to be the average amount received by him to-day? When a representative of that order had no income in old times, what general means of support came to him as one belonging to a recognized floating class of unoccupied beings compelled to wait through a long probation until he secured a church living? Has not the demand, then and now, emanating from parishes lacking a permanent incum- bent, always been far beneath the supply? What, too, is known as to the percentage of graduated Scottish students in divinity who fail absolutely to obtain a charge ?
AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN.
OLD PRETENDER'S MARRIAGE. Will any one kindly tell me the names of all who were present at the marriage of the Old Pretender at Montefiascone in September, 1719, or where their names are to be found ? W. S.
ORIGIN OF EXPRESSION. Might I ask if you would be pleased to enlighten me on ^ the origin of the French expression nez a la JKoxelane for a short, doll - shaped nose ? Might it be from Roxana, wife of Alexander the Great, 'The Memoirs of Roxana,' by Defoe, or from the heroine of the play Cyrano de Bergerac'? If so, for what reason? PUZZLED.
DR. WHALLEY. This gentleman was alive n April, 1770. I wish to ascertain if he was a D.D. or M.D., and his abode. M.A.OxoN. Ivy House, Clapham, Bedford.
HERALDIC. Can any reader give a clue to the ownership of the following arms? Tinc- ,ures are not given, and the arms are not in 3 apworth or any other list of British arms to yhich I have access. I fancy, from the nature
