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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io< s. i. MAY 28, 1904.

rules," and the " Grand Matches " at Stony- hurst are a thing of the past. B. W.

PRINTING IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS (10 th S. i. 349)." 1791. Printing introduced into the island of Guernsey." See Timperley's ' Dictionary of Printers and Printing,' p. 773.

W. H. PEET.

In F. F. Daily's ' Guide to the Channel Islands' (Stanford, 1860) we are told that "just before the commencement of the present century there was neither a newspaper nor a printing-press in the island of Guernsey. There are now [1860] four : three in English, and one in French ; the latter was established in 1789." Falle's first 'Account of Jersey,' 1694, and his expanded ' History of Jersey,' 1734, were presumably printed in London.

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

At the time when I asked the above question I was unable to fix the date of an edition of ' La Mort d'Abel," printed in Jersey in 1786. If I am not mistaken, there are some brochures in the Public Library at St. Heliers shown as still earlier productions of the Jersey press. At any rate, the printing of Gessner's famous book took place in Jersey twelve years before 1798, the date indicated in the Editor's comment.

E. S. DODGSON.

"TUGS," WYKEHAMICAL NOTION (10 lh S. i. 269, 353). This notion is recognized in R. B. Mansfield's 'School Life at Winchester College,' first published in 1863. This writer also has the word " Tug," which he interprets as " old," " stale." This was not the use of the adjective in my day, when it meant " common or ordinary," and there was a corresponding adverb "tugly." The exclamation "tugs"' did, however, mean "stale news." Neither Mr. Wrench ('Winchester Word-Book'), nor " Three Beetleites " (' Winchester College Notions '), nor Mr. Mansfield offer any deriva- tion. H. C. Adams (' Wykehamica,' 1878) derives "tugs" from "Teach your grand- mother to suck eggs," a derivation which, in my opinion, carries its condemnation on its face. Having the fear of PROF. SKEAT before my eyes, I shall not attempt one myself ! JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

'_THE CREEVEY PAPERS ' (10 th S. i. 285, 355). SiR HERBERT MAXWELL'S reply to my note makes to me confusion worse confounded. I had hoped for some other explanation ; but biR H. MAXWELL'S statements (1) that Curne's biographer and 'D.N.B.' must be wrong in assigning the date of Currie'~ death to 1805, and (2) that he had seen letter

from Dr. Currie written by him in 1806, call for further inquiry.

I wish, without further comment, to lay before your readers certain facts which I have now collected :

1. The biographer of Dr. Currie was his son, William Wallace Currie, who became the first Mayor of Liverpool under the Re- formed Corporations Act. He would have the first information at his disposal as to the date of his father's death.

2. Dr. J. Aikin, dating from Stoke Newing- ton, 19 September, 1805, has in the Monthly Magazine for October, 1805, a ' Memoir of the late Jas. Currie, of Liverpool.'

3. By the kindness of the Rev. H. G. J. Clements, vicar of Sidmouth, I have a copy of the entry in the parish register, which gives the date of the burial of Dr. Currie as 4 September, 1805.

I am aware this is only a small point, but I consider an interesting one, in literary his- tory. J. H. K.

THE SYER-CUMING COLLECTION (10 th S. 1. 409). The Syer-Cuming collection was be- queathed to the parish of Newington (South- wark), and is now at the library there. A special room is about to be built for the proper exhibition of the collection, and a full catalogue will be prepared. Mr. Cuming's library has been added to the Reference Department of the Public Library, and the books are available for public use. RICH. W. MOULD, Librarian and Sec.

Newington Public Library and Cuming Museum.

THE ARMSTRONG GUN (10 th S. i. 388). The gentleman called Drake who claimed the invention of the Armstrong gun was John Pode Drake. The inquirer should consult for him the'Bibliotheca Cornubiensis,' vol. iii. p. 1160. His son, Dr. Henry Holman Drake, is still alive. W. P. COURTNEY.

" THE RUN OF HIS TEETH " (10 th S. i. 388).

I think this is a phrase of Canadian origin, employed in reference to one's board or boarding expenses, e.g., "He pays so much for the run of his teeth."

J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.

THE COPE (9 th S. x. 285, 374, 495 ; xi. 93, 172, 335 ; (10 th S. i. 174, 278). LORD ALDEN- HAM has written, I think, 1845 for 1846. Remembering that I saw Hawker's chasuble when first prepared at a robemaker's in Oxford, I have examined my diary, kept while an undergraduate, and there, under date 13 Jan., 1846, I find this entry : "Went with Knott to Parsons' to see a chasuble of Hawker's of Morwenstow." My friend J. W.