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weaving (carpets, homespuns, &c.) and in their baskets, and giving up the more durable and beautiful colours to be obtained in the forests all round them. I. B. G.

" DEAR " : " O DEAR NO ! " A certain German lady whom I know, and who is now a perfect mistress of English, told me some time ago that she once found herself the object of a good deal of amusement. During an animated discussion she noticed that something had gone wrong, and a fair young curate left the room. It was afterwards explained that in her part of the discussion with the gentleman she had said more than once, " O no, dear," when, as a matter of fact, she thought she was using the common English inter jectional phrase " O dear no ! "

What is the derivation or significance of " dear " used in this way ? W. H. PEET.

[See section C of the article in the ' N.E.D.,' on dear used inter jectionally.]

R. BELGRAVE HOPPNER. This son of John Hoppner, R.A., at one time Consul at Venice, was living at Versailles in 1873. I am anxious to know the date of his death.

W. ROBERTS.

HON. SAMUEL WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT OF GRENADA, W.I. In The Scots Magazine for 1809 the following appears in the ' Deaths ';

" August 14. At Dundee, Mrs. Sarah Williams, of the Island of Granada, aged 83, relict of the Hon. Samuel Williams, many years President of that island."

I should be glad of information as to the period of Williams' s Presidency, the date of his death, and any reference where some knowledge of his personal history may be obtained. ALEX. P. STEVENSON.

New Inn Entry, Dundee.

DR. WILLIAM GORDON OF BRISTOL. He was the executor of Thomas Gordon, whose will was entered at Jamaica in 1748, and whose children were Susannah, Anne, John, and William. A William Gordon of Jamaica was the brother of Robert Gordon (" of Gal- loway ") of Bristol. What is known of these Bristol Gordons ? I know, of course, that the Gordons of Auchendolly and Wincombe Park were intimately connected with Bristol ; but Thomas appears to have come of different stock. J. M. BULLOCH.

118, Pall Mall, S.W.

PHILIP II. OF POMERANIA. In a curious little book on ' Metoposcopia ' by Samuel Fuchs, " Cuslino Pomerani," published at Strasburg in 1615, there are three very fine little copperplate portraits (engraved, I

believe, by J. van der Hey den) of Philip II. ("Ducis Stetini Pomeraniae") and two noble youths, Nicholas and Frederick a Bibran. According to Fuchs, there were plain indications in the foreheads and eyes of these three good folk proving them to be of fine character. Can any one say what a trustworthy historian has recorded of them to bear out this opinion ? And what does " Cuslino Pomerani " signify ? S. C.

FAIRCLOUGH FAMILY OF WESTON, HERTS. I should be much obliged for any informa- tion about this family. E. E. SQUIRES.

St. Andrew's Street, Hertford.

PERSIAN TRANSLATION BY SHELLEY. In The Sporting Review for October, 1840 (p. 286), I find the following translation by P. B. Shelley, which does not appear in the Oxford edition of ' Shelley's Poetical Works,' 1905. I shall be glad to know if it has been overlooked or is unauthenticated.

A BLESSED SPOT.

From an epigram of Abulfadhil recorded in

D'Herbelot. (An unpublished translation bv

Percy Bysshe Shelley.) Hamadan is my native place,

And I must say, in praise of it, It merits, for its ugly face, What everybody says of it.

Its children equal its old men

In vices and avidity ; And they reflect the babes again

In exquisite stupidity !

A. G. POTTER.

DR. BEAUFORD, RECTOR OF CAMELFORD. I possess a copy of A. Cleyer's ' Specimen Medicinse Sinicse,' &c. (Frankfort, 1682), in which occurs the following MS. note :

" I bought this mysterious Book at the auction of old Nonjuring D r Beauford's Books at S* Colomb, Nov br, 1721. The D r was Rect r of Camelford, &c., at the Revolution, and then loseing his Benefice, practis'd Phys k for his Support, &c : and was well esteem'd, &c: His half Broth r was a London Physic"."

The above may have been written by one " Joannes Turner," whose name is written on the dedication page. Is anything further known of Dr. Beauford ? A. R. BAYLEY.

St. Margaret's, Malvern.

URLIN FAMILIES. Information is wanted about families and persons of the names of Urlin, Url(w)in(e), Urling, and Urland. The name is found in the early sixteenth century as Erlewyn, and possibly persisted as E(a)rling. The family was settled in the following century at Upton, Iver, Harmonds- worth, West Drayton, and Stoke Poges,