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incorporated in the undated, but I believe 1879, supplement to Wesley's hymn-book. If it came there through Dr. Newton's hands, it may have been either written by him and given to my grandfather, or vice versa ; but in the former case I do not understand the reticence as to authorship.

I may be wrong, but my impression is that the hymn was used by my grandfather before he was acquainted with Dr. Newton. I can, if the authorship be really unknown, ascertain this. Lucis.

" BEFOBE ONE CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON." This phrase, I think, has not been noticed in ' N. & Q.,' and I do not find it as yet in the ' N.E.D.' I have an American example of it in 1821 ; but it probably originated in England. Can any correspondent throw light on the matter ?

RICHARD H. THORNTON. 36, Upper Bedford Place, W.C.

STRUGNELL SURNAME. I am anxious to find out if my own name Strugnell came from that of Strug, and shall be much obliged for any suggestion.

Between 1194 and 1199 there was a Walterus Strug ; in 1297 one Phillip Strug ; 1327, a Wm. Strug ; between 1346 and 1349 one Amery Strugg, son of John Strugg, Kt., and between 1327 and 1330 a John Strug, Kt. WALTER HAWKES-STRUGNELL,

Commander R.N. ^See ante, pp. 8, 75.]

" JACK KETCH'S ADDRESS CARD." I have this card, which begins " Mr. George Calcraft, No. 100, Newgate Street, Scarifier and Sus- pensionist." It goes on to express grateful thanks for the support which has been accorded to him, and states that he is prepared to engage a respectable youth " to instruct him in the mysteries of his calling."

A note in writing says : " This was com- posed by Jos. Gittens." At the back of the card is printed a string of " Gallows Ideas." The card seems to be about one hundred years old. Who was its author ?

THOS. RATCLTFFE.

SUFFRAGAN BISHOPS : THEIR ARMS. What arms should a suffragan bishop use on an official seal ? Does he impale those of his diocese, or those of the town from which he takes his title, with his own ? Or does he simply use his own, resting on a crosier and a key ? Does he surmount his arms with a mitre ? W. E. ST. L. FINNY.

Kingston Hill.

PATRON SAINTS AND THEIR CHAPELS. The patron saint of a burgh or parish usually (if not invariably) had a chapel within the area over which that particular saint was patron. Can any cases be cited in which the chapel was situated in a neighbouring parish, or even a neighbouring county ?

SCOTUS.

SPANISH MONEY IN NUBIA AND THE SUDAN. Frederic Cailliaud, who accom- panied the expedition of Ismail Pasha to Dongola and Sennar in 1820, states that the silver piastre of Spain circulated as money at that time in Nubia, Berber, and Sennar ; also that the doublons of Spain were used in Berber or Barbar, as he spells it (Cailliaud, ' Voyage a Meroe,' 1826, i. 365 ; ii. 112, 117, 296). Felix Mengin, in his ' Histoire de 1'Egypte sous le Gouverne- ment de Mohammed- Aly,' Paris, 1823, men- tions also that, besides Sennar, payment was sometimes made in Darfour in Spanish piastres (vol. ii. pp. 222, 232). Cailliaud further states that in Barbar and Sennar the piastres of Charles IV. of Spain were used, and that those with the name " Charles IIII." (with four I's) obtained a marked preference. One can understand the sequins of Venice and Holland penetrating to those remote regions ; but why should Spanish money have been introduced there ? Was it introduced by the French at the time of their occupation of Egypt, 1799-1801 ? They did not advance, by the by, beyond Philse. Cailliaud's statement (ii. 117) that the people of Berber called the corns real France abou-arba (" French money of father IIII.") would seem to support this. In what years were the piastres of Charles IV. inscribed with the four I's ?

FREDK. A. EDWARDS.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN. Among the papers of a resi- dent in Gloucestershire, lately deceased, was found the following :

" Carved on the wall of an old manor house in Gloucestershire.

"'The true gentleman is God's servant, the world's master, and his own man. Virtue is n business, study his recreation, contentment his rest, and happiness his reward. God is his Father, Jesu Christ his saviour, the saints his brethren, and all that need him his friends. Devotion is his chap- lain, Chastity his chamberlain, Sobriety his butler, Temperance his cook, Hospitality his housekeeper, Providence bis steward, Charity his treasurer, Piety his mistress of the house, and Discretion his porter, to let in or out as is most fit. Thus is his whole family made up of virtue, and he is the true master of the house. He is necessitated to take the world on his way to heaven, but he walks through it as