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called ? Was it a weighing house ? There was a tackle-house at Dunwich, according to T. Gardener's ' Hist. Account of Dunwich,' 1754, where mention is made of " Dwelling- Houses, Ware houses, Tackle-Houses." In mention is made of Mr. Bailey's the tackle- porter ale-house. Information as to " tackle- house,'^ " tackle-porter," and " tackle-house porter," ^and especially as to the sense of ' tackle " in these combinations, is wanted fcr the ' New English Dictionary.'
 * The Annual Register ' of 1760, p. 97,

J. A. H. MURRAY. Oxford.

IRELAND : HEARTH MONEY ROLL OF 1666. In the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland, vol. xii. (1902) pp. 385-92, is an article on ' The Ulster Emigration to America.' On p. 385 is the following statement : " The Hearth Money Roll of 1666 proves that there were then but few Scots in many of the northern districts where now they are about one- half of the population." Has this Hearth Money Roll of 1666 been published ? and if so, where and by whom ?

JOHN G. EWING.

ARMY LIST or THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. Has the muster roll of the army of King William which fought the battle of the Boyne been published ? If not, has there been a publication anywhere of the roll cf the officers of that army ?

JOHN G. EWING. ban Juan, Porto Rico.

[Much on the battle of the Boyne will be found at 78. x. 149, 229, 292, 454 ; xi. 56.]

VACUUM CLEANING : H. C. BOOTH

During the years from 1898 to 1901 inclusive Herbert Cecil Booth of London introduced into practical operation his method of san itary vacuum cleaning by machinery. A history of this modern science is in pre- paration, and the earliest dates of its application commercially are, among other data, being looked for. We shall be grateful for any information.

AMERICAN HYGIENIC PRESS ASSOCIATION. 601, Enterprise Building, Milwaukee, Wis.

GENERAL WOLFE'S DEATH. In whose arms did Wolfe die ? The family of Wolfe- Murray of Cringletie have always claimed this distinction for their ancestor Col Alexander Murray of Cringletie, Wolfe's great friend who commanded the Grenadiers at Louisburg and Quebec. Their story is that Wolfe promised to be godfather to the expected infant of Col. Murray, and desired

that if it was a boy he should be given the name of Wolfe. This was the case, and the family have ever since added the name to their patronymic. Recently, however, a letter appeared in The Daily Mail stating that it was in the arms of Capt. Francis Browne of the 28th Foot that Wolfe died.

Is it known for certain which of these statements is correct ?

CONSTANCE RUSSELL.

Swallowfield Park, Reading.

SPURGEON ON MONTE CARLO. When did Spurgeon preach or publish a sermon called ' The Serpent in Paradise ; or, Gambling at Monte Carlo ' ? F. JESSEL.

ENGLISH NAVY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. Can any of your readers tell me of a detailed account of the part played by the English Navy during the Civil War ? J. A. R. Marriott in his * Life of Falkland ' refers to the great gain to the Parliament in secur- ing the allegiance of the fleet, and to the strategical importance of Gloucester, Ply- mouth, and Hull, ports in the heart of Royalist country, held successfully by the Parliament because of their command of the sea. Is there any place where this matter is discussed in detail ?

JOHN WILLCOCK. Lerwick.

EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE : HIS POR- TRAIT. I have recently obtained a 'copy of the catalogue of the sale (held by Langford & Son in the Great Piazza, Co vent Garden, 19-23 March, 1771) of the collection of pic- tures of John, Duke of Argyll, " lately deceased," and among the many curious entries is lot 72 : "A most scarce portrait, on a pannel, of Edward the Black Prince, the only one in England." It would be interesting to know where this portrait is at the present time. W. ROBERTS.

BELL-RINGING AT WEDDINGS. There is a fairly general belief in Hertfordshire that it is unwise to have the bells rung at a wedding, for should a rope break there would be no luck afterwards for the married p air ; misfortune would dog them all the rest of their lives.

Is it possible to explain the process of reasoning involved in this superstition ?

W. B. GERISH. Bishop's Stortford.

CROZIER, MANCHESTER ARTIST. I shall

be grateful for any information about this

Dainter, who had, I believe, a local reputa-

Mon in the middle of the nineteenth century.

HORACE BLEACKLEY.