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one of the most remarkable sustained blunders on record, to say the least of it, and no less remarkable is the fact that it seems to have hitherto escaped criticism.

JAS. PLATT, Jun.

KHAKI. The following appeared in the Ulanc/alore Magazine for Michaelmas, 1903, and has since been copied by many journals. Perhaps it may be deemed worthy of a place in'N.&Q.':-

' " It is not generally known that Mangalore has contributed a word to the English language which has been as much in people's mouths of late as the article it stands for has been on people's backs. Khaki is the word and khaki has become the only wear, for soldiers in the field at least. In a pam- phlet recently issued by Dr. Robson, Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland and an old Indian missionary, occurs the following interesting para- graph concerning the Missions-Handlungs-Gesell- schaf t, or Basel Industrial Mission, which has proved a, great commercial success and rendered remarkable auxiliary service to the German Basel Mission :

" * In the present prosperous company, we have the result of a growth of nearly sixty years. The seed was planted in a series of mistakes and failures ; but when once it took root and sprouted, the sub- sequent growth was secured by careful attention to experience, by business sagacity and enterprise, and by fidelity to the missionary aim. The first attempts to organise agricultural and other industries, which might provide a livelihood for the converts, were made by the missionaries of the Basel Missionary Society on their own responsibility in the forties ; and these attempts came to grief for reasons which may be easily guessed. The first successful attempt was the starting of a printing-press in 1851 in Mangalore, which was followed in course of time by a bookbinding establishment and a book-shop. In the same year there was sent out to Mangalore a skilful master - weaver named Haller, who did much to procure for the Basel Mission textiles the superior excellence which came at length for it was a long time before this industry became profit- able to be recognized and imitated in the Indian market. Haller was the discoverer of the fast khaki colour, which he obtained from the rind of the Semecarpus anarcadium, and to which he gave the Canarese name of khaki. The police in Mangalore were the first to be clad in khaki cloth. When Lord Roberts was Commander-in-Chief in India, he incidentally visited the Basel weaving factories on the coast, and this visit led to the introduction of the khaki uniform into the army. In 1852 a car- pentry establishment was begun in Calicut, and in subsequent years tile-making, weaving, and other industries were introduced and successfully carried forward in other stations.' "

M.

Mangalore.

PRINCIPAL TULLIEDEPH. Carlyle of In- veresk, in his ' Autobiography, chap. vi. p. 253, writes that "the clergyman of this period who far outshone the rest in eloquence was Principal Tulliedelph, of St. Andrews," and on p. 254 this spelling of the Principal's

name is repeated several times. In the list of Moderators of General Assemblies, at p. 126 of the official ' Church of Scotland Year-Book,' 1904, the same spelling occurs opposite the year 1742. But in Hew Scott's ' Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanse ' the name is spelt without an I in the final syllable, and the learned librarian of the University of Aber- deen spells the name in this way in 'N. & Q.,' 9 th S. xi. 66. I have for some years been in search of an engraved portrait of the Prin- cipal, but without success. W. S.

WK must request correspondents desiring in- formation 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.

GRIEVANCE OFFICE: JOHN LE KEUX. I should be obliged if some reader would tell me with a reference, if possible what branch of the public service was so spoken of in 1746. The writer, John Le Keux, dates from "Will's Coffee-House," which then was jji Scotland Y r ard, opposite the Admiralty, so that presumably the office he was in was in that neighbourhood. As I suppose any discontented man might call his office by some such name in a moment of pique, I do not want a guess. As used by Le Keux, it seems to have been a recognized name for the office in which he was serving.

I should be glad also to know something about Le Keux. His name appears in the Treasury Papers as "a lottery manager." J. K. LAUGHTON.

MORLAND AND CORFE CASTLE. In Hassell's 'Life of Morland,' p. 192, is a description of a picture on canvas of Corfe Castle, which was exhibited in the Morland Gallery about 1805. I am very desirous of learning the whereabouts of this painting by Morland, and shall be glad if readers of 'N. <fc Q.' can assist me to trace it. J. J. FOSTER.

GLADWIN FAMILY. When and where did John Gladwin, of Mansfield and Newark, Notts, attorney-at-)aw and steward to the Duke of Portland, marry " Mary Skinner, of Notts'"? and of what family was this lady? She died 2 April, 1790, and John Gladwin died 1 February, 1822, and both were buried in Old Mansfield Parish Church, as per M.I.

John Gladwin was the second son of Henry Gladwin, of Stubbing Court, co. Derby, and was baptized in May, 1731. By his wife Mary Skinner he had issue in all four