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 68 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io«-s. iv. JCLY 22.1905. edition might " probably undergo material correction. Did this happen ? The second volume is called 'Primum Mobile, or, Solar Repulsion ; being a Query concerning the Primary Cause of Motion in the Solar System as connected with Gravity.' The preface is dated September, 1822, and again says, "A few copies of the following essay are printed for private circulation." It is suggested that a fuller work shall appear if this be successful. Is anything known of the other works of the author implied in the " &c." of the 'Creation'? The 'Primum Mobile' has an illustration of the comet of 1680 as a frontis- piece, and a considerable number of diagrams pasted on, and not printed with the pages. The author's father was evidently himself an author, as on p. 27 he refers to some manu- script writings of his parent. On p. 71 he writes:— " In an essay on Physiology recently published by Dr. Hood of Liverpool, in which some ingenious discoveries, highly applicable to medical practice, have been introduced, this doctrine has received a more forcible illustration than we are capable of giving it." Who was Dr. Hood ? and what were his " ingenious discoveries " ? T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A. Lancaster. WELLINGTON BADGE: WATIER'S, 1814.—I am anxious to obtain information about a badge which has in the centre a cameo of the Duke of Wellington, and is mounted in a wreath of laurel leaves (the mounting is /"•' gold, nor is the cameo real). In front is engraved '• Peace, 1814," and on the back, " Watier's, July 1st, 1814." It formerly be- longed to an old lady whose husband had fought under the Duke of Wellington, and it_ had been given to him by a Peninsular friend (name unknown). Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' supply information about a dinner or entertainment that took place at Watier's Club on that date, and tell me why badges were given1? Although Gronow's 'Recollections,' 'The Life of Beau Brummell,"Old and New London,' and various books refer to the club, no mention is made of any entertainment there on that date. The badge has been shown to Messrs. Spink and to the officials of the British Museum, but neither had seen one like it before, nor could give any infor- mation about it. I hope that my appeal to ' N. & Q.' may meet with more success. (Hon. Miss) EMILY WINN. Appleby Hall, Doncaster. "THE PILGRIM OF ETERNITY."—How came Byron to be so called ? MEDICULUS. SIR JOHN HARRISON, OF BALLS PARK, HERTS.—Is any portrait known of Sir John Harrison or of his first wife Margaret Fan- shawe, mother of Lady Anne Fanshawe of the 'Memoirs'? H. C. FANSHAWE. 107, Jermyn Street. GLEN FAMILY.—I was much interested in MR. GORDON GOODWIN'S notice of this family (10th S. iii. 485). James Glen, the colonial governor, is said to have had a sister Elizabeth who married James Gordon, the laird of Ellon, Aberdeenshire (no relation whatever to the present laird of the same name). This James was either the brother or the father of Mary Gordon, who married in 1771 James Balfour, of Blanerne, and thus became the Prime Minister's ancestor. Were these Ellon Gor- dons any relation to Alexander Gordon, the antiquary mentioned by MR. GOODWIN ? and what was the precise connexion between James Glen and the Ellon Gordons ? J. M. BULLOCH. 118, Pall Mall. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.—Who wrote the following lines ?— With a heart of furious fancies Whereof I am commander, With a burning spear, and a horse of air, To the wilderness I wander. A. N". Alas ! for man who has no sense Of all God's gifts, and innocence, But still rejecU and raves ; Whom all God's love can scarcely win One soul from taking pride in sin, And pleasure over graves. JOHN PICKFORD, M.A. " RADDIDOO." — Can any of your readers tell me the origin of this curious wordl 1 have known it all ray life, but have never heard it used anywhere but in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It means a wideawake hat such as the plough lads used to wear. I had not heard the word for many years until the other day ; but on inquiry I find it is still in fairly common use in this locality. _ Prof. Wright does not appear to have it in his admirable ' Dialect Dictionary.' M. U. F. MORRIS. Nunburnholme Rectory, York. G. WOOD, CLOCKMAKER. — I should feel obliged if some of your readers would give me information respecting G. Wood, clock- maker, of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. JOHN RADCLIFFE. Furlane, Greenfield, Oldham. DAVID RAMSAY. — I possess a copy of " Military Memoirs of Great Britain; or, a History of the War, 1755-1763. By David