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at Madras ; John (1785-1832), Governor of H.M. Ordnance, Jamaica ; Samuel (1796- 1863), Chief Naval Constructor at Ports- mouth and Sheerness ; Francis Markelean (1787-1829), captain in Royal Staff Corps ; Constantine (1799-?), colonel in Royal Staff Corps, Director-General of Public Works in Corfu, Military Knight of Malta; and four who died in infancy. John Head, of Wool- wich, had previously been private secretary to Sir William Congreve in Constantinople, and to Lord Elgin on his " secret expedi- tion " to Egypt. H. V. JERVIS-READ. The College, Winchester.

HAM HOUSE : CLOSED GATES. In Stan- ford's 'Guide to Surrey,' 1891, edited by R. N. Worth, under the description of Ham House, is the following :

"The magnificent wrought-iron gates on the

Ham side of the house are said to have been

never opened since Charles II. made his escape through them from the pursuit of the Round- heads."

On the other hand, I noticed that a society paper not long ago, speaking about these same gates, said :

" The great gates of this famous house have never been opened, it is said, since Charles I. closed them nearly three hundred years ago."

Which of these statements is true 1 and where is the evidence for either 1 ?

Traquair House, near Peebles, has gates said to have been closed since Prince Charles Stuart passed through them in 1745. Does any one know of other instances of closed gates? G. WN.

Bath.

JAMES HERVEY'S CORRESPONDENCE. Can any of your readers indicate the present whereabouts of the correspondence of the Rev. James Hervey, the eighteenth-century author of 'Meditations among the Tombs,' 'Theron and Aspasio,' &c.? It has been pub- lished, with the omission of most proper names. J. W.

WIIITCHURCH, MIDDLESEX. Can any one kindly inform me why this parish, about half a mile from Edgware, is now per- sistently so called 1 In Lewis's * Topo- graphical Dictionary ' and in the county atlas affixed (1848) it is described and marked as Little Stanmore, in contradistinction to Great Stanmore ; whilst in * Murray's Hand- book' (1895) it is styled Whitchurch, or Little Stanmore.

Canons, the seat of the princely Duke of Chandos, was situated in this parish, and in the churchyard may yet be seen the grave of William Powell, the Harmonious Black-

smith, who died in 1780. The church, resembling an ornate college chapel, still remains as a monument of departed glory. For many years the benefice was held by an old friend of mine, and on one occasion I assisted him clerically at the church.

JOHN PICKFORD, M.A. Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge.

DUKE OF GUELDERLAND : DUKE OF LORRAINE. The Duke of Guelderland was staying in London in 1644. I shall be glad to be referred to sources of information about him.

I also desire information as to the pedigree of Charles, Duke of Lorraine, his contem- porary. LOBUC.

R. Y. : "IRISH STOCKS. " I have in my possession a small quarto volume thus entitled :

"A Discourse | of the Religion | Anciently pro- fessed by the Irish j and Brittish. | By James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, | and Primate of Ireland. | London, | Printed by R. Y. for the Partners of the | Irish Stocke. 1631.''

At the end of the volume is printed a letter to the Bishop of Meath (as Ussher then was) from ' k James Rex" expressing "pur Princely and gracious thankes," dated White- hall, 11 January, 1622. I should be much obliged for any information as to R. Y. or the " Partners of the Irish Stocke "

WM. NORMAN.

ARIEL. It appears from a review which I read lately that Ariel has been pressed into service as the name of the heroine of a novel. The Ariel of the Bible was a man ; the Ariel of 'The Tempest' is, so far as I remember, never alluded to as feminine. What old authority is there for bestowing the name on women, or for representing the ''tricksy sprite" as a girl] As was remarked in 'N. & Q.' some time ago, it is only recently thatangelshave been pictured as of the weaker sex. Till quite modern times they were made in the likeness of young beardless men.

Should Ariel be thought of as girlish? Should he not rather resemble the celestial messengers of old, and show a refined and etherealized masculine type 1 ? E. S.

EDMUND TILLESLEY. Edmund Tillesley, Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, described in the college books as founder's kin, was appointed to the charge of Nortli- moor, Oxfordshire, in 1646. Northmoor was then a chaplaincy or curacy served by one of the Fellows of St. John's College (the impro- priators), who lived in college, but had the use of a set of rooms in Xorthmoor rectory