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The'O.E.D.'has:-

" Fudder (ad. German fuder= Pother, used in the same sense) ; a tun of wine."

" Fudder. Sc. var. of Fouldre." The latter word, in the quotations and also at its proper page, means thunderbolt; but I do not find any indication of possible connexion between these two senses of the word f udder.

To finish with hamberbonne : Is there a possibility of amber becoming mixed with Hamburg, and of the full word meaning a Hamburg bung, a cask of the size usual at that port? EDWARD NICHOLSON.

Liverpool.

ALLAN CUNNINGHAM'S l THE KING OF THE PEAK' (10 th S. v. 208) is the third of the series of 'The Twelve Tales of Lyddalcross,' and is to be found in the March number of vol. v. of The London Magazine (for 1822), pp. 243-52.

It is curious that in 1823 there was a romance likewise entitled ( The King of the Peak 3 (by Thomas Roscoe, Jun.) published in London, 3 vols., 12mo. R. A. POTTS.

I am not acquainted with a short story of this name. "The King of the Peak: a Romance, by Lee Gibbons," appeared in three volumes in 1823, and was republished, in one volume, in 1883. The author was William Bennet, who practised as a solicitor at Chapel-en-le-Firth, Derbyshire, for more than fifty years, and lived until the early seventies. "The Cavalier: a Romance, by Lee Gibbons," appeared in three volumes, in 1821, and was also, I conclude, the work of Mr. Bennet. The above were all issued by London publishers. W. B. H.

[Halkett and Laing attribute both ' The Cava- lier' and 'The King of the Peak' to Thomas Roscoe, jun.]

CAPT. CURRY, 1759 (10 th S. v. 208). The Army List of 1756 shows a Capt. Ralph Corry (not Curry) as serving in the 28th Regiment, which was then on the Irish establishment. The date of his commission as lieutenant was 12 April, 1744, and as captain 2 May, 1751. W. S.

In the Army List of 1763 Ralph Corry (sic) is given as the regimental major, with date 27 Feb., 1760. HERBERT SOUTH AM.

v. 188). PRO-CONSULO should address his inquiry to Mr. K. W. Hiersemann, of 3, Konigstrasse, Leipzig. This well-known bookseller collected some six years ago every available work on Russia, and can doubtless
 * MEMOIRES DE ST. PETERSBOURG '- (10 th S.

refer your correspondent to the German or Russian library where the assemblage is now garnered. If the book bears the writer's name, this should be given, to facilitate search. WM. JAGGARD.

139, Canning Street, Liverpool.

DENTON FAMILY (10 th S. v. 209). In 1775 a William Denton emigrated to America. If of any interest to MR. McPiKE, I can give age, county of origin, destination, and trade in both the old and new countries.

GERALD FOTHERGILL.

11, Brussels Road, New Wandsworth, S.W.

PARTY COLOURS (10 th S. v. 65, 194). Like MR. HERBERT SOUTHAM, I can lay claim to being "an ardent Tory." Where I am now residing the Tory colours are orange, and the Radical blue. On the day of the election I therefore wore orange, and scorned everything blue. A few days afterwards I had to go to record my vote in Mid- Northamptonshire. There the Tory colours are blue, and the Radical red. I had therefore to carry my blue rosette away from here in my pocket, and don it after I had passed the invisible line of demarcation- between the two constituencies. I strongly advocate "True Blue" as the mark of the Conservative and Unionist party.

JOHN T. PAGE.

Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

"VBNDIUM" (10 th S. v. 148, 197). The following items are from the * Tamil and English Names for Curry Stuffs, &c., as used in Ceylon,' pp. 78-9, of 'The Curry Cook's Assistant,' by Daniel Santiagoe, general servant, son of Francis Daniel, butler and fiddler (Trichinopoly and Colombo, third ed. ; London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889) : onions, vengayam ; garlic, vella, vengayam ; fenugreek, vanthayam.

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

SUNDIAL INSIDE A CHURCH (10 th S. v. 206). I extract the following account of one from Billings's 'County of Durham,' 1846, p. 28, which refers to the church atDalton-le- Dale:-

" Breast high, on the north wall of the nave, near the west end, is a series of raised stone numbers, those indicating vu., vnr., ix., x., XL, being distinctly visible. They formed part of an internal sundial, the time having been marked by the rays of the sun passing through particular windows or apertures."

I saw these numerals some years ago, and do not think that they date from any time previous to the eighteenth century.

In the cloisters of Durham Cathedral a line (nineteenth century) is marked on the