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U. V. W.

XAVIER DE MAISTRE'S ALLUSIONS. Ir Xavier de Maistre's 'Voyage autour de ma Chambre,' chap, xxxii., occur the words " Si dans cette assemblee polie il entrait tout a coup un ours blanc, un p/tilosophe. un tigre,' &c. To vvliom do these refer ? i take it tc be a jeer at the Encyclopaedists, and I fancy the philosophe to be the Abbe Raynal ; the ours blanc, Rousseau ; and the tigre, Diderot. This is, however, only guesswork, except perhaps the second. O. MICHELL.

Streatham.

CAPT. ONLEY, R.N, 1735. I shall be grateful for information as to the Christian name and birthplace of the above officer.

A. T. M.

CANBURY HOUSE, MfDDLESEX. Can the site of this house be identified? It was the residence in 1067 of Charles Michel 1, after- wards of Chitterne, Wilts. A. T. M.

WEST'S PICTURE OF THE DEATH or GENERAL WOLFE. Is there a key-plate to this picture. If so, can any reader give the names and regiments of the soldiers whose portraits are depicted therein 1 H. G. L.

DOVER WINCHESTER ROAD. Some little time ago Mr. iiilaire Beloc gave a lecture on 'An Old British Road,' from Dover to Winchester. Where was this delivered ? Can a verbatim account of it be read any- where? T. CANN HUGHES, M.A, F.S.A.

Lancaster.

BLANDINA Who was Blandina 1 Was she a heathen person, mythological or human? or was she a Catholic saint? There are two women of that name in the list of saints in Potthast's * Bibliotheca Historica Medii ^Evi.' The Blandina whom I am inquiring after is said, in an unpublished manuscript now before me, to have been crucified on a low cross and exposed to dogs. ASTARTE.

" PEARL " : ITS ETYMON. In " Rervm Me- morabilivm, &c. : Libri duo, a Gvidone Pan cirollo: 1C. Cl a rise... per Henricum Salmuth. Ambergae, M.D.1C., there is a chapter * De Lapidibus Preciosis ' ; and on p. 71 we find that oysters were called " Maris poma," sea- apples, and pearls " margaritas." This favours the suggestion that "pearl' 1 comes from Low-Latin?>m^a = pear-let. Seethe'Nouveau Larousse Illustre.' In Castilian the diminu- tive perilla means "a small pear, ornament

in the form of a pear '' ; and de perilla, sig- nifies "To the purpose, at a proper time.' 7 Are pearls found in the form of a pear? In Castilian, again, we find " Perna, sf. Flat shell fish " ; and " Pero, A kind of apple." 1 quote from the Castilian dictionary of Dr. Seoane.

E. S. DODGSON.

'ILIADS OF THE ILIAD/ Nos. 1 to 8, by G. O. Ogle, appeared in The Spectator some years ago. Can any reader state the date of their appearance in that journal?

HOMERIC us.

RALPH, LORD HOPTON. Can some one tell me if there are in existence any papers or letters connected with the private life of Ralph, Lord Hopton, the Royalist general ? What evidence is there to show that Lord Hopton was personally in command at the siege of Taunton from the end of April to 11 May, 1645? GALABANK.

[There is a long life of Hopton by Mr. C. H. Firth in the 'D,N.B.' The bibliographical note states that Hopton's narratives of his own campaigns are among Clarendon's papers in the Bodleian.]

BARNES PIKLE. At Baling, Middlesex, there is a short foot-path or passage called Barnes Pikle, leading from the main road to Mattock Lane. It comes out into that thoroughfare just opposite the Manor House (now the Free Library, in Wai pole Park). What is the origin of this curious name? H. W. UNDERDOWN.

WARD FAMILY! In a recently issued catalogue of old deeds and MSS. for sale appeared the following : "Ward family. Pedigree 1 563-1808. Twelve generations, in clean state, well written." 1 made imme- diate application for it, but was informed that it was sold and that the name of the buyer was unknown.

If any reader of *N. & Q.' is the pur- chaser, 1 shall feel greatly obliged if he, or she, will communicate with me, and I will gladly pay for a copy of the pedigree. As the purchaser is doubtless engaged on the same task as myself, it is probable that we could exchange useful information.

FRANK WARD. 38, Wordsworth Road, Small Heath.

"HEARTS OF OAK." What is the earliest ise of this expression as especially appro- 3riate to the defenders of this country ? I ind it in an address spoken at Drury Lane }y Mrs. Oldfield in an epilogue written by 'The most ingenious N. Bo we, Esq., Poet Laureat to His Most Sacred Majesty King George [L]," to Mrs. Centlivre's tragedy 'The