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NOTES AN D QUERIES, no s. VIIL NOV. 9, 1907.

18 Jan., 1826, aged 80 (M.I.), having had by Elizabeth his wife (buried at St. Michan's, 3 Dec., 1836, aged 74), with other issue, a son, General Robert Lawe, 71st Highlanders, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Order, to whom Grant, in his history of the Laws, Marquises of Lauriston, refers as " perhaps the last representative in the United King- dom " of that old Scottish family ; George Lawe, Storekeeper at Harwich, m. Mary Read, and had (with a daughter Lettice, said to have been a lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte) a son Capt. Robert Lawe, 10th Regiment of Foot ; John Lawe ; James Lawe, Governor of Prince Edward Island ; and Alexander Lawe, Captain llth Hussars, Barrackmaster-General of Cork, d. 8 Jan., 1830, aged 79, having m. Frances, daughter of James Smith, Esq., B.L., of Courtown, co. Kildare, and had numerous issue.

Of the daughters of Robert Lawe, Mar- garet m. at St. Michan's, 14 July, 1782, Rev. Paul Limrick, D.D., of Schull, co. Cork, chaplain of the Presidency of Fort William, Bengal, and had issue ; Martha m., 1790, William Burke, Esq., and had issue; and Elizabeth m., 1784, Francis Battersby, Esq.

(Rev.) H. L. L. DENNY, M.A. G, Wilton Terrace, FitzWilliam Place, Dublin.

COLLEGE HERALDIQUE DE FBANCE. I wish to learn the present address of the College Heraldique de France, situated in 1877 at 46, Rue Laffitte, Paris. Its head was Vicomte L. de Magny, who describes himself as Directeur des Archives de la Noblesse et du College Heraldique de France. Is this institution a public one or privately conducted ? And what is its status ? (Mrs.) B. DE Z. HALL.

30, Reservoir Road, Prenton, Cheshire.

" TENNE " : " SANGUINE " : " ERMIN- ITES." Can any reader skilled in heraldry inform me of any examples of the colours tenne and sanguine in English coat armour ? Sanguine occurs once, to my knowledge, in the arms of a family named Clayhill in Scot- land. The coat is Per bend sanguine and vert, two greyhounds courant fesse wise argent.

Does the fur named erminites ever occur ? It is described in most books on heraldry, but I have never seen an example given. Er- minites is a variety of ermine in which the outer hairs of each spot are red. PEAN.

COVESEA CAVES. Is it known how there came to be in one of the caves of Covesea, near Gordonstown, Morayshire, an immense stone manger or trough ? It appears to

have been cut out of a solid block ; and this must have been done on the spot itself. The cave in question is not one of the ordinarily visited caves due north of Gordonstown, in which Sir Robert (the Wizard) is said to have stabled his horses, and where, I suppose, he did his own private smuggling ; but is an out-of-the-way cave further east. This cave is above tide-mark, and necessitates a slight scramble of eight feet up, or so, to see it. There is a legend in the neighbourhood that some woman lived in this cave many years back. A considerable fall from the roof appears to have taken place. The trough seems to be of considerable antiquity. W. H. QUARRELL.

WIELAND'S ' AGATHON.' This work was translated into French by Citizen Pernay. Pernay's translation, in three volumes, contains only about three-quarters of the original work. In his preface the translator says :

" Nous avpns suivi 1'original aussi pres que possible ; mais nous nous sommes permis d'abreger quelques chapitres, et de supprimer des longueurs : peut-etre M. Wieland aurait-il agi de meme, s'il avait ecrit pour des Francais. Le gout de la nation allemande est si different du notre, qu'il est pos- sible qu'on nous reproche encore d'avoir conserve des passages que nous n'avons pas eu le courage de faire disparaitre."

In omitting the " longueurs " the citizen translator has left out the most valuable portions. Has this work been translated into English ? RICHARD EDGCUMBE.

Edgbarrow, Crowthorne, Berks.

CONSERVATIVE CLUB. What is the date of the earliest foundation of a Conservative Club by that specific name ? I find one mentioned as existing at Leicester in a petition to the House of Commons from " Inhabitants of the town of Leicester and its vicinity, Dissenters from the worship and polity of the Church established by law," the text of which was given in The Leicester Chronicle of 1 March, 1834. POLITICIAN.

PUBIM TOKEN : CABBAGE SOCIETY. I have a medal or token, the size of half-a- crown. On one side are the words PURIM 1796, and on the reverse side CABBAGE SOCIETY. Purim is a Jewish festival men- tioned in the Book of Esther. What was the Cabbage Society ? Why was this token issued ? ISRAEL SOLOMONS.

91, Portsdown Road, W.

' JACK TRIM, THE LAWYER'S MAN,' 1855. The author styled himself Momus. Who was he ? RALPH THOMAS.