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NOTES AND QUERIES. pi s. i. APE. , 1910.

ADMIRAL TRYON. Admiral Tryon, drowned 22 June, 1893, is said to have appeared on the staircase that night at his wife's reception. Where is any account of this to be found ? F.L.S.

CITY SESSIONS BOOKS, &c. Can any correspondent oblige by referring me to a more up-to-date source of information con- cerning the whereabouts, condition, language, accessibility, &c., of the Sessions Books, Coroners' Rolls, and similar records for the City of London, than the Old Records Commission reports ? W. McM.

AGUE-RING. Elizabeth, Countess Dowager of Exeter, bequeathed to Lady Elizabeth Dryden, the wife of the poet, ' ' my ague-ring pendant. ' 2 I should be glad to know if this was a similar article to the " crampe ringes ' ? mentioned by Andrew Borde in 1547, which, he says, " the kynges of England doth halowe euery yere."

P. D. M.

NEIL Gow, RACE-HORSE. Lord Rose- bery owns a colt so named, which may take a prominent part in this year's Derby. But is there any authority for so spelling the name of the Scotch fiddler ? It is spelt Niel Gow in the ' Dictionary of National Biography ? ; and in a collection of his reels and strathspeys dedicated to the noblemen and gentlemen of the Caledonian Hunt, published by John Purdie of 83, Prince's Street, Edinburgh, I find the follow- ing lithographed notice, which seems to afford conclusive evidence of the correct spelling :

To the Public.

Since the expiration of the term allowed by Act of Parliament, securing to me the Property of the First Edition, I find that copies have oeen taken and published in London and Edinburgh by persons unconnected with me or my family. Therefore this improved edition as well as the new edition of my first book of reels, bear not only my own name but that of my Sons of whose assistance I have availed myself. NIEL Gow.

WlLLOUGHBY MAYCOCK.

HUNT & CLARKE'S " AUTOBIOGRAPHIES." In 1826 Hunt & Clarke of Tavistock Street published a series of autobiographies. I have seen those of David Hume, William Lilly, and Voltaire. There was also Thomas Ellwood, 1827. What others appeared ? They seem to be done in support of some theory : what was it ? Who were Hunt & Clarke ? Not Leigh Hunt and Cowden Clarke ? W. C. B.

SHROVE MONDAY. We hear frequently enough of Shrove Tuesday. If any readers have come across Shrove Monday in print, it would be interesting to have references.

LEO C.

FERMOR, EARLS OF POMFRET. In the ' D.N.B.' it is stated that Thomas William, Fourth Earl of Pomfret (1770-1833), was the second son of the second Earl by Miss Anna Maria Drayton of Sunbury, Middlesex.

In an account of Easton Neston, the seat of the Earls of Pomfret in Northampton- shire, which appeared in Country I/ife of 14 Nov., 1908, we read that "Anna Maria, second Countess of Pomfret, was the heiress ?? (and presumably daughter) "of William Draycot of Chelsea."

Which authority is correct, and who was William Draycot ? CURIOUS.

HENRY GARY was elected to Trinity College, Cambridge, from Westminster School in 1662. Particulars of his parentage and career, and the date of his death, are desired.

G. F. R. B.

PRINCESS DASCHKAW AND HER SON. Horace Walpole, writing to Sir Horace Mann, 6 Oct., 1770, says :

" Who do you think has arrived ? The famous Princess Daschkaw, the Czarina's favourite and accomplice, now in disgrace and yet alive ! Nay, she and the Empress are alive ! She has put her son to Westminster School. The devil is in it if the son of a conspiratress with an English education does not turn out a notable politician." I should be glad to know more of this lady and her son. What was his name, and when was he born ? G. F. R. B.

JOHN VENNER was admitted into College at Westminster School 6 May, 1741. Par- ticulars of his career and the date of his death are required. G. F. R. B.

DICKENS ON THOMAS TRADDLES, LAW STUDENT. Dickens's experience in a lawyer's office led to the making of a large and captivating element in his books ; but his statements about legal matters are often wrong, e.g., his fanciful accounts of parish registers.

What does he mean us to understand was the early career of Mr. Traddles ? He first copied law-writings ; then (having had no legal training whatever) stated cases, made abstracts, and drew briefs for lawyers ; then entered himself as a law student: " I am

reading for the bar 1 have just begun to

keep my terms after rather a long delay.