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every one else, and there are several repre- sentatives of many of the family names, sur- name and Christian name or, in this case, nickname are commonly used together. The town still retains many peculiarities brought from Xew England by the people who settled it a hundred years ago. Un- doubtedly the belief that the seventh son 4S destined to be a physician was brought "from England to Xew England during the period of colonization.

ALLAN H. GILBERT. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

OZIAS HUMPHRY (11 S. x. 348). In case your correspondent inquiring as to the above should be unacquainted with it, I write to mention ' The History of the Wood- gate Family of Stone-Pit and Summerhill, Kent,' published by Belding & Mansell of Wisbeach, 1910, which contains much infor- mation relating to this artist. There is a long family history of him, and mention is made of many pictures, &c., sold by Mr. Upcott at Christie's in 1800, in- cluding some miniatures which were ap- parently sold to the Duchess of Dorset at Knole. It records that at the latter place there was a very good portrait of Humphry by Romney. W. L. KING.

Paddock Wood.

SIR JOHN LADE: "MR. B CK" AND "BLACK D " (US. x. 357). I can give MR. ROBERT PIERPOINT a little information with regard to these two individuals, whom he mentions in his reply, about Sir John Lade. " Mr. B ok " was a turf celebrity named Thomas Bullock, who is mentioned in Charles Pigott's ' Jockey Club ' (second edition, Dublin, 1792), pt. i. pp. 33-4, and pt. ii. pp. 62-3. His obituary notice will be found in The Gentleman's Magazitie, Ixxii. 276 (17 Feb., 1802), and runs as follows :

" In London, in his 50th year, Thomas Bullock esq.well known on the turf, as owner of the cele- brated horses Rockingham, Buzzard, Spear, Toby, Ac."

There are references to him in ' The Jockey Club and its Founders,' by Robert Black, pp. 154, 173, 223, 235. The Town and Country Magazine, xxii. 243, contains a short account of his career, with his por- trait, under the head of ' The Billing Brewer ' ; and there is an anecdote about him in The Rambler's Magazine, vii. 46, which is cor- roborated by The Morning Post, 27 June, 1785. The " notorious mother J n," de- scribed in connexion with him by Charles Pigott, was a Mrs. Johnson of Jermyn Street. Bullock is said to have been a

man. of great physique, and was a famous boxer.

" Black D ," who is mentioned in pt. i pp. 35-8 and pt, ii. 62-3 of ' The Jockey Club ' (second edition, Dublin), was AVilliair Davies or Davis, but beyond this I know nothing more of him.

HORACE BLEACKLEY. ]

[MR. CHAS. L. CUMMISGS. who gives "Uawson" as the full name of "Black D " from the tire edition of ' The Jockey Club,' thanked for reply.]

LAMB'S 'MR. H ' (11 S. x. 3.50). Mr. E. V. Lucas in his notes to this play (' Tht Works of Charles and Mary Lamb,' 1903. vol. v. pp. 370-71) gives the following par- ticulars of its production in America :

" A correspondent of Notes and Queries, 26 May 1855, remembered seeing it at Philadelphiz when he was a boy. The last scene, lie says particularly amused the audience. In William B Wood's ' Personal Recollections of the Stage, 1855, it is recorded of the Philadelphia Theatre of which he was manager, that in 1812 ' ('hark; Lamb's excellent farce of " Mr. H "met wit! extraordinary success, and was played an unusua number of nights.' Lamb, however, did nol profit thereby.

" The little play was published in Philadelphia in 1813 under the title ' Mr. H, or Beware ; Bad Name, a farce in two acts, as performed a the Philadelphia Theatre ' Lamb's name nol figuring in any way with it." I have ventured to give the above extracl in full, as I am sure that any item of Elian* will prove of interest, not only to ME WILSON, but to all lovers of the immorta Charles. JOHX HARRISON.

Nottingham.

A very interesting account of the various performances of Lamb's play was given bj C. K. S. in his ' Literary Letter ' in Tht Sphere of 28 March, 1914.' He there statec that the play was produced in Xew Yorf in 1807, and in Philadelphia in 1812. facsimile of the title-page of an edition ol the play printed in Philadelphia in 1813 given, together with a reproduction of fl playbill recording the performance ol Lamb's farce at the Theatre Royal, English Opera-House, Strand, on Friday, 26 April. 1822. Following the title of the play there is a curious N.B. : " This play was damned at Drary Lane Theatre." WM. II. PKKT.

Canon Ainger in his edition of Lamb's works, 'Poems, Plays, and Essays/ 188 pp. 404-7, has a long note on this. following extract will supply part, at least, of the information asked for:

" The farce seems never to have been acted ii public in England since its summary rejectic