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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 8. x. DEC. 19, 1914.

OLD ETONIANS. I shall be grateful for information regarding any of the following : (1) Horton, John, admitted 12 Sept., 1755, left 1761. (2) Howard, Abraham, admitted 26 Jan., 1756, left 1761. (3) Hull, Thomas, admitted 25 May, 1759, left 1761. (4) Hunter, William Orby, admitted 13 April, 1761, left 1766. (5) Husbands, William, admitted 1 Oct., 1758, left 1764. (6) Irving, James, admitted 17 Jan., 1759, left 1767. (7) Isherwood, Thomas, admitted 18 Feb., 1755, left 1762. (8) James, Montague, admitted 13 Jan., 1758, left 1760. (9) James, Thomas, admitted 13 Jan., 1758, left 1762. (10) Jenner, Thomas, admitted 18 March, 1764, left 1765. (11) Jennings, George, admitted 16 Jan., 1758, left 1763. (12) Johnston, Andrew, admitted 19 April, 1765, left 1766. (13) Johnston, Peter, admitted 28 Jan., 1762, left 1762 or 1766. (14) John- stone, Richard, admitted 7 Sept., 1763, left 1766. (15) Jones, Isaac, admitted 1 July, 1762, left 1762. (16) Jones, John, admitted 1 May, 1765, left 1769. (17) Jones, Thomas, admitted 17 May, 1758, left 1762. (18) Jones, Richard, ad- mitted 17 May, 1758, left 1764.

R. A. A.-L.

GEORGE IV. 's NATURAL CHILDREN. Are there any records of George IV. 's illegitimate descendants ? and is it a positive fact that he had no son by his morganatic wife Mrs. Fitzgerald V I have always heard it stated that a certain Mr. Henry William Rouse, a very distinguished man, who was British Consul in Valparaiso, Chile, during the second quarter of last century, was the son of George IV. This has been affirmed by well- informed old British residents in Chile, who personally knew Mr. Rouse, and who must have had some reason for believing it.

QUIEN SABE.

AUTHOR OF QUOTATION WANTED. Not all who seem to fail have failed indeed, Not all who fail have therefore worked in vain. There is no failure for the good and brave. What though thy seed should fall by the wayside And the birds snatch it ? Yet the birds are fed, Or they shall bear it far across the wave To give rich harvests after thou art dead.

Some of the above lines were recently quoted by Sir Edward Clarke at the farewell dinner given to him on his retirement from the Bar. Having myself a great desire to know the authorship of the lines, I ventured to write to Sir Edward, who very kindly answered to the following effect. He first met with them fifty years ago, as part of a sonnet in the last number of a publication

issued under the authority of Frederick Maurice, Tom Hughes, and others. Xo indication of the authorship was given, and Sir Edward is in doubt whether the writer was Dean Trench or Prof. Connington. He inclines to Trench, but is not quite certain. Some time ago I raised this question ia your pages, but do not seem to remember any answer having appeared. Possibly the fresh interest given to this inquiry by the interesting quotation of these fine lines may elicit some authentic information.

W. S R.

THOMAS BRADBURY, LORD MAYOR. According to Stowe's ' Survey of London,' ed. 1633, Thomas Bradbury was Lord Mayor in 1509, and died in that year of his office, and " Sir William Capel the rest." In pedigrees of Harley MSS. this Thomas Bradbury of Braughing is shown as a knight, and Stowe states that he was buried in St. Stephen's, Coleman Street, in a tomb on the north side of the choir. Was he ever knighted ? A. C.

" WE 'ix GO TO KEW IN LILAC TIME." I shall be glad if any reader of ' N. & Q.' can tell me where to find the words of an old ballad whose title is " We '11 go to Kew in lilac time," or something similar to this. M. W. RAMSAY L'AMY.

86, Cornwall Gardens, S.W.

"THIRMUTHIS" : CHRISTIAN NAME. The Times obituary of 17 Nov. records the death of Miss Thirmuthis Baker. What is the meaning of this word ? and what nationality of the lady's godparent does it suggest ? Is its use as a Christian name known to any of your readers ?

L. G. R.

Bournemouth.

" SPIR ITUAL MEMBERS." In ' Arcana Fair- faxiana ' (a manuscript volume of apothe- caries' lore and housewifery nearly three centuries old) occurs, on p. 49, the following recipe :

" A Sovereine Water. Take sentory & stamp it smale & put it to cleare ale, & stale, then let it stand 24 houres, then still it & take that water & put to it ginger in powder, annis seed, fennell seede, & parseley seed.... to a pottle of the water, lett them stand 24 hours, then still them againe & use this water morne & even for a principal] medicine for y e coughe, ache of y e sides, impostumes of the body, or any evell in y e brest, or greeves of the spirituall members y i causeth a man to have an appetite to his meate that cannot eate."

Can any reader explain the expression " spirituall members "? W. H.-A.