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had some other remarks to make. Whatever they said, the Second Gentleman's " Amen" fully prepared the way for Lucio's further remark about " the sanctimonious pirate that went to sea with the Ten Command- ments," &c. L. L. K.

THE PENDRELL PENSIONS. Many notes on the Pendrell family have appeared in think that it has ever been pointed out that the letters patent creating the pensions were printed in full in the Appendix to a Report of the House of Commons on Perpetual Pensions, ordered to be printed 29 July, 1887. The price is Is. Id., and I believe it is still in print. The pension consists of a considerable number of fee farm rents formerly payable to the Crown, but granted by letters patent of 24 July, 27 Car. II., to Sir Walter Wrotesley, Bart,, Richard Congrave, and John Gifford, Esquires, in trust for : (as to 100?. per annum) Mary, widow of Richard Pendrell, and Richard Pendrell' s heirs ; (as to 100?. per annum) William Pendrell and his heirs ; (as to 100 marks per annum) John Pendrell and his heirs ; (as to 100 marks per annum) Humfry Pendrell and his heirs ; (as to 50Z. per annum) Elizabeth Yates and her heirs ; with benefit of survivorship to the others on failure of heirs of any of the beneficiaries, and with reversion to the Crown on failure of all issue.
 * N. & Q.' from time to time, but I do not

The Treasury ascertained in 1869 that Mr. Walter Peter Gifford, the then owner of Chillington, was the representative of the survivor of the original trustees, and that Mr. George Robinson of Whiston, Shiffnall, then acted as receiver of the rents in question. The Treasury have reason to believe that in 1869 the recipients were in number about twenty, and that there was then no proba- bility of any failure of heirs. The document covers five pages, and, being furnished with side-notes, the contents are easily mastered. It is well worth the price charged for the omplete Report, and Stuart collectors should look after it. About thirty years ago I made the acquaintance of one of the Pendrell family who was a recipient of the pension. Two of his sons were in the police, and the elder brother, who subsequently filled the post of fireman at the Patent Office in Southampton Buildings, was the heir to the pension.

Although not strictly within the scope of this note, I should like to point out that the monument to Richard Pendrell in St. Giles's

Churchyard would be all the better for a little attention. It needs also to be pro- tected by a railing to prevent the children from scrambling over it as they were doing on the occasion of my last visit.

R. B. P.

" OF THAT ILK." The ' N.E.D.' gives under " ilk,"

"Erroneously, that ilk : That family, class, set, or 'lot.'

"1845, Miall in Nonconf., Mr. Hume, or Mr. Roebuck, or any member of that ilk. 1881,' Annihila- tion,' It has been left for our friend Dr. and

that ilk, to discover the long mistake." It is a common error of Southron newspapers to make use of this expression as a substitute for " of that kidney." How would they translate Wemyss of that ilk (Wemyss of Wemyss) into the vernacular of Fleet Street ? A. R. BAYLEY.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

GWYN. That distinguished actress Miss Julia Neilson quotes on an advertising placard,

And sweet Nell of old Drury is Queen of the May. I cannot find anywhere a ballad with this refrain. The verse Miss Xeilson quotes is a very good one. I should be much obliged to her or to any of your readers who could put me in touch with what the late Prof. York Powell called " the real thing." Is it merely a graceful four-line invention ?

PERCY ADDLESHAW.

THE PARTHENON CLUB. Where was this club originally located, and does it still exist ? It had probably objects similar to the Dilettante Club, and may have had its origin about 1820. XYLOGRAPHER.

DIFFERENCES OF NAVAL AND MILITARY ALLEGIANCE IN GERMANY. I am told that the troops of all the Federal States in the German Empire swear loyalty to their respective sovereigns, and obedience to the orders of the Emperor ; in the case of Bavaria, this obedience is limited to war- time. On, the other hand, the German navy- is imperial (kaiserlich), and recognizes no authority but that of the Kaiser. Are these statements correct ?

J. LANDFEAR LUCAS. Glendora, Hindhead, Surrey.