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but personally I should be puzzled to inform the " intelligent foreigner " as to the whereabouts of any pictorial representation of his battles, except Maclise's ' Waterloo ' in the Houses of Parliament. F. A. W.

' DELL STICK THE MINISTER.' Where can be found the words of this song, which is mentioned in ' The Heart of Midlothian,' cap. viii. ? Cf. Fountainhall's ' Historical Notices,' 442 :

" 5 June, 1683. One is conveined for having reviled the Minister in causing the piper to play were there present as witnesses to declare it was the name of ane spring." G W C
 * The Deill stick the Minister.' Sundry fiddlers

THE CORPORATION OF ST. PANCRAS, CHI- CHESTER. I should be glad of information as to the foundation of this ancient body, and as to any history of the same which may have been published.

WILLIAM MACARTHUR.

79, Talbot Street, Dublin.

AUSTRIAN CATHOLIC MISSION IN THE SUDAN. Where can I find the best account or accounts of the Austrian Catholic Mission which was established at Khartum in 1847 or 1848, and branches of which were founded on the Sobat and White Nile a year or two later ? F. A. EDWARDS.

CHOIR BALANCE : ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR. What is the relation between the strength or power of a boy's voice and a man's ? Can any one tell me the usual number of choristers (including practis- ing boys) maintained' at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, about the year 1890 ? Did the boys pay any school fees to the Chapter at that period ? HARMONY.

A HEALING HERB. During the Ashanti War, 1873-4, Melton Prior lost, as he re- corded in ' Campaigns of a War Correspon- dent' (p. 26),

" the opportunity of learning the secret of a very remarkable ointment. One day [he writes] on the march, as my long boots were very wet, I put on a new pair, and in a short time I found they had chafed my heels to such an extent that 1 could walk no longer, and had to take to my hammock. The men seemed rather astonished at my remaining so long in it, and asked the reason. Then I explained, and, taking off my boot and sock, pointed to a raw place on my heel where the blister had broken. ' Oh,' said the head-man in his own language, ' that 's easily cured.' And as we just then paused for an hour or two's rest in a village, he left me. returning after a short interval with a green greasy substance which he applied thickly to the wound, covered the latter over with a green leaf nd bandaged it up. The effect of this was

simply miraculous, for the following morning the wound had healed to such an extent that I was able to put on my boot and continue walking without the slightest pain or inconvenience. I afterwards discovered that this ointment was made from a certain wild herb known only to the- natives and mixed with some grease."

If during the last thirty-eight years this herb has been foimd and named by botanists, what do they call it ?

ST. SWITHIN.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. (1) Dr. William Dick of Tullymet ; Perth- shire, the father of Sir Robert Henry Dick /D.N.B.,' xv. 16). I should be glad to- learn particulars of his parentage and the respective dates of his birth, marriage, and death. (2) George Henry Harlow. What were the names of his parents ? The 'D.N.B.,' xxiv. 408. does not give the required information. (3) Alfred Bate Richards. Who was his mother ? The ' D.N.B ' xlviii. 210, is silent on this point.

G. F. R. B.

JULES VERNE. Can any reader of 'N. & Q. r kindly furnish me with a list of those works of the late M. Jules Verne which w^ere pub- lished in serial form in English or American magazines ? The following are all I have been able to find :

All those in The Boy's Oicn Paper (U\ 1880- 1900 inclusive.

In Routledge's Every Boy's Paper :

1874. ' The English at the North Pole.'

1875. ' The Field of Ice.' 1885-6. * Keraban the Inflexible.'

In The Leisure Hour :

1879. ' The Begum's Fortune.'

1880. ' The Tribulations of a Chinaman.' In Union Jack :

1881. ' The Steam House.'

P. H. LING.

7, Chandos Road, Redland, Bristol.

" TRAMWAYS." ( See 2 S. v. 128 ; xii. 229, 276, 358 ; 6 S. ii. 225, 356, 498 ; iii. 12, 218, 413, 433. 477 ; 7 S. iii. 96, 373 ; vi. 285.) At the third reference is a statement by J. N. that

" in 1794 Mr. Homfrary obtained an Act of Par- liament for the construction of an ' iron dram- road, tram-road, or railway ' between Cardiff and Merthyr Tydvil."

This Act does not appear in the list of Local and Private Acts for 1794. The authority for it seems to be Rees's ' Cyclo- paedia.' * Can any one of your readers give the true particulars ? I understand that even in the British Museum local Bills are not found ; and it is possible that Homfrary's project did not reach the Statute Book. Q- V.