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BLAIR & SUTHERLANDS : BLUNDERBUSS. I have recently acquired a blunderbuss, brass barrel and flint stock. The makers' name is " Blair & Sutherlands." Can any of your readers kindly give particulars of this firm, or any information as to the age of the weapon ? WYCKHAM.

NEWNHAM FAMILY, ISLE or WIGHT. I should be grateful if any reader could give me particulars as to the ancestry of this family. Any item of information, however small, would be gladly received.

A. JAMES NEWNHAM.

20, Avondale Road, Portsmouth.

MOIRA JEWEL. I shall be glad of any information as to what became of the valu- able jewel (value over 1,0001.) presented to the Earl of Moira on 27 Jan., 1813, by the Society of Freemasons.

ROBT. J. SODDY. 42, Jewin Street, E.G.

MILITARY : COLOURED PRINT WANTED. Can any military reader refer me to a coloured representation, in any work on the former Indian regiments, of the uniform of the Bengal Horse Artillery c. 1830-45 ? ST. CLAIR BADDELEY.

CROWLE FAMILY. I should be much obliged for any particulars relating to John Charles Crowle, returned to the Irish Parlia- ment in 1777 as M.P. for the borough of Harristown. Can he be the " Charles Crowle," M.P. for the borough of Richmond, Yorks, whose marriage to " the Hon. Miss Laycock " is recorded in Exshaw's Magazine for October, 1770 ? and, if so, who was " the Hon. Miss Laycock " ?

THOS. U. SADLEIR, Hon. Ed., Kildare Arch. Soc.

JOHN STROUT (STROUDE), DEVON, " eq : aur: f. 17," as John Strode, 24 Oct., 1617 (Matriculation Lists, Oxford). Is he iden- tical with the Rev. John Strouts, A.B., Rector of Monks Horton, Kent, 11 Feb., 1625; Rector of Cheriton, Kent, 4 Dec., 1630? The Rev. John married Helen, sister of Sir William Brockman. She died 1628. He was buried in Cheriton Church, 24 May, 1644.

THOMAS HUDSON, PORTRAIT PAINTER, 1701-79. ' D.N.B.' states that " he painted innumerable portraits of the gentry and celebrities of his time." Is it known when he commenced his operations ? I have a painting said to bo by him, 1726. Is there a list of his portraits ? Had he a studio at Oxford ? R. J. FYNMORE.

Sandgate.

THE HEXHAM CHARTULARY. In 1840 a fragment of a chartulary of Hexham, con- sisting of fourteen leaves, was in the posses- sion of J. B. Nichols, Esq., F.S.A, See Coll. Top. et Gen., vi. 38. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' tell me where this MS. is now pre- served ?

I should be glad to know of any Yorkshire charters of the twelfth century in private hands or preserved in obscurity, copies of which might be suitable for publication.

W. FARRER. Hall Garth, Carnforth.

PEPYS QUERY. Can any reader give me any information about " poor little Michell and our Sarah on the bridge," mentioned by Pepys in his description of the Great Fire of London ? What relation were they to Samuel Pepys ? What was their occupation, and did they inhabit one of the houses on old London Bridge previous to the Great Fire ? Any information re the above will be much appreciated.

REGINALD JACOBS.

SCOTCH ARMS. What were the arms of the MacMartins of Letterfinlay ? Is there a Scotch coat of arms more or less resembling the following : Vert, a fesse gold between three falcons silver, with a half - dog rising out of the fesse ? D. L. GALBREATH.

Montreux.

ARNO POEBEL: TABLET DECIPHERED. Would an American reader oblige with name and date of journal, magazine, or paper that dealt fully with the deciphering of the tablet now at Pennsylvania University by Dr. Arno Poebel ? GALAGE.

JULES VERNE. Some months ago (ante, p. 168) I inquired as to stories by Jules Verne appearing in serial form in English magazines. Since that time I have not been able to add very largely to my list. I notice that ' The Master of the World ' is now appearing in The Boy's Own Paper.

I am indebted to the kindness of SIR WILLIAM BULL (ante, p. 256) for the state- ment that the third part of the ' Voyage round the World ' was published in Rout- ledge's ' Every Boy's Annual ' for 1878. It is reasonable to suppose that the first and second parts appeared in 1876 and 1877 respectively. I am not sure that SIR WILLIAM BULL is right in supposing that ' Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea ' and * The Mysterious Island ' both appeared in that magazine, since the statement has been made that the first of Verne's books to