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Ellington, and asked him to marry them. On his refusal he presented his pistol at the parson's head, and the marriage took place !

" He was killed in a skirmish at Videau's Bridge, and his widow died a month later, leaving a daughter."

EL SOLTERO.

Eagle Pass, Texas.

JOHN GOVE, c. 1650. I am anxious to learn something about John Gove. He was born in 1604 in England, was a brass founder, and came to Charlestown, Mass., in 1647. IJis wife's name was Sarah.

L. GOVE MCGREGOR.

1233, North Laurence Avenue, Wichita, Kansas.

ADELAIDE, WIDOW OF HERMANN IV., Duke of Swabia, married Otto, Margrave of Susa in Piedmont. Bertha, a daughter of a second marriage, married, 1065, the youthful Henry IV. of Germany. With Countess Matilda of Tuscany, Adelaide vainly en- deavoured to prevent the humiliation of Henry IV. at Canossa, 1077 ; and in 1083 to soften the wrath of Gregory VII. towards her son-in-law. All my efforts having failed to discover the lineage or parentage of the brave and noble Adelaide, appeal is made for the desired information to a reader of ' N. & Q.' who possesses a better collection of genealogical books than the inquirer.

T. F. DWIGHT.

La Tour de Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland.

PRINCE ALBERT ON BALMORAL. In The Court Journal of Saturday, 23 September, 1865, the following paragraph appeared :

" A propos of Her Majesty's stay at Balmoral, it may be mentioned as an interesting fact that the late Prince Consort took greater interest in the locality than is generally thought, and made its features an especial study. By his directions, and with considerable assistance from himself, a local history was written, in which its topographical, botanical, and geological charac- teristics were admirably sketched, and in which there were graphic descriptions of scenery and historical reminiscences, which owed their charm to the graceful pen of the Prince Consort. The work was beautifully printed, but only six copies were struck off, by an eminent firm in London, who, of course, rigidly enforced instructions they had received that not a proof of a' line of the work beyond these six copies should be printed."

Is it possible to get any information about this book ? What was its title ? What became of the six copies ? There is none in the British Museum, or in the Windsor library or the Balmoral library.

P. J. ANDERSON.

University Library, Aberdeen.

THE WHIG CLUB. One of the most curious items sold at the last dispersal of " Phil- lippsiana " was a large leather -bound volume

containing the original rules of the Whig Club and more than nine hundred signatures of its members. It is evident that the Club nourished in the last two decades of the eighteenth century. I possess three in- teresting contemporary caricatures connected with it, but they afford no clue as to the place where its annual dinners were held. No mention whatever is made of the Whig Club in Mr. Ralph Nevill's recent work on ' London Clubs.' I should be glad of any information on the subject.

A. M.. BROADLEY. The Knapp, Bradpole, Bridport.

THE " JALL " IN HERALDRY. For an account of the discovery of the " Kynge'a Beeste," the "jail " in Westminster Abbey, and of its first reappearance in modern times on the restored bridge at Hampton Court, see two interesting letters by the Custodian of Westminster Abbey and Mr. Ernest Law, the learned historian of Hampton Court Palace, which appeared in The Times on 24 and 25 April. It is said that this heraldic beast appears in the arms of the Countess of Richmond, founder of the Cam- bridge colleges, Christ's and St. John's. The writers of the two letters do not quote any text early or late for the occurrence of" the word "jail," nor does the word occur in the ' N.E.D.'

From what language did this strange word get into heraldic terminology ?

A. L. MAYHEW.

THE "JALL" IN HERALDRY. A letter contributed to The Times of 27 April by Mr. George C. Druce gives much new infor- mation concerning this fabulous animal. He considers its existence in heraldry, like that of the unicorn, to be due to the mediaeval bestiary, in which it is known " under the Latin title of eale, the word 'Yale' or ' jail ' being merely a phonetic spelling." From the above source he quotes :

" There is a beast called Eale as large as a horse with a tail like an elephant's, of a black colour, with jaws like a goat's, and bearing horns un- usually long, and adapted for compliance with any desired movement. For they are not stiff, but are moved as the requirements of fighting dictate, of which one is extended in front when it fights, and the other is folded back, so that if the point of one gets blunted by any blow, the other sharp one is used in its place."

One reading of the above makes the crea- ture possess a wild boar's jaws, instead of a goat's. Another MS. describes it as "a bearded horse-like animal with tufts of hair on the neck, cloven feet, and long horns."