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 us. m. JUNE IT, 1911.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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&s to birthdays of living persons, took the place of 24 May.

Sect. 3 made a different provision as to fixed feast-days, holy-days, "and fast-days. Christmas, for example, remained in the new calendar on the same nominal day as in the old. Similarly the fast of the martyrdom of King Charles remained on the same nominal day as before, instead of being appointed for 10 February, which would have been the natural day.

I have taken these two as examples only. They are not specially named, but come under the provisions of sec. 3 :

" From and after the said second day of Septem- ber all and every the fixed Feast-days, Holy-days and Fast-days, which are now kept and observed by the Church of England, and also the several solemn Days of Thanksgiving, and of Fasting and Humiliation, which by virtue of any Act of Parlia- ment now in being, are, from Time to Time, to be kept and observed, shall be kept and observed on the respective Days marked for the Celebration of the same in the said New Calendar ; that is to say, On the same respective nominal Days on which the same are now kept and observed ; but which according to the Alteration by this Act intended to be made as aforesaid, will happen eleven days sooner than the same do now."

Lest there should appear to be a confusion as to the 2nd and 3rd of September, 1752, it is well to note that in the statute the day at the beginning of which the change was to come into effect is spoken of as " the natural day next immediately following the said second day of September."

If POLITICIAN will refer to a reply of mine at 10 S. iv. 173, he will find examples of changes of celebration dates besides that of the birthday of George III. The accession of George II., 11 June, 1727 (Old Style), was in 1753 celebrated on 22 June (New Style). The swearing-in of the Lord Mayor at Westminster had been on 29 October (Old Style). In 1752 it took place on 9 November (New Style).

At 10 S. iv. 175 E. G. B. refers to John Wesley, who, having been born on 17 June, 1703, recognized, after the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, the corresponding New Style date, 28 June, as the anniversary of his birthday. ROBERT PIEBPOINT.

KITTY CUTHBERTSON, THE NOVELIST (US. iii. 429). The Miss Kitty Cuthbert- son alluded to by Sir G. Trevelyan was probably a daughter of Capt. Bennet Cuth- bertson of the 5th Regiment, in which he served for 25 years, retiring about 1772. He lived then in Dublin, but was a native of Northamptonshire. He married Cathe- rine, daughter of Dr. Thomas Bell, and sister

of Sir Thos. Bell, M.D., of Dublin, State Physician. Elinor, youngest daughter of Dr. Bell, married my great-grandfather Thos. Wright. Another daughter, Olivia, married Owen Young of Castlerea, and was mother of Dr. Matthew Young, Senior Fellow T.C.D. and Bishop of Clonfeit, founder of the Royal Irish Academy, and the most famous literal y man in Ireland at the close of the eighteenth century. Bishop Young married his first cousin Anne Cuthbertson, by whom he had a family.

Three other daughters of Capt. Cuth- bertson were Olivia, Catherine, and Julia, who removed to London and wrote romances. One of these was ' The Romance of the Pyrenees.' Copies of some romances were seen by me in the Brit. Mus. Lib. some years ago. WM. BALL WEIGHT, Clk.

Osbaldwick Vicarage, York.

DRAWING THE ORGAN : COPES (11 S. iii. 349, 412). I am not satisfied with J. T. F.'s suggestion, because the number of copes disposed of is much greater than the church of a little place like St. Colvmb in Cornwall, whose accounts are referred to, would be possessed of. The parish occasionally sold surplices, but two in a year (1596) was the highest number.

It has been suggested to me that " copes " is "coppice," and as this is consistent with the entries in the book, I am inclined to think that my conundrum is solved.

YGREC.

BISHOPS' TRANSCRIPTS OF LONDON PARISH REGISTERS (11 S. iii. 303). The first entry in the list of transcripts as printed may lead to a misconception. Two separate records are meant to be referred to, not one, the parish of SS. Anne and Agnes and the precinct of Bridewell being situated in different parts of the City.

WILLIAM McMuRRAY.

FIFIELD D'AssiGNY (11 S. iii. 409). If G. F. R. B. has not obtained particulars elsewhere, he will find them in Dr. Chetwode Crawl ey's ' Csementaria Hibernica,' fasci- culus ii. (1896). As this is a privately printed work, if G. F. R. B. has any difficulty in obtaining access to a copy, perhaps he will write to me. GEO. W. G. BARNARD.

Norwich.

DA COSTA (11 S. iii. 389). Emanuel Mendez Da Costa, foreign secretary to the Royal Society, died, according to Allibone, about 1788. He appears to have been domiciled in. this country about the time