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" SPECIES " IN THE ' N.E.D.' The defi- nitions of this word, as used in pharmacy, given in the great Dictionary are not quite exhaustive. It is defined as " The separate materials or ingredients used in compound- ing a perfume, drug, or similar preparation. Obs." ; and again as "A composition used in embalming. Obs." But the meaning with which I am most familiar, and which I think I may say survived longest, is not given, though it is in Bailey, where it is expressed as follows :

" [Among the Writers on Pharmacy'] some Aromatic or Purging Powders, which were formerly kept ready prepared in the Shops to make up Electuaries, Pills, Tablets, &c."

Eventually these powders (which were always compounds) came to be called " powders " only, but for a long time they were known by that name and as " species " indifferently. Thus, to give one instance out of many, the " species " of diambra of the London Pharmacopoeia was the " pow- der " of diambra of the Edinburgh book. To illustrate the process of verbal change, I may mention Hiera Picra, which was first an " electuary," then a " species," and finally a " powder." The name " species " is no longer used officially, but I fancy it would still be understood* " in the shops," and if so, it would certainly be in the sense I have given.

It is curious to find no mention in the 'N.E.D.,' under either ' Specie ' or ' Specie-,' of the well-known " specie jars " of chemists' shops. C. C. B.

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.

VANBRUGH'S EPITAPH. I wish no harm to Sir John Vanbrugh, but should not the suggested epitaph on him be quoted Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee ?

I ask this because I find it was given as Hopwood, to the Home Counties Archaeo- logical Society, when it visited St. Stephen's Church in the City :
 * follows on Saturday, 24 Jan., by Mr. C. H.

Lie lightly on him, earth, though he Laid many a heavy load on thee.

Mr. Hopwood remarked that it was curious that "the lightest of Wren's churches had been chosen as Vanbrugh's burial-place."

ST. SWITHIN.

CLEANSING WEEK. In their depositions taken in the Consistory Court of the diocese of Bristol. A.D. 1556, two Dorset witnesses fixed a date as " Satersdaye in the clensinge w^eeke."

According to ' Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms,' ed. by Rev. O. Shipley, 1872, Clean Monday is a name in the Eastern Church for the Monday after Quinquagesima Sunday a pardoning day. Further information will oblige. F. S. HOCKADAY.

Lydney, Gloucestershire.

CROMWELL AND QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA. I have heard it said that Henrietta Maria, when in straits of poverty after the death of Charles I., applied to Cromwell for a grant of money or for an income due to her as formerly Queen of England, and that he refused on the ground that she had never been crowned. Is this true ? What is the authority for the statement ? Is the cere- mony of coronation necessary to complete the status of a queen-consort ?

J. WILLCOCK.

Lerwick.

SHAD WELL : 'THE TORY POETS.' Can any one inform me if there is a copy of ' The Tory Poets,' 1682 (attributed to Shadwell), in existence ? M alone mentions it, and quotes from it in his account of Dryden pre- fixed to the ' Prose Works.' Others men- tion it, but probably have not seen it.

The poem is neither in the Bodleian nor in the British Museum. P. WHYATT.

Oxford.

THE COLONELS OF THE 24TH REGIMENT (See ante, pp. 87, 111.) T. Howard. Served in Spain and Portugal in 1705-7. Taken prisoner at the battle of Almanza, and de- tained two years in France. Bought the colonelcy 24th Regiment from the execu- tors of Major-General G. Primrose in 1717, and held it for twenty years. The regiment from him derived its sobriquet of " Howard's Greens." Died a Lieuten ant-General, and Colonel 3rd Buffs, in 1752.

D. Houghton. Served many years in the junior commissioned ranks. Raised the 45th Regiment (numbered at first as the 59th) in 1741. Colonel 24th Regiment, 1745- 1747. Commanded a brigade at the battle of Val or Laffeldt in 1747. Died a Major- General in Flanders soon after.

B. LEACH, Lieut. -Col., Commanding l/24th Regt South Wales Borderers.

St. Lucia Barracks, Bordon, Hants. (To be continued.)