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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. ix. FEB. 28,

Your correspondent says that composite candles were introduced in 1840 ; but the word appears to have been used somewhat loosely, being applied to candles of varying compositions. The earliest illustration in the ' New English Dictionary ' is taken from the specification of a patent (No. 10,371) enrolled 30 April, 1845. A popular account of Price's Candle Works at Battersea, by Joseph Hatton, will be found in The English Illustrated Magazine for June, 1892.

R. B. P.

THOMAS HUDSON, PORTRAIT PAINTER <11 S. viii. 489 ; ix. 36, 96, 134). I have a" portrait by him of my great-grandfather, John Murray, who was in the Royal Marines, and went on half -pay in 1768 in order to found the business which bears his name. JOHN MURRAY.

oO, Albemarle Street, W.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED (US. ix. 128). 5. Arthur Bransby, s. Charles of Great Grimsby, co. Lincoln, gent., Lincoln Coll., Oxon, matric. 18 March, 1722/ 1723, aged 17 ; B.A. 23 Feb., 1729/30.

CROMWELL AND QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA til S. ix. 127). According to Miss Agnes Strickland, the Queen (1653-4) "requested Cardinal Mazarin, in her name, to de- mand the annual payment of her dower. Crom- well promptly replied, that 'she had never been recognized as queen-consort of Great Britain by the people, consequently she had no right to this

dower' (Carte's 'Life of Ormonde') Henrietta

observed to Mazarin, ' that if she was not con- sidered by the English nation as the wife and consort of their late sovereign, the question was, what had she been ? And the obvious answer, that a daughter of France could have been other- wise than a wife of the King of England, was more disgraceful to her country than to herself : and if the King, of France could submit to such a public stigma on his royal family in a treaty, she must rest satisfied and perfectly content with the constant respect paid her as Queen by her husband and his loyal subjects ' (Mme. de Motte- ville, vol. v. pp. 250, 251)."

The Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, Candlemas Day, 2 Feb., 1625, was chosen by Charles I. for his Coronation, probably as a mark of attention to his young French bride. Although all was prepared for the joint Coronation, and the order of service drawn up with a view to her taking part in it, Henrietta refused to be present at the last, alleging her religious scruples as a reason. She also renounced the solemn procession through the City, and never took her place as Queen at the Royal Chapels on the celebration of divine service.

A. R. BAYLEY.

WHITINGTON ARMS (11 S. ix. 88). In William Berry's ' Encyclopaedia Heraldica ' the arms of Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London, are given as follows : Gu., a fesse compony or and az., in the dexter chief an annulet of the second.

The arms of Whitington (Pountlett, Gloucestershire) : Gu., a fesse chequy or and az. Crest, a lion's head, erased, sa.

Whittington (Ive Thorn, Somersetshire) : Gu., a fesse chequy or and az., in the dexter chief point a fleur-de-lis. J. FINCH.

Saint Raphael, France.

"Or SORTS" (11 S. vii. 10, 56, 117, 136, 197, 274, 417, 454). In the list of the things provided for " The King's Table " at the banquet in the Guildhall on Lord Mayor's Day, 1761, at which the King and Queen were entertained, is the following : The Centre of the Table.

& s. d.

1 Grand Pyramid of Demies of Shell Fish

of various sorts 220

32 Cold things of sorts ; viz. Temples, Shapes, Landscapes in Jellies, savoury Cakes, and Almond Gothes 3312

2 Grand Epergnes, filled with fine Pickles,

and garnished round with Plates of Sorts,

as Laspicks, Rolards, &c 660

See ' Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the Eighteenth Century,' by James Peller Malcolm, second edition, 1810, i. 346, 347.

Here, apparently, " of various sorts " and " of sorts " are synonymous.

W T hat all the items in the last two ex- amples mean I do not know. I suppose that " Laspicks " means "Aspics," if there was such a gastronomical word a hundred and fifty years ago.

A note on p. 344 says :

44 The orthography of the French words in the following items is wrong in almost every instance ; but it must be remembered that it is culinary orthography!" ROBERT PIERPOINT.

BRITISH REGIMENTAL HISTORY (11 S. ix. 89). A history of the various regiments of the British Army, giving a list of the battles and campaigns in which each took part, will be found in ' The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army,' by H. M. Chichester and G. Burges-Short, 1899. A history of the Black Watch and Fraser's Highlanders will be found in it, recording the battle-honours, illustrations of uniforms and badges,, and a list of the commanding officers of the Vic- torian era.

Bolton ARCHIBALD SPARKE, F.R.S.L.