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CAPT. RICHARD PECHELL, 1655. In the ' Calendar of Domestic State Papers,' vol. viii. p. 333, the name of one Capt. Richard Pechell is given as presenting a petition to the Protector in 1655. This name occurring in England so early is rather a mystery, as it has always been accepted as a fact that the first person of that name in Great Britain was Jacob de Pechels, son of Samuel de Pechels, the Huguenot refugee. Samuel landed on 24 Dec., 1688 ; but it was not till more than twenty years later that the name was changed to Pechell. Jacob de Pechels joined the 16th Regiment of Infantry, rising to be lieutenant-colonel in 1739. His name was entered as " Pechell " at the War Office, and the family patronymic has remained thus spelt ever since.

Can any one tell me anything about Capt. Richard Pechell, or any Pechells in England before William III.'s reign ? Please reply direct. CONSTANCE RUSSELL.

Address : LADY RUSSELL,

Swallowfield Park, Reading.

OLD ETONIANS. I shall be grateful for information regarding any of the following : (1) Bogg, Robert, admitted 9 June, 1756, left

1763. (2) Bonnin (or Boneen), Goosey, admitted 3 July, 1754, left 1759. (3) Bos- cawen, George, admitted 22 June, 1754, left 1761. (4) Boyd, Daniel, admitted 17 March, 1757, left 1758. (5) Brabazon, Anthony, admitted 10 June, 1761, left 1762. (6) Brickenden, Charles, admitted 17 Feb., 1757, left 1763. (7) Bridges, Francis William, admitted 1 July, 1759, left 1768. (8) Brom- feild, Charles, admitted 11 Sept., 1759, left

1764. (9) Brookland, George, admitted 9 Nov., 1758, left 1768. (10) Brown, James, admitted 11 April, 1758, left 1765. (11) Browne, Dominick Geoffrey, admitted 11 June, 1765, left 1772. (12) Browne, George, admitted 27 Jan., 1759, left 1765. (13) Browne, James, admitted 25 June, 1765, left 1772. R. A. A.-L,

"HENRY HASE." In 1821 was published an anonymous 'Account of some Peculations of the Coal Trade ' (I do not copy the whole title). At p. 7 we read :

" If he [the lighterman] has a polite invitation aft and the captain's pulse beats to the tune of Henry Hase, then he [the lighterman] recollects that there is a punt head up in Mill-hole tier, send your men with a line and you may have her on board, that is by paying for her. Sometimes it occurs that he who first applied to the master about Henry Hase is ashamed of his extortion, leaves the ship, and sends a jobber to perform his dirty work."

Will some one elucidate this puzzle ? Q. V-

ADDISON'S LETTERS. I am preparing a new edition of the Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison (to be published by Messrs. Bell), and I am anxious to make the collec- tion of letters as complete as possible. I should therefore be grateful if any of your readers would tell me of any unpublished letters to or from Addison which may be in the possession of public or private owners.

A. C. GlITHKELCH. King's College, Strand, W.C.

PRIVY COUNCILLORS. Would some reader of ' N. & Q.' kindly give me the name of some book containing detailed particulars of the duties, privileges, and rights of Privy Councillors ? R. H. J.

DUBBER FAMILY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. I should be glad of any references to a Gloucestershire family named Dubber, prob- ably from the neighbourhood of Cirencester in the eighteenth century. P. D. M.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. I should be glad to learn any information about the following men who were educated at Westminster School : ( 1 ) Edmund and Gregory Boteler, admitted 1725, aged 11 and 13 respectively. (2) James Butcher, ad- mitted 1724, aged 10. (3) Thomas Butter- field, admitted 1737, aged 10. (4) George Byam, admitted 1715, aged 10. (5) John and Thomas Byde, admitted 1735, aged 12 and 14 respectively. (6) Samuel Byrom of Lowton, Lancashire, who was admitted a fellow commoner of Christ's Coll., Camb., 7 March, 1703, aged 17.

G. F. R. B.

THE THREEFOLD TWIST IN TURNING : THE STETHOSCOPE. The former of these "inventions" is said to have been devised by Mr. Nutchey, whose daughters, perhaps still alive, were, until the later years of the last century, of Hill's Place, Oxford Street. Mr. Nutchey collaborated in the device with a Mr. Groombridge of Poland Street, the inventor of a stethoscope. What is the "threefold twist"? and what stethoscope did Mr. Groombridge perfect in his day (circa 1843) ?

MALCOLM STODART was a pianoforte maker of early Victorian days, and acquaint- ance of Sterndale Bennett and Lablache. At what date did he die ? General parti- cula-rs would be welcome, since his deaiih is connected with a curious ghost tale.

J. C. WHITEBROOK.

24, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.