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masterpiece ; and the beautiful Duchess of Hutland. I can find no present trace of the portraits of any of these ladies, or of the full-length of Mrs. Sheridan (Miss Linley) which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1783. It has been supposed that this Royal Academy portrait is identical with the famous full-length of Mrs. Sheridan sitting under a tree, now in Lord Rothschild's collection, but I am able to show that the Rothschild canvas was not painted until 1785. It seems unlikely that all these por- traits can have beeri destroyed, and if any of them exist their value must be great, Loth from the artistic and the auction-room points of view.

WILLIAM T. WHITLEY. 57 Gwendwr Road, West Kensington, W.

CHURCH GOODS. (1) What is a " beads- man's bell" ? This expression occurs in the list of church goods of Hampshire under Alverstoke.

(2) What was a "beam of yron" (iron), which occurs under Bishopstoke ? What was its use ? J. H. COPE.

Finehampstead, Berks.

MAXSE AS A SURNAME. What is the origin of this surname ? J. M. BULLOCH.

GEORGE MASON (1735-1806), MISCEL- XANEOUS WRITER. Where and when in 1735 was he born ? What was the maiden name of his mother, whose second husband was Dr. George Jubb, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford ? The ' Diet, of Nat. Biog.,' xxxvi. 419 and xxx. 222, does not give the desired information. G. F. R. B.

ADAM NEALE, M.D., ARMY PHYSICIAN AND AUTHOR. I should be glad to obtain particulars of his parentage and the date of Iris birth. When and whom did he marry ? The 'Diet, of Nat. Biog.,' xl. 137, does not
 * give any information on these points.

G. F. R, B.

MOSES GRIFFITH, COPPERPLATE EN- GRAVER. Can any particulars be given of this illustrator of Thomas Pennant's ' Tour in Wales,' &c. ? ANEURIN WILLIAMS.

PECHEY'S * WHOLE WORKS OF SYDEN- HATML' For purposes of collation I am desirous of ascertaining the whereabouts of -a 3opy of the fifth edition of the above, which was published in or about 1711. Will any correspondent kindly communicate with me foy letter ? GEORGE C. PEACHEY.

The Sick Asylum, Bromley- by-Bow, E.

ERZERUM. Can any Armenian scholar among the readers of ' N. & Q.' suggest a Haik origin of the first syllable of Erzerum ? This syllable occurs at the beginning of several town-names in Armenia, e.g., Erzin- gan. The Turkish spelling implies a Semitic origin of the same (" erz " = land, earth, in Hebrew and Arabic). The Persian render- ing refers " erz " to a word " arz," sometimes asserted to be cognate with Latin arx, "citadel," and Greek dpKew, to * ' ward off." The final syllable " rum " evidently = Rome, and requires no elucidation.

N. POWLETT, Col.

ANNOYANCE JURIES. Can any reader give particulars of these ? The writer of a recent letter to The Globe speaks of them as having been " public institutions " in the early days of the nineteenth century.

H. MAXWELL PRIDEAUX.

Devon and Exeter Institution.

[The 'N.E.D.,' s.v. 'Annoyance,' says, " Jury of Annoyance: one appointed to report upon public nuisances," and gives the following quotation : " 1754, Act 29 Geo. II. xxy. 12 : The Jury of

Annoyance shall enquire into all bad

pavements and all annoyances, obstructions and encroachments, upon any of the public ways."]

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SPANISH LITERATURE WANTED. According to The Daily Tele- graph, March 18, 1916, it is hoped that a London University Chair for the study of the Spanish Language and Literature may soon be founded. Is there any handbook relating to Spanish authors similar to Prof. J. G. Robertson's little volume on ' The Literature of Germany ' ? What means exist of discovering who are the noted lyrical poets, dramatists, &c., of the last seventy years ? COUNTRY MOUSE.

SIR HENRY CAVENDISH. Can any one tell me the ancestry of the Right Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish ? He is stated by Burke (edition 1867) to have accompanied

his kinsman. William, third Duke of Devonshire* into Ireland when his Grace went to that kingdom

as Lord Lieutenant in 1737, was created a

baronet of Great Britain in 1755, and, dying 1776, was succeeded by his eldest son,"

whose wife was created in 1792 " Baroness Waterpark of Waterpark, co. Cork, with remainder to her issue by her husband." Sir Henry was the ancestor of all the Lords Waterpark and their descendants, of the Stranges (descendants of Lady Strange, wife of Sir Thomas Strange), of the Skottowes (descended from Catherine Cavendish, daugh- ter of Sir Henry), of the Musgraves, Baronets of Waterford (descended from Deborah