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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. i. APK.L 22, 1910.

A CIPHER OF NAMES. The following cipher of names, by which King James II. and his party spoke of persons and things during the Irish War, 1689-91, may be worth preserving in ' N. & Q.' It occurs in a thin folio volume of autograph letters addressed to Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland, and, so far as I am aware, has not hitherto been printed. I append an exact copy from the original, which is now in my possession :

A CYPHER OF NAMES.

M r Wiseman

The King

The Queene

Lord Treasurer...

My Lord Sunderland

My L d Hallifax...

My L d Clarendon

My L d Peterborough

My L d Mulgrave

My L d Churchill

My L d Arundell

My L d Godolphin

My L d Dover

My L d Tyrconnell

DukeofOrmond

My L d Primate

My L d Grannard

The Church of England ...

The Parliament of England ...

The PriveyCounsell of Ireland

The Judges In England ...

The Judges In Ireland ...

The Roman Catholiques ...

Popery ... Fanaticisme

England Kent

Ireland Barbados

My Lord chiefe Justice Davis M r Proude

S r Richard Reijnolds

M r Lynden

My L d chiefe Justice Keateing M r Johnson M r George

M rs Wiseman

M r Crowne

M r Winter

M r Dangerfield

M r Tankard

M r Millbanke

M r Cheeseman

M r Farewell

M r Serious

M r Barkley

M r Booth

M r Wijnn

M r Rook

M r Hunt

M r Greene

M r North

The Chessheere men

Y c Kentish men

Y e Norfolk men

Y e Leinster men

The Oxford men

M r Sharpe M r Lijnch M r Fillpobt M r Dancer M r Dullman M r Lawlesse M r Sober M r Patience S r Paule Reycord S r Tho. Allworth H. SHORTING.

My L d ehiefe Barren M' Hartstong ... M r Worth The Irish Primate 'The Bishop of Closzher

ERNEST H. Broseley, Shropshire.

SUSSEX WINDMILLS. Lovers of the Sussex <downland in the neighbourhood of Lewes 'will learn with regret that the recent storm lias demolished that familiar landmark, the " six-sweep mill," which stood on the high ground, south of the railway, between Lewes and Falmer. These old windmills are fast disappearing. Within recent years those at Kingston and Mailing, both of which were within sight of the " six-sweep mill," have been destroyed. Would it not be possible for steps to be taken by loca] societies to repair such mills as remain, and ensure their preservation for future genera- tions ?

Their utility may be a thing of the past, 3ut their picturesqueness is undoubted, and their loss is certainly much to be regretted. P. D. M,

" TAPER." The following is worth putting on record in the columns of ' N. & Q^'

At Wirksworth, Derbyshire, on March 25, 1916, a decision by the Board of Trade as to the meaning of the word " taper," included in the schedule of reserved occupations in the textile trade, was communicated to the military tribunal. The employer of a tape weaver claiming exemption had stated that

taper " was a term unknown in the local textile industry, and the dictionary meaning was " a small wax candle." The decision of the Board of Trade was that " tapei " is a synonym for " sizer " or " flasher," and that a tape weaver is not in a certified trade.

F. H. C.

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.

A SHAKESPEARE PORTRAIT. In his diary, on Jan. 17, 1822, Thomas Moore records at Paris an interview with the celebrated French tragedian Talma (1763-1826):

" Talma, mentioned a, portrait of Shakespeare on a bellows, which had fallen by accident into his hands, and which he considers authentic : several inscriptions on it from Shakespeare, in the orthography of his time."

The meeting took place in the actor's dressing-room at the theatre the reason, I suppose, that the bellows were not seen by Moore, or we might have had the advantage of his own opinion on this curiosity. If it was in existence in 1822, it is possible there may be some one who can disclose its present whereabouts, amatterof decided interest. Any information on this point will be welcome.

HUGH SADLER.

SATYRS' DANCE. Has the dance of the satyrs in ' Winter's Tale,' IV. iii., a classical origin, and is its significance known to folk-lorists ? Was it a common feature in May or Midsummer revels ? M. D. H.

SOPHIE DOROTHEA OF HANOVER, mother of Frederick the Great. Could any reader tell me where she was buried ?

F. S. FLINT.

11 Douglas Road, Canonbury. N.