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-the Parade, though not in the position it originally occupied.

A- to the origin of " the gun," there is every reason to believe that it belonged to the Sovereign of the Seas, the famous three- decker launched in 1637. In the Public Record Office there is still to be seen an estimate, dated April 16, 1638, of the charge for engraving 102 pieces of brass ordnance for the Sovereign of the Seas, with the rose and crown ; the sceptre and tridens ; and the anchor and cable. Under the crown there was a compartment with the inscrip- tion " Carolus Edgari sceptrum stabilivit aquarum," identical to that on " the gun," the reference being to the ship-money fleets established by Charles I.

' The Sovereign of the Seas,' a full account of the vessel, by Thomas Heywood, was pub- lished in 1637. In 1652 she was cut down a deck lower, and became one of the best men- of-war in the world. She was then, as a con- temporary records, " so formidable to her enemies, that none of the most daring among them would willingly lie by her side." She took part in almost all the naval engage- ments between England and Holland, and on account of her elaborately gilded stern, and her fine fighting qualities, she was nick- named by the Dutch the " Golden Devil." In 1696 she was accidentally burned at Chatham while undergoing repairs.

If the gun of this famous warship is still in existence, the discovery of its present whereabouts, and restoration to one of our naval museums, would meet with universal approval. Besides being a valuable addi- tion to the naval relics of the country, it would help to remind us of the maritime enterprise of that unfortunate, and much abused monarch, Charles I.

G. E. MANWARING.

JENNINGS AND FINLAY FAMILIES. Charles Jennings (-on of Charles Jennings), born at Southampton, Long Island, U.S.A., Dec. 22, 1774, married Dorothy Meeker, died in 1831. He had a brother David and sisters Elizabeth and Sarah. Charles Jennings was a direct descendant of John Jennings of Colchester, England, who sojourned for a time at Leyden, Holland, and emigrated to America, 1623-43 ; settled at Plymouth and Southampton, Long Island ; said to be related to Paul Jennings of Acton Place, England. Charles Jennings, born 1774, had a cousin Mary Finlay. Elizabeth Jennings, born c. 1782, married Charles Finlay, Aug. 6, 1809, St. Bride's parish, Dublin, Ireland ; and died in 1825 in

Dublin. I should be glad to have any further particulars as to the identity and connexion of the several persons mentioned above. E. C. FINLAY.

1729 Pine Street, Sail Francisco.

" SHERIDANIANA : or Anecdotes of the life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan : his table talk, and bon mots. London, 1826, 8vo," published by Colburn of New Burlington, Street.

In 1825 had been issued ' Memoirs of the Life of Sheridan,' by Thomas Moore, and ' Sheridaniana ' was started by the author to be published to supply omissions from, those ' Memoirs.' ' Sheridaniana ' is, I be- lieve, very scarce. It is certainly a most amusing book, and I want to know who is the author of it ? (See 5 S. ix. 257.) Walter Sichel in his ' Sheridan,' vol. i., p. 329, refers to " the partly mythical ' Sheridaniana.' " HARRY B. POLAND.

Inner Temple.

" CARRSTIPERS " : " CORRELL " : " WBKLP- ING." Above words occur in the Household Account Book of Sarah Fell of SwarthrW>or Hall, in Furness, 1673-9 : \

July 2, 1674. by m p d fo r 3 : Bakes '& 2 p' of

Carrstipers ... ... ... 000 00 05-

Mar. 7, 1677. by m p d for bringing mee a

lette r & 2:corrells from Tho : Curwen

y' went to London to mend ... 000 00 (4

Apr. 27, 1678. by m p d eist r Lower y* I owed her, y' left from 1 : stone of Woole price of 7 s fo r mending 2 : corrdla i<f her at London 000 00 02

Dece. 23, 1673. by m p d fo r 3 : dayes in lattinge . & whelpinge petty kill [kiln]. 000 01 02

July 30, 1678. fo r latting & ivhelping the kill

atPetties 9 dayes ... ... 000 04 0&

What is the meaning of these words ? I have searched several dialect dictionaries without result. NORMAN PENNEY.

Devonshire House, Bishopsgate, E.G.

THE REV. WILLIAM CHURCHILL, Viear of: Orton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire. Accord- ing to the short obituary notice in the Gent, Mag. for 1804, part ii. p. 692, he died some time in June, 1804, and was a brother of Charles Churchill the poet. I should be glad to obtain further information about his career. G. F. R. B.

THE REV. MICHAEL FERREBEE domestic chaplain to John, fifth Earl of Cork. When and whom did he marry ? It would appear from the ' Orrery Papers ' that his wife died earlj in 1739. Did he hold any livings in Ireland or elsewhere ? When and where- did he die ? G. F. R. B.