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HERALDIC QUERIES. The following crests appear on " engraved coins " of the eigh- teenth century. Can anyone give the pro- bable surname with which No. 1 is associated, and throw further light upon Nos. 2 and 3 ?

1. Obverse, crest of a talbot's head issuant from a crest-coronet ; reverse, SW (or WS) in double cipher.

2. Obverse, " Walls, Hereford " ; reverse, crest of an eagle statant. (According to Burke, ' General Armory,' 3rd edition, in the coat of Wall of Derbyshire eagles are borne as charges.)

3. Obverse, " John White, Oxon." ; re- verse, crest of a horse's head bridled.

F. P. B.

ELIZABETH MAEL. Thomas Buckworth, sixth son of Theophilus Buckworth of Spald- ing, married at Spalding, on Jan. 6, 1728/9, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Lot Mael of Spalding. She died Jan. 10, 1771, cet. 63, and was buried at Spalding. Can any of your readers refer me to a pedigree of the Mael family, or inform me who was her mother ? G. J. A.

C. R. MATURIN. Where is to be seen the original, or a copy, of Sir Walter Scott's letter to Mrs. Maturin, 2J pp., 4to, Edin., Feb. 19 (year omitte '), with reference to a Biography of the Rev. C. R. Maturin (1782- 1824), novelist and dramatist, which formed lot 408 in Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods's sale, July 4, 1906 ? DANIEL, HIPWELL.

WRIGLEY OF SADDLEWORTH. Can any reader give any information about the Wrigleys of Saddleworth before 1600 ? George Wrigley was born in that year, and his son George was baptized at St. Chad's, Saddleworth, in 1633. W. A. HIRST.

RIMING HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

In 43 a Roman host

From Gaul assailed our southern coast.

Can any of ' N. & Q.' readers tell me what English History this is to be found in ? I learned this at school in 1865.

HUBERT GABLE, F.S.A.

Alresford, Hants.

[These verses are included in ' Outlines of English History,' by Henry Inee and James Gilbert (W. Kent & Co., 1867). a popular school-book of its day. See 11 S. iv.278.J

' THE UNION STAR.' Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' tell me where a file of this publi- cation may be seen ? According to Dr. R. R. Madden ('The United Iri-hmen') The Union Star was set up in Dublin by the famous Watty Cox in the summer of 1797, and was

printed in a cellar in Little Ship Street. The publication has been described as "a Murder Gazette," as it advocated the assassination of prominent members of the Government, the Church, and any persons obnoxious to the editor and proprietor.

GERTRUDE THRIFT. 79 Grosvenor Square, Rathmines, Dublin.

COLONELS AND REGIMENTAL EXPENSES. Can any one direct me where to find an account of the system of paying regimental expenses through the colonels : the pay- ments made to them, and their disburse- ments, and the profits made by them ?

J. F. R.

AUTHOR OF QUOTATION WANTED. In the little volume ' Poetry of the Crabbet Club,' privately printed and published in 1892, there is a poem on p. 36 entitled ' Charma Virumque Cano,' and commencing :

Charms and a man I sing, to wit a most superior

person, Myself, who bears the fitting name of George

Nathaniel Curzon. Who wrote it ? ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

CROMWELL : GUN ACCIDENT. I have been told that Oliver Cromwell met with a gun accident injuring his hand. I have never seen an account of this in any life of Crom- well that has come under my notice, but I understand that there is some record of it in existence. Can any reader supply in- formation ? JOHN BEAGARIE. Brighton.

MARMADUKE B. SAMPSON OF ' THE TIMES.' When did he die ? Mrs. Sampson died March 19, 1882, and was described as late of Hampton House, Hampton Court, and Beach Rocks, Sandgate.

R. J. FYNMORE. Sandgate.

[Marmaduke Blake Sampson died Oct. 8, 1876- There is a short notice of him in vol. iii. (R Z) of Mr. Frederic Boase's extremely useful ' Modern English Biography.']

DICKENS AND HENRY VIII. Did Dickens ever describe the reign of Henry VIII. as " a spot of grease and blood on the fair pages of English history " ? If so, where is the description to be found ?

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

JOHN VARLEY OF HACKNEY. In an interesting paper on J. Mulready (the Irish painter, whose uncle was a shoemaker) in The Gentleman's Magazine for May, 1879, the writer informs us that he became acquainted with John Varley, the friend of Blake. Varley and his brother were, if I