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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. in. APRIL 14, 1917.

and initials G. O. C. Can any one recognize the above and say to which family they belonged ? E. C. FINLAY.

1729 Pine Street, San Francisco, Cal.

36TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. Where was the 36th Regiment of Foot stationed from 1757 to 1760, and who commanded the regiment during those years ?

WILLIAM JACKSON PIGOTT.

Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down.

ARCHDEACONS OF CLEVELAND. Can any reader supply a complete list of the Arch- deacons of Cleveland to date, with dates of appointment and resignation or death ?

J. W. F.

JOHN PHILLIP, A.R.A. : PORTRAITS BY HIM. Can any one tell me whether John Phillip, A.R.A. (born 1817, died 1867), the painter of ' The Letter-Writer of Seville,' ever painted the portraits of the Royal Family, and whether anything is known of a portrait group by him of the Misses Meigh ? In the standard dictionaries and in the article in The Art Journal of February, 1858, no mention is made of his portraits. I have heard it reported, however, that his portrait work was highly esteemed. Can any one help me with information about his portraits ?

R. KIDD.

110 Adelaide Road, N.W.3.

THE ANCESTORS OF BISHOP SAMUEL SEABTJRY. (See US. vi. 68.) MR. EDMUND NEVILL, at the above reference, stated that he possessed a marriage licence, dated Jan. 17, 1630/31, in favour of Samuell Seabrey of Eusen (or Ensen), Dorset, husbandman, 30, and (despite the spelling) he suggested that this person may have been an ancestor of Dr. Samuel Seabury (1729-96), Bishop of Connecticut and Rhode Island, the first American bishop. The query was not answered, and I now venture to repeat it, with an additional query of my own.

Some years ago, whilst making a search in the Minutes of the Board of Admiralty at the Public Record Office, I came upon the following entry : " 24 Aug. 1775. Rev. Samuel Seabury appointed chaplain of H.M.S. Renown." I am anxious to discover who this was. It could not have been the Bishop, because in 1775 Bishop Seabury was in America, and was in considerable danger on account of his well-known English sympathies. I have consulted the Rev. Dr. Beardsley's ' Life and Correspondence of the Right Rev. Samuel Seabury, D.D.' (Boston, 1882), but he does not go "into the question of Seabury 's English ancestry.

According to Dr. Beardsley (p. 1), Bishop Seabury's grandfather was John Seabury, who was living at Duxbury, Mass., prior to 1700. I may add that on Dec. 25, 1782, Seabury was appointed chaplain to the King's" American Regiment, and that he retained his rank as chaplain on half-pay until his death. R. B. P.

CATALOGUE OF IRISH MSS. Is anything known of a descriptive catalogue of Irish MSS. in the British Museum ? At least one volume was printed, but I do not think it was ever published by the Trustees, as it does not appear in 'the B.M. Catalogue or amongst their list of publications, understand that the task of compilation was given to Standish H. O'Grady, and that, because of some difference of opinion, the work was not proceeded with. The volume I have seen contains no title-page, and has a MS. note on the inside cover explaining that

" The plan of breaking up the various collections, in favour of an illusory classification of subjects, not only did not originate with the compiler, hut was proposed and insisted on in opposition to his very earnest representations."

I shall be glad to have the above verified or otherwise. ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

WILLIAM BLAKE AS " PICTOR IGNOTUS." In the early editions of Gilchrist's ' Life' Blake is described on the title-page as William Blake, " Pictor Ignotus." I ran find no explanation in the text of the reason for this designation, and in the later editions the words " Pictor Ignotus " are omitted again, with no comment as to the reason for so doing. Can any reader explain V

M. PICKTON.

FOLK-LORE : THE SPIDER : WALL-RUE.

I should be glad of any particulars legends, beliefs, ideas of symbolism, &c. relating to the folk-lore of the spider and cf wall-rue.

W. H.

" TALBOT GWYNNE." Can any one give me information about Josepha Gulston, who, under the pseudonym of " Talbot Gwynne," wrote 'The School for Fathers,' 'Young Singleton,' ' Nanette and her Lovers,' and two other short novels, in the first half of the last century ? There is a review of ' The School for Fathers ' in Mrs. Gaskell's ' Life of Charlotte Bronte.' No notice of " Talbot Gwynne" appears in "Boase," or 'The Dictionary of National Biography,' or any other work of the kind that I am acquainted with, although her writings show real ability