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6. P. 174, 1. 14. [Wordsworth declared to Emerson] nor could Jeffrey, nor the Edinburgh Reviewers write English, nor can * * *, who is a pest to the English tongue. [Whose name should fill the blank ? I should guess it to be Carlyle]

7. P. 174, 1. 19. [The Edinburgh Review] had, however changed the tone of its literary criticism from the time when a certain letter was written to the editor by Coleridge. [When was this letter written, and what was its substance ?]

8. P. 175, 1. 32. Lander, always generoxis, says that he [Wordsworth] never praised anybody. [Does this occur in any of Lander's published works ?]

9. P. 179, 1. 32. A blind savant, like Huber and Sanderson. [What Sanderson is this ?]

10. P. 180,1.26. "Will," said the old philosophy, " is the measure of power." [What is the source of this quotation ?]

11. P. 182,1.19. [In mentioning the speakers at a dinner hi Manchester in November, 1847, Emerson includes] Lord Brackley. [Was he of any distinction ? He is not mentioned in the


 * D - N - R> ] R. FLETCHER.

Buckland, Faringdon, Berks.

GENTLEMAN USHERS OF THE BLACK ROD TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS. I am endeavour- ing to collect portraits, records and in- formation generally about former Gentle- man Ushers of the Black Rod to the House of Lords, and shall be grateful to any one who can tell me anything about the follow- ing :

Usher. Died.

1591-1593 1593 1598-1605

1605-1620

1620-1641

1641-1660 1660-1671 1671-1683

1683-1696

1696-1698

Anthony Wingfield Sir Richard Coningsbye George Pollard James Maxwell Peter Newton Sir John Ayton, Kt. Sir Edward Car teret

Sir Thomas Duppa

Sir Fleetwood Shepherd, Kt.

Sir David Mitchell, Kt. (a Vice Admiral) /

Sir William Oldes, Kt

Sir William Sanderson

Sir Henry Bellenden

Sir Francis Molyneux, Bart. Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford ...

1698-17 12

1712-1719 1719-1727 1749-1761 1765-1812 1832-1877

1727 1761 1812

1877

W. P. PULTENEY, Lieut. -General. 4 Deanery Street, Park Lane, W.

JOSEPH FLETCHER OF TULLAMORE (son off Joseph), born c. 1779, was 4 years of age when living at Carlo w : mar. Sarah Higgins of Dublin, Dec. 28, 1798 (some relative of Bernard Higgins, Liberator of Peru) and died at Carlow, 1842 : served in ? 19th Lancers, 1812-15, and left issue William, born c. 1807, mar. c. 1832, Dublin, to Eliza- beth Smith, and died at Dublin, 1880. Robert died at Manchester, 1880-7, and had a son Thomas, major in the army. Joseph had a cousin Joseph Fletcher mar. Elizabeth

Kershaw in Ballyvoy, c. 1775, and died c. 1825 at Ballyvoy. He had a brother John, who had a son Patrick, bom at Garrons, Queens County, who was a member of the Catholic Church.. Any particulars will be welcome. E. C. FINLAY.

San Francisco.

COPE CHESTS IN YORK MINSTER. Can any reader kindly tell me anything as to the history of the cope chests in York Minster? There is a tradition that one of them came from Africa and the other from Archbp. W. de Gray.

GEORGE AUSTFN.

York Minster.

ENGLISH FAIRS ; AUTHORITIES REQUIRED* I should like to be informed of the most trustworthy and useful authorities on Eng- lish fairs, with special reference to those formerly held in York and the neighbour- hood and in Whitby.

GEORGE AUSTEN.

York Minster.

PERMIT OFFICE. In ,a letter dated 1766 the writer states that his father was em- ployed as a clerk in the Permit Office in London, up to the time of his death in 1757. Examination of numerous books on London fails to disclose what the Permit Office was. Any information on the subject will be gratefully received.

ALLAN H. WHITMAN.

Maiden, Mas?.

BENTLEY ; BEVERLEY. I should 'be in- terested to hear from any connexions or relatives of the following artists, -for purely literary reasons ; Charles Bentley, member of the O.W.S., died Sept. 4, 1854 : William Roxby Beverley, distinguished scenic painter, died May 17, 1889. F. GORDON ROE.

18 Stanford Road, Kensington Court, W.8.

ENGLISH MERCHANTS OF PORTUGAL IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Can any of your readers tell me where information may be found about the English Merchants in Lisbon in the eighteenth century ? I refer more particularly to baptism, marriages, and burials. H. C. BARNARD.

Yatton, Somerset.

SIR JOHN DUVAL. Sir John Duval is said to have borne the expense of cutting a canal thus severing the peninsula upon which Hartlepool was built. What is known of Sir John and his connexion with that town would be welcomed.

A. E. OUGHTRED. Scagglethorpe, Malton.