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 354 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s.ix. 00*29, 1021. MANGLES. George Mangles was admitted to Westminster School in January, 1787, and G. W. Mangles in June, 1810. Infor- mation concerning their respective parent- ages and careers is desired. G. F. R. B. CARDINAL NEWMAN AND WALES.- It has been alleged the two brothers Cardinal and Professor F. W. Newman had family or other ties with Wales. Corroboration of the fact and identifiable association with the Principality would oblige. ANEURIN WILLIAMS. Menai View, North Road, Carnarvon. CARDINAL VATJGHAN AND WALES.- Had he any Welsh ancestry ? If so, with what county family was he connected ? ANETJRIN WILLIAMS. Menai View, North Road, Carnarvon. MULES ON MOUNTAINS. In Daniel Wall's edition of Ebel's ' Switzerland ' (London, 1820), at p. 63 it is asserted that "At 10,416 feet above the sea mules are so much out of breath that they utter doleful cries" ; and that " The breath of a mule was prodigiously restrained at 11,820 feet under the equator." I believe that mules carry fuel, &c., up to the Mischobel Hut, 11,020 feet above the sea, from Saas-Fee. What is the greatest height for a mule to go on the mountains ? JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT. T.R.E.O. In 'Pendennis,' ch. xlvi., " Miss M. had played for two seasons T.R.E.O., T.R.S.W., &c." What is T.R.E.O. ? The other is, of course, Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells. O. R. LUXFORD. CAPTAIN JOHN GORE. Is there any in- formation available as to the family of the Mr. John Gore who accompanied Captain Cook on his first and third voyages of dis- covery, first as Lieutenant, afterwards as Captain, and finally in charge of the ships on their return ? His son John entered the Navy and afterwards settled in Australia and died a Rear -Admiral. His grandson, Graham Gore, accompanied and perished with Sir John Franklin's expedition to the North Pole. To what family did he belong ? Are there any members of that family still in this country ? AN INTERESTED NAMESAKE. " BORN OUT OF A TOLE-DISH " (sic). What is the meaning of this phrase ? M. D. H. JONATHAN EDWARDS'S ' DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN.'- I should be obliged if any reader could refer me to any published reply to this treatise. H. J. AYLIFFE. 17, Wyndham Street, Brighton. GEORGE TRAPPE. I have a quaint por- trait of George Troppe, Director and Curator of the Colonies in Tauride. It was engraved by C. Knight and pub. 1789. A document by his side is inscribed, " Der Kayserinn C.A.F.H.A.R.I.N. Der Grossen. Privilegia fur 270 Mennonisten Familien in Jahr 1787." I will be grateful for any information about George Trappe and the colonies in Tauride, R. Me. WHITTENBURY FAMILY. I am desirous of collecting notes with regard to this family. It is supposed that three cousins named Wurtemberg came to settle in England (Hertfordshire) at about the time of the reign of William III., with whom,, indeed, they were supposed to have landed. Queen Hoo Hall was the home of the Whittenburys, and it will be known that Strutt, the antiquary, used it as a title for an unfinished story of romance, which gave Scott the inspiration to write Seven years ago a small two-handled silver cup was sold at Christie's to Mr. C. D. Botch for 59 Os. 5d. It was made by Wakelin and Taylor (1782) and is- fluted and festooned. The same cup was, I' believe, sold for 10 in 1856. The in- scription is : " This cup the gift of James, Earl of Salisbury, Lord-Lieutenant to Mr. Benjamin Whittenbury, of Queen Hoo Hall, Hertfordshire, was presented to him the 31st day of January 1783." The story of the presentation goes back to the days of highway robberies, and the occasion was the capture of a certain Walter Clibborn by Mr. Whittenbury. The high- wayman was killed, and on a post over the spot where he was buried the following inscription was set : Here continues to rot the body of Walter Clibborn, who, with his son, robbed and ill- treated many persons in this neighbourhood. Please not to deface this. Anyone who possesses any data of the Whittenbury family would greatly help
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