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th 3 rough usage which she received from th m )b on this occassion was magnified into fl< gging, or else that Marat proceeded, " Floi th 3 contemptible wretch instead of hangin her," which Barras as an admirer of Mara dc es not record.

Alison gives the date of the flogging 31 May, 1793. This was the day of the over throw of the Girondins, and it may be pre sumed that Theroigne was regarded as a member of that party. If so, she would hav been safe enough up to that date, and the incident recorded by Barras could hardlj have occurred previously. But on the fal of the Girondins, Marat became one of th< most powerful men in Paris and could pro ! bably have disposed of her as he thought fit i He saved a man from the lamp-post, giving him a good kick to show his contempt.

JM.

We must request correspondents desiring infor mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct.

"DAG DAW." In a ballad entitled 'The Duke I of Argyle's Courtship,' beginning with the line j is printed in Buchan's 'Ancient Ballads and I Songs of the North of Scotland' (1875), ii. 141, there occurs the following quatrain (p. 143):-
 * " Did you ever hear of a loyal Scot ? " which

Wi' your blue bonnet ye think ye 're braw, But I ken nae use for it at a', But be a nest to our dag daw,

And I '11 never be your dearie, 0. What is the precise meaning of the expression a " dag daw " 1 THE EDITOR OF THE

'ENGLISH DIALECT DICTIONARY.' The Clarendon Press, Oxford.

i SCULPTORS. Will any reader kindly give jthe Christian names and dates of birth and death of G. Prosperi, Palkirk, Laurence Macdonald, and John Steell, sculptors ?

EVELYN WELLINGTON. Apsley House.

JOHN RANDALL is stated to have been head master of Westminster School from 1563 to 1564. I shall be glad to learn any information about him. G. F. R. B.

" HIGHLANDRY." Ogilvie's ' Dictionary ' atea Smollett as an authority for this word. ^an one of your readers give the reference tor the ' Historical English Dictionary ' ? R. J. WHITWELL.

70, Banbury Road, Oxford.

ROBERT GERVAS was elected from West minster School to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1570. If any correspondent of ' N. & Q.' can give me any particulars relating to Gervas I shall be greatly obliged. G. F. R. B.

REV. RICHARD JOHNSON, B.A. Can you give me any information regarding the Rev. Richard Johnson, B.A., the first Church of England clergyman in Australia? He was born about 1760; graduated B.A. at St. Mary Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1784 ; came to N. S. Wales in 1780; returned to England 1800; died about 1814. I am compiling a life of him, and want to know where and when he was born, and where and when he died. I have an idea that he belonged to Canter- bury, Kent, but can learn nothing definite. J. W. FAWCETT.

Brisbane.

SARAGOSSA SEA. The Pall Mall Gazette of 14 Aug., 1897, contains the words "turning the whole place into a miniature Saragossa sea," in a place where the lake in St. James's Park is spoken of. What is the " Saragossa sea " referred to here ? PALAMEDES.

THE FIR-CONE IN HERALDRY. What is the customary method of depicting fir-cones ? Are they shown in a vernal or autumnal condition ? Is the point directly upwards or downwards, or oblique ; and if so, inclined bo which side 1 Is the cone straight or cur- vilinear; and if the latter, to which side is the

urve directed ? The particular shield in question is borne by a French family and is described as " de sinople [green] a six pommes de pin d'or, 3, 2 et 1." It will be seen that

he position and form must apply to six cones. What is the heraldic signification of the fir- cone ? Is it not ecclesiastical ?

ARTHUR MAY ALL.

WINCHESTER. Can any reader of 'N.& Q. 7 dndly refer me to a printed copy of a charter granted by King Henry VIII. to Winchester,
 * ontaining confirmations of charters back to

nspeximus of each ? JAMES DALLAS.
 * he time of Edward the Confessor, with an

Exeter.

JOSIAH CHILDS. There is a tradition in my family that he had a brother who was governor of a West Indian island, and also a laughter who was married to a West Indian f the name of Huggins of Nevis. I have titherto failed to prove these statements. VTio can help me ? M.A.OxoN.

Ivy House, Clapham, near Bedford.

"BURIED, A STRANGER.' This formula ccurs so frequently in the register of a very