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Alexander Lee ran after the object of his master' adoration, announced the conquest her charms ha( made, procured her address, arranged an interview or reconnoitred the ground, as the nature of the case might require."

Apparently we have here a noteworthy fact in connexion with the word which may eventually be of service to the editors of th 'H.E.D.' It will be observed the author calls Lee the " original * tiger.' " We mighl then fairly assume that with him originatec the name. Have readers of ' N. & Q.' any notes on the word 1? If they have I should be glad of their views. C. P. HALE.

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.

" DARGLE." This word occurs in Scott's ' Redgauntlet,' Letter xi., near the beginning of ' Wandering Willie's Tale/ ed. Black, 1879, i. 188: "Glen, nor dargle, nor mountain, nor cave." The word is not in Jamie son, nor can I find anything like it in Gaelic. Do any of your readers know the word? It appears to me probable that "dargle" is a ghost- word, a misprint for "dingle." A. L. MAYHEW.

CERVANTES ON THE STAGE. Besides 'Don Quixote,' which of Cervantes's works have been adapted for the stage or in any way dramatized 1? Any particulars will be wel- come. S. J. A. F.

THE BURIAL-PLACE OF LORD CHANCELLOR THURLOW. Can any reader of * N. & Q.' tell me where Lord Chancellor Thurlow was buried, and whether any monument marks the spot? FREDERICK T. HIBGAME.

Hampden Club, N.W.

TINTAGEL. My friend Mr. Kinsman, the late vicar, told me that he was appointed custodian (or constable) of the castle in 1852, and I have so stated in my ' Thorough Guide ' to North Devon and North Cornwall. A correspondent now writes to me challenging the statement. May I inquire if there is any official record of the appointment? The office was obviously a resuscitation, and little more than titular, though it entrusted the key to my friend. May I also inquire who was the last custodian before Mr. Kinsman 1

C. S. WARD.

CORPUS CHRISTI. In some Yorkshire pedi- grees of the fourteenth and fifteenth cen-

turies both men and women were " admitted of Corpus Christi," which statement was followed by a date, presumably that of the "admission." Will any one kindly explain what this means 1 F. E.

MILITARY TROPHIES. In the library of the Royal United Service Institution is a cata- logue of "The Waterloo Museum, 97, Pall Mall, established in the year 1815." The catalogue is long, containing 189 objects of various descriptions, and some of much mili- tary interest. Among them were four French eagles, viz., one, with standard, presented by Napoleon to the National Guard at Elba; one which had belonged to the Third Legion; one which had belonged to a corps in India; one which had belonged to a corps of Marines. None of the above eagles are at Chelsea Hospital, where several others are deposited. Can any of your readers give information as to what became of the Waterloo Museum or its contents, or as to any of the above-men- tioned eagles or their present whereabouts 1

C. E.

NOBLEMEN'S INNS IN TOWNS. I should be glad to be referred to authorities relating to noblemen's inns or houses in English cities. I refer to such houses as Furnival's Inn in London, and the mansiones which, according to the Domesday Book, belonged to various noblemen and men of rank in Oxford. Were these mansiones town houses in the same way that Northumberland House in London was a town house of the Earl of North- umberland? And were there not such houses in Chester and other ancient cities?

S. O. ADDY.

CAPT. MORRIS. At the time of the death of the "Laureate of the Beefsteak Club," which occurred 11 July, 1835, it was stated Has this been published? Has any full bio- graphy of the author of "The sweet shady side of Pall Mall " ever appeared?
 * hat he left his autobiography to his family.

S. J. A. F, [See ' Diet. Nat. Biog.'j

" THE HEMPSHERES." In manor rolls of the Elizabethan period there occurs a place-name The Hempsheres " in what was then the ishing village of Brighthelmstone. This )lace occupied, I am told, the site or neigh - )ourhood of the " Black Lion." I have failed o find in Prof. Skeat's ' Dictionary ' or in lalliwell-Phillipps anything to elucidate the meaning of this word. Not being an ety- mologist, I am, of course, prepared to guess valiantly, but only with the nope of obtain ng correction from some one who knows.