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ruary, aged sixteen, where he is described as "armiger." He was created M.A. 26 June, 1764, and was M.P. for Peterborough from 1780 till his death in February, 1786.

C. SANDFORD-THOMPSON. 38, Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham, S.W.

SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM. Can any of your readers inform me if there are in private possession letters from Sir Francis Walsingham or referring fco him which are neither contained in the British Museum nor in the Record Office, nor mentioned in the Report of the Historical MSS. Com- mission ? Especially his youth and his residence on the Continent during the reign of Queen Mary seem not enlightened by any document. K. ST.

Bavaria.

"DiVET." In the Daily News of 12 Sep- tember one reads, " He has been the target for divets, stones, and rotten eggs." Where is the history of the word divet to be found 1 MR. J. PLATT, Jun.,one of the correspondents of ' N. & Q.,' tells me that he believes it to mean a lump of turf. E. S. DODGSON.

[MR. PLATT is correct. See ' H.E.D.,' s.v. ' Divot.']

LIEUT. ZACHARY HICKS. It was stated some months ago in an Australian newspaper that the log of Lieut. Zachary Hicks (or Zackerry Hickes), of the Endeavour, com- manded by Capt. Cook during his first voyage in which he explored the coast of New South Wales and landed at Botany Bay, was lately discovered, " with others," behind some wainscoting in the Deptford Victual- ling Yard. If so, what were the circum- stances, and what other logs or papers are referred tot Zachary Hicks was next in command to Cook (who at this time was only styled captain by courtesy, his title being lieutenant in command). He died of consumption on board the Endeavour on Sunday, 26 May, 1771, after the vessel left the Cape of Good Hope (vide 'Capt. Cook's Journal during his First Voyage round the W9rld in the Bark Endeavour, 1768-1771,' edited by Capt. W. J. Wharton, London, 1893). The statement made in the above work that all the journals of the officers of the Endeavour had been deposited for pre- servation in the Public Record Office is there- fore manifestly incorrect, if Hicks's has lately been discovered as alleged.

JAMES TALBOT.

Sydenham Road, Norwood, South Australia.

DR. JOHN FRYER According to the ' D.N.B.' (vol. xx.) he married a niece of Rose Hobson, who was wife of Samuel Desborough,

brother of Major-Gene ral Desborough. I am anxious to know her exact name, parentage, date of marriage, or any other particulars. CHAS. HALL CROUCH. 5, Grove Villas, Wanstead.

ANGELICA KAUFFMANN. Can any one tell me where a good life of Angelica Kauffmann can be found? MABEL F. GOOD.

[The best life is by C. G. de Rossi, Florence, 1810. A full list of authorities accompanies the memoir in the 'D.N.B.,' by Miss Bradley, vol. xxx. pp. 241-4.]

"I'LL TRY AND FIND A LINK TO BIND."

What is the name, who is the author of the words, and who is the composer of the music of the song in which the following verse occurs ?

I '11 try and find

.A link to bind

The joys that pass away.

I heard it sung by the late Russell Grover, a well-known ballad singer, about forty -five years ago. BASIL A. COCHRANE.

30, George Street, Manchester Square.

[The name of the ong is 'Had I but Aladdin's Lamp.' Further information is wanting.]

FRENCH - CHRISTEN. I asked a keeper recently some questions about his former service, and he, after detailing his North Devonshire origin and some years of residence in Gloucestershire, went on to say that he had worked as a boy on the estate of a certain Mr. A., who owned the same name as a for- merly well-known M.F.H. On my asking him if the two landowners were identical, he said such was not the case, and added, " Mr. A.'s first name was X. The first Mr. A. the horse threw, and he broke his neck. Mr. X. married Mrs. A., and she wouldn't be called X., sp Mr. X. he was French- christened, and now they be Mr. and Mrs. A." The above speech, apart from pleasingly summing up in the smallest possible number of words the principal events in the lives of the persons mentioned, introduced a phrase entirely new to me. Can any reader tell me its origin ? W. H. QUARRELL.

GOLD CHAIN OF CHARLES II. 's TIME. Capt. Hanmer during the Dutch wars so distinguished himself that Charles II. placed a gold chain and medal round his neck (vide Burke's ' Heraldic Illustrations,' plate lv., art. ' Lindon of Norwich '). After his decease it came into the possession of Dr. Dawson, canon of Windsor, who bequeathed it to his daughter Ann, who married Philip Baker, Deputy Secretary of War. It passed from him to his son Philip, rector of Michelmersh, Hants, who left it to his son Charles ; he dying intestate, his sister Eleanora, the wife of