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work ornament, has four sunk panels divided by conventional "trees," and borders carved with arches, interlaced ribbon, and diamond ornament. The ends bear St. Andrew crosses bordered. One would like to know how many of these old-time memorials exist, or any record of them. May I inquire through 'N. &Q.'? W. G. THORPE, F.S.A.

32, Nightingale Lane, S.W.

[Several so-called Armada chests are mentioned at 8 th S. x. 395, 441 ; but at the latter reference PROF. LAUGHTON ridicules the idea that they came from wrecked ships belonging to the Armada.]

STAFFORD FAMILY. On pp. 75, 76 of Dwnn's ' Heraldic Visitations of Wales ' (Welsh MSS. Soc., Llandovery, 1846), vol. ii., there appears a pedigree of the Stafford family under the heading 'The Kealm of Ireland the County of Wesfort the Fsh of Oil Rann.' Why is this pedigree inserted among the families of the three north-eastern counties of Wales ? Did any of the Staffords live in those parts? What connexion was there between them and Robert Stafford, of Fishguard, Pembrokeshire? He died in 1733, and I have a rough copy of his will. He apparently was unmarried, and leaves his

Eroperty to his four sisters. Tradition states e nad a brother who also died unmarried, and that they came from Wexford during religious disturbances at the close of the seventeenth century. Many Irish seem to have settled on the Welsh coast at this time. I copied the following note from the registers of Cardigan parish church : " Collected at the Parish church of Cardigan the sum of 2l. 2s. 6c. towards the relief of the distressed Protestants from Ireland in the first year of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary." In the above will, a copy of which I shall be pleased to send any one interested, Robert Stafford mentions "my dear friend Mrs. Diana Fenton." She was of the family of Richard Fenton, who wrote the ' Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire.'

A. W. WADE-EVANS. St. Matthew's Church, Oakley Square, N.W.

PROJECTION ON A SAW.-^Can any reader throw some light on the origin, name, and use of the small projection, less than one- eighth of an inch in diameter, on the back of a carpenter's saw near the tip? This pro- jection does not appear, so far as my experi- ence goes, on modern saws of American make.

A. R. BARROW.

Princeton, British Columbia.

WELLINGTON PAMPHLET. I have a pam phlet which bears the following title : ' Wellington : Place and Date of his Birth

ascertained and demonstrated by John Murray, A.M., LL.D., <fec. ^Etas incuriosa. Printed at the University Press, Dublin, by H. Gill." There is a letter " To the Reader," which begins : " A former publication edited in April, 1850," &c. This letter is dated, "Trinity College, Dublin, December, 1852." My copy is incomplete p. 22 is the ^last but probably only another leaf is missing, as the paragraph at foot of p. 22 begins, "To conclude." There are many interesting facts recorded in this pamphlet, and among others the election of two members of the Irish Parliament in 1790 for the borough of Trim, the candidates being the Right Hon. John Pomeroy, the Hon. Arthur Wesley, Skeffing- ton Thompson and William Thomas Smyth, Esqs. ; and a petition to the Irish House of Commons is mentioned as presented by Thompson and Smyth. Can any one say where a complete copy of this pamphlet may be had ? F. D. THOMPSON.

22, Blenheim Terrace, Leeds.

CHI-RHO MONOGRAM. Is there any known instance of this monogram having reached either Ireland or the Isle of Man ? Like the Romans it is supposed not to have wandered so far afield as the ultima Thule of Europe, but is it certain that it never found a home in Mona? Celtic crosses (of which the mono- gram was the undoubted parent, ate also of the Maltese cross) abound in those islands, as we know, but it. is strange that no traces of this symbol of Christ's name can be found in either. Information on the matter will be welcomed. J. B. McGovERN.

St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester.

BOTANICAL. Can any one supply a copy of a 'List of Plants of Barmouth, &c.,' by the late Rev. T. Salwey, B.D., F.L.S., formerly vicar of Oswestry, published about 1863 (?), separately, and also bound up with a 'Guide to Barmouth,' by David Jones ?

JAS. KYNOCH.

Barmouth.

COUNT STEPHEN SZECHENYI. The Hun- garian Academy of Sciences has founded a museum of Szechenyi relics, MSS., books written by or relating to him, &c., and I have been requested by the secretary to assist him in collecting further materials. The Count, who according to Miss Pardoe had won a European reputation, which had made " his name a watchword with the high- minded " (' City of the Magyar,' i. 263), spent some years in England in the first half of last century, and was in correspondence with the leading men of the day. I am especially anxious to discover letters written