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Dublin, married Frances Heseltine. Can ani ol your readers tell me anything of her? ' have also seen in a copy of a registers pedigree that Margaret Dawson, described a the daughter of - Dawson, of Castle Dawson, married Joseph Wright, of Beech Hill, Donnybrook. Of which Dawson wa. Margaret the daughter? J

79, Wright Street, Hull.

LOST REGISTER. The register of christen ings, marriages, and burials from 1600 to 1691 at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, has been lost. Is any- thing known as to its present whereabouts ? ARTHUR T. WINN.

A SAYING OF PITT. There is a saying attributed to Pitt (the elder, I suppose) about popular oratory, that, to be effective, a speaker must either be copious or repeat him- self; and that he himself preferred to be copious. Where is this saying to be found ?

PERCY SIMPSON.

THE CONVENTIONALIZED TARTAR CLOUD. In a story by Rudyard Kipling, ' The Tomb of his Ancestors,' published in McChtre's Magazine for December, 1897, the author speaks of a "dull red birth-mark" on a man's shoulder as " something like the convention- alized Tartar cloud." What is this, and when or where used ? Did, or does, it symbolize the Tartars with reference to their vast hordes ?

M. C. L.

New York City.

HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF PURTON. In a letter to Miss Gutch dated 1 February, 1846, the late Prof. E. A. Freeman speaks of his having " to finish a certain history of the church of Purton and others thereabouts." Where is this history to be fou nd ? W. B.

SHEPHERD OR SHEPHARD FAMILY. In the church of St. Nicholas, Thames Ditton, is a monument to Robert Shephard (who died in 1661) bearing the Shephard arms: Argent, on a chief dancette three battleaxes or. Can any reader say whether he was connected with Ambrose Shepherd, who. bore the same arms indented instead of dancette, and was lord of the manor of Kirby Bedon, Norfolk, 1693? Is anything known of the later descendants of this family ? A. W. B.

SCANDAL CONCERNING WALPOLE. In a volume of the Hist. MSS. Commisi- ion's Reports and Appendices is a scurrilous mock creed directed against Walpole's ministry. Walpole is described therein as "begotten by Burrell the attorney, born of Mrs. Walpole of Hough- ton." Is there any other contemporary evidence for this scandal? After Walpole's

fall the Committee of Secrecy reported a corrupt contract for the benefit of Peter Burrell or Burrel, a member of the House of Commons. I. g. LEADAM.

SIR E. BURNE-JONES AND MR. WILLIAM MORRIS. Can some particulars be supplied as to the Welsh antecedents and descents of Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Mr. William Morris, author of ' The Earthly Paradise ' ?

A. W.

FRENCH SONG. In the first chapter of ' Tom Brown's Schooldays ' the author men- tions what he calls a " capital French song." from which he quotes these lines :

Comme le lima^on,

Portant tout son bagage,

Ses meubles, sa rnaison. Where is this song to be found ? Who is the author ? JONATHAN BOUCHIER.

BULL-RUNNING. Was bull - baiting, and more especially bull-running, ever a per- mitted sport abroad ? I wish specially to learn whether the latter was ever prac- tised in France, Spain, Italy, or Germany, and, if so, whether the bull was thrown into a river, or permitted to live if he escaped Tom his tormentors across a stream.

G. W.

"PLACK": "BODDLE." (9 th S. ii. 348.)

THE plot of 'Kidnapped' is laid in he latter part of the reign of George IL, ind since the Union, 1707, the coinage of Scotland had been uniform with that of England. The silver coins were the crown, lalf-crown, shilling, and sixpence, and the opper coins the halfpenny and farthing. ?he names of the old Scottish coins, however, ong lingered in conversation and for pur- >oses of account. "You'll 110 mak your )lack a bawbee by that " is a Scottish roverb, which may be expressed " You will lot turn fourpence into sixpence in that vay "; and EdieOchiltree, in 'The Antiquary,' hap. iv., speaks of " thebodle that ye thought vas an old coin."

The bodle was a copper coin of the value of d. Scots, or one-sixth of a penny sterling, nd was issued down to the time of iVilliam III., its weight being about that of

modern sixpence. On the one side are a rossed sword and sceptre crowned, and on he other a crowned thistle. The origin of he name is, I believe, not known. The coin