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oil." Prudence counselled to refrain from pursuing the subject further, and I unwill- ingly took to thebetter-trodden conversational paths that lead to the treatment of oil by other artists in the galleries of the Royal Academy. KILLIGREW.

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.

FARQUHAR'S ' BEAUX' STRATAGEM.' Has the ' Beaux' Stratagem,' by G. Farquhar, been acted anywhere during the past fifty years 1 It was very popular during the last century, as were some of Farquhar's other plays. Have any of them been "adapted" for modern audiences ? I have an idea that Charles Dickens revived the play in question at one of his amateur performances, but cannot find any particulars. Can any of your readers give any information on these points ?

K. K.

SCOTTISH BODYGUARDS. Can any one refer me to proofs that the monarchs of Scot- land possessed bodyguards prior to the time of James VI. 1 Also had Charles I., Charles II., and James VII. at any time a Scots body- guard 1 CLYNE-MONK. [See 8 th S. xii. 348, 494.]

LOCAL NAMES OP THE COWSLIP. I am desirous of making a complete list of the local names of the cowslip. Can any reader add to the following 1 Cowslap, paggle, pagle, paigle, cow-peggles, in Herefordshire ; beagles in Cambridgeshire ; palsy-wort, paly-wort, palsy- weed, crewells, fairy -cups, horse-buckles, and gallygaskins, all in Dorsetshire ; peter or herb peter, lady's keys, cow-stipling, in York- shire. Cowslip-balls are called variously tisty-tosties, sweet -tosses, and tosty- balls. In Shropshire cowslips are sometimes called oxlips. Is this general 1 Of what plant is hose-in-hose the local name? I should be glad to know how the cowslip came to be known as paralysis. CHARLES HIATT.

MR. GLADSTONE AND ANONYMOUS LETTERS. I request permission to inquire in ' N. & Q.' for information respecting the date of the occasion on which Mr. Gladstone remarked that numerous anonymous letters had reached him from England, a great many from Scotland, but very few indeed from Ireland. It must be admitted in connexion with the subject in question that when

reading the speech of the much lamented statesman I omitted to remember the motto of ' N. & Q.' HENRY GERALD HOPE.

Clapham, S.W.

CAPT. GIBBS. Mr. Walter Rye in his 'History of Norfolk,' p. 133, says : "In Attle- borough Church lies ' the famous Capt. Gibbs,' who was a great gamester and horse- racer in Charles II. 's time." He also refers to Gibbs's exploit in driving a chaise and four up and down the Devil's Dyke on New- market Heath for a wager of 500. What is known about this famous captain beyond what Mr. Rye states? He is unnoticed in the ' D.N.B.' SIGMA TAU.

DR. JOHNSON'S Two BOOKS. Dr. Johnson is reported to have said of the ' Anatomy of Melancholy ' that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise " (Bos well, 1867, p. 157) ; and of ' Robinson Crusoe ' that " nobody ever- laid it down without wishing it to be longer" (Lowndes, 'B. M.'). Are there instances of two equally terse expressions by an equally great man in reference to two equally popu- lar books in which he took an interest ?

ED. MARSHALL, F.S.A.

BRIDGET CHEYNELL, ABBOT, OR WARNER. Whose daughter was this lady ? When and where was she born ? When did she die, and where was she buried ? She was a person of some importance, and was thrice married : 1, to John Cheynell, M.D., of Oxford, by whom she became the mother of the well-known divine Francis Cheynell (1608-65); 2, to Robert Abbot, Bishop of Salisbury (1615-17), probably before December, 1615, as his second wife ; 3, to John Warner, Bishop of Roches- ter (1638-66). She was living in 1648. Cas- san's ' Lives of the Bishops of Salisbury ' and the articles upon Abbot and the Cheynells in the ' D.N.B.' throw no light upon her parent- age. The article on Francis Cheynell, 'D.N.B. x. 222, states that she married "Allen," Bishop of Salisbury, a slip, of course, for " Abbot." Both Abbot and Cheynell seem to have come from Guildford ; is it possible that Bridget may have come from there too ?

C. W. H.

THE BOOK OF TROPENELL. Can you throw any light upon what has become of the Book of Tropenell, commenced Allhallows Day, 4 Edward IV., 1464, relating the pedigree and estates of Sir Thomas Tropenell, and reciting many charters and grants, before his time concerning other lordships, towns, and estates ? It is described as a curious docu- ment on vellum, and was in the custody of