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Seals' by MR. J. H. MITCHINER, who evi- dently considers that he has disposed of the question. He would be better equipped for the task of criticism if he had succeeded in discovering the evidence. It is stated and accepted by the following authorities :

Fleay, ' Life of Shakespeare,' 1886, pp. 198- 201.

Boas, 'Shakspere and his Predecessors,' 1896, p. 260.

Wyndham, 'The Poems of Shakespeare,' 1898, pp. xlix-lii.

Lee, article on Shakespeare in the 'Dic- tionary of National Biography.'

It is a waste of space to quote extracts ; such works should be in the library of every student of Shakespeare. If MR. MITCHINER, after mastering the evidence, is in a position to refute it, readers of ' N. & Q.' may look forward to an interesting contribution.

PERCY SIMPSON.

PARISH REGISTRAR. Note deserves to be taken of the fact that there has just retired from official work a registrar of births and deaths who commenced his work when Wil- liam IV. was king. This is Mr. William Philp, of Launceston, for many years pro- prietor and editor of the East Cornwall Times, who was first appointed registrar of the Launceston sub-district upon the passing of the Registration Act of 1836. Another Cornish registrar of very long standing is Dr. Arthur Wade, of Boscastle, who was appointed in 1846. DUNHEVED.

WK 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.

CAPT. FRANCIS ABNEY - HASTINGS. Can any of your readers give me the date of the birth of Capt. Francis Abney-Hastings the Philhellene, with any particulars of his parentage 1 ? Capt. Hastings died on 25 May 1828, being mortally wounded in an attack at Anatolikon. He was buried first in Algeria, and his body was removed thence in 1861 to Paris, where a monument without an inscription is erected in his memory.

ARTHUR LEVESON-GOWER.

British Legation, Athens.

A MISSING PICTURE. I am anxious to trace the whereabouts of a portrait in oils which has been missing for many years. The painting represents the famous general (temp.

Charles II.) Charles, third Earl of Peter- borough, eldest son of John, Viscount Mor- daunt, of Avalon, and Elizabeth Carey, his wife. Lord Peterborough married Carey Fraser. The portrait is three-quarter length ; I am ignorant of the artist's name. Does any one know of such a picture having been bought at any of the sales in the course of the last thirty -five years ?

KATHLEEN WARD.

Bangor Lodge, Ascot.

[The picture is probably one of the two painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller. See Smith's ' Catalogue of Engraved Portraits,' i. 76, Sotheran's ed., 1884.]

"WRITER OF SORTS." A literary friend of mine considers himself aggrieved at having been recently included in this category. Could any reader of ' N. & Q.' put me right as to the precise meaning of the term 1 Does it necessarily cast a reflection upon a writer's capabilities in his particular line 1 I have hunted through shelves of likely authorities, without, oddly enough, discovering the ex- pression. CECIL CLARKE.

Authors' Club, S.W.

THE REV. WILLIAM DAVIES, M.A. In 1726 he was Head Master of Preston Grammar School, but shortly afterwards he had a Church living given to him somewhere in the county of Hertford. I shall be glad to receive the name of the church. H. FISHWICK.

The Heights, Rochdale.

MAYORS, 1726. Can any of your corre- spondents inform me where it is likely that I could find a list of the mayors during 1726 ? I have a fine painting by J. Richard- son of a mayor of that date. The name of his worship is written on a scroll which he holds in one of his hands, and reads, so far as I can make out, "Jonas E. Drink... th, Mayor, A.C. 1726." The surname would read almost Drinkworth or perhaps Drinkwater. The person represented wears a judge's wig, purple coat with loose, baggy sleeves, with gold work, a fancy gold waistcoat, lace (white) front and cuffs, and carries sword and stick. CHRISTY W. SARGEANT.

CETINJE. Would CANON TAYLOR or any reader inform me what is known about the origin of this name? Is it tribal? Do the Montenegrins treat it as singular or plural ? It seems to be susceptible of more variations in spelling than any other place-name. With that fondness for foreign orthographies which betrays the sources of their information, our journalists use indifferently Cettigno (Italian), Cettigne (French), Zetinje (German). Better linguists either adhere to the original Cetin je