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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* s. IIL JUNE 24, '99

the concordances) in vain for this passage. The idea is pretty, and it directly suggests Shakespeare's at all 1 Can some reader help 1
 * Hamlet,' III. i. 100-101 ; but are the lines

GNOMON. Temple.

Can any of your readers tell me who is the present owner of this fine whole-length por- trait? It was last exhibited in 1871 at the Royal Academy, and was then the property of Wynn Ellis. It was, I believe, sold pri- vatety, as it did not appear in his sale in 1876. ALGERNON GRAVES.
 * COL. TARLETON,' BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

6, Pall Mall.

" GADGET." A trial recently took place at Bristol (as reported in the Bristol Times and Mirror of 10 June) for damage done to a " gadget." The word does not occur in Halli- well, Smyth's 'Sailor's Word -Book,' or the ' H.E.D.' It evidently is the name of some kind of boat, which in the present case was used for the discharge of vessels in the har- bour. Can any correspondent kindly give an exact definition, and also suggest its history and probable derivation ? Is it local, or an importation, or a new coinage ?

W. F. R.

STORM FAMILY or ILFRACOMBE. Informa- tion is wanted of an advertisement which appeared in the London daily papers in 1876, asking for the heirs of the Storm family of Ilfracombe, Devonshire. R. SHUBRICK.

EASTER EGG AND RABBIT. Would you do me the favour to give me the explanation of the association of the rabbit with the egg at Eastertide ? In the United States of America and elsewhere this idea is very prevalent, and the practice of sending children to hunt for eggs at Easter time is also extensive. Is there any explanation ? F. BENNETT.

[The egg recalls the rising of life.]

PEDIGREES IN RIME. Can any one give the names of the families who have pedigrees in rime ? It is supposed that there are but three existing, and that one may be of the family of Staunton, co. Notts. F.I!. U.S.

OPTICAL SOCIETIES. There are now two

optical societies, the Worshipful Company of

Spectacle Makers and the British Optical

Association. Have any others ever existed ?

CHAS. F. FORSHAW, LL.D.

Hanover Gardens, Bradford.

CHARLES SACKVILLE, SIXTH EARL OF DORSET. He did not succeed to the title till the death of his father in 1677. Previously he was known

as Lord Buckhurst. Under that title he is stated to have been present at the battle of Solebay on 3 June, 1665, and I think I have seen it stated that it was on the eve of this battle that he wrote the ballad "To all you ladies now at land." But in the opening of Dry den's 'Essay of Dramatic Poesy,' "Eugenius" (meaning Lord Buckhurst, accord- ing to the preface to the Oxford edition) is described as going down the Thames in a boat with Dry den himself and others, on that same 3 June, and hearing the guns of that same battle. Which of the two stories (if either) is true ? C. J. I.

THE THREE MOST FAMOUS PREFACES. In Dean Paget's 'Introduction to the Fifth Book of Hooker,' Oxford, 1899, p. 91, note 1, there is "the great Preface to Calvin's 'Institutes,' reckoned 'as one of the three most famous prefaces which the world has ever seen.' " Which are the other two 1

ED. MARSHALL.

BLAISDELL. Can any one give the address of any person of the name of Blaisdell or BlasdeU W. O. BLAISDELL.

Illinois, U.S.A.

CHUTE AND MILDMAY FAMILIES. What was the relationship, if any, between John Chute, of the Vine, in Hampshire, who died in 1776, and a Mrs. Mild may, who died in 1749? To what Mildmay was this lady married, and what was her maiden name 1

H. T. B.

JOSEPH BRADSHAW, M.P. for Westminster in 1628-29. Is anything known of him 1

W. D. PINK.

BOWDLER MSS. Are the MSS. of which the Rev. Thos. Bowdler published a selection in 1850 still in existence; and if so where are they to be found ? I. F. M. CARTER.

TOBACCO. I have been engaged for some years on a history of tobacco, and am anxious to obtain references to smoking in old docu- ments similar to the following, appearing on an alehouse licence granted in the reign of James I. by some justices of the peace for the county of Kent :

" Item you shall not utter, nor willingly suffer to be utter'd, drunke, or taken, any tobacco within your house, cellar, or other place thereunto be- longing,"

The original of this I am told is in the library of the Society of Antiquaries, London. I shall be grateful for any assistance the con- tributors of ' N. & Q.' can give me.

WILLIAM ANDREWS. The Hull Press.