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the devotee has only to whirl and churn ; so long as he whirls, it is prayer ; when he ceases whirling, the prayer is done."

Whence does Carlyle draw this account? In the 'Travels of the Abbe Hue' there are pictures of the praying-mill, but that book was published a little later than Carlyle's allusions. Mr. Russell Lowell, in his essay on Carlyle, speaks of " the image of the Tartar prayer-mill, which he borrowed from Richter, and turned to such humorous purpose." Where is the passage in Richter ; and from what book of travels did Jean Paul obtain it 1 Of course, "calabash" is Carlyle's own phrase, and I venture to think it rather misleading. EDWARD E. MORRIS.

The University, Melbourne.

RUSSELL FAMILY. Who was Joanna Rus- sell (born circa 1720, died 14 June, 1814, aged ninety-four) who married Wm. S ted man (1727-1805), of Frith Street, Soho, some time before 1763 1 A portrait by Sir Peter Lely, formerly in her possession, of William Russell, one of the Bedford family, is described as that of her grand -uncle. The following arms were used by her family. Argent, a lion ram- pant gules ; on a chief sable, a bezant between two escallops of the first. Crest, A demi-gpat rampant. And to whom does the following obituary notice in the Gent. Mag. for 1740 refer? "June 8. John Russell, esq. ; nearly related to the late Earl of Orford, and Justice of Peace for Cambridgeshire." The Earl of Orford was a nephew of the first Duke of Bedford, and died in 1727. None of the Russell pedigrees show who this John Russell could be. ALEYN LYELL READE.

Park Corner, Blundellsands, near Liverpool.

NEHEMIAH WALLINGTON. I should be glad of any particulars concerning this writer, who in 1869 published ' Historical Notices of Events occurring chiefly in the Reign of Charles I.' (London, 2 vols. 8vo.). He is quoted by Mr. A. Kingston in his 'East Anglia and the Great Civil War' (p. 130) as the authority for the statement that in 1643, or thereabouts, the Norwich maidens raised a "maidens' troop" to confront the Cavaliers. A question was asked in ' N. & Q.' (4 th S. i. 509) as to this troop, but no reply seems to have been given. JAMES HOOPER.

Norwich.

THOMAS ST. NICHOLAS. A person of this name was a clerk (or held some other office) in the House of Commons during the Commonwealth. Is he the same Thomas St. Nicholas, of Ash-next-Sandwich, in Kent (born in 1602, died in 1668), who was a great supporter of the Commonwealth 1 His

younger brother, John St. Nicholas, became a Puritan minister and volunteer lecturer among the Independents. See ' A Corner of Kent' (Ash-next-Sandwich), by the late J. R. Planche. The family also held property in the Isle of Thanet. Arms, Ermine, a chief quarterly, or and gules. Any information as to their being one and the same person would be acceptable. ARTHUR HUSSEY.

Wingham, Kent.

REGISTERS OF TRINITY CHAPEL, CONDUIT STREET. Where can I find the registers of Trinity Chapel, Conduit Street, which ex- isted for about a century, and was pulled down in 1877 ? P. E. CLARK.

PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL BYNG. Is there any portrait in existence of this unfortunate admiral? The house at Southill, co. Beds, was once the property of his father, Viscount Torrington. He was born there, and is buried in the mausoleum or " columbarium " at the east end of the church. The following in- scription is upon the niche containing his coffin :

"To the perpetual disgrace of publick justice, the Honble. John Byng, Admiral of the Blue, March 14, 1757, fell a martyr to political persecu- tion, at a time when bravery and loyalty were in- sufficient securities for the life and honour of a naval officer."

There is an engraving of the " columbarium" in existence, and one of Admiral Byng in the Hope Collection of engraved portraits at Oxford. He is represented as a tall, portly man, wearing a large flowing wig, and has not much the air of a naval commander. It is folio in size and a three-quarter length. JOHN PICKFORD, M.A.

Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge.

[A portrait, three-quarter length, by Thomas Hudson, the master of Reynolds, was in the pos- session of the Hon. Mrs. Osborn. It was engraved by Richard Houston, and printed for John Ryall and Robert Withy, at Hogarth's Head, in Fleet Street, price 5s.]

GUILD OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, DUN- STABLE. A register of this fraternity was offered for sale by Mr. Thomas Thorpe in 1836. Can any one inform me where the MS. is now deposited ? H. GOUGH.

Sandcroft, Redhill, Surrey.

"LA FE ENDRYCZA AL SOBIERAN BEN."-

Will some one tell me the meaning of above motto, and mention what language it is 1

CHEVRON.

SIR CHARLES CARTARET, Knt., M.P. for Milborne Port, 1690-1700. Who was he? When was he knighted ? W. D. PINK.