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 q- 210 NOTES AND' QUERIES. [9“S-VI-SEP'1'-15»1900- ‘Vivian Grey’ was published in 1825-6 by Mr. Disraeli, and was written by him when a boy. See his advertisement -to the 1853 edition. 1 shall feel obliged for some earlier references to this phrase. H. B. P. [At 8‘*' S. iii. 347 R. B. P. gives an instance from l796.] MELLARD FAMILY.-I shall be glad if any one can tell me whether this name is of Huguenot origin. Joseph Mellard settled in Newcastle - under - Lyne about 1740, was a rosperous tanner there, married in 1743, and died in 1770. He has left numerous descend- ants. I have never been able to meet with the name at any earlier date. The only individuals I have found who ma§  dis- tinct from the Newcastle stock are lizabeth Mellard, who married James Andrews at St. Geor e’s, Hanover Square, 30 October, 1775, ang the Rev. William Mellard, M.A., who matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 22 Januar, 1817, aged twenty-four, as son of Thomas ltlellard, of Cardiff, gent. He was vicar of Caddington, Beds, till his death about 1865. The extreme rarity of the name rather sug ests a. foreign origin, and there is a tragition that the foun er of the family was a French Protestant. Alderman Joseph Mellard, eldest son of the above Joseph Mellard, was grandfather of the late Ja_mes Jenkinson Bibby, J.P. D.L., of Hardwicke Grange, Shrewsbury, whose son is the léiresent High Sheriff of Salop. Thomas ellard, another son, and like his father and brother Joseph a tanner in Newcastle, was grand- father of Dinah Maria Mulock (Mrs. Craik), whose most popular work, ‘John Halifax, Gentleman] as its early scenes laid in a tanner’s yard. ALEYN LYELL Runs. ‘ CROWN or WILD OL1vs.’-The Germans are beginning to interest themselves in Ruskin. A translator of ‘ The Crown of Wild Olive’ writes asking me to explain various allusions and locate some quotations. The three appended I cannot manage. Per- haps some of your readers can. Is the M1 anese boar Radetzky? “ One moment unamused, a misery not made for feeble man.”-Lecture i. p. 36, small edition, Ruskin, ‘ The Crown of Wild Olive.’ “ When the whole world turns to coal, then chiefly lives.”-Lecture iii. p. 159, note. “ The Milanese boar, semi-Heeced.” - Lecture ii. p. 101. W. E. MULLINS. [The second is from G. Herbert’s “ Sweet day, so cool,” &c.] _ HOLYWIELL IN HITNTS.-C&D any one give information regarding the above village? I have been told that St. Oswald founded a monastery here, and endowed it with lands which sti l belong to the church. There is in the village an old building called Moynes Hall. Has this any connexion with the monastery I _ In the churchyard is a well, but there is nothing remarkable about it, whereas there is a very peculiar well in the cellar of a house close by. Any facts will be gratefully re- ceived, as well a.s the source of further information. COCKLE SHELL. Tomcco Torres.--In a recent sale there was a pair of old English iron tobacco tongs, dated 1677. What were they used for? F. T. CANSICK. CABTULARY or Ross.--In many historical works relating to Scotland I see reference made to this cartulary. Can any of our readers inform me where it is kept? LAUDERDALE ON 'rua GovEaNMsN'r or INDIA.-Southey (‘ Commonplace Book,’ i. 363) quotes the above for the story of the fine muslins of Dacca. Can any one give me the date of this publication, the full name of the author,~and the exact reference? W. Cnooxx. Langton House, Charlton King’s. “BLIGH'r.”-The above term is, I believe, generally applied to a heavy dark appearance of the atmosphere. Has it an 'thing to do with insect life, or is it merely a form of “ thunder weather ” due to electricity? A. P. [Consult under the word the ‘ Historical English D1ctionary,’ where all that is known is told.] AccoUN'r or THE INQUISITION IN Sum AND Po1z'rUe.».L.-N ot long since I became possessed of the following work. Can any readeri_of fN. & Q.’ give me any information regarc ing it 'I- “Noticias Reconditas I Y_ Posthumas I Del _I Igroclgedignierftioé Deléts I Inqu1s1i:|]o£esdI_ ge I Espaina or u a on us presos. vi 1 as en os partes~ Fa Primera I en Idioma Portuguez. La Segunda I en Castellano; deduzidas de utoresl Cathglicosi .gprstolicoile y Romgé nos; Enzinenws por ngm a, o por tras.I ras ta `uriosa| como instructivas comifi- I ladas, y anadildas por un IAninimo. I En villa `ranca.17:.2." F M CLOCK.--AS I see that you have been look- ing into the dates of clocks, you may per- haps be able to tell me the date of one in my possession. It is an eight-day grand- father’s clock; the weights are very heavy, as it goes without winding for a month. The front is curious mahogany, very well inlaid with a lighter wood. It must be more than