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which bears the legend "Mary's Chappel, Five at Night." Above this inscription is a representation of a party of musicians playing various instruments. I should be grateful if any reader of * N. & Q.' could tell me what " Mary's Chappel " this refers to. A. W. F.

EARLY METHODISTS AND PARISH CHURCH. I have read somewhere that John Wesley compelled his class - leaders to attend all services in their parish church, on pain of dismissal from office. Can any reader give an instance bearing on this ? No doubt there were fewer services to attend then.

IBAGUE.

LONDON CHURCHES. Is any account pub- lished of the monuments and brasses in London churches? (Mrs.) J. H. COPE.

BLACKHEADS. In the 'H.E.D.' one finds blackhead only as the name of a bird. In 'Beauty Culture' by H. Ellen Browning (London, 1898), the term blackheads occurs several times as the name of some defect in the human skin, e.g., pp. 130, 134, 138. On pp. 139 and 140 the following passage serves as some sort of a definition of the word :

" For those who are already afflicted with black- heads, the best plan is to bathe the face for ten minutes in hot water with sub-carbonate of soda in it. This opens the pores and softens the scarf- skin. Then squeeze out the objectionable little black points, and apply an astringent lotion after- wards to close the pores. A little emollient cream is excellent to heal and soothe any symptom of inflammation."

Before this word finds its way into the supplement of the dictionary of Murray and Bradley, will it be possible to quote some earlier authority for its use and a clearer definition ? E. S. DODGSON.

[This word is obviously intended to indicate what is known as acne.]

MADAME BONTEMPS. Can any of your readers direct me to a portrait or print of Madame Bontemps (1718-68), who translated Thomson's ' Seasons ' into French prose 1 Readers of Gibbon's autobiography will re- member her. M.

HAND-RULING IN OLD TITLE-PAGES. Has attention ever been drawn to the fact that the ruling of lines in old books is done by hand ? That this was the case is proved by the frequent unevenness of the work. Here and there one can see that the ink gave out before the line was ended. Almost all the title-pages of seventeenth-century sermons are hand-ruled, the page being set, as it were, in a frame. In some cases the ruling is carried through the volume in this fashion, j

I may cite as examples the 1623 and 1632 Shakspeare Folios, Sydenham's 'Sermons' (1637), and Wase's dictionary (1662). In the last instance the page is ruled into three columns. This work must have been done after the printing, while the book was in sheets, and it must have employed many workmen. RICHARD H. THORNTON.

Portland, Oregon.

' THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILL.' The Daily Telegraph of Monday, 25 February, has the following :

" Mr. John A. Langston writes to point out that the real lass of Richmond Hill was a ' daughter of W. I'Anson, of Hill House (locally called The Hill), in Richmond, Yorkshire. She married in 1787 Mr. L. M'Nally, who composed the words in her honour. Hook, the father of Theodore, set them to music, and the song was sung by Incledon at Vauxhall Gardens.' "

Has Miss I'Anson been mentioned in ' N. & Q.' as being the real lass of Richmond Hill ?

A. N. Q.

[See 1 st S. ii. 103, 350 ; v. 453 ; 2 nd S. ii. 6 ; xi. 207 ; 3 rd S. xi. 343, 362, 386, 445, 489: 5 th S. ix. 169, 239, 317, 495 ; x. 69, 92, 168, 231, 448 ; xi. 52 ; xii. 315 ; 6 th S. ii. Ill ; 8 th S. v. 181.]

RICHARD SMITH, SURGEON, OF BRISTOL. I shall be much obliged if your correspondent W. C. B. will give me information concerning the above, together with full particulars of his heraldic book-plate mentioned in the note entitled ' " Ambrose Gwinett," a Drama ' (ante, p. 106). GEORGE C. PEACHEY.

Brightwalton, Wantage.

SERGEANT OF THE CATERY. What was this office 1 E. E. COPE.

[The Catery is the office connected with the supply of the royal household.]

"CRADLE COMMISSIONS." Can any of your readers state any facts as to when first, and how, these commissions were granted to infant children of directors and their friends of the Honourable the late East India Com- pany 1 A. F.

FERGAUNT. Alan Fergaunt is enrolled among the Anglo-Norman nobility, the second name being probably a personal adjunct. Are its origin and meaning known 1 A. H.

Roos FAMILY. In 1667-70 the Lord Roos obtained an Act for a decree of divorce from his wife Anne (daughter of the Marquis of Dorchester), and for the " illegitimation of
 * he children of the Lady Anne Roos " ; and

ay another Act, one "for the Lord Roos to marry again," the children of his former wife were disabled from inheriting lands or honours. Can any of the readers of ' N. & Q.'