2«d S. X July U. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



33 



name of Sir Alexander occurs. " Ah Chloris " is 

 usually believed to be the production of Sir 

 Charles Sedley, as it is sung in his comedy of the 

 Mulberry Garden, and not improbably to the air 

 of Gilderoy, then a popular melody in England, as 

 would appear from the rar6 volume of Westminster 

 Drollery. 



The mention of Halket appears in the list of 

 Scotish songs prefixed to the volume, where John- 

 ston gives the authors so far as he could ascertain 

 them. Opposite to Gilderoy he places Sir Alex- 

 ander Halket, evidently meaning that the ballad 

 of that name was from that person's pen. Eighty 

 years have elapsed since this work was published, 

 but as Johnston lived nearer the time than we do, 

 it is far from improbable that he had been told by 

 some old admirer of ballads that a Sir something 

 Halket was the author of Gilderoy, as there did 

 exist at the commencement of last century a 

 baronet of the name of Halket, the brother of the 

 authoress of Hardicnute ; so that after all Gilde- 

 roy may have been the composition of a. Halket, 

 although not of a Sir Alexander. As the family 

 still flourishes in the female line, and possesses 

 Pitferran, might it not be worth while to ascer- 

 tain if, amongst the family papers, some vestiges 

 may not remain of the poetical effusions of the 

 alleged authors of Gilderoy and Hardicnute ? 



J.M. 



142. Nephew of Dr. Price. 



MANUSCRIPT KEY TO BELOE'S SEXAGENARIAN. 

 (2"« S. ix. 300.) 



From a copy in my possession I can confirm to 

 a great extent the accuracy of Mr. Bates's key, 

 and also add several notes not contained in his 

 copy. Of the accuracy of my hey I havfe not the 

 slightest doubt, as it is in the handwriting of one 

 who was for many years on terms of intimacy 

 with Beloe and his excellent widow. The addi- 

 tions are as follows : — 



Page. 



38. My tutor. 



39. Dr. C. 



40. Eccentric character. 

 44. Moderator. 

 46. Peter B— v. 

 48. G * * *. 

 121. Not yet a Judge. 



125, A very great man. * 

 129. An old general officer. 



Vol. I. 



Vince, Plumian Professor of 

 Astronomy; not the son 

 of a blacksmith, but of a 

 bricklayer. 



Dr. Cooper, of Brooke, near 

 Norwich, father of Sir 

 Astley Cooper. 



John Franshara of Norwich. 



Dr. Scale. 



Peter Bilby. 



Gappk 



Lens was offered a judge- 

 ship and declined it, more 

 than pnce, 



Hon. William Windham. 



General Money, who was 

 then living at Crown 

 Point, near JJJorwich, 

 where the accident oc- 

 curred. 



153. 

 155. 

 157, 



159. 



177. 

 201. 



203. 

 204. 

 207. 

 231. 

 233. 

 245. 



261. 

 296. 

 299. 

 300. 

 321. 

 334. 

 335. 

 335. 

 350. 

 351. 

 361. 

 419. 



The Judge. 

 The lady. 



A very respectable prac- 

 titioner. 



An individual of high 

 rank. 



This same fellow. 

 Learned and able con- 

 temporary. 

 The Squire. 

 Mr. H. 



An enquiring friend. 

 An intimate friend. 

 The gentleman. 



Historian of Hindostan. 

 Opus Magnum. 

 Translator of ^schylus. 



S . 



J. H. 



B. 



B., near Norwich. 



G. Y. 



A man of genius. 



A man of business. 



M. H. 



A Lady. 



Rev. George Morgan, mi- 

 nister at the Octagon 

 Chapel in Norwich. 



Sir John Nichols. 



Miss Hurry of Yarmouth. 



William Foster of Norwich 

 (grandfather of the pre- 

 sent Baronet). 



The Hon. Henry Hobart, 

 M.P., by whose influence 

 he was appointed to the 

 Stamp Ofkce at Norwich. 



Colombine. 



Dr. Maltby. 



Mr. Norris. 



Mr. Hewitt. 



T. S. Norgate. 



Mr. Beloe himself. 



Mr. liwen of Norwich. 



Dr. Eaine of the Charter- 

 house. 



Tom Maurice. 



The British Critic. 



Potter. 



Scarning. 



John Hunter. 



Bransby. 



Brooke, i 



Great Yarmouth. 



Fuseli. 



Imlay. 



Mary Hayes. 



Miss Maltbj', married'jPre- 

 tyman (afterwards Tom 

 line), Bishop of Lincoln. 



Vol. IL 



16. The place alluded to. 

 30. An individual. 

 39, 40. Dr. P. R. 



43. A venerable old clergy - 



man. 

 103. A society. 



127. Wrote a book. 



156. The present Earl. 



157. Church of C. 



187. The next personage. 



189. The son. 

 „ The parson of the pa- 

 rish. 

 200. One of the trustees. 



Norwich. 



Archdeacon Nares. 



Dr. Patrick Russell: his 

 brother, Dr. (?) Russell, 

 author of History of 

 Aleppo. 



Mr. Peele of Norwich. 



" The Alfred " in Albemarle 

 Street. 



The History of William 

 Langlty. 



Nelson. 



Canterbury. 



Sir Roger Kerrison. — [N.B. 

 The dividend was seven- 

 teen shillings, and not 

 fourteen as stated by 

 Beloe.] 



Died 1819. 



Rev. Ephraim Mego. 



Mr. Fellowes of Shotte- 



sham. 

 Rev. Th. Maurice. 

 Boscawen. 



217. The individual. 

 223. Another personage. 



Having thus far supplied omissions, it remains for 

 me to correct the following errors in Mr. Bates's 



key : — 



Vol. I. 



P. 108. "A fellow collegian" was not Dr. Sut- 

 ton, but Mr. D'Oyley of Hempnall. The money 



