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Thompson for 21. 7s" The principal portion of 

 Sir Peter Thompson's library was dispersed by 

 Mr. Evans, on 29th April, 1815, but the MS. Life 

 of Dr. Hickes does not occur in the Catalogue. I 

 am informed that the late Dr. George Townsend, 

 Canon of Durham, had in his library a MS. Life 

 of Dr. Hickes, most probably the one noticed in 

 the Kev. John Lewis's Catalogue, as the Canon's 

 father resided for many years at Eamsgate. Canon 

 Townsend's library was sold by Puttick & Simpson 

 in December, 1855. Can any one inform me who 

 is at present the fortunate possessor of this manu- 

 script ? J. Yeowell. 



Alleyne of Baebadoes. — Joseph AUeyne, the 

 divine, writes to his nieces, who had settled in 

 Barbadoes ; from which P infer that they were the 

 daughters of the Cromwellian captaift who founded 

 the branch of " Alleyne of Barbadoes." See the 

 Baronetcies. This captain is usually derived from 

 a Kent or Sussex minister named Richard Al- 

 leyne, whose alliance with Joseph remains inde- 

 terminate. My object is to crave the assistance 

 of some of your sagacious readers in establishing 

 a connexion between Joseph Alleyne, of Devizes, 

 and Captain Alleyne of Barbadoes. There was a 

 Rev. Richard Alleyne of Ditcheat, who died in 

 1677. Will he serve our purpose ? See the 

 Athence Oxonienses. 



I am anxious also to learn what was the maiden 

 surname of Joseph's wife Theodosia ? J. W. 



"Christ's Bikth Miss -timed." — In the P^e- 

 nix (vol. i. Part iv.) is a paper thus entituled. It 

 professes to be a resolution of the Right Hon. the 

 Loi-d Carew's Question touching the true time of 

 the conception and birth of John Baptist, and also 

 of our Saviour, by R. S. Was the Lord Carew's 

 Question published ? And if so, where may it 

 be found ? Who was R. S., the author of this 

 paper ? 



Some part of the work referred to by your cor- 

 respondent R. C. (2°^ S. X. 233.) relates to the 

 same subject. He courteously offers to forward 

 his work to any reader of " N. & Q.," who may 

 wish to examine its contents. I should esteem it 

 a great favour if he would allow me that privilege. 



John Maclean. 



Hammersmith. 



Locke, the Civic Restaurateur. — Looking 

 over some MSS. of a friend mentioned (2"^ S. 

 X. 119.), I found the subjoined epigram. Pray 

 where in the city did the nomme Locke exercise 

 his profession, and can any reader refer me to a 

 memoir of him ? The French exceed us much in 

 this art, and the beginning of this century had a 

 publication, L^ Almanack des Gourmands, which we 

 endeavoured to imitate in the Epicure's Almanack, 

 or Calendar of Good Living, Loud. 1815, which 

 was to have been continued annvxilly, but, I believe, 

 was not repeated. We have all heard of the 



famous Va-y of the Palais Royal, and many have 

 partaken of his reckerckes dishes, Filets de Sole 

 au Gratin, Rognons de Mouton au Vin de Cham' 

 pagne, Sj-c. ; and, speaking of him, I have heard he 

 has a monument in the Cimetiere of the Pere de 

 la Chaise at Paris, with the simple inscription, 

 Sa viefut dediee aux arts utiles. The writer of the 

 English epigram seems somewhat to have imitated 

 Dryden's on Milton, — 



" Tiii ee Poets in three distant ages born," &c. 



" Two Lockes in England have distinction claim'd ; 



For thinking one, and one for eating fani'd ; 



This shone with lustre by the force of reason, 



That figur'd chiefly in a Ven'son season ; 



Knowledge and taste were by them both increas'd, 



T'enrich a mental, or corporeal feast. 



Both a. fine taste endeavoured to impart, 



This had the body, tliat the mind at heart." 



2. 2. 

 Red Rose of Lancaster. — The red rose and 

 garter badge is worn by the Hampshire Militia on 

 their appointments, and the red rose and crown 

 form the county arms. Can any reader of " N. & 

 Q." inform me of the origin of this device ? A 

 tradition exists that it was conferred on the train- 

 bands of the county who accompanied Henry V. 

 in his expedition to France, and performed signal 

 services at the battle of Agincourt. Is there any 

 foundation for this tradition ? John Maclean. 

 Hammersmith. 



Asteroids. — In the sixth Dissertation of the 

 new edition of the Encyclopcedia Brifannica, a list 

 is given of the smaller planets discovered since 

 1800. The last of the list (p. 996.) is Isis, dis- 

 covered May 28, 1856, by Pogson. It makes the 

 forty-second. Can I obtain a list of those that 

 have been discovered since ? Querist. 



"Lancashire and Cheshire Wills" (2°* S. 

 X. 170.): Warrington Academy. — Lancaskire 

 and Cheskire Wills, edited for the Chetham So- 

 ciety by the Rev. G. J. Piccope. Would any 

 correspondent who has, or has ready access to, a 

 copy of the above, kindly tell me if it contains any 

 wills of the Dixons of Furness ? I should also 

 like to know if the Admission-Book of Warrington 

 Academy exists ? And if so, where ? Replies, 

 if prompt so much the more valued, will much 

 oblige the undersigned. R. W. Dixon. 



Seaton-Carew, co._Durham. 



j Othello. — I believe Shakespeare's Othello was 

 not published till six years before his death. 

 Where did he get the character of Othello from ? 

 The name, too, is remarkable. In 1606, M. A. 

 Otkelio, a learned jurisconsult, wrote a reply to 

 the Bull of Excommunication which Pope Paul V. 

 issued against the Doge, Senate, and Republic of 



