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same time governor, mayor, and representative 

 in pailiameut of the city of Limerick. Ferrar 

 thus speaks of him in his History of Limerick^ 

 p. 83.: — 



" Lieutenant-General Thomas Pearce was Governor of 

 Limerick in the year 172G. He had various disputes with 

 the Conimoa Council and citizens ; after a very contested 

 election, he obtained the office of Maj-or, and was at once 

 Governor, Representative in Parliament, and Mayor of 

 tiie city. His opponents protested against the legality 

 of the election, and refused to deliver him the regalia, 

 nor did he get them until the year following, when they 

 were necessar}* to proclaim the accession of George II." 



I am anxious to learn, for a particular purpose, 

 whether there is any similar, or nearly similar, 

 case upon record. Abhba. 



Ballop. — In a skit on the Rump, printed in A 

 Collection of Loyal Songs, Sfc., 1731 (vol. ii. p. 57.), 

 are these lines : — 



" And gouty Master Wallop 

 Now thinks he hath tlie ballop, 

 But though he trotted to the Kump, 

 He'll run away a gallop." 

 What is ballop ? W. C. 



Chaumont Church. — Can any of your readers 

 refer me to an account of the ancient church of 

 Chaumont, Department of Upper Marne, France? 

 Chaumont lies half-way between Basle and Paris, 

 and would well repay the trouble of a visit to any 

 student in ecclesiastical architecture. I have seen 

 i&vf such interesting specimens of the pure Deco- 

 rated style. K. 



John Milton: a Latin Poem against. — Is any- 

 thing known of the following Latin poem, which 

 I have seen in MS. ? — 



" Iambus in irapurissimum Nebulonem Johannem Mil- 

 tonem Parricidarura et Parricidii Advocatum a Pttro 

 Molinao." 



It consists of about 24 lines. Has it ever ap- 

 peared in print ? Ituuriel. 



Glow-worm Light. — Has any person produced 

 a photographic image of the Cicindela by means 

 of its own light ? I am anxious to learn whether 

 the Pyrosoma Atlantica, and other phosphorescent 

 creatures, yield with their light the Actinic ray ? 



Septimus Piesse. 

 Cambridge Latin Plays. — Can you give me any 

 information regarding the authorship of the fol- 

 lowing Cambridge Latin plays ? also the date of 

 their performance? 1. Stoicus Vapulans, 8vo., 

 1648. 2. Cancer, 8vo., 1648. 3. Simo, 4to., 1652. 

 (I am not certain whether these last two are by 



'7, Cambridge authors.) 4. Clytophon. 5. Eiiribates. 



^\ 6. Parthenia. 7. Zelotypus. (MSS. in the li- 

 brary of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.) The 

 MS. copy of this play in Emmanuel College library 

 contains the names of the performers. The fol- 

 lowing are a few of the names : — Mr. Rawlinson, j 

 Henchman, Mr. Grace, Mr. Clifton, Gibson et I 



Stow, Walton, Ds. Smith, Ds. Miller, Ds. Powell, 

 Ds. Maude, Habersley, Mr. Taylour, Jun., Samp- 

 son, &c., &c. A. Z. 



Legends of Normandy and Brittany. — A tourist 



I would be glad of any information respecting books 



I in which legends of these two provinces of France 



may be found. Neither Nodier's work nor Ray- 



I mond Bordeaux's contain any. T. W. S. 



I Publication of Banns. — Can any correspondent 

 I mention a church in which the banns of marriage 

 are still published after the Nicene Creed, as is 

 the case at Whitwick in Leicestershire ? 



P. J. F. Gamillon. 



Nonjurors and Jacobites. — Among a number of 

 books sold by John Marshall, advertised in Bun- 

 yan's Heavenly Footman, 1700, is, — 



"A friendly Conference between the suffering Saints for 

 Conscience Sake and the Jacobites met together at the 



Tavern, particularly R. L. A. S., My Lord Bishop of 



Salisbury promised to be so by King James when he re- 

 turns, and other precious ones there assembled at least to 

 consult about and Read Praj^ers for the dethroning the 

 best of Kings and Restoration of the worst." 



Can anyone refer me to a copy of this book, or 

 inform me who was R. L. A. S., or whether the 

 prayers read were printed ? These inquiries are 

 peculiarly interesting to anyone employed in writ- 

 ing a history of the Nonjurors. George OfroK. 



Rev. Philip Ridpath, Sfc. — Can any of your 

 correspondents inform me of the descent, parent- 

 age, or lineage of the Rev. Philip Ridpath, mi- 

 nister of Hutton in Berwickshire, author of a 

 translation J)e Consolat. Philosoph., by An. Man. 

 Severin. Boethius, Lond. 1785 'f* Did he belong 

 to the ancient family of Ridpath, of Ridpath in 

 Lammermoor ? Any particulars relating to him, 

 or his brother the Rev. George Ridpath, minister 

 of Stitchill in Roxburghshire, author of the Border 

 Hislo7-y, will be acceptable to me, as well as to 

 others of your readers. I believe Philip left no 

 family, but whether his brother George had issue 

 I have yet to learn. It has been told me that the 

 widow of the minister of Hutton died at Eye- 

 mouth of spontaneous combustion. Menyanthes. 

 Chirnside. 



Bradstreet Pedigree. — Will any Transatlantic 

 correspondent obligingly transcribe and forward 

 me (direct by post) the pedigree of the Bradstreet 

 family, as given in the New England Historical 

 and Genealogical Register, vol. viii. p. 312., a 

 favour which I should gladly return in any similar 

 way (in my power) which he might suggest. 



Probably the work named is in the British Mu- 

 seum Library. 



I want to find who were the father and mother 



* He was ordained minister on May 3, 1759, and died 

 on May 18, 1788, in the thirtieth year' of his ministry. 



