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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'"i S. VIII. Aug. 20. '5?. 



and "William :" a man mip[ht as well be anony- 

 mous at once, as "John Smith" or "William 

 Smith." Such names are legion. Rather select 

 some Christian name of more rare occurrence. 

 Let it be Protheroe Smith, Aquila Smith, Eger- 

 ton Smith. In short, Horace, Sydney, Harry, 

 Albert, Rowland, Herbert, Frank, Hugh, Lau- 

 rence, Caleb, Adam, all answer the purpose of 

 specification : each identifies a Smith. Yet, while 

 securing individuality, avoid peculiarity. " Seth 

 Smith " is a combination which breaks the teeth. 



Thomas Boys. 



Ifarat at Edinburgh (2"'^ S. viii. 52. 93.) — I 

 have looked into several French biographies of 

 Marat, and find the circumstance mentioned by 

 all of them of his having resided for some time in 

 Edinburgh. The BiograpMe Universellc states 

 that he gave French lessons in that city in 1774 ; 

 where also, according to Querard {La France Lit- 

 teraire), he published a work in that year in the 

 English language, under the title of The Chains 

 of Slavery. An edition of this work in French 

 was published by the author in 1792 ; and a new 

 edition appeared in 1833, with a preliminary dis- 

 course by M. Havet, and a portrait of Marat. In 

 La Litterature Frangaise Coniemporaine, by MM. 

 Bourquelot and Maury, which is a continuation 

 of Querard, it is farther stated respecting Marat's 

 work, that — 



" On a pretendu re<jemment que Les Chaines de VEs- 

 clavage n'^taient point, comme on I'avait era, un ouvrage 

 de sa composition, soit en Anglais, soit en Fran9ais, 

 mais line traduction faite par lui d'un Manuscrit Anglais 

 que lui avait ^te communique par son auteur." 



Perhaps M. Havet's Discours Prelim, may 

 throw additional light on Marat's alleged stay in 

 Edinburgh, in which city itself, one would think, 

 where your querist resides, the best evidence 

 might be traced out, from contemporary news- 

 papers or magazines, of the information required. 



J. MACRAr. 



Oxford. 



Ancient Localities near London (2"^ S. viii. 28.) 

 — Henry Thomas Riley is probably correct in 

 his conjecture respecting Sandford being identical 

 with Stamford Hill, as at Stoke Newington, which 

 is close to that place, there are several places 

 bearing that name ; i. e. Sandford Lane, Sandford 

 Place, &c. Possibly inquiry into the old history 

 of Stoke Newington may throw some light on this 

 subject. 



An OT.D Inhabitant op the above Locality. 



Titles conferred by Oliver Cromwell (2"^ S. vii. 

 476. ^i seq.) — A complete list of these, and none 

 such has yet appeared in " N. & Q.," is given in 

 the second volume of Noble's Memoirs of the 

 Cromwell Family. Mine is the Birmingham edi- 

 tion of 1784, and the reference is vol. ii. pp. 534. 

 to 544. I have already sent a Note to this effect, 



but omitted to give the page; thinking, perhaps 

 somewhat carelessly, that no one with the book in 

 his hand could fail at once to find it. It may save 

 trouble if I add that this list concludes the second 

 volume, as all the editions may not be paged 

 alike. It may surprise some of your readers to 

 find that Oliver created three peers, though one 

 of them, Bulstrode Whitlock, seems never to have 

 made any use of his patent ; or rather Thurloe, 

 in whose hands it was to be passed, did not think 

 fit to pass it. This was a viscounty. The third 

 peerage was a barony conferred on Edmund 

 Duncho, a cousin of the Protector's — the title, 

 Baron Burnel. H. C. 



Workington. 



Knights made by Oliver Cromwell (2°'^ S. viii. 

 114.) — Sir Richard Chiverton, Lord Mayor of 

 London, 1657, who, as stated by your correspon- 

 dent R. R., was knighted by the Protector in 

 1653, appears to have had the honour conferred 

 upon him a second time, of which there is the fol- 

 lowing record in " The Pedigrees of Knights made 

 from Carolus II. to Queen Anne, by Peter Le 

 Neve" (Harl. MS., 5081. f. 81.): "Sir Rich-i 

 Chiverton, aid. Lond., knf* at Whitehall, 12 Oct. 

 1663." I shall be obliged to R. R. for a reference 

 to the first grant of this distinction by Cromwell, 

 and the occasion of it. h^SQ ^' ^' ^^^^^ 



CromwelTs Head (2°^ S. viii. 97.) — Lord Coke, 

 describing in October, 1754, the Florentine Gal- 

 lery, mentions among other curious things : — 



" An head in wax of Oliver Cromwell carries on it all 

 the marks of a great wicked man. It bears the strongest 

 characteristics of boldness, steadiness, sense, penetration, 

 and pride. It is said to have been taken off from his 

 face after his death. I cannot yield to that assertion. 

 The muscles are strong and lively, the look is fierce and 

 commanding. Death sinks the features, renders all the 

 muscles languid, and flattens every nerve. I dare say, 

 the Duke of Tuscany then reigning (Ferdinand II.) 

 thought it an honour to ask and receive so valuable a 

 present. The face was certainly finished durante vita, 

 the succeeding times rendered the avowal of such a gift 

 impolitic, and the instance of so strict a personal friend- 

 ship shameful." 



It appears from another letter that Cromwell's 

 skull was also exhibited at this period (1754) at a 

 museum of one of our Universities in England,, 

 for Lord Coke remarks on the Academy at Bo- 

 logna : — 



" I could not help wishing that we had some similitude 

 to it in either of our English Universities. We have 

 there a picture galler}', but no painters; an anatomy 

 school, but no surgeons. We abound in trifles, and are 

 proud of showing Oliver CromiveU's scull. President Brad- 

 shaw's hat, and a Chinese pack of cards." 



N. H. R. 



Hastings' Trial and John Mill (2"^ S. viii. 132.) 

 — It is altogether a mistake to say that Mill was 

 present in the Commons in 1787, and in Westmin- 



