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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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discovered the trick, the rest of the stock will be 

 shipped to supply the English market. 



K. P. D. E. 



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BIOGRAPHICAL QUEEIES. 



Humfrey Richard. — In the pedigree of Sir 

 Andrew Chadwick, this gentleman is mentioned 

 as of St. Clement Danes, London ; and I shall 

 feel obliged by any correspondent furnishing me 

 some particulars of his family. What business ? 

 The maiden name of his wife, his armorial bear- 

 ings, and also to whom the other two daughters 

 (besides Margaret, who married Sir A. Chadwick,) 

 were married ? and where ? 



Caroline Glover. — In the will of Sir A. Chad- 

 wick this lady is named, and I shall be obliged by 

 any correspondent furnishing me with what par- 

 ticulars they can respecting her. 



John Henry Fenouillet. — This gentleman is 

 named one of Sir A. Chadwick's executors ; and 

 any particulars respecting him and his family will 

 be thankfully received. 



Rev. Sarmiel Groves. — This gentleman is also 

 named as one of Sir A. Chadwick's executors ; 

 and any particulars respecting him and his family, 

 as also the living he held, will be gratefully ac- 

 knowledged. 



These Queries are required simply for a lite- 

 rary publication which I have in contemplation, 

 and on that account an early insertion will oblige 

 John Ndese Chadwick. 



King's Lynn, Nov. 21, 1857. 



"theory," theoeetical, problematical. 



I am tempted to put a Query as to the correct 

 use of these words, in consequence of a disparag- 

 ing use of the word theory in two recent numbers 

 of " N. & Q." 



In reply to J. S. M.'s observations on the ab- 

 sorption of the precious metals in India, the 

 Editor says (2"* S. iv. 315.) : — 



" Without the local knowledge of the practical work- 

 ing of exchanges abroad, writers sit down and study up 

 their phenomena in the libraries; hence such finespun 

 theories as those of Foster, Tooke," &c., &c. 



Again, in 2"'' S. iv. 372., Mr. Andrew Stein- 

 M£Tz speaks of Pere Hardouin's paradox as his 

 theory. 



I have always looked upon theory as a law ex- 

 plaining all the known phenomena of a particular 

 kind, and which law has been verified and esta- 

 blished by calculation or induction. 



Hypothesis, I have considered to be a more or 

 less probable truth, while a still more visionary 

 conjecture is a " speculation." 



Thus there can be but one theory of any parti- 

 cular kind, although there may be any number of 

 hypotheses and speculations. I fear that this de- 

 preciating use of its terms proceeds frequently, 

 although not in the two cases I have quoted, I 

 would hope, from a studied design of disparaging 

 science itself. I think I have somewhere met with 

 the phrase " dyslogistic," applied to this system of 

 arguing, of which the Romanist perversions of '■ re- 

 ligious" and "lewd" furnish good examples. But 

 I do not find rfe/slogistic in the dictionaries, and 

 cannot tell where I met with it ; perhaps some 

 contributor to " N". & Q." can. It seems to me 

 that the phrase " problematical," as used in the 

 following real dialogue, is open to all the objec- 

 tions to the common use o? theory. 



Q. Will the next attempt to launch the Le- 

 viathan be successful ? 



A. I think it very problematical. 



I would be much obliged if Prof. De Morgan 

 would favour us with his view as to the proper < 

 meaning of these words when applied to subjects 

 of natural or social science. E. G. R. 



Spencers Anecdotes. — There are said to be two 

 manuscripts of Spence's Anecdotes, more or less 

 differing, one of which is in possession of the Duke 

 of Newcastle, from which INIalone printed. Where 

 is the other manuscript, from which Mr. Singer 

 printed ? W. Moy Thomas. 



7th Dragoon Guards, 1742—1747. — This regi- 

 ment, from 1693 to 1746, ranked as 8th Regiment 

 of Horse ; but on another regiment being made 

 Dragoon Guards, it obtained rank as 4th Regi- 

 ment of Horse. In The Historical Records of 

 the British Army, it is stated that, from 1742 till 

 1747, not a man deserted ; nor was a man or horse 

 taken by the enemy, though serving in the face of 

 the enemy in Germany ; nor was one man tried by 

 court martial ; and thirty-seven non-commissioned 

 officers and privates were promoted to commis- 

 sions. Can any of your correspondents give the 

 names of all or any of the thirty-seven thus pro- 

 moted ? T. C. MossoM Mebkins. 

 21. Old Square. 



Pectdiarities in Church Steeples. — Can any 

 reader of " N. & Q." supply instances of church 

 towers which have an open belfry, apparently 

 coeval with the structure, on their summits ? I 

 know but of two examples, viz. at Dearham, Cum- 

 berland (a very ancient fabric), and at Llaner- 

 chymedd in the interior of Anglesea (a restored 

 church, but most likely after the original pat- 

 tern). 



A tower and spire, standing contiguously, on 

 separate foundations, at Ormskirk, Lancashire, 



