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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 16 L 



journal of bis tour tlie following extract is taken. 

 He was then at Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg) : 



" Sunday, August 24. — Went and hoard Mr. Mac- 

 Cleggan preach to the soldiers in Erse, but little edified. 

 He preaches alternately, one Sunday in that language 

 and the next in English." 



Uneda. 



Philadelphia. 



Bemarkable Warlike Invention hy a Scotcli Shoe- 

 maker. — In the Caledonian Blercury of 1764, 

 there is mention made of a Scotch shoemaker who 

 bad invented a machine, which would have knocked 

 Perkins, Cochrane, and Warner all to pieces in 

 less than no time. By this machine six persons 

 could do as much as a whole regiment. It would 

 discharge 44,000 balls in two minutes. In case of 

 being overwhelmed by a large force, it could be 

 driven into pieces in a moment, rendering it use- 

 less to the enemy ; and again, on being recovered, 

 restored to efficient use in a minute and a half 

 To resist a charge, by simply turning a spring, the 

 six men could present a whole " harvest of bayo- 

 nets " against the advancing host. Perhaps some 

 of your correspondents may be able to give some 

 account of this formidable invention and its in- 

 ventor. Inverness. 



The Duke a Wesley. — It is often said that the 

 Duke of Wellington had in him no Wesley blood. 

 This is a mistake, as the following pedigree will 

 make appear : — 



Sir William Wellesley, or Wesley, 1500. 



Aleson Wesley = John Cusack. 



Sir Thomas Cusack, L. C. of Ireland. 



' Catherine = Sir Henry Colley, 1550. 



I 

 Sir Henry. 



I 

 Sir Henry. 



I 

 Dudley, 1665. 



1 

 Henry. 



I 



Richard Colley (or Wellesley), 1 st Lord Mornlngton, 



Garret. 



I 

 Arthur, Duke of Wellington, ob. 1852. 



Edmund Hepple. 



Blackheddon House, Northumberland. 



HAS A CISIIOP EVER APPOINTED HIMSELF? 



At the late election of a bishop of St. Andrews, the 

 clergy, who by the canons of the Scotch Episcopal 

 Church are the electors, nominated two gentlemen, 

 Dr. Eden, the bishop of Moray, and the llev. Mr. 

 Wordsworth. 



Eight votes were recorded for each candidate ; 

 and Mr. Wordsworth then voted for himself, and 

 was elected bishop by a majority of one, viz. bis 

 own vote. 



The election was quashed some days afterwards 

 by a technical error in the return to the primus. 

 A new election, under a fresh writ, will take place 

 very soon ; and it is believed that the result will 

 be the same, that Mr. Wordsworth will be returned 

 by his own vote. 



The circumstances of the election have caused 

 a considerable division of opinion among all sects 

 in this country ; and I wish to know if any of your 

 readei'S can furnish me with any similar case in 

 the history of the Christian Church ? I presume 

 that few instances can be found in the canons of 

 any particular Church (except the Roman Catho- 

 lic Church in Ireland), investing the clergy of a 

 diocese with the direct power of nomination ; but, 

 allowing for this, can an example be given of any 

 bishop directly appointing himself to his office ? 



St. Andrews. 



CHANGED NAMES OF LONDON LOCALITIES. 



A few years ago the authorities began altering 

 the names of such places in London as had either 

 become notorious ibr the bad character of their 

 inhabitants, or, from so many streets and courts 

 bearing the same name, were with difficulty distin- 

 guished from each other. In the former case the 

 change has, in most instances, failed of its object; 

 the sow that had been washed has returned to her 

 wallowing in the mire. But many interesting names 

 have been changed without any good reason as- 

 signed, names that, like RatclifF Highway, recalled 

 some early period in London's development, or, 

 like Grub Street, were identified with her literary 

 history. Now, my Query is, whether there exists 

 any authentic record of these alterations ? It 

 would be of great importance to any future an- 

 tiquary or biographer, who, without some such 

 guide, would have much difficulty in tracing the 

 residences of those eminent persons who made 

 ancient London their dwelling-place. Jaydee. 



iHinnr ^wttiti. 



Bells and Storms. — During the last two days a 

 brisk gale has been blowing from the north-east ; 

 and while it continued, two vessels were unfor- 



