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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 199. 



of Wotton by the king of England. Could any 

 of your readers favour me with the date of the 

 above marriage, as also those of the birth of 

 the father and the son ; as well as that of the 

 elevation of the latter to the peerage of England ? 

 — From the Navorscher. A. I. 



Connexion hetiveen the Celtic and Latin Lau' 

 guages. — Can any of your correspondents supply 

 any links of connexion between the Celtic and 

 Latin languages ? M. 



Queen Anne's Motto. — What authority have we 

 ibr asserting that "Semper eadem" was Queen 

 Anne's motto, and that it expired with her ? 



Cleric US (D.) 



Anonymous Books. — Can any of the readers of 

 " N. & Q." furnish the names of the authors of 

 either of the following works ? 



1. The Watch ; an Ode, humbly inscribed to the 

 Right Hon. the Earl of M— f— d. To which is added, 

 the Genius of America to General Carleton, an Ode. 

 London: J. Bew, 1778. 4to. 



2. Fast Sermon, preached at — — Feb. 10th, 1779, 



by the Reverend ; showing the Tyranny 



and Oppression of the British King and Parliament 

 respecting the American Colonies. Inscribed to the 

 Congress. 8vo. (^Sine loco aid anno. An ironical 

 Piece, severe on America.) 



3. National Prejudice opposed to the National In- 

 terest ; candidly considered in the Detention or Yield- 

 ing up Gibraltar;! and Cape Breton, by the ensuing 

 Treaty of Peace, &c. In a Letter to Sir John Bernard. 

 London : W. Owen, 1748. Svo. 



4. The Blockheads; or Fortunate Contractor. An 

 Opera, in Two Acts, as it was performed at New York, 

 &c. Printed at New York. London : reprinted for 

 G. Kearsley, 1783. 12rao. 



5. The Present State of the British Empire in 

 Europe, America, Asia, and Africa, &c. : London, 

 1768, 8vo., pp. 486. 



Who prepared the chapters on America in this 

 Tolume ? Serviens. 



Major Andre. — A subscriber having observed 

 the amount of valuable and recondite information 

 elicited by a happy Query concerning General 

 Wolfe, hopes to obtain like success in one he now 

 puts forward in regard to the personal history, &c. 

 of the unfortunate Major John Andre, who was 

 hung by the Americans as a spy during their 

 Revolutionary War. Being engaged upon a bio- 

 graphy of Llajor Andre, he has already collected 

 considerable matter ; but wishes to leave no stone 

 unturned in his task, and therefore begs his bre- 

 thren of " N. & Q." to publish therein any anec- 

 dotes or copies of any letters or documents con- 

 cerning that gallant but ill-fated gentleman. A 

 reference to passages occurring in printed books 



bearing on this subject, might also well be given ; 

 for there is so little known about Major Andre,- 

 and that little scattered piecemeal in so many and 

 various localities, that it is hardly possible some of 

 them should not have escaped this writer's notice. 



Serviens. 

 [Smith's Authentic Narrative of Major Andre, 8vo. 

 1808, has most probably been consulted by our cor- 

 respondent. There is a good account of the Major in 

 vol. ii. of the Biographical Dictionary/ of the Useful 

 Knowledge Society, and it is worth consulting for the 

 authorities quoted at the end of the article. See also 

 the Ejicyclopcedia Americana, article " Benedict Ar- 

 nold ; " the American Whig Revietv, vol. v. p. 381.; 

 New England Magazine, vol. vi. p. 353. ; and for a vin- 

 dication of the captors of Andre, the Analectic Maga- 

 zine, vol. X. p. 307. Articles also will be found re- 

 specting him in Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 1. pp. 540. 

 610. ; vol. li. p. 320. ; vol. lii. p. 514. Major Andre is 

 one of the principal subjects of The British Hero in 

 Captivity, a poem attributed to Mr. Puddicombe, 4to. 

 1782.] 



" The Fatal Mistake." — Can you tell me where 

 the scene of the following play is laid, and the 

 names of the dramatis personce : The Fatal Mistake, 

 a Tragedij, by Joseph Haynes, 4to., 1696? 



The author of this play, who was known by the 

 name of Count Haynes, was an actor in the theatre 

 at Drury Lane about the time of James II., and 

 died in 1701. There is an account of his life 

 written by Tom Browne. Gw. 



[The title-page of A Fatal Mistake states that it was 

 written by Jos. Hayns ; but according to the Biog. 

 Dramatica, it is not certain that Count Haines was 

 the author. The dramatis persona are : Men, Duke, 

 Duke of Schawden's ambassador, Rodulphus, Baldwin, 

 Eustace, Ladovick, Albert, Godfrey, Arnulph, Fre- 

 derick, Welpho, Conradine, Gozelo, Lewis, Ferdi-i 

 nando. Women, Duchess Gertruedo, Lebassa, de- 

 mentia, Idana, Thierrie, Maria, Lords and Ladies, 

 Masquers, Soldiers.] 



Anonymous Plays. — 



1. A Match for a Widow ; or, the Frolics of Fancy. 

 A Comic Opera, in Three Acts, as performed at the 

 Theatre Royal, Dublin. - London: C. Dilly, 1788. 

 8vo. 



2. "The Indians ; a Tragedy. Performed at the 

 Theatre Royal, Richmond. London: C. Dilly, 1790. 

 8vo. 



3. Andre ; a Trngcdy in Five Acts, as now per- 

 forming at the Theatre in New York. To which is 

 added the Cow Chase ; a Satirical Poem, by Major 

 Andre. With the Proceedings of the Court Martial, 

 and authentic Documents concerning him. London : 

 Ogilvy & Son, 1799. 8vo. 



Serviens. 



[I. A Match for a Widow is by Joseph Atkinson, 

 Treasurer of the Ordnance in Ireland, the friend and 

 associate of Curran, Moore, and the galaxy of Irish 

 genius. He died in 1818. 



