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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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of the elejjant and accomplished author is spelt 

 (as above) with an apostrophe. In the late 

 edition of his collected works, by his no less ac- 

 complished son, the name is printed ivithout the 

 apostrophe. Indeed the name so appears in all 

 ihe, works of Mr. D'Israeli the younger; a prac- 

 tice which he seems to have taken up even in the 

 lifetime of his father, who spelt it differently. 

 Can any of your readers inform Caucasus of the 

 reason of this difference, and of the authority for 

 it, and which is the correct mode ? lie has vainly 

 soujrht for information in the Heralds' Visitation 

 books for Buckinghamshire, preserved in the 

 British Museum. Caucasus. 



Richard Oswald. — Could any of your corre- 

 spondents give me any information respecting 

 Mr. Richard Oswald, the connnissioner who nego- 

 clated the Treaty of 1782 at Paris, with Franklin, 

 and his other colleagues, representing the United 

 States ? Is there any obituary or biographical 

 notice of him in existence ? L. 



CromwelTs Descendants. — Oliver Cromwell's 

 daughter Bridget was baptized August 4, 1624; 

 married to Ireton January 15, 1646-7; a widow 

 Nov. 26, 1651 ; married to General Fleetwood, 

 Lord President in Ireland, before 1652 ; died at 

 Stoke, near London, 1681. — Can any of your cor- 

 respondents furnish the date of this lady's mar- 

 riage with Fleetwood ; also, a list of her children 

 and grandchildren by Fleetwood ? It is supposed 

 that Captain Fleetwood's daughter, i. e. the Gene- 

 ral's granddaughter, married a Berry. Erin. 



Letter of A?-chbis7iop Ciirwen to Archbishop 

 Parker: — In The Hunting of the Romish Fox, 

 collected by Sir James Ware, and edited by 

 Robert Ware (8vo., Dublin, 1683), there is a long 

 account of an image of the Saviour which, to the 

 astonishment of the good people of Dublin, and 

 by the contrivance of one Father Leigh, sweated 

 blood in the year 1559. It is added, at p. 90. : 



" The Archbishop of Dublin wrote ttiis relation and 

 to this effect, to his brother, Archbishop of Canterbury, 

 Matthew Parker, who was very joyful at the receipt 

 thereof, by reason," &c. 



The whole chapter in which this occurs is stated 

 to be " taken out of the Lord Cecil's Memorials." 

 Can any of your readers give me assistance In 

 finding these Memorials, or this letter to Arch- 

 bishop Parker, or a copy of it ? I intended to 

 have made it an object of inquiry and search in 

 Dublin, but I have been prevented accomplishing 

 my design of visiting that country. Perhaps some 

 of your Irish readers may be able to help me. 



John Bruce. 



Margaret Patten. — I have just seen a curious 

 old picture, executed at least a century ago, and 

 which was lately found amongst some family 

 papers. It is a half-length of an old woman in 

 homely looking garments ; a dark blue stuff gown, 

 the sleeves partially rolled up, and white sleeving 

 protruding from under, not unlike the fashion of 

 to-day ; a white and blue checked apron ; around 

 her neck a white tippet and a handkerchief, on 

 her head a " mutch," or close linen cap, and a lace 

 or embroidered band across her forehead to hide 

 the absence of hair. She holds something undis- 

 tinguishable in one hand. 



The picture is about 10x8 inches, and is done 

 on glass, evidently transferred from an engraving 

 on steel. The colours have been laid on with 

 hand, and then, to preserve and make an opaque 

 back, it has received a coating of plaster of Paris ; 

 altogether in. its treatment resembling a coloured 

 photograph. 



By-the-bye, I am sorry I could not get a copy 

 (photographic) of it, or that woidd have rendered 

 intelligible what I fear my lame descriptions 

 cannot. Beneath the figure is the following in- 

 scription : 



" Margaret Patten, 



Born in the Parish of Lochnutrh, near Pairsley in 

 Scotland, now Liveing in the Work House of St. 

 Marg'', Westminsster, aged 138." 



There is no date appended. 



The word " Lochnugh " in the inscription is 

 evidently spelt from the Scotch pronunciation of 

 Lochwinnoch, near Paisley. 



I should be very glad if any of your readers or 

 correspondents in London could ascertain If the 

 name, &c. Is to be found In the records of St. 

 Margaret's, Westminster, and also give me some 

 facts as to the history of this poor old Scotch 

 woman, left destitute so far from home and 

 kindred. 



If it can be authenticated, it will make another 

 item for your list of longevals. 



James B. Murdocii. 



Glasgow. 



[In the Board-room of the workhouse of St. Mar- 

 garet's, Westminster, is a portrait of Margaret Patten, 

 which corresponds with the picture just described, and 

 bears the following inscription : 



"Margaret Patten, aged 136: the Gift of John 

 Dowsell, William Goff, Matthew Burnett, Thomas 

 Parker, Robert Wright, John Parquot, Overseers, 

 anno 1737." 



Margaret Patten was buried in the burial-ground of 

 what was then called the Broadway Church, now 

 Christ Church, and there is a stone on the eastern 

 boundary wall inscribed, " Near this place lieth Mar- 

 garet Patten, who died June 26, 1739, in the Parish 

 Workhouse, aged 136." In Walcott's Memorials of 



