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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Minor ^xitriei, 



De Hoy viU Family. — What are the arms, crest, 

 and motto of the De Hoyvile or De Hoyuill 

 family ? They were an ancient family, and for 

 some time Lords of Fifiehi and Dorchester in 

 Oxfordshire, and circa 1316 are mentioned in 

 " Parliamentary Writs," " Rot. Hundred." A 

 branch of them was resident in Derbyshire, temp. 

 Edward I. For references to a pedigree, or any 

 other information, I shall be very thankful. 



Unus Gentis. 

 Clonea. 



Charles Wager. — Pepys, in his Diary, March 

 27, 1668, says : 



" This day Creed, at Whitehall, in discourse told me 

 ~ what information he hath had, from very good hands, of 

 the cowardice and ill-government of Sir Jer. Smith and 

 Sir Thomas Allen, and the repute they have both of them 

 abroad in the Streights, from their deportment when they 

 did at several times command there ; and that, above all 

 Englishmen that ever were there, there never was any 

 man that behaved himself like poor Charles Wager, whom 

 the very Moores do mention with teares sometimes." 



According to Charnock's Naval Biog., vol. i. 

 p. 50., Charles Wager was appointed by the 

 Duke of York commander of the Yarmouth in 

 1660 ; in 1664 promoted to the Crown, and died 

 at Deal, Feb. 24, 1665. Is anything known of 

 his behaviour in the Streights, which so endeared 

 him to the Moors ? J. Yeowell. 



Northern Fine Arts Society. — In Parson and 

 White's Annals of Leeds, p. 212,, I find that in 

 1808, — 



" The Northern Society for the encouragement of the 

 Fine Arts was established in Leeds, on March 4th, but 

 discontinued after three exhibitions." 



I have seen several catalogues of this once flourish- 

 ing Society from 1822 to 1836, when it became i 

 extinct. In the catalogue for 1822 there is a long j 

 and interesting letter by Mr. West, President of | 

 the Royal Academy, respecting the advantages of 

 such societies to the fine arts. 



Now, does the catalogue containing the letter 

 date the resumption of the exhibitions ? If not, 

 pray what dates are they prior to 1822 ? 



W. HiKST. 



Leeds. 



Mail Coaches. — What has become of all the 

 mail coaches ? Have they been exported to 

 countries in which there are no railroads ? 



M. (2) 



Assignat, Value of. — Can any reader of " N. & 

 Q." tell me what is the present money value of 

 an " assignat " of the French Republic for fifty 

 ♦'livres," of the date 14th December, 1792? . If 

 the document is worth more than waste paper, 

 where is the best place for having its value rea- 

 lised? X. Y. Z. I 



" Poetical Epistle to Dr. W. IC — In a Poetical 

 Epistle to Dr. W. K., Dublin, 1713, are two 

 passages which require explanation. The same 

 perhaps may be said of others, for the allusions to 

 classical and mediaeval authors are numerous, and 

 there are no notes. 



" The bard sublime, whose mind alike was rich in 

 The secrets of the universe and kitchen, 

 Sings how unbidden guests, with paunches stored, 

 Sat proud and bilious at th' unfriendly board. 

 Judicial blindness o'er their souls was ilung, 

 Because they ate their dinner underdone, 

 Crunch 'd the crude veal, though boding tear-drops rose. 

 And laugh'd with borrow'd jaws at coming woes." 

 "The starved assassin, hope for ever fled, 



Dines through eternity on raw calves'-head ; 



Privation dire ! Eevenge no longer sweet ! 



With fire so near he may not cook his meat." 



W^ho are "the bard" and the party described 

 by him ? Who the " assassin ? " Dr. W. K. is 

 doubtless Dr. William King. X. 



Dramatic Works. — Can you give me any ac- 

 count of the authors of the following dramatic 

 pieces ? 1 . Almeda, or the Neapolitan Revenge, 

 8vo. Published, I think, in 1801, and said to be 

 written by a lady. 2. Grenville Agonistes, a dra- l 

 matic poem, 8vo., 1807. 3. The Jubilee; or, John \ 

 Bull in his Dotage, 8vo., 1809. This is a political 

 piece, and is said to be by the author of Operations 

 of the British Army in Spain. 4. Edward II., a 

 tragedy, by Theophilus Mac, of No Temple, 8vo., 

 1809. 5. Panthea, Queenof Susa, a,iY&gQdy,%\o., 

 1809. 6. The Welcome Home, a farce, 1816. 

 This farce was written by a gentleman resident at 

 Teignmouth, and I think was acted in that town. 

 In Dibdin's Reminiscences, vol. ii. p. 176. [?], 

 there is a drama called The Unknown, said to be a 

 posthumous piece. Dibdin says regarding this 

 piece, that it was " written by the late Dr. V., and 

 presented me by his daughter." Can you inform 

 me whether the Dr. V. here referred to was the 

 Rev. Dr. Vyse, Rector of Lambeth, who died 

 Feb. 20, 1816. The drama seems to have been 

 performed at the Surrey Theatre about 1819. 



In the Theatrical Register of The Gentleman s 

 Magazine for July, 1812, p. 81., there is a notice 

 of a comedy called The Fortune Hunters, said to 

 be the production of Mr. Hewlett, a very young 

 author. Can this have been a juvenile pro- 

 duction of the author of Dunster Castle and Peter 

 Priggins ? R. J. 



Glasgow. 



John Hess. — A Constant Reader has an en- 

 graving by John Hess of a charlatan or quack 

 doctor; but he cannot find it alluded to in any 

 work which is within his reach. Possibly some 

 correspondent would kindly state its value as a 

 work of art, and about its market price. The 

 engraving, it may be mentioned, represents, not 



