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Chesterfield Portraits. —Is anything known at 
the present day of the portraits of the Chesterfield 
family described in the following curious adver- 
tisement, printed in the Mercurius Politicus for 
the week between Novy. 19 and Noy. 26, 1657. 
“Stoln from the Earl of Chesterfield, at his House in 
Great Queen Street, betwixt one and five of the clock in 
the morning, being the 25th day of November, as fol- 
loweth: 
The Countess of Northumberland’s picture set round 
with Diamonds. 
The Earl of Chesterfield’s picture set round with Dia- 
monds. 
The young Lady Capel’s picture in a Gold Case. 
The Lady Anne Stanhope’s picture in a Gold Case. 
A square Silver Box set with long Cornelions, four 
Rings. 
“Give notice of these, or any of these, to Mr. Henry 
Carter, Upholster, at his house at the Cock, in Great 
Queen Street, and they shall have a reasonable reward.” 
CG. 2, 
Coal-pits of Durham and Northumberland. — 
Could any of your correspondents refer me to any 
statistics on the possible duration of the Durham 
and Northumberland Coal Mines, other than those 
given by McCulloch, in his British Empire, edition 
of 1846? 
Is there any foundation for the assertion of one 
of our “smart men,” and popular lecturers, that 
the coal fields of the north of England would be 
exhausted in 200 years ; or was it a mere assump- 
tion, on which to build a doubtful theory ? 
D. Srevens. 
Columbus, Ohio, U. 8., March 10, 1856. 
Anonymous Books: “A Compleat History of 
Europe.” — Who was the author of A Compleat 
History of Europe from the Year 1600 to the Year 
1714. 1705—20., 8vo., 18 vol.? “A copy,” says 
Lowndes, “is in the British Museum.” 
Vol. xy. is “inscribed to Rowland Holt, Esq., 
by his most humble and devoted servant, D. J.” 
Was this David Jones? Vol. v. is described as 
“Written by a Gentleman, who kept an exact 
Journal of all Transactions for above these 
Twenty Years.” Brsti0rHecar. CHETHAM. 
Rev. Robert Montgomery. — This gentleman, 
we are told, in an obituary notice in The Gentle- 
man's Magazine, “ was the son of Gomery, a cele- 
brated theatrical clown; whether the latter name 
was one assumed by the father, as usual on the 
stage, whilst his real name was Montgomery, or 
whether the son elongated the true name into 
Montgomery, we are not informed.” The object 
of the writer of this note is not to stir the con- 
-troversy relative to the poetical claims of the de- 
ceased, nor even to excite merely general remarks 
on the question above indicated, but simply to 
invite the evidence of facts. Is anything known of 
the parentage or kindred of the clown? Is the 
name first above attributed to him at present 
known as a patronymic at all? Where, and by 
what surname, was his son the poet baptized ? 
Can the register containing the official record of 
his christening be produced and inspected, and 
an authenticated copy of the entry be given in 
“N.& Q.”? It is to be presumed satisfactory 
evidence on this point must have been given, in 
some form, when the poet was admitted to holy 
orders ; but it seems remarkable that, oft as his 
title to the name of Montgomery has been ques- 
tioned, the important evidence of a baptismal re- 
gister has neither been adduced nor referred to in 
public. 1D 
Twelve Knights of name of Maelellan, co. Gal- 
loway.—In Debrett’s Peerage, ed. 1823, it is 
stated that in the reign of Alexander II., 1217, 
there were in Galloway twelve knights of the 
name of Maclellan, of whom Sir Patrick Maclellan, 
tutor of Bombie, was the chief. Are the names of 
any other of the eleven known? 
In 1738, James Maclellan of Annan, Dum- 
friesshire, married Margaret Kery, daughter of 
Dr. John Kery, physician to George I., and Jean 
Law, sister to John Law, of Lauriston. Wanted 
the exact relationship of this James Maclellan to 
the Kireudbright family. Was he connected with 
William of Borness, the sixth lord, or with an 
earlier branch of the family? | Aurrep T. Lex. 
Tetbury, Gloucestershire. 
Original Magna -Charta: Archbishop Laud: 
Warner, Bishop of Rochester.— 
“ Among the writings he (Warner) took away (from 
Laud’s closet), it is believed, the original Magna Charter, 
passed by King John in the Mead, near Staines, was one. 
This was found among Warner’s papers by his executor, 
and that descended to his son and executor Coln!. Lee, 
who gave it me; so it is now in my hand.”— Burnet’s 
Own Time, vol. i. p. 82., fol. edit. 1724. 
Can you oblige me with any information con- 
cerning this interesting paper. Gxzorer Hopesxs. 
Oxford. 
Grey Beards. — Where can I see a specimen of 
those earthen jugs, thus named, which were for- 
merly used in public-houses for drawing ale? 
They had the figure of a man with a large beard 
stamped on them, whence probably they took 
their name, Henry Kensineton. 
Rhubarb Champagne. — 
“ Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well 
used,” — Shakspeare. 
Can any of your readers inform me if any of the 
above wine is made in France? A few years ago, 
in 1852 or 1853, the French and English papers 
were loud in their praises of the above discovery ; 
adding that it was equal, if not superior, to all 
other champagnes, and that moreover it had this 
