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Marriage of British Subjects at Paris. —In 
1682 an English lady and gentleman of rank and 
station were married at Paris. Where should I be 
likely to find the registry of this marriage ? oat 
Song by Old Doctor Wild — “ Hallow my 
Francie.” — Tn a late number of Household Words 
(May 3.) is an article entitled “Bond and Free,” 
in which occur parts of what is called an “old 
song,” said to be by “old Doctor Wild;” and 
in which one of the characters says, that in his 
opinion “no other man in Trinity” knew, besides 
him by whom it is quoted. Is there, in reality, 
_ such an old song? The structure of the verse is 
exactly the same as that of a quaint and (me 
judice) clever piece, which I saw many years ago, 
entitled “Hallow my Fancie,” because each 
stanza ends, — 
“ Hallow my Fancie, whither wilt thou go?” 
These verses begin : 
“In melancholick fancie 
Out of myself.” 
Ts it known who is the author of these verses, of 
which, I imagine, the “ old song” is an imitation ? 
: 8.5. 8. 
Tradesmen's Signs. — The origin of the “ Bull 
and Bedpost, the “‘ Angel and Cucumber,” or of 
any equally incongruous combinations which 
occur in these signs, and which have hitherto 
puzzled the curious, will surely no longer be in- 
volved in obscurity if the following practice was 
once in vogue : 
“T must, however, observe to you upon this subject, 
that it is usual for a young tradesman, at his first set- 
ting up, to add to his own sign that of the master whom 
he has served; as the husband after marriage gives place 
to his mistress’s arms in his own coat. This I take to 
have given rise to many of those absurdities which are 
committed over our heads.” — Spectator, No. 28. 
Can any instances of this practice be given ? 
, R. W. Hacxrwoop. 
Rev. John Michell, B.D.’ was of Queen’s Col- 
lege, Cambridge, B.A. 1748, M.A. 1752, B.D. 
1761, Woodwardian Professor 1762—1764, F.R.S. 
17—. His publications range from 1750 to 1784. 
He is spoken of in 1804 as having been dead many 
years. Further particulars respecting him will be 
acceptable. C. H. & THomrson Cooper. 
Cambridge. 
Charles Crawfurd was a. fellow commoner of 
Queen’s College, Cambridge, in 1771, when he 
headed a movement against subscription. He 
was expelled the college September 27, 1773. 
He brought an unsuccessful action against the 
porter of the college, to try the validity of his 
expulsion, and published various works from 1773 
to 1810. In 1808 he assumed the title of Earl of 
Crawford and Lindsay. He appears to have been 
living in 1816; when did he die? 
C. H. & Tuomrson Cooper. 
Cambridge. 
Major-General Stanwix. — Thomas Stanwix, 
created LL.D. at the royal visit to Cambridge, 
1717, was made a major-general 1727. Is there 
any record of his services ? and when and where 
did he die ? C. H. & Tuomrson Cooper. 
Cambridge. 
Burke on the French Revolution. — Who was the 
distinguished individual in France to whom Mr. 
Burke addressed his Reflections on the Revolution 
in France ? QUERIST. 
Pinar Queries with Auswers. 
John Gother. —In the year 1723, there was a 
little book published, called Instructions for the 
Whole Year, being a body of casuistical divinity 
upon the epistles and gospels of all the Sundays 
and Feasts in the year. At the end of the book 
is a catalogue of Mr. Gother’s Spiritual Works in 
sixteen volumes. Who was he? Whence did he 
spring? Where did he live? When did he die ? 
and for whom did he write this excellent body of 
divinity ? . H. J. G. 
{Our correspondent’s Query reminds us again of the 
want of a good Biographical Dictionary of Neglected 
Authors. As we hinted in our First Series, the name of 
William Gurnall was not to be found in any Biographical 
Dictionary, and the same may be said of John Gother, a 
more voluminous writer, as his Spiritual Works alone fill 
sixteen volumes, besides being the author of seventeen 
controversial pieces, which elicited replies from Abp. 
Wake, Clagett, Abednego Seller, Woodroffe, Stratford, 
John Williams, and Bishop Stillingfleet. John Gother 
was born at Southampton, of parents who were rigid 
Presbyterians, and in his youthful days became a mem- 
ber of the Church of Rome, and by means of a relative 
was sent to the English College at Lisbon, where his 
natural abilities soon convinced his tutors that the youth 
would prove an ornament to their community. After he 
was ordained priest, he returned to England upon a mis- 
sion towards the end of the reign of Charles II., and was 
one of the leading controversial writers in defence of the 
Roman Church during the reign of James IJ. His most 
celebrated work is entitled, 4 Papist Misrepresented and 
Represented. Some ecclesiastical affairs requiring his pre- 
sence at Lisbon, he was prevailed upon to undertake a 
voyage thither, but died at sea on Monday, October 2, 
1704, and was buried in the English College, under St. 
Thomas’s altar. There is a short account of him prefixed 
to the collected edition of his Spiritual Works, 16 vols. 
12mo., printed at Newcastle; no date, but published 
about 1740. See also Dodd’s Church History, vol. iii. 
p. 483., fol., for a list of his writings. ] 
Historical Pamphlet. — I lately met with a small 
quarto black letter volume of 150 pages, having 
this title-page : 
“The Fourth Parte of the Comentaries of the Ciuill 
Warres in Fraunce, and of the Lovve Countrie of Flaunders. 
