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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°d S. IX. Mar. 17. '60. 



there be) for two cushions on ihe Communion 

 Table; — when they were first introduced, and 

 ■with what object?" Will some reader of " N. 

 & 0." kindly furnish a solution? and oblise 



J. L. S. 

 Grace Macaulat.— Can Mr._ Irving, or any 

 of your correspondents who are interested in the 

 Macaulay pedigree, give me any information re- 

 specting a Miss Grace Macaulay, who came, I 

 believe, from Dumbartonshire, and who married 

 a Presbyterian clergyman of the name of Smith, 

 near Edinburgh, in 1735. She died previous to 

 1742. Any information respecting either her or 

 her husband will be very acceptable. J, E. 



Ancient Poisons. — I am desirous to know the 

 nature of the potion administered to Louis le 

 Gros by his step-mother, which caused an un- 

 natural pallor, and also the effects of the " ex- 

 sangue cuminum." Herman. 



London Riots in 1780. — On the occasion of 

 these tumultuous and violent disturbances, usually 

 denominated " Lord George Gordons riots," the 

 government availed itself of the services of several 

 of the regiments of militia which were quartered 

 jn London and Westminster. I be<* to be in- 

 formed, which were they ? Morigerus. 



Blackwell : Etheridge. — Pour generations 



ago Samuel Etheridge married Blackwell, 



related to the claimant of the Banbury peerage. 

 How was she related, and what was her name ? 

 A daughter of this couple married Jabez Jack- 

 son. Is anything known of him and his ante- 

 cedents ? 



Any information or reference as to this family 

 will be acceptable. Togatus. 



Shakspeare's Jug. — A jug so called was sold 

 at Mrs. Turberville's sale, and was purchased by 

 the wife of a gunsmith at Gloucester, named 

 Fletcher, for 19Z. 19s. and duty. In the Athe- 

 novum (reference lost) which recorded the trans- 

 action, it was stated that " it was demised by 

 Shakspeare to» his sister Joan, who married Wil- 

 liam Hart of Stratford on Avon, of whom Mrs. 

 Fletcher is a descendant." Now I do not find 

 any such bequest in Shakspeare's will. What 

 authority is there for believing that the jug in 

 question ever belonged to Shakspeare ? 



Clammild. 



Athenreum Club. 



• Ttrwhitt's Opuscula. — What has become of 

 the volume of Opuscula of Th. Tyrwhitt, col ected 

 and prepared for press some time after his death ? 

 The intending editor submitted the vol. to the 

 inspection of Mr. Tyrwhitt's son (or nephew, I do 

 not now recollect which), but that gentleman 

 never returned it ; and at the sale of his library 

 by Evans these Opuscula were bought by an 

 anonymous purchaser. The volume as originally 



prepared has never yet appeared, but it may be 

 interesting to scholars to know whether any, and 

 if so', what use has been made of it. Q. 



Political Pseudonymes. — In Political Merri- 

 ment; or Truths told to some Tune, 12mo. Lond., 

 and printed " in the glorious year of our Pre- 

 servation," 1714, there occurs a ballad (page 9.), 

 entitled " Advice to the Tories," which satirises 

 the heads of that party under the respective titles 

 of " Hermodactyl of high fame," ,; Codicil," 

 " lend Gambol," " Will Wildfire," « Matt Rum- 

 mer," " Bungey, the tow'ring high-church Pope," 

 " Peter Brickdust," and " Zecheriah." To whom 

 do these titles refer? A reply will greatly oblige 



B. A. B. 



Smitch. — What is the origin of this term of 

 reproach applied to the Maltese ? W. B. C. 



Liverpool. 



" Additions to Pope's Works." — In the 

 British Museum (Bibl. Reg. 239. K.) is a copy of 

 Additions to the Works of Alexander Pope, 1776, 

 on which I find in the Catalogue a note, " Edited 

 by W. Warburton." Who was the editor or 

 compiler of this curious collection is a question 

 that has been several times discussed in " N. & 

 Q.," but I never heard it hinted that it was War- 

 burton ; indeed, if the writer of the note had 

 glanced at the contents, he would probably have 

 had more than doubts. The note, however, may 

 mislead. Is there any shadow of authority for 

 attributing the work to Warburton ? 



W. Mot Thomas. 



Heraldic . — I shall feel greatly obliged to any 

 correspondent of " N. & Q." who can inform 

 me to whom the following armorial bearings be- 

 long : " argent a band nebule sable. For the 

 crest, on a wreath a Latin cross gules." Will any 

 correspondent also furnish me with the arms of 

 H. Barlow, Esq., late of Southampton, and of 

 Acomb, near York, where, on succeeding to the 

 estate, he took the name of Masterman. Any 

 particulars connected with the family history or 

 pedigree in either case will oblige 



N. S. Heineken. 



The Border Elliotts and Armstrongs. — 1 

 should be glad to learn what are the arms, or the 

 crest and motto (if any) of each of these two 

 families. Eta B. 



Poetical Periodicals. — Could you cr any of 

 your readers inform me if there have ever been 

 any exclusively poetical periodicals published ; 

 and, if so, what are their names ? A little publi- 

 cation has appeared in Oxford this month entitled 

 College Rhymes*, which contains some pieces of 

 great merit, chiefly, I believe, by undergraduates, 

 and which will be continued terminally. It has 



* Price Is. Gd. Hamilton, London ; Maemillan, Cam- 

 bridge ; W. Mansel), Oxford. 



