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neurs of Chatres and Cannes (in the department of 

 Indre), whose family name was Brodeaux, one of 

 whom became Marquis de la Chatres in 1661-2, 

 and who were compelled to sell their estates in 

 1692, being Huguenots? The title was subse- 

 quently alienated, and the family sought refuge in 

 England. Or can the following crest be iden- 

 tified ? — 



On a wreath, two birds (doves or corbies) con- 

 fronte or combattant ; over them a coronet with 

 four balls on long points (as in other earl's coro- 

 nets), and with shorter points between them. 



It occurs on a seal, and its identification would 

 complete a family history. B. B. Woodward. 



Haverstock Hill. 



Athanasian Creed. — On Christmas Day I 

 attended a church in Yorkshire where the whole 

 Athanasian creed was read by the minister, the 

 people repeating every verse after him. This was 

 new to me, but it struck me that this mode was on 

 several accounts far preferable to the usual one 

 of the minister and people reading alternate 

 verses. The Rubric, too, before the creed being 

 the same as that before the Apostles' Creed, seems 

 to support this method of reciting it. I should 

 be glad to know whether there is any reason or 

 authority for the alternate mode of reciting it 

 save what may be derived from the cathedral 

 practice of the two divisions of the choir singing 

 the verses of the Psalms alternately. Eta B. 



" Soup House Beggars." — Where can I see 

 a copy of this ballad, which was commonly sung 

 about the year 1799? The refrain of the song 

 was : — 



" For there's no parish far or near makes soup like 

 Clerkenwell." 



W. J. Pinks. 

 John Colms. — Can any of your northern cor- 

 respondents furnish a few particulars of John 

 Colm, or Colms, the Pretender's poet laureat, 

 circa 1746 ? J. Y. 



A Book printed at Holyrood House. — 



" Sure Characters, distinguishing a Real Christian 

 from a Nominal : together with Certain Directions how 

 to render the Baptismal Graces effectual ; which Instruc- 

 tions, if truly observed, will undoubtedly Guide us to 

 Eternal Happiness. Done originally in French by Father 

 Cyprian tic Gamachcs, and Faithfully translated into Eng- 

 lish. Re-Printed at Holy-Rood House, 1G87." 



It is a duodecimo volume, containing 133 pages, 

 and a Dedication to "The Right Honourable and 

 Truly Noble, Her Grace the Duchess of Gordon," 

 by " John Reid." 



I cannot find any account of the above little 

 volume in Lownde?, Watt, and other bibliogra- 



* See Shnhtpeare'a J'layit, by Malone and Boswell, 

 edit. 1821, vol. iii. p. 28., for a long extract from this ex- 

 tremely rare and curious book. — Ed.] 



phical works at my command, and I believe it to 

 be a very rare book. Perhaps some of the con- 

 tributors to " N. & Q." would be able to assist 

 me in tracing out something of its history ; also, 

 who set up the (I presume private) press at Holy- 

 rood House, and what other works were issued 

 from it? D. T. 



Rev. F. J. H. Ranken. — The Rev. Francis 

 John Harrison Ranken, B.A., Queen's Chaplain 

 at Gambia, died 28th March, 1847. He was au- 

 thor of — 1st. A Visit to the Whiteman's Grave 

 (Sierra Leone), 2 vols., 1834. 2nd. The Man 

 without a Soul, a novel, 1838. He is also said to 

 be the author of " The Possums of Aristophanes," 

 a political dramatic sketch, published in Frasers 

 Magazine in 1836, vol. xiv. Can you inform me 

 of what University Mr. Ranken was a member, or 

 give me any farther account of him ? R. Inglis. 



Perronet's "Hymns." — If any of the readers 

 of " N. & Q." possess a copy of the following 

 book, it will confer a great favour on the inquirer 

 by the loan of it for a few days : — 



" A Small Collection in Verse; A Hymn to the Holy 

 Ghost; Epitaph on John Perronet. By Edward Perro- 

 net, 1772." 



Daniel Sedgwick. 



Sun Street, City. 



The Cognizance of the Drummonds. — In 

 BlachvoooTs Magazine for September, 1822 (vol. 

 xii. p. 271.), it is stated in an anonymous list of 

 the clans of Scotland, that the cognizance of the 

 Drummonds is holly ; whereas, according to a 

 coloured print in my possession by W. Eagle, 

 lithographed by J. Gellatly, Edinburgh, it is re- 

 presented to be " wild thyme." Which is correct ? 

 Could there have been two branches of the clan ? 

 Will one of your readers, conversant with such 

 matters, kindly inform me ? Sebptllum. 



Physician alluded to in " The Spectator." 

 — In the 478 th Number of The Spectator, said to 

 be by Steele, there is a proposal for instituting a 

 repository for fashions ; and a list of the qualifi- 

 cations required in candidates for office in the 

 society is given. The last qualification is, that 

 they should be in fashion " without apparent 

 merit." This note is added : — 



" N.B. — The place of physician to this society, 

 according to the last-mentioned qualification, is 

 already engaged." 



I wish to know if any particular physician is 

 referred to in this note, and if so, who ? J. E. M. 



Trin. Coll., Cambridge. 



Nelsonics. — I have in my possession a manu- 

 script of the Order of Nelsonics, with their Rules, 

 Lectures, &c. Can any of your readers inform 

 me whether, at the death of Nelson, there was a 

 Lodge dedicated to him by the Freemasons ? or 

 was there a distinct body formed under the title 



