io s. VIIL NOV. 9, 1907.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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TAXIMETER CAB. I am not quite certain
whether attention has been drawn in
' N. & Q.' to the patent for a taximeter cab
granted on 2 June, 1846 (No. 11232), to
Henry Lawrence Tobias Tschudy von Uster,
who is described as "of the College for Civil
Engineers, Putney." I am unable to say
whether cabs of this kind were actually
placed on the road ; but there is an account
of the invention, with illustrations, in The
Illustrated London News of 6 Feb., 1847, p. 96,
the character of which might lead one to
suppose that the scheme had been brought
to a practical issue. R. B. P.
[A note on a taximeter cab of 1853 was contributed by MR. ALECK ABRAHAMS at 10 S. vii. 264.1
WE must request correspondents desiring in-
formation on family matters of only private interest
to affix their names and addresses to their queries,
in order that answers may be sent to them direct.
JOHN HEYWOOD : DATE OF HIS DEATH.
In the impression of New Shakespeareana for
July, 1906 (Westfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.),
I have presented evidence showing that the
person referred to as " Yorick " in the fifth
act of ' Hamlet ' was John Heywood the
epigrammatist, who, as Dr. Doran has
repeatedly shown in his ' History of Court
Fools,' bore the title of " the King's Jester."
The Gravedigger in ' Hamlet ' gives Yorick
the same title : the King's Jester. Further-
more, the Gravedigger states that Yorick
had been dead " twenty- three yeeres."
In later numbers of the same quarterly I
have shown that there are good reasons
for believing that the Second Quarto of
' Hamlet ' was written in 1601, and not in
1603-4, as often supposed. Subtracting
twenty- three years from 1601, we obtain
the year 1578 as the date of the death of
the person referred to. The ' D.N.B.,' in
placing the death of Heywood between 1577
and 1587, gives, conjecturally, the year 1580
as the likely date.
I have been able to find no information on the subject later than that given in the ' D.N.B.' Have any facts since been dis- covered bearing on the date of Heywood's death, or on the date of his leaving England to live in Malines ?
HENRY PEMBERTON, Jun.
1008, Clinton Street, Phila., Penna.
" ALL THE TREES OF THE FOREST " :
" THE DEADLY PARALLEL." Is the phrase " All the trees of the forest are not alike "
a proverb, or merely a quotation, or what ?
I have often heard it used, especially by an
old Scotch lady, as a protest against the
drawing of invidious personal distinctions.
An English friend has asked me to inquire as to the earliest use of the expression " the deadly parallel." N. W. HILL.
New York.
LAW FAMILY OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. I am compiling a pedigree of the family of Law, whose earlier history is given here- with. I should be greatly obliged for any additional information.
" William Law, of Lauriston and Randleston, co. Midlothian, married Jean Campbell, cousin of John Campbell, Duke of Argyle. By this lady he left six sons and four daughters. From the second
son the following descended Law, Bishop o 1
[?] Sodor and Man. His son Law, rector of
Moira, co. Down."
The latter was the Rev. Robert Law, M.A., who, in and about 1673, was rector of Maherlin (including Moira) and Annahilt, co. Down. He had issue the Rev. John Law, of whom presently ; Robert Law ; George Law of Monaghan (d. intest. ; admon. to brother Rev. John Law 20 Sept., 1699) ; and Jeremiah Law, of Hamilton's Regiment (d. intest. ; admon. to brother Rev. John Law 10 June, 1703).
The Rev. John Law (or, as he and most of his descendants wrote the name, Lawe) was rector of Monaghan and Tyholland 1692 1716. He is stated to have been designated Bishop of Meath in 1715-16, but died before consecration. Will dated 10 May, 1716 ; proved 30 July following. There is a minia- ture of him in existence. He married Dorothea, dau. of Anthony Wrightson, Esq., of Maherlin (will dated 3 Dec., 1729), by whom he had four sons and two daugh- ters, viz., George, of Dublin, eldest son (will dated 31 July, 1756 ; proved 9 May, 1765), married Margaret Wrightson (her will dated 9 March, and proved 30 May, 1772), who died apparently s.p., and was buried in St. Michan's Churchyard, Dublin (M.I.) ; Jeremiah ; John : Robert, of whom pre- sently ; Rose ; and Elizabeth, wife of Davy.
Robert Lawe was of Dublin and Cork, and was Barrackmaster-General of Ireland. His will dated 15 June, 1785 ; proved 21 Sept., 1786. He was buried in Leixlip Churchyard, co. Kildare, aged 79 (M.I.). By Martha Wrightson his wife, who was also buried in Leixlip Churchyard, aged 79 (M.I.), he had, with other issue, five sons and three daugh- ters, viz., Robert Lawe, of Robertsville, Leixlip, buried in St. Michan's Churchyard,
