n s. v. APRIL 27, i9i2.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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Sydserff. To Claud, in 1620, Sir Jame
Hamilton of Bangor, co. Down, granted
" an honorary gift, pension, or salary of 331. 13s. id
by the year for divers good causes and considera
tions, and for the love and affection that he ha,
for said Claud Hamilton,"
I shall be glad if any of your readers can give me particulars of Claud's parentag< and connexions. W. ROBERTS CROW.
MAGPIES AND WATER. A native of Norfolk informs me that magpies have been known to drown themselves in a pail o: water through looking at their reflection and pugnaciously plunging in. Is this so or merely an East Anglian farmer's tale ? J. LANDFEAR LUCAS.
ECKWALD THE DWARF IN GOETHE. In
chap. "xvi. of ' Wilhelm Meister's Travels, Goethe refers to the creation of dwarfs, especially mentioning Eckwald as their king, famous in authentic history. Is this a mere invention of Goethe's ? THOMAS FLINT. Brooklyn, N.Y.
MEDALS : COL. JOHN DUNN. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' give me (1) a descrip- tion of the two medals granted to the officers and men of the " Reggimento Inglese " who served under Col. John Dunn and fought in the Italian War of Independence under Garibaldi, 1860-61 ; or (2) the date of Col. Dunn's death ? PALERMO-VOLTURNO.
C. L. CHRISTINECKE. I have a portrait of an English gentleman signed and dated by this artist, 1773. I shall be glad of any information about the nationality of the painter, and any account of his life and works. JOHN LANE.
The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, W.
" MAP OF THE PATHS OF LIFE." In my childhood I used to play with a puzzle bearing this title. At the top of the map was " Parental - Care Hall," from which issued two paths one to the right, and one to the left, ending at the bottom in " Peaceful Ocean " and " Bottomless Pit " (I think) respectively. In the centre, near the top, was " Love-Learning Pasture," and close to it, but just across the border of the evil paths, was " Novel Flower-Bed." The map was published in London, I believe, about the end of the eighteenth century. Can any one furnish author and date ? The British Museum Catalogue fails to record it, so far as I can discover.
ALBERT J. EDMUNDS. Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
THOMAS WALKER, SERJEANT-AT-LAW.
I desire to ascertain through your valuable
journal something of the history of the above
person. He was created Serjeant in 1772,
having been admitted to the Middle Temple
in 1746, and called to the Bar in 1752. He
lived at 26, Lincoln's Inn Fields till about
1803, when it is thought he retired to an
estate in the neighbourhood of Halifax,
Yorks. He had two sons, Thomas and
Charles, both members of the legal profes-
sion. I should be much interested to know
to what family of Walkers presumably a
Yorkshire ifamily Mr. Serjeant Thomas
Walker belonged ; also, what was the name
of the estate he inherited, and whether
any of his descendants besides myself are
now living. C. W. DANVERS WALKER.
Boisland, Burnell Road, Sutton, Surrey.
SHROPSHIRE ADVENTURERS. In ' N. & Q.' some time ago I met with the following :
- ' Francis Carlton and Thomas Hunt, esquires,
held a grant of 1,240 acres in the baronies of Ganycastle and Kilcoursie, King's Co., Ireland, under the ' Act of Settlement,' in trust for them- selves and other ' Shropshire Adventurers.' "
This, I believe, is taken from the Public Records of Ireland, 1829.
I should be greatly obliged for any infor- mation respecting these " Shropshire Ad- venturers." SALOPIAN.
ARMS FOR IDENTIFICATION. I have a
- ood -sized blazon on canvas of the following
arms ; date about 1700. Can any one dentify them ?
Gules, per fesse nebuly argent ; over all a bend azure.
Cre&t : Above an earl's coronet, out of a mural
rown argent, a talbot's head azure, langued gules.
Supporters : Two talbots murally gorged.
Motto : " Tu ne cede malis."
R. G. BARTELOT.
St. George's, Dorchester.
NOTICE OVER THE DOOR OF AN OLD ENGLISH HOUSE. " Essuyez les pieds, oufflez le nez, et laissez les chiens dehors ! " ?he fact that pocket-handkerchiefs were not n ordinary use until modern times adds orce to the inscription preservation of he floor from filth was the object. Is his notice anywhere in existence ?
E. D. T.
THE LITERARY FUND FROM 1850 to 1865. Where can I consult the names of those who were recipients from this Fund for the )eriod named ? W. J. C.
