328 NOTES AND QUERIES. [9<h s. iv. OCT. 21, Can any of your readers supply me with the exact reference for this quotation ? In Cot- grave I find : "Han. The groan, or forced and sigh-like voice, wherewith wood-cleavers, &c., keep time in their strokes." A. L. MAYHEW. Oxford. "HALVES."—In Ochiltree's 'Redburn,' 1895, Rv4^!, a smitn. speaking of a mare, says, "Ye'11 see she's fair into the haives." The author in a foot-note explains " haives " to mean hoofs. Can any Scotchman tell me in what dialects this word for hoofs would be understood by the peasantry ? A. L. MAYHEW. Oxford. A VOLTAIRE ENGRAVING.—I have a curious little engraving, about 8 in. by 4 in., entitled Le Lever du Philosophe de Fer x,'with the following lines :— Tandis-que plein de sa Marotte, Au lieu de mettre sa culotte, Volt.. re Be livre k son feu, Dal...t et Fre...n n'ont-ils pas fort beau Jou ! Dal...tpour baiser humblement son derriere, Et ce Jean Fre..n sans pitie Pour en faire k coups d'etriviere Un ecrivain plus chatie1. L. B. " Grave d'apres le Tableau original du Baron de londer-ten-trunckh a Londres chez Robt. Saver No. 53 in fleet street." The little picture represents Voltaire just out of bed, in a loosely fitting nightdress, struggling into his breeches, and wearing a large nightcap. At a small table sits a smart bewigged youth, pen in hand, evidently an amanuensis, at whom Voltaire seems to be glaring rather viciously. I should be glad of any information as to this engraving, and to know who painted the original picture. JAMES HOOPER. Norwich. WILLIAM DUFF.—Any biographical parti- culars of him, especially the dates and places of his birth and death respectively, will be acceptable; also information as to his work 'An Impartial History of Scotland' vol. i., which was all that was published. Why did it leave off so abruptly ? Where is the MS. ? Is there any portrait of him ? C. MASON. 29, Emperor's Gate, S.W. LADBROKE: PERY: TWIGG.—Will any con- tributor kindly give me information on the subject of the Laclbroke family ? I want the name of the wife of Sir Robert Ladbroke (Lord Mayor of London in 1748), together with her parentage and that of her husband I want the name of the wife of Col. Edmund Pery, of Stacpoole Court, co. Clare, who died in 1721. Col. Pery was the grandfather of Edmund Pery, created Viscount Pery in 1785. I should be glad also to learn something of the parentage of Col. Pery's wife. Who were the parents of William Twigg, Archdeacon of Limerick ? He married, circa 1685, Diana Wray, daughter of Sir Drury Wray, sixth baronet. KATHLEEN WARD. BRITISH SUZERAINTY IN SOUTH AMERICA.— Had Great Britain any administrative powers over the River Plate or Argentine Republic during the last century, and were these powers surrendered at any time during Queen Victoria's reign ? K. R. CREST ON A HORN.—A friend has in his possession a horn which has been many years in his family. The following is inscribed upon it: "M. Ship San Josef taken Feb. 14, 1797." On the other side is a naval trophy with laurel wreath surmounted by a crest,a griffin's head issuing from a mural crown. Can any reader throw light on the probable history, and tell me whether the crest gives any clue to the former owner ? M. A. B. "MlSEGUN BEANS."— "Am gaun to saw some Misegun beans; they winna want [do without ?] them to their swine s flesh, I 'se warrant."—' Rob Roy,' chap. xiv. (Andrew Fairservice). What are "Misegun beans"? Is Misegun the name of a place 1 JONATHAN BOUCHIER. IRISH PARISH REGISTERS.—Are the Dublin parish registers printed ? I am told any search work in Ireland is both difficult and expensive. E. E. THOYTS. ' LES EGLISES DE PALESTINE,' BY DE VONGE. —Can any one tell me when and where this book was published ? F. C. W. "PiERT."—In the opening chapter of the 'Water-Babies,' Charles Kingsley, recounting the qualities of his hero as an early riser, declares he "was as piert as a game-cock." If this is another form of " pert," what is the point in the variation; and if it is not this, what then is it 1 THOMAS BAYNE. 'QEOMANCY.'—I have a MS. work thus en- titled, the original being sold with the library of the second Earl of Essex on the confiscation of his property. 1 shall be glad to know where this original may now be found. The preface commences " God the Giver of all Goodness," and states that it was " written at the pleasure and request of my right trusty friend and Brother-in-God Y. M., in the
