NEW MUSIC.

MESSRS. ASHDOWN & PARRY (Hanover Square), send us, as usual, a selection of their musical novelties of the season, and, likewise " as usual," these are of the highest possible class, as everything that emanates from their house is. By Sydney Smith, whose creations are always thoroughly masterly and good, we have, "Mosè in Egitto," a splen1966 Le did fantasia on Rossini's Opera; a brilliant fantasia on Verdi's "Trovatore; Bivouac," a grand martial piece; and "Airs Ecossais," spirited and charming beyond conception. By Mr. Lott, we have a clever fantasia, "In the Highlands," founded on favourite Scotch airs; and "Snowdon," in which Welsh airs are introduced. These are splendid compositions. By Boyton Smith we have, "La Danse des Sauterelles," which will be a great favourite; and by Louis Dale, La Maja," Coralline," and the "Magic Harp;" three faultlessly beautiful productions which we cordially commend. "Ashdown and Parry's Second Album of Dance Music," is all that can be desired. It is a splendid selection, and no one ought to be without it. It is the best shilling's-worth we have seen.

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From MESSRS. METZLER & Co. (67, Great Marlborough Street), we have the "Princess Toto Quadrilles," by the inimitable and highly-gifted Charles Godfrey (Bandmaster of the Royal Horse Guards), airs from Clay's Comic Opera of the Princess Toto; they are among the most brilliant and fascinating of quadrilles, and will be general favourites. "The World of Dreams," from the "Princess Toto " (The charming words of which are by W. S. Gilbert, and the music by Frederic Clay), is a decided success. The words run to the music, and the music harmonizes with the words, and form a morceau of the choicest kind. It is a song for the drawing-room or the concert, and one that will please every listener. Another of Metzler's productions is "Tambourin," by Cotsford Dick; it is a sweet composition.

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MESSRS. DUFF AND STEWART (147, Oxford Street), send us, as usual with this renowned house, some of the choicest musical novelties of the season. Foremost among these is one of what we presume to be a series of musical illustrations of Royal Academy Pictures-a kind of rendering of the feeling of the artist into melody. The piece before us, Below the Doge's Palace," bears an exquisitely lithographed copy of Frith's famous picture, and who can say that Charles Oberthur has not faithfully and vividly translated the sentiment of the picture into the language of music? Next we have two striking "sets"-the "Don Quixote Quadrilles," and the " Don Quixote Galop," arranged from Frederic Clay's Opera of that name, by Charles Coote; they are simply admirable, and Alfred Concanen's spirited coloured designs add immeasurably to their attractiveness. "Gentle Words," by W. C. Levey, and "One Love Alone,' by Berthold Tours (words by S. K. Cowan), are two of the most charming songs yet written, and will find echoes in every heart, as will Longfellow's "Children," set to music by Levey. These are all acquisitions to the repertoire of the highest order, and we recommend our friends to obtain them at once. They will be universal favourites.

Notes, Queries, and Gleanings.

ELTON AND YOULGREAVE.

THE following is copied from the add. MSS., Brit. Mus., 24, 460.

"ELTON.

"INQ at Yolgreve 18 Sep. 1 & 2 P. & M. Before Humphrey Bradborne Esq. & Anthony Gell gent. by virtue of the Queen's Com to them directed & by the oath of George Bowden gent. Rob. Langesdon gent. John Wyggley yeo. Tho. Rawlinson gent. Ricard, Stubbynge yeo Tho. Whyte yeo. John Townarowe yeo Godf. Stackshaw gent. John Wygley of Wyrksworth gent. John More yeo Will. Pointon of Huslow yeo. Jac. Shaw yeo. Thurstan Hodgkynson yeo Henry James yeo. Tho. Goddyne yeo. -who say that the rent of 68/- in the Com named was not given in perpetuity by Godf. Foljambe kt or his ancestors to the support & maintenance of any chaplain to celebrate divine service in the chapel of Elton for ever; and they further say that the Priest had the rent aforesaid within 5 years before the first day of the Session of Parl. in the 1 Edw. 6. but by any secy made by Godfrey Foljambe kt or his ancestors, but at the will of James Foljambe kt." [Orig. in Ex1].

Robert Ashton, of Stony Middleton, Born-Elizabeth, daur. of Teasles, 1556, ob. 1636, æt. 60, younger son.

of Totley, co. of Derby.

SAMUEL HACKER, ESQ.

INFORMATION is required relative to the parentage and family connexions of Samuel Hacker, Esq., of Duffield, in Derbyshire, who sometime during the first half of the last century married Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham Crompton, of Derby, and widow of Henry Coape, Esq., of Duffield. He was probably nearly related to the Nottinghamshire family, and any particulars relative to him, or, indeed, any other members of the Hacker family, would be gladly received by

A. E. LAWSON LOWE.

PARISH REGISTERS.

HAVING noticed in a very interesting paper upon the Parish Registers of the Chapelry of Stretford, recently communicated to THE RELIQUARY," a statement to the effect that a child of one of the incumbents of Stretford was baptized twice upon the same day-records of the baptism being found both at Stretford and Flixton-may I be permitted to remark that such duplicate entries are by no means uncommon, and that they hardly bear the construction which has been put upon them in this particular instance? The Parish Registers of Newark-upon-Trent contain numerous entries of the burials of persons who were elsewhere interred, as for example, "Thomas Staunton, Gent. died 21 of March, 1629, and was buried at Staunton ;" again, "Dr. Woolhouse buried at Muskham 31 May 1723;" and "Mr. Edmund Hynd buried at Laxton 21 May, 1739;" and there are other entries in the same registers, of burials at North and South Muskham, Hawton, Rolleston, Laxton, Winckburn, and elsewhere in the neighbourhood. The registers of Trowell, in Nottinghamshire, contain an entry of the marriage of John Hacker, Gent., and Mary Rippon, of Nottingham, which was celebrated at Radford, August the 31st, 1693; whilst the marriage of John Borlase Warren, Esq., and Mrs. Bridget Rossell, which was actually celebrated at Risley, in Derbyshire, November the 14th, 1752, is to be found in the registers of the neighbouring parish of Stapleford. A former rector of Strelley has entered in his registers the burial of his "Cousin Jaques," who was interred in one of the parish churches of the town of Nottingham, May the 15th, 1688. At Lenton, near Nottingham, the registers contain this entry: "Mr. Robert West buried May ye 14, 1655," whilst in the registers of the adjoining parish of Beeston is found the following: "Master Robert West, of Lenton, buried 14 of May, 1655." Here it is obviously impossible to tell where the interment actually took place, but it could hardly be argued from this that the remains of Mr. Robert West must have been twice buried on one day. Such duplicate entries were probably complimentary on the part of some neighbouring clergyman, and such an explanation is highly probable in the instance in question. Additional security, in case of the loss or accidental destruction of the registers of the parish at which the baptism, marriage, or burial took place, might likewise be some motive for this peculiar and often puzzling practice.

A. E. L. L.

DEED RELATING TO LANDS AT HOLMSFORD, DERBYSHIRE. THE following extract from p. 627 of the Catalogue of Antiquities, &c., exhibited at Ironmongers' Hall, London, in May, 1861, will be of especial interest to Derbyshire Archæologists. It is included under the head of "Miscellaneous Objects," a fitting reason why it was not alluded to in the notice of the work which appeared in Vol. X of the "RELIQUARY," page 247, et seq.

"A Counterpart of an Indenture made March 18th, 29 Queen Elizabeth (1586) between Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight, of the One Part, and John Claye of Cryche, in the co. of Derby, Gentleman, of the Other Part. The document relates to lands and tenements in Holmesford, co. Derby, late in the occupation of Roger Hatcher, and forming part of the possessions of Anthony Babington, but forfeited by his attainder, and granted to Sir Walter Raleigh, his heirs and assigns, and by him sold to the said John Claye in consideration of £15.

'W. Ralegh
Sigillat deliberat et

recognit cora me
Matthe. Carew

'Sealed and Deliv'd in the pnce of Andrew Coltsmith; S. H. Langhorn : Roberte Mawle: Robt Roper: Frauncs Asseynall: Thom's Isley.'

Exhibited by Edward Basil Jupp, F.S.A."

general allusion to this transfer appears in Glover's Derbyshire, vol. II. p. 320.

T. N. BRUSHFIELD, M.D.