_Revolving Toy_ (Vol. vi., p. 517.).--The Chinese have lanterns with paper figures in them which revolve by the heat, and are very common about New Year time. H. B. Shanghai. _Rub-a-dub_ (Vol. iii., p. 388.).--Your correspondent seems at a loss for an early instance of this expression. In Percy's _Reliques_ there is a song, the refrain or burden of which is: "Rub-a-dub, rub-a-dub, so beat your drums, Tantara, tantara, the Englishman comes." H. T. RILEY. _Muffs worn by Gentlemen._--In one of Goldsmith's _Essays_ I remember well an allusion to the practice. The writer of the letter, or essay, states that he met his female cousin in the Mall, and after some sparring conversation, she ridicules him for carrying "a nasty _old_-fashioned [A.D. 1760] muff;" and his retort is, that he "heartily wishes it were a tippet, for her sake,"--glancing at her dress, which was, I suppose, somewhat what we moderns call "decolletee". E. C. G. _Detached Church Towers._--The Norman tower at Bury St. Edmund's should not be included in the lists. Although now used as the bell tower of the neighbouring church of St. James, it was erected several centuries before the church, and was known as the "Great Gate of the Churchyard," or the "Great Gate of the Church of St. Edmund." It would be very desirable to add to the list the date of the tower, and its distance from the church. BURIENSIS. Add to the list the modern Roman Catholic chapel at Baltinglass, Ireland. It has a detached tower built in a field above it, and, although devoid of architectural beauty, is so placed that it appears an integral part of the chapel from almost any point of view. ALEXANDER LEEPER. Dublin. Is not the bell-tower at Hackney detached from the church? I do not remember that it has been yet named by your correspondents. B. H. C. _Christian Names_ (Vol. vii., pp. 406. 626.).--On the name of Besilius Fetiplace, Sheriff of Berkshire, in 26 Elizabeth, Fuller remarks,-- "Some may colourably mistake it for _Basilius_ or _Basil_, whereas indeed it is _Besil_, a surname.... Reader, I am confident an instance can hardly be produced of a surname made Christian, in England, save since the Reformation; before which time the priests were scrupulous to admit any at font, except they were baptised with the name of a Scripture or legendary saint. Since, it hath been common; and although the Lord Coke was pleased to say he had noted many of them prove unfortunate, yet the good success in others confutes the general truth of the observation."--_Worthies_, vol. i. pp. 159, 160., edit. Nuttall. J. C. R. Lord C. of Ireland, which MR. WILLIAM BATES guesses to be Lord _Castlereagh_, was Lord _Clare_, Chancellor of Ireland, who used also to call men {64} with three names by a term opprobrious among the Romans: "Homines trium literarum." C.