"The people in their distress met with an unexpected and providential relief. For about the 24th June, a prodigious number of large sea fish, called turlehydes, were brought into the bay of Dublin, and cast on shore at the mouth of the river Dodder. They were from thirty to forty feet long, and so bulky that two tall men placed one on each side of the fish could not see one another."--_The History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin from the Earliest Accounts_, by Walter Harris, 1766, p. 265. This account is compiled from several records of the time, some of which still exist. As the term _turlehydes_ is not known to Irish scholars, can any of the readers of "N. & Q." say what precise animal is meant by it, or give any derivation or reference for the term? U. U. Dublin. _Foreign Orders--Queen of Bohemia._--It is well known that in some foreign Orders the decorations thereof are conferred upon ladies. Can any of your correspondents inform me whether the Order of the Annunciation of Sardinia, formerly the Order of the Ducal House of Savoy, at any time conferred its decorations upon ladies; and whether the Princess Elizabeth, afterwards Queen of Bohemia, ever had the decoration of any foreign order conferred upon her? In a portrait of her she is represented with a star or badge upon the upper part of the left arm. S. E. G. _Pickard Family._--Is the _Pickard_, or _Picard_, family, a branch of which is located in Yorkshire, of Norman origin? If so, who were the _first settlers_ in England; and also in what county are they most numerous? ONE OF THE FAMILY. Bradford. {11} _Irish Chieftains._--Some account of the following, _Historical Reminiscences of O'Byrnes, O'Tooles, O'Kavanaghs, and other Irish Chieftains_, privately printed, 1843, is requested by JOHN MARTIN. Woburn Abbey. _General Braddock._--Can any of your readers furnish me with information relative to this officer? His disastrous expedition against Fort Du Quesne, and its details, are well known; but I should like to know something more of his previous history. Walpole gives an anecdote or two of him, and mentions that he had been Governor of Gibraltar. I think too he was of Irish extraction. Is there no portrait or engraving of Braddock in existence? SERVIENS. * * * * * Minor Queries with Answers.