Of this Mr. Gay, I have not yet been able to learn more than that he was a clergyman in the West of England; but of what place, of what family, where educated, of what manner of life, or what habits of study, biographical or topographical reading has hitherto furnished me with any information. I should feel greatly indebted to any of your readers who would give the clue to what is known or can be known about him. It is probably within easy reach, though I have missed it. The ordinary biographical dictionaries make no mention of him. EDWARD TAGART. North End, Hampstead, May 19. 1851. Minor Queries. _Carved Ceiling in Dorsetshire._--In the south of Dorsetshire there is a house (its name I do not remember) which has a beautifully carved ceiling in the hall. This is said to have been sent from Spain by a King of Castile, who, being wrecked on this coast, and hospitably entertained by the owners of the mansion, took this method of showing his gratitude. Can any of your readers inform me what king this was, or refer me to any work in which I may find it? JERNE. * * * * * _Publicans' Signs._--Will any of your readers inform me whether the _signs of publicans_ were allowed to be retained by the same edict which condemned those of all other trades? ROVERT. * * * * * _To a T._--What is the origin of the phrase; and of that "To fit to a T.?" (Query, a "T square" = ad amussim.) A. A. D. * * * * * _Skeletons at Egyptian Banquet._--Where did Jer. Taylor find this interpretation of the object of placing a skeleton at the banqueting table:-- "The Egyptians used to serve up a skeleton to their feasts, that the vapours of wine might be restrained with that bunch of myrrh, and the vanities of their eyes chastened by that sad object." Certainly not in Herodotus, 2. 78.; which savours rather of the _Sardanapalian_ spirit: "Eat, drink, and love--the rest's not worth a fillip!" Comp. Is. xxii. 13., 1 Cor. xv. 32. A. A. D. * * * * * _Gloves_ (Vol. i., pp. 72. 405.; Vol. ii., p. 4.; Vol. iii., p. 220.).--Blount, in his _Law Dictionary_, fo. 1670, under the title "Capias Utlagatum," observes: "At present, in the King's Bench, the _outlawry_ cannot be reversed, unless the defendant appear in person, and, by a present of gloves to the judges, implore and obtains their favour to reverse it."