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CLAPPING AND HISSING. Was there ever a time when hissing and clapping the hands we iv both equally signs of disapprobation ? If so, what was the date ? The Romans, I believe, made clapping a plaitdite ; but Job, in his parable to his three friends and counsellors, says of the rich and wicked man : " Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place."

It is quite evident that here both actions signify the same emotion. A writer of the sixteenth century, whose thoughts were possibly coloured by this Biblical quotation, also wrote :

Men shall pursue with merited disgrace,

Hiss, clap their hands, and from his country chase.

It would be interesting to learn when the significance of these two actions diverged.

CHAS. KING.

BYBONIANA. Who wrote ' Gordon, a Tale : a Poetical Review of Don Juan,' London, printed (by J. G. Barnard, 57, Skinner Street) for T. & J. Allman, Prince's Street, Hanover Square, 1821, 8vo, pp. 79 ? J. M. BULLOCH.

123, Pall Mall, S.W.

STORY OF A JESUIT'S HIDING-PLACE. Among the Jesuits that were hunted down in the early seventeenth century, is any one known to have hidden in a lady's bedroom, which the officers modestly would not search ? B ON A. F. BOURGEOIS.

G. QUINTON, 1801-3. Was he a water- colour artist ? or did he execute aquatints ? I have some very curious pictures of Bury St. Edmunds signed by him.

E. E. COPE.

Finchampstead Place, Berkshire.

OLD ETONIANS. I shall be grateful for information regarding any of the following: (1) Chute, Thomas Wiggett, admitted 3 May, 1763, left 1769. (2) Clarke, George, ad- mitted 28 June, 1755, left 1758. (3) Clive, William, admitted 1 Sept., 1760, left 1761. (4) Clough, Edward, of Llanowell, Denbigh, admitted 1751, left 1756. (5) Collier, Charles, admitted 18 Jan., 1762, left 1772. (6) Colt- hurst, William, admitted 18 April, 1763, left 1770. (7) Constant, Wilhelm, admitted 5 June, 1760, left 1764. (8) Conyers, Henry John, of Copt Hall, Essex, admitted 1784, left 1797. (9) Cook, George, admitted 28 Feb., 1757, left 1763. (10) Cook, William, of Eton, admitted 1753, left 1765. (ll)Cooke, Thomas, admitted 15 Jan., 1761, left 1765. (12) Cooper, George, admitted 24 Julv, 1754, left 1756., E. A. A.-L.

SIR RICHARD (?) EYLES, BART. At a meeting of the Corporation of Harvard College held 6 April, 1741, it was voted :

" That the Pres jt be desir'd to give the Thanka of the Corporation to Henry Newman of London Esq r, for the Information he gives us by D r Colman, of some Prospect there is, of our obtaining a part of the Library of S r Richard Eyles Bar. which he is about to bestow upon Dissenters, & pray him to continue his good Offices to the College, & par- ticularly in that Affair."

Henry Newman, who graduated from Harvard in 1687, had settled in London ; while the Rev. Benjamin Colman, who graduated from Harvard in 1692, was a Boston clergyman. But w r ho was " Sir Richard Eyles, Bar." ? According to G. E. C.'s ' Complete Baronetage,' v. 22, Francis Eyles was created a baronet 1 Dec., 1714, died in 1716, and was succeeded by his son Sir John Eyles, who died in 1745. Presumably, therefore, " Sir Richard Eyles " was a mistake for Sir John Eyles. Can any one give me information in regard to Sir John Eyles's library ?

ALBERT MATTHEWS.

Boston, U.S.

1. THE STORY OF ' BULL AND POKER.' In an unpublished letter to Horace Walpole, dated 10 August, 1757, Gray writes : " li you see Garrick, do not fail to make him tell you the story of ' Bull and Poker.' ' < 'an any reader of ' N. & Q.' inform me whether this story has anywhere been recorded ?

2. OLDBOY : ARTEMISLI. In what plays are these characters ?

PAGET TOYNBEE. Fiveways, Burnham, Bucks.

FOLK-LORE: EAR BURNING. It is a com- mon superstition in the West of England that if two people are talking about a third person the ears of the latter will burn : " The right ear for rag, the left ear for brag." But I have just heard an interesting addi- tion to this superstition. It is to the effect that if the owner of the ear which is burning pinches that organ, the person who is the cause of the burning will at once bite his (or her) tongue. Is this addition peculiar to Devonshire ? W. G. WILLIS WATSON*

Exeter.

POWER FAMILY. Can any reader inform) me where a pedigree of the Power family o| Clonmult, co. Cork, can be seen ? also what connexion (if any) there is between them and the Waterford or Clashmore Powers ll Where may I find details as to the murder of! John Power, of Benvoy, Waterford, on 7 Mayy 1809? J. J. PIPER.

Cintra Park, Upper Norwood, S.E.