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" MACFARLAN'S GEESE." " Do ye ca' that beef, Corporal ? It 's as lean as MacFarlan's geese." This phrase occurs in a 'Crack with an Old 74th Man ' in The Tiger and Sphinx, the regimental magazine of the 92nd. What does it mean ?

123, Pall Mall, S.W. J. M. BULLOCH.

JOHN TURNFEN. Could any reader tell me whether this member for Tamworth in the Long Parliament belonged to a Staffordshire family, or, as asserted by Capt. Anson in his ' Life of the Earl of St. Vincent,' to a Worcestershire family ? If Capt. Anson is correct, what part of Wor- cestershire did he come from ?

ALFRED R. WOOD.

" O GOD, I THINK AGAIN THY THOUGHTS

AFTER THEE." This is a well-known quota- tion. I believe the words were first used by some astronomer on making a discovery, and I believe the astronomer was Kepler. Can any of your readers confirm or correct this, and give me the reference ?

R. B. TOLLINTON.

A " QUARREL D'OLMAN." Can any reader tell me what is the meaning of this expres- sion ? It figures in a letter from the Earl of Arran to the Duke of Ormonde of 24 April, 1684, among the papers of the Marquess of Ormonde. The context is "to borrow money upon a treaty and to pick a quarrel d'Olman to break it off." W. H. QUARRELL.

BORANSKILL OR BARONSKiLL. I am in- terested in the history of this family during the eighteenth and early part of the nine- teenth century. The family is believed to have come from Lancashire) but this is not certain. Anyhow, an Ellen Boranskill mar- ried Elias John Palairet in 1764. Any infor- mation about the family will be welcome. Had they a coat of arms ? C. H. WHITE.

89, Fellows Eoad, S. Hampstead, N.W.

SIR JOHN DYNHAM married the heiress of Sir Richard Arche, and had issue John Dynham of Old Cardinham, Sheriff of Devon A.D. 1460. Can any reader tell me where the Arche family came from ? Is it the name of a place in Normandy or France ? Darche is now a well-known family name.

W. H.-S.

DR. HENRY OWEN. A correspondent in America writes : " Could you ascertain for me the address of Henry Owen, D.C.L. (of Oxford, I believe), in London ? He is the author of a book called ' Old Pembroke Families.' I wrote to the publishers of the

book for Dr. Owen's address, but the letter was returned to me marked ' Gone away.' I turn to you in the hope that you may know of him, as I am very desirous of getting into communication with him."

I turn to ' N. & Q.' CHAS. A. BERNAU.

20, Charleville Road, W.

AUTHORS OP QUOTATIONS WANTED. Who wrote the following ?

1. Lord, what these weathers are coid ! and I am

ill happed,

I am near hand dulled so long have I napped, My legs they fold, my fingers are chapped ; It is not as I would, for I am all lapped In sorrow.

2. The frost so hideous, they water mine een,

Notice !

Now is dry, now is wet, Now is snow, now is sleet ; When my shoose (?) freeze to my feet, It is not all easy.

3. One takes a wife to natter his pride, Another to keep his keys.

They say they love us perhaps they do, In a masculine way, as they love their wine ; But the soul of a woman needs something

more, Or it suffers at times like mine.

J. W. M.

' AUT DlABOLUS AUT NlHIL.' A COlTCr

spondent of L' ' Intermediaire is anxious to learn the date at which the remarkable English story ' Aut Diabolus aut Nihil,' by X. J., appeared. Further, he specially wishes to be informed who was the London publisher.

According to my memory, the tale was signed X. L., and appeared in Blackwood's Magazine between 1892 and 1900. I re- member being much struck by the un- canny ability revealed in its development, and by the under-meaning which it ap- peared to contain. When was it pub- lished ? ' By whom ? Who was the author ?

L. X.

SQUIRE EVERTON. I shall be grateful if any of your readers can inform me if Squire Everton is a character in English literature, and, if so, where he occurs. I have tried the ordinary sources of information without result. L. STANLEY JAST,

Chief Librarian.

Central Library, Town Hall, Croydon.

PALLAVICINI : JASZBERENYI MiKx6s. I shall be very thankful for any information respecting (1) a member of the Pallavicini family who is supposed to have acted as financial adviser to Oliver Cromwell ; and (2) one Jaszberenyi Miklos, who is said to