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as his only child Henry May, who died with- out issue according to the pedigree. Accord- ing to Dallaway, Thos. May, Alderman of Chichester, was one of those removed by James II. on Feb. 17, 1688 (vol. i. p. 159); and the same authority states on p. 113 that " about the year 1765 this estate [of Raw- mere] had devolved to Thomas May, Knight, Esq., by whom it was sold to Charles, Duke of Richmond." The house was then pulled down.

Was the Thomas May, M.P. in 1689 and in 1690, the same person as the Sir Thomas May, M.P. in 1701 ? Can any one give further particulars of him ? I believe him to have been the author of several important tracts. J. B. WILLIAMS.

M. BELMAYNE, THE FRENCH SCHOOL- MASTER. His name appears in Sir Edward Waldegrave's ' Account of the Burial of King Edward VI.,' printed in Archceologia, xii. 334-96. I should be glad to obtain any information about him. G. F. R. B.

'THE METEOR, OR MONTHLY CENSOR.' I am unable to find this in the National Library Catalogue. Capt. Douglas in his Cruikshank Catalogue says it was published by T. Hughes in 1814. He puts the value of a perfect copy at 100Z.

Nor can I find, either in Douglas's catalogue or in the National Library, ' The Meteor, or General Censor,' in 2 vols., London, Longman, 1816. This, I believe, has a frontispiece of E. Kean as Richard III., signed G. Ck.

Neither is in the London Catalogue.

RALPH THOMAS.

ARTHUR HUGHES, THE PRE-RAPHAELITE. Where was he born ? Can the question of Welsh extraction be substantiated with some particulars ? ANEURIN WILLIAMS.

AUTHORS WANTED. Who is the author of the stanzas entitled ' Good-bye,' the first of which runs :

We say it for an hour, or for years ; We say it smiling, say it choked with tears ; We say it coldly, say it -with a kiss, And yet we have no other word than this

Good-bye.

A. J. B.

Can any one tell me who said :

Spring in the North is a child that wakes from

dreams of death ; Spring in the South is a child that wakes from

dreams of love.

G. J.

VILLAGE POUNDS. I am collecting infor mation about Pounds which still exist, or which have fallen into decay or have dis- appeared within recent memory, and shall be greatly obliged to any one who can tell me of examples, with particulars as to shape, materials of construction, state of repair, use, &c., in the following counties: Bed- fordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Gloucester- shire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Monmouth- shire, Norfolk, Northampton, Shropshire, Suffolk, Westmorland. Will correspondents kindly write to me direct ?

G. L. APPERSON.

97 Buckingham Road, Brighton.

OIL-PAINTING. Can any reader recom- mend to me a practical work on painting in oils to serve as a guide to a beginner ? I have done a good deal of painting in water- colour without the aid of a teacher.

T. N. G.

ARCHER : BOWMAN. These two surnames widely dispersed are not, so far as I can find, placed chronolog(ically or locally by any writer on " names and places." By the middle of the thirteenth century the two words were indifferently applied to such soldiers (cf. Robert of Gloucester, 1269), but presumably one must have had the start, just as the Anglo-Frisian preceded the Anglo- Norman dialect and vocabulary. What would be more interesting would be to ascertain whether the adoption of one or the other as a family surname was or was not practically simultaneous, and whether the choice was decided by local influence and surroundings. L. G. R.

PARISH REGISTERS. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' say whether any society has undertaken to index the Parish Registers of Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, or the town of Eton ? What dates do these embrace ? To whom should one apply for publications ?

A. E. OUGHTRED. Castle Eden, co. Durham.

' L'ESPION ANGLOIS.' Who was the author of ' L'Espion Anglois, ou correspon- dance secrete entre Milord All Eye et Milord All Ear,' London, John Adamson, 1779 ? There is a long description of the work in ' Bibliographic des ouvrages relatifs a L' Amour, aux Femmes, au Mar. age,' pub- lished by Gay and Quaritch, v. 278, but the author's name is not given. MR. RICHARD EDGCUMBE (at 8 S. xi. 243) says that Ange Goudar, the friend of Casanova, was the