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and on a post in this the barrel of oysters was placed. To assist in opening was a hollow in place of plates; and the well received the shells. Is any earlier use of such a table known ? If not, Mr. Hastings seems to have been the originator. From all I can hear, there cannot be many in use at the present time.

HAROLD MALET, Col. Racketts, Hythe, Southampton.

WORDS OF SONG WANTED. Can any one give me the words of an Oxford festal song (circa 1860) in which occurs the line : Wondrous are these Hearts of Men.

DORCHESTER.

AUTHOR AND CONTEXT WANTED of the line :

In short measure Life may perfect be.

DORCHESTER. Greywell Hill, Winchfield.

AUTHORS or QUOTATIONS WANTED.

1. Now welcome Whitsuntide was come, And boys with merry hearts

Were gone to visit dear mamma, And eat her pies and tarts.

2. Lone in my room, my eyes are dim, Only from fear of harm to him ; Naught else I fear, and hope is strong He will come back to me anon ;

And all my plaints to gladness rise,

And into songs are turned my sighs.

(A translation.)

H. P. H.

The source of the following lines (no doubt incorrectly remembered) is desired :

[When England 's wronged] and danger 's nigh, God and the soldier is the cry ; When war is over and wrong is righted. God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.

G. C. MOORE SMITH.

['Cassell's Book of Quotations,' by W. Gurney Benham, cites, s.v. Francis Quarles, p. 261 : Our God and soldier we alike adore. When at the brink of ruin, not before ; After deliverance both alike requited, Our God forgotten, and our soldiers slighted.]

THE FORD, CHOBHAM. Can any one give me any information about the history of this house, formerly called St. Julien or St. Julian ? It appears to have been originally monastic, having a fish-pond as old as the building. The land as far as Chobham, I believe, belonged to Chertsey Abbey down to Henry VIII., and its name suggests a possible attachment to Chertsey. My title-deeds go no further back than 1830. The house is manifestly of great age, but its origin and history seem entirely lost as far as local records or traditions are con- cerned. STEPHEN COLERIDGE. The Ford, Chobham.

W ALTER NEEDHAM (1631 ?-91 ?), PHYSICIAN AND ANATOMIST. I should be glad to ascertain particulars of his parentage, and whether he ever married. The ' D.N.B.,' xl. 164, fails to give me the information that I seek. G. F. R. B.

PHILIP THICKNESSE, LIEUT.-GOVERNOR OF LANDGUARD FORT: "GRATIS" SCHOLAR. According to the 'D.N.B.,' Ivi. 132, "after going to Aynhoe School [he] was admitted a ' gratis ' scholar at Westminster School." What was a " gratis" scholar ?

G. F. R. B.

PORTRAIT OF CHARLES TOWNE. I have before me a stipple portrait of Charles Towne, the animal painter, size of paper 8 in. by 5 in., with a facsimile of his autograph signature ; published by Fisher, London, 1824. From the general appearance of the print, I think it probably appeared in some such serial as The European Magazine and London Review. Unfortunately, I am not able to refer to the volume for 1824. The names of the painter and engraver are not stated, as is usual on their illustrations. I shall be glad if any of your readers can assist me. EDW. RIMBAULT DIBDIN.

Walker Art Library, Liverpool.

" WHEN THE WOLF." Can any one inform me where these lines come from* ? When the wolf in nightly prowl Bays the moon with hideous howl. Then, as far as I can recollect (it is sixty ^ears ago that I heard it quoted) : Bolts and bars make no resistance. Females shriek and no assistance. Silence, or you meet your fate.

A. GWYTHER.

T< ? hn 9 >K, eeffe > son S <The Wolf ' music by Shields. Included in Boosey's Songs of England.']

ASCANIUS, or the Young Adventurer, containing an Impartial History of the Rebellion in Scotland in the Years 1745, 1746. London, 1746." Is the authorship known ? A. PARDOE.

Legislative Library, Toronto.

[See 3 S. vi. 349; 4 S. iii. 440.]

POLLARD, PORCELAIN PAINTER. Was the celebrated painter on Swansea porcelain named Pollard descended from Sir ? Hugh Pollard mentioned in Pepys's * Diary ' ?

Pollard used a crest occasionally a raven(?). G. ARTHUR STEPHENS.