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" UNCOUTH FORMS IN DISARRAY." At 10 S. vi. 149, S. W. asked for the source of Uncouth forms in disarray, Words which time has thrown away.

Xo answer seems to have appeared, and the quotation is not given in the index of that or any later volume.

The lines are an incorrect version of two in Johnson's parody of the style of Thomas Warton :

Wheresoe'er I turn my view, All is strange, yet nothing new : Endless labour all along, Endless labour to be wrong : Phrase that Time has flung away ; Uncouth words in disarray, Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet, Ode, and elegy, and sonnet.

See Croker's note to Boswell's ' Johnson,' under Sept. 18, 1777, where the parody is taken from Mrs. Piozzi's ' Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson.'

EDWARD BENSLY.

WOGAN FAMILY OF PEMBROKESHIRE. The following are all the entries relating to the Wogan family in my transcripts men- tioned at 12 S. ii. 446 :

Baptisms.

[1622.] (Blank space) Etheldri Woogan

baptiz. Januarij (blank).

1624. [M]artha filia Etheldri Woogan, Junij 2.

1686. Lloyd Wogan ye son of Esqr. Wogan of Whisson was baptized ye 20th day of June.

Burials.

1603. 2 Pebruarij Johannes Wogan films Bicardi Wogan, generosi.

1685. Elthred Woogan was buried in ye body of ye church the 7th day of September.

J. T. EVANS.

The Rectory, Stow-on- the- Wold.

" Buss " = AEROPLANE. A wounded soldier, giving information about a comrade in the Royal Flying Corps, described him as " flying into a bunch of busses." On inquiry I find this is a recognized word for aeroplanes. J. J. FREEMAN.

YORKSHIRE CLERGY LISTS. I should be pleased to correspond with any one who is interested in the Clergy Lists of York- shire parishes, or with any interested in those of the North of England generally. I have lists of four or five hundred for this district. At present I am trying to complete the lists of clergy of the different parishes in the Archdeaconry of Cleveland, and would welcome any assistance.

J. W. FAWCETT.

Consett, co. Durhana.

(Qmvus.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

EUROPEAN ARTISTS IN INDIA. I am pre- paring a list of European artists who worked in India down to the year 1850, and so far have a total of 210 names, amateur and professional. There are, however, several concerning whom uncertainties arise, and I shall be very glad if any reader of ' N. & Q. 1 can settle these questions decisively :

Burford (B.). In several old catalogues I have seen mention of folding panoramic views of India with a description by B. Burford. The wording leaves it uncertain whether Burford was the artist, or merely a hack writer employed for his descriptive ability. I incline to the latter view.

Deah (Carrier). This miniature painter was in Madras in 1806. Of what nationality was he ?

Fulton (Bobert). I have a portrait of Warren Hastings engraved in stipple by W. Nutter in 1801, after a drawing by Bobert Fulton, the American inventor and artist. There is no reference in Fulton's Life by H. W. Dickinson connecting him with Warren Hastings or with India. Where is the original drawing ?

Gregory. The Asiatic Society of Bengal pos- sesses a portrait of Bobert Home by Gregory. Was he ever in India, and what was his Christian name ? Where can I find any de- tails of his career ?

Harper (C.). He was consulted as to the re- storation of some pictures in Madras in 1847. Was he an artist ?

Hone (Camillas). The younger son (?1768-1837) of Nathaniel Hone, B.A. A mezzotint por- trait of him as ' The Piping Boy ' appeared in a fairly recent catalogue, with the biographical note that he " went to the East Indies, and practised there for several years." Practised as what ? A portrait painter ?

Hudson (Henry), engraver in mezzotint. Some important prints by him were published in Calcutta. Does this mean that he was working there ?

Kilburn. This artist painted General Sir C. J. Napier, conqueror of Scinde. His name is unfamiliar to me. Was he in India ?

Melville (W.), portrait painter. Was he ever in India ?

Merke. Engraver of an early picture of Govern- ment House, Madras. There seems slight reason for believing that he worked in India, but the question has been raised.

Porter (B. Ker). This artist travelled exten- sively, and seems to have been in Persia. Was he ever in India ?

Smythe (G. Coke). A painting of ' The Emperor Shah Alam delivering to Lord Clive the Dewani of Bengal, Behar, and Orissa,' reproduced in Beveridge's ' History of India,' has been ascribed to G. Coke Smythe. Who was he ? My own impression is that the picture was by Benjamin West, and that Coke Smythe was possibly the engraver.