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 12 s. ix. DEC. io, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 469 NORLAND'S ACADEMY. I should be very much obliged if any reader could give me any information about Norland's Academy. It was known to have been a fashionable school for young gentlemen about the year 1 1775 and within an easy drive of Hyde Park Corner. The name of the headmaster at ' that time was Eylin or Aylin or some such ! name. SOPHY HALL. RIDDLE : " THE LETTER H." I have a copy of the famous riddle, the answer to ! which is " The letter h," commencing 'Twas whispered in heaven, 'Twas muttered in hell. It has been attributed to various persons ; j has it ever been decided who the author was ? LATYMER. R. D'OYLY CARTE. Can anyone tell me, exactly how he was related to the family! of Rudall Carte? Is he the R. D'Oyly Carte who set some of the music of Gounod's ! 'Faust' for the flute in 1864 and wrote; several songs, including ' Three Roses,' 1872. 1 J. M. BULLOCH. 37, Bedford Square, W.C.I. SIR W. S. GILBERT'S PEDIGREE. Mr. Seccombe states in the * D.N.B.' account of William Gilbert, the novelist (1804-1890), that his father claimed descent from Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539 ?-1583), the navi- gator. Has this ever been worked out genealogically ? J. M. BULLOCH. 37, Bedford Square, W.C.I. THE REV. RICHARD SNOWE (See 11 S. i. 50, 98). I shall be glad if further informa- tion can be adduced in regard to the career of this eighteenth-century divine. All I know of him at present is that he was born 1723, son of Thomas Snowe, of Southwark, gentleman ; matriculated from University College, Oxford, 1741 ; and was rector of St. Anne and St. Agnes with St. John Zachary, London, from 1780 till his death in 1788. This leaves forty years of his life altogether unaccounted for. What was he doing between 1741 and 1780 ? WM. McMuRRAY. ST. JOSEPH OF ABIMATHEA. Baring-Gould, in his book ' Cornwall,' states that when the miners " flash the tin " they cry, " Joseph was in the tin trade." Can any of your readers confirm this ? And what does "flashing the tin" mean ? O. S. T. FIVE ODD QUERIES. Can any readers oblige me with answers to the following- queries ? 1. Bishop Wilkins' ' Universal Language.' Who asked of this famous work, " Where is the second man to come from ? " 2. Old grouse in the gun-room (' She Stoops to Conquer '). What was the story ? 3. ' Don Quixote.' Who learned Spanish so as to be able to read this romance in the original ? 4. Roman Olympiads. Who first used this alternative for the Greek Kalends ? 5. Le Savetier de Ste Gudule (' Les Juges Integres ' Anatole France). Who was this ? W. J. G. HEMMING FAMILY. I should be obliged for any reference to the family of Hemming of Gloucestershire. I am particularly desirous of tracing the parents, and if possible the grandparents, of a certain Elizabeth Hemming, who was born at Hampton, Gloucestershire, on Nov. 30, 1760. She married John Fuller, coach- builder, of Bath, in 1786, and died at Spring- field Place, Bath, on June 9, 1849. A. R. MARTIN. 18, Kidbrook Park Road, Blackheath. FIELD -NAME " ACTIS." - Having re- ceived several kind replies, both through ' N. & Q.' and privately, to my inquiry about " bryered " graves, I am tempted to ask another question on behalf of a friend in Glastonbury. Close to that town there are several large meadows which are called " Actis," and there is also a farm of this name near the Abbot's Barn. It is not uncommon to hear the expression " down to Actis." Can any one explain the meaning of the word, which, I am informed, occurs in medieval documents with reference to this locality ? H. C. BARNARD. ORIENTAL BRASS POT. I have a curious old brass Eastern pot which has on one side a European coat of arms beaten on it. Where could I find out anything about this ? I believe the pot may have come over in the forties. H. M. S. ANTONY BUSTARD, WINCHESTER SCHOLAR, entered the College in 1524, aged 12, from Adderbury, and was Fellow of New- College 1530-1 (Kirb.y, ' Winchester Scholars,' p. 113). Is he the "Anthony Busterd of Adderburye, Esquire," who was a recusant in 1577 (Cath. Eec. Soc., xxii., p. 113) ? JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT.