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Mr. Gladstone,' by the Hon. Mrs. Oldfield, who states that on one occasion, when dis- cussing hymnology, Mr. Gladstone said he considered Scott's hymn on the Day of Judgment the finest in the English lan- guage, and that he had repeated it to Tennyson, who had never heard it before. This hymn is at the end of ' The Lay of the Last Minstrel,' and it seems incredible that a Poet Laureate should not have been familiar with this well-known poem of Sir Walter Scott. E. G. A.

HAIR-POWDER. The following note is of interest in marking the turning-point when the fashion of using hair-powder began to cease :

" The noblemen and gentlemen who agreed to the Duke of Bedford's cropping proposal, a few days ago, at Woburn Abbey, when a general cropping and combing out of hair took place, were Lords William Russell, Villers, Paget, Sir H. Featherstone, Mr. Lambton, Mr. Ant. Lee, Mr. R. Lee, Mr. Trevers, Mr. Button, Mr. Day, and Mr. Vernon. They entered into an engagement to forfeit a sum of money if any of them wore their hair tied or powdered within a certain period. Many noblemen and gentlemen in the county of Bedford have since Followed the example. It has become general with the gentry in Hampshire, and the ladies have left off wearing powder." London Chronicle. 26 Sept., 1795.

T. N. BRUSHFIELD, M.D.

Salterton, Devon.

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

" CHLORIS, FAREWELL ! I NEEDS MUST GO." Where is to be found the authoritative text of this poem of Edmund Waller? The poem itself appears in the Percy Folio MS., ii. 22, which was written about 1650. A.

"DUTFIN." This word is in use in East Suffolk for a bridle with blinkers. Query etymology? A. L. MAYHEW.

Oxford.

GILBERT COOPER. Who was Gilbert Cooper? In a volume of ' Vocal Poetry ; or, a Select Collection of English Songs,' 1810, edited by John Aikin, M.D., he is given as the author of the song in which occur the well-known lines (often referred to in ' N. & Q.') : And when with envy tune transported

Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I '11 go wooing in my boys.

There is this foot-note to the lyric : " This

pleasing delineation of conjugal and domestic felicity was first given by the author as ' from the ancient British.' Although this title was manifestly only a poetic fiction, or rather a stroke of satire, Dr. Percy was strangely induced by it to insert the piece" among his ' Reliques of Ancient Poetry.' " There was a John Gilbert Cooper (1723-1769) who contri- buted to Dodsley's ' Museum,' 1746, in which, I believe, the above poem first appeared, under the name of " Philaretes." He also con- tributed to the Gentleman's Magazine. Is it true that this J. G. Cooper wrote the famous lines in question ? S. J. A. F.

[In Bartlett's ' Familiar Quotations ' the verse is assigned to Bishop Percy.]

CUSTIS. Was Edmund, son of Charles Custis, of Trinity College, Dublin. 1790, aged sixteen, a decendant of Edmund Custis, of .Rotterdam, 1668 ? A. C. H.

LICENCE TO CRENELLATE. Will any of your correspondents who may have a list of licences to crenellate issued by Edward II. kindly favour me with a copy of one issued to Sir Richard Le Brun in 1307 to "crenel- late his house in Drumbog," Drumburgh, in Cumberland ? I am anxious to have an exact copy of the same.

J. HIXON IRVING.

DEAN SWIFT : MRS. WHITEWAY. In what way was Mrs. Whiteway related to Dean Swift? She is frequently referred to in the life and writings of Dean Swift. The Earl of Orrery, in his 'Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift,' in letter xi., reproduces a letter from her dated Dublin, 22 November, 1742. He styles her one of his (Swift's) relations. Her nephew (according to note d, p. 61, ' Closing Years of Dean Swift's Life,' by W. R. Wilde, 1849) was a very distinguished surgeon in Dublin about the middle of the last century, and Swift bequeathed him 100. I was led to make inquiries about the name Whiteway while seeking information about William White- way Sirr, about whom I asked a question in ' N. & Q.,' since which time I discovered his career set out in 'Lieutenants' Certificates, 1795,' vol. xix. (Navy Board), and his death recorded in the half-pay book. I have, how- ever, not discovered why he was named Whiteway. John Folliott was colonel of a regiment of foot in Ireland, to which Joseph Sirr was appointed adjutant 21 November, 1747 ('Home Office Military Entry Book,' vol. xxii.). Folliott Whiteway was appointed captain-lieutenant 6th Foot, 30 October, 1776.

HARRY SIRR.