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porting those who sat upon it to whatever place they wished to go? I have, unfortu- nately, forgotten both the title and the author's name. CASTLEMORE.

"!N THE JOHN TEOTT WAY." Arthur Young, in his 'Farmer's Calendar,' 1804 edi- tion, p. 103, writes : " Claying or marling seldom or never answers where you go on immediately with a course of ploughing in the John Trott way." Who was John Trott, and what were his ways ?

K. HEDGER WALLACE.

[John Trott is a signature used by Steele in the Spectator, No. 296, 8 February, 1712, No. 314, 29 February, 1712, and elsewhere. It also occurs occasionally in the Walpole correspondence (see 8 th S. xi. 289). Goldsmith's 'The Clown's Reply' begins :

John Trott was desired by two worthy peers To tell them the reason why asses had ears. In 1728 Bolingbroke appended the signature John Trot to some letters in the Craftsman. Joan Trot is used by Colley Gibber in his 'Apology' (see 8 th S. xii. 95). Some connexion between John Trott and jog trot seems intended by Arthur Young.]

CHAVASSE FAMILY. Can any of your readers oblige by informing me where I can find any biographical details respecting members of the Chavasse family ? Some of those whose deaths occurred in the early part of the eighteenth century were Roman Catholics, and one, I believe, was a godson to Lord Der went water.

W. BROOKE SMITH.

7, Inglewood Road, West Hampstead, N.W.

" HOOLIGAN." Information is requested as to the origin of the term " Hooligan."

35, Sutton Road, Walsall.

[You have probably seen the suggestion that the "'

SEARCHERS OF LEATHER. Can any of your readers say what were the duties of the above-named officers appointed by the Courts

L ^ et. ? . G. PHILLIPS.

Oakham.

T JoHy w P TEW A R T KIPLING, OF FURNIVAL'S INN. -When the daughters of David Dale in 1823 sold their father's Glasgow house, Mrs. Mary Dale or Stewart attended at the police court m Hatton Garden, in presence of Allan Stewart Laing, Justice of Peace, and James Aspmall, notary public, to make a declaration "that she was noways coacted compelled, or seduced to concur" in the conveyance; 'whereupon John Stewart Kip- ling, of Furmval'8 Inn, London, gentleman^' appeared, in conformity with the Scottish

conveyancing of the time, as procurator for the purchaser of the house, and asked and took instruments in the notary's hands. Was John Stewart Kipling any relation of Mr. Rudyard Kipling ?

WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK. Ramoyle, Dowanhill Gardens, Glasgow.

J. M. W. TURNER. Is the drawing of Wanstead House in existence which J. M. W. Turner exhibited previous to his entry as a Royal Academy student in 1789 1

JOHN T. PAGE.

West Haddon, Northamptonshire.

JOHN BROOM, OF POOLE. Capt. Cook, on one of his voyages in which he touched at Newfoundland, is said to have sailed in a ship owned by John Broom, of Poole, or perhaps built by him, and to have been accompanied on this voyage by John Broom's son, another John Broom. Can any one help me to corroborate this minor detail of his- tory ? H. M. BATSON.

Hoe Benham, Newbury.

PASCHAL MOONS. In Keim's ' Jesus of Nazara,' vol. vi. p. 240, reference is made to a table published by a Prof. Wurm, giving the dates of all the Paschal full moons and new moons during the rule of Pontius Pilate in Judaea. Where in this country can any copy of this table of Prof. Wurm be in- spected 1 A. D. T.

BEARDSHAW OR BEARDE-SHAWE. Richard Beardshaw in 1618 was churchwarden at St. James's Church, Grimsby, and had children baptized there, and he and his wife Frances were buried there. When and where were they married 1 Alderman William Beard- shaw in 1646, 1657, and 1658 was Mayor of Grimsby. When and where was he buried ? Barnsley, Ecclesfield, and Lincolnshire refer- ences to this surname are particularly desired, and any reference ante 1700 will be much appreciated and gratefully acknowledged. Direct communication preferred.

HENRY JOHN BEARDSHAW.

27, Northumberland Road, Sheffield.

" BIJOU" AS A CHRISTIAN NAME. A young lady recently signed herself in a local journal as " Bijou," in response to letters of sympathy in a personal bereavement. Is this a solitary instance of the use of this word amongst us as a Christian name? French mothers fre- quently call their offspring " mon bijou," as an Irishman, in its Celtic equivalent, dubs his sweetheart "me jewel "; but I have never, up to above example, come across its adoption by British families as a Christian pre-name,