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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 290. 



William Clayton. — 



" The Invisible Hand ; a Tale. By W. Clayton. Second 

 Edition. London : Cadell &Davies, Strand ; and Hatchard, 

 Piccadilly, 1817. 8vo." 



Can any reader of " N. & Q." tell me who W. 

 Clayton was ? I suspect the name was fictitious, 

 although the work is dedicated to " Mr. Clayton, 

 of Highbury Place, by her Affectionate Son the 

 Author." J. K. 



Anonymous Work. — 



" Edward Duncombe, or Eeligion a Reality ; by the 



Author of the Narrative of Eliza S , or the Efficacy of 



the Spirit's teaching. Edinburgh, Wm. Whvte & Co. ; 

 Chalmers & Collins, Glasgow ; Nisbet, London. 1826." 



Who was the author of this work ? J. K. 



Jamesons of Yorkshire. — Could any of your 

 correspondents inform me what are the arms of 

 the Jamesons of Yorkshire ? and whether there is 

 any existing pedigree of the family of Richer, who 

 I believe lived In the county of Suffolk two gene- 

 rations since, but who I believe removed to Col- 

 chester, and are at present there residing. 



KoB. Valvasseub. 

 2. Albion Bead, Stoke Newington Green. 



" Give place ye ladies all." — Where can I find 

 some lines beginning — 



" Give place ye ladies all, 

 Unto my mistress fair, 

 For none of you, or great, or small, 

 Can with my love compare ? " 



Mormon. 

 " Handicap" and " Heat." — Can you or any of 

 your numerous readers acquaint me with the de- 

 rivation and meaning of the words handicap and 

 heat, as applied to horse-racing ? 



Henbt M. Feist. 



Fourth Estate. — When was the term "fourth 



estate" first applied to the newspaper press, and 



by whom ? J. j. L. 



Underwood Cottage, Paisley. 



Frogs in the Arms of France. — In the Chroni- 

 cles of Fabyan (reprinted in 1811 by Ellis), p. 57., 

 the " olde arrays of Fraunce" are given an escut- 

 .cheon with three frogs. When were these arms 

 first disused, and why ? Cl. Hopper. 



" The Tin Trumpet." —Who is the author of a 

 work named The Tin Trumpet, 2 vols., 1836 ? I 

 iave heard it attributed to Horace Smith, upon 

 what grounds I do not know. 



Peucanus Americanos. 



" The Tempting Present" by Woodward. — Can 

 any one give me information as to the present 

 locus in quo of this well-known picture ? It has 



been at least twice engraved; and I have some 

 idea, that upon the larger transcript the name of 

 the then possessor is to be found, but I cannot 

 meet with it to refer to. William Bates. 



Birmingham. 



Sir Robert Holmes of the Isle of Wight. — Can 

 any of your readers Inform me whether this gen- 

 tleman had any family ? and if so, what were their 

 names, and who was his lady ? Also, the names 

 of his brothers and their wives' children. S. S. 



Swaine of Leveringion. — Will one of your 

 Wisbech readers be good enough to inform me 

 who was the father and the grandfather of John 

 Swaine, Jun., Esq., of Leverington, in the Isle of 

 Ely; who married Alice Cross in 1744, and died 

 1763 or 1772 ? He must not be confounded with 

 another John Swaine of the same ancient family, 

 who nnarrled into the Tregonwells of Dorsetshire, 

 and died at Leverington in 1752. What relation 

 was Thomas Swaine, Esq., who died very old 

 there in 1728, to John Swaine, Jun. ? S. 



Passages in Dr. Twisse. — What is the story 

 alluded to in this sentence from an old work by 

 Dr. Twisse, Miches of God's Mercy, p. 124. ? 



" The author seems to discourse after such a manner as 

 if he were of the number of those who heard the devil read 

 lectures through the grate in the University of Toledo." 



And what is the allusion, p. 151. ? 



" If powder of a hare burnt alive in an oven be found 

 tx) be wholesome for us, God gives you leave thus to deal 

 with it." 



P. J. T. 



Old Dutch Song. — In Blackwood's Magazine, 

 vol. V. p. 633., Christopher North, describing a 

 drive with Mr. John Ballantyne, says : 



" We proposed to enliven our journey by singing a few 

 duets together, which we did. We think both of us were 

 particularly happy in that exquisite genuine old High 

 Dutch one : 



'Persantribat clericus 



Durch einem grtinem waldt, 

 Videbat ibi stantem, stantem, stantem, 



Ein Magdelein wohlgestalit, 

 Salva sis puellula, 



Godt gruss dich Magdelein fein,' &c." 



Is this mixture of barbarous Latin known, or did 

 Christopher Invent it for the occasion ? If old, 

 where can I find it ? J. K. 



" The Whole Duty of Man" — Popular Error. 

 — The theological doctrines in this excellent book 

 are no doubt perfectly orthodox ; but it may con- 

 tain some pofjular errors on other subjects, with- 

 out prejudice to its character. In speaking of the 

 folly of revenge, the author says : 



" But alas ! we give not ourselves time to weigh things, 

 but suffer ourselves to be carried away with the heat of 



