Pretymaniana, principally by Tickell and Richardson.

    Foreign Epigrams, the same and Dr. Laurence.

    * Advertisement Extraordinary.

    Vive le Scrutiny.  Bate Dudley.

    * Paragraph Office, Ivy Lane.

    * Pitt and Pinetti.

    * New Abstract of the Budget for 1784.

    Theatrical Intelligence Extraordinary.  Richardson.

    The Westminster Guide (unknown).  Part II. (unknown).

    Inscription for the Duke of Richmond’s Bust (unknown).

    Epigram, ‘Who shall expect,’ &c.  Richardson.

    A New Ballad, ‘Billy Eden.’  Tickell and Richardson.

    Epigrams on Sir Elijah Impey, and by Mr. Wilberforce (unknown).

    A Proclamation, by Richardson.

    * Original Letter to Corbett.

    * Congratulatory Ode to Right Hon. C. Jenkinson.

    * Ode to Sir Elijah Impey.

    * Song.

    * A New Song, ‘Billy’s Budget.’

    * Epigrams.

    * Ministerial Undoubted Facts (unknown).

    Journal of the Right Hon. Hen.  Dundas.  From the Club. 
    Miscellaneous.

    Incantation.  Fitzpatrick.

    Translations of Lord Belgrave’s Quotations.  From the Club. 
    Miscellaneous.”

Some of these minor contributions were from the pen of O’Beirne, afterwards Bishop of Meath.

Tickell should be joined with Lord John Townshend in “Jekyll.”  The former contributed the lines parodied from Pope.

In reply to LORD BRAYBROOKE’S Query, Moore, in his Life of Sheridan, speaks of Lord John Townshend as the only survivor of “this confederacy of wits:”  so that, if he is correct, the author of “Margaret Nicholson” (Adair) cannot be now living.

J.H.M.

Bath.

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NOTES AND QUERIES.

“There is nothing new under the sun,” quoth the Preacher; and such must be said of “NOTES AND QUERIES.”  Your contributor M. (Vol. ii, p. 194.) has drawn attention to the Weekly Oracle, which in 1736 gave forth its responses to the inquiring public; but, as he intimates, many similar periodicals might be instanced.  Thus, we have Memoirs for the Ingenious, 1693, 4to., edited by I. de la Crose; Memoirs for the Curious, 1701, 4to.; The Athenian Oracle, 1704, 8vo.; The Delphick Oracle, {243} 1720, 8vo.; The British Apollo, 1740, 12mo.; with several others of less note.  The three last quoted answer many singular questions in theology, law, medicine, physics, natural history, popular superstitions, &c., not always very satisfactorily or very intelligently, but still, often amusingly and ingeniously. The British Apollo:  containing two thousand Answers to curious Questions in most Arts and Sciences, serious, comical, and humourous, the fourth edition of which I have now before me, indulges in answering such questions as these:  “How old was Adam when Eve was created?—­Is it lawful to eat black pudding?—­Whether the moon in Ireland is like the moon in England?  Where is hell situated?  Do cocks lay eggs?” &c.  In answer to the question, “Why is gaping catching?” the Querists of 1740 are gravely told,—­