128 NOTES AND QUERIES. [oe s. VI. AUG. is, 1900. calculation of the Passover. I should glad to know where any such statement 18 to be found. PERPLEXED. MACAULAY PORTRAITS. - Who are the owners of the portrait of Dr. Wilton, Rector of St. Ste hen’s. Walbrook, and his adopted daughter [Miss Macaulay, hpainted by Wnglit of Derby in 1776; also of rs: Read’s poitrait of Mrs. Macaulay, and Cipr1an1’s, enguved b Basire, 1767 (Mrs. Catherine Mactulay (Iraham, not Lord Macau1ay’s Ladg)? J suns J. G. RAIAM. Much Cowarne Vicarage, Worcester. P.S.-I should be extremely obliged for the address of Mr. E. P. Roberts, the owner of a picture of the above Mrs. Macauay by Gainsborough, which was eahibited at the Grosvenor Gallery Exhibition, 188-5. I would willingl pay for a copyof tb Gros- venor Gallery Cata ogue of that datdf such is attainable. [The Catalogue devotes two pages to Irs. Mac- aulay, but the address of Mr. Roberts_1s_ at given in the Index of Contributors, where his 1ltl& s are printed as G. P.] T _ ‘ F ’ Vacuums on FIGARYS ’ ishe title of aL?:§r!h;dy written by Richard Rhodes, played first at Cxford in 1663, aih wards, in 1667, in London by N el with considerable success. _Pepiys rel admiration of Nell Gwynn in t _e pall after- rd . "r wynn s his of the Is this comedy printedwr pub- slut Flora. _ _ lished in any dramatic collection? _ H. Scniirz If, t, »° e rint-ed in 4to., London an[d wv;:8se3ricatpDrury Lane so late as 17l1L ON. 0, 1677, s'r or Boox Sams.-Can any er of ‘ NC; Q.’ tell if any list of book _sale gub- fished, or give me any information w ich I could ascertain the prices of so' books sold at a London auction-room? X. . Z. Gloucester. ‘ -P ' Current’ (Stock) which [Consult Book F1008 thirteen annual volumes have now appear PHILEMON PowNoLL.-In ‘ N. & Q~,' S. v. 316, MB. ARTHUR S. DYER made _uery relative to Capt. Philemon Pownoll. rous of obtaining information about ther Philemon Pownoll, living l¥1_ 1300, I V u red to approach MR: DYER‘d1rectly,, a not through the medium of & Q-_ Very courteously sent me an interesting tter, and a lengthy pedigree, §h0W"}8 0 _H- Philemon Pownoll was in existe in 1608. and that the name was coutln as a family name down t0 1430, wh thfi above captain was slain. But unfort _ly he was not able to give me any 111f°r 1011 as my Philemon Pownoll. The latter was resident in Piccadilly circa 1800, and in a commission of bankruptcy issued against him on 23 March, 1802, he is described as f‘ banker, Piccadilly.” From certain notices issued in the apers by solicitors from time to time after the bankruptcy, I conclude that he was interested in several other businesses besides that of banker, as were most of the bankers of this period, but, with the usual reticence of the law, such businesses are not sfneciiied. The only banking busi- ness that know that he was connected with is “Sir Michael Cromie, Bart., Pownoll dz Hartmann,” an ephemeral firm in Liverpool, which is not noticed in an Liverpool direc- tory or history. I shouldy be glad of any information or clue to the above. J. H. K. THE Rav. MR. AARON. - I have a full-length engraved portrait (G. Vertue) of a coloured gentleman, holding in his hands an open _ ook, on the pages of which are inscriptions in Greek and in some other language. '[`he following inscription is at the foot of the plate:- “The Rev. Mr. Aaron. Born at Cudalor of Heathen Harents, A.D. 1695, instructed in the Christ-ian eligion and baptized 1718. Appointed Schoolmaster 1719. Ordained at Tranquebar, for a Minister among the Pagans A.n. l733.” “ The drawin from which this was engraved vas the gift of the Rev. Mr. Seigenhagen to the Right Hon. Selina, Countess Huntingdon, 1744, in whose possession this plate is preserved.” The first part of the inscription is also given in Latin. I would like to ask if anything further is known of the' history of Mr. Aaron ; and also to ask where are the places named as those of his birth and his ordination. Is there any reason why this Countess of Huntingdon should be associated with' this minister tn the Eagansl W. H. PATTERSON. Be ast. [There seems to be every reason why Selina Countess of Huntingdon, should be associated witl Aaron. Cuddalorc and Tranquebar are both in Madras Presidency.] “ TASHLICH.”*“Th8,l3 was this custom, which was described in the Jewish World of 30 Sep- tember, 1881, as “a simple fad of mediaeval rabbinism of late date and origin, and wholly unknown to our ancient sages ”'l The article from which I quote, though it stigma- tizes the custom of Tashlicla, conveys no clear idea of what the rite or ceremony is, stating merely that “it is based ugon a gross materialistic distortion, a stupi and de- grading notion of a. factitive interpretation ,
