_Almas-cliffe._--During a brief sojourn at Harrogate, Yorkshire, I have visited two remarkable groups of rock, locally known as _Great Almas-cliffe_ and _Little Almas-cliffe_: the former crowning a lofty ridge about five miles south-west of this place; and the latter standing upon a wild, heathery moorland, about three miles north of the other. Both command most extensive views; and, on the table-rock of each, I noticed circular basins, with channels by which superfluous fluid may be carried off. Tradition says, that in remote ages they were used as druidical altars; and, that in later days, after the introduction of Christianity into England, mass was occasionally celebrated upon them. In some of the local guide-books they are called _Almias_ Cliff. Whence is the name derived? Can it be a corruption of holy mass, or hallowmas?
_Amyclæ._--What special ordinance of taciturnity had the burghers of Amyclæ?
"While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak."
Can any of your correspondents inform me to what classical writer, or to what source, Milton is indebted for Cynthia's "dragon yoke?"
_London Genealogical Society._--Will you, or one of your correspondents, oblige a subscriber with information as to the above society? Is it in existence, and has it published any of its works, and how obtainable?
_The Article "An."_--It is asserted that the article _an_ is prefixed before six words only that begin with the letter _h_. Is _hospital_ one of them? The others are, I believe, _heir_, _honest_, _honour_, _hotel_, _humble_.
"_Black Gowns and Red Coats._"--Can any of your readers give me any information about a poem called "Black Gowns and Red Coats?" It is a satire on Oxford, which was published in 1834, at the time of the Duke of Wellington's installation as Chancellor; but the satire was so severe, that it was at once suppressed. The author is said to be dead; I should like to know something of the circumstances of its publication, for I had once seen it, and it bore the marks of very great genius. If any one has a copy to dispose of, I would gladly buy it.
_Coleridge's "Friend."_--Who is the person alluded to in the following note in Coleridge's _Friend_, 1st edition, No. 8. Oct. 5, 1809, p. 124.?