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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Willis's Current Notes, No. XIII., January 1852 - -Author: Various - -Editor: George Willis - -Release Date: September 13, 2013 [EBook #43708] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES, JAN 1852 *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - -[Transcriber's Notes: There are two letters with macrons above them. -These are represented by brackets and an equal sign. [=x]] - - - WILLIS'S - CURRENT NOTES: - - A SERIES OF ARTICLES - ON - - Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, - Literature, Topography, Curious Customs, &c. - - SELECTED FROM - ORIGINAL LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS - ADDRESSED DURING THE YEAR - 1852, - - TO THE PUBLISHER, - - G. WILLIS, - GREAT PIAZZA, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. - MDCCCLIII. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -ENTERING as we now are upon the publication of a third volume of the -"Current Notes," the Second Volume of which we have herewith the -pleasure of presenting in a complete form to the Public, our first -duty as it is our pleasure is to thank our Subscribers most cordially -for the very liberal support we have received from them during its -progress. It is so seldom that the productions of the Customer and the -Tradesman form part of the same Periodical, that it is no wonder if -the Publisher of the "Current Notes" feels a little elated by seeing -his humble efforts for the entertainment of the Public in such good -company. But this patronage, so far from dulling his exertions in his -legitimate pursuit--that of promoting the diffusion of Books in their -widest extent--will only stimulate him to fresh efforts, and while he -continues to place before his Customers the best Books, he trusts that -they will be as liberal as hitherto in their contributions of _Current -Notes_. - -The _Price Current of Literature_, indeed, now occupies a position -distinct from that of any other Bookseller's Catalogue ever presented -to the public, for it not only furnishes a monthly list of the -principal New Publications, followed by a constant succession of -Standard Works in every department of Ancient and Modern Literature, -selected with care and judgment, but it likewise presents a medium for -Literary Inquirers to prosecute their researches and interchange their -opinions. Nor is this correspondence confined to our own land. From the -Colonies and America, over which it ranges in its wide circulation, -we continue to receive gratifying testimonials to its usefulness, as -well as accessions to its columns, and have reason to believe it is -duly appreciated by those whose favour it is our study to deserve and -interest to secure. - -The aim of the publisher has been to establish a literary organ of -communication amongst his numerous Subscribers and Friends, by inviting -their correspondence, and throwing open his columns to their inquiries -and suggestions, and thus by propounding queries, solving difficulties, -and eliciting new facts, rendering some slight service to the cause -of Historical and Literary Truth. So cordially have they responded -to this invitation, that the task of selection has been sometimes -a difficult, though always a pleasing one. If there have been any -communications from Correspondents which have not met with due regard -and consideration, it must be pleaded in apology that this miscellany -of curious information necessarily embraces so wide a field, that in -gathering in the harvest it is not surprising if a few ears of corn -escape the gleaner's hand. If it be said that occasionally too much -notice has been taken of "unconsidered trifles," and that the objects -regarded were too minute and insignificant to justify the patient -attention bestowed upon them; the saying of Dr. Johnson may be adopted -as a justification, that "the man who removes the smallest obstacle in -the pathway of Literature becomes its benefactor." History is built up -of fragments as the pyramid is formed of single stones; and if we have -only laid bare one doubtful point, or elucidated one novel fact,--if we -have but stripped off the moss clinging to some ruined archway of the -past, or decyphered one mouldering inscription,--then our work has been -accomplished, and our toil repaid. - -The publisher wishes it to be distinctly understood that he is not -the author of any representations or opinions which may appear in the -_Current Notes_. Every statement, therefore, is open to correction -or discussion, and the writers of the several paragraphs must be -considered alone responsible for their assertions. Holding himself -aloof from the bias of all personal interest or party feeling, the -publisher can make due allowance for difference of opinion, and -like heralds in the tournament, after proclaiming the titles of the -respective champions, quietly retires and awaits the issue of the fray. -If in the heat of this literary joust of arms, the combatants have -broken spears somewhat too hotly, let it be remembered that he is only -a spectator of the chivalrous feud--which, after all, has for its sole -object the rescue of Truth, in the words of the old knightly motto, -"sans tache et sans reproche." - -It is a mournful task to record the death of the gifted--to follow -Genius to its grave. Our Obituary of the past year chronicles the death -of many who were giants in the realms of thought, and whom the world of -science and learning could ill afford to lose. WELLINGTON, of whom (as -was said of Cæsar) it is difficult to decide whether he fought or wrote -with the greater spirit; Eliot WARBURTON, the Historian and Novelist; -MACGILLIVRAY, the Naturalist; SCROPE, the Deerstalker; JOHANNOT, the -Artist; the gay and accomplished COUNT D'ORSAY; LANDSEER, the Engraver; -MANTELL, the Geologist--are now numbered with the dead. PUGIN, too, -has passed away--he, whose whole life was but one continued aspiration -after the Beautiful in Christian Art; the harp of MOORE is silent, and -awakens no echoes in the tomb. - -Upon one occurrence of the past year, however, the publisher has -particularly to congratulate his Subscribers; namely the Free Trade -movement which has broken up the monopoly of the Booksellers' -Association, increased the sale of books, and imparted new vigour -and activity to the cause of literature. Cheapness in the price of -books becomes an important auxiliary in the diffusion of knowledge. -It is not merely a trade, but a social question, on account of the -power it possesses of advancing intellectual improvement. The thirst -for knowledge must be considerably influenced by the means we have -at hand to supply and satisfy its craving. Long before Lord Campbell -pronounced his judgment, the publisher was impressed with the truth -of these views, and had steadily adhered to them as the basis of his -business. The recent Postal Regulations have also tended to facilitate -the purchase of books. By their means he has been enabled not only to -forward the _Price Current_ to his Subscribers at a trifling cost, but -to execute and transmit orders from a thin pamphlet to a ponderous -volume. Facilities of a like nature now exist for sending books to -the Colonies; and instead of being obliged to forward as heretofore, -even the smallest book as a package at a high charge for conveyance, -any moderate-sized volume, if left open at the ends, will reach its -destination in the letter-bags, at a very trifling cost. - -The publisher thinks it not inappropriate to reprint in this place the -following NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. - - G. WILLIS begs to express his acknowledgments for - the numerous interesting communications which have - been forwarded to him, and will feel obliged by the - receipt of any original articles on subjects, either - of a literary or an antiquarian nature. Woodcuts, - illustrative of subjects requiring them, will be - executed at his expense. - - All communications intended for insertion in the - "_Current Notes_" must be accompanied by the Writer's - real name and address, which are merely required as a - guarantee of his good faith, and not for publication, - except at his desire. - -While cordially reiterating the sentiments expressed in the first of -the preceding paragraphs, the publisher can assure his Subscribers that -the work, intended as a boon to themselves, has proved an equal source -of gratification to him; and so, with mutual good wishes, trusts they -may long continue, in the words of Milton, "with plain and lightsome -brevity to relate well and orderly things worth the noting." - - - - -INDEX. - -(_The Articles marked thus * are illustrated by wood engravings._) - - - Abracadabra, 22. - Adelgitha, 78, 88. - Advertisements, 56. - Albums, _see_ Hood, Hook, Shee, Southey. - Alchemists, 64, 75, 88. - Allegory of Mortality, 90. - American Eloquence, 69. - ----Go-a-Headism, 69, 87. - ----Improvement of English Language, 63. - ----Free Libraries, 96. - ----Shaksperian Club, 38. - ----Testimonial, _see_ Clarke. - *Antiquities, sale of, 27. - Apograph, 75. - Archæological Associations, 22, 58. - Archæological Publications, 6, 12, 25, 34, 35. - ----Societies, 29, 34. - Architectural Restorations, Ireland, 5. - *----Slang, 70. - ----Terms, 76. - Archiduc d'Autriche d'Este, 76. - Arctic Expedition, 32. - ****Arms of Isle of Man, 18, 79, 90, 91, 101, 102. - Ashbury, Joseph, 78, 93. - Assignats, 82, 83. - Athenæum, _see_ Eboracon. - Athens, _see_ Tomb. - Atlas of Epochs, 58, 71. - Auctions, Literary, 8. - *Author of Narrative of Transactions in British India, 75. - Autographic Biography, 6, 15, 31. - Autograph, _see_ Holograph. - *Autographs, Admiralty, 85. - Automaton Chess Player, 64, 71, 78, _see_ Advertisements. - - Ballads, Rare, 100. - **Bawdrick, 5, 9. - Bibliomaniacs, _see_ Smith, Richard. - Blackwood's Magazine, 2, 12. - Blair's Monument, 31. - Bobart's Dragon, 53. - Boddington, Mrs. 31, 39. - Boccaccio's Decamerone, 31. - Bones, Fossil Human, 83. - Booksellers and Publishers, 38. - ----in Seventeenth Century, 97. - *Booth, Bishop, 67. - ----Family, 80. - Botany of the Bohereens, 88, _see_ Wild Flowers. - Brasses, Monumental, 2, 15, 29. - Brougham, Lord, on France, 39. - Brown, Dr. Thomas, _see_ Paradise of Coquettes. - Bruce, J. 8. - Burns's MSS. 96. - - Campanalogia, 20. - Capping a story, 7. - Castle Cornet, 94. - Caussin's Holy Court, 2. - Cavendish, _see_ Wolsey. - *Chair, Ancient, 95. - Cheques, crossed, 58. - Chinese Literature, 87. - Clarke, Mrs. Cowden, 3, 13. - *Coins, 3, 21, 81, _see_ Phoenician--Hebrew Harp. - Coleridge, _see_ Penny Postage. - Copyright, American Opinion on, 34. - Coronation by a Pope, 98. - Cow Chase, 62. - Crabb, Mrs. 24. - Cromwell, Print of, 7, 15, 21, 30. - Current Notes and Americanisms, 7. - - Daniel O'Rourke, 18, 55, 61, 73. - Darwin, _see_ Steam. - *Denham, W. 31, 36. - Dental Surgery, 6. - Devonshire Collection, _see_ Coins. - *Doorway in Woking Church, 33. - Dowden, Alderman, 79. - - Earl St. Vincent's Motto, 73. - Eboracon, 69. - Eburacum, 58. - *Engraved portrait, 71, 75. - Engraving, 39. - Enquiry, 55. - Ethnology, 4, 9. - Evelyn, John, 90. - Execution of Charles I., Warrant for, 65. - - Father Tom and the Pope, _see_ Blackwood. - Father Mathew, _see_ Hayes. - First Love, _see_ Scott. - Flags, _see_ Arctic Expedition. - Franks, 38, 74, 85, 98. - Fraser's Magazine, 2. - French Revolutionary Dates, 78, 82, 83. - **Fresco Paintings, 57, _see_ Mural. - Fribbleriad, 86. - F. W. W., To, 80. - - *Gems, 63, _see_ Rhyming Legends. - Gent, Thomas, 94. - Gibson, Bishop, 22. - Gold Discoveries, 87. - **Golden Lion, Fulham, 28. - Grailey, John de, _see_ Enquiry. - Greene, General, 27. - - Halliwell, _see_ Shakespeare. - Haunted House, 94, 99. - Hayes, Catherine, 4. - Healing the Sick, _see_ Rembrandt. - *Hebrew Harp, 25. - *Herbert, _see_ Massinger. - Heralds' College, _see_ Advertisements. - Highest Price for a volume, 20. - Hill, Rowland, 6. - Hoblyn, Richard, 11. - ----Robert, 7, 11. - Holograph, 55, 58, 72, 74, 75. - Holy Grahl, 7. - Hone, _see_ Parody. - Hood, Thomas, 2, 12, 66. - Hook, Theodore, 64, 94. - Human Progress, 68. - - India, 71, 75, 84. - Information, 78. - Inscriptions, 23, 90. - Isle of Man, _see_ Arms. - - Jewish Superstitions, 22. - Jokeby, 62. - - Katy-did, 13. - Key, Ancient, 7. - Kilkenny Archæological Society, 34. - **King of Pamunkie, 99. - - La Fayette, General, 27. - Laud, _see_ Ballads. - Lavers, the Bookseller, 11. - Lettres Cherakeesiennes, 72. - Liberty stone, Liverpool, 7. - Library, Jarvis, sale of, 4. - Lincolnshire, _see_ Brasses. - *Literary Residences, 49. - Lithography, 12, 23. - London Environs, _see_ Peel. - L'Orloge de Sapience, _see_ Auctions. - Lowth, W. _see_ Enquiry. - - Mahon (Lord), 27, 70. - Mary, Queen of Scots, _see_ Ring. - Massinger, 54. - Meadley, G. W. 23, 37. - Methodists' Periodical Press, U. S., 4. - Middle Ages, 12. - Milton, _see_ Washington. - Mistletoe, 67. - Monogram, 23. - *----of Christ, 68. - Morris, General, _see_ Woodman. - Mummies, Mediæval, 17. - ***Mural Paintings, 66, 76, 77. - Museum, British, 6. - - Nelson's Funeral, 83. - Noah, Sons of, 3. - Notes on the Notes, 71. - Notice to Correspondents, 16, 24, 32, 40, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 98, - 104. - ----Subscribers, 1. - Nursery Rhymes, 76, 90. - - Order of the Royal Oak, 33. - Obituary, Literary and Scientific, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 56, 64, 72, - 80, 88, 96, 104. - - Packet Station, 58. - Paradise of Coquettes, 38, 55, 56. - Parody, 72, 95. - Pearle of Prayer, 62. - Peel, Sir Robert, Letter of, 1. - Penny Postage, 22, _see_ Hill. - Percy Society, 31, 39. - *Phoenician Coin, 51. - Pigmies, _see_ Ethnology. - *Pilgrim's Badge, 7, 53. - Popular Rhymes, 70. - Portland Castle, 65. - Prinsep, _see_ India. - Punch of the Commonwealth, 92. - - Queries, 31. - **Querns, 59. - Records, Public Admission to, by literary Inquirers, 8. - Rembrandt, 38. - Rhyming Legends, 76. - Rhyming Tokens, 60, 80, 86. - Richard III., 3. - Richardson, Novelist, 63, _see_ Literary Residences. - *Ring of Mary Queen of Scots, 16, 23. - "Robbed between sun and sun," 6, 15, 62. - *Roman Remains at Ashtead, 21. - - Saint Luke's Day, print of, 7. - Saldanha, Wreck of the, 35. - Sale of rare books, 16. - Scott's, Sir Walter, First Love, 95. - Scraps from America, 13. - *Seal of Whitgift's Hospital, 14. - Seasons, _see_ Arms of Isle of Man. - Segar, Sir W. 94, 103. - Sexagenarian, Beloe's, 87. - Shadoof, 12. - Shakespeare's Irishman, 31. - ----Bust, 38. - ----House subscription, 79. - ----lame, 87, 89. - ----New Edition, 57, 71, 82. - ----Society, 53. - ----Will, 38. - Shee, Sir Martin Archer, 78. - Sheridan, T. Verses by, _see_ Saldanha. - Shovel Board, 23, 37. - Signature Collectors, 75. - *Signet, ancient, 10. - ----*Punic, 38. - Slogans of the North, 6. - Smiths, History of the, 7. - ----James, 7, 20. - ----O., 20. - ----Richard, 103. - ----Roach, _see_ Pilgrim's Badge. - Smoking in the West of England, 95. - Snaith, F., to, _see_ Seasons. - Societies, Learned, 26, 64. - Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle, 6. - ----Scotland, 55. - ----Historical, of Lancashire and Cheshire, 5, 10, 19. - Southey on Albums, 55. - Sportsmen's Terms, 88. - Spunging House, 96. - State of France, _see_ Brougham. - Steam, Prophecy on, 87. - Sterne, 54. - ----*Autograph, 2, 12, 35. - ----Eugenius, 54, 61. - Superstitions: Cockney Land, 104. - ----Jewish, 22. - Sword, _see_ Wellington. - Symbol, 82. - - Talavera, 83. - *Taw, 55, 62, 68. - Threlkeld, Dr., 63. - Tobacco, 19. - **Tokens, 11, 19, 30, 52, 76, 92; - _see_ Rhyming. - Tomb, English, at Athens, 40. - ----of St. Berichert, 3. - Travelling Name, 7, 16. - Treasure Trove, 36. - Tree at Pains Hill, 84. - Tristram Shandy, 35. - Tuckers of Lamerton, 103. - *Turkish Coin, _see_ Coin. - Turnbuckle, 5. - *Turner, Artist, 1, 10. - - Uncle Tom's Cabin, 85. - Under the Rose, 58. - Union Jack, 20, 28, 29. - - Veterans of Royal and Antiquarian Societies, 72. - Vincart, John, 55, 63. - - Ward's Grand Rebellion, 2. - Warrant for Execution of Charles I., 65. - Washington, 94. - Waterloo, 84, 95, 99. - Wellbeloved, _see_ Eburacum. - Wellington, 84; - _see_ Tree. - *West Horseley Church, 86. - **Westons, 61, 67. - W(h)ig, 36. - Whitehall Reliques, 96. - *Wierx, 29, 39. - Wild Flowers, 70. - Wilkins, Sir Charles, 53, 78. - Wolsey, 15. - "Woodman, spare that tree," 4. - Worcester, Marquis of, 10. - - Yankee Doodle, 26. - - - - - - WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES - FOR THE MONTH. - - No. XIII.] [JANUARY, 1852. - "I will make a prief of it in my Note-Book."--SHAKSPERE. - - - - - -NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS - -TO THE "PRICE CURRENT OF LITERATURE." - - -G. WILLIS gratefully acknowledges the various interesting documents -and letters he has received. He is anxious that it should be perfectly -understood that he is not the author of any statement, representation, -or opinion, that may appear in his "Current Notes," which are merely -selections from communications made to him in the course of his -business, and which appear to him to merit attention. Every statement -therefore is open to correction or discussion, and the writers of the -several paragraphs should be considered as alone responsible for their -assertions. Although many notes have hitherto appeared anonymously, or -with initial letters, yet wherever a serious contradiction is involved, -G. Willis trusts that his Correspondents will feel the necessity of -allowing him to make use of their names when properly required. - - - - -THE ENVIRONS OF LONDON. - - -_Original Letter from the late Sir Robert Peel._ - - Whitehall, July 7th, 1840. - -MY DEAR SIR, - -Do not you think a very interesting work might be written, to be -entitled an Historical Account of the celebrated Villas in the -neighbourhood of London. I mean rather the Villas that have been--than -those that now exist. - -Look at Horace Walpole's Song on Strawberry Hill. How many places are -there mentioned which have historical recollections connected with -them, which it would be worth preserving. - -There must be always great interest about the localities in the -neighbourhood of the metropolis. In that song alone are mentioned - - Gunnersbury, - Sion, - Chiswick, - Strawberry Hill, - Greenwich, - Marble Hill, - Oatlands, - Clermont, - Southcote, - -you might add Wanstead, Wimbledon, Holland House, and a hundred -others--many with very curious anecdotes of local and personal history -connected with them. - -Perhaps I overrate the interest with which such a book would be read. I -certainly do not, if it would equal that, with which I myself read the -account of places in the neighbourhood of Paris, remarkable in history, -but the traces of which--many of which at least--are fast fading away; -such as - - Maisons, Sceaux, - Meudon, Chantilli, - &c. &c. - -Hampton Court, the ancient Palace at Richmond, Kew, &c. &c. might enter -into the work. - - Very truly yours, - ROBERT PEEL. - -The County Histories would form a substratum for the work--but every -thing would depend upon the liveliness and accuracy of the details. - - - - -THE LATE J. M. W. TURNER, ESQ. R.A. - -[Illustration] - - -SIR,--As it appears from the public Prints that the late eminent -artist, J. M. W. Turner, never sat for his Portrait;--and the only -likenesses of him were taken by stealth, I send you a rude sketch which -I took of him in the same way, about the year 1805 or 6. He was then on -a visit at Mr. Fawkes's, of Farnley, where a number of grouse shooters -had assembled,--and Turner had adopted the garb of a sportsman. His -appearance, as well as his exploits on the moors, were the subject of -much mirth. - -One day we accompanied him on an excursion, for the purpose of taking a -sketch of the magnificent scenery of Gordale, in Craven, from which he -afterwards produced a finished painting. - -My rude sketch of his person was considered a characteristic -resemblance at the time; and though it has the air of a caricature, yet -was not meant as such when it was drawn. - -If you think it would interest the readers of your "Current Notes," you -will perhaps give it as an illustration. If not, I will thank you to -return it to me. - - Yours, &c. - I. T. A. - - - - -MONUMENTAL BRASSES REMOVED FROM THE CHURCHES OF FULHAM AND CHELSEA. - - -Mr. GEO. WILLIS,--Your Correspondent, under the head of "Antiquarian -Sacrilege," (_Current Notes for December, p. 91,_) seems not to be -aware that almost all Church Brasses, with very few exceptions, were -torn from their places by the sectarian soldiers in Cromwell's time, -who affected to consider such things idolatrous. They were for the -most part sold for old brass, and some authority (I forget who at -this moment), tells us that, in consequence of the number at one -time brought into the market, the price of brass was decreased in -proportion. There were very few Antiquaries in those days, consequently -a very small number of these desecrated Brasses have been preserved, -and for those we possess we are indebted to such men as Ashmole, Lilly, -and others of that class, who, though sufficiently fantastic and -visionary in their pursuits, were still men of some learning and taste. - -Some, if not the whole of the lots alluded to by your Correspondent, -came into the possession of the late John Meyrick, Esq., through an -ancestor of his wife, whose name was "Rush," and the only sacrilege -committed by the late Mr. Meyrick seems to have been the preservation -of these things from destruction. - -I have frequently heard the late Sir S. R. Meyrick mention these -Brasses, and regret they were not in his possession. - - ONE OF HIS EXECUTORS. - - - - -STERNE'S AUTOGRAPH. - - -MR. GEO. WILLIS,--I have never met with the fact in print, that some -few of the first editions of Tristram Shandy have the autograph of the -author at the head of the first chapter in some or one of the volumes, -a facsimile of which, in the 7th volume of the copy in my possession, I -send you. - -[Illustration: L. Sterne] - -Whether this was done for the gratification of Sterne's particular -friends, or for what other purpose, I am ignorant; perhaps some of your -correspondents can throw some light upon the subject. - - A. C. K. - - - - -WARD'S "GRAND REBELLION." - - -I was rejoiced at the first glance at F. C. B.'s communication (p. 88 -"Current Notes" for November), but doubts very soon arose, whether some -oversight had not occurred in taking the portrait of _Robert_ Bertie, -for that enquired after, which is _Montague_ Bertie. On turning to -Granger I found this to be the case, for the portrait which F. C. B. -has, is there given as _Robert_, so that I fear the right one remains -yet _non est inventus_, for I do not consider "A Dealer," as speaking -from any distinct recollection of such a portrait, which must be an -8vo. one, whereas Faithorne's is in 4to. - - A. - -_Oak House._ - - - - -DATE OF THOMAS HOOD'S DEATH. - - - Dec. 26th, 1851. - -SIR,--I find, on referring to a biographical sketch added to an -autograph of the late Thos. Hood, at the time of his death, that that -event took place, as surmised by your correspondent C. ("Current -Notes," p. 90), on 3rd May, 1845. - - Yours obediently, - S. S. - - Mr. Willis. - - - -Mrs. Fenwick observing in Willis's "Current Notes" that some one -enquires when Hood died, she writes to say, he expired on the 3rd May, -1845. The above information Mr. Willis may depend upon being correct, -as it is from the late Mr. Hood's daughter, who is married to the Rev. -S. Broderip, Rector of Cossington, Somersetshire. - -Three Rock Houses, Tenby, Jan. 15, 1852. - - - - -BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.--I. P. (Philadelphia, Nov. 18, 1851), writes to -G. W.: - - -"Can you tell me who contributed to Blackwood's Magazine, May, 1838, -the pleasant paper, 'Father Tom and the Pope; or a Night at the -Vatican?' The impression prevails here that it was written by Maginn." - - -_It was understood at the time to be a Mr. Ferguson, a writer in some -Dublin paper,--a Wexford man._ - - F. M. - - - - -FRASER'S MAGAZINE. - - -SIR,--Your correspondent, A. K., ("Current Notes" for December, p. -90), will find in Fraser's Magazine, No. 121, Vol. 21, a list of the -portraits published in that periodical. - - A. - - Mr. Willis. - - - -CAUSSIN'S HOLY COURT. - - - Landscape Terrace, Cork, - Dec. 29. 1851. - -DEAR SIR,--For the information of your two correspondents, "A -Subscriber," and "R. O. W." ("Current Notes" for December, p. 95), -I beg to repeat my assertion that there was an edition of "The Holy -Court," by N. Caussin, published in _Corke_. In fact, (if I mistake -not), there were two editions, one in 1765, without plates; and one in -1767, with very excellent plates. I can procure an imperfect copy of -the former for either of your correspondents for one shilling; and a -fine copy of the latter for thirty to thirty-five shillings, full calf, -with plates. - -The work was printed in Broad-lane--(perhaps so called quasi "lucus a -non lucendo," as the lane is certainly rather narrow)--and was very -well got up. The date and place of printing are thus given in the first -edition: Corke: "Printed anno Domini 1765." - - I am, Sir, yours very truly, - WM. C. NELIGAN. - - Mr. Willis. - - - - - -THE SONS OF NOAH. - - - Dec. 22nd. - -SIR,--I have examined Parkhurst's Hebrew Lexicon with reference to O. -S.--your correspondent's query, (see "Current Notes" for November, p. -85), concerning Shem, Ham, and Japhet, and cannot discover the names -to have any such primary meaning as was there ascribed to them; though -perhaps by a little straining, and a few far-fetched ideas, such an -interpretation might be given--but it is so wholly unworthy of any one -to torture his imagination to suppose that the original signification -of words should have been framed to suit a climate, that nothing more -need be said. - - I remain, Sir, - Your obedient servant, - C. M. J. - - Mr. Willis. - - - - -TURKISH COIN. - - - Southwick, near Oundle, - Jan. 1st. 1852. - -SIR,--In Kitto's Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, vol. 2. p. 379, -there is a coin illustrated thus: "5. supposed ancient Jewish coin, -representing drums." Kitto gives his authorities at the end of the -article on Musical Instruments. - -[Illustration] - -Allow me to give the figure of the coin, and its interpretation: - -Read from left to right, the letters, or rather words, are: S F T R Ch -N: in Turkish it reads, _The Boundary of the Turks_; and the two drum -sticks ! are the pillars of Hercules, or the Calpe columna, and the -Abyla columna.--_N.B._ The _S_ (for _sh_) is a Cuneiform letter. - - T. R. BROWN. - - Mr. Willis. - - - - -THE DEVONSHIRE COLLECTION.--In reply to the inquiry of Mr. Willis's -correspondent, "A Young Numismatist," ("Current Notes" for December, p. -95), he is informed that the Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Coins -was sold by auction a few years ago, and produced a very inconsiderable -sum, to the surprise of everybody. This was accounted for by the -manner in which the Coins were catalogued. It was well known as "The -Devonshire Collection." - - S. H. H. - - - - -DISCOVERY OF THE TOMB OF ST. BERICHERT, OR, BERECHTUNE.--Mr. Windele -the local historian of Cork, has circulated among his friends a -Lithographic drawing of this very interesting monument, which he found -at Tullilease, a small hamlet on the border of the Counties of Cork -and Limerick, within a mile of Dromcolleher. The tomb is a much more -highly ornate specimen of an ancient cross than any of those engraved -in Dr. Petrie's work on the Round Towers of Ireland. At Tullilease -there are the ruins of an old Romanesque church, which was dedicated to -St. Berichert or Berihert, a Saxon, whose name is now Anglicised into -Benjamin, and whose death is recorded at A.D. 839, in the Four Masters. -The Legend on the stone is in Latin, (but very sorry Latin), and in -the Irish character. It reads, "QUICUNQUE (for æ) HUNC TITULUM LEGERIT -ORAT (for _orate_ or _oret_) PRO BERECHTUNE." On the upper part of the -stone, in one corner, are the letters p[=p]s or pp[=s]. - - - - -RICHARD III. - - - January 10th, 1852. - -SIR,--All our historians assert that Richard, Duke of Glo'ster paved -his way to the crown by bastardizing, imprisoning, and assassinating -his two nephews, Edward Prince of Wales and Richard Duke of York. How -then are we to account for the provision made in the Wardrobe Roll -for the Coronation of Richard III., July 3rd, 1483, (published in the -Antiquarian Repertory, Vol. I. p. 29, 1807;) "_The deliveree of divers -Stuff delivered for the use of Lorde Edwarde, son of late Kyng Edward -the Fourthe, and of his Henxemen?_" Then follows a particular account -of the materials for the "_apparaill and array_" of "_Prince Edward_" -and his "_Henxemen_." Was he really present at his uncle's coronation? -There is no mention of the Duke of York. The Declaration of Tyrrell and -Dighton, published in the ensuing reign by Henry VII., says, the young -princes were murdered in July, 1483. If the words did not expressly -state "_Edwarde, son of late Kyng Edwarde the Fourthe_," I should have -concluded that it meant Richard III.'s own son Edward, by Lady Ann -Nivelle, at that time about nine years of age. - - Yours, &c. O. S. - - - - -AMERICAN TESTIMONIAL TO MRS. COWDEN CLARKE. - - - New York, 13th December, 1851. - -About the time you receive this, you will probably hear of an American -testimonial to that amiable woman, Mrs. Cowden Clarke, to be presented -to her by the American Minister, Mr. Abbot Lawrence, in the name of the -subscribers, at the head of whom stands America's greatest and best -statesman, Daniel Webster. - -This testimonial is in the shape of a magnificent Rosewood Library -Chair, richly carved, and covered with the finest French Satin Brocade. -It is at this moment _on_ the Atlantic, _in_ the "Atlantic," and -insured by the Atlantic Insurance Company, for three hundred dollars. - -As THE FAME OF SHAKSPERE is world-wide, subscriptions of five -dollars each came in from all parts of the American Union--from -the most northerly of all, Maine,--to Mexico. From Wisconsin, -in the _far_-far-FAR West, to the shores of the Pacific, at San -Francisco--they are thousands of miles apart from each other. - -Why have you left it to us poor Yankees "to take the wind out of your -sails," in presenting a testimonial to the authoress of the Concordance -to Shakspere? Mr. Payne Collier, and such like dear fellows, who know -so many eminent wealthy literati, ought, _now_ that we have set you the -example, to get up a subscription, and present Mrs. Clarke with some -better Shaksperean testimonial than a Chair! What say you to a 'FIRST' -Best Bed? But if the hangings of it beat our satin brocade cover, why -I'll hang myself in despair--no I won't, but I'll eat it--bed--feathers -and all. The Chair was to have been covered with the richest silk Genoa -velvet, of a regal scarlet or crimson, but the lady of our Secretary -of State, Mrs. Daniel Webster, would have it, that velvet covers were -quite old-fashioned; and as ladies best know what will suit ladies, she -was asked the favour to select the cover, and _I guess_ you will admire -it. - -Now for the _freedom_ of America. Collins gave the Chair _free_ -passage. Edwards, Sandford and Co. conveyed the case to the ship, and -will convey it from Liverpool to London, _free_. They are Express men, -and thus do we "go a-head." - - - - -CATHERINE HAYES AND FATHER MATHEW. - - -G. W.'s Correspondent adds:-- - -"I receive your 'Notes' regularly. The story about Katy Hayes in your -November Number, p. 88, is somewhat embellished by '_your New York -Special Reporter_.' I regret to tell you that she, poor girl, has quite -_put her foot in it_ here, and I am afraid will return poorer than -when she came. She or her agent or agents, pursued a silly course by, -_it is said_, keeping almost open house to her countrymen at the Astor -house, a very expensive hotel, where she ran up an enormous bill, and -being unable to pay, the sheriff's officers carried off the receipts -at some of her concerts--particularly that which she gave for that -humbug hypocrite Father Mathew. There has been a great deal about it in -our papers. Doctor Joy returned to England some time ago in disgust. -Mathew absolutely had the temerity to make it appear that he could work -miracles, _publicly_, in the face of a large Catholic congregation, by -restoring the sick and lame to health!" - - - - -ETHNOLOGY.--"G.W.'s New York Special Reporter," whose embellished style -has been questioned in the preceding paragraph, states, that he has -forwarded a pamphlet, for which he will be duly thanked when it is -received, "giving an account of a _pretended_ journey to the city of -Eximaya, in Central America, by an Englishman and two Spaniards, who -are all 'gone dead.'" Observing that, "It is a good Arabian Night's -hoax. You will see," he remarks, "the pamphlet is dated 1850, but the -children have only been exhibited here this week. There is _no mistake_ -about them, they are evidently children of a distinct and unknown -race, come from whence they will. The recession of their foreheads -is extraordinary. Their heads are wonderfully small, and in exact -proportion to their bodies and limbs. They are not dwarfs but pigmies; -about twelve years of age, lively and playful. They are not at Barnum's -Museum, but at the rooms of the Society Library, and are exciting very -great attention." - - - - -THE JARVIS LIBRARY SALE. - - -This Sale, which has so long attracted the attention of American -Bibliopoles, commenced on Tuesday, Nov. 4th. It was the means of -drawing together agents for the most prominent Libraries in the United -States. Among others, the following Colleges and Institutions were -represented:--Smithsonian Institution, Harvard College, Yale College, -General Theological Seminary of New York, College of New Jersey, -Brown University, Rochester University, Andover Theological Seminary, -New York State Library, New York Society Library, and the Historical -Society of New York. - -The sale being the largest that ever took place in America, of any -private library, the books brought fair prices. A volume of Tracts, -containing the American Whig, &c. sold for 22 dollars 75 cents, to -Bancroft, the historian. Byzantinæ Historiæ Scriptores, a unique -set, containing a beautiful MS. translation of the third volume of -Nicephorus Gregoras, sold for 475 dollars, to Prof. Ticknor, of Boston. -Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, being the celebrated COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOTT, -130 dollars, to the Rochester University. The Paris Polyglott, 100 -dollars, to Geo. Livermore, Esq. Boston. Vetus Testamentum Græcum, -40 dollars, Harvard College. Muratori, 37 vols. folio, 207 dollars, -to the Theological Seminary, New York. Cranmer's Bible, 26 dollars, -to Rochester University. Tyndale's Translation of the Pentateuch, 41 -dollars, to John Wiley. Duchesne's Historical Collections, 24 dollars -50 cents, to Brown University, &c. &c. - - - - -THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF THE METHODISTS IN THE UNITED STATES. - - -The _Christian Advocate and Journal_ has a circulation of from 25 to -29,000 copies. The _Missionary Advocate_ circulates 20,000 copies, and -the _Sunday School Advocate_ no less than 65,000 copies, with a yearly -sale of Sunday School Books amounting to upwards of £1000, or 5000 -dollars. - - - - -"WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE." - - -GENERAL Morris, who is associated with Mr. N. P. Willis as Editor, -and publisher of the "Home Journal," in New York, was, as all the -world knows--or at least, as the United States ought to know, for it -is something to be proud of to be possessed of a real living poet -in these days--was the author of the words of a charming ballad, -entitled, "Woodman, spare that Tree," which was sung effectively by an -illustrious scion of the house of Russell. The parentage of this lyric -having been claimed by a respectable Boston paper, (_The Sunday News_), -on behalf of a deceased literary gentleman named Woodward, who is said, -in an unguarded moment, to have pawned his reputation upon the Woodman, -to the gallant General, for a glass of grog; the General indignantly -repudiates the whole statement; repeating that, "a slander well hoed -grows like the devil;" and labours to establish the fact, that the -American General Morris is not to be by posterity identified with the -English Captain of the same name--as a song writer. - - FUSBOS. - - - -THE BAWDRICK OR BALDROCK. (_Illustrated._) - - - The Rectory, Clyst St. George, Topsham, - Jan. 2, 1852. - -SIR,--You are publishing, in your "Current Notes," some nice little -cuts of interesting relics of antiquity, for which all who delight in -such things must feel thankful to you. - -May I ask you to put into your cutter's hands the rough sketch which I -send with this; and will you allow it to be introduced to the notice of -your readers, as an illustration of the Bawdrick, or Baldrock, which -is the leather gear, with its appurtenances of the upper part of the -clapper in old black-letter bells, and about which your readers may -have seen a discussion, with extracts from old Churchwarden's accounts, -in another valuable periodical of like character to your own, but in -which at present no illustrations of any kind are admitted. You will -oblige one of your subscribers. - - H. T. E. - - Mr. Willis. - - - -SKETCH OF THE GEAR OF AN OLD BELL CLAPPER. - - -[Illustration] - -A. Crown Staple. - -B. Bawdrick or Baldrock of old Churchwarden's books, viz. stout white -leather straps, shewing how fitted with intervening piece of _hard wood -and pin_. - -C. Clapper, with stirrup top. - -D. "_Busk Board_" which at the lower end is tied round the stem of the -clapper, and by the pin above keeps the wood and leather all steady -together, and the clapper works or swings on the _crown_ staple, having -leather on the upper side, and hard wood _under_. - - H. T. E. - - - - -TURNBUCKLE AND LATCH.--The figure you have engraved on p. 91 of your -December "Notes," as a _Turnbuckle_, is the common casement _latch_ -of the 17th century; which may be found attached to the iron frame of -casement windows in many old farm houses. - -A latch is not a turnbuckle, and no ironmonger's apprentice would -confound the two. A latch is a bar moving up and down in a limited -space--or, if backwards and forwards, as in some locks--it is called -the latch-bolt. A turnbuckle, as its name implies, turns round, and -is only limited by the notch, &c. by which it holds. They are chiefly -of two kinds: one is a spindle, with a knob or ring at one end, and -a tongue or buckle at the other; another is a handle with a tongue -attached, moving together freely round, upon a pin or rivets. This -latter kind has taken the place of the casement latch represented in -your "Current Notes" in present use. - - ONE WHO HAS BEEN AN IRONMONGER'S APPRENTICE. - - - - -ARCHITECTURAL RESTORATIONS IN IRELAND. - - -A small subscription, which was raised for the purpose of sustaining -the failing walls of Buttevant Abbey, in the County of Cork, is about -to be followed by Mr. Thomas Tobin, of Ballincollig, taking measures to -uphold the Castle of Buttevant. - -The same good spirit animates Mr. Odell, the proprietor of Ardmore, in -the County of Waterford, who has determined to preserve the west gable -of the Old Church, which is covered over with figures that, according -to Ryland's History of Waterford, "with a good imagination, and some -knowledge of the ancient Scriptures, may be made to exhibit an epitome -of the history of the Old Testament." - - - - -THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. - - - 16th January, 1852. - -SIR,--If your refer to your "Current Notes" for April last, you will -find engraved, at p. 27, a tobacco pipe, found when the Golden Lion Inn -at Fulham was pulled down in April, 1836. Now, Sir, it appears to me -that this drawing of mine has been copied, without acknowledgment, from -your Notes, in the Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire -and Cheshire, Session iii. 1850-51, to illustrate a paper by Andrew -James Lamb, Esq. Plate IV. No. 14. If not, I humbly conceive that Mr. -Lamb, or the Rev. Dr. Hume, the Secretary, on behalf of the Society, -is bound to state where the original pipe which figures in their -Transactions exists, and how and when Mr. Lamb obtained his drawing -or knowledge of it. This alone can disprove the charge which I make -against the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, of _copying -without acknowledgment_, my sketch _from Willis's Notes_. - - T. M. - - - - -ARCHÆOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS.--In addition to those enumerated in G. W.'s -"Current Notes" for December (p. 93), the first Number of "_Reliquiæ_ -Antiquæ Eboracenses, or Remains of Antiquities relating to York," has -appeared. - -In answer to W. B.'s communications, G. W. conceives that the best mode -of making a local work of this nature known, would be by a circular -letter addressed to the resident Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry of -Yorkshire, soliciting their countenance and support. - -The information desired respecting the publications of the -Archæological Societies named, may be obtained by W. B. addressing -himself to their respective Secretaries, _viz._ - - M. A. LOWER, Esq., Lewes. - REV. DR. HUME, Liverpool. - WILLIAM AYRTON, Esq., Chester. - SAMUEL TYMMS, Esq., Bury St. Edmunds, and - HENRY HARROD, Esq., Norwich. - - - - -SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. - - -Mr. Willis is informed with reference to a paragraph which appeared -in his "Current Notes" for December, p. 93, that the Society of -Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, whose issues have been suspended -since 1846, will forthwith resume publishing. - - - - -THE SLOGANS OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND have been published by Mr. G. B. -Richardson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. - - - - -THE BRITISH MUSEUM.--A recent resolution of the Trustees of this -National Establishment has been considered, in certain Antiquarian -circles, to present "_a fair specimen of double-dealing_." - - AN IRISH NUMISMATIST. - - - - -AUTOGRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY. - - - January 3rd, 1852. - -SIR,--I trust I shall not trespass upon the limits of your courtesy, if -I beg your assistance with regard to the accompanying list of names, -about whom I am anxious to gain any information as to dates of birth, -death, or any subject of interest connected with the individuals. - -As I live in the country and have not the facility of access to a -library for reference, I avail myself of the medium of your instructive -and valuable publication, and beg to subscribe myself, with all good -wishes, - - Your obedient servant, - ELLEN F. - - Symonds' Inn. 24th April, 1787. Edward Montagu. - No date. Marquis de Spinola. - - St. Petersburg. 24th Jan. 1805. C. A. Pozzo di Borgo. - No date. Geo. R. Collier, Commodore. - - London. 13th March, 1820. W. Plumer. - 20th May, 1829. Jno. Bruce. - No date. P. P. Jacob. - - - - -ROWLAND HILL AND THE PENNY POSTAGE. - - -The following is the commencement of a leading article on the Penny -Postage, contained in the "_Times_," of Saturday, 9th August, 1851:-- - - "A traveller sauntering through the Lake districts of - England some years ago, arrived at a small public-house - just as the postman stopped to deliver a letter. A - young girl came out to receive it. She took it in her - hand, turned it over and over, and asked the charge. - It was a large sum--no less than a shilling. Sighing - heavily, she observed that it came from her brother, - but that she was too poor to take it in, and she - returned it to the postman accordingly. The traveller - was a man of kindness as well as of observation; he - offered to pay the postage himself, and in spite of - more reluctance on the girl's part than he could well - understand, he did pay it, and gave her the letter. No - sooner, however, was the postman's back turned, than - she confessed that the proceeding had been concerted - between her brother and herself, that the letter was - empty, that certain signs on the direction conveyed - all she wanted to know, and that as they could neither - of them afford to pay postage, they had devised this - method of franking the intelligence desired. The - traveller pursued his journey, and as he plodded over - the Cumberland fells, he mused upon the badness of a - system which drove people to such straits for means - of correspondence, and defeated its own object all - the time. With most men such musings would have ended - before the close of the hour, but this man's name was - ROWLAND HILL, and it was from this incident and these - reflections that the whole scheme of Penny Postage was - derived." - -I should be glad to know if there is any doubt as to the truth of this -statement, as I fancied it had been contradicted. Could any of your -Correspondents oblige me by giving me information on the subject, I -should feel obliged. - - I. E. - - - - -ENQUIRY. - - - Boston, January 15th, 1852. - -SIR,--I send you a query for "Current Notes." - - "Robbed between Sun and Sun." - -Can any of your communicants favor me with the origin of this -expression? It was employed to describe the late Revolution in Paris, -by the "Examiner," and I have seen it as a quotation in a work of old -date. - - Y. S. N. - - - - -DENTAL SURGERY.--In the observations on the progress of Geography and -Ethnology, by Mr. John Russell Bartlett, read at the Meeting of the New -York Historical Society in November and December, 1846, it is mentioned -that in the exploration of a tumuli carried on by Dr. M. W. Dickeson, -in the South-western States, chiefly in Mississippi, although in some -instances extending to Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas, he found that -Dentistry had been extensively practised by this ancient people, as -plugging the teeth and inserting artificial ones, were common. In one -instance five artificial teeth were found inserted in one subject. - - T. C. B. - - - - -CAPPING A STORY.--Rogers, the poet, was fond of telling the story -of a gentleman who lost a shilling in Covent Garden Market, just at -the corner of the Great Piazza, and on his return from India some -five-and-twenty years afterwards, on passing the spot where he supposed -the loss had taken place, remembered the circumstance, and looking -about him on the pavement, picked up his shilling. Here Rogers, in his -own inimitable way of telling a story, would pause, and then add--"IN -HALFPENCE, _wrapped up in paper_." - -"I knew the man," said a witty friend to the poet, "but you have -forgotten the most singular point of the story about the recovery of -this lost shilling _just at the door of Willis the bookseller's place -of business_." - -"I thought it sufficiently odd," replied the poetical banker, "our -friend having found his shilling after so long a period, and only wish -that my lost notes may turn up again in the same unexpected and amusing -manner--_that notes turn up to me from Willis_." - -"Then you must have heard the whole story, and the very remarkable fact -to which I refer? That in the paper which contained the four-and-twenty -halfpence he found another filled with farthings, the exact amount of -which when calculated, proved to be that of compound interest upon the -shilling for five-and-twenty years one month and thirteen days." - -Mr. Rogers has never since told the story. - - - - -ROBERT HOBLYN. - - -SIR,--Through the medium of your publication, can you tell me anything -about "Robt. Hoblyn;" and what works he has published? I believe they -were of a classical nature; and he was living in 1825. - - Yours truly, - A. K. - - Jan. 2, 1852. - - - - -A TRAVELLING NAME.--I have heard or read somewhere of a story about one -of the authors of the "Rejected Addresses"--indeed, I now remember that -he told it to me himself--how that he once travelled in a stage coach -with a very agreeable old lady, who was well acquainted with London -society, and with whom he conversed for a considerable time about -various mutual friends and circumstances that could only be known to -them, or to their immediate circle, with so much familiarity, that the -old lady's curiosity being roused, she ventured to inquire his name. -"James Smith, madam," was the reply. "Oh, that's your travelling name, -is it? But it won't do for me." - - J. - - - - -SMITH.--Has not some one written, or is not some one going to write, a -history of the Smiths? It really might be made a very amusing book, and -some one--I forget who--actually told me that "the far-famed Ruffian of -the Adelphi," (O. S.) was collecting materials for or from such a book. -I subscribe my real name--identify, if you can, Mr. Willis. - - JOHN SMITH. - - - - -PILGRIM'S BADGE?--A Correspondent has kindly transmitted to G. W. a -rubbing from which the annexed woodcut has been made, of a small brass -ornament, found at Launde Abbey, in Leicestershire, which abbey or -priory was founded by Rd. Basset, in the reign of Henry III. dissolved -by Henry VIII., and Cromwell, Earl of Essex, had a grant of it. In -the Chapel (all that remains of the Priory) is a monument to his son -Gregory, Lord Cromwell, of the date of 1551. The ornament is supposed -to be a Pilgrim's Badge, brought from Rome, and probably was buried -with him. - -[Illustration] - - M. C. S. - - 1st January, 1852. - - - - -ANCIENT KEY.--I. D. is thanked for the drawing of an Ancient Key found -in October last, in the parish of Stoke Holy Cross, near Warwick; but -as no particular interest attaches to this key in an antiquarian point -of view, it is not worth engraving. - - - - -THE LIBERTY STONE IN CASTLE STREET, LIVERPOOL.--T. B. B. (Burnley, 1st -December) thanked, but the space at G. W.'s command does not permit of -his inserting the extract forwarded to him from the _Liverpool Albion_. - - - - -PRINTS OF OLIVER CROMWELL AND "ST. LUKE'S DAY." - - -A "Young Print and Portrait Collector" would be obliged by any -explanation respecting a portrait of Oliver Cromwell, of an allegorical -nature, surrounded by various emblems and devices, which evidently bear -upon the events of his life. He is represented standing between two -columns, in armour, with a wreath of laurel in place of a helmet. This -print has neither name or date of any kind upon it. - -[Illustration] - -Another print is one marked published 1816, by J. T. Smith, called -"St. Luke's day," a "poor painter removing;" is this intended as a -caricature upon some artist of the time? - - Jan. 6th, 1852. - - - - -D. E., 47, _Blessington Street, Dublin,_ thanked for his suggestions. -The R. I. A.--T. C. D. and the Dublin Society, however, cannot in the -slightest degree influence the conduct of G. W.'s "Current Notes." - -If these learned bodies regard their own situation, they will not -object to "any slang, coarseness, or Americanisms." They should -rather reflect how much America has and _probably_ will teach young -Ireland--BUT NOT _through_ their agency, as publishers. - - - - -THE HOLY GRAHL, [Greek: Delta]. as confessedly "made up of quotations," -is an article not suited to G. W.'s "Current Notes." - - - - -ADMISSION OF LITERARY INQUIRERS TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS. - - -Regulations under which permission will be given to Literary Inquirers -to make searches among the Public Records, without payment of fees, -contained in a letter addressed by the Right Honourable Sir John -Romilly, Master of the Rolls to Sir Francis Palgrave, K.H., the Deputy -Keeper of the Public Records: dated at the Rolls House, 4th December, -1851:-- - -1st. That the individuals seeking to avail themselves of the permission -shall address a letter to the Deputy Keeper, stating generally their -objects of research, so as to show that the applications are really -and _bonâ fide_ for literary purposes, and that the applicant shall -also attend the Deputy Keeper personally thereon, and give such further -explanation as may be required; and that thereupon the Deputy Keeper -shall, if he be satisfied with the statement and explanation, authorise -the Assistant Keepers to allow the applicant to inspect such Indexes -of Records, and also such Original Records, and to make such copies or -extracts in pencil required by the applicant as the Deputy Keeper may -think advisable. - - This mode of proceeding, which is equally required for - the security of the Records, and for the protection of - the business searchers, will in fact be beneficial to - Literary Inquirers; for the more fully they explain - their objects, the better will the Deputy Keeper and - the other officers be able to direct them to the - documents which may be useful to them. - -2ndly. That all the applications before mentioned be entered in a book, -and be reported to the Master of the Rolls. - -3rdly. That a book be kept at each branch office, in which the -Assistant Keeper shall enter a note or particular of the Rolls, -Records, Books, or Documents, called for, inspected, or used by the -applicant, nearly in the same manner, _mutatis mutandis_, as is -practised with respect to Manuscripts in the British Museum. - - But this book is to be considered as confidential, - and not to be shown to the public without express - permission of the Master of the Rolls or Deputy Keeper. - -4thly. That, in case of any impropriety or abuse of the privilege, the -Assistant Keepers do forthwith report the same to the Deputy Keeper, in -order that he may bring the same before the Master of the Rolls. - -It will be necessary also to explain to the Literary Inquirers that -the time of the various officers and other persons employed in the -Public Record Office is so wholly engrossed by the performance of -their present duties, that it will not be possible for the officers to -assist any Literary Inquirers beyond the production of the documents, -and giving a general explanation, if needed, of their character and -nature. No applicant ought to present himself who is not sufficiently -acquainted with the hand-writing, abbreviations, and language of -ancient documents, so as to be able to read and decipher their contents. - -The Literary Inquirer will have free access to the documents, but, this -being done, he will have to conduct the inquiry from these documents -in such manner as his own knowledge and capacity may best enable him to -do. - - - - -_G. W. is informed that the reading Public are indebted to John Bruce, -Esq., the Treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries, for this important -concession on the part of the Master of the Rolls; and it has been -suggested that a suitable testimonial should be presented to Mr. Bruce -by those historical inquirers who are likely to derive such valuable -aid from his exertions._ - - F. S. A. - - - - -LITERARY AUCTIONS.--That there is no lack of enthusiasm among amateurs -for the possession of rare and curious works, is evidenced by the -prices which some books of this class brought at a sale just concluded -by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, being the first sale of importance -this season. Among them may be noticed the following: - -ORLOGE (l') DE SAPIENCE, folio, _nouvellement imprimée à Paris_, 1493. -A VERY SPLENDID SPECIMEN OF PRINTING ON VELLUM, _from the celebrated -Press of_ VERARD, _ruled with red lines, bound in red morocco extra, -gilt edges, by Bauzonnet, with a well made pigskin case to contain it_. - -Of this singular Ascetical Romance, M. Van Praet states that six -copies are known as being printed on vellum: of these three are in the -National Library at Paris, all of which are more or less adorned with -miniatures, two of them, like the present, having the summary of the -chapters (left blank for the insertion of the miniatures) written in -a contemporary hand on the margins. The Harleian copy, afterwards in -the collections of Count Macarthy and Mr. Hibbert, was adorned with -thirteen miniatures: the present beautiful volume has SIXTEEN, the -additional ones being at the commencement of the chapters, in which the -same subjects are treated in a different manner. THE whole of the fine -miniatures are in the best style of French art. THIS LOT SOLD FOR £45. - - - - -Literary and Scientific Obituary. - - - CHILDREN, John George. Science. Late Secretary R.S. - Halstead, Kent. - - GRAEFE, Dr. Christian. Greek and Roman Antiquities. St. - Petersburgh. 11th December. - - JACOB, William. F.R.S. Political Economist. 31, Cadogan - Place. 17th December. Aged 89. - - LUTTRELL, Henry. Wit and Poet. Brompton Square. 19th - December. Aged 86. - - SADLIER, Rev. Dr. Provost, Trinity College, Dublin. - 14th December. - - STEEL, James. Editor and Proprietor Carlisle Journal. - Carlisle. 16th December. Aged 55. - - TURNER, Joseph Mallord William. R.A. 47, Queen Anne - Street (Chelsea?). 19th December. Aged 76. - - WARBURTON, Eliot. Historian and Novelist. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Willis's Current Notes, No. XIII., January 1852 - -Author: Various - -Editor: George Willis - -Release Date: September 13, 2013 [EBook #43708] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES, JAN 1852 *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43708 ***</div> <div class="tnote covernote">The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.</div> @@ -292,7 +254,7 @@ tache et sans reproche."</p> <p>It is a mournful task to record the death of the gifted—to follow Genius to its grave. Our Obituary of the past year chronicles the death of many who were giants in the realms of thought, and whom the world of science and learning could ill afford to -lose. <span class="smcap">Wellington</span>, of whom (as was said of Cæsar) it is difficult to decide whether he +lose. <span class="smcap">Wellington</span>, of whom (as was said of CÊsar) it is difficult to decide whether he fought or wrote with the greater spirit; Eliot <span class="smcap">Warburton</span>, the Historian and Novelist; <span class="smcap">Macgillivray</span>, the Naturalist; <span class="smcap">Scrope</span>, the Deerstalker; <span class="smcap">Johannot</span>, the Artist; the gay and accomplished <span class="smcap">Count D'Orsay</span>; <span class="smcap">Landseer</span>, the Engraver; <span class="smcap">Mantell</span>, the @@ -366,8 +328,8 @@ American Eloquence, 69.<br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">——Testimonial, <i>see</i> <a href="#Clarke">Clarke</a>.</span><br /> *Antiquities, sale of, 27.<br /> Apograph, 75.<br /> -Archæological Associations, 22, 58.<br /> -Archæological Publications, <a href="#Page_6">6</a>, 12, 25, 34, 35.<br /> +ArchÊological Associations, 22, 58.<br /> +ArchÊological Publications, <a href="#Page_6">6</a>, 12, 25, 34, 35.<br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">——Societies, 29, 34.</span><br /> Architectural Restorations, Ireland, <a href="#Page_5">5</a>.<br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">*——Slang, 70.</span><br /> @@ -377,7 +339,7 @@ Archiduc d'Autriche d'Este, 76.<br /> ****<a id="Arms_of_Isle_of_Man"></a>Arms of Isle of Man, 18, 79, 90, 91, 101, 102.<br /> Ashbury, Joseph, 78, 93.<br /> Assignats, 82, 83.<br /> -Athenæum, <i>see</i> <a href="#Eboracon">Eboracon</a>.<br /> +AthenÊum, <i>see</i> <a href="#Eboracon">Eboracon</a>.<br /> Athens, <i>see</i> <a href="#Tomb">Tomb</a>.<br /> Atlas of Epochs, 58, 71.<br /> <a id="Auctions"></a>Auctions, Literary, <a href="#Page_8">8</a>.<br /> @@ -490,7 +452,7 @@ Jokeby, 62.<br /> <br /> Katy-did, 13.<br /> Key, Ancient, <a href="#Page_7">7</a>.<br /> -Kilkenny Archæological Society, 34.<br /> +Kilkenny ArchÊological Society, 34.<br /> **King of Pamunkie, 99.<br /> <br /> La Fayette, General, 27.<br /> @@ -517,7 +479,7 @@ Mistletoe, 67.<br /> Monogram, 23.<br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">*——of Christ, 68.</span><br /> Morris, General, <i>see</i> <a href="#Woodman">Woodman</a>.<br /> -Mummies, Mediæval, 17.<br /> +Mummies, MediÊval, 17.<br /> ***<a id="Mural"></a>Mural Paintings, 66, 76, 77.<br /> Museum, British, <a href="#Page_6">6</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -1076,7 +1038,7 @@ Jan. 1st. 1852.<br /> <div class="figleft" style="width: 149px;"> <img src="images/fig011.png" width="149" height="132" alt="Drawing: coin" /> </div> -<p><span class="smcap">Sir</span>,—In Kitto's Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, +<p><span class="smcap">Sir</span>,—In Kitto's CyclopÊdia of Biblical Literature, vol. 2. p. 379, there is a coin illustrated thus: "5. supposed ancient Jewish coin, representing drums." Kitto gives his authorities at the end of the article on Musical @@ -1136,7 +1098,7 @@ whose name is now Anglicised into Benjamin, and whose death is recorded at <small>A.D.</small> 839, in the Four Masters. The Legend on the stone is in Latin, (but very sorry Latin), and in the Irish character. It reads, "QUICUNQUE -(for æ) HUNC TITULUM LEGERIT +(for Ê) HUNC TITULUM LEGERIT ORAT (for <i>orate</i> or <i>oret</i>) PRO BERECHTUNE." On the upper part of the stone, in one corner, are the letters pp̅ or pps̅.</p> @@ -1306,14 +1268,14 @@ Historical Society of New York.</p> America, of any private library, the books brought fair prices. A volume of Tracts, containing the American Whig, &c. sold for 22 dollars 75 cents, to Bancroft, the -historian. Byzantinæ Historiæ Scriptores, a unique set, +historian. ByzantinÊ HistoriÊ Scriptores, a unique set, containing a beautiful MS. translation of the third volume of Nicephorus Gregoras, sold for 475 dollars, to Prof. Ticknor, of Boston. Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, being the celebrated <span class="smcap">Complutensian Polyglott</span>, 130 dollars, to the Rochester University. The Paris Polyglott, 100 dollars, to Geo. Livermore, Esq. Boston. Vetus Testamentum -Græcum, 40 dollars, Harvard College. Muratori, +GrÊcum, 40 dollars, Harvard College. Muratori, 37 vols. folio, 207 dollars, to the Theological Seminary, New York. Cranmer's Bible, 26 dollars, to Rochester University. Tyndale's Translation of the @@ -1333,7 +1295,7 @@ of from 25 to 29,000 copies. The <i>Missionary Advocate</i> circulates 20,000 copies, and the <i>Sunday School Advocate</i> no less than 65,000 copies, with a yearly sale of Sunday School Books amounting to upwards -of £1000, or 5000 dollars.</p> +of £1000, or 5000 dollars.</p> @@ -1516,9 +1478,9 @@ T. M.<br /> -<p><span class="smcap">Archæological Publications.</span>—In addition to those +<p><span class="smcap">ArchÊological Publications.</span>—In addition to those enumerated in G. W.'s "Current Notes" for December -(p. 93), the first Number of "<i>Reliquiæ</i> Antiquæ Eboracenses, +(p. 93), the first Number of "<i>ReliquiÊ</i> AntiquÊ Eboracenses, or Remains of Antiquities relating to York," has appeared.</p> @@ -1529,7 +1491,7 @@ the resident Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry of Yorkshire, soliciting their countenance and support.</p> <p>The information desired respecting the publications of -the Archæological Societies named, may be obtained by +the ArchÊological Societies named, may be obtained by W. B. addressing himself to their respective Secretaries, <i>viz.</i></p> @@ -1923,7 +1885,7 @@ Rolls House, 4th December, 1851:—</p> <p>1st. That the individuals seeking to avail themselves of the permission shall address a letter to the Deputy Keeper, stating generally their objects of research, so as -to show that the applications are really and <i>bonâ fide</i> for +to show that the applications are really and <i>bonâ fide</i> for literary purposes, and that the applicant shall also attend the Deputy Keeper personally thereon, and give such further explanation as may be required; and that @@ -2011,8 +1973,8 @@ by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, being the first sale of importance this season. Among them may be noticed the following:</p> -<p><span class="smcap">Orloge</span> (l') <span class="smcap">de Sapience</span>, folio, <i>nouvellement imprimée -à Paris</i>, 1493. <span class="smcap">A very splendid specimen +<p><span class="smcap">Orloge</span> (l') <span class="smcap">de Sapience</span>, folio, <i>nouvellement imprimée +à Paris</i>, 1493. <span class="smcap">A very splendid specimen of printing on vellum</span>, <i>from the celebrated Press of</i> <span class="smcap">Verard</span>, <i>ruled with red lines, bound in red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bauzonnet, with a well made pigskin @@ -2031,7 +1993,7 @@ beautiful volume has <small>SIXTEEN</small>, the additional ones being at the commencement of the chapters, in which the same subjects are treated in a different manner. <span class="smcap">The</span> whole of the fine miniatures are in the best style of French -art. <span class="smcap">This lot sold for</span> £45.</p> +art. <span class="smcap">This lot sold for</span> £45.</p> @@ -2072,380 +2034,6 @@ wreck of the Amazon. 4th January.</div> Obvious punctuation errors repaired.</div> - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Willis's Current Notes, No. XIII., -January 1852, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES, JAN 1852 *** - -***** This file should be named 43708-h.htm or 43708-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/7/0/43708/ - -Produced by Emmy, Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Willis's Current Notes, No. XIII., January 1852 - -Author: Various - -Editor: George Willis - -Release Date: September 13, 2013 [EBook #43708] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES, JAN 1852 *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - -[Transcriber's Notes: There are two letters with macrons above them. -These are represented by brackets and an equal sign. [=x]] - - - WILLIS'S - CURRENT NOTES: - - A SERIES OF ARTICLES - ON - - Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, - Literature, Topography, Curious Customs, &c. - - SELECTED FROM - ORIGINAL LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS - ADDRESSED DURING THE YEAR - 1852, - - TO THE PUBLISHER, - - G. WILLIS, - GREAT PIAZZA, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. - MDCCCLIII. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -ENTERING as we now are upon the publication of a third volume of the -"Current Notes," the Second Volume of which we have herewith the -pleasure of presenting in a complete form to the Public, our first -duty as it is our pleasure is to thank our Subscribers most cordially -for the very liberal support we have received from them during its -progress. It is so seldom that the productions of the Customer and the -Tradesman form part of the same Periodical, that it is no wonder if -the Publisher of the "Current Notes" feels a little elated by seeing -his humble efforts for the entertainment of the Public in such good -company. But this patronage, so far from dulling his exertions in his -legitimate pursuit--that of promoting the diffusion of Books in their -widest extent--will only stimulate him to fresh efforts, and while he -continues to place before his Customers the best Books, he trusts that -they will be as liberal as hitherto in their contributions of _Current -Notes_. - -The _Price Current of Literature_, indeed, now occupies a position -distinct from that of any other Bookseller's Catalogue ever presented -to the public, for it not only furnishes a monthly list of the -principal New Publications, followed by a constant succession of -Standard Works in every department of Ancient and Modern Literature, -selected with care and judgment, but it likewise presents a medium for -Literary Inquirers to prosecute their researches and interchange their -opinions. Nor is this correspondence confined to our own land. From the -Colonies and America, over which it ranges in its wide circulation, -we continue to receive gratifying testimonials to its usefulness, as -well as accessions to its columns, and have reason to believe it is -duly appreciated by those whose favour it is our study to deserve and -interest to secure. - -The aim of the publisher has been to establish a literary organ of -communication amongst his numerous Subscribers and Friends, by inviting -their correspondence, and throwing open his columns to their inquiries -and suggestions, and thus by propounding queries, solving difficulties, -and eliciting new facts, rendering some slight service to the cause -of Historical and Literary Truth. So cordially have they responded -to this invitation, that the task of selection has been sometimes -a difficult, though always a pleasing one. If there have been any -communications from Correspondents which have not met with due regard -and consideration, it must be pleaded in apology that this miscellany -of curious information necessarily embraces so wide a field, that in -gathering in the harvest it is not surprising if a few ears of corn -escape the gleaner's hand. If it be said that occasionally too much -notice has been taken of "unconsidered trifles," and that the objects -regarded were too minute and insignificant to justify the patient -attention bestowed upon them; the saying of Dr. Johnson may be adopted -as a justification, that "the man who removes the smallest obstacle in -the pathway of Literature becomes its benefactor." History is built up -of fragments as the pyramid is formed of single stones; and if we have -only laid bare one doubtful point, or elucidated one novel fact,--if we -have but stripped off the moss clinging to some ruined archway of the -past, or decyphered one mouldering inscription,--then our work has been -accomplished, and our toil repaid. - -The publisher wishes it to be distinctly understood that he is not -the author of any representations or opinions which may appear in the -_Current Notes_. Every statement, therefore, is open to correction -or discussion, and the writers of the several paragraphs must be -considered alone responsible for their assertions. Holding himself -aloof from the bias of all personal interest or party feeling, the -publisher can make due allowance for difference of opinion, and -like heralds in the tournament, after proclaiming the titles of the -respective champions, quietly retires and awaits the issue of the fray. -If in the heat of this literary joust of arms, the combatants have -broken spears somewhat too hotly, let it be remembered that he is only -a spectator of the chivalrous feud--which, after all, has for its sole -object the rescue of Truth, in the words of the old knightly motto, -"sans tache et sans reproche." - -It is a mournful task to record the death of the gifted--to follow -Genius to its grave. Our Obituary of the past year chronicles the death -of many who were giants in the realms of thought, and whom the world of -science and learning could ill afford to lose. WELLINGTON, of whom (as -was said of Caesar) it is difficult to decide whether he fought or wrote -with the greater spirit; Eliot WARBURTON, the Historian and Novelist; -MACGILLIVRAY, the Naturalist; SCROPE, the Deerstalker; JOHANNOT, the -Artist; the gay and accomplished COUNT D'ORSAY; LANDSEER, the Engraver; -MANTELL, the Geologist--are now numbered with the dead. PUGIN, too, -has passed away--he, whose whole life was but one continued aspiration -after the Beautiful in Christian Art; the harp of MOORE is silent, and -awakens no echoes in the tomb. - -Upon one occurrence of the past year, however, the publisher has -particularly to congratulate his Subscribers; namely the Free Trade -movement which has broken up the monopoly of the Booksellers' -Association, increased the sale of books, and imparted new vigour -and activity to the cause of literature. Cheapness in the price of -books becomes an important auxiliary in the diffusion of knowledge. -It is not merely a trade, but a social question, on account of the -power it possesses of advancing intellectual improvement. The thirst -for knowledge must be considerably influenced by the means we have -at hand to supply and satisfy its craving. Long before Lord Campbell -pronounced his judgment, the publisher was impressed with the truth -of these views, and had steadily adhered to them as the basis of his -business. The recent Postal Regulations have also tended to facilitate -the purchase of books. By their means he has been enabled not only to -forward the _Price Current_ to his Subscribers at a trifling cost, but -to execute and transmit orders from a thin pamphlet to a ponderous -volume. Facilities of a like nature now exist for sending books to -the Colonies; and instead of being obliged to forward as heretofore, -even the smallest book as a package at a high charge for conveyance, -any moderate-sized volume, if left open at the ends, will reach its -destination in the letter-bags, at a very trifling cost. - -The publisher thinks it not inappropriate to reprint in this place the -following NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. - - G. WILLIS begs to express his acknowledgments for - the numerous interesting communications which have - been forwarded to him, and will feel obliged by the - receipt of any original articles on subjects, either - of a literary or an antiquarian nature. Woodcuts, - illustrative of subjects requiring them, will be - executed at his expense. - - All communications intended for insertion in the - "_Current Notes_" must be accompanied by the Writer's - real name and address, which are merely required as a - guarantee of his good faith, and not for publication, - except at his desire. - -While cordially reiterating the sentiments expressed in the first of -the preceding paragraphs, the publisher can assure his Subscribers that -the work, intended as a boon to themselves, has proved an equal source -of gratification to him; and so, with mutual good wishes, trusts they -may long continue, in the words of Milton, "with plain and lightsome -brevity to relate well and orderly things worth the noting." - - - - -INDEX. - -(_The Articles marked thus * are illustrated by wood engravings._) - - - Abracadabra, 22. - Adelgitha, 78, 88. - Advertisements, 56. - Albums, _see_ Hood, Hook, Shee, Southey. - Alchemists, 64, 75, 88. - Allegory of Mortality, 90. - American Eloquence, 69. - ----Go-a-Headism, 69, 87. - ----Improvement of English Language, 63. - ----Free Libraries, 96. - ----Shaksperian Club, 38. - ----Testimonial, _see_ Clarke. - *Antiquities, sale of, 27. - Apograph, 75. - Archaeological Associations, 22, 58. - Archaeological Publications, 6, 12, 25, 34, 35. - ----Societies, 29, 34. - Architectural Restorations, Ireland, 5. - *----Slang, 70. - ----Terms, 76. - Archiduc d'Autriche d'Este, 76. - Arctic Expedition, 32. - ****Arms of Isle of Man, 18, 79, 90, 91, 101, 102. - Ashbury, Joseph, 78, 93. - Assignats, 82, 83. - Athenaeum, _see_ Eboracon. - Athens, _see_ Tomb. - Atlas of Epochs, 58, 71. - Auctions, Literary, 8. - *Author of Narrative of Transactions in British India, 75. - Autographic Biography, 6, 15, 31. - Autograph, _see_ Holograph. - *Autographs, Admiralty, 85. - Automaton Chess Player, 64, 71, 78, _see_ Advertisements. - - Ballads, Rare, 100. - **Bawdrick, 5, 9. - Bibliomaniacs, _see_ Smith, Richard. - Blackwood's Magazine, 2, 12. - Blair's Monument, 31. - Bobart's Dragon, 53. - Boddington, Mrs. 31, 39. - Boccaccio's Decamerone, 31. - Bones, Fossil Human, 83. - Booksellers and Publishers, 38. - ----in Seventeenth Century, 97. - *Booth, Bishop, 67. - ----Family, 80. - Botany of the Bohereens, 88, _see_ Wild Flowers. - Brasses, Monumental, 2, 15, 29. - Brougham, Lord, on France, 39. - Brown, Dr. Thomas, _see_ Paradise of Coquettes. - Bruce, J. 8. - Burns's MSS. 96. - - Campanalogia, 20. - Capping a story, 7. - Castle Cornet, 94. - Caussin's Holy Court, 2. - Cavendish, _see_ Wolsey. - *Chair, Ancient, 95. - Cheques, crossed, 58. - Chinese Literature, 87. - Clarke, Mrs. Cowden, 3, 13. - *Coins, 3, 21, 81, _see_ Phoenician--Hebrew Harp. - Coleridge, _see_ Penny Postage. - Copyright, American Opinion on, 34. - Coronation by a Pope, 98. - Cow Chase, 62. - Crabb, Mrs. 24. - Cromwell, Print of, 7, 15, 21, 30. - Current Notes and Americanisms, 7. - - Daniel O'Rourke, 18, 55, 61, 73. - Darwin, _see_ Steam. - *Denham, W. 31, 36. - Dental Surgery, 6. - Devonshire Collection, _see_ Coins. - *Doorway in Woking Church, 33. - Dowden, Alderman, 79. - - Earl St. Vincent's Motto, 73. - Eboracon, 69. - Eburacum, 58. - *Engraved portrait, 71, 75. - Engraving, 39. - Enquiry, 55. - Ethnology, 4, 9. - Evelyn, John, 90. - Execution of Charles I., Warrant for, 65. - - Father Tom and the Pope, _see_ Blackwood. - Father Mathew, _see_ Hayes. - First Love, _see_ Scott. - Flags, _see_ Arctic Expedition. - Franks, 38, 74, 85, 98. - Fraser's Magazine, 2. - French Revolutionary Dates, 78, 82, 83. - **Fresco Paintings, 57, _see_ Mural. - Fribbleriad, 86. - F. W. W., To, 80. - - *Gems, 63, _see_ Rhyming Legends. - Gent, Thomas, 94. - Gibson, Bishop, 22. - Gold Discoveries, 87. - **Golden Lion, Fulham, 28. - Grailey, John de, _see_ Enquiry. - Greene, General, 27. - - Halliwell, _see_ Shakespeare. - Haunted House, 94, 99. - Hayes, Catherine, 4. - Healing the Sick, _see_ Rembrandt. - *Hebrew Harp, 25. - *Herbert, _see_ Massinger. - Heralds' College, _see_ Advertisements. - Highest Price for a volume, 20. - Hill, Rowland, 6. - Hoblyn, Richard, 11. - ----Robert, 7, 11. - Holograph, 55, 58, 72, 74, 75. - Holy Grahl, 7. - Hone, _see_ Parody. - Hood, Thomas, 2, 12, 66. - Hook, Theodore, 64, 94. - Human Progress, 68. - - India, 71, 75, 84. - Information, 78. - Inscriptions, 23, 90. - Isle of Man, _see_ Arms. - - Jewish Superstitions, 22. - Jokeby, 62. - - Katy-did, 13. - Key, Ancient, 7. - Kilkenny Archaeological Society, 34. - **King of Pamunkie, 99. - - La Fayette, General, 27. - Laud, _see_ Ballads. - Lavers, the Bookseller, 11. - Lettres Cherakeesiennes, 72. - Liberty stone, Liverpool, 7. - Library, Jarvis, sale of, 4. - Lincolnshire, _see_ Brasses. - *Literary Residences, 49. - Lithography, 12, 23. - London Environs, _see_ Peel. - L'Orloge de Sapience, _see_ Auctions. - Lowth, W. _see_ Enquiry. - - Mahon (Lord), 27, 70. - Mary, Queen of Scots, _see_ Ring. - Massinger, 54. - Meadley, G. W. 23, 37. - Methodists' Periodical Press, U. S., 4. - Middle Ages, 12. - Milton, _see_ Washington. - Mistletoe, 67. - Monogram, 23. - *----of Christ, 68. - Morris, General, _see_ Woodman. - Mummies, Mediaeval, 17. - ***Mural Paintings, 66, 76, 77. - Museum, British, 6. - - Nelson's Funeral, 83. - Noah, Sons of, 3. - Notes on the Notes, 71. - Notice to Correspondents, 16, 24, 32, 40, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 98, - 104. - ----Subscribers, 1. - Nursery Rhymes, 76, 90. - - Order of the Royal Oak, 33. - Obituary, Literary and Scientific, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 56, 64, 72, - 80, 88, 96, 104. - - Packet Station, 58. - Paradise of Coquettes, 38, 55, 56. - Parody, 72, 95. - Pearle of Prayer, 62. - Peel, Sir Robert, Letter of, 1. - Penny Postage, 22, _see_ Hill. - Percy Society, 31, 39. - *Phoenician Coin, 51. - Pigmies, _see_ Ethnology. - *Pilgrim's Badge, 7, 53. - Popular Rhymes, 70. - Portland Castle, 65. - Prinsep, _see_ India. - Punch of the Commonwealth, 92. - - Queries, 31. - **Querns, 59. - Records, Public Admission to, by literary Inquirers, 8. - Rembrandt, 38. - Rhyming Legends, 76. - Rhyming Tokens, 60, 80, 86. - Richard III., 3. - Richardson, Novelist, 63, _see_ Literary Residences. - *Ring of Mary Queen of Scots, 16, 23. - "Robbed between sun and sun," 6, 15, 62. - *Roman Remains at Ashtead, 21. - - Saint Luke's Day, print of, 7. - Saldanha, Wreck of the, 35. - Sale of rare books, 16. - Scott's, Sir Walter, First Love, 95. - Scraps from America, 13. - *Seal of Whitgift's Hospital, 14. - Seasons, _see_ Arms of Isle of Man. - Segar, Sir W. 94, 103. - Sexagenarian, Beloe's, 87. - Shadoof, 12. - Shakespeare's Irishman, 31. - ----Bust, 38. - ----House subscription, 79. - ----lame, 87, 89. - ----New Edition, 57, 71, 82. - ----Society, 53. - ----Will, 38. - Shee, Sir Martin Archer, 78. - Sheridan, T. Verses by, _see_ Saldanha. - Shovel Board, 23, 37. - Signature Collectors, 75. - *Signet, ancient, 10. - ----*Punic, 38. - Slogans of the North, 6. - Smiths, History of the, 7. - ----James, 7, 20. - ----O., 20. - ----Richard, 103. - ----Roach, _see_ Pilgrim's Badge. - Smoking in the West of England, 95. - Snaith, F., to, _see_ Seasons. - Societies, Learned, 26, 64. - Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle, 6. - ----Scotland, 55. - ----Historical, of Lancashire and Cheshire, 5, 10, 19. - Southey on Albums, 55. - Sportsmen's Terms, 88. - Spunging House, 96. - State of France, _see_ Brougham. - Steam, Prophecy on, 87. - Sterne, 54. - ----*Autograph, 2, 12, 35. - ----Eugenius, 54, 61. - Superstitions: Cockney Land, 104. - ----Jewish, 22. - Sword, _see_ Wellington. - Symbol, 82. - - Talavera, 83. - *Taw, 55, 62, 68. - Threlkeld, Dr., 63. - Tobacco, 19. - **Tokens, 11, 19, 30, 52, 76, 92; - _see_ Rhyming. - Tomb, English, at Athens, 40. - ----of St. Berichert, 3. - Travelling Name, 7, 16. - Treasure Trove, 36. - Tree at Pains Hill, 84. - Tristram Shandy, 35. - Tuckers of Lamerton, 103. - *Turkish Coin, _see_ Coin. - Turnbuckle, 5. - *Turner, Artist, 1, 10. - - Uncle Tom's Cabin, 85. - Under the Rose, 58. - Union Jack, 20, 28, 29. - - Veterans of Royal and Antiquarian Societies, 72. - Vincart, John, 55, 63. - - Ward's Grand Rebellion, 2. - Warrant for Execution of Charles I., 65. - Washington, 94. - Waterloo, 84, 95, 99. - Wellbeloved, _see_ Eburacum. - Wellington, 84; - _see_ Tree. - *West Horseley Church, 86. - **Westons, 61, 67. - W(h)ig, 36. - Whitehall Reliques, 96. - *Wierx, 29, 39. - Wild Flowers, 70. - Wilkins, Sir Charles, 53, 78. - Wolsey, 15. - "Woodman, spare that tree," 4. - Worcester, Marquis of, 10. - - Yankee Doodle, 26. - - - - - - WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES - FOR THE MONTH. - - No. XIII.] [JANUARY, 1852. - "I will make a prief of it in my Note-Book."--SHAKSPERE. - - - - - -NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS - -TO THE "PRICE CURRENT OF LITERATURE." - - -G. WILLIS gratefully acknowledges the various interesting documents -and letters he has received. He is anxious that it should be perfectly -understood that he is not the author of any statement, representation, -or opinion, that may appear in his "Current Notes," which are merely -selections from communications made to him in the course of his -business, and which appear to him to merit attention. Every statement -therefore is open to correction or discussion, and the writers of the -several paragraphs should be considered as alone responsible for their -assertions. Although many notes have hitherto appeared anonymously, or -with initial letters, yet wherever a serious contradiction is involved, -G. Willis trusts that his Correspondents will feel the necessity of -allowing him to make use of their names when properly required. - - - - -THE ENVIRONS OF LONDON. - - -_Original Letter from the late Sir Robert Peel._ - - Whitehall, July 7th, 1840. - -MY DEAR SIR, - -Do not you think a very interesting work might be written, to be -entitled an Historical Account of the celebrated Villas in the -neighbourhood of London. I mean rather the Villas that have been--than -those that now exist. - -Look at Horace Walpole's Song on Strawberry Hill. How many places are -there mentioned which have historical recollections connected with -them, which it would be worth preserving. - -There must be always great interest about the localities in the -neighbourhood of the metropolis. In that song alone are mentioned - - Gunnersbury, - Sion, - Chiswick, - Strawberry Hill, - Greenwich, - Marble Hill, - Oatlands, - Clermont, - Southcote, - -you might add Wanstead, Wimbledon, Holland House, and a hundred -others--many with very curious anecdotes of local and personal history -connected with them. - -Perhaps I overrate the interest with which such a book would be read. I -certainly do not, if it would equal that, with which I myself read the -account of places in the neighbourhood of Paris, remarkable in history, -but the traces of which--many of which at least--are fast fading away; -such as - - Maisons, Sceaux, - Meudon, Chantilli, - &c. &c. - -Hampton Court, the ancient Palace at Richmond, Kew, &c. &c. might enter -into the work. - - Very truly yours, - ROBERT PEEL. - -The County Histories would form a substratum for the work--but every -thing would depend upon the liveliness and accuracy of the details. - - - - -THE LATE J. M. W. TURNER, ESQ. R.A. - -[Illustration] - - -SIR,--As it appears from the public Prints that the late eminent -artist, J. M. W. Turner, never sat for his Portrait;--and the only -likenesses of him were taken by stealth, I send you a rude sketch which -I took of him in the same way, about the year 1805 or 6. He was then on -a visit at Mr. Fawkes's, of Farnley, where a number of grouse shooters -had assembled,--and Turner had adopted the garb of a sportsman. His -appearance, as well as his exploits on the moors, were the subject of -much mirth. - -One day we accompanied him on an excursion, for the purpose of taking a -sketch of the magnificent scenery of Gordale, in Craven, from which he -afterwards produced a finished painting. - -My rude sketch of his person was considered a characteristic -resemblance at the time; and though it has the air of a caricature, yet -was not meant as such when it was drawn. - -If you think it would interest the readers of your "Current Notes," you -will perhaps give it as an illustration. If not, I will thank you to -return it to me. - - Yours, &c. - I. T. A. - - - - -MONUMENTAL BRASSES REMOVED FROM THE CHURCHES OF FULHAM AND CHELSEA. - - -Mr. GEO. WILLIS,--Your Correspondent, under the head of "Antiquarian -Sacrilege," (_Current Notes for December, p. 91,_) seems not to be -aware that almost all Church Brasses, with very few exceptions, were -torn from their places by the sectarian soldiers in Cromwell's time, -who affected to consider such things idolatrous. They were for the -most part sold for old brass, and some authority (I forget who at -this moment), tells us that, in consequence of the number at one -time brought into the market, the price of brass was decreased in -proportion. There were very few Antiquaries in those days, consequently -a very small number of these desecrated Brasses have been preserved, -and for those we possess we are indebted to such men as Ashmole, Lilly, -and others of that class, who, though sufficiently fantastic and -visionary in their pursuits, were still men of some learning and taste. - -Some, if not the whole of the lots alluded to by your Correspondent, -came into the possession of the late John Meyrick, Esq., through an -ancestor of his wife, whose name was "Rush," and the only sacrilege -committed by the late Mr. Meyrick seems to have been the preservation -of these things from destruction. - -I have frequently heard the late Sir S. R. Meyrick mention these -Brasses, and regret they were not in his possession. - - ONE OF HIS EXECUTORS. - - - - -STERNE'S AUTOGRAPH. - - -MR. GEO. WILLIS,--I have never met with the fact in print, that some -few of the first editions of Tristram Shandy have the autograph of the -author at the head of the first chapter in some or one of the volumes, -a facsimile of which, in the 7th volume of the copy in my possession, I -send you. - -[Illustration: L. Sterne] - -Whether this was done for the gratification of Sterne's particular -friends, or for what other purpose, I am ignorant; perhaps some of your -correspondents can throw some light upon the subject. - - A. C. K. - - - - -WARD'S "GRAND REBELLION." - - -I was rejoiced at the first glance at F. C. B.'s communication (p. 88 -"Current Notes" for November), but doubts very soon arose, whether some -oversight had not occurred in taking the portrait of _Robert_ Bertie, -for that enquired after, which is _Montague_ Bertie. On turning to -Granger I found this to be the case, for the portrait which F. C. B. -has, is there given as _Robert_, so that I fear the right one remains -yet _non est inventus_, for I do not consider "A Dealer," as speaking -from any distinct recollection of such a portrait, which must be an -8vo. one, whereas Faithorne's is in 4to. - - A. - -_Oak House._ - - - - -DATE OF THOMAS HOOD'S DEATH. - - - Dec. 26th, 1851. - -SIR,--I find, on referring to a biographical sketch added to an -autograph of the late Thos. Hood, at the time of his death, that that -event took place, as surmised by your correspondent C. ("Current -Notes," p. 90), on 3rd May, 1845. - - Yours obediently, - S. S. - - Mr. Willis. - - - -Mrs. Fenwick observing in Willis's "Current Notes" that some one -enquires when Hood died, she writes to say, he expired on the 3rd May, -1845. The above information Mr. Willis may depend upon being correct, -as it is from the late Mr. Hood's daughter, who is married to the Rev. -S. Broderip, Rector of Cossington, Somersetshire. - -Three Rock Houses, Tenby, Jan. 15, 1852. - - - - -BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.--I. P. (Philadelphia, Nov. 18, 1851), writes to -G. W.: - - -"Can you tell me who contributed to Blackwood's Magazine, May, 1838, -the pleasant paper, 'Father Tom and the Pope; or a Night at the -Vatican?' The impression prevails here that it was written by Maginn." - - -_It was understood at the time to be a Mr. Ferguson, a writer in some -Dublin paper,--a Wexford man._ - - F. M. - - - - -FRASER'S MAGAZINE. - - -SIR,--Your correspondent, A. K., ("Current Notes" for December, p. -90), will find in Fraser's Magazine, No. 121, Vol. 21, a list of the -portraits published in that periodical. - - A. - - Mr. Willis. - - - -CAUSSIN'S HOLY COURT. - - - Landscape Terrace, Cork, - Dec. 29. 1851. - -DEAR SIR,--For the information of your two correspondents, "A -Subscriber," and "R. O. W." ("Current Notes" for December, p. 95), -I beg to repeat my assertion that there was an edition of "The Holy -Court," by N. Caussin, published in _Corke_. In fact, (if I mistake -not), there were two editions, one in 1765, without plates; and one in -1767, with very excellent plates. I can procure an imperfect copy of -the former for either of your correspondents for one shilling; and a -fine copy of the latter for thirty to thirty-five shillings, full calf, -with plates. - -The work was printed in Broad-lane--(perhaps so called quasi "lucus a -non lucendo," as the lane is certainly rather narrow)--and was very -well got up. The date and place of printing are thus given in the first -edition: Corke: "Printed anno Domini 1765." - - I am, Sir, yours very truly, - WM. C. NELIGAN. - - Mr. Willis. - - - - - -THE SONS OF NOAH. - - - Dec. 22nd. - -SIR,--I have examined Parkhurst's Hebrew Lexicon with reference to O. -S.--your correspondent's query, (see "Current Notes" for November, p. -85), concerning Shem, Ham, and Japhet, and cannot discover the names -to have any such primary meaning as was there ascribed to them; though -perhaps by a little straining, and a few far-fetched ideas, such an -interpretation might be given--but it is so wholly unworthy of any one -to torture his imagination to suppose that the original signification -of words should have been framed to suit a climate, that nothing more -need be said. - - I remain, Sir, - Your obedient servant, - C. M. J. - - Mr. Willis. - - - - -TURKISH COIN. - - - Southwick, near Oundle, - Jan. 1st. 1852. - -SIR,--In Kitto's Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature, vol. 2. p. 379, -there is a coin illustrated thus: "5. supposed ancient Jewish coin, -representing drums." Kitto gives his authorities at the end of the -article on Musical Instruments. - -[Illustration] - -Allow me to give the figure of the coin, and its interpretation: - -Read from left to right, the letters, or rather words, are: S F T R Ch -N: in Turkish it reads, _The Boundary of the Turks_; and the two drum -sticks ! are the pillars of Hercules, or the Calpe columna, and the -Abyla columna.--_N.B._ The _S_ (for _sh_) is a Cuneiform letter. - - T. R. BROWN. - - Mr. Willis. - - - - -THE DEVONSHIRE COLLECTION.--In reply to the inquiry of Mr. Willis's -correspondent, "A Young Numismatist," ("Current Notes" for December, p. -95), he is informed that the Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Coins -was sold by auction a few years ago, and produced a very inconsiderable -sum, to the surprise of everybody. This was accounted for by the -manner in which the Coins were catalogued. It was well known as "The -Devonshire Collection." - - S. H. H. - - - - -DISCOVERY OF THE TOMB OF ST. BERICHERT, OR, BERECHTUNE.--Mr. Windele -the local historian of Cork, has circulated among his friends a -Lithographic drawing of this very interesting monument, which he found -at Tullilease, a small hamlet on the border of the Counties of Cork -and Limerick, within a mile of Dromcolleher. The tomb is a much more -highly ornate specimen of an ancient cross than any of those engraved -in Dr. Petrie's work on the Round Towers of Ireland. At Tullilease -there are the ruins of an old Romanesque church, which was dedicated to -St. Berichert or Berihert, a Saxon, whose name is now Anglicised into -Benjamin, and whose death is recorded at A.D. 839, in the Four Masters. -The Legend on the stone is in Latin, (but very sorry Latin), and in -the Irish character. It reads, "QUICUNQUE (for ae) HUNC TITULUM LEGERIT -ORAT (for _orate_ or _oret_) PRO BERECHTUNE." On the upper part of the -stone, in one corner, are the letters p[=p]s or pp[=s]. - - - - -RICHARD III. - - - January 10th, 1852. - -SIR,--All our historians assert that Richard, Duke of Glo'ster paved -his way to the crown by bastardizing, imprisoning, and assassinating -his two nephews, Edward Prince of Wales and Richard Duke of York. How -then are we to account for the provision made in the Wardrobe Roll -for the Coronation of Richard III., July 3rd, 1483, (published in the -Antiquarian Repertory, Vol. I. p. 29, 1807;) "_The deliveree of divers -Stuff delivered for the use of Lorde Edwarde, son of late Kyng Edward -the Fourthe, and of his Henxemen?_" Then follows a particular account -of the materials for the "_apparaill and array_" of "_Prince Edward_" -and his "_Henxemen_." Was he really present at his uncle's coronation? -There is no mention of the Duke of York. The Declaration of Tyrrell and -Dighton, published in the ensuing reign by Henry VII., says, the young -princes were murdered in July, 1483. If the words did not expressly -state "_Edwarde, son of late Kyng Edwarde the Fourthe_," I should have -concluded that it meant Richard III.'s own son Edward, by Lady Ann -Nivelle, at that time about nine years of age. - - Yours, &c. O. S. - - - - -AMERICAN TESTIMONIAL TO MRS. COWDEN CLARKE. - - - New York, 13th December, 1851. - -About the time you receive this, you will probably hear of an American -testimonial to that amiable woman, Mrs. Cowden Clarke, to be presented -to her by the American Minister, Mr. Abbot Lawrence, in the name of the -subscribers, at the head of whom stands America's greatest and best -statesman, Daniel Webster. - -This testimonial is in the shape of a magnificent Rosewood Library -Chair, richly carved, and covered with the finest French Satin Brocade. -It is at this moment _on_ the Atlantic, _in_ the "Atlantic," and -insured by the Atlantic Insurance Company, for three hundred dollars. - -As THE FAME OF SHAKSPERE is world-wide, subscriptions of five -dollars each came in from all parts of the American Union--from -the most northerly of all, Maine,--to Mexico. From Wisconsin, -in the _far_-far-FAR West, to the shores of the Pacific, at San -Francisco--they are thousands of miles apart from each other. - -Why have you left it to us poor Yankees "to take the wind out of your -sails," in presenting a testimonial to the authoress of the Concordance -to Shakspere? Mr. Payne Collier, and such like dear fellows, who know -so many eminent wealthy literati, ought, _now_ that we have set you the -example, to get up a subscription, and present Mrs. Clarke with some -better Shaksperean testimonial than a Chair! What say you to a 'FIRST' -Best Bed? But if the hangings of it beat our satin brocade cover, why -I'll hang myself in despair--no I won't, but I'll eat it--bed--feathers -and all. The Chair was to have been covered with the richest silk Genoa -velvet, of a regal scarlet or crimson, but the lady of our Secretary -of State, Mrs. Daniel Webster, would have it, that velvet covers were -quite old-fashioned; and as ladies best know what will suit ladies, she -was asked the favour to select the cover, and _I guess_ you will admire -it. - -Now for the _freedom_ of America. Collins gave the Chair _free_ -passage. Edwards, Sandford and Co. conveyed the case to the ship, and -will convey it from Liverpool to London, _free_. They are Express men, -and thus do we "go a-head." - - - - -CATHERINE HAYES AND FATHER MATHEW. - - -G. W.'s Correspondent adds:-- - -"I receive your 'Notes' regularly. The story about Katy Hayes in your -November Number, p. 88, is somewhat embellished by '_your New York -Special Reporter_.' I regret to tell you that she, poor girl, has quite -_put her foot in it_ here, and I am afraid will return poorer than -when she came. She or her agent or agents, pursued a silly course by, -_it is said_, keeping almost open house to her countrymen at the Astor -house, a very expensive hotel, where she ran up an enormous bill, and -being unable to pay, the sheriff's officers carried off the receipts -at some of her concerts--particularly that which she gave for that -humbug hypocrite Father Mathew. There has been a great deal about it in -our papers. Doctor Joy returned to England some time ago in disgust. -Mathew absolutely had the temerity to make it appear that he could work -miracles, _publicly_, in the face of a large Catholic congregation, by -restoring the sick and lame to health!" - - - - -ETHNOLOGY.--"G.W.'s New York Special Reporter," whose embellished style -has been questioned in the preceding paragraph, states, that he has -forwarded a pamphlet, for which he will be duly thanked when it is -received, "giving an account of a _pretended_ journey to the city of -Eximaya, in Central America, by an Englishman and two Spaniards, who -are all 'gone dead.'" Observing that, "It is a good Arabian Night's -hoax. You will see," he remarks, "the pamphlet is dated 1850, but the -children have only been exhibited here this week. There is _no mistake_ -about them, they are evidently children of a distinct and unknown -race, come from whence they will. The recession of their foreheads -is extraordinary. Their heads are wonderfully small, and in exact -proportion to their bodies and limbs. They are not dwarfs but pigmies; -about twelve years of age, lively and playful. They are not at Barnum's -Museum, but at the rooms of the Society Library, and are exciting very -great attention." - - - - -THE JARVIS LIBRARY SALE. - - -This Sale, which has so long attracted the attention of American -Bibliopoles, commenced on Tuesday, Nov. 4th. It was the means of -drawing together agents for the most prominent Libraries in the United -States. Among others, the following Colleges and Institutions were -represented:--Smithsonian Institution, Harvard College, Yale College, -General Theological Seminary of New York, College of New Jersey, -Brown University, Rochester University, Andover Theological Seminary, -New York State Library, New York Society Library, and the Historical -Society of New York. - -The sale being the largest that ever took place in America, of any -private library, the books brought fair prices. A volume of Tracts, -containing the American Whig, &c. sold for 22 dollars 75 cents, to -Bancroft, the historian. Byzantinae Historiae Scriptores, a unique -set, containing a beautiful MS. translation of the third volume of -Nicephorus Gregoras, sold for 475 dollars, to Prof. Ticknor, of Boston. -Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, being the celebrated COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOTT, -130 dollars, to the Rochester University. The Paris Polyglott, 100 -dollars, to Geo. Livermore, Esq. Boston. Vetus Testamentum Graecum, -40 dollars, Harvard College. Muratori, 37 vols. folio, 207 dollars, -to the Theological Seminary, New York. Cranmer's Bible, 26 dollars, -to Rochester University. Tyndale's Translation of the Pentateuch, 41 -dollars, to John Wiley. Duchesne's Historical Collections, 24 dollars -50 cents, to Brown University, &c. &c. - - - - -THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF THE METHODISTS IN THE UNITED STATES. - - -The _Christian Advocate and Journal_ has a circulation of from 25 to -29,000 copies. The _Missionary Advocate_ circulates 20,000 copies, and -the _Sunday School Advocate_ no less than 65,000 copies, with a yearly -sale of Sunday School Books amounting to upwards of L1000, or 5000 -dollars. - - - - -"WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE." - - -GENERAL Morris, who is associated with Mr. N. P. Willis as Editor, -and publisher of the "Home Journal," in New York, was, as all the -world knows--or at least, as the United States ought to know, for it -is something to be proud of to be possessed of a real living poet -in these days--was the author of the words of a charming ballad, -entitled, "Woodman, spare that Tree," which was sung effectively by an -illustrious scion of the house of Russell. The parentage of this lyric -having been claimed by a respectable Boston paper, (_The Sunday News_), -on behalf of a deceased literary gentleman named Woodward, who is said, -in an unguarded moment, to have pawned his reputation upon the Woodman, -to the gallant General, for a glass of grog; the General indignantly -repudiates the whole statement; repeating that, "a slander well hoed -grows like the devil;" and labours to establish the fact, that the -American General Morris is not to be by posterity identified with the -English Captain of the same name--as a song writer. - - FUSBOS. - - - -THE BAWDRICK OR BALDROCK. (_Illustrated._) - - - The Rectory, Clyst St. George, Topsham, - Jan. 2, 1852. - -SIR,--You are publishing, in your "Current Notes," some nice little -cuts of interesting relics of antiquity, for which all who delight in -such things must feel thankful to you. - -May I ask you to put into your cutter's hands the rough sketch which I -send with this; and will you allow it to be introduced to the notice of -your readers, as an illustration of the Bawdrick, or Baldrock, which -is the leather gear, with its appurtenances of the upper part of the -clapper in old black-letter bells, and about which your readers may -have seen a discussion, with extracts from old Churchwarden's accounts, -in another valuable periodical of like character to your own, but in -which at present no illustrations of any kind are admitted. You will -oblige one of your subscribers. - - H. T. E. - - Mr. Willis. - - - -SKETCH OF THE GEAR OF AN OLD BELL CLAPPER. - - -[Illustration] - -A. Crown Staple. - -B. Bawdrick or Baldrock of old Churchwarden's books, viz. stout white -leather straps, shewing how fitted with intervening piece of _hard wood -and pin_. - -C. Clapper, with stirrup top. - -D. "_Busk Board_" which at the lower end is tied round the stem of the -clapper, and by the pin above keeps the wood and leather all steady -together, and the clapper works or swings on the _crown_ staple, having -leather on the upper side, and hard wood _under_. - - H. T. E. - - - - -TURNBUCKLE AND LATCH.--The figure you have engraved on p. 91 of your -December "Notes," as a _Turnbuckle_, is the common casement _latch_ -of the 17th century; which may be found attached to the iron frame of -casement windows in many old farm houses. - -A latch is not a turnbuckle, and no ironmonger's apprentice would -confound the two. A latch is a bar moving up and down in a limited -space--or, if backwards and forwards, as in some locks--it is called -the latch-bolt. A turnbuckle, as its name implies, turns round, and -is only limited by the notch, &c. by which it holds. They are chiefly -of two kinds: one is a spindle, with a knob or ring at one end, and -a tongue or buckle at the other; another is a handle with a tongue -attached, moving together freely round, upon a pin or rivets. This -latter kind has taken the place of the casement latch represented in -your "Current Notes" in present use. - - ONE WHO HAS BEEN AN IRONMONGER'S APPRENTICE. - - - - -ARCHITECTURAL RESTORATIONS IN IRELAND. - - -A small subscription, which was raised for the purpose of sustaining -the failing walls of Buttevant Abbey, in the County of Cork, is about -to be followed by Mr. Thomas Tobin, of Ballincollig, taking measures to -uphold the Castle of Buttevant. - -The same good spirit animates Mr. Odell, the proprietor of Ardmore, in -the County of Waterford, who has determined to preserve the west gable -of the Old Church, which is covered over with figures that, according -to Ryland's History of Waterford, "with a good imagination, and some -knowledge of the ancient Scriptures, may be made to exhibit an epitome -of the history of the Old Testament." - - - - -THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. - - - 16th January, 1852. - -SIR,--If your refer to your "Current Notes" for April last, you will -find engraved, at p. 27, a tobacco pipe, found when the Golden Lion Inn -at Fulham was pulled down in April, 1836. Now, Sir, it appears to me -that this drawing of mine has been copied, without acknowledgment, from -your Notes, in the Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire -and Cheshire, Session iii. 1850-51, to illustrate a paper by Andrew -James Lamb, Esq. Plate IV. No. 14. If not, I humbly conceive that Mr. -Lamb, or the Rev. Dr. Hume, the Secretary, on behalf of the Society, -is bound to state where the original pipe which figures in their -Transactions exists, and how and when Mr. Lamb obtained his drawing -or knowledge of it. This alone can disprove the charge which I make -against the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, of _copying -without acknowledgment_, my sketch _from Willis's Notes_. - - T. M. - - - - -ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS.--In addition to those enumerated in G. W.'s -"Current Notes" for December (p. 93), the first Number of "_Reliquiae_ -Antiquae Eboracenses, or Remains of Antiquities relating to York," has -appeared. - -In answer to W. B.'s communications, G. W. conceives that the best mode -of making a local work of this nature known, would be by a circular -letter addressed to the resident Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry of -Yorkshire, soliciting their countenance and support. - -The information desired respecting the publications of the -Archaeological Societies named, may be obtained by W. B. addressing -himself to their respective Secretaries, _viz._ - - M. A. LOWER, Esq., Lewes. - REV. DR. HUME, Liverpool. - WILLIAM AYRTON, Esq., Chester. - SAMUEL TYMMS, Esq., Bury St. Edmunds, and - HENRY HARROD, Esq., Norwich. - - - - -SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. - - -Mr. Willis is informed with reference to a paragraph which appeared -in his "Current Notes" for December, p. 93, that the Society of -Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, whose issues have been suspended -since 1846, will forthwith resume publishing. - - - - -THE SLOGANS OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND have been published by Mr. G. B. -Richardson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. - - - - -THE BRITISH MUSEUM.--A recent resolution of the Trustees of this -National Establishment has been considered, in certain Antiquarian -circles, to present "_a fair specimen of double-dealing_." - - AN IRISH NUMISMATIST. - - - - -AUTOGRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY. - - - January 3rd, 1852. - -SIR,--I trust I shall not trespass upon the limits of your courtesy, if -I beg your assistance with regard to the accompanying list of names, -about whom I am anxious to gain any information as to dates of birth, -death, or any subject of interest connected with the individuals. - -As I live in the country and have not the facility of access to a -library for reference, I avail myself of the medium of your instructive -and valuable publication, and beg to subscribe myself, with all good -wishes, - - Your obedient servant, - ELLEN F. - - Symonds' Inn. 24th April, 1787. Edward Montagu. - No date. Marquis de Spinola. - - St. Petersburg. 24th Jan. 1805. C. A. Pozzo di Borgo. - No date. Geo. R. Collier, Commodore. - - London. 13th March, 1820. W. Plumer. - 20th May, 1829. Jno. Bruce. - No date. P. P. Jacob. - - - - -ROWLAND HILL AND THE PENNY POSTAGE. - - -The following is the commencement of a leading article on the Penny -Postage, contained in the "_Times_," of Saturday, 9th August, 1851:-- - - "A traveller sauntering through the Lake districts of - England some years ago, arrived at a small public-house - just as the postman stopped to deliver a letter. A - young girl came out to receive it. She took it in her - hand, turned it over and over, and asked the charge. - It was a large sum--no less than a shilling. Sighing - heavily, she observed that it came from her brother, - but that she was too poor to take it in, and she - returned it to the postman accordingly. The traveller - was a man of kindness as well as of observation; he - offered to pay the postage himself, and in spite of - more reluctance on the girl's part than he could well - understand, he did pay it, and gave her the letter. No - sooner, however, was the postman's back turned, than - she confessed that the proceeding had been concerted - between her brother and herself, that the letter was - empty, that certain signs on the direction conveyed - all she wanted to know, and that as they could neither - of them afford to pay postage, they had devised this - method of franking the intelligence desired. The - traveller pursued his journey, and as he plodded over - the Cumberland fells, he mused upon the badness of a - system which drove people to such straits for means - of correspondence, and defeated its own object all - the time. With most men such musings would have ended - before the close of the hour, but this man's name was - ROWLAND HILL, and it was from this incident and these - reflections that the whole scheme of Penny Postage was - derived." - -I should be glad to know if there is any doubt as to the truth of this -statement, as I fancied it had been contradicted. Could any of your -Correspondents oblige me by giving me information on the subject, I -should feel obliged. - - I. E. - - - - -ENQUIRY. - - - Boston, January 15th, 1852. - -SIR,--I send you a query for "Current Notes." - - "Robbed between Sun and Sun." - -Can any of your communicants favor me with the origin of this -expression? It was employed to describe the late Revolution in Paris, -by the "Examiner," and I have seen it as a quotation in a work of old -date. - - Y. S. N. - - - - -DENTAL SURGERY.--In the observations on the progress of Geography and -Ethnology, by Mr. John Russell Bartlett, read at the Meeting of the New -York Historical Society in November and December, 1846, it is mentioned -that in the exploration of a tumuli carried on by Dr. M. W. Dickeson, -in the South-western States, chiefly in Mississippi, although in some -instances extending to Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas, he found that -Dentistry had been extensively practised by this ancient people, as -plugging the teeth and inserting artificial ones, were common. In one -instance five artificial teeth were found inserted in one subject. - - T. C. B. - - - - -CAPPING A STORY.--Rogers, the poet, was fond of telling the story -of a gentleman who lost a shilling in Covent Garden Market, just at -the corner of the Great Piazza, and on his return from India some -five-and-twenty years afterwards, on passing the spot where he supposed -the loss had taken place, remembered the circumstance, and looking -about him on the pavement, picked up his shilling. Here Rogers, in his -own inimitable way of telling a story, would pause, and then add--"IN -HALFPENCE, _wrapped up in paper_." - -"I knew the man," said a witty friend to the poet, "but you have -forgotten the most singular point of the story about the recovery of -this lost shilling _just at the door of Willis the bookseller's place -of business_." - -"I thought it sufficiently odd," replied the poetical banker, "our -friend having found his shilling after so long a period, and only wish -that my lost notes may turn up again in the same unexpected and amusing -manner--_that notes turn up to me from Willis_." - -"Then you must have heard the whole story, and the very remarkable fact -to which I refer? That in the paper which contained the four-and-twenty -halfpence he found another filled with farthings, the exact amount of -which when calculated, proved to be that of compound interest upon the -shilling for five-and-twenty years one month and thirteen days." - -Mr. Rogers has never since told the story. - - - - -ROBERT HOBLYN. - - -SIR,--Through the medium of your publication, can you tell me anything -about "Robt. Hoblyn;" and what works he has published? I believe they -were of a classical nature; and he was living in 1825. - - Yours truly, - A. K. - - Jan. 2, 1852. - - - - -A TRAVELLING NAME.--I have heard or read somewhere of a story about one -of the authors of the "Rejected Addresses"--indeed, I now remember that -he told it to me himself--how that he once travelled in a stage coach -with a very agreeable old lady, who was well acquainted with London -society, and with whom he conversed for a considerable time about -various mutual friends and circumstances that could only be known to -them, or to their immediate circle, with so much familiarity, that the -old lady's curiosity being roused, she ventured to inquire his name. -"James Smith, madam," was the reply. "Oh, that's your travelling name, -is it? But it won't do for me." - - J. - - - - -SMITH.--Has not some one written, or is not some one going to write, a -history of the Smiths? It really might be made a very amusing book, and -some one--I forget who--actually told me that "the far-famed Ruffian of -the Adelphi," (O. S.) was collecting materials for or from such a book. -I subscribe my real name--identify, if you can, Mr. Willis. - - JOHN SMITH. - - - - -PILGRIM'S BADGE?--A Correspondent has kindly transmitted to G. W. a -rubbing from which the annexed woodcut has been made, of a small brass -ornament, found at Launde Abbey, in Leicestershire, which abbey or -priory was founded by Rd. Basset, in the reign of Henry III. dissolved -by Henry VIII., and Cromwell, Earl of Essex, had a grant of it. In -the Chapel (all that remains of the Priory) is a monument to his son -Gregory, Lord Cromwell, of the date of 1551. The ornament is supposed -to be a Pilgrim's Badge, brought from Rome, and probably was buried -with him. - -[Illustration] - - M. C. S. - - 1st January, 1852. - - - - -ANCIENT KEY.--I. D. is thanked for the drawing of an Ancient Key found -in October last, in the parish of Stoke Holy Cross, near Warwick; but -as no particular interest attaches to this key in an antiquarian point -of view, it is not worth engraving. - - - - -THE LIBERTY STONE IN CASTLE STREET, LIVERPOOL.--T. B. B. (Burnley, 1st -December) thanked, but the space at G. W.'s command does not permit of -his inserting the extract forwarded to him from the _Liverpool Albion_. - - - - -PRINTS OF OLIVER CROMWELL AND "ST. LUKE'S DAY." - - -A "Young Print and Portrait Collector" would be obliged by any -explanation respecting a portrait of Oliver Cromwell, of an allegorical -nature, surrounded by various emblems and devices, which evidently bear -upon the events of his life. He is represented standing between two -columns, in armour, with a wreath of laurel in place of a helmet. This -print has neither name or date of any kind upon it. - -[Illustration] - -Another print is one marked published 1816, by J. T. Smith, called -"St. Luke's day," a "poor painter removing;" is this intended as a -caricature upon some artist of the time? - - Jan. 6th, 1852. - - - - -D. E., 47, _Blessington Street, Dublin,_ thanked for his suggestions. -The R. I. A.--T. C. D. and the Dublin Society, however, cannot in the -slightest degree influence the conduct of G. W.'s "Current Notes." - -If these learned bodies regard their own situation, they will not -object to "any slang, coarseness, or Americanisms." They should -rather reflect how much America has and _probably_ will teach young -Ireland--BUT NOT _through_ their agency, as publishers. - - - - -THE HOLY GRAHL, [Greek: Delta]. as confessedly "made up of quotations," -is an article not suited to G. W.'s "Current Notes." - - - - -ADMISSION OF LITERARY INQUIRERS TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS. - - -Regulations under which permission will be given to Literary Inquirers -to make searches among the Public Records, without payment of fees, -contained in a letter addressed by the Right Honourable Sir John -Romilly, Master of the Rolls to Sir Francis Palgrave, K.H., the Deputy -Keeper of the Public Records: dated at the Rolls House, 4th December, -1851:-- - -1st. That the individuals seeking to avail themselves of the permission -shall address a letter to the Deputy Keeper, stating generally their -objects of research, so as to show that the applications are really -and _bona fide_ for literary purposes, and that the applicant shall -also attend the Deputy Keeper personally thereon, and give such further -explanation as may be required; and that thereupon the Deputy Keeper -shall, if he be satisfied with the statement and explanation, authorise -the Assistant Keepers to allow the applicant to inspect such Indexes -of Records, and also such Original Records, and to make such copies or -extracts in pencil required by the applicant as the Deputy Keeper may -think advisable. - - This mode of proceeding, which is equally required for - the security of the Records, and for the protection of - the business searchers, will in fact be beneficial to - Literary Inquirers; for the more fully they explain - their objects, the better will the Deputy Keeper and - the other officers be able to direct them to the - documents which may be useful to them. - -2ndly. That all the applications before mentioned be entered in a book, -and be reported to the Master of the Rolls. - -3rdly. That a book be kept at each branch office, in which the -Assistant Keeper shall enter a note or particular of the Rolls, -Records, Books, or Documents, called for, inspected, or used by the -applicant, nearly in the same manner, _mutatis mutandis_, as is -practised with respect to Manuscripts in the British Museum. - - But this book is to be considered as confidential, - and not to be shown to the public without express - permission of the Master of the Rolls or Deputy Keeper. - -4thly. That, in case of any impropriety or abuse of the privilege, the -Assistant Keepers do forthwith report the same to the Deputy Keeper, in -order that he may bring the same before the Master of the Rolls. - -It will be necessary also to explain to the Literary Inquirers that -the time of the various officers and other persons employed in the -Public Record Office is so wholly engrossed by the performance of -their present duties, that it will not be possible for the officers to -assist any Literary Inquirers beyond the production of the documents, -and giving a general explanation, if needed, of their character and -nature. No applicant ought to present himself who is not sufficiently -acquainted with the hand-writing, abbreviations, and language of -ancient documents, so as to be able to read and decipher their contents. - -The Literary Inquirer will have free access to the documents, but, this -being done, he will have to conduct the inquiry from these documents -in such manner as his own knowledge and capacity may best enable him to -do. - - - - -_G. W. is informed that the reading Public are indebted to John Bruce, -Esq., the Treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries, for this important -concession on the part of the Master of the Rolls; and it has been -suggested that a suitable testimonial should be presented to Mr. Bruce -by those historical inquirers who are likely to derive such valuable -aid from his exertions._ - - F. S. A. - - - - -LITERARY AUCTIONS.--That there is no lack of enthusiasm among amateurs -for the possession of rare and curious works, is evidenced by the -prices which some books of this class brought at a sale just concluded -by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, being the first sale of importance -this season. Among them may be noticed the following: - -ORLOGE (l') DE SAPIENCE, folio, _nouvellement imprimee a Paris_, 1493. -A VERY SPLENDID SPECIMEN OF PRINTING ON VELLUM, _from the celebrated -Press of_ VERARD, _ruled with red lines, bound in red morocco extra, -gilt edges, by Bauzonnet, with a well made pigskin case to contain it_. - -Of this singular Ascetical Romance, M. Van Praet states that six -copies are known as being printed on vellum: of these three are in the -National Library at Paris, all of which are more or less adorned with -miniatures, two of them, like the present, having the summary of the -chapters (left blank for the insertion of the miniatures) written in -a contemporary hand on the margins. The Harleian copy, afterwards in -the collections of Count Macarthy and Mr. Hibbert, was adorned with -thirteen miniatures: the present beautiful volume has SIXTEEN, the -additional ones being at the commencement of the chapters, in which the -same subjects are treated in a different manner. THE whole of the fine -miniatures are in the best style of French art. THIS LOT SOLD FOR L45. - - - - -Literary and Scientific Obituary. - - - CHILDREN, John George. Science. Late Secretary R.S. - Halstead, Kent. - - GRAEFE, Dr. Christian. Greek and Roman Antiquities. St. - Petersburgh. 11th December. - - JACOB, William. F.R.S. 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