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diff --git a/43708.txt b/43708.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4f2c5b8..0000000 --- a/43708.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1962 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Willis's Current Notes, No. XIII., January -1852, by Various - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. 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. 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