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diff --git a/43709.txt b/43709.txt deleted file mode 100644 index eb0d8e9..0000000 --- a/43709.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1491 +0,0 @@ -Project Gutenberg's Willis's Current Notes, No. XV., March 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. XV., March 1852 - -Author: Various - -Editor: George Willis - -Release Date: September 13, 2013 [EBook #43709] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES, MARCH 1852 *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - -[Transcriber's Notes: Macrons above letters are represented by brackets -and equal signs. [=a]] - - -WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES - -FOR THE MONTH. - - No. XV.] [MARCH, 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. - - - - -MEDIAEVAL MUMMIES. - - - British Museum, Jan. 1852. - -SIR,--The late discovery of the remains of a human body in a complete -state of preservation, in St. Stephen's Chapel, has induced me to -send you a brief notice of several similar occurrences recorded by -our early chroniclers and historians. Bede relates that eleven years -after the death of St. Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne, the monks took -up his body, expecting to see it reduced to ashes, but found, "all -the body whole, as if it had been alive, and the joints pliable more -like one asleep than a dead person; besides all the vestments the body -had on were wonderful for their freshness and glossness." We learn -from William of Malmesbury that the body was again found incorrupt -415 years afterwards at Durham, and publicly shewn. Lingard gives an -interesting account of the event, taken "from a memoir written at -the time by an eye-witness," in all probability Simeon, the Durham -historian. From this narrative it appears that when the monks removed -the masonry of the tomb, "they beheld a large and ponderous chest, -which had been entirely covered with leather, and strongly secured -with nails and plates of iron. To separate the top from the sides -required their utmost exertion, and within it they discovered a second -chest, of dimensions more proportionate to the human body. It was of -black oak, carved with figures of animals and flowers, and wrapped in -a coarse linen cloth, which had previously been dipped in melted wax, -to exclude the air and damp." By the direction of Turgot, the prior, -"they conveyed the smaller chest from behind the altar to a more -convenient place, in the middle of the choir, unrolled the cloth, and -with trembling hands forced open the lid. Instead of the remains of the -Saint, they found a copy of the Gospels lying on a second lid, which -had not been fastened with nails, but rested on three transverse bars -of wood. By the help of two iron rings, fixed at the extremities, it -was easily removed, and disclosed the body apparently entire, lying -on its right side, on a pallet of silk. At the sight they gazed on -each other in silent astonishment, and then retiring a few paces, -fell prostrate on the floor, and repeated, in a low tone, the seven -penitential psalms. After this preparation, they approached the coffin, -and three of them, by order of the prior, placing their hands under the -head, the feet, and the middle of the body, raised it up, and laid it -on a carpet spread on the floor. It was found to have been wrapped in a -cerecloth of linen. Over this appeared the usual episcopal vestments, -the amice, alb, stole, fanon tunic and dalmatic;--the chasuble alone -was wanting, which had been removed at the former translation in 689. -On the forehead lay a thin plate of gold, or metal gilt, thickly -encrusted with small stones; and a mitre covered the head, round which -had been wound a napkin of purple colour. A cerecloth of the finest -linen adhered so closely to the face, that no part of it could be -loosened, but between the neck and the shoulders the skin was exposed -to the sight and touch. The arms could be moved with ease; the hands -were joined over the lower part of the chest, and the fingers, which -were still flexible, pointed upwards. With the body were found a -chalice, patine, a portable altar, a burse to hold the linen for the -altar, and an ivory comb, with scissors of silver." When the shrine of -St. Cuthbert was plundered and demolished by order of that sacrilegious -scoundrel King Harry the Eighth, the body was still found entire, as -Harpsfield testifies. - -Audry, a daughter of Annas, King of the East Angles, and abbess of Ely -Monastery, died A.D. 679, and was buried in a wooden coffin. Sixteen -years afterwards her sister caused her body to be exhumed. It was found -"free from corruption, and all the linen cloths in which the body had -been wrapped appeared entire, and as fresh as if they had been that -very day wrapped about her limbs." Such are the words of the physician -who attended her in her last illness, and who saw the occurrence. -(Bede, B. 4. c. 19). - -Wereburge, a daughter of Wulfere, king of Mercia, died about the close -of the seventh century. Her body, according to her own desire, was -interred at Hanbury. Nine years afterwards, in 708, it was taken up -in presence of King Coeelred, his Council, and many bishops, and being -found entire and incorrupt, was laid in a costly shrine. In 875 her -body was still entire; when, for fear of the Danish pirates, it was -removed to Chester, and soon after its translation, fell into decay. - -St. Elphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, was barbarously murdered by the -Danes in 1012, and buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. Twelve years after -his martyrdom, his body was found entire, and solemnly translated to -Canterbury. The King and Queen, and an incredible multitude of persons -following the procession from London. A long narrative of the event is -amongst the Harleian MSS. - -When King Edmund was cruelly slain by the Danes in 870, his head -was carried by the infidels into a wood, and thrown into a brake of -bushes; but being afterwards discovered, it was deposited with the -royal remains at Hoxon, which were soon afterwards conveyed to Bury St. -Edmunds, and there honourably interred. Fifty-seven years rolled on, -when his body was taken up by order of the good Bishop of London; on -which occasion, says the author of Britannia Sancta, "his body, to the -admiration of all, was not only found entire, and without any blemish -of corruption, much more like to one lying in a sweet sleep than one -dead; but also his wounds were found all closed up, and his head united -to the rest of his body, only a slender mark remaining like a red -thread around the neck, testifying their former separation." - - Yours, truly, - A BOOKWORM. - - - - -ARMS OF THE ISLE OF MAN. - - - Southwick, near Oundle, - Feb. 27th, 1852. - -SIR,--The accompanying woodcut, taken from Gesenii Monumenta -Phoenicia, Tab. 23, fig. 59, has induced me to send you a description -of the remaining figures of the precious fragment, and the history -written underneath them. - -[Illustration] - -The upper part of the stone contained, _probably_, the infant Jesus -and his mother Mary. Immediately beneath her feet is the figure here -described; and below it is an ox at his manger; and underneath the feet -of the ox, an ancient writing, of which the following is the meaning. - -"The illuminated star (spica Virginis) of Virgo led the Magi slowly to -the inn filled within, and in the court-yard, with crowds of people. -Arriving at the mean cattle-stable, the Magi were." The names of -the _three_ chiefs of the Magi in the place of the erasions? From a -Mukatteb inscription I get the name of one of them, viz. "Nathan Hafi, -the Grandfather." - -Now what can the three legs, with the _man's_ head in the middle -denote, but the three _chiefs_ of the Magi? And how is it that the -people of Mona adopted it as _their_ peculiar coat of arms, if _a -portion_ of that sect did not establish themselves, after the nativity, -in the isle of Mona? The passage in Matt. ii. 12, does not militate -against the idea. - -Let us now take that most valuable auxiliary, Etymology, in order that -we may further elucidate the subject. - -Mannin, the Isle of Man, Mana, or Mona, may be thus divided, Man-n-in. -Persian, _m[=a]na_, a sect of the Magi. Sanscrit, _m[=a]na_, to -investigate, seek or desire knowledge, to give knowledge, to respect, -_revere_, _worship_. A. Saxon _mont-ige_, _Mona_ insula; _monige_, -monitiae; _monigean_, monere, to teach, instruct, &c. Gaelic, _man-ach_, -a monk. - -And lastly, let us not despise tradition, however absurd it may at -first sight appear. - -Among a few legends, I have been told one, probably imperfectly, by a -lady; viz. "A man was thrown from the top of a mountain in Mona; and -was afterwards, sometimes seen as a sheep in the plain below, sometimes -as a goat." Will any person of _Mannin veg veen_ do me the favour of -giving the _complete_ legend; with any other legend respecting the -peopling of their island? It may throw more light on the _peculiar_ -occupation of the Magi. - - Your's truly, - T. R. BROWN. - - - - -G. W. _fears, with regret, that the_ "PUNCH" _Artist, to whom his -learned Correspondent's sketch was forwarded to copy, has been more -humourous than correct in its transfer._ - - - - -DANIEL O'ROURKE. - - -There is a sort of mystery attached to this legend or story, as to the -authorship of it, that requires some clearing up. - -The first time I read it was in T. C. Croker's "Fairy Legends," -which appeared in 1825, 3 vols. small 8vo.; but what the editor or -writer calls a compressed edition, forms a volume of "Murray's Family -Library," and was published in 1834. At page 134 of this latter edition -the story commences, as if narrated by Daniel himself, and the writer -says, "I knew the man well,--an old man was he at the time _he told me -the story_, and it was on the 25th of June, 1813, that _I heard it from -his own lips_." - -All this seems very circumstantial, but it is somewhat singular that -this same story, with very slight variation, is to be found in the 18th -volume of Dr. Anderson's "Bee," for January, 1794, p. 338, the party -communicating it, saying, "The inclosed is genuine, and I honour the -_lady_ who had the merit of putting it in writing." - -There is also some account of its previous publication, communicated -in the 34th volume of the "Dublin University Magazine," p. 202, but -not having the volume at hand, I do not recollect the particulars, my -chief object being to refer to Prior's "Memoir of the Life of Burke," -third edition, 1839, at p. 100 of which we are distinctly told that -Mr. Doyle, a surgeon, of Dublin, was the _author_ of Daniel O'Rourke's -Dream. - -Now it is right that the real author should not be deprived of the -merit of a story, which has even been translated into French, and -published in the "Magasin Pittoresque" for 1843, with two humorous wood -cuts. - - A. - -Oak House. - - - - -TRADESMEN'S TOKENS. - - - Dublin, March 5th, 1852. - -SIR,--I was much pleased with the observations which appeared in -the last number of your Current Notes, (p. 11) by your intelligent -Correspondent, Mr. Boyne of Leeds, respecting the tokens issued by -tradesmen in the seventeenth century. But as he states that the only -instance with which he is acquainted of one bearing the Arms of the -Commonwealth is that which you have engraved to illustrate his paper, -it is evident that Mr. Boyne cannot have seen Dr. Aquilla Smith's -Catalogue of the Tradesmen's Tokens current in Ireland between the -years 1637 and 1679 which was printed in 1849 in the 2nd part of the -4th volume (8vo.) of the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, for -on the very same page in which John Whittle's issue is enumerated, a -token for the County of Kerry issued by T. S. is mentioned as bearing -"_The Commonwealth Arms_." From my own collection I can give another -instance, inscribed on both sides A. CORKE. FARTHING. - -The list of Irish Tokens formed by Lindsay in 1839 amounts to only -195; while that published ten years afterwards by Dr. Smith extends to -552;--and I would respectfully call Mr. Boyne's attention to it. - - Your very humble servant, - K. L. - - - - - Southwick, near Oundle, - Feb. 27th, 1852. - -SIR,--Finding by Mr. Boyne's communication in your Current Notes, -that Tradesmen's Tokens are worth collecting, I beg to send for your -acceptance five dug up in my own gardens. You may make what use you -please of them. - - Yours truly, - T. R. BROWN. - - IOHN. EATON. OUNDLE (_dug up in my garden at Southwick - by myself._) - - IAMES MEAD, 1667 (an Angel) IN TENTARDEN. HIS HALFPENY. - - IOHN COVITER (Coat of Arms) GROCER. IN. WYE, 1662, - -And two German Counters. - -_Dug up in my garden at Woodchurch, near Tenterden, Kent, by myself._ - - - - -G. W. _sincerely thanks his Correspondent, and with his permission will -consider these tokens at Mr. Boyne's service should he wish for them._ - - - - -SIR,--Mr. William Boyne, in your "Current Notes" for February, asks -any of your readers to inform him if there were any Tradesmen's Tokens -of Scotland issued during the seventeenth century. I find in a small -collection of Tokens I possess, an Edinburgh and Glasgow halfpenny, -dates 1791 and 1793, proving there were some during the eighteenth -century, though I have never met with any of an earlier date. - - Yours, &c. - M. A. M. - -March 12, 1852. - - - - -THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.--T. M. considers the -Rev. Dr. Hume's "attack" upon him ("Current Notes," for February, -p. 10) to be "most unfair and uncalled for." He, however, admits -the accuracy of Dr. Hume's statement, and withdraws his charge of -the unacknowledged appropriation of his communication, although he -questions the Rev. Gentleman's taste or temper in accusing him of want -of patience or civility. "My copy," writes T. M. "does not contain -the pages which were forwarded to you by Dr. Hume, and you have sent -on to me. How, therefore, could I overlook pages which do not exist -in my copy? Now, suppose no such pipe ever existed, but in the fumes -of my brain (for I sometimes have strange fancies), and that I, in a -hoaxing humour, transferred it to paper, and transmitted it to you. -I say, again, suppose that no such inn ever existed at Fulham as the -Golden Lion--would not I have an everlasting laugh at the learned -Doctor Hume, and the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, and -"Willis's Current Notes?" And would it not make as good a story as -Bishop Heber's, or James Smith's hoaxes upon the venerable 'Gentleman's -Magazine,' or Dr. Maginn's Correspondence with the trusty 'Times;' or -Hook's political information to the 'Morning Post;' or the recent Roman -Bridge affair, and Lord Goring's cobbler's bill, about his corns, in -the York papers? Look to this, Mr. Willis; and don't encourage men to -try and defend themselves at the expense of your Correspondent." - - T. M. - - - - -TOBACCO.--The charge made against the Historical Society of Lancashire -and Cheshire, by your correspondent T. M. in your "Current Notes" for -January (p. 5), induced me to refer to the former numbers, of which, as -I do not possess a complete set, I will thank you to forward me a copy -of the Collected Edition you have announced. But, as by looking over -the numbers which I have, I find that T. M. (see "Current Notes" for -Feb. 1851, p. 13), is curious upon the subject of smoking and tobacco, -I send you the following extract from an old miscellaneous manuscript -book which came into my possession a few years since at Gloucester, and -has the dates 1699 and 1703, with the names Bubb or Butt and Richard -Smith in it--but part of which is written in a much earlier hand. - - "_I was tempted to smoke no tobac - And to smoke. - "When the_ (HOLY) _Angel_ (SPIRIT) _torn'd I - Discorst on to the other - I told him that I - Did think not to smoke no more - Tobacko nor drink no more Alle - And I have. I hope the Lord - Will forgive me, as he told the - Spirit blind me, and ever since - I have been tempted to smoke and - Not to smok. The Angel Spirit - Is you when I do smok no tobac - But when I do he comes to me - Again and I am tempted to smok._" - -What an extraordinary record is this of a mental struggle to overcome -the cravings for Tobacco and Ale. - - S. T. - -Chester, February 4th. - - - - -WHAT HAS BEEN THE HIGHEST PRICE EVER PAID FOR A VOLUME?--In the course -of my reading lately on Bibliography, I observe that at the sale of -the Duke of Roxburgh's Library in May, 1812, the first edition of the -Decamerone of Boccaccio produced the enormous sum of L2260. In the -Catalogue the work is entitled-- - - "Boccaccio il Decamerone. Fol. M. G. Ediz. Prim. Venet. - Valdarfer, 1471." - -It was bought by the Duke of Marlborough, and again sold by public -auction from his Library, by Mr. Evans, Pall Mall, in June, 1819, for -the large price of L918. 15_s._ In that Catalogue it is entitled-- - - "Boccaccio il Decamerone, (Venezia), per Christoful - Valdarfer di Ratispona, MCCCCLXXI." - -At this time it was purchased by Mr. Longman, apparently for Lord -Spencer, in whose library it is said at present to be. A note to the -above Catalogue mentions that, "notwithstanding the publicity of the -extraordinary sum which this book produced at the Roxburgh Sale, all -researches throughout Europe to procure another copy have proved -entirely fruitless. This volume still continues to be the only known -perfect copy of this edition, and is, in all probability, the only copy -which will ever be offered for public sale. Its unparalleled rarity, -however, is not its only recommendation, as it contains many important -readings which have not been followed in any subsequent edition." - -If any of your learned correspondents could give us additional -information as to this rare and apparently valuable volume, it would be -doubtless interesting to Bibliographers. Has any volume ever brought a -higher price, or any work even in a series of volumes? - -It is most probable that the other copies of this Edition have fallen -under the ban of the Pope. - - W. B. M. - - - - -JAMES SMITH. The mention of this gentleman by your Correspondent J. in -your "Current Notes" for January (p. 7), reminds me that no author in -the English language ever received so high a remuneration "per line" -for his verses as James Smith. Longman's famous payment to Moore of a -guinea a line for "Lalla Rookh" is as nothing to it, for Mr. Strachan, -the King's printer, was so pleased with an epigram by Smith of eight -lines, that he actually, in a codicil to his will bequeathed him L3000, -or L375 per line. - - R. S. - - - - -O. SMITH! The name of the "far famed Ruffian of the Adelphi," as your -Correspondent, Mr. John Smith, in your Current Notes for January last, -p. 7, is pleased to style a gentleman of quiet habits and literary -tastes, whose real Christian names, are Richard John--the O being -merely his theatrical soubriquet, possesses in his Album among many -other interesting records the following witty testimonial from the late -Mr. Mathews: - -"_I am happy to have it in my power to express my perfect belief that -Mr. O. Smith is a most respectable character in private life, though a -Great Ruffian on the Stage._ - - C. MATHEWS. - - "_Theatre Royal, - English Opera House, - August 21st, 1827._" - - -I was so much pleased with this impromptu by Mathews, that I asked Mr. -Smith's permission to copy it, and I have no hesitation in sending you -my transcript to make what use of it you like. - - A. B. C. - - - - -CAMPANALOGIA. - - -SIR,--I thank you for amending the errors and omissions about the -_Bawdrick_, though at the cost of publishing to all the world that "my -writing is indistinct." - -I also thank your Strood Correspondent for his extract from an old -Churchwarden's book, bearing on the item _Baldrick_. - -I would request the favour of any of your readers who have access to -old parish accounts, to publish, through the medium of your "Current -Notes," (pace tua) any entry relating to that _item_, or to the -"_Wheles of ye Belles_." - -It is a desideratum in Campanalogical history, _when_ and by _whom_ the -ingenious and beautiful Bell-wheel now in use was first introduced. -In some retired villages, and indeed very generally in Dorsetshire, -the _half wheel_ may still be found. Bells so hung and rung, are said -to be with a "_Dead Rope_." The Bell can only be "_set_" one way, and -changes could not be rung on the system now practised, viz. changing -the position of each bell at every half pull. - -The mention of this original sort of wheel may induce some of -your readers to wend their way into the Bell-chambers in their -neighbourhood, and, regardless of the filthy state in which most will -be found when they get there, they will, perhaps, crawl under the bells -(minding their heads), and hunt out and report if they meet with any -clappers hung with Bawdricks and Busk Boards, obliging many others -besides your scribbler. - - H. T. E. - -Feb. 26, 1852. - - - - -THE UNION JACK. - - -SIR,--I have met in some collection of National papers with an account -of the formation of our British Union Jack; but the book has altogether -escaped my memory. Can you or your readers kindly name it, to yours, &c. - - H. M. - -London, Feb. 17, 1852. - - - - -PILLAR PRINT OF OLIVER CROMWELL. - - -SIR,--All I can tell your correspondent, "A Young Print and Portrait -Collector," in reply to his inquiry, p. 7, in your "Current Notes" for -January, is, that I hope I may congratulate him on the possession of a -very valuable and historically interesting engraving. - -Horace Walpole mentions it as in "Dugdale's Origines Juridiciales," and -describes it as "a large emblematic sheet print of Oliver Cromwell, -whole-length, in armour, with variety of devices and mottoes."--_Proof._ - -Granger describes it thus: "Oliver Cromwell standing with a book in -his hand betwixt two pillars; various emblems. Faithorne, sc. sh." And -Granger adds: "I do not remember to have seen more than two proofs of -this fine print. Mr. Walpole had one, and Mr. Gulston another. Mr. Bull -has the original drawing. The face was altered to that of King William." - -A manuscript note upon my interleaved copy of Granger, which you may -remember I purchased of you, states that, "_Caulfield had not less than -ten or twelve of this print, but in consequence of the size they were -mostly damaged: Coram had a tolerable good one which he sold to Mr. -Townley for thirty guineas._" Caulfield, who was a well known print -dealer, says in his "Calcographiana," (1814), "The late Mr. Bull shewed -me Faithorne's original drawing, from which he engraved the print, and -a most brilliant proof impression; from him I also learnt the face was -afterwards altered to that of William III., in which state, however, -I never saw it." He describes the print as "Oliver Cromwell standing -between two pillars, inscribed the 'EMBLEM OF ENGLAND'S DISTRACTIONS AS -ALSO HER ATTAINED AND FURTHER HAPPINESS:' _large sheet_;" and values -the print at no less a sum than L36. This was all very well for a -dealer's valuation; however, if your correspondent will refer to the -records of the Strawberry Hill Sale, he will find in the Sixth Day's -Sale of the Prints, (18th June, 1842), that mentioned by Granger, -Lot. "761. Oliver Cromwell, whole-length, in armour, standing between -two columns, and otherwise surrounded by a variety of allegories and -emblematic devices, entitled, THE EMBLEME OF ENGLAND'S DISTRACTIONS, -AS ALSO OF HER ATTAINED AND FURTHER EXPECTED FREEDOME AND HAPPINESS: -sheet, _extra rare_;" which Mr. Evans, (a dealer also), then secured -for L7 15_s._ The discrepancies between the two Inscriptions appear -to me to be worthy of remark, and if both have been correctly copied, -with what has been stated respecting the appropriation of the head -to William III., would shew that the plate had been altered more -than once. The original plate is supposed to have been engraved -by Faithorne, while a prisoner in London for his adherence to the -cause of Charles I., and to have been so favourably received by the -Parliamentary party, as to have occasioned his liberation; and the -alteration of the head is attributed to his son, William Faithorne, who -was an engraver also. - - A COLLECTOR. - -Mr. Willis. - - - - -ROMAN REMAINS AT ASHTEAD, SURREY. - - -[Illustration] - -A Subscriber writes--"I am not aware that this locality has received -from Mr. Roach Smith, the eminent Antiquary--in fact our best authority -upon Roman remains--that attention which I am convinced it deserves. -The arch of a small window on the North side of Ashtead Church is -turned with Roman tiles, and a variety of interesting fragments have -been found in the vicinity--particularly portions of a Hypocaust, -of one of which you have a representation half the size of the -original--the subject is evidently a wolf attacking a stag." - - F. K. - - - - -THE DEVONSHIRE COLLECTION. - - - ---- Castle, - 16th January, 1852. - -SIR,--I rather think the Devonshire Collection is either at the Duke's -residence at Chiswick or Chatsworth. But your correspondent, (who -signs himself "A Young Numismatist," p. 95, of your "Current Notes" -for December), would be best answered if inquiry were made at the -fountain-head; for a more amiable or kinder-hearted nobleman does not -exist, than his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Is your correspondent -quite sure, however, that the Collection _is_ Numismatic? I know the -Duke of Devonshire has an invaluable Collection of Antique Gems, both -Cameo and Intaglio. - - Your obedient Servant, - B. - -Mr. Willis. - - - - -ROWLAND HILL AND THE PENNY POSTAGE. - - - Bristol, 5, Lodge Street, - February 26th, 1852. - -SIR,--Seeing that the inquiry made by your Correspondent, I. E., and -which appeared in your "Current Notes" for January last, p. 6, in a -paragraph entitled, "Rowland Hill and the Penny Postage," has not been -answered in the "Current Notes," for this month, I will inform you that -the traveller mentioned in that paragraph was not _Rowland Hill_, but -_Coleridge_. The fact was mentioned by Mr. Commissioner Hill (brother -to Rowland Hill), in the last of two lectures, which he gave at the -Bristol Philosophical Institution, on the evening of the 29th ultimo, -"on Postal Arrangements," which I attended. An extract of the Lecture -is to be found in the Bristol newspapers, and especially in the Times -and Gazette, from which I copy the portion which has reference to the -"Inquiry:" - - "Many instances were related of the uselessness of the - Post-office of those days to the poor; and the Lecturer - took occasion to remark how often we were wrong and - selfish in measuring any expense by our shillings and - pence, forgetting that these nothings to us were pounds - to the poor. Amongst other instances he referred to - one mentioned in the Autobiography of Coleridge, who, - whilst travelling, observed the postman offering a - letter to a poor woman, urging upon her the necessity - of taking it in, as it was evidently from her son. - The poor woman refused; she could not afford it; but - Coleridge charitably paid the shilling for her, and the - postman left, when the woman expressed her grateful - thanks, but was sorry he had wasted the shilling, for - it was only a blank sheet addressed by her son, as a - means of informing her he had reached his destination - safely. Hundreds of such expedients were then employed, - nor could it be wondered at." - -If this communication can be of any use for your "Current Notes," it -will give great pleasure, Sir, to - - Your subscriber, - F. S. DONATO. - - - - -BISHOP GIBSON. - - - _London, Feb. 11, 1852._ - -SIR,--I will be much obliged to any of your correspondents who can -inform me to whom Edmund Gibson, the Bishop of London, and a great -authority on ecclesiastical laws, was married? and, if possible, the -date of such marriage. The biographies of him which have fallen under -my notice, have named no domestic circumstances but those of parentage -and infancy. I think he died in 1745. - - Your obedient servant, - GENEALOGIST. - - - - -_G. W.'s Correspondent will find it stated in Faulkner's History of -Fulham, that "the Bishop died at Bath, September 6, 1748, aged 79, -and was buried at Fulham. He married the sister of the wife of Dr. -Bettesworth, Dean of the Arches, who died suddenly in her chair, -December 28, 1741, and by whom he had several children."_ - - - - -JEWISH SUPERSTITIONS. - - -The superstitious notions and practices of the Jews in the middle ages, -concerning the names of God, were singular. Of these they reckoned 72, -from which, by different arrangements in sevens, they produced 720. The -principal of these was [Hebrew: agla], _agla_, which they disposed of -in two triangles intersecting each other. This they called the "Shield -of David," and pretended that it was a security against wounds, and -would extinguish fires, and was able to perform other wonders. - - * * * * * - -ABRACADABRA. - -[Hebrew: - - A B R A C A D A B R A - A B R A C A D A B R - A B R A C A D A B - A B R A C A D A - A B R A C A D - A B R A C A - A B R A C - A B R A - A B R - A B - A] - -This word, thus written, is a charm for fever or ague, still used -by some superstitious persons; it was invented by Basilides, of -Alexandria, in the beginning of the 2nd century, to signify the 365 -divine processions which he invented, (see Moreri); the value of the -letters according to the Greek numbers, make 365 thus: - - [Greek: Alpha. Beta. Rho. Alpha. Xi. Alpha. Sigma.] _Abraxas._ - 1. 2. 100. 1. 60. 1. 200. 365. - -Abraxas was a deity adored by the author, and was the root of his -charm, as the more mysterious they were the more serviceable they were -considered. - -The mode of cure described in these verses, _viz._ - - Inscribes Chartae quod dicitur Abracadabra - Saepius, et subter repetes, sed detrahe Summam, - Et magis atq. magis desint elementa figuris - Singula qua semper capies, et caetera figes - Donec in augustum redigatur Litera Conum. - His lino nexis collum redimere memento. - Talia languentis conducent vincula collo, - Lethalesq. abigent (miranda potentia) morbos. - - - - -ARCHAEOLOGY.--Numerous Archaeological Societies now exist in different -parts of England, of a local character, as in Norfolk, Suffolk, -Sussex, Cheshire; and from the Councils of which some printed volumes -of Transactions have issued, as appears by occasional references in -the public prints. If any of your correspondents have the means of -supplying, through your "Current Notes," a list, or short account of -the _titles_ and _number_ of volumes published, it would not only be -interesting, but a very useful contribution to the current knowledge of -the day, and by the publicity promote their sale, for we folks in the -South know but little of what is doing in the North, East, or West. - - S. E. - - - - -RING OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. - - -SIR,--Many years ago, when there was a mania for making _Gum_ Seals, -originating (with me, at least,) from reading of "Lord Oldborough's" -seal in "Patronage," by Miss Edgeworth, I had a wax impression given me -of Mary Queen of Scots' diamond ring, and its history, which was shewn -with it at a sale in London, I think, in 1817. I send you the account -and seal, with the copy I made in gum. If it may tend to elucidate what -your Correspondent, R. B. ("Current Notes," for February, p. 16) wishes -to know, I shall be glad. If it is useless, you can destroy my letter. - - M. C. S. - -Feb. 28th, 1852. - - - "1817, June. The original diamond ring of Mary Queen - of Scots, upon which are engraved the arms of England, - Scotland, and Ireland, quartered, and which was - produced in evidence at the trial of the unfortunate - Mary, as a proof of her pretensions to the Crown of - England, was in possession of the late Mr. Blachford, - a Lord of the Admiralty, at the time of his death.[A] - The history of this fatal ring is curious: it descended - from Mary to her grandson, Charles the First, who gave - it, on the scaffold, to Archbishop Juxon, for his son, - Charles the Second, who, in his troubles, pawned it - in Holland for L300, when it was bought by Governor - Yale, and sold at his sale for L320, supposed to the - Pretender. Afterwards it came into possession of the - Earl of Ilay, Duke of Argyll, and probably from him - to the family of Mr. Blachford, at the sale of whose - effects it was said to have been purchased for the - Prince Regent." - - - - -J. W. B. (F. S. A.) writes--"In answer to your correspondent R. B. -("Current Notes," February) I beg to remind him, that the attendants -who shew Holyrood Palace offer for sale to the visitors a _Tassie -facsimile_ impression seal of "Queen Mary's Signet ring." I myself -purchased one last summer, and on looking to the box in which it is -enclosed, I find it is stated to be copied from that "in the collection -of the late Earl of Buchan." I know not whether the collection alluded -to has been dispersed or not. However, if this fact be not already -familiar to R. B. it may afford him some clue in his enquiry. I add an -impression from the Seal, which exactly tallies with the one engraved -in 'Current Notes.'" - - - - -RING OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. - - -SIR,--Having noticed your correspondent R. B.'s communication -respecting the above curious relic, I beg to state that I also possess -a facsimile of the same engraved upon crystal, an impression of which I -enclose for your inspection. I believe the original is in Her Majesty's -collection at Windsor Castle. - - I am, Sir, respectfully yours, - J. G. P. - -15, Park Road, Stockwell. - - - - -LITHOGRAPHY.--Your Correspondent, Mr. Cole, is very much mistaken -("Current Notes," for February, p. 12) in supposing that he possesses -the very _first_ impression in Lithography in England, although it may -be from Ackerman's press, and is certainly a curiosity. If Mr. Cole -will turn to the second article in the "Foreign Review," No. VII. p. -47, he may find that Lithography was practised in England so early as -1802, and was introduced into France about 1807. - - AN ARTIST. - - - - -MR. MEADLEY. - - March 4, 1852. - -SIR,--Can you tell me anything respecting a G. W. Meadley of Bishop -Wearmouth, Sunderland? I believe he was author of some two or three -works published by Baldwin and Cradock many years since. - - Yours truly, - H. K. - - - - -SHOVEL BOARD. - - - New York, - 14th January, 1852. - -SIR,--It may possibly be amusing to some of your antiquarian friends -to know that we have a game in use here, which I never saw or heard of -in England, except in Shakspere's "Merry Wives of Windsor." I allude -to Shovel-board, and I can assure you a capital game it is, requiring -an eye as quick, and a hand and arm as steady, and much stronger, than -billiards, which it somewhat resembles. If you wish it described with -the rules of the game, say the word and I'm your man. - - SS. R. - -Mr. Willis. - - -_G. W. will be glad to receive the information so kindly offered by his -Correspondent._ - - - - -LATIN AND ITALIAN INSCRIPTION.--At Savona, on the Church of the Virgin -Mary, occurs the following inscription:-- - - IN MARE IRATO, IN TORBIDA PROCELLA, - INVOCO TE, NOSTRA BENIGNA STELLA. - -Each of the words are both Latin and Italian. - - A. A. - - - - -MONOGRAM.--The allusion made by your Correspondent C., in your "Current -Notes" for February last, p. 11, to my relative Lord Glenelg's -signature, reminds me that the letters of the following singular lines, -if read backwards, will be found the same as if read in the usual -manner. - - _Signa te, signa, temere me tangis et angis - Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor._ - - A. A. - -Bombay, July 16th, 1851. - - - - -MRS. CRABB. - - -Mr. Butterworth (7, Fleet Street) requests the attention of the readers -of G. W.'s "Current Notes" to the distressing case of the Widow of the -late Rev. George Crabb, whose death was recorded in the Literary and -Scientific Obituary of last month (p. 16). - -This highly respectable lady was, at the age of 80, left perfectly -destitute, had it not been for the sum of L60 immediately forwarded -for her relief by the Royal Literary Fund. Some friends have since -subscribed about the same amount, and Mr. Butterworth's benevolent -object is to raise a sum sufficient to purchase an annuity of L50 per -annum for Mrs. Crabb--as the "relict of one who has laboured for nearly -half a century in the preparation of works of standard usefulness." - - - - -TO CORRESPONDENTS. - - -G. W. fears that he has been taken for a conjuror, and that a -serious conspiracy has been organised against him by his esteemed -Correspondents (to whose commands he is always happy to respond) and -the Post Office. But how is he to get on? He can only in the way of -business gratefully acknowledge the favours conferred on him--execute -orders--and do his best to reply in the smallest type and space in his -power--one column; and with four woodcuts, which would more than occupy -it without the illustrative letter-press, being before his eyes. - -For these obvious reasons - - AUSPICE TEUCRO. (_18th March_) _cannot, according to - his request be inserted, as received too late._ - - S. S. _will find in the Piazza upon enquiry a - communication and facsimile most politely forwarded - by Mr. Cole, in reply to a note headed_ "AUTOGRAPHIC - BIOGRAPHY," _in_ C. N. _for Feb. p. 15._ - - G. S. B. Gainsborough. _Thanked: his communication will - probably appear next month._ - - _Newspaper paragraphs of the nature referred to (about - Shakspere) seldom require contradiction; but_ G. W.'s - _correspondent, as he has kindly mentioned the name - of an accomplished Prelate, will perhaps name that of - the stupid Newspaper in which the paragraph originally - appeared, or the more stupid Newspapers into which such - a paragraph could have been copied?_ - - X.'s _"extraordinary" communication about "a most - extraordinary Story" was duly received. It reminds_ - G. W. _of an Old Bailey piece of evidence in the case - of a man who stole--not a joke, but a pair of boots - that were hanging outside of a shop in Holborn; when - followed and apprehended he attempted to excuse himself - by saying he had taken them as a joke. The question - in consequence by the Counsel was, "And pray how far - did he carry the joke?" "About forty yards"--the - reply. Now_ G. W.'s _correspondent admits upon_ X.'s - _statement having currently carried the joke from - Lincoln's Inn Fields to Covent Garden, and he only - wishes that_ X. _would take it back again, without the - interest, with some of Rogers's lost Notes._ - - Mr. Foss, Surgeon, &c., Stockton-on-Tees, _9th March. - Thanked. In "Current Notes" for last month no such - assertion was made as the discovery of a "City of - Pigmies," although it was stated that two dwarfs had - been brought from Central America, and were exhibiting - in New York. However, for the information of those who - are curious upon this subject, G. W.'s correspondent - C. F. D. has most kindly forwarded_ "MORE ABOUT THOSE - AZTIC BIPEDS," _an extract from the New York Herald, - which will be forwarded in the proper quarter._ - - _To_ G. W.'s AMERICAN CORRESPONDENTS _what can he say? - beyond sincerely acknowledging his gratitude for the - favour of their communications, and at once declaring - his belief in the Great Sea Serpent, so voluminous, so - overwhelming and really so important has been his Catch - from the U. S._ - - _It would literally occupy the space that he will have - it in his power to devote to Current Monthly Notes for - the current year; and he scarcely knows how to proceed - in the task of American Selection._ - - G. W. _however cannot deny himself the pleasure of - acknowledging these Catches--respecting Niebuhr and - Daniel Webster--"Lord Mahon_ versus _Franklin" is - important--but must stand over. So must the Sermon - of Dr. Adams of Boston upon the death of Professor - Stuart (see "Current Notes" for Feb. p. 16)--"Dickens' - American Notes," with Laura Bridgman and Longfellow's - Evangeline, appears to be a twaddlish puff. Smarter - American verses than Saxe's tribute to Jenny Lind - Goldschmidt have come into_ G. W.'s _possession. With - Lady Byron's "sayings and doings" at Southampton, on - board the American Frigate_, G. W. _is quite as well - informed as any American Newspaper paragraph writer - from the "Oriental Hotel" there, can be. The Memory of - James Fennimore Cooper is as dear to the Literature of - both countries as that of Thomas Moore must be. But - alas, their names can only be recorded in the "Literary - and Scientific Obituary" of_ G. W.'s _"Current Notes," - almost, it is sad to think, in juxta position. Morris's - "Yankee Doodle"_ G. W. _must take in hand next month._ - - ACTA SANCTORUM _received after going to press._ - - - - -Literary and Scientific Obituary. - - - BENTLEY, Joseph Clayton. Engraver and Painter. Sydenham. - 9th October, 1851. Aged 42. - - BLACKWOOD, Robert. Publisher, (Firm of Blackwood and - Sons, Edinburgh). 14th February. - - DOANE, A. S. Dr. Health Officer, (Author and Translator - of Medical Works). New York. 27th January. - - KEATE, Rev. John, D.D. Many years Head Master of Eton - College. Hartley Westpall, Hants. 5th Feb. - - KIRK, Rev. John, D.D. Theology, "The Faith of Catholics," - &c. Lichfield. 20th December, 1851. - - LAROCHE, Benjamin. Translator of Shakspere and Byron. - Paris, (_lately_). Aged 54. - - LEES, Rev. Sir Harcourt, Bart. Political Writer. - Blackrock, Dublin. 7th February. Aged 75. - - MOORE, Thomas. Poet. Sloperton Cottage, Wiltshire. 25th - February. Aged 72. - - NEWELL, Rev. Robert Hasell, (Rector of Little Hormead, - Herts). Author of three Illustrated works, "On the - locality of Goldsmith's Deserted Village," "The - Scenery of Wales," and "The Zoology of the English - Poets." 31st January. Aged 73. - - OXBERRY, William H. Actor. Author of Dramatic Chronology - and Dramas. 28th February. Aged 44. - - PARANT, S. B. Painter on Porcelain and Ivory. Paris, - (_lately_). Aged 54. - - THOMPSON, W. C. Natural History. London. 17th February. - Aged 47. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] _Barrington Pope Blachford, Esq. M.P. was appointed a Lord -of the Admiralty on the 23rd August, 1814. He died 14th May, 1816._ - - G. W. - - - * * * * * - -Transcriber's Notes: - -Obvious punctuation errors repaired. - -Page 22, Hebrew "Bet" changed to "Gimel" so that [Hebrew: agba] is now -[Hebrew: agla] - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Willis's Current Notes, No. XV., March -1852, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES, MARCH 1852 *** - -***** This file should be named 43709.txt or 43709.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/7/0/43709/ - -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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