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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Willis's Current Notes, No. XVI., April 1852 - -Author: Various - -Editor: George Willis - -Release Date: September 13, 2013 [EBook #43710] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES, APRIL 1852 *** - - - - -Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Emmy and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - -WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES FOR THE MONTH. - - - No. XVI.] [APRIL, 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 ANCIENT HEBREW HARP. - - -[Illustration] - -SIR,--In Kitto's Biblical Cyclopaedia, vol. 2. p. 373, we find the -following coin, on which is engraved an ancient harp surrounded by the -letters, Fllth Chtr Phl, which may be construed thus:-- - - 'THE FELATAH CITHARA OF PUL.' - -After referring the readers of "Current Notes" to the "London -Encyclopaedia," word _Falasha_, and Prichard's Physical History of -Mankind, vol. 1, "On the Races of People in the Interior of Africa," -let us have recourse to Etymology for a further elucidation of this -singular coin, and the Semi-Jewish tribe whose name it bears. - -Felatah.--Hebrew [Hebrew: phalat] _phalat_, which by comparison with -its cognates signifies, _to separate from_, _retire into_, (another -country); and with its affix [Hebrew: phalatah] _phalatah_, or -_Felatah_, signifying _evasio_, _liberatio_, _residuum_, _&c._ - -Cithara.--Greek [Greek: kithara]. Hebrew and Chaldee [Hebrew: chatar] -_chatar_, _a stick_, (plectrum), _to beat with a stick_; therefore -the instrument cannot be the [Hebrew: asor] _asor_, _decachordon_; but -properly, I think, the harp or lyre that was beaten with the _plectrum_. - -Pul.--Hebrew [Hebrew: phul] _phul_, or _Pul_, (Isaiah lxvi. 19.) -"AFRICA, _ea pars quae apud Fesam_." - -Such is the value of rightly interpreting the ancient coins of various -nations. - - Yours truly, - T. R. BROWN. - -Southwick, Oundle, March 27th, 1852. - - - - -ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS. - - -_In compliance with the wish very generally expressed by G. W.'s -Subscribers and Correspondents, particularly by S. E. ("Current -Notes" for March, p. 22,) G. W. has collected the titles of the chief -Archaeological publications in England, and in France and Germany. The -former he believes to be nearly correct, but the latter is necessarily -very imperfect, with the exception of the North of France. Very few -foreign Antiquarian publications find their way to this country, as -reference to the libraries of the British Museum and the Society of -Antiquaries will prove._ - - -PUBLICATIONS OF ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETIES, ETC. IN ENGLAND AND IN FRANCE. - - "Archaeologia" of the Society of Antiquaries of London. - Part I. Vol. XXXIV. 4to. 1851. Half a volume - published yearly. - - "Vetusta Monumenta" of the same Society; suspended for - some five or six years, folio. - - "Proceedings of," in 8vo. published for the Fellows, - quarterly, Vol. II. No. 29, 1852. - - Catalogue of the Kerrich Collection of Roman Coins, - 8vo. 1852. - - "Archaeologia AEliana" of the Society of Antiquaries of - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Vol. IV. Part 1, 4to. 1846. - - This work has been suspended since 1846. - - Archaeologia Scotica of the Society of Antiquaries of - Scotland, suspended for many years, or, it may be - said, defunct; it extends only to Part II. Vol. IV. - 1833. - - Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Vol. - VII. 8vo. complete, 1852. - - Archaeological Journal of the Archaeological Institute, - Vol. VIII. 8vo. complete, 1852. - - (Vol. 1 of this work was compiled chiefly by Members - of the Association, and records the Proceedings of - the original institution before the secession and - formation of the Institute.) - - Sussex Archaeological Collections, published by the - Sussex Archaeological Society, Vol. IV. 8vo. 1851. - - _Original Papers_, published by the Norfolk and Norwich - Archaeological Society, Vol. III. Part 3. 8vo. 1852. - - Proceedings of the Bury and West Suffolk Archaeological - Institute, established 1848, Vol. I. Part 5. 8vo. - 1851. - - Proceedings and Papers of the Historic Society of - Lancashire and Cheshire, Vol. II. Part 1. 8vo. 1851. - - "Archaeologia Cambriensis," and Journal of the Cambrian - Archaeological Association, Vol. III. (new series) - Part 2. 1852. - - Journal of the Chester and Cheshire Architectural - Archaeological Society, Vol. I. Part 1. 8vo. 1850. - - Proceedings of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society? - - Museum of Classical Antiquities, Part I. Vol. II. 8vo. - 1852. - - Collectanea Antiqua (by C. Roach Smith,) Part IX. Vol. - II. 8vo. 1852. - - Reliquiae Antiquae Eboracenses, (by W. Bowman,) Part II. - 4to. Leeds, 1852. - - Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic - Society, Vol. XV. No. 1, 1852. - -There are numerous other local Societies in England, but as they have -never printed any proceedings they can scarcely be regarded as more -than nominally Archaeological Societies. - - -FOREIGN SOCIETIES, ETC. - - Society of Antiquaries of France, Proceedings, - (Bulletin Monumental), 8vo. annually to 1851. - - Society of Antiquaries of Normandy (Caen) Memoires, 2e - Serie, 9e Vol. 4to. (Vol. XIX of the Collection,) - 1852. - - Society of Antiquaries of Picardy (Amiens,) Vol. XI. - 8vo. 1851. - - Society of Antiquaries of the West (Poitiers), Vol. - XVIII. 8vo. 1848. - - Society of Antiquaries of the Morini (St. Omer), Vol. - VIII. 8vo. 1850. - - Society of Emulation of Abbeville, Vol. VI. 8vo. 1851. - - Societe E'duenne des Lettres, Sciences et Arts, - (Autun), Vol. II. 8vo. 1849. - - Society for Historical Researches, etc. of the - Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, Vol. III. 4to. 1847. - - Revue Numismatique (quarterly), commenced in 1836, - 8vo. This work is very valuable, not only for the - excellent papers it contains, but also for the - numerous illustrations. Edited by MM. E. Cartier and - de la Saussaye. - - Revue Archeologique (quarterly), commenced in 1844. - 8vo. Leleux, Paris--Curt, London. Also a valuable - periodical. - - Annalen des Vereins fuer Nassauische Alterthumskunde und - Geschichtsforschung (Wiesbaden), 8 vols. 8vo. to 1850. - - Zeitschrift des Vereins zur Erforschung der Rheinischen - Geschichte u. Alterthuemer in Mainz, (Mayence), in - 8vo. and 4to. 1850. - - Jahrbuecher des Vereins von Alterthumsfreunden im - Rheinlande, No. XVI. 8vo. 1851. Bonn. - - Geschichte der vormaligen freien adeligen - Benedictiner-Abtei Sunnesheim von Karl Wilhelmi, from - 1831 to 1851, in 8vo. Sinsheim. - -Most of these German publications are in thin yearly volumes without -indices. - - -THE LEARNED SOCIETIES AND PRINTING CLUBS _of the United Kingdom_, -as existing in 1847, have been classified in an 8vo. volume of 307 -pages, by the Rev. Dr. Hume, to which those who require information -respecting their Origin, History, Objects, and Constitution, are -referred. It contains full details as to Membership, Fees, their -published Works, Notices of their Periods and Places of Meeting, with a -General Introduction, and a good Index. As a book of reference, it is -absolutely necessary for all public libraries. - - - - -THE ORIGIN OF YANKEE DOODLE.--The "Transcript," (American paper), of -28th February last, contains the following pungent verses respecting - -THE ORIGIN OF YANKEE DOODLE, - -AFTER THE MANNER OF THE OLD CONTINENTAL BALLAD WRITERS, BY GEORGE P. -MORRIS, ESQ. - - Once on a time old Johnny Bull, - Flew in a raging fury, - And swore that Jonathan should have - No trials, sir, by jury: - That no elections should be held, - Across the briny waters: - "And now," says he, "I'll tax the tea - Of all his sons and daughters," - Then down he sat in burly state, - And blustered like a grandee, - And in derision made a tune - Called "Yankee Doodle dandy." - "Yankee Doodle"--these are facts-- - "Yankee doodle dandy: - "My son of wax, your tea I'll tax-- - "Yankee doodle dandy." - - John sent the tea from o'er the sea - With heavy duties rated; - But whether hyson or bohea, - I never heard it stated. - Then Jonathan to pout began-- - He laid a strong embargo-- - "I'll drink no tea, by Jove!" so he - Threw overboard the cargo. - Then Johnny sent a regiment, - Big words and looks to bandy, - Whose martial band, when near the land, - Play'd "Yankee doodle dandy." - "Yankee doodle--keep it up! - "Yankee doodle dandy! - "I'll poison with a tax your cup, - "Yankee doodle dandy." - - A long war then they had, in which - John was at last defeated-- - And "Yankee doodle" was the march - To which his troops retreated. - Cute Jonathan, to see them fly, - Could not restrain his laughter: - "That tune," says he, "suits to a T, - I'll sing it ever after." - Old Johnny's face, to his disgrace, - Was flushed with beer and brandy, - E'en while he swore to sing no more, - This "Yankee doodle dandy." - "Yankee doodle--ho! ha! he! - "Yankee doodle dandy-- - "We kept the tune, but not the tea, - "Yankee doodle dandy." - - I've told you now the origin - Of this most lively ditty, - Which Johnny Bull dislikes as "dull - And stupid!"--what a pity! - With "Hail Columbia!" it is sung, - In chorus full and hearty-- - On land and main, we breathe the strain, - John made for his tea-party. - No matter how we rhyme the words, - The music speaks them handy, - And where's the fair can't sing the air, - Of "Yankee doodle dandy!" - "Yankee doodle--firm and true-- - "Yankee doodle dandy-- - "Yankee doodle, doodle doo! - "Yankee doodle dandy." - - - - -LORD MAHON AND GENERAL GREENE AND LA FAYETTE.--C. F. D. presents -his compliments to Mr. Willis, and with reference to the fifth -paragraph headed "Scraps from the United States," which appeared in -"Current Notes" for February last, p. 13, forwards him the following -communication, which from the initials he presumes is from the pen of -Mr. Hildreth, the historian:-- - - "The fifth and sixth volumes of Lord Mahon's History of - England from the peace of Utrecht, have for a leading - subject the early years of the American Revolutionary - War. Writing from the English point of view, the - proceedings of Parliament and the English side of the - story naturally form the foreground of the picture, - while the affairs of the colonies themselves--certainly - the most interesting as well as the most important, - not for Americans only, but for all historical - students--fall into a distant perspective. The American - part of Lord Mahon's book is very slight in its - execution, made up mostly of anecdotes and extracts - of letters, good as illustrations, but hardly as - substance; indicating often but a superficial knowledge - on the part of the writer, and conveying to the reader - no distinct or connected idea of the American side of - the story. With a great show of candour, 'My Lord' - also evinces throughout a somewhat anxious desire to - depreciate the 'rebels.' Thus Franklin is pursued - with pitiful but persevering rancour, charged with - falsehood and duplicity, because he, like most of the - other Americans of that day, arrived at the point of - separation and independence only by gradual steps; - because his opinions and views of 1769 and 1775 did - not correspond altogether with those of 1795; and - because he appears to have spoken--as what was more - natural?--with somewhat more of freedom and with - greater dislike of the British connexion among his - intimate associates than when addressing himself to the - British ministry or to British statesmen. - - A curious instance of this sort of spitefulness, which - constantly exhibits itself throughout the book, occurs - in the case of Gen. Greene, of whom Lord Mahon writes: - "The command of this important post (Brooklyn) was - entrusted by Washington to Gen. Greene, an officer of - bravery and enterprise, '_but of intemperate habits_;' - and he adds, in a note, '_Greene, un general souvent - ivre_.' These are the words of La Fayette; Mem. et - Corresp. Vol. I. p. 21, ed. 1837." The edition in the - original French here quoted is not at hand, but in that - published the same year at New York and London, in - England, and like the French edition under authority - of La Fayette's representatives, the entire passage - above referred to, reads as follows: After an account - of the appearance of the American army as first seen - by La Fayette in the summer of 1777--about 11,000 - men, ill armed, and still worse clothed, and very - deficient in tactics, La Fayette adds: 'Lord Stirling, - more courageous than judicious, _another General who - was often intoxicated_, and Greene, whose talents were - only then known to his intimate friends, commanded as - Major Generals.' The other General here referred to - was Stephen, who was cashiered not long after on that - very ground, for his misbehaviour at the Battle of - Germantown. And as there can scarcely be a doubt that - this version gives the correct sense of the French - original, there is room for apprehension that Lord - Mahon is not only incorrect in giving only a part of a - sentence, thus putting into La Fayette's mouth what he - never said, but that even the order of the words has - been changed, the name of Greene being removed from the - end to the beginning of the quotation. Upon this point - I will add something further, so soon as I can obtain - the French original." - - H. H. - - - - -THE SALE OF ANTIQUITIES, &c. which took place at Messrs. Sotheby -and Wilkinson's rooms, on the 5th of this month, and two following -days, although one made up by the dealers in such articles, attracted -considerable attention, and many things, if not bought in, realised -considerable prices; the total produce of the sale being, it is said, -upwards of twelve hundred pounds. - -In the first and third day's sale several lots of articles, well -known to Archaeologists as Celts, and of which the usual appearance -may be recognised from figures 1 and 2, sold on the average for about -half-a-crown each. A large quantity of antique gems--none of any -extraordinary merit--in modern setting of gold, ranged from about ten -shillings to two guineas each. There were some specimens of Irish ring -money, which sold or were bought in at very high prices; and some -appeared to have been tampered with, if not manufactured for the market. - -[Illustration: fig. 1.] - -[Illustration: fig. 2.] - -The second day's sale contained many good Etruscan and Roman bronzes. -A Winged Victory (Lot 222) was knocked down at L5. A Lamp with the -original chain for suspension (Lot 238) at L5. 8_s_. An Etruscan -stew-pan (Lot 256) at L5. 10_s_. And the Leg of a Roman Warrior, the -foot sandalled (Lot 234) at L7. 7_s_. But the great object of the day -was (Lot 266) a bronze figure of an Archer, which was stated to have -been discovered in July, 1842, while excavating for making a sewer in -Queen Street, Cheapside, London, and which, if standing erect, would -have been fifteen inches, but in its stooping posture the perpendicular -height was about eleven inches. It has been described and figured in -the Archaeologia, vol. xxx. plate xxii. p. 544. - -This really fine work of art was put up at 30 guineas, and, after a -slight struggle, knocked down to Purnell B. Purnell, Esq., of Stancombe -Park, Dursley, Gloucestershire for 125. The Etruscan fictile vases sold -for about as many shillings as forty years ago they would have brought -pounds, but the miscellaneous articles brought extraordinarily high -prices. Two Necklaces of common Venetian beads (Lots 351 and 357) worth -about half-a-crown each, were eagerly contended for, and the hammer -fell at L2. 6_s_. The second day's sale closed with a struggle for -various gold Etruscan fibulae and ornaments, which went at high prices, -and it was understood in the room that an Etruscan gold necklace, with -a head of Medusa attached, was bought in at no less a sum than L50. - -The third day's sale was less attractive. An exceedingly curious Lamp -in bronze (Lot 470), of oval form, with four burners issuing from the -sides, the handle formed of figures of grotesque animals, and stated to -have been found near London Bridge, produced four guineas. There were -a few (eight) illuminated Manuscripts, but none sold for extravagant -prices. An Etruscan gold wreath, composed of masks and foliage worn -round the helmet, from the Canino Collection (Lot 529) was secured by -T. Crofton Croker, Esq., for L19. 10_s_. With the disposal of some -Shaksperian relics this very miscellaneous sale closed, but they did -not appear to be much coveted. - -There were some fine and many desirable specimens, with a few of -very doubtful character, and some unquestionable forgeries. The Earl -Cadogan, Sir Gardiner Wilkinson, Dr. Henderson, and other amateurs -of Art and Archaeology, seemed to watch the progress of the sale with -considerable interest. - - N. - - - - -[Illustration] - -THE GOLDEN LION, FULHAM, "should not," writes G.W.'s Correspondent, -T. C. C. "be confounded with the Golden Lion, Brompton, the exterior -decoration of which was figured in 'Current Notes,' No. III. for March, -1851, p. 22, with a facetious reference to Sir Charles Eastlake's -speech at the Macready dinner." And it appears to G. W.'s Correspondent -that T. M. in "Current Notes" for March last, No. XV. p. 19, and the -Rev. Dr. Hume, of Liverpool, February, No. XIV. p. 10, are both in -an unnecessary "_fume_" about what easily admits of explanation; if, -indeed, the history of an old tobacco pipe required one. "Suppose," -says T. M. "that I was in a hoaxing humour, and that no such Inn -ever existed at Fulham as the Golden Lion?" "Now," continues our -Correspondent, "I may as well suppose that no such person ever existed -as T. M., but to prove that such an Inn existed at Fulham as the Golden -Lion, I send you a series of twelve sketches which were presented to me -by Mr. Henry Warren, the President of the New Society of Watercolour -Painters, and which were made of and in it in April, 1836, previous to -the old hostelrie being pulled down and replaced by a modern public -house bearing the same name. You have my permission to engrave any -one or two of these studies, and I have been assured that the oak -panneling of some of the principal rooms was purchased by a dealer, and -re-sold to the Earl of Ellenborough for the fitting of his Lordship's -residence, Southam House, Cheltenham." - - -[Illustration] - -_Availing himself of this permission, G. W. has caused first to be -engraved_ the Chimney Piece of the back room, ground floor, South -side, _and opposite_ the Chimney Piece, back room, first floor, _as -characteristic specimens of this curious old house_. - - - - -FORMATION OF THE UNION JACK. - - - Esplanade, Sidmouth, March 27th, 1852. - -SIR,--The annexed may possibly be of use to H. M. in your "Current -Notes" for March, but I am not able to refer to the work from which it -is taken. - - Yours obediently, - W. G. CLARKE. - -Mr. WILLIS. - - -_St. George's red cross on a white ground, and St. Andrew's white cross -(diagonally) on a blue ground. In 1800, St. Patrick's red cross, on a -white ground, was added._ - -_The flag should be constructed to shew the three crosses distinctly._ - - -THE UNION JACK. - -Yarmo, March 29th. 1852. - -SIR,--"H. M." of the March "Current Notes," p. 20, enquires "the -formation of our British Union Jack." To describe it in heraldic terms -is as follows: Az. a cross saltire argent encalved gules; over all a -common cross, the same as first. I believe there are no given rules -as to its proportion. This appears to be the best, viz. the breadth -three-fourths of the length. But the inclosed, forwarded to H. M., will -suffice for all.[A] - - W. - - -THE UNION JACK AND MONUMENTAL BRASSES. - - 11, Montpelier Square, Brompton, - March 28th, 1852. - -SIR,--Your Correspondent, H. M. will find a very curious history of -the origin and formation of the Union Jack in Brayley's "Graphic -Illustrator:" it is written by the late Sir Harris Nicolas, and the -"absurd arrangement" of the National Flag elucidated by nine heraldic -woodcuts. - -Perhaps you will permit me to embrace this opportunity of saying a few -words on the abstraction of Monumental Brasses from churches, which -has attracted the attention of some of your Correspondents lately; one -of whom throws the blame almost wholly on "the sectarian soldiers of -Cromwell's time."[B] I am not desirous of defending these men, but I -_am_ desirous that modern Churchwardens should not screen their neglect -by such an excuse. A slight research among our topographical works will -prove, that a very large abstraction and destruction of such memorials -has taken place in comparatively recent times. In the introduction to -Cotman's "Brasses of Norfolk and Suffolk," he notes that "in 1800 the -chancel of Ingham was completely swept of all its beautiful memorials -of the Stapleton family. They were sold as old metal, and it was -commonly reported by whom they were bought and sold; but nobody sought -to recover them; neither minister nor churchwarden cared for any of -these things." The beautiful brass (engraved in this same work) of -Robert Attelath, Mayor of Lynn in 1374, was about forty years ago -"given out of the church by the Churchwardens to a person who sold it -for five shillings to a brass founder." The collection of rubbings -from Brasses made about the same time and bequeathed to the British -Museum by the late Francis Douce, present several since destroyed. The -Journal of the Archaeological Association narrates the fact of several -removed from a country church because their rivets became loose, and -"tripped up the old women who came to the fore seats in the aisle." -I remember several instances of Brasses thus loosened, taken up and -thrown in vestries or belfries, until they were sufficiently forgotten -to be carried out and sold to the metal-founder. Some few Antiquaries -have argued that they are better taken care of in their museums than -thus exposed to destruction; and churchwardens being willing "to get -rid of the ugly old things," many have disappeared this way. Let me, -however, record one instance of honourable restitution. The effigy of -an armed knight, of the Bacon family, (temp. Edw. I.) in Gorleston -Church, Suffolk, engraved by Cotman, "in 1810 was gone, and supposed to -be irretrievably lost; but at the sale of Mr. Craven Ord's curiosities, -it was purchased by John Gage, Esq., who, with correct feeling and -good taste, gave it back to the church, and Dawson Turner, Esq., at -his expense, had it replaced in its original position." Surely, the -soldiers of Cromwell have sins enough to answer for, without heaping -those of modern Churchwardens on their heads. - - I am, Sir, yours very truly, - F. W. FAIRHOLT. - -MR. G. WILLIS. - - - - -MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF LINCOLNSHIRE. - - -The Lincolnshire Architectural Society propose to superintend the -publication of the most interesting Monumental Brasses of that County. -The work to be comprised in 12 parts, containing about five plates -each; and published at intervals of two months: with a small volume of -descriptive letter-press at the close of the series. - -Brasses from the following churches (among others) will be included -in this series:--Barton, Boston, Buslingthorpe, Great Coates, Croft, -Covenham, Grainthorpe, Gunby, Hainton, Irnham, South Kelsey, Linwood, -South Ormsby, Spilsby, Tattershall, Wrangle, &c. - -The Rev. F. P. Lowe, Saltfleetby, Louth, is the Hon. Sec. of the -Lincolnshire Architectural Society. But the work will not be issued -till a sufficient number of subscribers, at L1 4_s_, or at about 6_d_ -per plate, has been obtained to ensure the Society against any loss. - - - - -ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, AND THEIR WORKS. - - - Northampton, March 14th, 1852. - -SIR,--I am rather amused (see p. 12 "Current Notes" for February last) -at the apparent strength of Architectural Science in the Midland -Counties. There are, it seems, _four_ Societies, and in one year -they publish almost one volume! If _four_ Societies can only produce -one "handsome octavo volume" in so long a period, I should suggest -their dissolving themselves, and let some _one_ active and competent -member do the work. The truth is, half of these _Societies_ are merely -architectural Mrs. Harrises--talked about, but seldom or never seen. -One liberal man, who would give a couple of hundred of pounds towards a -work published by some creditable architect, would beat them all. - - I am, Sir, yours truly, - ANTI-SOCIALIST. - -MR. WILLIS. - - - - -WIERX, THE ENGRAVER. - - - April 2nd, 1852. - -SIR,--I shall be obliged by any reference you can give me, through your -interesting columns, to the works and date of an old engraver, "H. -Wierx," and oblige - - Yours, - W. W. C. - -Mr. WILLIS. - - - - -THE PILLAR PRINT OF OLIVER CROMWELL. - - - Brompton, April 10th, 1852. - -DEAR SIR,---As this famous Portrait seems to be an object of interest -to several of your subscribers, I take the liberty of adding my mite -of information concerning it. In the March Number of "Current Notes," -p. 21, it is stated that Caulfield valued a good impression of it at -L36, but your Correspondent remarks, that "this was all very well for a -dealer's valuation," adding, that the one sold at the Strawberry Hill -sale was bought by a printseller for L7. 15_s_. That Caulfield was -nearly right in his appreciation, I find confirmed by reference to the -Catalogue of the 'extensive and choice collection of Prints' formed by -my uncle, the late Robert Morse, Esq. of Clarges Street, Piccadilly, -which was sold by auction by the well-known Dodd, May 15th, 1816, and -27 following days. This portrait (Lot 1335), described as "an excellent -impression and of the utmost rarity," sold for L30 19_s_ 6_d_. This, -it is true, was in the high and palmy time of print-collecting, as the -prices of a few others will testify. James I. by W. Pas, sold for L14 -3_s_ 6_d_. Edward Somerset, Earl of Worcester, by Simon Pas, for L9 -9_s_. Edmond Baron Sheffield, for L10. Sir Julius Caesar, by Elstracke, -for L10 10_s_. Frances Bridges, Countess of Exeter, by Faithorne, for -L10. Lot 3602, Strutt's Dictionary of Engravers, illustrated by 2820 -prints, exhibiting specimens of the works of 1680 different engravers, -bound in 18 vols. sold for L288 15_s_. Lot 3600, Vandyck's Works, a -magnificent collection of engravings after his paintings, for L198; and -others in the same proportion. - - Your obedient servant and collaborateur, - CHARLES EDMONDS. - -Mr. WILLIS. - - - - -TOKENS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. - - -The notice of Tradesmen's tokens, inserted in the "Current Notes" -of Feb. 25th, has attracted more attention than I expected, as -besides the letters published in the Notes of March 25th, I have had -direct communications from Andover and Downpatrick. In reply to the -obliging letter of "K. L." Dublin, I beg to say, that I had seen the -engraving of the Cork farthing in Mr. Lindsay's work, but as I did not -sufficiently express my meaning, I will now explain what I meant by -"_the Commonwealth Arms_," viz. that the two shields of Arms of England -and Ireland were side by side, as shewn on the Token engraved in the -"Notes," and precisely in the form they appear on the Coins of the -Commonwealth, not separate as on the Cork farthing, one shield on the -obverse, the other on the reverse side. They are all scarce: I do not -know a single example of these Arms on an English token. Dr. Smith's -Catalogue of Irish Tokens was unknown to me; I shall take the first -opportunity to procure a copy. - -My chief object in writing the notice was to get any information -concerning the Tokens of Scotland, whether there are any besides the -Royal tokens. The Scotch tokens of the 18th Century, mentioned by your -correspondent "M. A. M." are well known, and engraved in the excellent -work by Charles Pye, on the "Provincial Coins and Tokens issued from -the year 1787 to 1801, Birmingham, 1801." - -The following passage from Thoresby, the Leeds historian, who was a -celebrated Numismatist in his day, gives the best information I can -find on the subject: he says:-- - -"When private persons first obtained liberty of having their own names -inscribed on the Tokens, I cannot learn. Sir William Dick had that -favour in Charles I.'s time, but that was in Scotland. It seems to have -been otherwise in England. I have by me a copy of an order in Council, -whereby it appears that only the King's farthing tokens should be -current here,[C] and the privilege of coining them was granted to the -Duke of Lennox, and the Marquis of Hamilton, under the Great Seal." - -The passage is obscure, and does not sufficiently give the information -wanted, as the great bulk of these tokens were issued during the time -of the Commonwealth and the reign of Charles II. - -The study of Tradesmen's tokens has met with such unmerited contempt -from some of our ablest antiquaries, that it seems rash to attempt an -apology for them; but any one who is well acquainted with them knows -the fund of amusement and instruction that may be derived from them, -and if they continue to be slighted as they have been, many specimens -will be irretrievably lost to future antiquaries. A few further remarks -on them may be interesting to your general readers. - -After a careful calculation, I cannot estimate the number of these -tokens at less than 40,000, and I think that number less than the -real quantity; from various correspondence with collectors, I always -find that they have a large number different to mine. Mr. Akerman has -described 2461 in his list of London Tokens only. The great loss to the -public compelled the Government to put them down under the severest -penalties: very large numbers may be picked out of a collection, -which would require a dozen to weigh a modern halfpenny; their paltry -intrinsic value, no doubt, prompted many unprincipled shopkeepers to -issue them, from the profit they derived from the quantity which would -be lost, owing to their small size. There is scarcely a village that -had not its local currency. I possess tokens of 684 cities, towns, and -villages. - -Amongst the different trades and professions which appear on the -tokens, that of a Musician is seldom met with: the following is an -interesting example, and furnishes an early example of Punch-- - -[Illustration] - -Henry Laude, Newark, says, "Noe want where these are." The cruel sport -of cock fighting is on the token of William Docker, of Leeds, drawer. -Gateshead has a punning coat of arms--a goat's head: to the lovers of -Heraldry there is a fund of amusement; besides the Arms of the Trading -Companies of London, we have the Arms of Corporations, and families. -Many of the Corporations issued their tokens: Wotton-under-Edge has, -"This farthing token will be owned by the Mayor and Aldermen." The -Bristol Corporation farthing is of good size and execution: many -different dies were used. It is an exceedingly common token, and -remarkable, as being the only one issued in that important commercial -town. Many names of towns appear on these tokens, which would puzzle a -gazetteer to find out: two names occur to me at this moment, OZED and -FAIREFAX. - -To those who are interested in Tokens, I would recommend the "Reliquiae -Antiquae Eboracenses, or Remains of Antiquities in Yorkshire," which can -be supplied by you: two numbers are published, each containing a plate -of Yorkshire Tokens. - - WILLIAM BOYNE. - -Leeds, April 1852. - - - - -THE PERCY SOCIETY have resolved "that considering the present -circumstances of the Society, it is expedient that the Society be -dissolved at the close of the current year, (30th April next); and -that the Books which remain in hand be divided amongst those Members, -then not in arrear of their subscriptions, so far as the stock will -allow, and with advantage of priority in proportion to the period of -subscription." - - - - -MONUMENT TO THE POET BLAIR.--"The Glasgow _literati_ propose to erect a -monument at Athelstaneford, to the memory of Blair, the author of "The -Grave," and other poetical works. Blair was long the parish Minister of -Athelstaneford, and is buried in the grave-yard there."--_Sunday Times, -11th April._ - - - - -BOCCACCIO'S DECAMERONE. - - -Your Correspondent W. B. M. ("Current Notes" for March last, p. 20), -will find a curious account of the auction sale of the _Boccaccio_, -in the third volume of Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron, and a -minute description of the precious volume itself in the Bibliotheca -Spenceriana, Vol. iv. It is not however "unique." There was a copy in -the Blenheim Collection, and another somewhat defective and "cruelly -washt and cropt," in the Royal Library at Paris, - - Yours truly, - A BOOKWORM. - -MR. WILLIS. - - - - -WILLIAM DENHAM.--Who was a Member of the Goldsmith's Company in -the reign of Elizabeth. F. R. S. enquires, "Can any of G. W.'s -Correspondents give me any particulars respecting him? If so, I should -feel much obliged." - - - - -SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS. - - - Gainsborough, March 15, 1852. - -SIR,--There has gone the round of the papers a paragraph, stating that -though individuals of almost every nation appear as characters in one -or other of Shakespeare's Plays, yet there never occurs an Irishman. -I do not know whether this has been contradicted or not; but it is -capable of contradiction, as a distinguished Prelate proved to me by -taking down his volume of Shakespeare, containing the Play of Henry -V. There in the 3rd Act, Scene 2nd, Fluellen, the Welchman, holds an -animated and very characteristic conversation with Capt. Macmorris, an -Irishman. The original can be consulted. The Irish peculiarities are -well hit off. So much for the charge of omission which has been brought -against our great Bard, - - I am, Sir, yours, faithfully, - C. S. B. - -MR. WILLIS. - - -QUERIES. - - -SIR,--I shall be greatly obliged if you will permit me to propound the -following queries in your "Current Notes:" - -1. Is any endeavour being made to complete that vast work, the "Acta -Sanctorum," the last volume of which was published at Brussels in 1845? - -2. Where can I see a list of the persons on whom it was proposed by -Charles the Second to confer the Order of the Royal Oak? - -3. Is there any English translation of the "Aurea Legenda" besides the -one by Caxton, and has that translation ever been reprinted? - - E. P. - - - - -AUTOGRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY. - - - March 6, 1852. - -SIR,--I have taken some little pains to find out S. S.'s quere -("Current Notes," Feb. p. 15), without further success than to presume -(in the absence of a facsimile) that the "Orford" must be the Earl -created 1742, there being a "Kendal" title then in existence: extinct -1743. Your correspondent can, without great difficulty, compare it with -those mutilated documents, I should say, that have been so frequently -dispersed at the various sales from the stock of Messrs. Upcott, Cole -& Co., originally in the Exchequer State Paper Office, from whence no -doubt it came. - - Yours, - "MAGOG." - -Mr. WILLIS. - - - - -MRS. BODDINGTON. - - - 29th March, 1852. - -SIR--Perhaps some of your readers will kindly afford me some -information relative to Mrs. BODDINGTON, authoress of _The Gossip's -Week_, _Reminiscences of the Rhine_, _Sketches of the Pyrenees_, and a -volume of _Poems_, published by Longman & Co. in 1839? - - Yours obediently, - W. - - - - -THE ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITION.--No less than twenty Flags have been -presented to Captain Sir Edward Belcher, designed and embroidered by -the fair fingers of his relatives and friends. Previous to the sailing -of the "Assistance," they were displayed on the quarter-deck of that -ship, for the inspection of the distinguished visitors who repaired on -board to take leave of this distinguished, gallant, and enterprising -officer. The following list of their devices and mottoes may not be an -uninteresting record:-- - -1. Black pouncing eagle, white ground, scarlet border. Motto, on -scarlet ground, - - "SPEED TO THE RESCUE." C. B. - -2. Golden lion, blue ground, scarlet border. Garter enclosing, with -motto in black, - - "WHILST I BREATHE, I HOPE." M. R. - -3. Gold anchor, blue ground. Motto, - - "HOPE ON--HOPE EVER." E. M. - -4. White bear, blue ground. Motto, - - "BEAR AND FORBEAR." C. M. - -5. Spade, ice-saw, pickaxe, bright green ground. Motto, on black scroll, - - "PERSEVERE AND PROSPER." S. C. M. - -6. Gold star, crimson ground, - - "LEAD THOU US ON." S. A. W. - -7. White dove, blue ground. Motto, on scarlet, - - "GO FORTH IN FAITH." M. L. - -8. Gold star, blue ground. Motto, - - "FAITHFUL AND TRUE." E. B. - -9. Green wreath, crimson ground. Motto, - - "NONE BUT THE BRAVE DESERVE THE CROWN." I. W. - -10. Gold lion, scarlet. Motto, on blue garter, - - "DANGERS DO NOT DAUNT ME." F. E. P. - -11. Fleet greyhound, blue ground. Motto, - - "SWIFT ON MY COURSE." C. G. P. - -12. Family crest, blue ground. Family motto, on garter, - - "LOYAL AU MORT." H. B. - -13. Purple, crimson ornament, blue ground. Motto, - - "SUCCESS TO THE BRAVE." M. B. - -14. Orange silk. Motto, in purple, - - "BE OF GOOD COURAGE." M. L. B. - -15. Crown in centre. Swallow-tail shape. Gold and blue. Motto, - - "SUCCESS TO THE BRAVE." A. S. B. T. - -16. Enclosed in a garter, a setting sun; on the garter, a white daisy. - - "I WATCH FOR YOUR RETURN." M. A. P. - -17. White centre, scarlet border. Motto, in purple, - - "BY FAITH AND COURAGE." C. T. - -18. Star, white and silver, blue ground. Motto, - - "NEVER DESPAIR. VICTORY FOLLOWS THE BRAVE." F. M. H. - -19. Greek oak wreath, "BLANCHE" in centre, maize ground. Motto, - - "BRIGHT EYES FOR BRAVE HEARTS." B. T. - -20. An eagle on rock, breaking his chain, light blue; in the four -corners, the initials H. D.--I. D.--S. D. and U. D., light blue ground. -Motto, - - "ADVERSA REPELLO VIRTUTE." L. - -This flag was understood to have been the work of the Hon. Misses -Denison, and to have been presented to Sir Edward Belcher by Lady -Londesborough. - -The flag, said to have been presented, with the motto, "GO IT, NED," -was not among the number exhibited. - - AN EASTER MONDAY VISITOR TO WOOLWICH. - - - - -TO CORRESPONDENTS. - - - ORIENTALIS.--In type; must stand over. - - THE DRAMATIC REGISTER FOR 1851, received. - - Mr. MEADLEY.--Four communications, W. S. G., "WM. - DODD," G., and "A BOOKWORM," in type, but must stand - over. - - PILGRIM'S BADGE, Venice, 26th February, 1852.--Ditto. - - AN ARTIST.--Doorway in Woking Church, Surrey, must, and - will, be considered. - - R. B., New York, 19th March.--Received, and will be - attended to. - - - - -Literary and Scientific Obituary. - - - ANDERSON, Rev. Christopher. Gaelic Scholar, "Annals of - the English Bible," &c. Edinburgh. 18th Feb. Aged 70. - - BROWN, Samuel, Captain Sir. Inventor of Chain Cables, - Bridges and Piers of Suspension. Vanbrugh Lodge, - Blackheath. 13th March. Aged 76. - - BUCHANAN, Alexander of Govan. Lyric Writer in Glasgow - periodicals. 15th February. Aged 38. - - CAVE, M. Formerly Director of the Fine Arts in the - Ministry of the Interior. Paris. Recently. - - DRECHSLER, Joseph. Musical Composer and Writer. Vienna. - Recently. Aged 70. - - GAY, Madame Sophie. Journalist. Paris. 4th March. - - JONES, Rev. Evan. Welsh Scholar. Editor of various - Welsh periodicals. Cardiff. 23rd Feb. Aged 32. - - LANDSEER, John, A.R.A. Engraver and Archaeologist. March - 29th. Aged 91. - - MARCHETTI, Giovanni. Italian Poet. Bologna. Recently. - - MARRAST, Armand. Editor of the _National_ before the - Revolution of 1848. Paris. March. - - MERLE, M. Dramatic Critic. Paris. 27th February. Aged - 67. - - RAUPACH, Ernest. Dramatic Writer. Berlin. 18th March. - - SAINT-EDME, M. Author of the "Dictionnaire des Peines - et des Delits de l'Europe," and joint author with M. - Sarrut of the "Biographie des Hommes du Jour." Paris. - Recently (by his own hand). - - SEDDELER, M. Military Encyclopedia. St. Petersburgh. - 3rd March. - - SHOBERL, Frederick, jun. Printer. 51, Rupert Street, - Haymarket. 22nd March. Aged 48. - - TAILLEFER, M. Ex-curator of the Lyceums of Versailles, - and of Louis-le-Grand. Paris. Recently. - - TUCKER, John, Montmorency. (Colonel late 27th - Enniskilleners and a Waterloo Officer.) "Biographies - of Wellington and Nelson," &c. Huggens's Asylum, - Northfleet, Kent. 22nd February. Aged 72. - - WATTS, W. Engraver. Cobham, Surrey. 7th December. Aged - 99. - - WEST, Jane, Mrs. Poetry and Novels. Little Bowden, - Market Harborough. 25th March. Aged 93. - - WINTERFELDT, Rodolphe de. Musical Writer. Berlin. - Recently. Aged 67. - - WRIGHT, Andrew Biggs. History of Hexham, &c. Bexley - Heath, Kent. 3rd March. - - - * * * * * - -FOOTNOTES: - -[A] _H. M. will find the drawing so kindly forwarded addressed to him -at the Publisher's._ - - G. W. - - -[B] See communication from "One of the Executors" of the late Sir -Samuel R. Meyrick, printed in "Current Notes" for January last, p. 2. - -[C] The word "here" is ambiguous; I suppose "in Scotland" is intended. - - * * * * * - -Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation errors repaired. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Willis's Current Notes, No. XVI., -April 1852, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES, APRIL 1852 *** - -***** This file should be named 43710.txt or 43710.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/7/1/43710/ - -Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Emmy 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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