Williams, in his Dict. of Em. Welsh., under "Mer. Han.," asserts that Hanmer translated besides two other works, The Chronicle of Ireland in Two Parts, and adds that "the third part of it was published in 1633, Dublin, folio." Bishop Hanmer, in a letter addressed by him to Archbishop Ussher in 1627, mentions also Mr. Daniel Molineux in connection with the proposed publication of the Chronicle and History of Ireland, as having merited the gratitude of "the whole realm of Ireland, together with that of Great Britain." By a comparison of the foregoing extracts, the points to be elucidated may be classified as follows: 1. Are the History of Ireland, and the Chronicle thereof two separate and distinct works, or are they one and the same? 2. What portions of them were written by Campian, Hanmer, Spenser, and Molineux respectively? 3. What part of the works was really published by Ware in 1633? LLALLAWG. DUMP.-English seamen call a Portuguese and Brazilian copper coin (value, I think, about 24d.) a dump, and this term is understood in Portuguese and Brazilian ports. Some also apply the term to the circular flat pieces of lead used in playing ship-quoits, a kind of shovel-board. When was the Portuguese coin first used? What is the Portuguese name for it? and what is its etymology? BENJ. EASY. GLAMORGAN.-What was the relationship between Rhys ab Madoc ab David, Prince of Glamorgan in the twelfth century, and Jestyn ab Gwrgant, King of Glamorgan, A.D. 1091? Any particulars of his genealogy will much oblige. Jestyn bore for arms gules, three chevronels in pale argent. What were the arms of Rhys? Moyglasmawr. - FRANCIS ROBERT DAVIES. JOHN GOLDIE. A notice in your department, "Books and Odd Volumes wanted" (3rd S. iii. 140), induces me to ask if John Goldie really published 3 vols. of his Essays, Moral and Divine? I also want Vols. II. and III. of this work; and begin to think it stopped short at Vol. I., never having met with more of it. Paterson, in his Contemporaries of Burns, says, "We have only seen the first volume of this work, the title-page of which is partly destroyed." The title to my first is so far mutilated that, where appears to have been "in 3 Volumes," is erased; and instead of "Finis," "End of the First Volume" is scratched out. This may indicate that the book was not proceeded with; and may also, I am aware, be a bookseller's clumsy dodge to pass off an odd volume as a complete one: but when we look to the subject, and Goldie's prolix handling of it, a doubt is suggested whether the author did not discover in time that 344 pages of abstruse matter was assez for the Kilmarnock demand. Mr. Paterson further says, that these Essays were re-issued in 1785, in one volume, with a London imprint, which I have not seen. J. O. HERALDIC.-The arms described below are from an old silver urn, in the possession of John Slade, Esq., of Yeovil. I shall be glad to learn whose coats they are: Quarterly, 1st and 4th. Argent, a fess gules between six annulets. 2nd and 3rd. Party per pale indented, argent and azure, lions rampant combatant (counter-changed?) impaling gules, on a chevron between three swans' heads erased, a croslet fitchy. The crest appears to be a dragon's head couped. Motto, "Meritez et Prenez." SAMUEL TUCKER. tle Compton, in the diocese of Gloucester, would ARCHBISHOP JUXON.-The incumbent of Lit be obliged to any clerical brother or lay friend communicating with him in reference to the above worthy bishop in respect of the following queries: 1. Χαρὶς καὶ εἴρηνη ; or Some Considerations upon the Act of Uniformity, with an Expedient for the Satisfaction of the Clergy within the Province of Canterbury. By a Servant of the God of Peace. London, quarto, 1661, ascribed to Bishop Juxon, mentioned in Kennett's Register and Chronicle, p. 812, and endorsed by Wilson's Merchant Taylors' School. Where to be found? 2. Bishop Juxon preached on Romans ii. 16, in presence of the king, the Sunday before his death (Wilson's Merchant Taylors' School, p. 733.) Has this ever appeared in print, or any extracts from it? 3. The bishop is mentioned in the ancient biographies as having published a sermon on Luke xviii. 31. Is this his celebrated sermon on the death of the king (Lam. iv. 20) thus mistaken? If not, where is the other to be found? 4. What authority is there for asserting that the archbishop in early life intended to follow the law, but subsequently changed his mind, and pursued the study of divinity? 5. Information respecting his early life, date of relics, gladly acceptable. Address, Rev. W. H. ordination, &c., or any unpublished memoirs or Marah, or Editor of "N. & Q." ancient remains or ruins of this priory were taken down about a century ago. The Rev. Dr. Collier, Catholic Bishop of Port Louis (in the Mauritius) had once an impression of the priory or community seal. Is this priory mentioned by Dugdale in his account of the Religious Houses in England. In this town, Leybourn, was also a very ancient cross, which was destroyed, with an old elm tree, about the year 1821. Can any one give me an account of this ancient priory, and the old cross at Leybourn? R. D. S. W. JAMES MAYNE, executed at York, November, 1746, for treason (3rd S. iii. 13.) Of what family was he? Σ. Θ. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS AT OXFORD. — Have the monumental inscriptions in the churches and college chapels of Oxford been printed? If GRIME. so, where ? MR. PEACOCK. The first volume of the New England Historic Genealogical Societies Register contains a letter of condolence from Dr. Isaac Watts to Madam Sewall, of Boston, Mass. The document is dated November 7, 1728. lowing passage is interesting to me: — The fol "I find that I am not an utter stranger to your family and kindred. Mr. Lee, your venerable grandfather, was predecessor to Mr. Thomas Rowe my honour'd tutor, and once my pastor in my younger years. Mr. Peacock, who married your eldest aunt, was my intimate friend." I am anxious to know who Mr. Peacock was? EDWARD PEACOCK. Bottesford Manor, Brigg. A NOVEL RACE. -A short time since, a race between an elephant and some ponies, accompanied by several amateur pedestrians, took place on the Aintree race-course, which excited much interest. I have never heard that an elephant was capable of running in a race to compete with ponies and amateur bipeds. Does Sir E. Tennent, in his noted work on Ceylon, &c., throw any light on the capabilities of an elephant to run under such circumstances? Perhaps some correspondent can tell me the relative speed of horse, man, and elephant while running a race. T. S. L. JOHN ROBOTHAM, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, B.A. 1616, is the probable author of An Exposition on the whole Booke of Solomon's Song, commonly called the Canticles, Lond. 4to, 1651. Was this a posthumous publication? One of the name was presented by Sir Roger Townsend, Bart., to the vicarages of East Rudham, and West Rudham, Norfolk, in 1625; vacating the first benefice in 1629, and the other in 1639. C. H. & THOMPSON COOPer. PROVERBIAL QUERY.· "Like lips, like lettuce." "Lord Belgrave having clenched a speech in the House of Commons with a long Greek quotation, Sheridan, in reply, admitted the force of the quotation so far as it went; but,' said he, if the noble Lord proceeded a little farther, and completed the passage, he would have seen that it applied the other way!' Sheridan then spouted something ore rotundo, which had all the ais, ois, kons, and kous, that give the world assurance of a Greek quotation: upon which Lord Belgrave very promptly and handsomely complimented the honourable member on his readiness of recollection, and frankly admitted that the continuation of the passage had the tendency ascribed to it by Mr. Sheridan, and that he had overlooked it at the moment when he gave his quotation. On the breaking up of the House, Fox, who piqued himself on having some Greek, went up to Sheridan, and said, 'Sheridan, how came you to be so ready with that passage? It certainly is as you state, but I was not aware of it before you quoted it.' It is unnecessary to observe that there was no Greek at all in Sheridan's impromptu." — Anecdotes of Impudence, p. 108. London, 1827. The book from which I quote is worthless, but I do not know any other printed version of a story, which I have heard told with variations ever since I can remember anything. I have tried in vain to trace it to some authority. Perhaps your readers may help me in proving its truth, or in nailing it to the counter if false. Garrick Club. FITZHOPKINS. ST. JAMES'S WELL, DUBLIN.-In Sleater's Public Gazetteer (December 22, 1759), the following announcement appeared: "Last week died, in James's Street [Dublin], Mr. Simon Lee, aged 82, a man of good character; he subsisted six weeks and four days on St. James's Well water, being the only nourishment he was desirous of taking." What is known of the virtues of this well? Some one of your Dublin readers may perhaps be able to give particulars. ABHBA. RECORDS OF THE TOLBOOTH. At the Ter centenary of the Scottish Reformation held at Edinburgh in Aug. 1860, among other "rare memorials there were exhibited such "original' excerpts or cuttings from the Records of the old Edinburgh Tolbooth as the following: "Januarij 7th, 1660.-The names of thoes who was ordered to take downe the head of the Marques of Montros of the tope of the tolbuth, or thoes which was permitted to com and goe up through the hous for yat efect followes, viz. "The lards of Inchbreekie, elder and younger; the lard of Gorphie; the leard of M-? the lard of Carnie; the leard of Creagie; the lard of Orphie; Mr. George M'Kinze; Captain George Melvill." "Ed. ye 27 Jully, 1681.-That cloch traitor Mr. Doneld Cargill, Mr. James Boogs, Mr. Walter Smith, William Thomsone, and Wm. Cuthell. All execut at ye cross of Edr for Treason and denying his Maties authoritie." "Edr. 17 Febr. 1688.-Mr. James Renwick execut then at the Gras mercate, betwixt two and four in the afternoone, conforme to his sentence." May I ask how these "Choice Notes," like "waifs and strays" come to be exhibited in so dismembered a state? Were the Records of the Tolbooth, the "Heart of Midlothian," not handed over to the Cerberean custody of official care? Are these only the débris of some unfortunate wreck, or where are the originals yet to be met with and consulted? DE BRUS. SHOREHAM SEAL. Can any of your correspondents oblige me with a correct reading of the legend surrounding the fishing-vessel on the town seal of Shoreham? It appears to be 66 нос: HULCI SINGNO: VOCOR: OS: SIC: NOMINE: 0: Queries with Answers. JOHN FRERE, Esq.-In 1797 he sent a remarkable paper to the Society of Antiquaries, published in the Archeologia for 1800, xiii. 204, "On the Flint Weapons of Hoxne in Suffolk." It has been reproduced in extenso by Prestwich in the Authors' Copies of his Memoir in the Philosophical Transactions for 1861, p. 318. Who was this John Frere, Esq.? What else did he do in the way of original research? Where was he born and buried, with any other leading particulars? Was he an ancestor or relative of Canning's friend of the same name, the English commissioner during the Spanish war of liberation ? Mr. John Frere's paper exhibits original power of thought, and courage in expressing it. In the paper here referred to, he describes the Flints "as being evidently weapons of war, fabricated and used by a people who had not the use of metals;" and he is tempted to refer them to a very remote period indeed, even beyond that of the present world." 66 He anticipated Boucher de Perthes's observations by fifty years, and his memory deserves being rescued from oblivion. BAZBASHI. Athenæum Club. [The writer of the article in the Archæologia was John Frere, Esq., F.R.S. and F.S.A. of Roydon Hall, Norfolk, M.P. for Norwich in 1800, who died at East Dereham on July 12, 1807. He was brother-in-law to Sir John Fenn, editor of the Paston Letters, with whom he maintained for a lengthened period the most intimate and confidential intercourse. See a letter from John Frere to Richard Gough on the death of Sir John Fenn in Nichols's Illustrations of Literature, v. 181. To his friend John Frere, Sir John Fenn left his library, and principal part of his estate in Norfolk, in reversion on the decease of his widow. There is an inscription to the memory of the worthy knight in Finingham Church, Suffolk, from the pen of John Frere, and some notices of the latter may be found in the Advertisement to the fifth volume of the Paston Letters, edited by William Frere, Serjeant-atLaw. Mr. John Frere's eldest son, John Hookham Frere, was educated at Eton, where he had Canning for a school companion, and subsequently assisted him in The AntiJacobin.] "SALE OF AUTHORS."-Who is the author of The Sale of Authors, a Dialogue in Imitation of Lucian's Sale of Philosophers, 16mo, 1767? It is clearly enough stated in the preface, that the author of this work is also author of Lexiphanes. The Query then is, Who is the author of Lexiphanes ? Boswell, in his Life of Dr. Johnson, ii. 42, has it: : "This year (1768) was published a ridicule of his (Johnson's) style, under the title of Lexiphanes. Sir John Hawkins ascribes it to Dr. Kenrick; but its author was one Campbell, a Scotch purser in the navy." Was this Campbell the author? If so, where can I find any account of him? H. TAYLOR. [Robert Anderson, in his Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson p. 230, edit. 1815, speaking of Lexiphanes, informs us that "this effusion of sportive malignity was the production of Mr. A. Campbell, son of Professor Archibald Campbell, of St. Andrew's, a purser in the navy, and author of The Sale of Authors, and other tracts. Coarse invective, not humour, was the talent of the writer of Lexiphanes. He has too much acrimony in his raillery." These two works, bound in one volume, are in the Gren ville collection, with the names filled up in manuscript by Horace Walpole. On the title-page of Lexiphanes he has written "By Mr. Campbell, a purser of a man-ofwar."] THE BLACK PRINCE. · "The History of Edward Prince of Wales, commonly termed the Black Prince; with a short View of the Reigns of Edward I., II., and III., &c. London, 8vo, printed for J. Bew, 28, Paternoster Row, 1776." Can any of your readers inform me who was the author? It is a different work from that of Collins, published some years before. Is there any printed history of the House of Hainault? S. E. G. [The History of Edward the Black Prince is the production of Alexander Bicknell, author of The Life of Alfred the Great, 8vo, 1777. Lowndes informs us that this writer published several other historical compilations of little value, and less reputation."-For notices of the House of Hainault consult Histoire Ecclésiastique et Profane du Ilainaut, par M. l'Abbé Hossart, 2 tomes, Mons, 1792, 8vo. Also, Histoire du Hainault, par Jacques de Guyse, 21 tomes, 8vo, especially tomes xvi. to xix. See Brunet, new edition, tome ii. p. 1836.) Zedler (band xii. 1400) has also a valuable article on the House of Hainault, with many references to other works.] REV. G. G. SCRAGGS. - Where can I find a less condensed account than is given in Upcott's Living Authors (1816) of the Rev. George Glyn Scraggs, author of Questions Resolved in Divinity, History, and Biography, 2 vols, 12mo, 1817? H. TAYLOR. [As no biographical particulars of Mr. Scraggs appeared in The Evangelical Magazine except an announcement of his death (see the volume for 1824, p. 208), we fear very little more is known of him than what is contained in The Biographical Account of Living Authors. Mr. Scraggs died of apoplexy on April 10, 1824.] The nature in thine eyes we see, Yea, wept to wear its crown. "God bless thee, weeping Queen, With blessing more divine; And fill with better love than earth's To wear that heavenly crown." Replies. AUTHORSHIP OF A POEM: VICTORIA'S TEARS. (3rd S. iii. 165.) There is not, I believe, the slightest doubt that the poem inquired after by HERMENTRUDE was written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It is quite evident that no one else could have written it. The title of the poem is "Victoria's Tears." It was first published in the Athenæum for July 8, 1837, p. 506. As it is not to be found in the collected edition of Mrs. Browning's works, you may possibly think it desirable to reproduce it in your pages. K. P. D. E. "Victoria's Tears. "O maiden, heir of kings, A king has left his place; The majesty of death has swept All other from his face. And thou, upon thy mother's breast, No longer lean adown But take the glory for the rest, And rule the land that loves thee best.' The maiden wept; She wept to wear a crown. "They decked her courtly halls They reined her hundred steeds- Her name has stirred the mountain's sleep, Who wept to wear a crown! "She saw no purples shine, For tears had dimmed her eyes: And while the heralds played their part 'God save the Queen,' from hill to mart- "God save the weeping Queen! Thou shalt be well beloved! CHARLES CATTON, R.A. (3rd S. iii. 68, 118.) "E. B. B." The enclosed copies of letters from the elder Catton to his aunts in Norwich, may seem sufficiently interesting to find a place in " N. & Q." If so, they are at your service. Letter from Charles Catton, R.A., to his Aunts. "Dear Aunts, "I am perfectly well in health, and wou'd have wrote sooner, but waited the longer letter wch you promised w you writ from Kirby. When you have opportunity, make my acknowledgments for Turkey. I thank you for yors, and (only 'twou'd look ungrateful after the victuals is down) wou'd say, why did you trouble yourselves. I gave it to Dame Hunt-'twas much admired. "The King has established a Royal Academy, consist'g of 40 the most considerable Artists. The acting members are 12 in number-4 council and 8 visitors-to be annually elected out of sd 40. "The King, indeed, named the present members. The visitor's duty is to sett the modells, i. e. human figures (they are to be of the same sex, Aunt). Each visitor attends his month-two hours each even'g-to give his instructions to where it may be wanting, to form the taste of the other students. And that he may be under an obligation to attend, he is to receive 10s. each night. If he cannot attend, he may depute any one out of the eight, who receives the salary. My month is Sept". "The Duke of Cumberland (with that good nature weh runs thro' the family) wish'd me joy the other day; told me, that when it was mention'd at court, they were all much pleased, and agreed that, since I insisted on being a coach-painter, it was proper I should be the King's, wth many other civil things, of so intoxicating a nature, that if I had not preserved your address in a memorandum book, I should not have been able to communicate these to my poor country relations. "I have gott much reputation in paint'g some pictures of large statues in niches for La Buckingham. I like that Gentl'm'n much: indeed, I think him a man of sense, for thinking as I do. You know the infallible touch-stone. Charles Catton, R.A., to his Aunt. "My dear Aunt, I "I suppose that this will find you on Life's Green, and I hope well in health. I conclude that you are acquainted before this of William's sudden death-'tis past! know not what the widow will do. She is not fit for service, at least not for all-work. I certainly (however the poor woman may wish it) will not take her to my House, for obvious reasons. "I have the pleasure to acquaint you that, in spite of a severe Gout attack, I have closed my public office of Master with the greatest eclat. On St Luke's day, Sr Joshua Reynolds, having been previously inform'd, call'd to take me up, and accompany'd me to Painters' Hall; where a Court of Assistants being formed, He was presented with and sworn into the Freedom of the Company. The Copy of Freedom presented to Him was drawn up upon a sheet of Vellum. It is allow'd to be the most beautifull Specimen of Penmanship that ever has been produced. It consists of all the Hands, and those so beautifully disposed, that decorations from the Pencill became unnecessary; and, therefore, no other were added except the Arms of the City and Company with His own-all in plain Escutcheons. An Eulogium was convey'd to me from an unknown Hand, weh was read to the Livery assembled. You will perhaps see it, for I am inform'd that it is got into ye Whitehall, and other papers. The first part alludes to some pictures wch He, Sr Joshua, has painted: the latter part to pictures in the Hall, and is address'd to the Company. The whole transaction is honourable to the Company, and highly gratefull to Sr Joshua. I was summonsed to quit Sheffield place on Tuesday last: shall return thither on Saturday next, and, if the Weather permitts, I shall enjoy a week's relaxation. Charles and His Wife dined with me on Sunday. I believe they are a very happy Couple. "I am yo'r affectionate Fully agreeing with Q. IN A CORNER, that we are getting too bounceable, and that somewhat of a Quakerish simplicity would be more becoming. I differ from him in his notion that mayors are not entitled to the above prefix. I think we have the authority of Shakspeare, that even constables were formerly "worshipful," although they were now and then "written down asses.' Why should there not be a progression in civic and borough titles, similar to those of the clergy? A deacon is "Reverend;" an archdeacon, "Venerable;" a dean, "Very Reverend;" a bishop, "Right Reverend;" and an archbishop, "Most Reverend." I think the mayor of a borough equally entitled to the distinction with the mayor of a city; and we have Selden's authority (Table Talk), that it is not from its being the site of a bishop's See, but from the words of the charter, that a corporate town is called a city or borough; and cities sometimes answered, in the Pipe and the Exchequer, under the names of "burgi" as well as "civitates." In corroboration of my opinion, I find an original letter from (Sir?) Thos. Wentworthe, Recorder of Oxford, dated Nov. 26 (1613). I supply the year from the contents. It is addressed thus, in the hand of the Recorder: "To the right woll Mr Henry Toldervey, Maior of the City of Oxford, these." I find, also, a letter from Lord Norreys, dated Jan. 16, 1620, soliciting the interest of the mayor of Oxford to further the election of Sir Wm. Poope (sic) as Member for the county. It is addressed "To the Right Worshippfull my very assured frend, Mr Anthony Tyndale, Maior of the Cittey of Oxon." I also send a Minute made at a meeting of the mayor, aldermen, and assistants of Oxford, called "The Company," and sometimes with the Recorder, "The Thirteen ;" it may be collected that the lecturers were contumacious, and were put right by the bishop. "13th January, 1678. "At a meeting of the Company, the day and year above written, it is agreed, that for the future all the City Lecturers, when they preach before the Citizens at St Martyn's, shall always in their prayer before Sermon pray for the City in these words following, viz.: — For the Illustrious George, Duke of Buckingham, his Grace the most noble high Steward of this City. The Right Worshipful the Mayor, the Worshipful the Aldermen his brethren, the Bailiffs, and the rest of this ancient Corporation.' As the former Lecturers have done in former times of peace. And if any of the Lecturers shall refuse to do the same, or pray for the Mayor by the name of Worshipful only, they shall have no pay from the City; and that each Lecturer shall have a Copy of this form carried him by the Macebearer. Company desired Mr Ald. Wright, Mr Holloway, and "At a Meeting the 20th day of January, 1678, the Mr Ald. Townsend, to attend on my Lord Bishop of Oxon, in relation to the having the City prayed for in the same manner as is mentioned in the former leaf, which they did accordingly; and brought accompt to the Company that my Lord Bishop desired the City would assured them he would take such care that the City respite this business for one month; and after that time should receive satisfaction, or to that purpose." BOS PIGER. |