Miscellaneous.

"Gideon Snooks,Ejus liber.Si quis furetur;Per collum pendetur,Similis huic pauperi animali."

"Gideon Snooks,

Ejus liber.

Si quis furetur;

Per collum pendetur,

Similis huic pauperi animali."

Here follows a figure of an unfortunate individual suspended "in malam crucem."

F. M. M.

The Note ofBalliolensishas reminded me of Garrick's book-plate, which I found in a book purchased by me some years ago. The name David Garrick, in capital letters, is surrounded by some fancy scroll-work, above which is a small bust of Shakspeare; below, and on the sides, a mask, and various musical instruments; and beneath the whole, the following sentence from Menage:

"La première chose qu'on doit faire quand on a emprunté un livre, c'est de le lire afin de pouvoir le rendre plûtôt.—Menagiana, vol. iv.

The following admonition to book-stealers is probably not unknown toBalliolensis:

"Quisquis in hunc librum furtivos verterit ungues,Πsibi pro merito littera Græca manet."

"Quisquis in hunc librum furtivos verterit ungues,

Πsibi pro merito littera Græca manet."

S. D.

Anagrams(Vol. iv., p. 226.).—The following royal anagrams are worth adding to your list. It is said that Charles I., on looking at a portrait of himself the day before his execution, made this anagram on the Carolus Rex inscribed on it,Cras ero lux. Again, Henry IV. of France is said to have made the anagramJe charme tout, on the famous and beautiful Marie Touchet.

W. Fraser.

Tor-Mohun.

Dipping for Bite of Mad Dog, &c.(Vol. vi., p. 483.).—When I was a boy, probably therefore about thirty-five years ago, a mad dog appeared in Brightwell, near Wallingford, which bit several other animals and some human beings. I well remember seeing some pigs which became perfectly mad in consequence of being so bitten. A horse, too, showed symptoms of madness, and was immediately destroyed. All I can say of thepersonsbitten is, that they were sent (I think to the number of six or seven) down to Southampton to be dipped, and that none of them was ever attacked with hydrophobia. I have often, formerly, spoken to one of the persons on the subject, a carpenter, named Eggleton.

I quite agree with all you have said on the propriety of appending real names. Dropping, therefore, my cognomen ofCorylus, I subscribe myself

Wm. Hazel.

Portsmouth.

"Solid Men of Boston" (Vol. vii., p. 134.).—Your correspondent will find the whole of this song, which is one of Captain Morris's, in theAsylum for Fugitive Pieces, published by Debrett, 1786, 12mo., vol. ii. p. 246. It is entitled "Billy Pitt and the Farmer," and begins—

"Sit down, neighbours all, and I'll tell a merry story,About a British farmer and Billy Pitt the Tory.I had it piping hot from Ebenezer Barber,Who sail'd right from England, and lies in Boston harbour."

"Sit down, neighbours all, and I'll tell a merry story,

About a British farmer and Billy Pitt the Tory.

I had it piping hot from Ebenezer Barber,

Who sail'd right from England, and lies in Boston harbour."

It describes, very amusingly, an incident which was reported to have occurred to Pitt and Dundas, on their return from a convivial meeting at "Daddy Jenky's," and was for a long time a very popular song.

James Crossley.

I have seen a song, with the music, directed against the Prince of Wales, Charles Fox, and their party. It began,—

"Come, listen neighbours all, and I'll tell you a story,About a disappointed Whig who wants to be a Tory.I had it from his bosom-friend, who very soon is goingTo Botany for seven years, for something he's been doing."

"Come, listen neighbours all, and I'll tell you a story,

About a disappointed Whig who wants to be a Tory.

I had it from his bosom-friend, who very soon is going

To Botany for seven years, for something he's been doing."

It ended,—

"Solid men of Brighton, look to your houses;Solid men of Brighton, take care of your spouses;Solid men of Brighton, go to bed at sun-down,And do not lose your money to the blacklegs of London."

"Solid men of Brighton, look to your houses;

Solid men of Brighton, take care of your spouses;

Solid men of Brighton, go to bed at sun-down,

And do not lose your money to the blacklegs of London."

Which is the earlier version I do not know.

H. B. C.

Degree of B.C.L.(Vol. vi., p. 534.; Vol. vii., p. 38.).—In answer to J. F.'s question, the examination is quite, and the amount of standing (viz. seven years) required for taking a B.C.L in the University of Oxford is almost, identical with those necessary for an M.A. degree. A knowledge of the Civil Law never comes into requisition. There was a proposal, some short time ago, for a statute requiring an examination in the Institutes, &c., Heineccius, and other treatises on the Civil Law, before proceeding to that degree, but it was never passed. The civilian's fees are rather more than the Artist's. For information on some other minute particulars of difference, I refer J. F. to theOxford Calendar.

The Cambridge LL.B. is really examined in the Civil, though not in the Canon Law, and is considered to obtain his degree with greater facility than by going through Arts.

With respect to the privileges of the degree at Oxford, the B.C.L. is not a member of Convocation, and has therefore no vote for the university; but yet he takes precedence of M.A.'s, both by university and court etiquette. The degrees in law and divinity used to confer the same privileges as a chaplaincy with respect to holding pluralities; and they also give those who take them the right of wearing a scarf. This will be an answer to C— J. T. P. (Vol. vii., p. 108.), unless he has confounded the priest'sstolewith the chaplain'sscarf. The civilian has also a distinguishing gown and hood; but as to the right to a place among the members of the bar, I am unable, though a B.C.L. myself, to give any assistance in the way of information; but the silk gown of a queen's counsel is the same as a civilian's gown.

W. Fraser.

Tor-Mohun.

"Lay" and "Lie"(Vol. vi., p. 388.).—I have somewhere read the following parliamentary anecdote:—A certain honourable member, in the course of a speech, said, "the paper whichlayson the table," but was immediately corrected by another honourable member, who said, "the honourable member should saylie, henslay." In the course of the evening, the second honourable member was on his legs, and at the end of his speech said, "with these observations I shallsetdown;" but the first retorted on him with the correction "the honourable member should saysit, hensset."

Shirley Hibberd.

"Banbury Cakes and Zeal" (Vol. vii., p. 106.).—The following passage fromDrunken Barnaby's Journey through Englandwill show that Banbury was famous forzeal:

"To Banbury came I, O profane one!There I saw a puritane oneHanging of his cat on MondayFor killing of a mouse on Sunday."

"To Banbury came I, O profane one!

There I saw a puritane one

Hanging of his cat on Monday

For killing of a mouse on Sunday."

What the present estimation in which Banbury cakes are held may be I cannot tell; but I can assure you that at the close of the last century, when I was a schoolboy, they were deservedly in very high repute, at least among us youngsters.

"Hob and nob" (Vol. vii., p. 86.).—In addition to your observations on this expression, allow me to record the use of the term under circumstances which some others of your sexagenarian readers may with myself be able to call to mind. I well remember, when a boy at home from school, thatmy old uncle, who piqued himself on the correctness of his style in manners, dress, and conversation, and whose portrait, in the ample sleeves, capacious waistcoat, and formal head-dress of the last century, looks down on me as I now write, being in company when wine was on the table, and each person had supplied their glasses, would occasionally, as a mark of respect or affection to any individual sitting near him, in a gentle tone of solicitation mention the name of the party, and ask "Hob and nob?" On the immediate compliance, which nothing short of hostility or ill manners could refuse or avoid, the parties held out their glasses till they touched one the other, health being at the same time invoked. But at this point always ensued a little polite rivalry as to which of the parties should hold the glass rather below that of the other as they came in contact. If a lady were the challenged on the occasion, she would with simpering diffidence allow of the superiority indicated by her glass being uppermost, overwhelmed with my uncle's expressions of regard; if a gentleman, each party got over the formality on as near a level as possible, amidst murmurs and protestations of humble service and great esteem.

J. D. S.

A Gentleman executed for flogging a Slave to Death(Vol. vii., p. 107.).—Mr. J. V. L. Gebhard, son of the Rev. Mr. Gebhard, was tried at Cape Town, on Saturday, 21st September, 1822, at the instance of the landrost of Stellenbosch,ratione officioprosecutor, before a full court, for the murder of a slave, by excessive and unlawful punishment. He was found guilty, and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried into effect on 15th November, amid an immense concourse of spectators.

Inveruriensis.

Mr. Henry Smith's Sermons preached by a Romanist(Vol. iii., p. 222.).—

"As soon as he (i. e.Obadiah Walker) declared himself a Roman Catholic, he provided him and his party of Jesuits for their priests; concerning the first of whom (I think he went by the name of Mr. Edwards) there is this remarkable story, that having had mass said for some time in aυπερωον, or garret, he afterwards procured a mandate from King James to seize of the lower half of the side of the quadrangle next adjoining to the college chapel, by which he deprived us of two low rooms, their studies, and their bed-chambers; and after all the partitions were removed, it was some way or other consecrated, as we suppose, to Divine services; for they had mass there every day, and sermons, at least in the afternoons, on the Lord's Days: and it happening that the Jesuit preaching upon 1 Cor. ix. 24., 'So run that you may obtain,' many Protestants were hearkening at the outside of the windows, one of them discovering that it was one of Mr. Henry Smith's sermons, which he had at home by him, went and fetched the book, and read at the outside of the window what the Jesuit was preaching within. But this report raised such a noise in the town, that this priest was speedily dismissed, and another brought in his room."—Smith'sAnnals of University College, p. 258.

E. H. A.

London Queries(Vol. vii., p. 108.).—An authentic account of one of the earliest, if not the most early toll ever collected in England, is to be found in the 5th tome of Rymer'sFœdera, fo. 520. It was in the year 1346 that King Edward III. granted his commission to the master of the hospital of St. Gyles (in the Fields), without the city of London, and to John of Holbourn, to lay a toll on all sorts of carriage, for two years to come, passing through the highway (via regia) leading from the said hospital to the bar of the old Temple of London (i. e.the Holborn Bar, near to which stood the old house of the Knights Templars); also through another highway called Perpoole (now Gray's Inn Lane); which roads were, by frequent passage of carts, waynes, and horses, to and from London, become so miry and deep as to be almost impassable; as also the highway called Charing. These tolls were as follow:

But ecclesiastical persons, of both sexes, were to be exempt from this toll.

About this time there was a considerable market or staple held at Westminster; and in 1353 the same king, by an order in council, laid a tax of 3d.on every sack (serplarium) of wool, and for every three hundred of woolfels; 6d.on every last of leather; 4d.on every fodder of lead; 4d.on every tun of wine; and ½d.on every twenty shillings value of all other goods carried either by land or water to the staple of Westminster, in order for repairing the highway leading from the gate of London called Temple Bar to the gate of the abbey at Westminster.—SeeFœdera, vol. v. p. 774.

From this record we learn that the gate called Temple Bar, as a western boundary of the city of London, is of great antiquity as a gate.

I hope some of your readers skilled in architecture may answer the other Queries of your correspondent.

Broctuna.

Bury, Lancashire.

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E. H. H.Caxton's Press is certainly not in Westminster Abbey: we may add, certainly not in existence.

Tee Bee.The quotation is from Pope'sMoral Essays,Epist. IV.:

"To rest the cushion and soft Dean invite,Who never mentions hell to ears polite."

"To rest the cushion and soft Dean invite,

Who never mentions hell to ears polite."

S. Jennings-G.We have a Note for this Correspondent. Where shall it be sent?

H. E. P. T. (Woolwich).What Numbers are wanted?

Earldom of Oxford.M. D.,whose communication on this subject appears in ourNo. for Feb. 12., p. 153.,writes to us that he has been misinformed, inasmuch as two of the sisters of Alfred, the last Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, have sons.

F. K. (Clonea)is requested to state the subjects of the two Queries to which he refers.

J. M. (Bath).The Note has been forwarded.

Shaw:Spinney:Hurst. H. E. P. T.will find, on reference to Richardson's Dictionary, thatShawis from the A.-S.Scua,a Shadow;andHurstfrom the A.-S.Hurst,a Wood. Spinneyis probably from the LatinSpinetum,a place where thorny bushes grow.

J. G. (Dorchester)'s Query on the Lisle Family shall appear next week.

F. B.The termBenedict,applied to a married man, is doubtless derived from Shakspeare's"Benedict, the Married Man."

Tyro.The fault must be in your Chemicals, or in your manipulation. Try again, with Chemicals procured from a different source.

E. B. S.Dr. Diamond's result, and mode of arriving at it, will be given in his forthcomingPhotographic Notes.

Erratum.—P. 105., Lord Duff's Toast, read "Q. R. S. QuicklyRestoreStewart," instead of "Resolve."

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St. Mary's Church, Vincent Square, Westminster, was erected in the year 1837, and contains 1,200 sittings, of which 800 are free.

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An estimate has been prepared of the requisite expenditure by MR. H. A. HUNT, of 4. Parliament Street, which amounts toFive Hundred and Fifty Pounds. This sum, it is anticipated, will suffice to provide for lowering and refixing the whole of the Free Seats, and to make them more commodious for the use of the poor; to improve the seats generally throughout the Church; to alter and improve the position and character of the Pulpit and Reading Desk; to paint, grain, and varnish the whole of the seats; and to give an appropriate appearance to the Chancel of the Church.

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PHOTOGRAPHY.—Collodion (Iodized with the Ammonio-Iodide of Silver).—J. B. HOCKIN & CO., Chemists, 289. Strand, were the first in England who published the application of this agent (seeAthenæum, Aug. 14th). Their Collodion (price 9d.per oz.) retains its extraordinary sensitiveness, tenacity, and colour unimpaired for months: it may be exported to any climate, and the Iodizing Compound mixed as required. J. B. HOCKIN & CO. manufacture PURE CHEMICALS and all APPARATUS with the latest Improvements adapted for all the Photographic and Daguerreotype processes. Cameras for Developing in the open Country. GLASS BATHS adapted to any Camera. Lenses from the best Makers. Waxed and Iodized Papers, &c.

Just published, price 1s., free by Post 1s.4d.,

The WAXED-PAPER PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS of GUSTAVE LE GRAY'S NEW EDITION. Translated from the French.

Sole Agents in the United Kingdom for VOIGHTLANDER & SON'S celebrated Lenses for Portraits and Views.

General Depôt for Turner's, Whatman's, Canson Frères', La Croix, and other Talbotype Papers.

Pure Photographic Chemicals.

Instructions and Specimens in every Branch of the Art.

GEORGE KNIGHT & SONS., Foster Lane, London.

PHOTOGRAPHY.—XYLO-IODIDE OF SILVER, prepared solely by R. W. THOMAS, has now obtained an European fame; it supersedes the use of all other preparations of Collodion. Witness the subjoined Testimonial.

"122. Regent Street"Dear Sir,—In answer to your inquiry of this morning, I have no hesitation in saying that your preparation of Collodion is incomparably better and more sensitive than all the advertised Collodio-Iodides, which, for my professional purposes, are quite useless when compared to yours."I remain, dear Sir,"Yours faithfully,"N. Henneman.Aug. 30. 1852.to Mr. R.W. Thomas."

"122. Regent Street

"Dear Sir,—In answer to your inquiry of this morning, I have no hesitation in saying that your preparation of Collodion is incomparably better and more sensitive than all the advertised Collodio-Iodides, which, for my professional purposes, are quite useless when compared to yours.

"I remain, dear Sir,"Yours faithfully,"N. Henneman.Aug. 30. 1852.to Mr. R.W. Thomas."

"I remain, dear Sir,"Yours faithfully,"N. Henneman.

"I remain, dear Sir,

"Yours faithfully,

"N. Henneman.

Aug. 30. 1852.to Mr. R.W. Thomas."

Aug. 30. 1852.

to Mr. R.W. Thomas."

MR. R. W. THOMAS begs most earnestly to caution photographers against purchasing impure chemicals, which are now too frequently sold at very low prices. It is to this cause nearly always that their labours are unattended with success.

Chemicals of absolute purity, especially prepared for this art, may be obtained from R. W. THOMAS, Chemist and Professor of Photography, 10. Pall Mall.

N.B.—The name of Mr. T.'s preparation, Xylo-Iodide of Silver, is made use of by unprincipled persons. To prevent imposition each bottle is stamped with a red label bearing the maker's signature.

TO PHOTOGRAPHERS.—MR. PHILIP DELAMOTTE begs to announce that he has now made arrangements for printing Calotypes in large or small quantities, either from Paper or Glass Negatives. Gentlemen who are desirous of having good impressions of their works, may see specimens of Mr. Delamotte's Printing at his own residence, 38. Chepstow Place, Bayswater, or at

MR. GEORGE BELL'S, 186. Fleet Street.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER.—Negative and Positive Papers of Whatman's, Turner's, Sanford's, and Canson Frères' make. Waxed-Paper for Le Gray's Process. Iodized and Sensitive Paper for every kind of Photography.

Sold by JOHN SANFORD, Photographic Stationer, Aldine Chambers, 13. Paternoster Row, London.

PHOTOGRAPHY.—HORNE & CO.'S Iodized Collodion, for obtaining Instantaneous Views, and Portraits in from three to thirty seconds, according to light.

Portraits obtained by the above, for delicacy of detail rival the choicest Daguerreotypes, specimens of which may be seen at their Establishment.

Also every description of Apparatus, Chemicals, &c. &c. used in this beautiful Art.—123. and 121. Newgate Street.

TO PHOTOGRAPHERS.—Pure Chemicals, with every requisite for the practice of Photography, according to the instructions of Hunt, Le Gray, Brébisson, &c. &c., may be obtained of WILLIAM BOLTON, Manufacturer of pure chemicals for Photographic and other purposes.

Lists of Prices to be had on application.146. Holborn Bars.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES.—A Selection of the above beautiful Productions may be seen at BLAND & LONG'S, 153. Fleet Street, where may also be procured Apparatus of every Description, and pure Chemicals for the practice of Photography in all its Branches.

Calotype, Daguerreotype, and Glass Pictures for the Stereoscope.

BLAND & LONG, Opticians, Philosophical and Photographical Instrument Makers, and Operative Chemists, 153. Fleet Street.

INCORPORATED ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

ATHENÆUM INSTITUTE FOR AUTHORS AND MEN OF SCIENCE, 30. SACKVILLE STREET, LONDON.

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