THE CALVES' HEAD CLUB.

(Signed)Ormond.H. Bulkeley.H. Brouncker.Rich. Mason.Ste. Fox.

(Signed)

Ormond.

H. Bulkeley.

H. Brouncker.

Rich. Mason.

Ste. Fox.

(Vol. viii., pp. 315. 480.)

The Calves' Head Club existed much earlier than the time when their doings were commemorated in theWeekly Oracle(Vol. viii., p. 315.) of February 1, 1735, or depicted in the print of 1734 (Vol. viii., p. 480.). There is a pamphlet,the second edition of which was published in small 4to., in 1703, entitled:

"The Secret History of the Calves' Head Club, or, the Republican Unmasqu'd, wherein is fully shewn the Religion of the Calves-Head Heroes in their Anniversary Thanksgiving Songs on the Thirtieth of January, by their Anthems," &c. &c.

We are told in the latter part of the long title-page that the work was published "to demonstrate the restless, inplacable spirit of a certain party still among us," and certainly the statements therein, and more than all the anthems at the end, do show the bitterest hatred—so bitter, so intense and malignant, that we feel on reading it that there must be some exaggeration.

The author professes to have at first been of opinion "that the story was purely contrived on purpose to render the republicans more odious than they deserv'd." Whether he was convinced to the contrary by ocular demonstration he does not tell us, but gives us information he received from a gentleman—

"Who, about eight years ago, went out of meer curiosity to see their Club, and has since furnish'd me with the following papers. I was inform'd that it was kept in no fix'd house, but that they remov'd as they saw convenient; that the place they met in when he was with 'em was in a blind ally, about Morefields; that the company wholly consisted of Independents and Anabaptists (I am glad for the honour of the Presbyterians to set down this remark); that the famous Jerry White, formerly Chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, who no doubt on't came to sanctify with his pious exhortations the Ribbaldry of the Day, said Grace; that after the table-cloth was removed, the anniversary anthem, as they impiously called it, was sung, and a calve's skull fill'd with wine, or other liquor, and then a brimmer went about to the pious memory of those worthy patriots that kill'd the tyrant, and deliver'd their country from arbitrary sway; and lastly, a collection made for the mercenary scribler, to which every man contributed according to his zeal for the cause, or the ability of his purse."I have taken care to set down what the gentleman told me as faithfully as my memory wou'd give me leave; and I am persuaded that some persons that frequent the Black Boy in Newgate Street, as they knew the author of the following lines so they knew this account of the Calves' Head Club to be true."

"I have taken care to set down what the gentleman told me as faithfully as my memory wou'd give me leave; and I am persuaded that some persons that frequent the Black Boy in Newgate Street, as they knew the author of the following lines so they knew this account of the Calves' Head Club to be true."

The anthems for the years 1693, 1694, 1695, 1696, and 1697, are given; but they are too long and too stupidly blasphemous and indecent to quote here. They seem rather the satires of malignant cavaliers than the serious productions of any Puritan, however politically or theologically heretical.

Edward Peacock.

Bottesford Moors.

The Calotype Process.—I have made any first essay in the calotype process, followingDr. Diamond'sdirections given in "N. & Q.," and using Turner's paper, as recommended by him. My success has been quite as great as I could expect as a novice, and satisfies me that any defects are due to my own want of skill, and not to any fault in the directions given. I wish, however, to ask a question as to iodizing the paper.Dr. Diamondsays, lay the paper on the solution; thenimmediatelyremove it, and lay on the dry side on blotting-paper, &c. Now I find, if I remove immediately, the whole sheet of paper curls up into a roll, and is quite unmanageable. I want to know, therefore, whether there is any objection to allowing the paper to remain on the iodizing solution until it lies flat on it, so that on removal it will not curl, and may be easily and conveniently laid on the dry side to pass the glass rod over it. As soon as the paper is floated on the solution (I speak of Turner's) it has a great tendency to curl, and takes some time before the expansion of both surfaces becoming equal allows it to lie quite flat on the liquid. May this operation be performed by the glass rod, without floating at all?

Photographers, like myself, at a distance from practical instruction, are so much obliged for plain and simple directions such as those given byDr. Diamond, which are the result of experience, that I am sure he will not mind being troubled with a few inquiries relative to them.

C. E. F.

Hockin's Short Sketch.—Mr. Hockin is so well known as a thoroughly practical chemist, that it may suffice to call attention to the fact of his having published a little brochure entitledHow to obtain Positive and Negative Pictures on Collodionized Glass, and copy the latter upon Paper. A Short Sketch adapted for the Tyro in Photography.As the question of thealkalinityof the nitrate bath is one which has lately been discussed, we will give, as a specimen of Mr. Hockin's book, a quotation, showing his opinion upon that question:

"The sensitizing agent, nitrate of silver in crystals, not the ordinary fused in sticks, is nearly always confessedly adulterated; it is thus employed:"The silver or nitrate bath.—Nitrate of silver five drachms, distilled water ten ounces; dissolve and add iodized collodion two drachms."Shake these well together, allow them to macerate twelve hours, and filter through paper. Before adding the nitric acid, test the liquid with a piece of blue litmus paper; if it remain blue after being immersed one minute, add one drop of dilute nitric acid[3], and test again for a minute; and so on, until a claret red is indicated on the paper. It is necessary to test the bath in a similar manner, frequently adding half a drop to a drop of dilute acid when required. This precaution will prevent the fogging due to alkalinity of the bath, so formidable an obstacle to young hands."

"The sensitizing agent, nitrate of silver in crystals, not the ordinary fused in sticks, is nearly always confessedly adulterated; it is thus employed:

"The silver or nitrate bath.—Nitrate of silver five drachms, distilled water ten ounces; dissolve and add iodized collodion two drachms.

"Shake these well together, allow them to macerate twelve hours, and filter through paper. Before adding the nitric acid, test the liquid with a piece of blue litmus paper; if it remain blue after being immersed one minute, add one drop of dilute nitric acid[3], and test again for a minute; and so on, until a claret red is indicated on the paper. It is necessary to test the bath in a similar manner, frequently adding half a drop to a drop of dilute acid when required. This precaution will prevent the fogging due to alkalinity of the bath, so formidable an obstacle to young hands."

Footnote 3:(return)"Dilute nitric acid.—Water fifty parts, nitric acid one part."

"Dilute nitric acid.—Water fifty parts, nitric acid one part."

Photographic Society's Exhibition.—The Photographic Society opened their first Exhibition ofPhotographs and Daguerreotypes at the Gallery of the Society of British Artists, in Suffolk Street, with asoiréeon Tuesday evening last. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the rooms were crowded not only by members of the Society, but by many of the most distinguished literary and scientific men of the metropolis. The Queen and Prince Albert had, in the course of the morning, spent three hours in an examination of the collection; and the opinion they expressed, that the exhibition was one of great interest and promise, from the evidence it afforded of the extraordinary advance made by the art during the past year, and the encouragement it held out to the belief that far greater excellence might therefore still be looked for in it, was a very just one, and embodied that given afterwards by the most competent authorities. We have not room this week to enter into any details, but can confidently recommend our readers to pay an early visit to Suffolk Street.

"Firm was their faith," &c.(Vol. viii., p. 564.).—These lines are to be found in a poem called "Morwennæ Statio, hodie Morwenstow," published by Masters in 1846, with the title ofEchoes from Old Cornwall, and written by the Vicar of Morwenstow. I agree with D. M. in the judgment he has announced as to their merits; but hitherto they have been but little appreciated by the public. A time will come however, when these and other compositions of the author will be better known and more duly valued by the English mind.

Saxa.

These lines were written on "the Minster of Morwenna," May, 1840, and appeared in theBritish Magazineunder the anonymous nameProcul. Of the eight stanzas of which the poem consists, P. M. has quoted the second. The second line should be read "wiseofheart," and the third "firmand trusting hands." With your correspondent, I hope the author's name may be discovered.

F. R. R.

Vellum-cleaning(Vol. viii., p.340.).—In the Polytechnic Institution there are specimens of old deeds, &c., on vellum and paper, beautifully cleaned and restored by Mr. George Clifford, 5. Inner Temple Lane, Temple, London.

J. McK.

Shoreham.

Wooden Tombs(Vol. viii., p. 255.).—In the church at Brading, Isle of Wight—

"There are some old tombs in the communion place, and in Sir William Oglander's chapel, or family burial-place, which is separated from the rest of the church by an oak screen. The most ancient legible date of these monuments is 1567. Two of them have full-length figures in armour of solid elm wood, originally painted in their proper colours, and gilt, but now disfigured by coats of dirty white."—Barber's Picturesque Guide to the Isle of Wight, 1850, pp. 28, 29.

J. McK.

Shoreham.

Solar Eclipse in the Year 1263(Vol. viii., p. 441.).—In theTransactions of the Antiquarian Society of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 350., there are "Observations on the Norwegian Expedition against Scotland in the year 1263," by John Dillon, Esq.; and at pp. 363-4, when speaking of the annular eclipse, he says:

"The eclipse above mentioned is described to have occurred between these two dates [29th July and 9th August]. This being pointed out to Dr. Brewster, he had the curiosity to calculate the eclipse, when he found that there was an eclipse of the sun on 5th August, 1263, and which was annular at Ronaldsvo, in Orkney, and the middle of it was twenty-four minutes past one."

These "Observations" contain much curious information; but are deformed by the author attempting to wrest the text of the Norwegian writer (at p. 358. and in note I.) to suit an absurd crotchet of his own. Having seen that essay in MS., I pointed out those errors; but instead of attending to my observations, he would not read them, and got into a passion against the friend who showed the MS. to me.

J. McK.

Shoreham.

Lines on Woman(Vol. viii., pp. 292. 350. &c.).—The lines on Woman are, I presume, an altered version of those of Barret (Mrs. Barrett Browning?); they are the finale of a short poem on Woman; the correct version is the following:

"Peruse the sacred volume, Him who diedHer kiss betray'd not, nor her tongue denied;While even the Apostle left Him to His doom,She linger'd round His cross and watch'd His tomb."

"Peruse the sacred volume, Him who died

Her kiss betray'd not, nor her tongue denied;

While even the Apostle left Him to His doom,

She linger'd round His cross and watch'd His tomb."

I would copy the whole poem, but fear you would think it too long for insertion.

Ma. L.

[Our correspondent furnishes an addition to our list of parallel passages. The lines quoted by W. V. and those now given by our present correspondent can never be different readings of the same poem. Besides, it has been already shown that the lines asked for are from the poem entitledWoman, by Eaton Stannard Barrett (see antè, pp. 350. 423.).]

Satin(Vol. vii., p. 551.).—In a note just received by me from Canton, an American friend of mine remarks as follows:

"When you write again to 'N. & Q.' you can say that the wordsatin(Vol. vii., p. 551.), like the article itself, is of Chinese origin, and that other foreign languages, in endeavouring like the English to imitate the Chinesesz-tün, haveapproximated closely to it, and to each other. Of this the answers to the Query given in the place referred to are a sufficient proof; Fr.satin, W.sidan, &c. &c."

I suspect that he is right, and that Ogilvie and Webster, whom you quote, have not got to the bottom of the word. I may add that the notion of my Canton friend receives approval from a Chinese scholar to whom I have shown the above extract.

W. T. M.

Hong Kong.

"Quid facies," &c.(Vol. viii., p. 539.).—

"Bierve,N. Maréchal,Marquis de, a Frenchman well known for his ready wit and great facetiousness. He wrote two plays of considerable merit,Les RéputationsandLe Séducteur. He died at Spa, 1789, aged 42. He is author of the distich on courtezans:'Quid facies, facies Veneris cum veneris ante?Ne sedeas! sed eas, ne pereas per eas.'"

'Quid facies, facies Veneris cum veneris ante?Ne sedeas! sed eas, ne pereas per eas.'"

'Quid facies, facies Veneris cum veneris ante?

Ne sedeas! sed eas, ne pereas per eas.'"

—Lemprière'sUniversal Biography, abridged from the larger work, London, 1808.

C. Forbes.

Temple.

Sotades(Vol. viii., p. 520.).—Your correspondentCharles Reedsays that Sotades was a Roman poet 250B.C.; and that to him we owe the line, "Roma tibi subito," &c. Sotades was a native of Maroneia in Thrace, or, according to others, of Crete; and flourished at AlexandriaB.C.280 (Smith'sDictionary of Biography, Clinton, F. H., vol. iii. p. 888.). We have a few fragments of his poems, but none of them are palindromical. The authority for his having written so, is, I suppose, Martial, Epig.II.86. 2.:

"Nec retro lego Sotaden cinædum."

Zeus.

The Third Part of "Christabel"(Vol. viii., pp. 11. 111.).—Has theIrish Quarterly Reviewany other reason for ascribing this poem to Maginn than the common belief which makes him the sole and original Morgan Odoherty? If not, its evidence is of little value, as, exclusive of some pieces under that name which have been avowed by other writers, many of the Odoherty papers contain palpable internal evidence of having been written by a Scotchman, or at least one very familiar with Scotland, which at that time he was not; even the letter accompanying the third part ofChristabelis dated from Glasgow, and though this would in itself prove nothing, the circumstances above mentioned, as well as Dr. Moir's evidence as to the time when Maginn's contributions toBlackwoodcommenced, seems strongly presumptive against his claim. Some of the earliest and most distinguished writers inBlackwoodare still alive, and could, no doubt, clear up this point at once, if so inclined.

J. S. Warden.

Attainment of Majority(Vol. viii., pp. 198. 250.).—In my last communication upon this subject I produced undeniable authority to prove that the law did not regard the fraction of a day; this, I think, A. E. B. will admit. The question is, now, does the day on which a man attains his majority commence at six o'clockA.M., or at midnight? We must remember that we are dealing with a question ofEnglishlaw; and therefore the evidence of an English decision will, I submit, be stronger proof of the latter mode of reckoning than the only positive proof with which A. E. B. has defended Ben Jonson's use of the former, viz.Roman.

In a case tried in Michaelmas Term, 1704, Chief Justice Holt said:

"It has been adjudged that if one be born the 1st of February at eleven at night, and the last of January in the twenty-first year of his age at one o'clock in the morning, he makes his will of lands and dies, it is a good will, for he was then of age."—Salkeld, 44.;Raymond, 480, 1096; 1Siderfin, 162.

In this case, therefore, the testator was accounted of age forty-six hours before the completion of his twenty-first year. Now, the law not regarding the fraction of a day, the above case, I submit, clearly proves that the day, as regards the attainment of majority, began at midnight.

Russell Gole.

Lord Halifax and Mrs. C. Barton(Vol. viii., pp. 429. 543.).—In answer to J. W. J.'s Query, I beg to state that I have in my possession a codicil of Mrs. Conduit's will in her own hand, dated 26th of January, 1737. This document refers to some theological tracts by Sir Isaac Newton, in his handwriting, which I have. On referring to the pedigree of the Barton family, I find that Colonel Robert Barton married Catherine Greenwood, whose father lived at Rotterdam, and was ancestor of Messrs. Greenwood, army agents. His issue were Major Newton Barton, who married Elizabeth Ekins, Mrs. Burr, and Catherine Robert Barton. I find no mention of Colonel Noel Barton. The family of Ekins had been previously connected with that of Barton, Alexander Ekins, Rector of Barton Segrave, having married Jane Barton of Brigstock. The writer of this note will be obliged if J. W. J., or any correspondent of "N. & Q.," will inform him if anything is known respecting an ivory bust of Sir Isaac Newton, executed by Marchand or Marchant, which is said to have been an excellent likeness.

S. X.

[The ivory bust referred to by our correspondent is, we believe, in the British Museum.]

The fifth Lord Byron(Vol. viii., p. 2.).—I cannot but think thatMr. Hasleden'smemory has deceived him as to the "wicked lord" havingsettled his estates upon the marriage of his son; how is this to be reconciled with the often published statement, that the marriage of his son with his cousin Juliana, daughter of the admiral, and aunt of the late and present lords, was made not only without the consent, but in spite of the opposition, of the old lord, and that he never forgave his son in consequence?

J. S. Warden.

Burton Family(Vol. iv., pp. 22. 124.).—In connexion with a Query which was kindly noticed byMr. Algorof Sheffield, who did not however communicate anything new to me, I would ask who was Samuel Burton, Esq., formerly Sheriff of Derbyshire; whose death at Sevenoaks, in October, 1750, I find recorded in the Obituary of theGentleman's Magazinefor that year? I am also desirous to ascertain who was Sir Francis Cavendish Burton of St. Helens, whose daughter and heiress, Martha, married Richard Sikes, Esq., ancestor of the Sikes's of the Chauntry House near Newark. She died since 1696. Both Samuel Burton and Mrs. Sikes were related to the Burtons of Kilburn, in the parish of Horsley, near Derby, to whom my former Query referred.

E. H. A.

Provost Hodgson's Translation of the Atys of Catullus(Vol. viii., p. 563.).—In answer toMr. Gantillon'sinquiry for the above translation, I beg to state that it will be found appended to an octavo edition of Hodgson's poem ofLady Jane Grey.

In the same volume will be found, I believe (for I have not the work before me), some of the modern Latin poetry respecting whichBalliolensisinquiries. The justly admired translation ofEdwin and Angelina, to which the latter refers, was by Hodgson's too early lost friend Lloyd. The splendid pentameter is slightly misquoted byBalliolensis. It is not—

"Poscimus interrispauca, nec illa diù."

but—

"Poscimus invitâ," &c.

Thomas Russell Potter.

Wymeswold, Loughborough.

Wylcotes' Brass(Vol. viii., p. 494.).—I should hardly have supposed that any difficulty could exist in explaining the inscription:

"In · on · is · all."

To me it appears self-evident that it must be—

"In one (God) is my all."

H. C. C.

Hoby, Family of; their Portraits, &c. (Vol. viii., p. 244.).—I would referJ. B. WhitbornetoThe Antiquities of Berkshire(so miscalled), by Elias Ashmole; where, in treating of Bisham, that learned antiquary has given the inscriptions to the Hoby family as existingand legible in his time. It does not appear that Sir Philip Hoby, or Hobbie, Knight, was ever of the Privy Council; but, in 1539, one of the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII. (which monarch granted to him in 1546-7 the manor of Willoughby in Edmonton, co. Middlesex), Sir Thomas Hoby, the brother, and successor in the estates of Sir Philip, was, in 1566, ambassador to France; and died at Paris July 13 in the same year (not 1596), aged thirty-six. The coat of the Hobys of Bisham, as correctly given, is "Argent, within a border engrailed sable, three spindles, threaded in fesse, gules." A grant or confirmation of this coat was made by Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, to Peregrine Hoby of Bisham, Berks, natural son of Sir Edward Hoby, Nov. 17, 1664. The Bisham family bore no crest nor motto.

H. C. C.

The Keate Family(Vol. viii., pp. 293. 525.)—Should the Query of G. B. B. not be sufficiently answered by the extract from Mr. Burke'sExtinct and Dormant Baronetcies of Englandrelating to the Keate family, as I have a full pedigree of that surname, I may perhaps be able, on application, to satisfy him with some genealogical particulars which are not noticed in Mr. Burke's works.

H. C. C.

Sir Charles Cotterell(Vol viii., p. 564.).—Sir Charles Cotterell, the translator ofCassandra, died in 1687. (See Fuller'sWorthies, by Nuttall, vol. ii. p. 309.)

Ἁλιεύς.

Dublin.

Huc's Travels(Vol. viii., p. 516.).—Not having seen theGardener's Chronicle, in which C. W. B. says the travels of Messrs. Huc and Gabet in Thibet, Tartary, &c. are said to be a pure fabrication, concocted by some Parisianlittérateur, I cannot know what degree of credit, if any, is to be given to such a statement. All I wish to communicate at present for the information of your Querist C. W. B. is this, that I have read an account and abstract of Messrs. Huc and Gabet'sTravelsin one of the ablest and best conducted French reviews,La Revue des Deux Mondes; in which not the least suspicion of fabrication is hinted, or the slightest doubt expressed as to the genuineness of theseTravels. Mr. Princep, also, in his work on Thibet, Tartary, &c. quotes largely from Huc's Travel's, and avails himself extensively of the information contained in them with reference to Buddhism, &c.

Should the writer in theGardener's Chroniclehave it in his power toprovetheTravelsto be a fabrication, he will confer a benefit on the world of letters by unmasking the fabricator.

J. M.

Oxford.

Pictures at Hampton Court Palace(Vol. viii., p. 538.).—In reply toΦ.'s question when the review of the 10th Light Dragoons by KingGeorge III., after the Prince of Wales assumed the command of that regiment, I beg to state that the Prince entered the army as brevet-colonel, Nov. 19, 1782; that the regiment received the title of "The Prince of Wales's own Regiment of Light Dragoons" on Michaelmas Day, 1783: that the regiment was stationed in the south of England and in the vicinity of London for many years, from 1790 to 1803 inclusive; and that King George III. repeatedly reviewed it, accompanied by the queen and the royal family. That the Prince of Wales was appointed Colonel-commandant of the corps in 1793, and succeeded Sir W. A. Pitt as colonel of it in July 18, 1796. That the regiment was reviewed on Hounslow Heath by the King in August, 1799; and the Prince of Wales (who commanded it in person) received his Majesty's orders to convey his Majesty's approbation of its excellent appearance and performance. Perhaps the picture by Sir William Beechey was painted in 1799, and not 1798. I did not find the catalogue at Hampton Court free from errors, when I last visited the palace in October, 1852.

M. A.

Pembroke College, Oxon.

John Waugh(Vol. viii., pp. 271. 400. 525.).—DoesKarleolensisknow whether John Waugh, son of Waugh, Bishop of Carlisle, was married, and to whom?

Farther information of the above family would be most acceptable, and thankfully acknowledged, by George Waugh, of the family of the Waughs of Oulton and Lofthouse, Yorkshire.

Exeter.

Daughters taking their Mothers' Names(Vol. viii., p. 586.).—WhenBuriensisasks for instances of this, and mentions "Alicia, daughter of Ada," as an example, is he not mistaking, or following some one else who has mistaken, thegenderof the parent's name?Alicia fil. Adæwould be rendered "Alice Fitz-Adam," unless there be anything in the context to determine the gender otherwise.

J. Sansom.

"Service is no Inheritance" (Vol. viii., p. 586.).—This proverbial saying has evidently arisen from the old manorial right, under which the lord of the manor claimed suit and service and fealty before admitting the heir to his inheritance, or the purchaser to his purchase. On which occasion, the party admitted to the estate, whether purchaser or heir, "fecit fidelitatem suam et solvit relevium;" the relief being generally a year's rent or service.

Anon.

Sir Christopher Wren and the young Carver(Vol. viii., p. 340.).—If your correspondent A. H. has not already appropriated the anecdote here alluded to, I think I can confidently refer him to any biographical notice of Grindling Gibbons—to whom the story of the "Sow and Pigs" relates. Gibbons was recommended to Sir Christopher by Evelyn, I think; but not having "made a note of it," I am not sure that it is to be found in hisDiary.[4]If there be any monograph Life of Gibbons, it can scarcely fail to be found there.

M. (2)

Footnote 4:(return)See Evelyn'sDiary, vol. ii. pp. 53, 54., edition 1850.—Ed.

See Evelyn'sDiary, vol. ii. pp. 53, 54., edition 1850.—Ed.

Souvaroff's Despatch(Vol. viii., p. 490).—Souvaroff's doggerel despatch from Ismail, immortalised by Byron, is, as usual, misspelt and mistranslated. Allow me to furnish you with what I have never yet seen in English, a correct version of it:

"Slava Bogou, slava Vam;Krépost vziala, ee ya tam.""Glory to God, glory to You,The fortress is taken, and I am there."

"Slava Bogou, slava Vam;Krépost vziala, ee ya tam."

"Slava Bogou, slava Vam;

Krépost vziala, ee ya tam."

"Glory to God, glory to You,The fortress is taken, and I am there."

"Glory to God, glory to You,

The fortress is taken, and I am there."

Dmitri Andréef.

Detached Church Towers(Vol. viii., p. 63.).—In the lists I have seen no mention is made of the fine tower of West Walton Church, which stands at a distance of nearly twenty yards from the body of the church.

W. B. D.

Lynn.

Queen Anne's Motto(Vol. viii., p. 174.).—The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is in possession of an English coat of arms, painted on wood in the time of Queen Anne, having "Anna R." at the top, and the mottoSemper eademon the scroll below. It probably was in one of the Philadelphia court-rooms, and was taken down at the Revolution.

Uneda.

Philadelphia.

Lawyers' Bags(Vol. vii.passim).—The communication ofMr. Kersley, in p. 557., although it does not support the inference whichCol. Landmandraws, that the colour of lawyers' bags was changed in consequence of the unpopularity which it acquired at the trial of Queen Caroline, seems to show thatgreenwas at one time the colour of those professional pouches. The question still remains, when and on what occasion it was discontinued; and when the purple, and when the crimson, were introduced?

When I entered the profession (about fifty years ago), no junior barrister presumed to carry a bag in the Court of Chancery, unless one had been presented to him by a king's counsel; who, when a junior was advancing in practice, took an opportunity of complimenting him on his increase of business, and giving him his own bag to carry home his papers. It was then a distinction to carry a bag, and a proof that a junior was risingin his profession. I do not know whether the same custom prevailed in the other courts.

Causidicus.

In this city (Philadelphia) lawyers formerly carried green bags. The custom has declined of late years among the members of the legal profession, and it has been taken up by journeymen boot and shoe makers, who thus carry their work to and from the workshop. A green bag is now the badge of a cordwainer in this city.

Old English W.

Philadelphia.

Bust of Luther(Vol. viii., p. 335.).—Mr. J. G. Fitchasks for information respecting a bust of Luther, with an inscription, on the wall of a house, in the Dom Platz at Frankfort on the Maine. I have learned, through a German acquaintance, who has resided the greater part of his life in that city, that the effigy was erected to commemorate the event of Luther's having, during a short stay in Frankfort, preached near that spot; and that the words surrounding the bust were his text on the occasion. He adds that Luther at no period of his life "lived for some years" at Frankfort, as stated byMr. Fitch.

Alfred Smith.

Grammar in relation to Logic(Vol. viii., pp. 514. 629.).—H. C. K.'s remarks are of course indisputable. But it is a mistake to suppose that they answer my Query. In fact, had your correspondent taken the trouble to consider the meaning of my Query, he could not have failed to perceive that the explanation I there gave of the function of the conjunctionin logic, is the same as his. My Query had sole referenceto grammar. I would also respectfully suggest that anonymous correspondents should not impute "superficial views," or any other disagreeable thing, to those who standconfessed, without abandoning the pseudonym.

C. Mansfield Ingleby.

Birmingham.

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It is proposed to publish by subscriptionThe Visitation of the County of Northumberland, taken by Richard St. George, Esq., Norroy King of Arms, and Henry St. George, Esq., Blue Mantle Pursuivant of Arms,A.D.1615. To be printed in tables on folio, with the arms engraved on wood, price One Guinea; or large paper, royal folio, Two Guineas; or large paper with the arms emblazoned (of which only the number subscribed for will be done), Five Guineas. Subscribers' names will be received by Mr. John Gray Bell, No. 17. Bedford Street, Covent Garden.

The first number of theAntiquities of Shropshire, by the Rev. R. W. Eyton, has just been issued for the sake of determining the author's doubts as to whether there is any general wish for such a publication. Should the answer be in the negative, the author will neither forget his obligation to present subscribers, nor the explanation which he will farther owe them if the work be discontinued. The work will extend at least to five volumes, or twenty parts, and, according to the present plan, will be completed in not less than five years. Any subscriber will be at liberty to withdraw his name, by giving notice to that effect within one month after the publication of any fourth part, or completed volume. Three hundred copies of Part I. have been printed, but the number of the future parts will be limited to those subscribed for within the next three months.

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Books Received.—A Peep at the Pixies, or Legends of the West, by Mrs. Bray: written for the entertainment of a family circle, these amusing records of the doings of the little people will find favour with all lovers of folk lore.—Ada's Thoughts, or the Poetry of Youth, may be commended for its natural, simple, yet elevated tone.—Essay on Human Happiness, by C. B. Adderley, M.P.; the first of a series ofGreat Truths for Thoughtful Hours. A set of little books similar in object and design to Pickering's well-known series ofSmall Books on Great Subjects.—Beauties of Byron, Verse and Prose.This selection, made for Murray'sRailway Reading, will be acceptable to many who would object to place the collected edition of the noble bard's writings in the hands of the younger members of their family.—Speeches on Parliamentary Reform, by the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. This new number of Longman'sTraveller's Libraryis well-timed, and very acceptable.

Isaac Taylor's Physical Theory of another Life.

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Among other interesting communications intended for our present Number, but which we have been compelled by want of space to postpone until next week, areMr. Gutch's Paper onGriffin and his Fidessa,Mr. D'Alton's onJames II.'s Irish Army List,andDr. Diamond's onThe Advantages of Small Photographs.

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J. S. A.will find the information he desires respecting theExtraordinary North Britonin a valuable communication fromMr. Crossley, "N. & Q.," Vol. iii., p. 432.

Index to Volume the Eighth.—This is in a very forward state, and will, we trust, be ready for delivery withNo. 221.on the21st of January.

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