PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE.

ואחר עורי נקפו זאתומבשרי אחזה אלוה׃

ואחר עורי נקפו זאת

ומבשרי אחזה אלוה׃

The difficulties which the reader experiences, on reading the authorised version of this passage, are by no means trifling. Every one knows that the words printed inItalicsare not to be found in the original; the strictly literal rendering, according to the construction put upon the verse by our translators, would therefore run thus:

"And after my skin, destroy this,Yet in my flesh shall I see God."

"And after my skin, destroy this,

Yet in my flesh shall I see God."

To say the least of it, "it is hard to be understood." The three words in Italics, arbitrarily introduced, make the passage by no means more intelligible.

The erudite author of the marginal readings (see "N. & Q.," Vol. ix., p. 108.) felt the difficulty, and therefore proposed another translation, which is,—

"After I shall awake, though thisbodybe destroyed,Yet out of my flesh shall I see God."

"After I shall awake, though thisbodybe destroyed,

Yet out of my flesh shall I see God."

By an effort of violent criticism,עוריmight be translatedmy awaking; but it will require an extraordinary critical mind to turnנקפו זאתintothough this body be destroyed.

The difficulties seem to have originated with the misapprehension of the proper meaning of the verbנקףhere. Instead of translating it according to its primitive signification, viz.to surrounda foreign sense has been palmed upon it, viz.to destroy. Job, no doubt, meant to say thus:

"And after my skin has returned, this shall be;And out of my flesh shall I see God."

"And after my skin has returned, this shall be;

And out of my flesh shall I see God."

Thus the literal meaning demonstrates a connecting link between verses 25 and 26. The authorised version and the marginal reading seem to lack that link:

"And I know that my Redeemer liveth,And He shall at length abide upon the earth."

"And I know that my Redeemer liveth,

And He shall at length abide upon the earth."

But would you know when thisat lengthis to take place? It will come to pass when a shaking of the dry bones shall take place, when bone to bone shall be joined, when sinews and flesh shall come upon them, and skin cover them above; that is, when the skeleton of my mutilated body shall be raised a glorified body. In other words,—

"And after my skin returned, this shall be;And out of my flesh shall I see God."

"And after my skin returned, this shall be;

And out of my flesh shall I see God."

The most ancient translators have evidently put this construction upon the verse under consideration. The Chaldee paraphrase runs thus:

ומן בתר דאתפח משכי תהא דאומבסרי אחמי תוב אלהא׃׃"And after my skin is healed, this shall be;And out of my flesh shall I see the return of God."

ומן בתר דאתפח משכי תהא דאומבסרי אחמי תוב אלהא׃׃

ומן בתר דאתפח משכי תהא דא

ומבסרי אחמי תוב אלהא׃׃

"And after my skin is healed, this shall be;And out of my flesh shall I see the return of God."

"And after my skin is healed, this shall be;

And out of my flesh shall I see the return of God."

אתפחdoes not mean hereinflated, as some suppose. The Syriac version translates the wordנקפוby the wordאתכרך, which meanssurround,wind round. The Vulgate has the following version of the patriarch's prophetic exclamation:

"Et rursum circumdabor pelle mea,Et in carne mea videbo Deum meum."

"Et rursum circumdabor pelle mea,

Et in carne mea videbo Deum meum."

Jerome evidently knew not what to do with the wordזאת, and therefore omitted it. He might have turned it to good account by translating iterit hoc.

The above note has been penned upwards of five years ago, and I transcribe it now, without a single alteration, for the benefit ofMr. C. Mansfield Inglebyand his friends.

Moses Margoliouth.

Wybunbury, Nantwich.

Photographic Experiences.—We have received from our valued correspondentDr. Mansell, of Guernsey, a suggestion to which we are happy to give publicity, and to the promotion of which we shall be very glad to lend the columns of "N. & Q." Our photographic readers are probably aware that the Talbotype process is increasing in favour; we have recordedDr. Diamond'sstrong testimony to its advantages.Mr. Llewellynhas just described his process (which is strikingly similar) in thePhotographic Journal; and in a recent number ofLa LumièretheVicomte Vigierconfirms the views of our countrymen.Dr. Mansell, who has given our readers the benefit of his experience, well remarks that in all his acquaintance with physical science, he knows nothing more remarkable than thatMr. Fox Talbotshould not only have discovered this beautiful process, but likewise have given it to the world (in 1841) in so perfect a form, that the innumerable experiments of a dozen years have done nothing essential to improve it, and the best manipulators of the day can add nothing to it. It is, however, with a view to testing some of the points in which photographers differ, so as to establish which are best, thatDr. Mansellsuggests, that a table giving,

1. The time of exposure in the camera, in a bright May sun,2. The locality,3. The iodizement,4. The maker of the paper,5. The diameter of the diaphragm,6. Its distance from the lens, and7. The diameter, focal length, and maker of the lens,

1. The time of exposure in the camera, in a bright May sun,

2. The locality,

3. The iodizement,

4. The maker of the paper,

5. The diameter of the diaphragm,

6. Its distance from the lens, and

7. The diameter, focal length, and maker of the lens,

would, if carefully and honestly stated by some twenty or thirty photographers, be extremely valuable. Of this there can be little doubt, and we hope that our scientific photographic friends, will respond to this suggestion. We for our parts are ready to receive any such communications, and will, at the end of the month, collate and arrange them in such form as may best exhibit the results. It is obvious that, in a matter of such a nature,weat least should be furnished with the names of our correspondents.

The Céroléine Process.—The unfavourable state of the weather has prevented me from making many experiments as to the value of the process given in your 234th Number, but I have seen enough to convince me that it will effect a great saving of trouble, and be more sensitive than any modification of Le Gray's process that has yet been published. It will, however, be rather more expensive, and, in the hands of persons unaccustomed to chemical manipulations, rather difficult; but the solutions once made, the waxing process is delightfully easy.

William Pumphrey.

On preserving the Sensitiveness of Collodion Plates.—The Philosophical Magazineof the present month contains a very important article by Messrs. Spiller and Crookes upon this great desideratum in photographic practice. We have heard from a gentleman of considerable scientific attainments, that, from the few experiments which he had then made, he is convinced that the plan is quite feasible. We of course refer our readers to the paper itself for fuller particulars as to the reasoning which led the writers to their successful experiment, and for all enumeration of the many advantages which may result from their discovery. Their process is as follows:

"The plate, coated with collodion (that which we employ contains iodide, bromide, and chloride of ammonium, in about equal proportions), is made sensitive by immersion in the ordinary solution of nitrate ofsilver (30 grains to the ounce), and after remaining there for the usual time, is transferred for a second solution of the following composition:Nitrate of zinc (fused)2 ounces.Nitrate of silver35 grains.Water6 ounces.The plate must be left in this bath until the zinc solution has thoroughly penetrated the film (we have found five minutes amply sufficient for this purpose, although a much longer time is of no consequence); it should then be taken out, allowed to drain upright on blotting-paper until all the surface moisture has been absorbed (about half an hour), and then put by until required. The nitrate of zinc, which is still retained on the plate, is sufficient to keep it moist for any length of time, and we see no theoretical or practical reason why its sensitiveness should not be retained as long: experiments on this point are in progress; at present, however, we have only subjected them to the trial of about a week, although at the end of that period they were hardly deteriorated in any appreciable degree. It is not necessary that the exposure in the camera should be immediately followed by the development, as this latter process can be deferred to any convenient opportunity, provided it be within the week. Previous to development, the plate should be allowed to remain for a few seconds in the original thirty-grain silver-bath, then removed and developed with either pyrogallic acid or a protosalt of iron, and afterwards fixed, &c. in the usual manner."

Nitrate of zinc (fused)

2 ounces.

Nitrate of silver

35 grains.

Water

6 ounces.

The plate must be left in this bath until the zinc solution has thoroughly penetrated the film (we have found five minutes amply sufficient for this purpose, although a much longer time is of no consequence); it should then be taken out, allowed to drain upright on blotting-paper until all the surface moisture has been absorbed (about half an hour), and then put by until required. The nitrate of zinc, which is still retained on the plate, is sufficient to keep it moist for any length of time, and we see no theoretical or practical reason why its sensitiveness should not be retained as long: experiments on this point are in progress; at present, however, we have only subjected them to the trial of about a week, although at the end of that period they were hardly deteriorated in any appreciable degree. It is not necessary that the exposure in the camera should be immediately followed by the development, as this latter process can be deferred to any convenient opportunity, provided it be within the week. Previous to development, the plate should be allowed to remain for a few seconds in the original thirty-grain silver-bath, then removed and developed with either pyrogallic acid or a protosalt of iron, and afterwards fixed, &c. in the usual manner."

Tippet(Vol. ix., p. 370.).—P. C. S. S. cannot help thinking thattippetis nothing more than a corruption,per metathesia, ofepitogium. Such, at least, seems to have been the opinion of old Minsheu, who, in hisGuide to the Tongues, 1627, describes it thus:

"A habit which universitie men and clergiemen weare over their gownes. L.Epitogium, abἐπὶandtoga."

P. C. S. S.

Heraldic Anomaly(Vol. ix., p. 298.).—As your correspondentJohn o' the Fordwishes to be furnished with examples of arms now extant, augmented with a cross in chief, I beg to inform him that on the north side of St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, immediately above the arch, are three shields: the centre one bearing a plain cross (the arms of the order); on the right, as you face the gateway, the shield bears a chevron ingrailed between three roundles, impaling a cross flory, over all on a chief a cross; that on the left is merely a single shield, bearing a chevron ingrailed between three roundles apparently (being somewhat damaged), in chief a plain cross. If the colours were marked, they are indistinguishable,—shield and charges are alike sable now. On the south side are two shields: that on the right has been so much damaged that all I can make out of it is that two coats have been impaled thereon, but I cannot discover whether it had the cross in chief or not; that on the left bears a chevron between three roundles, in chief a plain cross. This shield also is damaged; but, nevertheless, enough remains to enable one to make out the charges with tolerable certainty.

Tee Bee.

George Wood of Chester(Vol. viii., p 34.).—I think it very probable that this gentleman, who was Justice of Chester in the last year of the reign of Mary and the first of Elizabeth, will turn out to be George Wood, Esq., of Balterley, in the county of Stafford, who married Margaret, relict of Ralph Birkenhead, of Croughton, in Cheshire, and sixth daughter of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, of Eaton, Knight, ancestor of the present noble house of Westminster. IfCestriensiscan obtain access to Shaw'sHistory of Staffordshire, the hint I have thrown out may speed him in his investigations.

T. Hughes.

Chester.

Moon Superstitions(Vol. viii., pp. 79. 145. 321.)—The result of my own observations, as far as they go, is, that remarkable changes of weather sometimes accompany or follow so closely the changes of the moon, that it is difficult for the least superstitious persons to refrain from imagining some connexion between them—and one or two well-marked instances would make many converts for life to the opinion;—but that in comparatively few cases are the changes of weather so marked and decided as to give them the air of cause and effect.

J. S. Warden.

"Myself" (Vol. ix., p. 270.).—The inscription from a gravestone, inserted by G. A. C., brought to my mind a poem by Bernard Barton, which I had met with in a magazine (The Youth's Instructorfor December, 1826), into which it had been copied from theAmulet. The piece is entitled "A Colloquy with Myself." The first two stanzas, which I had always considered original, are subjoined for the sake of comparison:

"As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself,And myself replied to me;And the questions myself then put to myself,With their answers I give to thee.Put them home to thyself, and if unto thyself,Their responses the same should be:O look well to thyself, and beware of thyself,Or so much the worse for thee."

"As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself,And myself replied to me;And the questions myself then put to myself,With their answers I give to thee.

"As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself,

And myself replied to me;

And the questions myself then put to myself,

With their answers I give to thee.

Put them home to thyself, and if unto thyself,Their responses the same should be:O look well to thyself, and beware of thyself,Or so much the worse for thee."

Put them home to thyself, and if unto thyself,

Their responses the same should be:

O look well to thyself, and beware of thyself,

Or so much the worse for thee."

T. Q. C.

Polperro, Cornwall.

I cannot inform G. A. C. by whom or in what year the lines were written, from which the epitaph he mentions was copied; but he will find them amongstthe Epigrams, &c., &c., inElegant Extracts, in the edition bearing date 1805, under the title of a Rhapsody.

West Sussex.

Roman Roads in England(Vol. ix., p. 325.).—I think that in addition to the reference toRichard of Cirencester,Prestoniensisshould be apprised of the late General Roy'sMilitary Antiquities of Great Britain(published by the Society of Antiquaries), a most learned and valuable account of and commentary onRichard de Cirencester, and on all the other works on the subject; Stukeley, Horsley, &c. I have my own doubts as to the genuineness of Richard's work; that is, though I admit that the facts are true, and compiled with accuracy and learning, I cannot quite persuade myself that the work is that of the Monk of Westminster in the fourteenth century, never heard of till the discovery of an unique MS. in the Royal Library at Copenhagen about 1757. I suspect it to have been a much more modern compilation.

Anecdote of George IV.(Vol. ix., pp. 244. 338.)—IfJulia R. Bocketthas accurately copied (as we must presume) the note that she has sent you, I am sorry to inform her that it is a forgery: the Prince never, from his earliest youth, signed "George"tout court; he always added P. If the story be at all true, your second correspondent, W. H., is assuredly right, that the "old woman" could not mean the Queen, who was but eighteen when the Prince was born, and could not, therefore, at any time within which this note could have been written, be called, even by the giddiest boy, "an old woman." When the Prince was twelve years old, she was but thirty.

General Fraser(Vol. ix., p. 161.).—The communication of J. C. B. contains the following sentence:

"During his interment, the incessant cannonade of the enemy covered with dust the chaplain and the officers who assisted in performing the last duties to his remains, they being within view of the greatest part of both armies."

As some might suppose from this that the American army was guilty of the infamous action of knowingly firing upon a funeral, the following extract from Lossing'sPictorial Field Book of the Revolution, lately published, is submitted to the readers of "N. & Q." It tellsthe whole truthupon the subject. It is from vol. i. p. 66.:

"It was just sunset in that calm October evening, that the corpse of General Fraser was carried up the hill to the place of burial within the 'great redoubt.' It was attended only by the members of his military family, and Mr. Brudenel, the chaplain; yet the eyes of hundreds of both armies followed the solemn procession, while the Americans, ignorant of its true character, kept up a constant cannonade upon the redoubt. The chaplain, unmoved by the danger to which he was exposed, as the cannon-balls that struck the hill threw the loose soil over him, pronounced the impressive funeral service of the Church of England with an unfaltering voice.[2]The growing darkness added solemnity to the scene. Suddenly the irregular firing ceased, and the solemn voice of a single cannon, at measured intervals, boomed along the valley and awakened the responses of the hills. It was a minute gun, fired by the Americans in honour of the gallant dead. The moment information was given that the gathering at the redoubt was a funeral company fulfilling, amid imminent perils, the last breathed wishes of the noble Fraser, orders were issued to withhold the cannonade with balls, and to render military homage to the fallen brave."

I may add, for the information of English readers, that Lossing'sPictorial Field Book of the Revolutionis a work of great general accuracy, written by a gentleman who travelled thousands of miles to collect the materials. The drawings for the work were drawn, and the numerous woodcuts engraved, by him. They are the finest woodcuts ever produced in this country.

Uneda.

Philadelphia.

Footnote 2:(return)Burgoyne'sState of the Expedition, p. 169. Lieutenant Kingston'sEvidence, p. 107.

Burgoyne'sState of the Expedition, p. 169. Lieutenant Kingston'sEvidence, p. 107.

The Fusion(Vol. ix., p. 323.).—The Orleans branch, though it derives its eventually hereditary claim to the throne of France from Louis XIII., as stated by E. H. A., have later connexions in blood with Louis XIV. The Regent Duke married Mdlle de Blois, the legitimated daughter of Louis XIV. Louis-Philippe's mother was great-granddaughter of Louis XIV. by another line.

"Corporations have no souls" (Vol. ix., p. 284.).—This saying is to be found in Coke'sReports, vol. x. p. 32.:

"A corporation aggregate of many is invisible, immortal, and rests only in intendment and consideration of the law. They cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicate,for they have no souls, neither can they appear in person, but by attorney."

Erica.

Apparition of the White Lady(Vol. viii., p. 317.).—Some account of the origin of this apparition story is given at considerable length by Mrs. Crowe in theNight Side of Nature, chapter on Haunted Houses, pp. 315. 318.

John James.

Avington Rectory, Hungerford.

Female Parish Clerk(Vol. viii., p. 338.).—The sexton of my parish, John Poffley, a man worthy of a place in Wordsworth'sExcursion, was telling me but a few days ago, that his mother was the parish clerk for twenty-six years, and that he well remembers his astonishment as a boy, wheneverhe happened to attend a neighbouring church service, to see a man acting in that capacity, and saying the responses for the people.

John James.

Avington Rectory, Hungerford.

I have just seen an extract from "N. & Q." in one of our local papers, mentioning Elizabeth King as being clerk of the parish of Totteridge in 1802, and a question by Y. S. M. if there were any similar instance on record of a woman being a parish clerk? In answer to this Query, I beg to inform Y. S. M. that in the village of Misterton, Somerset, in which place I was born, a woman acted as clerk at my mother's wedding, my own baptism, and many years subsequently: I was born in 1822.

Wm. Higgins.

Bothy(Vol. ix., p. 305.).—For a familiar mention of this word (commonly speltBothie), your correspondent may be referred to the poem ofThe Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich, a Long-Vacation Pastoral, by Arthur Hugh Clough, Oxford: Macpherson, 1848. The action of the poem is chiefly carried on at the Bothie, the situation of which is thus described (in hexameter verse):

"There on the blank hill side, looking down through the loch to the ocean,There with a runnel beside, and pine trees twain before it,There with the road underneath, and in sight of coaches and steamers,Dwelling of David Mackaye, and his daughters Elspie and Bella,Sends up a volume of smoke the Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich."

"There on the blank hill side, looking down through the loch to the ocean,

There with a runnel beside, and pine trees twain before it,

There with the road underneath, and in sight of coaches and steamers,

Dwelling of David Mackaye, and his daughters Elspie and Bella,

Sends up a volume of smoke the Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich."

This sort of verse, by the way, is thus humorously spoken of by Professor Wilson in his dedication, "to the King," of the twelfth volume of Blackwood (1822):

"What dost thou think, my liege, of the metre in which I address thee?Doth it not sound very big, verse bouncing, bubble-and-squeaky,Rattling, and loud, and high, resembling a drum or a bugle—Rub-a-dub-dub like the one, like t'other tantaratara?(It into use was brought of late by thy Laureate Doctor—But, in my humble opinion, I write it better than he does)It was chosen by me as the longest measure I knew of,And, in praising one's King, it is right full measure to give him."

"What dost thou think, my liege, of the metre in which I address thee?

Doth it not sound very big, verse bouncing, bubble-and-squeaky,

Rattling, and loud, and high, resembling a drum or a bugle—

Rub-a-dub-dub like the one, like t'other tantaratara?

(It into use was brought of late by thy Laureate Doctor—

But, in my humble opinion, I write it better than he does)

It was chosen by me as the longest measure I knew of,

And, in praising one's King, it is right full measure to give him."

Cuthbert Bede, B.A.

King's Prerogative and Hunting Bishops(Vol. ix., p. 247.).—The passage of Blackstone, referred to by the Edinburgh Reviewer, will be found in hisCommentaries, vol. ii, p. 413., where reference is made to 4 [Cokes']Inst.309. See also the same volume of Blackstone, p. 427. It is evident that Bishop Jewel possessed his "muta canum." See a curious account of a visit to him by Hermann Falkerzhümer, in theZurich Letters, second series, pp. 84 &c.

H. Gough.

Lincoln's Inn.

Green Eyes(Vol. viii., p. 407.; Vol. ix., p. 112.).—Antoine Heroet, an early French poet, in the third book of hisOpuscules d'Amour, has the following lines:

"Amour n'est pas enchanteur si diversQue les yeux noirs face devenirverds,Qu'un brun obscur en blancheur clere tourne,Ou qu'un traict gros du vissage destourne."

"Amour n'est pas enchanteur si divers

Que les yeux noirs face devenirverds,

Qu'un brun obscur en blancheur clere tourne,

Ou qu'un traict gros du vissage destourne."

(Love is not so strange an enchanter that he can make black eyes become green, that he can turn a dark brown into clear whiteness, or that he can change a coarse feature of the face.)

Uneda.

Philadelphia.

Brydone the Tourist(Vol. ix., pp. 138. 255. 305.).—

"On lui a reproché d'avoir sacrifié la vérité au plaisir de raconter des choses piquantes."

In a work (I think) entitledA Tour in Sicily, the production of Captain Monson, uncle to the late Lord Monson, published about thirty years ago, I remember to have read a denial and, as far as I can remember, a refutation of a statement of Brydone, that he had seen a pyramid in the gardens or grounds of some dignitary in Sicily, composed of—chamber-pots! I was, when I read Mr. Monson's book (a work of some pretensions as it appeared to me), a youngster newly returned from foreign travel, and in daily intercourse with gentlemen of riper age than myself, and of attainments as travellers and otherwise which I could not pretend to; many of them were Italians, and I perfectly remember that by all, but especially by the latter, Brydone's book was treated as a book of apocrypha.

Traveller.

Descendants of John of Gaunt, Noses of(Vol. vii., p. 96.).—Allow me to repeat my Query as to E. D.'s remark: he says, to be dark-complexioned and black-haired "is the family badge of the Herberts quite as much as the unmistakeable nose in the descendants of John of Gaunt." I hope E. D. will not continue silent, for I am very curious to know his meaning.

Y. S. M.

"Put"(Vol. vii., p. 271.).—I am surprised at the silence of your Irish readers in reference to the pronunciation of this word. I certainly never yet heard it pronounced like "but" amongst educated men in Ireland, and I am both a native of this country and resident here the greater part of my life. The Prince Consort's name I haveoccasionally heard, both in England and Ireland, pronounced as if the first letter was an O—"Olbert"—and that by people who ought to know better.

Y. S. M.

"Caricature; a Canterbury Tale"(Vol. ix., p. 351.).—The inquiry of H. as to the meaning of a "Caricature," which he describes (though I doubt if he be correct as to all the personages), appears to me to point to a transaction in the history of the celebrated "Coalition Ministry" of Lord North and Fox; in which—

"Burke being Paymaster of the Forces, committed one or two imprudent acts: among them, the restoration of Powel and Bembridge, two defaulting subordinates in his office, to their situations. His friends of the ministry were hardly tasked to bring him through these scrapes; and, to use the language of Wraxall'sMemoirs, 'Fox warned the Paymaster of the Forces, as he valued his office, not to involve his friends in any similar dilemma during the remainder of the Session.'"

A. B. R.

Belmont.

Dr. Waagen, the accomplished Director of the Royal Gallery of Pictures, Berlin, has just presented us with three volumes, to which, as Englishmen, we may refer with pride, because they bear testimony not only to the liberality of our expenditure in works of art, but also to the good taste and judgment which have generally regulated our purchases.The Treasures of Art in Great Britain, being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated MSS., &c., as the work is designated, must become a handbook to every lover of Art in this country. It is an amplification of Dr. Waagen's first work,Art and Artists in England, giving, not only the results of the author's more ripened judgment and extended experience, but also an account of twenty-eight collections in and round London, of nineteen in England generally, and of seven in Scotland, not contained in his former work. And as the Doctor has bestowed much pains in obtaining precise information regarding the art of painting in England since the time of Hogarth, and of sculpture since the time of Flaxman; and also devoted much time to the study of English miniatures contained in MSS. from the earliest time down to the sixteenth century; of miniatures of other nations preserved in England; of drawings by the old masters, engravings and woodcuts; he is fully justified in saying that, both as regards the larger class of the public who are interested in knowing the actual extent of the treasures of Art in England, and also the more learned connoisseurs of the history of Art, this edition offers incomparably richer and more maturely digested materials than the former one. Let us add, that the value of this important and most useful and instructive book is greatly enhanced by a very careful Index.

We have received from Messrs. Johnston, the geographers and engravers to the Queen, two maps especially useful at the present moment, viz., one of the Baltic Sea, with enlarged plans of Cronstadt, Revel, Sveaborg, Kiel Bay, and Winga Sound; and the other of the seat of war in the Danubian Principalities and Turkey, with map of Central Europe.

At the Annual General Meeting of the Camden Society on Tuesday last, M. Van de Weyer, Mr. Blencowe, and the Rev. John Webb were elected of the New Council in the place of Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Foss, and Sir Charles Young, who retire.

The Inaugural General Meeting of the Surrey Archæological Society is announced for Wednesday next, at the Bridge House Hotel, London Bridge, Henry Drummond, Esq., in the chair. Objects of antiquarian and general interest intended for exhibition may be sent, not later than Monday the 8th, to Mr. Bridger, the curator.

Books Received.—The present State of Morocco, a Chapter of Mussulman Civilisation, by Xavier Durriew, the new Part of Longman'sTraveller's Library, is an interesting picture of the institutions, manners, and religious faith of a nation too little known in Europe.—Deeds of Naval Daring, &c., by Edward Giffard,Second Series. This new volume of Murray'sRailway Readingis well timed.—The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Vol. III., carries on her record of the gossip of the Court during the years 1786-7.—Critical and Historical Essays, &c., by T. B. Macaulay, contains, among other admirable essays, those on Walpole's Letters to Mann, William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Mackintosh's History of the Revolution, and Lord Bacon.

Particulars of Price, &c. of the following books to be sent direct to the gentlemen by whom they are required, and whose names and addresses are given for that purpose:

Essays and Sketches of Life and Character, by a Gentleman who recently left his Lodgings. London, 1820.

Memoir of Sheridan, by the late Professor Smyth. Leeds, 1841. 12mo.

Wanted byJohn Martin, Librarian, Woburn Abbey.

The Artifices and Impositions of False Teachers, discovered in a Visitation Sermon. 8vo. London, 1712.

The Church of England not superstitious—showing what Religions may justly be charged with Superstition, pp. 46, 8vo. London, 1714.

Physica Aristotelica moderna accomodata in usum juventutis academicæ, Auctore Gulielmo Taswell. 8vo. London, 1718.

Antichrist Revealed among the Sect of Quakers, London, 1723.

The above were written by Wm. Taswell, D.D., Rector of Newington, Surrey, &c.

Miscellanea Sacra; containing the Story of Deborah and Barak; David's Lamentations over Saul and Jonathan; a Pindaric Poem; and the Prayer of Solomon at the Dedication of the Temple, 4to., by E. Taswell. London. 1760.

The Usefulness of Sacred Music, 1 Chron. 16. 39. 40. 42., by Wm. Taswell, A.M., Rector of Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. 8vo. London, 1742.

Commerce of the United States and West Indies, by the Hon. Littleton W. Tazewell. London, 1829.

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OPENING of the CRYSTAL PALACE, 1854.—It is intended to OPEN the CRYSTAL PALACE and PARK at the end of May; after which they will be open daily—Sundays excepted.

The following are the arrangements for the admission of the public:—

Five Shilling Days.—On Saturdays the public will be admitted by payment at the doors, by tickets of 5s.each, and by tickets to include conveyance by railway.

Half-Crown Days.—On Fridays the public will be admitted by payment at the doors, by tickets of 2s.6d.each, or by tickets to include conveyance by railway.

Shilling Days.—Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays will be shilling days. At the gates a payment of 1s.each will admit the public, or tickets entitling the holder to admission to the Palace and Park, and also to conveyance along the Crystal Palace Railway, from London-bridge Station to the Palace and back, will be issued at the following prices:—

Including first-class carriage

2s.6d.

Including second ditto

2s.0d.

Including third ditto

1s.6d.

Children.—children under 12 years of age will be admitted at half the above rates.

Hours of Opening.—The Palace and Park will be opened on Mondays at 9 o'clock; on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10 o'clock a.m.; and on Fridays and Saturdays at 12 o'clock; and close every day an hour before sunset.

Opening Day.—The opening will take place about the end of May; the precise day will be announced as early as possible. On that occasion season tickets only will be admitted.

Season Tickets.—Season tickets will be issued at two guineas each, to admit the proprietor to the Palace and Park on the day of opening, and on all other days when the building is open to the public.

Season tickets to include conveyance along the Crystal Palace Railway from London Bridge to the Palace and back, without further charge, will be issued at four guineas each, subject to the regulations of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company; but these Tickets will be available only for trains from and to London and the Palace, on such days as it is open to the public, and will not be available for any intermediate stations.

No season ticket will be transferable or available except to the person whose signature it bears.

Family Season Tickets.—Members of the same family who reside together will have the privilege of taking season tickets for their own use with or without railway conveyance on the following reduced terms:—

Families taking two tickets will be entitled to 10 per cent. discount on the gross amount paid for such tickets; taking three tickets, to a a discount of 15 per cent.; taking four tickets, to a discount of 20 per cent.; and five tickets and upwards, to a discount of 25 per cent. Families claiming the above privilege, and desiring to avail themselves of it, must apply in the accompanying form, and these tickets will be available only to the persons named in such application. Printed forms of application may be had at the Office, 3. Adelaide Place.

Season tickets will entitle to admission from the opening day till the 30th April, 1855.

The tickets to include conveyance by railway will be delivered at the office of the Secretary to the Brighton Railway, London Bridge.

Special Regulations and Bye-Laws.—All the general provisions and regulations mentioned above are to be understood as being subservient to such special provisions, regulations, and bye-laws on the part of the Railway Company and the Palace Company as may be found necessary to regulate the traffic, and to meet special occasions and circumstances which may from time to time arise.

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