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NOTES:-- Page High Church and Low Church 117 Concluding Notes on several misunderstood Words, by the Rev. W. R. Arrowsmith 120 Sneezing an Omen and a Deity, by T. J. Buckton 121 Abuses of Hackney Coaches 122 Shakspeare Correspondence, by C. Mansfield Ingleby, Thomas Falconer, &c. 123

MINOR NOTES:--Falsified Gravestone in Stratford Churchyard--Barnacles in the River Thames--Note for London Topographers--The Aliases and Initials of Authors--Pure--Darling's "Cyclopaedia Bibliographica" 124

QUERIES:-- Delft Manufacture, by O. Morgan 125

MINOR QUERIES:--The Withered Hand and Motto "Utinam"--History of York--"Hauling over the coals"--Dr. Butler and St. Edmund's Bury--Washington--Norman of Winster--Sir Arthur Aston--"Jamieson the Piper"--"Keiser Glomer"--Tieck's "Comoedia Divina"--Fossil Trees between Cairo and Suez: Stream like that in Bay of Argastoli--Presbyterian Titles--Mayors and Sheriffs--The Beauty of Buttermere--Sheer Hulk--The Lapwing or Peewitt --"Could we with ink," &c.--Launching Query--Manliness 125

MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS:--Pues or Pews--"Jerningham" and "Doveton" 127

REPLIES:-- Battle of Villers en Couch?, by T. C. Smith, &c. 127 Snail-eating, by John Timbs, &c. 128 Inscription near Cirencester, by P. H. Fisher, &c. 129 Curious Custom of ringing Bells for the Dead, by the Rev. H. T. Ellacombe and R. W. Elliot 130 Who first thought of Table-turning? by John Macray 131 Scotchmen in Poland 131 Anticipatory Use of the Cross, by Eden Warwick 132

PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE:--Glass Chambers for Photography--Dr. Diamond's Replies--Trial of Lenses--Is it dangerous to use the Ammonio-Nitrate of Silver? 133

REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES:--Burke's Marriage--The House of Falahill--Descendants of Judas Iscariot--Milton's Widow--Whitaker's Ingenious Earl--Are White Cats deaf?--Consecrated Roses--The Reformed Faith--House-marks--Trash--Adamsoniana--Portrait of Cromwell--Burke's "Mighty Boar of the Forest"--"Amentium haud Amantium"--Talleyrand's Maxim--English Bishops deprived by Queen Elizabeth--Gloves at Fairs--St. Dominic--Names of Plants--Specimens of Foreign English, &c. 134

MISCELLANEOUS:-- Notes on Books, &c. 138 Books and Odd Volumes wanted 138 Notices to Correspondents 138 Advertisements 139

Notes.

HIGH CHURCH AND LOW CHURCH.

In October, 1702, Anne's first Parliament and Convocation assembled:

Mr. Lathbury is a very respectable authority in matters of this kind, but if he use "originated" in its strict sense, I am inclined to think he is mistaken; as I am tolerably certain that I have met with the words several years before 1702. At the moment, however, I cannot lay my hands on a passage to support this assertion.

In another periodical of the same date, in the Dedication "To the most famous University of Oxford," the writer says:

In those days religion was politics, and politics religion, with most of the belligerents. Swift, however, as if he wished to be thought an exception to the general rule, chose one party for its politics and the other for its religion.

Most men will concur with Jeffrey, who observes:

The following lines are from a squib of eight stanzas which occurs in the works of Jonathan Smedley, and are said to have been fixed on the door of St. Patrick's Cathedral on the day of Swift's instalment :

This reminds us of the Vicar of Bray, of famous memory, who, if I recollect aright, commenced his career thus:

The most celebrated High Churchmen who lived in the last century, are Dr. South, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Rev. Wm. Jones of Nayland, Bp. Horne, Bp. Wilson, and Bp. Horsley. See a long passage on "High Churchmen" in a charge of the latter to the clergy of St. David's in the year 1799, pp. 34. 37. See also a charge of Bp. Atterbury to his clergy in 1703.

JARLTZBERG.

CONCLUDING NOTES ON SEVERAL MISUNDERSTOOD WORDS.

"For being now a favourer to the Britaine,"

Another:

Another:

Another:

Another:

Another:

W. R. ARROWSMITH.

SNEEZING AN OMEN AND A DEITY.

Dionysius Halicarnassus, on Homer's poetry , says, sneezing was considered by that poet as a good sign ; and from the Anthology the words , show that it was proper to exclaim "God bless you!" when any one sneezed.

Aristotle, in the Problems , inquires why sneezing is reckoned a God ; to which he suggests, that it may be because it comes from the head, the most divine part about us . Persons having the inclination, but not the power to sneeze, should look at the sun, for reasons he assigns in Problems .

Plutarch, on the Daemon of Socrates , states the opinion which some persons had formed, that Socrates' daemon was nothing else than the sneezing either of himself or others. Thus, if any one sneezed at his right hand, either before or behind him, he pursued any step he had begun; but sneezing at his left hand caused him to desist from his formed purpose. He adds something as to different kinds of sneezing. To sneeze twice was usual in Aristotle's time; but once, or more than twice, was uncommon .

Petronius notices the "blessing" in the following passage:

T. J. BUCKTON.

Birmingham.

ABUSES OF HACKNEY COACHES.

A Proclamation to restrain the Abuses of Hackney Coaches in the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Suburbs thereof.

Charles R.

Whereas the excessive number of Hackney Coaches, and Coach Horses, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Suburbs thereof, are found to be a common nuisance to the Publique Damage of Our People by reason of their rude and disorderly standing and passing to and fro, in and about our said Cities and Suburbs, the Streets and Highways being thereby pestred and made impassable, the Pavements broken up, and the Common Passages obstructed and become dangerous, Our Peace violated, and sundry other mischiefs and evils occasioned:

We, taking into Our Princely consideration these apparent Inconveniences, and resolving that a speedy remedy be applied to meet with, and redress them for the future, do, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, publish Our Royal Will and Pleasure to be, and we do by this Our Proclamation expressly charge and command, That no Person or Persons, of what Estate, Degree, or Quality whatsoever, keeping or using any Hackney Coaches, or Coach Horses, do, from and after the Sixth day of November next, permit or suffer the said Coaches and Horses, or any of them, to stand or remain in any the Streets or Passages in or about Our said Cities either of London or Westminster, or the Suburbs belonging to either of them, to be there hired; but that they and every of them keep their said Coaches and Horses within their respective Coach-houses, Stables, and Yards , upon pain of Our high displeasure, and such Forfeitures, Pains, and Penalties as may be inflicted for the Contempt of Our Royal Commands in the Premises, whereof we shall expect a strict Accompt.

And for the due execution of Our Pleasure herein, We do further charge and command the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of Our City of London, That they in their several Wards, and Our Justices of Peace within Our said Cities of London and Westminster, and the Liberties and Suburbs thereof, and all other Our Officers and Ministers of Justice, to whom it appertaineth, do take especial care in their respective Limits that this Our Command be duly observed, and that they from time to time return the names of all those who shall wilfully offend in the Premises, to Our Privy Council, and to the end they may be proceeded against by Indictments and Presentments for the Nuisance, and otherwise according to the severity of the Law and Demerits of the Offenders.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 18th day of October in the 12th year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

London: Printed by John Bell and Christopher Barker, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1660.

"To Mr. Fox, who was very civil to me. Notwithstanding this was the first day of the King's proclamation against hackney coaches coming into the streets to stand to be hired, yet I got one to carry me home."

T. D.

SHAKSPEARE CORRESPONDENCE.

"The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out."

C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY.

Birmingham.

"The act consists of three parts. The first is the imagination, which is a reflection or meditation of the mind, whether or no it is convenient for him to destroy himself, and what way it can be done. The second is the resolution, which is the determination of the mind to destroy himself, and to do it in this or that particular way. The third is the perfection, which is the execution of what the mind has resolved to do. And this perfection consists of two parts, viz. the beginning and the end. The beginning is the doing of the act which causes the death; and the end is the death, which is only the sequel to the act. And of all the parts, the doing of the act is the greatest in the judgment of our law, and it is, in effect, the whole and the only part the law looks upon to be material. For the imagination of the mind to do wrong, without an act done, is not punishable in our law; neither is the resolution to do that wrong which he does not, punishable; but the doing of the act is the only point the law regards, for until the act is done it cannot be an offence to the world, and when the act is done it is punishable. Then, here, the act done by Sir James Hale, which is evil and the cause of his death, is the throwing of himself into the water, and death is but a sequel thereof, and this evil act ought some way to be punished. And if the forfeiture shall not have relation to the doing of the act, then the act shall not be punished at all, for inasmuch as the person who did the act is dead, his person cannot be punished, and therefore there is no way else to punish him but by the forfeiture of those things which were his own at the time of the act done; and the act was done in his lifetime, and therefore the forfeiture shall have relation to his lifetime, namely, to that time of his life in which he did the act which took away his life."

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