Christmas Beasts.- Considering the important position which the rearing of prize beasts now occupies in the public estimation, one is pained to remember the ribaldry with which attempts to produce fat cattle were assailed in the earlier years of the present century. There was at that period a resident member of the University of Cambridge, who held a farm within an easy distance of his College, and very commendably devoted himself to the pleasing occupation of fattening beasts for the market, and also for prize competition. At that period the Duke of Sussex visited the University, in order to take up his doctorate; and H. R. H., always a friend to progress, availed himself of the opportunity to visit the farm in question, and to inspect the animals then and there under the process of fattening. This incident gave rise to the following epigram: "When Sussex's Duke took his doctor's degree, And to Cambridge came down to be made L.L.D., Such BEASTS, in his life, he never had seen." and that they supposed these visits were made from some devotion or respect for her memory. In answer to Mr. Brydone's inquiries, they informed him first that her name was Anna; next, that she was wife to a king who had been a Christian, but that she had made him a heretic, and was in consequence condemned to burn for ever in Mount Etna. This explanation showed Mr. Brydone that Anne Boleyn was meant. On his mentioning her name the man answered, "Si signor, l' istessa, l' istessa; la conosce meglio che noi." Query, is this belief respecting the punishment of Anne Boleyn in the flames of Etna mentioned by any other traveller in Sicily? The idea in question is purely modern. The ancients conceived their hell as a gloomy subterranean vault; and therefore believed that caverns, not volcanos, were its outlets. L. order to qualify him for undertaking the financial plans of the pious Regent Orleans, and thus rated him for the public misfortune: "Foin de ton zèle seraphique Two French Epigrams.-The French of former days took their revenge for the worst injury, and their comfort in the deepest woe, in an epigram. When the country was prostrated in the bankruptcy of Law, and when Law himself had CANTAB. fed from public indignation, they turned upon the luckless Abbé Tençin, who had the honour of Singular Privilege: Dukes of Altamira.-It was the custom at the cathedral of Seville on the fes-converting the charlatan to the Catholic faith in tival of Corpus Christi for some boys who were educated by the chapter, and were known by the name of seizes (query sizars), to dance before the high altar in the presence of the capitular body, and an extraordinary privilege was granted by the Pope to these dancers, of wearing their hats within sight of the consecrated host. The Dukes of Altamira are mentioned as the only other persons to whom this was allowed. On certain occasions, at the elevation of the host, they were wont to clap on their hats and draw their swords, as if showing their readiness to give a conclusive answer to any argument against transubstantiation. (Vide Doblado's Letters from Spain, p. 270.) This reminds us of the nobles in Poland and Lithuania, who at the saying of the creed stood up and drew their swords, in token that if need were they were ready to defend and seal the truth of it with their blood. (Wheatly, in loco.) E. H. A. Anne Boleyn punished in Etna.- Brydone, in his Tour through Sicily and Malta, letter ix., in describing his ascent of Mount Etna, was questioned by some of the natives of Nicolosi what were his motives for making so fatiguing and disagreeable a journey. One of his questioners observed that he remembered several of the Inglesi, who had at different times paid visits to Mount Etna, and that he never yet could find out their motive; but he had heard many of the old people say that the Inglesi had a queen who had burnt in the mountain for many years past, "Thou Priest of too seraphic zeal, Plague on thy power to convince, Who, teaching LAW at mass to kneel, Made France do penance ever since." Again, on hearing of Law's death in 1729, at Venice, the public regret at his loss found utterance in the following: "Cy git cet Ecosse célèbre, "Here lies a Scot of reputation, Has to the poor house' brought the nation." A. B. R. Old Style versus New: Protest of a British Oak. Our mediæval annals supply us with abundant records of trees that budded or bloomed on Christmas Day; and the last century furnishes numerous instances of popular discontents occasioned by the legislative act which altered Old Style into New. But the case is not so common where the tree was referred to as a testimony, for the purpose of deciding the important questions at issue, whether the New Style or the Old Style was right, and when Christmas Day ought to be kept: The following is an amusing instance: "Malwood Castle and Lodge, in Hampshire, near Beaulieu and the New Forest, has on its N. Side an Oak, which is said to bud Dec. 25, O. S., and to wither before Night. King Charles II. order'd it to be paled in. "In December, 1752, when the New Style had taken place, the sagacious Populace of these Parts made this Tree the Criterion to decide which was the right (as they call'd it) Christmas-Day: And finding it not bud Dec. 25. that Year, but, 'tis said, that it did so Jan. 5, 1753, which would have been the English Christmas Day, had not the Stylo been alter'd--they were firmly established in Belief, that the former was an absolutely wrong Christmas-Day, and that this was orthodoxly the right one; and resolved, in spite of all Acts of Parliament, to keep their Christmas yearly on the same:-They, good souls, little dreaming, that, supposing Christ was born 1752 years ago on the then Dec. 25, that the true Anniversary of that Nativity would fall on or about the present New Style Dec. 23, or Old Style Dec. 12, or the present Jan. 7. For we are right even now no farther than by conforming to other parts of Christendom, and dating but from the Council of Nice." From Universal Geographical Dictionary. By Andrew Brice of Exeter, 1754. . A Margate Worthy. At the commencement of the present century, some of your aged readers may remember Bennett the Donkey Hackneyman, as he styled himself, at this celebrated wateringplace. The following advertisement issued by him contains a very delicate compliment to the fair sex, and no doubt obtained for him considerable patronage: — "Cows' milk and asses' too, I sell, "An angel honour'd Balaam's ass To meet her in the way; But Bennett's troop through Thanet pass BACHELOR. Minor Queries. Consecration of Bishop William Barlow. -Is anything known about the consecration of Bishop Barlow, the chief consecrator of Archbishop Parker? It has been brought up again of late, to invalidate this last consecration, that no proof exists of Barlow having been consecrated himself. A note in Godwin de Præsul., art. BARLOW, St. Asaph, stands thus: "Confirmatus ab archiepiscopo Feb. 23, 1535, Regist. Cranm. dies verò quo consecratus nondum apparet." On the strength of this, Godwin gives the day Feb. 22, but without authority. As Barlow had been Prior of the Canons Regular at Bisham, is it possible that he may have been previously conse crated as a bishop in partibus? Information will oblige F. C. MASSINGBERD. Ormsby, Alford.vid elleups Jun al di li sa mnotai Mr. Buron Pocklington. — I am anxious to meet with a portrait of Mr. Pocklington, a Baron of Exchequer in Ireland temp. Geo. I. P CONSTANT READER. Colgumelmor. One of the boundary lines of Beaulieu Abbey, Hants, starts from a large artificial lake, which formerly drove the wheels of an iron forge of great antiquity. In a charter of John (as referred to in a confirmation grant, temp. Edward III.), this locality is termed "Golgumel mor, quæ Fresshwatur dicitur." Can any derivation be assigned to this word? Can it be a corruption of Cog Hammer, or something similar? E. K. Thoughts on the Human Soul. I have a book entitled "Thoughts on the Human Soul, with Considerations on its State after Death: chiefly founded on Experience. Parts 1 and 2, Translated from the German by S. Parker, London, 1778." SIT The translator speaks of the original as having given rise to much controversy in Germany, and promises to translate the 3rd and 4th parts when published, if the public approve his present work. The book is learned, and has some bold speculations, but the author seems deeply impressed with religious feeling. I have not been able to find the promised continuation or the German original Can any me to of your correspondents direct either? P. Mat eire man book, as well Private Dentis Registry of Private Baptisms. Will any of Frith, Bunney: Derivation of. f. What is the your correspondents skilled in ecclesiastical law derivative m meaning of two words I often hear inform me if it is not equally binding on a clergy- used by working men hereabouts, viz. “Frith' in the register- and " Bunney?" at least they are so proas public ministered in nounced. The former they apply to green the church? Also if it is a legal entry of a bap- branches of trees laid between posts, driven into tism if the initials of the officiating minister alone the hard beach, and fastened down by cross pieces are affixed, instead of his name? And, lastly, if a of wood nailed thereto, or mortised through them, rector enters a baptism performed by a curate, as a tenon,-twenty sets or so of these making a and signs his (i. e. the curate's) name, is the entry "frith groyne to arrest the shifting of the legal, and would it be valid in law PThese cases shingle on my beach. analuga have all come across me during the last few years, and I should be glad of an answer to them on which I might depend. vtisool ALFRED T. LEE. Ahoghill Rectory, Ballymena. Is desay い Quotation. The second term is applied to the stone slab, or coarse stone arch, which they throw over a narrow watercourse, such as a ditch or arterial land-drain, where the same has to be crossed by a footway, or even by a bye road.x H. E. A. Aldwick. Faithorne's Map of London.-In the Illustrated London News of 8th December, 1855, it was stated that " a second copy of Faithorne's celebrated Map of London, engraved by him in 1618, had been accidentally discovered. It is in London, and is to be engraved in facsimile. Till this copy was discovered, the impression in the Imperial Library at Paris was looked upon as unique." Has it ever been published? ANAXIMANDER. "Ac veluti melicæ voces, quando auribu' sese Seaton-Carew, co. Durham. Poem on Pulpit-Gowns being first worn by the "O what wad Ralph and Eben* said To have seen a Seceder so array'd Join MENYANTHES. Marshall Family. -I wish h to ascertain what families bear "az. a fesse between three chessrooks, or. Gwillim gives this coat to a family of the name of Bodenham. Have the Marshall family any right to this coat (the tinctures may differ) and crest? My Query in particular is about the Marshall family. BELATER AUT * Rev. Ralph and Ebenezer Erskine, the Fathers of the Secession Church in Scotland. Ermonie. -In many old rolls of arms, particularly the elaborate one called "Charles' Roll,” printed in Leland's Collectanea, vol. ii. p. 612., ed. 1774, mention is made of "le roy dermenye." to him are, or, a lion rampant, gules, within a bordure indented of the second. As he is named shortly after the King of Cyprus, some have thought a King of Armenia is intended. The word, however, is found in some of the Round Table Romances. I met with it in Sir Tristrem, where it is said: * Sayes Court. Where is the best description (if any) of Sayes Court to be found? Is there any engraving of the house as it stood in Evelyn's days, or afterwards? In Lysons's Environs of London, vol. iv. p. 362., published in 1796, Sir F. Evelyn, Bart., is said to be the present proprietor of the estate. Is it still in the possession of the Evelyn family? F. R. D. Tyndale: Wars of the Roses.-Information is requested which may supply any detail of the peculiar circumstances of the wars of the Roses which induced the migration of the Tyndale family. Thomas Tyndale of Kington St. Michael, near Calne, writest to a namesake and relative in 1663: "The first of your family came out of the north in the times of the wars between the houses of York and Lancaster, at what time many of good sort (their side going down) did fly for refuge where they could find it." Also, Can any reason be either assigned or suggested for his adoption of the name of Hutchins, or Hytchins as some state P S. M. S. Clergy called Bricklayers. Can any of your readers inform me of the origin of the word "bricklayer" used for "clergyman" in the counties of Oxon and Berks? Has it any connexion with St. Paul's phrase, a wise master-builder," &c. ? E. SLATER BROWNE. Original of the Order of the Garter. — It has been recently stated by Dr. Doran that "When Richard Coeur de Lion was about setting out for Acre, he instituted the Order of the Blue Thong, the insignia of which was a blue band of leather, worn on the left leg, and which appears to me to be the undoubted original of the Order of the Garter. There were twenty-four knights of the Order, with the King for Master, and the wearers pledged themselves to deserve increased honours by scaling the walls of Acre in company.". "-Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover, 2nd edit. 1855, vol. i. p. 193. Arch-Treasurer of Holy Roman Empire.-One of the titles of the kings of the line of Hanover, I find in one publication, is "Arch-Treasurer of the [* An engraving of Sayes Court as it was a quarter of a century since, will be found in Dunkin's History of Kent, also an account of its present condition; see pp. 84. 72-101.-ED.] In a letter supplied by John Roberts, Esq., to the Editor of the Parker Society edition of Tyndale's Works, vol. i. p. xiii.) Holy Roman Empire." I am anxious to know when, and on what occasion, that title was given or assumed. Will any of your readers kindly give me the information ? G. DE CHAVILLE. Parkstone, Dorset. Minor Queries with Answers. Anecdote of the late Duke of Wellington. -The following anecdote, if true, is interesting, and thoroughly characteristic of the Iron Duke. I cut it from a newspaper a short time since, and you may think it worth preserving in your pages. Of course I cannot answer for its authenticity. "THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE PAINTER.The following amusing anecdote is now for the first time recorded of the great F. M.' and our countryman Sir Wm. Allan:-Sir Wm. Allan having finished 'The Battle of Waterloo,' called for the money, per appointment, at Apsley House. He was ushered into the study, where the Duke proceeded at once to the business in hand, the simple process of payment-a process, however, much more compound than the painter had anticipated. Taking up a roll of notes, the Duke unrolled and began to put them down in his deliberate and emphatic manner, calling out the amount as he did so, one hundred pounds, 'two hundred pounds.' This was slow work; and Allan was overpowered with the idea that the mightiest man on earth, whose minutes had outweighed cartloads of Koh-inoors in value, should be thus occupied. He blurted out, in his Scotch confused manner, that he was really very sorry his Grace should take all this trouble-a cheque would do. The Duke went on, five hundred pounds,'' six hundred pounds.' Allan, thinking he hadn't been heard, raised his voice louder and louder at each hundred, ex 'Ele claiming a cheque would do, a cheque would do; ven hundred pounds'-'A cheque will do!' 'Twelve hundred pounds'-A cheque, your Grace, really a cheque will do!' Grace: No, a cheque won't do; do you suppose I am going to let my bankers know I have been such a fool as to pay 1200l. for a picture? Why, they'd think me mad-Sir William Allan, I wish you good morning.' Exit Allan, unconscious whether it was head or heels foremost, and conscious only that he had the money." Who was this Sir William Allan ? There was a Scotch portrait and historical painter named David Allan, born in 1744, and died in 1796. He was director of the Edinburgh Academy in 1780. His most celebrated painting was "The Corinthian Maid drawing the Shadow of her Lover." Was he the father of Sir William ? ALFRED T. LEE. [The painter above alluded to was the late Sir William Allan, R.A., President of the Royal Scottish Academy, (and successor to Sir David Wilkie in the office of Limner to the Queen for Scotland,) who was born at Edinburgh in the year 1782, and died in the same city, 23 Feb. 1850, æt. 68. We know nothing of Sir William's parentage or family; but, as his father was alive in 1814, when the young artist returned to his native country, after wandering ten years in Russia, Turkey, &c., that gentleman, of course, could not have been identical with the historical painter, David Allan, who deceased in 1796. The painting referred to in the above extract was publicly exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy, Trafalgar Square, London, in 1844, under the title of "Waterloo, 18th June, 1815, half-past seven o'clock P.M.," and was purchased at the Exhibition by the Duke, who passed this criticism on it: "Good - very good; not too much smoke." Sir William painted two Waterloo pieces. In the Duke's picture (which was the first), Napoleon is in the foreground; in the second picture, it is the Duke. For particulars respecting the life and works of Sir W. Allan, vide Athenæum for 1850, pp. 240, 241, and the Art-Journal for 1849, pp. 108, 109.] David Humphreys, D.D.-Is anything known of David Humphreys, D.D., who in 1730 pub-| lished An Historical Account of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and who held at that time the office of Secretary to that Society. ALFRED T. LEE. [Dr. David Humphreys held the office of Secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel from 1716 to 1739. He was Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and preferred to the Vicarage of Ware, Herts, Jan. 6, 1780. He is best known as the author of An Historical Account of the Society down to the year 1728. He died in 1739 or 1740, and by his will left a legacy of 3007. to the Society. Hawkins's Missions of the Church of England, p. 434.] Burns' Mother. When and where did she die, and where was she buried? I have read almost all the lives of her immortal son, but none of them mention this matter. COILA. Tyburn Ticket. Oblige a constant reader by giving the origin and use of what many years since was called a Tyburn Ticket. S. J. M. [The Tyburn ticket was a certificate given to the prosecutor on the capital conviction of a criminal, by virtue of the Act 10 & 11 Will. III. c. 23. s. 2., which exempted the prosecutor from all manner of parish and ward offices within the parish wherein such felony was com mitted; which certificate shall be enrolled with the clerk of the peace of the county, on payment of 1s. and no more." This Act was repealed by 58 Geo. III. c. 70., passed 3rd June, 1818. Mr. George Phillips, late of Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury, and now residing in Kingsgate Street, Theobald's Road, was the last individual who received the Tyburn ticket for a burglary committed by two housebreakers on his premises. This ticket was purchased of Mr. Phillips by the late Mr. Pfeil of Holborn.] Replies. PALM SUNDAY IN ROME. (2nd S. vi. 347.) The so-called palms blessed and distributed in the papal chapel, in all the basilican, and very many of the other churches at Rome, are fronds of the real date-bearing palm-phoenix dactylifera; in some of the smaller churches, however, of that [The mother of Robert Burns lived in the household of city, as well as in those of other places, short twigs her other son Gilbert Burns at Grant's Braes, near Lethington, till 1820, when she died at the age of eighty-eight, and was buried in the churchyard of Bolton.] Wreck of the "Lutine." - In the Committee Room of Lloyd's there are at the present moment a ship's bell, an old musket, and other articles recently recovered by divers from the wreck of the English frigate "Lutine," which is said to have foundered near Harwich in the year 1790 [1799]. It is said that the frigate was bound from Harwich to Amsterdam, and that, besides a large amount of treasure, she had on board a number of distinguished persons, all of whom, with her unfortunate crew, perished. Can you give me any particulars relating to this loss? The recent recovery of 20,000l. worth of the treasure and other articles, after a lapse of nearly seventy years, imparts an interest which farther accounts (no doubt known to some of your readers) cannot fail to satisfy. ARTHUR J. DUMAS. [The "Lutine" sailed from Yarmouth Roads on Oct. 9, 1799, with several passengers, and an immense quantity of treasure, for the Texel. During the same night a strong lee-tide rendered every effort of Capt. Skynner to avoid the threatened danger unavailable. When the dawn broke, the "Lutine" was not to be seen: she had gone to pieces, and all on board had perished, except two men who were picked up. In the annals of our national history, there has scarcely ever happened a loss attended with so much calamity, both of a public as well as private nature. The return from the bullion office made the whole amount to 600,000 dollars, about 140,0004 sterling, in specie, on board the "Lutine," which had been shipped by individual merchants for the relief of different commercial houses in Hamburg.] ... of the olive tree, wherever they may be had, are up growing in and immediately about Rome, they |