Mind your P's and Q's (Vol. iii., p. 328.). – If Sir Henry Slingsby's Diary had never been This expression arose from the ancient custom of published, it would indeed have been an excelhanging a slate behind the alehouse door, on lent book for the Camden Society; but be kind which was written P. or Q. (i. e. Pint or Quart) enough to inform your correspondent P. B. that, against the name of each customer, according to besides some quotations printed in Seward's Anecthe quantity which he had drunk, and which was dotes, and large extracts published at Edinburgh, not expected to be paid for till the Saturday in an octavo volume, in 1806, the whole Diary, evening, when the wages were settled. with a great deal of illustrative matter relating The expression so familiar to schoolboys of "go-to the Slingsby family, was published in one ing tick," may perhaps be traced to this, a tick or volume, 8vo., London, 1836, under the very commark being put for every glass of ale. petent editorship of the Rev. Daniel Parsons, of C. DE LA PRYME. Oriel College, Oxford. The Sempecta at Croyland (Vol. iii., p. 328.).— He was not there, however; and I am sorry to say, I do not remember where he was personally, or exactly where the account of him is to be found. I have no doubt of its being in one or other of the fourteen volumes of Martene's Thesaurus et Amplissima Collectio. I do not now possess those Gloucester. Solid-hoofed Pigs (Vol. iii., p. 263.).—I saw a pig of this kind a few years ago, in possession of Sir William Homan, Bart., of Dromroe, near Cappoquin, in the county of Waterford. I do not know whether he has any of that breed at present; but have little doubt that a note, addressed to Sir William on the subject, would receive a courteous reply. H. C. Thurles, April 9. 1851. Porci solide-pedes (Vol. iii., p. 263.).—A correspondent of "NOTES AND QUERIES" inquires about the breed of solid-hoofed pigs. Some years, perhaps twenty years, ago there were several pigs of that sort in the possession of Robert Ramsden, Esq, of Coulton Hall, Notts, of which he was good enough to give some to my father. I believe they were considered of Chinese origin, but how remotely I do not know. They were very easily fattened, but always of small size; and I think, unless my memory much deceives me, on removing the horny portion of the hoof, the rudiments of a cloven hoof, like that of the ordinary swine, were to be seen. E. G. SELWYN. Blackheath, April 17. 1851. Sir Henry Slingsby's Diary (Vol. iii., p. 323.).The council of "THE CAMDEN SOCIETY" will no doubt be pleased to find that your correspondents are good enough to keep in view the welfare of that Society, and to suggest works suitable for their publication. It appears from the preface to that publication, that the original MS. is not now known to be in existence. Mr. Parsons printed from a copy of the original, made by Sir Savile Slingsby, in 1714-5, which then remained at Scriven. ETTIE. Criston, Somerset (Vol. iii., p. 278.). Perhaps PRISTON is the place inquired for. This is a village near Keynshem, where a Mr. Vaughan Jenkins has some property. Criston, as a place in Somerset, is unknown to Bath, April 18. J. p. 19.:. "The sign and its supports were removed in 1776, when all such characteristic features of the streets of London in the olden time, disappeared in obedience to a parliamentary edict for their destruction." It would appear, however, by the subsequent quotation from Brand's Antiquities, vol. ii. p. 359., that the edict above referred to was not carried into execution against all signs; or that, if so, it was soon repealed: "Lord Thurlow, in his speech for postponing the further reading of the Surgeons' Incorporation Bill, July 17th, 1797, stated that by a statute still in force, the barbers and surgeons were each to use a pole.'" Cor. Chr. Coll., Cambridge. R. W. E. Emendation of a Passage in Virgil (Vol. iii., p. 237.). - The emendation of SCRIBLERUS is certainly objectionable, and by no means satisfactory, for these reasons: 1st." Ac sunt in spatio" is by no means elegant Latin, which "addunt se in spatia" is; for the word "addunt" is constantly used in the same way elsewhere. 2nd. The word " spatium" is seldom used to signify a chariot course. "Spatia," the plural, was the proper expression, and is only so deviated from in poetry in a single instance. (Juv. Sat. vi. 582.) It is used in The NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, etc, Archdeacon Cotton, whose endeavours to ascertain and record the succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies in Ireland are probably known to many of our readers (at least, by the Queries which have appeared in our Columns), has just completed his Fasti Ecclesiæ Hiberniæ, in 4 vols. 8vo. From the nature of the work, it is obvious that it could never have been undertaken with a view to profit. printing, &c., has cost upwards of six hundred pounds, and the Archdeacon, naturally unwilling to lose the whole of this outlay, is circulating a prospectus offering copies at fifty shillings the set. Of these, there are but two hundred. The utility of a book which contains the names and preferments of every occupant of an Irish see, dignity, or prebend, from the earliest period to the present day, so far as existing materials permits, is so obvious, that it can scarcely be doubted that it must eventually find a place in all public and official libraries. LA PRISON DE DARTMOOR, OU RÉCIT HISTORIque des InfortUNES, POND'S CATALOGUE OF 1112 STARS REDUCED FROM OBSERVATIONS TAYLOR, A GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL FIXed Stars. DIEFFENBACH, TRAVELS IN NEW ZEALAND. 4to. 1843. Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, carriage free, Notices to Correspondents. OUR PROGRESS IN THE COLONIES. We cannot resist bringing before our readers the following passage from a letter which accompanied some very interesting communications from ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, received by us this week : — “A lover and a student of all that is interesting or curious in literary antiquity, my position necessarily debars me from all access to original manuscripts, and to such volumes as are only to be found in large public libraries; and also keeps me in ignorance of much that is going on in the literary world. Thus there is a blink in the course of my favourite study which is well filled up by your excellent and interesting periodical. It is indeed a great boon to all situated as I am at a distance from the fountain head of antiquarian knowledge." Such an acknowledgment of our utility to our brethren abroad, is most gratifying to us. We trust those of our readers who have friends and relatives who are fond of literary pursuits, resident in the colonies, will do them and us the kindness of directing their attention to "NOTES AND QUERIES." V. is requested to say how we can address a letter to him. printed. There are copies, we believe, at the Bodleian, the Athe- E. B. P. Correct in this supposition. W. A. The Camden Society could not undertake the publication of the proposed Monumentarium Anglicanum, without neglecting the objects for which it was more immediately instituted. D. K.'s Query was in type before we received his reminder. We do not acknowledge the receipt of Queries, from an anxiety not to occupy space unnecessarily. C. W. and B. W. E. are both thanked for the friendly tone of their communications. adapted to all the existing editions. We continue to receive valu CATALOGUES RECEIVED.-J. Miller's (43. Chandos Street) Catalogue No. XXII. of Books Old and New; D. Nutt's (270. 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Page 361 364 367 367 368 369 370 371 372 374 375 376 Macaulays and Hallams of the time to come will add brilliancy to their pages by recounting the gorgeous yet touching ceremonial of this great Apotheosis of Peace. Peace has occasionally received some foretaste of that day's glory; but only at times, when the sense of its value had been purchased by the horrors which accompany even the most glorious warfare. But never until the reign of Victoria were its blessings thus recognised and thus celebrated, after they had been uninterruptedly enjoyed for upwards of a quarter of a century. Who then, among the thousands assembled around our Sovereign in that eventful scene, but felt his joy heightened by gratitude, that his lot had been cast in these happy days. It was a proud day for Queen Victoria, for her Illustrious Consort, for all who had had "art or part in the great work so happily conceived, so admirably executed. And we would add (even at the risk of reminding our readers of Dennis' energetic claim, "That's my Thunder!") that it was also a proud day for all who, like ourselves, desire to promote intercommunication between men of the same pursuits, — to bring them together in a spirit, not of envious rivalry, but of generous emulation,-to make their powers, 376 faculties, and genius subservient to the common welfare 377 of mankind. In our humble way we have striven earnestly to perform our share in this great mission; and although in the Crystal Palace cottons may take the place of comments, steam-engines of Shakspeare, the palpable creations of the sculptor of the supersensual imaginings of the poet, the real of the ideal, still the GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS is, in more senses than one, merely a MONSTER NUMBER OF "NOTES AND QUERIES." So palpable, indeed, is this similarity, that, if the long-talked-of Order of Civil Merit should be instituted, (and certainly there was never a more fitting moment than the present for so honouring the cultivators of the peaceful arts), wè make no doubt that "NOTES AND QUERIES" will not be forgotten. Should our prophecy be fulfilled, we need scarcely remind our readers of Captain Cuttle's injunction and our Motto, 377 381 382 382 382 AND GREAT EXHIBITION, NOTES AND QUERIES, CHAUCER'S PROPHETIC VIEW OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The first of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, will be remembered in the Calendar for centuries after those who witnessed its glories shall have passed away. Its memory will endure with our language; and the VOL. III.-No. 80. |