It to his "faithful and beloved" Peter Corbet, com- 5th S. xii. 226) I have found some confirmation manding him to destroy all wolves in the counties of my views in the Stationers' Registers. of Worcester, Gloucester, Hereford, and Salop; is almost needless to say that there is no and a grant from King John, quoted by Pennant entry of The Insatiate Countess in 1602-3, though from Bishop Lyttelton's collections, mentions the all Marston's other plays were entered, and wolf among the animals which the men of Devon though there was nothing at that time in are authorized to kill. So lately as 1577 the politics or at the Court which could have been flocks of sheep in Scotland appear to have suffered aimed at, or be supposed to have been aimed from the ravages of wolves, and Sir Ewen Cameron at, by the play if it were then published. Nor is is said to have killed the last wolf in Scotland in there any entry of The White Devil in 1612, nor 1680. In Ireland wolves lingered as late as the of The Insatiate Countess in 1613. But, curiously year 1710, about which date the last presentment enough, there are transfers of both, Feb. 10, for killing them in the county of Cork was made. 1630/1, previous to their republication in 1631. The wolds, or wilds, of Yorkshire would appear to By an inadvertence the transfer of The White have been the last part of England infested by Devil is assigned in the printed transcripts to a wolves; and in the parish registers of Flixton, sermon presently to be noticed. I call these Hackston, and Folkston, in the East Riding, are things confirmatory, partly because the omission to be seen memoranda of the seventeenth century, to register them in 1612-13 appears to me to have recording payments made for their destruction at arisen from this-that, as they pointed at a lady a certain rate per head. In these districts they well known and powerful at Court, it was thought used to breed in the " cars" below, among the more prudent not to risk a prohibition. The inrushes, ferns, and furze of the boggy lands, and instance, too, is curious, because it shows that books the night to come up to the farms from their dens; unregistered in 1612-13 were in 1630 allowed to and unless the sheep had previously been driven be registered as transfers from one publisher to into their folds, and the folds themselves been another. well guarded, great destruction would always be the consequence. In the reign of Athelstane a retreat was built at Flixton, in Yorkshire, to save benighted travellers from being devoured by wolves. Perhaps some of your readers may be able to furnish more accurate dates. THE LINCOLNSHIRE Wolds.-The following is a copy of the inscription on Pelham's Pillar, situate in the parish of Cabourn, near Caistor, Lincolnshire, said to be the highest part of the Earl of Yarborough's estate on the Lincolnshire wolds. The pillar is built of granite, and is about 150 feet in height. There is a room at the top, lighted by four large windows, from which may be seen the German Ocean and extensive views of the surrounding country, north, south, east, and west. The entrance-door, which is towards the east, is flanked on either side by huge figures of a lion and lioness. The woods and plantations around add much to the sylvan beauty of the place. On April 28, 1613, is an entry of " a booke called the white Devill or the Hypocrite encased in A sermon preached at Paules Crosse Marche the vijth, 1613" (note the year-date as showing that the reckoning from March or April was neither universal nor, as I believe, common). This title was taken from that applied by Luther to Judas -quasi-whited sepulchre-and the sermon has no reference to the Countess of Essex. But the title may have been chosen from the popularity of Webster's play, and as some evidence of its own popularity it may be noted that it was twice "assigned," the last time on June 26, 1617. B. NICHOLSON. CURIOUS EPITAPH.-I do not think the follow- "Cease weeping Parents twas my makers will Hockliffe Lodge, Leighton Buzzard. notice of Charles Tennyson, in one of the leading COPIOUS SONNETEERS.-A reviewer, in a recent journals, spoke of him as being, with his 342 sonnets, "the most copious sonneteer since sonnets were." This is to overlook Wordsworth, whose stated compositions of that kind, together with those stealing out at unexpected corners among his works, reach a grand total of something over Queries. We must request correspondents desiring information on family matters of only private interest, to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A PUBLIC STATUE FROM DUBLIN.-The Personal Recollections of John O'Keefe, published in 1826, notice (vol. i. p. 16) the frequent visits to Dublin' of Van Nost, a celebrated sculptor, and that "he did the fine pedestrian statue of Lord Blakeney erected in Sackville Street." The Gentleman's Magazine, in its volume for 1759, records the fact of its erection, adding that the statue was of brass, and furnishing an elaborate description of the general design and a copy of the inscription. Mr. J. C. O'Callaghan, in his History of the Irish Brigades, supplies numerous references to General Lord Blakeney (pp. 423, 429, 432, 505). He was the defender of Stirling Castle against Prince Charles, and of Fort St. Philip against the Duke de Richelieu. To whose iconoclastic hands may we ascribe the expulsion of this fine work of art, so calculated to adorn Dublin and to preserve it from a stigma which, until a few years ago, certainly rested on it? Until the year 1857 there was hardly one statue of an Irishman to be seen in the streets of Dublin. We are told by the Gentleman's Magazine of the day that "Lord Blakeney's statue was erected by the Antient and most Benevolent Order of the Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick." This old club still flourishes. Perhaps its secretary would kindly inform us whether the archives of the brotherhood possess any record regarding the removal or the fate of the statue. W. J. FITZ-PATRICK. Pembroke Road, Dublin, SOME POETICAL PAMPHLETS.-Information regarding the author of the undernoted poetical pamphlets would oblige : Napier, Esq., recently edited by his son, is given THE LORD ADVOCATE FOR SCOTLAND.-Is it true that this high official has, with other privileges, that of pleading in court with his hat on if he wishes; and, if so, to what is the strange privilege due ? Авива. and there attributed to a Lord Advocate, temp. Car. I., [So stated recently in a leading article in the Times, having had two sons on the bench. But of such a privilege we find no notice in Lorimer's Handbook of the Law of Scotland; Barclay's Digest of the Law of Scotland; nor in Mackay's Practice of the Court of Session.] "CHIEFTY."—I have met with this word in Hooker, but cannot find it in Johnson (old ed.) Worcester, Wedgwood, Chambers, to signify being chief: "A bishop's function must be defined of chiefty in government" (E. P., vii. ii. 3); "their by that wherein his chiefty consisteth"; "A power chiefty in regiment over others" (ib. 4). Are there other instances? ED. MARSHALL. " THE USE OF THE TERMS "PAPA" AND "MAMMA." "Fame, let thy Glorious Trumpet Sound! A Martial-I should like to know at about what date Eulogy Written on the Victory and Death of Lord Nelson. "father" and "mother" were replaced by "papa By Richard Perry Ogilvie, Esq., Author of The Battle's and "mamma." Were the latter in use in EngHot Hour.' Edinburgh, T. Oliver, 1805." 8vo. 8 pp. land at the Jacobite period? T. W. "Poems by Richard Perry Ogilvie, Esq. Edinburgh, Oliver & Co., 1806." 18mo. 56 pp. Ogilvie appears to have occupied a good social position, and had resided at Ghent in 1792. These pieces were presentation copies to Mr. Alexander Cunningham, jeweller, Edinburgh, the steadfast friend of Robert Burns, and subsequently the benefactor of the poet's widow, who in gratitude presented him with her husband's punch-bowl and portrait. C. R. R. CAMPBELL'S "LIVES OF THE CHANCELLORS."Amongst the Correspondence of the late Macvey "SPRAYED." Is this word, expressing the effect of cold on the skin, a provincialism, and only heard in the western counties? I am told that it is, and shall be glad of the authority of "N. & Q." to maintain or contradict the assertion. H. V. THE LAST MAN'S CLUB.-About fifty years ago an article appeared in a British magazine respecting a club of young men who met annually until only one of their number was left, who died sitting at the supper-table. The story was admirably written, and was extensively copied into the newspapers of this country. There is a club of journeymen printers in this city, founded on this melancholy plan, which has lasted for several years. In what periodical did this tale appear? Was it in Blackwood's Magazine? BAR-POINT. Philadelphia. A SQUARE HEAD.-During a walking trip, many years ago, in France, a countryman (in Normandy) once remarked, "Mon père avait la tête carrée," meaning, apparently, that his father knew what he was about, and gave him (according to his ideas) a good education. I have once only heard a similar expression in England, "He has a good square head upon his shoulders"; but it was used by a Jesuit who had been much abroad. Is the expression originally French; and is it habitually used in any part of England? W. T. LYNN. Blackheath. WHEN WERE HUSSARS FIRST RAISED IN ENGLAND?-They do not appear in the Army List until 1813; though regimental records state that the 10th and 15th Dragoons were clothed and equipped as Hussars in 1806. I think that I have read in some book of memoirs that the writer remembered seeing "the Hussars" charge a mob at Manchester in seventeen hundred and ninety something. What Hussars would these have been? Were they Germans or Hessians in our pay? Were they volunteers equipped Hussar fashion? Since I wrote thus far my eyes have fallen on the following paragraph in the Royal Military Kalendar for 1815: "Lord Combermere purchased in 1794 a Majority in the 59th Foot, and immediately after the Lieut.Colonelcy in a regiment of Hussars then raising by General Gwynn." What Hussars were these? W. W. F. S. CICERO ON THE GREEKS.-Where does Cicero say that the Greeks have quickness of intelligence and knowledge of many arts, but that they are deficient in truth and honesty? M. N. G. A SHENE BIBLE IN PARIS.--In his Old and New London, vol. ii. p. 382, Mr. Walter Thornbury writes: "One of their [the brethren's] chief treasures, an illuminated Bible, given to the Shene Monastery [at Richmond] by Henry V., was in existence in the Tuilleries at Paris in 1847." May I venture to ask if any of your correspondents can help me to verify the above statement, and tell me whether, and where, the book is still kept? E. WALFORD, M.A. Hampstead, N.W. SIR MARTIN FROBISHER.-To what county did this eminent seaman belong? He has been classed amongst the worthies of Devon, Yorks, and Notts. In most biographies he is said to have been born near Doncaster. Was not Fenningley (Notts) his real birthplace? He certainly possessed property there. C. B. COLLETT FAMILY.-In 1683 James Collett settled in Norway, where he married and left issue. It is known that he was born in London on August 18th, 1655, but no particulars of his parents or of the family he belonged to are extant in Norway. A history of his descendants, who have always held honourable positions, has been privately published, a copy of which, entitled Familien Collett, by Alf. Collett, is in the British Museum. The author, being naturally desirous of tracing the connexion of his ancestor with the English Colletts, visited England with this object in 1878 and sought my assistance, but I regret to say that I was unable to help him much. The Heralds' Visitations of Middlesex in 1664, in which two families of this name are enrolled, threw no light upon the point, although it seems most probable that James Collett was descended from one of them, seeing that the arms he bore are identical with those of Collett of Highgate; nor did reference to some of the other ordinary sources of such information in the British Museum, and to some notes of the name in the College of Arms, yield better results. Equally fruitless was an advertisement in the Times, asking for a copy of the certificate of birth or baptism of James Collett. Mr. Alfred Collett contemplates publishing, for private circulation, an enlarged edition of his work, and I ask the kindly assistance of any of your genealogical correspondents, who may have notes relating to this family, in another attempt to establish the connexion. 12, Fopstone Road, S.W. - J. C. HARTLEY MONTAGUE: COPLEY. In the obituary of the Times I lately observed the following: "On the 23rd inst. [Nov.] at 3, Stony Villas, Plaistow, Essex, Mary Anna Hartley, widow of Major-General Humphrey Robert Hartley, of the 57th Regiment of Foot, daughter of the late Admiral Robert Montague, of the Red Squadron, and great-grand-daughter of the late Sir Godfrey Copley, of Sprottisburghe, Yorkshire, aged 84." As a matter of local genealogy, I am desirous of knowing what proof there is for the latter portion of the above statement. Admiral Montague, I believe, married, in 1792, Mary Elizabeth, born 1774, daughter of Thomas Copley of Nether Hall, in Doncaster, a natural son of Robert Copley of that place, whose family originally branched off from the same stock as that which settled at Sprotborough, but at a point long anterior to the time of the last or "the late Sir Godfrey Copley," who died in 1709, leaving an only daughter, wife of Joseph Moyle, Esq., ancestor of the present Doncaster. "THE ASS LADEN WITH Воoкs.". In Sura Ixii. of the Koran it is written: "The likeness of those who are charged with the law and do not discharge it, is as the likeness of the ass laden with books.' This was a taunt levelled against the Jews. I should be glad to know if this simile was used before Mohammed's time. In an old edition of the Dunciad which I possess the frontispiece is an ass laden with heavy tomes, inscribed OldmixonTibbald Plays, &c., with the motto "Deferor in vicum vendentem thus et odores." The first edition of this celebrated poem was a spurious one. It was published by J. Roberts, early in 1733, under the title of The Life and Character of Dr. Swift, with a dedication to Alexander Pope, Esq., signed by L. M. (whom I am unable to identify), and dated "From my Chambers in the Inner Temple, Lond. Apr. 1, 1733." The poem consisted of 201 lines. It was published without the Dean's knowledge, and caused him great annoyance. He wrote to Pope from Dublin, a letter dated May 1, 1733 (Roscoe's Swift, 1870, vol. ii. p. 703), indignantly denying the authenticity of the poem, in which he states "There is not a single line, or bit of a line, or thought, any way resembling the genuine copy." Swift's anger led him to exaggeration. There are at least fifty-four lines which are word for word the same as those in the genuine edition, besides others with merely verbal differences. Further on he writes, "But even this trick shall not provoke me to print the true one, which indeed is not proper to be seen until I can be seen no more." The resolution not to publish the poem was adhered to till the end of 1738, when the publication of it was entrusted to Dr. William King, Principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, whose political opinions were in accordance with those of Swift. Dr. King writes from Oxford, Jan. 5, 1739 (vol. ii. P. 805), to say that the work is at last in the press. should dislike the liberties I have taken. AlBut I am in great fear," he adds, "lest you though I have done nothing without the advice and approbation of those among your friends in this country, who love and esteem you most," &c. On January 23rd, King writes again (vol. ii. p. 812), to say that none of Swift's works had been so well received by the public, which is his (King's) only consolation for having dissatisfied the Dean by the suppression of parts of the poem. The story of the medals, he says, was omitted with a very ill will; likewise the part of the poem which mentions the death of Queen Anne. Writing to Mrs. Whiteway on January 30 (vol. ii. p. 812), Dr. King again alludes to the omission of many lines in Rochefoucault, to which he consented in deference to Mr. Pope's judgment. In another letter to the same lady, dated March 6 (vol. ii. p. 813), the announcement is made that two editions have been already sold off; but he acknowledges that he is mortified at having received from Faulkner a copy of the Dublin reprint. letter, which is a long one, contains some interesting details about the work. The The London edition contained 381 lines. There were 484 lines in the Dublin one, in which the famous verses on the medals are given, but not in full. The words in italics were omitted. "He's dead you say: then let him rot I'm glad the medals were forgot I promised him, I own; but when? I only was the princess then. But now as consort of the King, I have You know 'tis quite a different thing." The Dublin reprint had a great success. before me a copy of the fifth edition, printed within the year of its first appearance. It is now rare. There is only a copy of one edition in the British Museum, and none in the Bodleian. I have never seen it occur in any bookseller's catalogue. In Scott's edition of Swift's Works, second edition, vol. xiv. p. 347, is a copy of the verses on the death of Swift, and a foot-note which states that the poem stands exactly as in Faulkner's copy. Roscoe follows Scott, and gives the same note. The piece is not, however, the same as in the Dublin reprint. Many of the asterisks and dashes are filled in, and there are some slight differences, one of which I regret. In the Dublin reprint, line 179 stands, "Kind Lady Suffolk in the Spleen." In Scott's copy it is changed to "And Lady Suffolk," &c. There are still several points for your contributors to clear up. (1.) Who was L. M. (2.) Why should Swift have published the poem at such a long interval after the appearance of the spurious edition, at a time when his intellect was rapidly failing, and he was sinking into that state of unconsciousness in which he passed the last years of his life? (3.) On the title it states that the poem was written in Nov. Is there any particular reason why the poem should have been written at that date? (4.) When did an edition of the poem first appear with the complete lines referring to the medals, and 1731. with the asterisks filled in? There is some interesting information about the poem in the Aldine edition of Swift, edited by the Rev. J. Mitford; but this and other remarks which I have to make on the subject must be reserved for a future occasion. F. G. FLAMINGO (6th S. ii. 326, 450, 478; iii. 35, 75). I can answer the question of your correspondent PROF. SKEAT by saying that the Portuguese and English Dictionary by J. D. de Lacerda (Lisbon) is far more copious than that by Vieyra. But it will not help him much as to flamingo; nor will the Portuguese Dictionary by Moraes do more. These simply give the word with a description of the bird, while Constancio, in his dictionary, does not give the word at all. Bescherelle, in his dictionary, under the word "Flamant," objects to this spelling, and on the authority of Buffon writes it flambant or flammant. Speaking of the bird itself, he says, "On lui supposa même des rapports avec les habitants de Flandre, où il n'a jamais paru." Now, in Portuguese, Flamengo means Flemish. I should never have referred to the Portuguese for the origin of the word. Not only is there an m wanting for what would be the necessary Portuguese root, flamma, but in that language chamma is the word generally used for flame, flamma being poetical. The Italians follow after the Greek, and call the bird fenicotéro. 33, Duke Street, St. James's. J. J. AUBERTIN. LUIS DE CAMOENS (6th S. ii. 147).-The following extract from the review of Mr. Aubertin's Lusiads of Camoens in the Athenæum for May 18, 1878, gives the exact date of the death of Camoens : "We have, however, an observation to make with regard to the poet's death, which is stated by Mr. Aubertin, who repeats the common opinion, to have taken place in 1579, whereas the authentic date of his occurred on the 10th of June, 1580, some months before death was ascertained more than sixteen years ago. It Philip II. entered Portugal (see the Archivo Nacional, Book III. of Corrections, fol. 137)." J. R. THORNE. EARLY ROMAN CATHOLIC MAGAZINES (6th S. iii. 43). May I take the liberty of supplementing the information which MR. WALFORD has given to your readers on the above subject? The earliest publication (periodical) that I know of was issued in June, 1813. It was entitled the Orthodox Journal, and was conducted and published by Mr. William Eusebius Andrews, a native of Norwich, who had taken up his abode in He continued London a little time before that. to conduct this monthly magazine in Catholic interests, and in hostility to the "Veto" proposals whilst they lasted, until December, 1820, when he published the first Catholic newspaper, stamped in those days. This did not receive due support, and ceased in nine months. The Catholic Miscellany, which MR. WALFORD marks No. 2, was then projected, to be published by Cuddon, but edited by Andrews under another or pseudo name, and, at the same time, the People's Advocate (Catholic and political), to be openly edited by him. This arrangement lasted for a short time only. The Miscellany passed into other hands. The Advocate ceased, and in January, 1823, he returned to his original title, the Orthodox Journal. This continued until September, 1824, in the very heat of some of the most earnest disputes and dissensions about Catholic Emancipation, when he commenced another Catholic weekly newspaper, the Truthteller. This, too, had only a short life. Limited in his capital and inefficiently supported, owing to our internal dissensions at the time, I think it until the close of the session of Parliament. On was published for about one year, or, perhaps, Saturday, October 1, 1825, he returned to the octavo form, and issued the Truth-teller, new series, fortnightly during October, and weekly from Nov. 5. I am enabled to be minute here as I not only remember the circumstances, but have vol. i. of this Truth-teller on the table beside me. I find it stated that fourteen volumes of the TruthThis is four years before Catholic Emancipation. teller were published. Subsequently, the Orthodox was revived under the title London and Dublin Orthodox Journal. Andrews died in April, 1837. But your point is the pre-Emancipation periodicals. I know there are some others, and my friend Mr. Joseph Gillow, of Dudley House, Bowden, near Manchester, has, I think, some other publications of that period. LAWRENCE TOOLE, D.D., Canon. St. Wilfrid's, Hulme, Manchester, |