Various

“ An Amsterdam Sunday, p. 42.:
"On sundays and holydays the shops and warehouses, and, intra muros, those of public entertainment are close: the devotees go to church, and sanctify the sabbath. Others go to walk outside the towngates: after their walk, they hasten to fine public-play-gardens, where wine, thea, &c. is sold. Neither the mobility remains idle at these entertainments. Every one invites his damsel, and joyously they enter play-gardens of a little less brilliancy than the former. ”

“ 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.
W. P. A. The Catalogue of Sir T. Phillip's MSS. is privately printed. There are copies, we believe, at the Bodleian, the Athenæum, and the Society of Antiquaries. ”

“ Here is a positive statement that the elder Tradescant and his son came into England in the reign of James I. But there is no proof of this given. It is merely the writer's assertion. At the end of the same note, speaking of Tradescant's Ark, the editor observes:
"It formed the foundation of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and a catalogue of its contents was printed by the youngest John Tradescant in 1656, with the title of Museum Tradescantianum. ”

“ 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. ”

“ The Milesian race, also, is thought to have come over from Spain, a conjecture which is rather confirmed by the etymology of the names of some Irish towns, where the letters gh, as in Drogheda and Aghada, if so convertible, have the same pronunciation as the Spanish j in Aranjuez and Badajoz, and also by the expression and cast of features marked in many of the peasants of the south-west of Ireland, which strikingly resemble those of the children of Spain. ”

“ He is reported to have been a great traveller, and to have previously visited Barbary, Greece, Egypt, and other Eastern countries. Upon his first arrival here he is said to have been successively gardener to the Lord Treasurer Salisbury, Lord Weston, the Duke of Buckingham, and other noblemen of distinction. In these situations he remained until the office of royal gardener was bestowed upon him in 1629.
To John Tradescant the elder, posterity is mainly indebted for the introduction of botany in this kingdom. ”

“ The Milesians.—With respect to the origin of the Milesian race little seems to be known, even by antiquaries who have given their attention to the archæology of Ireland, the inhabitants of which country are reputed to have been of Milesian origin. ”

“ There is also another subject of antiquity in Ireland, and closely connected with her early history, of the true origin of which the world seems much in ignorance, viz. her Round Towers. Possibly some of your able correspondents will kindly supply some information on one or both of these subjects.
W. R. M.
Round Robbin.—In Dr. Heylin's controversy with Fuller on his Church History, the following quotation [1] occurs:
"That the Sacrament of the Altar is nothing else but a piece of bread, or a little predie round robbin." ”

“ Granger says he saw a picture at a gentleman's house in Wiltshire, which was not unlike that of the deceased Tradescant, and the inscription was applicable to it:
"Mortuus haud alio quam quo pater ore quiesti,
Quam facili frueris nunc quoque nocte doces."
I may add, in conclusion, that several beautiful drawings of the Tradescant monument in Lambeth churchyard are preserved in the Pepysian library. These drawings were engraved for the Philosophical Transactions, vol. lxiii. p. 88.; and are printed from the same plates in the Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, vol. ii. ”

“ 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.
X. Y. Z. Hallam's Literature of Europe. The supplemental notes on the Literature of Europe have not yet been incorporated in any edition of that work. ”

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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 ”

“ This Museum or "Ark," as it was termed, was frequently visited by persons of rank, who became benefactors thereto; among these were Charles the First, Henrietta Maria (his queen) , Archbishop Laud, George Duke of Buckingham, Robert and William Cecil, Earls of Salisbury, and many other persons of distinction: among them also appears the philosophic John Evelyn, who in his Diary has the following notice:
"Sept. 17, 1657, I went to see Sir Robert Needham, at Lambeth, a relation of mine, and thence to John Tradescant's museum." ”

“ 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. ”

“ Wright, the publisher of the Anti-Jacobin, lived at 169. Piccadilly, and his shop was the general morning resort of the friends of the ministry, as Debrell's was of the oppositionists. About the time when the Anti-Jacobin was contemplated, Owen, who had been the publisher of Burke's pamphlets, failed. The editors of the Anti-Jacobin took his house, paying the rent, taxes, &c., and gave it up to Wright, reserving to themselves the first floor, to which a communication was opened through Wright's house. ”

“ In page 14. the author gives us an account of his habits, &c.:—
"I live in Amsterdam since some considerable time I drink no strong liquors, nor do I smoke tobacco and with all this—I have not been attacked by those agues and fevers wh frequently reign here from the month of Juin to the end of the autumn: and twenty foreigners whom I know, do follow the same system, and are still as healthy as I myself; while I have seen a great many of natives taking their drams and smoking their pipes ad libitem, and moreover chawing tobacco in a quite disgusting manner, who," &c. ”

“ When at Amsterdam, some years since, I purchased a Guide to that city, which I regard as a considerable literary curiosity in the same line. It was published at Amsterdam, by E. Maascamp, in 1829, and contains from beginning to end a series of broken English, professing all the while to be written by an Englishman.
It commences with the following "Advertisement:"
"The city of Amsterdam—remarkable as being one of the chief metropoles of Europe, and as being in many respects the general market of whole the universe ”

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“ MEANING OF VENVILLE. (Vol. iii., pp. 152. 310.)
I observe, in p. 310. of the present volume, that two correspondents, P. and K., have contributed conjectures as to the meaning and origin of the term venville, noticed and explained antè, p. 152. The origin of the word is of course to some extent open to conjecture; but they may rest assured that the meaning of it is not, nor ever has been, within the domain of mere conjecture with those who have had any opportunities of inquiry in the proper quarter. ”

“ There, at the crying sound of an instrument that rents the ear, {347}accompanied by the delightful handle-organs and the rustic triangle, their tributes are paid to Terpsichore; every where a similitude of talents: the dancing outdoes not the musician."
Description of the Assize Court:
"The forefront has a noble and sublime aspect, and is particularly characteristical to what it ought to represent. ”

“ It seems, therefore, certain that, even setting aside the question of consistency between (1.) and (2.) , we must, upon other grounds, assume that Chaucer had some meaning in the expression "arke of the artificial day," different from what must be admitted to be its obvious and received signification. ”

“ MAG: ET: HEN: MA: BRIT: REX: ET: REG. The reverse contains in the field, Cupid mixing lilies with roses; the legend being FVNDIT: AMOR: LILIA: MIXTA: ROSIS. In the exergue is the date 1625. The Tradescant mentioned by Walton in 1653 was the second of that name, not the son, as stated by Sir John Hawkins.
The editor of the last edition of Evelyn's Diary (vol. ii. p. 414.) says, speaking of the Tradescants:
"They were all eminent gardeners, travellers, and collectors of curiosities. ”

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“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”

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The Arke of Artificial Day.
Before proceeding, to point out the indelible marks by which Chaucer has, as it were, stereotyped the true date of the journey to Canterbury, I shall clear away another stumbling-block, still more insurmountable to Tyrwhitt than his first difficulty of the "halfe cours" in Aries, viz. the seeming inconsistency in statements (1.) and (2.) ”

“ If we look at the references, vol. ii. pp. 420. 532. 623., we shall see Mr. Canning naming several authors, whereas Lord Burghersh assigns all to one author. Mr. Canning's authority is here more to be relied upon. "New Morality" Mr. Canning assigns generally to the four contributors; Mr. Wright has given some interesting particulars by appropriating to each his peculiar portion.
Gifford was the working editor, and wrote most of the refutations and corrections of the "Lies," "Mistakes," and "Misrepresentations." ”

“ Criston (Vol. iii., p. 278.) .—There is a small village in Somersetshire called Christon, about five miles N.W. of Axbridge.
C. I. R.
Tradesmen's Signs (Vol. iii., p. 224.) .—In the delightful little volume on Chaucer, in Knight's shilling series, entitled Pictures of English Life, the author has the following on the Tabard, at 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." ”

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“ But his primary reason, founded on a fac-simile extract from the Memoranda Rolls in the office of the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer of {352}Ireland, printed, with fac-simile, in the second Report of the Commissioners on Irish Records, 1812, p. 160., gives rise to a doubt; for, as Sir Harris Colas states,
"It is remarkable that the printed copy should differ from the fac-simile in the identical point which caused the letter to be published, for in the former the 'xxvijth of June' occurs, whereas in the fac-simile it is the 'xxvjth of June.' The latter is doubtless correct ”