I heard given by a professional soloist, a few even-hock was handed round; but it was observed that ings since, at a dinner of one of the City of Lon- the guests were singularly abstemious in regard to don Corporation committees, "Long may Victoria it. The explanation was discovered when they reign." This appears to continue to carry out the had departed. The well-stored and savoury idea of 1837, noted by your correspondent; but as shaving-water had been supplied for hock! The there are not now, as there were then, two queens- second story used to be told by Dean Milman. a queen dowager as well as a queen_regnant-the At the Duke of Wellington's funeral, a lady, special usage seems unnecessary. POLITICIAN. having a ticket for a reserved seat, presented herself at the wrong entrance to St. Paul's, and ENGLISH SAPPHICS (8th S. iii. 289).-The Eng; knocked vigorously. The dean presently opened lish sapphics about which MR. MANSERGH inquired the door, pointed out to her the mistake she had were written about 1811 by a youth named Richard made, and indicated the proper entrance. She, Cargill, who was a pupil in the "Institution" for quite unaware whom she was addressing, and miscuring impediments of speech and teaching elocu- taking him for one of the under officials, utterly tion kept in London by my grandfather, John refused again to face the seething crowd, and Thelwall, the formerly well-known political lec- insisted on being conducted to her seat, or she turer. I did not know that the verses in question "would report him." Of course she had her way, had ever been printed, and I am pretty sure that and presently slipped half-a-crown into her cicethey never appeared in any (printed) book. A rone's palm. Needless to say, the dean was brother of mine has the original copy in a manu- delighted, and did not fail to exhibit his "tip"! script collection of "rhythmical exercises" by my W. W. B. grandfather's pupils, which contains other exercises of, I venture to think, considerable merit.

LINES BY TENNYSON (8th S. iii. 269, 294).—
But earth's dark forehead, &c.,

Cargill afterwards took orders in the Established Church, and died young. A volume of his ser- These lines occur in 'The Ancient Sage.' mons, which were considered eloquent, was published after his death.

R. S. F. was, I have no doubt, Richard Staples Foster, of the family of bankers that has been known to so many generations of Cambridge men. By the way, I have always wondered why this curious inversion of the true rhythm has been supposed in England to represent the sapphic metre. It reminds me of the "Arma vi'erumque ca'no" of my boyhood, which used to make one so sorry for poor old Virgil, who had no English schoolmaster to teach him how to read Latin verse.

Clifton.

EDWARD THelwall.

GEORGE ROBINS (8th S. ii. 209, 271).-In continuation of the replies at the second reference, it may be noted that Robins's daughter Fanny married an officer named Utterton, afterwards colonel. From this union sprang a numerous family, the eldest son being the late Dr. Utterton, Bishop Suffragan of Guildford. The bishop's mother was a remarkable woman, and inherited much of the vivacity of her father. Two good stories in which she bore a part seem worth preserving. When she and her husband were at Gibraltar, during the Peninsular War, the latter was known to be particular about his shaving water. From his friend the Spanish governor of Algeciras he received the sympathetic present of some dozens of rain-water in bottle, which the butler, thinking it to be wine, duly took charge of. Some time afterwards the colonel gave a dinnerparty; but at the last moment was called off by official duty, and a brother officer was asked to take his place at the table. In due course the

E. F. BURTON.

CHARLES STEWARD, OF BRADFORD-ON- - AVON (2nd S. vi. 327, 359; 8th S. iii. 154, 195, 255).— I was aware of the Stewart of Athenry pedigree to which SIGMA is good enough to refer me, and I compared it with Sir Cloudesley Shovel's will, with the following results. The will is dated 1701, and the two daughters were then under twelve. A half-sister of theirs, who had at least two children when her husband died in 1650, must have been about sixty years their senior; Sir Cloudesley Shovel, who was in active service in 1707, must have been about ninety in 1701, and his mother, who was living in 1701, must have been a really wonderfully old lady. One wonders how the pedigree got proved. Of course, the 1650 may be a printer's error; but Sir Cloudesley Shovel would surely have mentioned a grandson, and especially one called after him. VERNON.

E. HOPPUS (8th S. iii. 288).-Hoppus was also the author of the Practical Measurer,' the sixth edition of which was issued in 1761. A former correspondent of N. & Q.' (see 2nd S. i. 413), so long ago as May, 1856, required information relative to the various editions of his works, but no reply appears to have been received.

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MANILA (8th S. ii. 406; iii. 15, 251).—MR. HALL conceded him, faith in his judgment. Not few, indeed, is right in saying that manila is a genuine Spanish are there who will be thankful to be spared the necessity word, but it is improbable that Legaspi should is, in fact, and must remain, a classic. At length, then, of keeping "cabined, cribbed, confined," a work which have called the town which he founded by a name as has been said, we are in the way of obtaining the meaning a "bracelet " or a "handcuff." As in perfect work. Vol. i., which now appears in the shape the case of other Spanish and Portuguese forts in of a handsome library book, with gilt tops and a portrait, the Spice Islands, he probably adopted the native etched by C. O. Murray after John Hayle, carries the name of the village, which is believed to be derivedDiary' to the end of March, 1661. A solitary instance from a tree which is abundant in the locality. of what Lord Braybrooke thought fit to reject as uninteresting is a story told by Tom Killigrew, a merry droll, but a gentleman of great esteem with the king." follows a story concerning the king and one of his He told us, says Pepys, "many merry stories." Then numerous amours, which is somewhat saucy and a little scandalous. This, suppressed by the first editor, has, of course, been transcribed by Mr. Mynors Bright, and is given by Mr. Wheatley, p. 160.

ISAAC TAYLOR.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (8th S. iii. 269).

God is in heaven, and all is well.

This appears to be an adaptation, or a quotation from memory, of Pippa's song in Robert Browning's drama Pippa Passes," The year 's at the spring":

God's in His heaven

All's right with the world.

Trouble deaf Heaven with your bootless prayer,
Evidently meant for

And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
in Shakspeare's beautiful twenty-ninth sonnet,
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, &c.
JONATHAN BOUCHIER.

Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, &c.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, M. A., F.R.S. Edited, with
Additions, by Henry B. Wheatley, F.S.A. Vol. I.
(Bell & Sons.)
FOR the first time the scholar may congratulate himself
upon the proximate possession of the complete text of
the most vivacious of chroniclers and gossips. When, in
1825, the first edition of Pepys appeared, under the
charge of Lord Braybrooke, it was ushered in by expla-
nations and apologies. Unaware, apparently, that the
paragraphs of personal gossip constituted a chief charm,
Lord Braybrooke found it "absolutely necessary to cur-
tail the MS. materially, and in many instances to con-
dense the matter." Only in consideration how little was
known from trustworthy sources concerning the Restora-
tion stage did he venture to print the all-important
account Pepys supplies of the doings at the theatres, and
he expresses his contrition for having occupied the time
of grave men with matters so frivolous. So immediate
and sensible was the gain from the sources thus thrown
open, that the work obtained a warm welcome. Curio-
sity as to the unprinted portions was always rife. Not
for half a century was any attempt made to enlarge the
portion accessible to the public. The Rev. Mynors
Bright issued, some eighteen years ago, what was
expected to prove a complete edition. He, however,
omitted the account of the daily work at the office, which
he says would have proved tedious to the reader. This
omitted portion constitutes, says Mr. Wheatley," roughly
speaking, about one-fifth of the whole diary." Mr.
Bright, none the less, transcribed the whole, and, by
bequeathing his MS. to Magdalen College, facilitated
the efforts of the latest and most responsible editor. The
first volume now appears, containing every word of the
MS. except a few passages of such indescribable gross
ness that they cannot possibly be printed. This is not
due, Mr. Wheatley assures us, to any squeamishness on
his part. He marks the places whereat the omissions
occur, and asks from the public what will readily be

The present edition, when complete, must supersede all others. Pepys is, of course, a delightful old gossip, and his conversations and records afford us a marvellous insight into his personality. They have historical and antiquarian value also, and the possession of them in their integrity is a matter of extreme importance. It is not easy to conceive them in guise more attractive to the bibliophile. In Mr. Wheatley we have, moreover, an editor thoroughly earnest, accurate and painstaking, and also thoroughly master of his subject. Among the books of the new season few are likely to have claims on attention stronger than this, the following volumes of which we await with patience.

East Barnet. By Frederick Charles Cass. Part II. (Nichols & Sons.)

WE noticed the first part of this valuable work on its appearance some time ago. The part before us bears out the high character of its predecessor. It is not an unknown thing for authors of topographical books to tire as they go on, and thus make the concluding pages of their undertakings far inferior in interest to the earlier parts. We find nothing of this sort in the part before us. The last pages seem to have had quite as much conscientious care bestowed upon them as the first. The description of the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin seems to us excellently done. The old wills, some of which are in Latin, which we encounter as we go along, add much interest to the volume. They are, perhaps, none of them of primary importance, but there is not one of them which does not throw a ray or two of light on by-past times. Johanna Dodeman, widow, of East Barnet, whose will is dated September 29, 1541, was not improbably a Protestant, or if that be saying too much, having regard to the date, at least one who inclined to the new opinions, for there is no mention of saints or angels, but of" Allmyghtye God my maker & Redemer" only.

interest. They make us long for the whole of these The extracts from the parish registers are of no small precious documents to be preserved by the printing press. On Christmas Day, 1781, a negro servant called Pamela was baptized by the name of Mary. She had probably been a West Indian slave. On November 16, 1805, an infant son of Archibald and Elizabeth Mackiean was baptized Nelson, because, as the register states, he was born on Monday the 21st Oct', on which day a complete victory was obtained over the combined fleets of France and Spain, when Lord Nelson, the Commander in Chief, was unfortunately killed." We must not fail to remark that the work is furnished with a very good index.

controversial. Among the articles that come within our THE Fortnightly is principally political, or, at least,

by Englishmen, but which has, as we can state from personal experience, charms of its own. Mr. Sydney's Memories of Old St. Paul's' attract attention to the Gentleman's, in which Mr. Rayleigh Vicars describes The Rise and Fall of Millbank Prison.' The article of most interest to our, readers will be that of Mr. W. G. Black on 'Legends of the North Frisian Islands.'-Mr. A. M. Judd writes, in Belgravia, upon Witches and Witchcraft.'-The English Illustrated reproduces Hit,' by Sir F. Leighton, P.R.A., and has many well-illustrated papers. A Song of the English,' by Mr. Rudyard Kipling, is more noteworthy for patriotism of sentiment than melody of versification. Mr. Harry Quilter, in his The Royal Academy Exhibition,' seems to grudge the laurels of Mr. Harry Furniss.-The Cornhill has good papers on The Scillies and the Scillonians'; Last Wills and Testaments,' taken partly from Dr. Sharpe's admirable Calendar of Wills in the Court of Hustings'; and Needlecraft.'-The contents of the Idler remain light and effervescent.

Gwynne's House in Fulham, Ranelagh House, the "Red ends in Chiswick. Among its illustrations are Nell Cow," Hammersmith, the river front from the Eyot at Chiswick to the bridge, and Hammersmith Mall in 1800. A reproduction of a map of 1720 of London, Westminster, and Southwark, is also given. The Storehouse ends at "Hedge," and has an illustration of guns.

THE New Caxton Head Catalogue of the Tregaskises is a work of art, reproducing many curious title-pages, illustrations, bindings, &c. Some of the plates have great interest.

ken are the second part of Are Acquired Characters Inherited?' by Alfred Russell Wallace; Rome Revisited,' by Frederic Harrison; 'Synthetic Chemistry,' by Prof. Thorpe; and 'Is the Universe Infinite?' by Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S. Sufficiently startling to the followers of Euclid are some of Sir Robert's assertions and arguments. Mr. Harrison's paper is brilliant. He holds that Rome, though some of the poetry may have departed, gains in interest to the antiquary, and states that "the thousand years of Paris and of London are but a span in the countless years of the Eternal City.' The West Indies in 1892,' by Lord Brassey, will repay study. A considerable space in the Nineteenth Century is devoted to literary and artistic subjects. First in the number appears Mr. Swinburne's song, The Union.' In his 'St. William of Norwich' the Rev. Dr. Jessopp deals with a story the particulars of which have occupied much attention in N. & Q.,' and gives a striking and most suggestive picture of the atrocities to which the Jews were subject. Mrs. McClure supplies curious information as to the 'Agram Mummy,' and Prof. Max Müller deals trenchantly with Esoteric Buddhism.' In the Old and New London and Storehouse of General InformaMESSRS. CASSELL'S diminished list of serials include fifth part of his Aspects of Tennyson,' Mr. Theodoretion. Part LXVIII. of the former begins in Fulham and Watts deals convincingly with the late Laureate "as a Nature poet." The Hon. John W. Fortescue has a good paper On the Influence of Climate upon Race,' in which he deals with the results of English occupation of Australia and New Zealand. A Walk in Alexandria,' by Mr. Dowling, is very readable. Mr. J. A. Fuller Maitland writes on "Falstaff" and the New Italian Opera. Art Reproduction,' by the late John Addington Symonds, with which the New Review opens, is occupied largely with the designs of the old Italian masters by Timothy Cole, with Mr. Stillman's notes. These we take to be the same to which, on their first appearance in the Century, we have drawn attention. The Bishop of Tasmania says, in 'Melanesia and the Labour Traffic,' some consoling things. The Hon. Roden Noel, under the head 'The Cambridge " Apostles," is very free in his dealings with Lord Tennyson and Lord Houghton. Lady Lindsay gives an article on 'KeyFlowers,' which will be read with pleasure, not only by all interested, but by folk-lorists and students of popular superstitions. Mr. H. D. Traill deals with current literature. An excellent number of the Century opens naturally with 'At the Fair,' Chicago, of which_many good plates are given. Recollections of Lord Tennyson,' by John Addington Symonds, gives a capital picture of the poet in the hours when he, in a sense, unbent. A fresh and delightfully illustrated chapter is added to An Embassy to Provence.' It describes the valley of the Sorgue. Personal Impressions of Nicaragua' is excellent. 'The Queen and the Duchess' has great interest for English readers. Further Extracts from the Autobiography of Salvini' are given.-Scribner's, hich arrives late, has a pleasing coloured picture of "A Daughter of Japan,' An Unpublished Autograph Narrative by Washington,' and an admirable variety of general matter.-Mr. Austin Dobson writes, in Longman's, on The Journal to Stella,' and Lady Mildred Boynton on Character from Handwriting.'-In Macmillan's some one treats of The Romantic Professions,' which include, naturally, the military and naval, &c., and also rogues, vagabonds, bohemians, and criminals. Some Thoughts on Pascal' repays attention. Mr. Julian Cobbett's Our First Ambassadors to Russia' gives, among other things, a very spirited account of the brave and loyal, if somewhat truculent, Sir Jerome Bowes. Dr. Nansen at Home' is a pleasant description in Temple Bar, in which English Whist and English Whist Players, is concluded. Mr. E. Harrison Baker describes Idle Hours in Périgord,' a district little visited

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