[Chaldee: WMN BTR D'TPCH MSHKY TH' D'] [Chaldee: WMBSRY 'CHMY TWB 'LH'::]

"And after my skin is healed, this shall be; And out of my flesh shall I see the return of God."

[Chaldee: 'TPCH] does not mean here inflated, as some suppose. The Syriac version translates the word [Hebrew: NQPW] by the word [Syriac: 'TKRK], which means surround, wind round. The Vulgate has the following version of the patriarch's prophetic exclamation:

"Et rursum circumdabor pelle mea, Et in carne mea videbo Deum meum."

Jerome evidently knew not what to do with the word [Hebrew: Z'T], and therefore omitted it. He might have turned it to good account by translating it erit hoc.

The above note has been penned upwards of five years ago, and I transcribe it now, without a single alteration, for the benefit of MR. C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY and his friends.

MOSES MARGOLIOUTH.

Wybunbury, Nantwich.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE.

Photographic Experiences.—We have received from our valued correspondent DR. MANSELL, of Guernsey, a suggestion to which we are happy to give publicity, and to the promotion of which we shall be very glad to lend the columns of "N. & Q." Our photographic readers are probably aware that the Talbotype process is increasing in favour; we have recorded DR. DIAMOND'S strong testimony to its advantages. MR. LLEWELLYN has just described his process (which is strikingly similar) in the Photographic Journal; and in a recent number of La Lumiere the VICOMTE VIGIER confirms the views of our countrymen. DR. MANSELL, who has given our readers the benefit of his experience, well remarks that in all his acquaintance with physical science, he knows nothing more remarkable than that MR. FOX TALBOT should not only have discovered this beautiful process, but likewise have given it to the world (in 1841) in so perfect a form, that the innumerable experiments of a dozen years have done nothing essential to improve it, and the best manipulators of the day can add nothing to it. It is, however, with a view to testing some of the points in which photographers differ, so as to establish which are best, that DR. MANSELL suggests, that a table giving,

1. The time of exposure in the camera, in a bright May sun, 2. The locality, 3. The iodizement, 4. The maker of the paper, 5. The diameter of the diaphragm, 6. Its distance from the lens, and 7. The diameter, focal length, and maker of the lens,

would, if carefully and honestly stated by some twenty or thirty photographers, be extremely valuable. Of this there can be little doubt, and we hope that our scientific photographic friends, will respond to this suggestion. We for our parts are ready to receive any such communications, and will, at the end of the month, collate and arrange them in such form as may best exhibit the results. It is obvious that, in a matter of such a nature, we at least should be furnished with the names of our correspondents.

The Ceroleine Process.—The unfavourable state of the weather has prevented me from making many experiments as to the value of the process given in your 234th Number, but I have seen enough to convince me that it will effect a great saving of trouble, and be more sensitive than any modification of Le Gray's process that has yet been published. It will, however, be rather more expensive, and, in the hands of persons unaccustomed to chemical manipulations, rather difficult; but the solutions once made, the waxing process is delightfully easy.

WILLIAM PUMPHREY.

On preserving the Sensitiveness of Collodion Plates.—The Philosophical Magazine of the present month contains a very important article by Messrs. Spiller and Crookes upon this great desideratum in photographic practice. We have heard from a gentleman of considerable scientific attainments, that, from the few experiments which he had then made, he is convinced that the plan is quite feasible. We of course refer our readers to the paper itself for fuller particulars as to the reasoning which led the writers to their successful experiment, and for all enumeration of the many advantages which may result from their discovery. Their process is as follows:

"The plate, coated with collodion (that which we employ contains iodide, bromide, and chloride of ammonium, in about equal proportions), is made sensitive by immersion in the ordinary solution of nitrate of {430} silver (30 grains to the ounce), and after remaining there for the usual time, is transferred for a second solution of the following composition:

Nitrate of zinc (fused) 2 ounces. Nitrate of silver 35 grains. Water 6 ounces.

The plate must be left in this bath until the zinc solution has thoroughly penetrated the film (we have found five minutes amply sufficient for this purpose, although a much longer time is of no consequence); it should then be taken out, allowed to drain upright on blotting-paper until all the surface moisture has been absorbed (about half an hour), and then put by until required. The nitrate of zinc, which is still retained on the plate, is sufficient to keep it moist for any length of time, and we see no theoretical or practical reason why its sensitiveness should not be retained as long: experiments on this point are in progress; at present, however, we have only subjected them to the trial of about a week, although at the end of that period they were hardly deteriorated in any appreciable degree. It is not necessary that the exposure in the camera should be immediately followed by the development, as this latter process can be deferred to any convenient opportunity, provided it be within the week. Previous to development, the plate should be allowed to remain for a few seconds in the original thirty-grain silver-bath, then removed and developed with either pyrogallic acid or a protosalt of iron, and afterwards fixed, &c. in the usual manner."

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Replies to Minor Queries.

Tippet (Vol. ix., p. 370.).—P. C. S. S. cannot help thinking that tippet is nothing more than a corruption, per metathesia, of epitogium. Such, at least, seems to have been the opinion of old Minsheu, who, in his Guide to the Tongues, 1627, describes it thus:

"A habit which universitie men and clergiemen weare over their gownes. L. Epitogium, ab [Greek: epi] and toga."

P. C. S. S.

Heraldic Anomaly (Vol. ix., p. 298.).—As your correspondent JOHN O' THE FORD wishes to be furnished with examples of arms now extant, augmented with a cross in chief, I beg to inform him that on the north side of St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, immediately above the arch, are three shields: the centre one bearing a plain cross (the arms of the order); on the right, as you face the gateway, the shield bears a chevron ingrailed between three roundles, impaling a cross flory, over all on a chief a cross; that on the left is merely a single shield, bearing a chevron ingrailed between three roundles apparently (being somewhat damaged), in chief a plain cross. If the colours were marked, they are indistinguishable,—shield and charges are alike sable now. On the south side are two shields: that on the right has been so much damaged that all I can make out of it is that two coats have been impaled thereon, but I cannot discover whether it had the cross in chief or not; that on the left bears a chevron between three roundles, in chief a plain cross. This shield also is damaged; but, nevertheless, enough remains to enable one to make out the charges with tolerable certainty.

TEE BEE.

George Wood of Chester (Vol. viii., p 34.).—I think it very probable that this gentleman, who was Justice of Chester in the last year of the reign of Mary and the first of Elizabeth, will turn out to be George Wood, Esq., of Balterley, in the county of Stafford, who married Margaret, relict of Ralph Birkenhead, of Croughton, in Cheshire, and sixth daughter of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, of Eaton, Knight, ancestor of the present noble house of Westminster. If CESTRIENSIS can obtain access to Shaw's History of Staffordshire, the hint I have thrown out may speed him in his investigations.

T. HUGHES.

Chester.

Moon Superstitions (Vol. viii., pp. 79. 145. 321.)—The result of my own observations, as far as they go, is, that remarkable changes of weather sometimes accompany or follow so closely the changes of the moon, that it is difficult for the least superstitious persons to refrain from imagining some connexion between them—and one or two well-marked instances would make many converts for life to the opinion;—but that in comparatively few cases are the changes of weather so marked and decided as to give them the air of cause and effect.

J. S. WARDEN.

"Myself" (Vol. ix., p. 270.).—The inscription from a gravestone, inserted by G. A. C., brought to my mind a poem by Bernard Barton, which I had met with in a magazine (The Youth's Instructor for December, 1826), into which it had been copied from the Amulet. The piece is entitled "A Colloquy with Myself." The first two stanzas, which I had always considered original, are subjoined for the sake of comparison:

"As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself, And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee.

Put them home to thyself, and if unto thyself, Their responses the same should be: O look well to thyself, and beware of thyself, Or so much the worse for thee."

T. Q. C.

Polperro, Cornwall.

I cannot inform G. A. C. by whom or in what year the lines were written, from which the epitaph he mentions was copied; but he will find them amongst {431} the Epigrams, &c., &c., in Elegant Extracts, in the edition bearing date 1805, under the title of a Rhapsody.

WEST SUSSEX.

Roman Roads in England (Vol. ix., p. 325.).—I think that in addition to the reference to Richard of Cirencester, PRESTONIENSIS should be apprised of the late General Roy's Military Antiquities of Great Britain (published by the Society of Antiquaries), a most learned and valuable account of and commentary on Richard de Cirencester, and on all the other works on the subject; Stukeley, Horsley, &c. I have my own doubts as to the genuineness of Richard's work; that is, though I admit that the facts are true, and compiled with accuracy and learning, I cannot quite persuade myself that the work is that of the Monk of Westminster in the fourteenth century, never heard of till the discovery of an unique MS. in the Royal Library at Copenhagen about 1757. I suspect it to have been a much more modern compilation.

C.

Anecdote of George IV. (Vol. ix., pp. 244. 338.)—If JULIA R. BOCKETT has accurately copied (as we must presume) the note that she has sent you, I am sorry to inform her that it is a forgery: the Prince never, from his earliest youth, signed "George" tout court; he always added P. If the story be at all true, your second correspondent, W. H., is assuredly right, that the "old woman" could not mean the Queen, who was but eighteen when the Prince was born, and could not, therefore, at any time within which this note could have been written, be called, even by the giddiest boy, "an old woman." When the Prince was twelve years old, she was but thirty.

C.

General Fraser (Vol. ix., p. 161.).—The communication of J. C. B. contains the following sentence:

"During his interment, the incessant cannonade of the enemy covered with dust the chaplain and the officers who assisted in performing the last duties to his remains, they being within view of the greatest part of both armies."

As some might suppose from this that the American army was guilty of the infamous action of knowingly firing upon a funeral, the following extract from Lossing's Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, lately published, is submitted to the readers of "N. & Q." It tells the whole truth upon the subject. It is from vol. i. p. 66.:

"It was just sunset in that calm October evening, that the corpse of General Fraser was carried up the hill to the place of burial within the 'great redoubt.' It was attended only by the members of his military family, and Mr. Brudenel, the chaplain; yet the eyes of hundreds of both armies followed the solemn procession, while the Americans, ignorant of its true character, kept up a constant cannonade upon the redoubt. The chaplain, unmoved by the danger to which he was exposed, as the cannon-balls that struck the hill threw the loose soil over him, pronounced the impressive funeral service of the Church of England with an unfaltering voice.[2] The growing darkness added solemnity to the scene. Suddenly the irregular firing ceased, and the solemn voice of a single cannon, at measured intervals, boomed along the valley and awakened the responses of the hills. It was a minute gun, fired by the Americans in honour of the gallant dead. The moment information was given that the gathering at the redoubt was a funeral company fulfilling, amid imminent perils, the last breathed wishes of the noble Fraser, orders were issued to withhold the cannonade with balls, and to render military homage to the fallen brave."

I may add, for the information of English readers, that Lossing's Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution is a work of great general accuracy, written by a gentleman who travelled thousands of miles to collect the materials. The drawings for the work were drawn, and the numerous woodcuts engraved, by him. They are the finest woodcuts ever produced in this country.

UNEDA.

Philadelphia.

[Footnote 2: Burgoyne's State of the Expedition, p. 169. Lieutenant Kingston's Evidence, p. 107.]

The Fusion (Vol. ix., p. 323.).—The Orleans branch, though it derives its eventually hereditary claim to the throne of France from Louis XIII., as stated by E. H. A., have later connexions in blood with Louis XIV. The Regent Duke married Mdlle de Blois, the legitimated daughter of Louis XIV. Louis-Philippe's mother was great-granddaughter of Louis XIV. by another line.

C.

"Corporations have no souls" (Vol. ix., p. 284.).—This saying is to be found in Coke's Reports, vol. x. p. 32.:

"A corporation aggregate of many is invisible, immortal, and rests only in intendment and consideration of the law. They cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicate, for they have no souls, neither can they appear in person, but by attorney."

ERICA.

Apparition of the White Lady (Vol. viii., p. 317.).—Some account of the origin of this apparition story is given at considerable length by Mrs. Crowe in the Night Side of Nature, chapter on Haunted Houses, pp. 315. 318.

JOHN JAMES.

Avington Rectory, Hungerford.

Female Parish Clerk (Vol. viii., p. 338.).—The sexton of my parish, John Poffley, a man worthy of a place in Wordsworth's Excursion, was telling me but a few days ago, that his mother was the parish clerk for twenty-six years, and that he well remembers his astonishment as a boy, whenever {432} he happened to attend a neighbouring church service, to see a man acting in that capacity, and saying the responses for the people.

JOHN JAMES.

Avington Rectory, Hungerford.

I have just seen an extract from "N. & Q." in one of our local papers, mentioning Elizabeth King as being clerk of the parish of Totteridge in 1802, and a question by Y. S. M. if there were any similar instance on record of a woman being a parish clerk? In answer to this Query, I beg to inform Y. S. M. that in the village of Misterton, Somerset, in which place I was born, a woman acted as clerk at my mother's wedding, my own baptism, and many years subsequently: I was born in 1822.

WM. HIGGINS.

Bothy (Vol. ix., p. 305.).—For a familiar mention of this word (commonly spelt Bothie), your correspondent may be referred to the poem of The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich, a Long-Vacation Pastoral, by Arthur Hugh Clough, Oxford: Macpherson, 1848. The action of the poem is chiefly carried on at the Bothie, the situation of which is thus described (in hexameter verse):

"There on the blank hill side, looking down through the loch to the ocean, There with a runnel beside, and pine trees twain before it, There with the road underneath, and in sight of coaches and steamers, Dwelling of David Mackaye, and his daughters Elspie and Bella, Sends up a volume of smoke the Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich."

This sort of verse, by the way, is thus humorously spoken of by Professor Wilson in his dedication, "to the King," of the twelfth volume of Blackwood (1822):

"What dost thou think, my liege, of the metre in which I address thee? Doth it not sound very big, verse bouncing, bubble-and-squeaky, Rattling, and loud, and high, resembling a drum or a bugle— Rub-a-dub-dub like the one, like t'other tantaratara? (It into use was brought of late by thy Laureate Doctor— But, in my humble opinion, I write it better than he does) It was chosen by me as the longest measure I knew of, And, in praising one's King, it is right full measure to give him."

CUTHBERT BEDE, B.A.

King's Prerogative and Hunting Bishops (Vol. ix., p. 247.).—The passage of Blackstone, referred to by the Edinburgh Reviewer, will be found in his Commentaries, vol. ii, p. 413., where reference is made to 4 [Cokes'] Inst. 309. See also the same volume of Blackstone, p. 427. It is evident that Bishop Jewel possessed his "muta canum." See a curious account of a visit to him by Hermann Falkerzhuemer, in the Zurich Letters, second series, pp. 84 &c.

H. GOUGH.

Lincoln's Inn.

Green Eyes (Vol. viii., p. 407.; Vol. ix., p. 112.).—Antoine Heroet, an early French poet, in the third book of his Opuscules d'Amour, has the following lines:

"Amour n'est pas enchanteur si divers Que les yeux noirs face devenir verds, Qu'un brun obscur en blancheur clere tourne, Ou qu'un traict gros du vissage destourne."

(Love is not so strange an enchanter that he can make black eyes become green, that he can turn a dark brown into clear whiteness, or that he can change a coarse feature of the face.)

UNEDA.

Philadelphia.

Brydone the Tourist (Vol. ix., pp. 138. 255. 305.).—

"On lui a reproche d'avoir sacrifie la verite au plaisir de raconter des choses piquantes."

In a work (I think) entitled A Tour in Sicily, the production of Captain Monson, uncle to the late Lord Monson, published about thirty years ago, I remember to have read a denial and, as far as I can remember, a refutation of a statement of Brydone, that he had seen a pyramid in the gardens or grounds of some dignitary in Sicily, composed of—chamber-pots! I was, when I read Mr. Monson's book (a work of some pretensions as it appeared to me), a youngster newly returned from foreign travel, and in daily intercourse with gentlemen of riper age than myself, and of attainments as travellers and otherwise which I could not pretend to; many of them were Italians, and I perfectly remember that by all, but especially by the latter, Brydone's book was treated as a book of apocrypha.

TRAVELLER.

Descendants of John of Gaunt, Noses of (Vol. vii., p. 96.).—Allow me to repeat my Query as to E. D.'s remark: he says, to be dark-complexioned and black-haired "is the family badge of the Herberts quite as much as the unmistakeable nose in the descendants of John of Gaunt." I hope E. D. will not continue silent, for I am very curious to know his meaning.

Y. S. M.

"Put" (Vol. vii., p. 271.).—I am surprised at the silence of your Irish readers in reference to the pronunciation of this word. I certainly never yet heard it pronounced like "but" amongst educated men in Ireland, and I am both a native of this country and resident here the greater part of my life. The Prince Consort's name I have {433} occasionally heard, both in England and Ireland, pronounced as if the first letter was an O—"Olbert"—and that by people who ought to know better.

Y. S. M.

"Caricature; a Canterbury Tale" (Vol. ix., p. 351.).—The inquiry of H. as to the meaning of a "Caricature," which he describes (though I doubt if he be correct as to all the personages), appears to me to point to a transaction in the history of the celebrated "Coalition Ministry" of Lord North and Fox; in which—

"Burke being Paymaster of the Forces, committed one or two imprudent acts: among them, the restoration of Powel and Bembridge, two defaulting subordinates in his office, to their situations. His friends of the ministry were hardly tasked to bring him through these scrapes; and, to use the language of Wraxall's Memoirs, 'Fox warned the Paymaster of the Forces, as he valued his office, not to involve his friends in any similar dilemma during the remainder of the Session.'"

A. B. R.

Belmont.

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Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.

Dr. Waagen, the accomplished Director of the Royal Gallery of Pictures, Berlin, has just presented us with three volumes, to which, as Englishmen, we may refer with pride, because they bear testimony not only to the liberality of our expenditure in works of art, but also to the good taste and judgment which have generally regulated our purchases. The Treasures of Art in Great Britain, being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated MSS., &c., as the work is designated, must become a handbook to every lover of Art in this country. It is an amplification of Dr. Waagen's first work, Art and Artists in England, giving, not only the results of the author's more ripened judgment and extended experience, but also an account of twenty-eight collections in and round London, of nineteen in England generally, and of seven in Scotland, not contained in his former work. And as the Doctor has bestowed much pains in obtaining precise information regarding the art of painting in England since the time of Hogarth, and of sculpture since the time of Flaxman; and also devoted much time to the study of English miniatures contained in MSS. from the earliest time down to the sixteenth century; of miniatures of other nations preserved in England; of drawings by the old masters, engravings and woodcuts; he is fully justified in saying that, both as regards the larger class of the public who are interested in knowing the actual extent of the treasures of Art in England, and also the more learned connoisseurs of the history of Art, this edition offers incomparably richer and more maturely digested materials than the former one. Let us add, that the value of this important and most useful and instructive book is greatly enhanced by a very careful Index.

We have received from Messrs. Johnston, the geographers and engravers to the Queen, two maps especially useful at the present moment, viz., one of the Baltic Sea, with enlarged plans of Cronstadt, Revel, Sveaborg, Kiel Bay, and Winga Sound; and the other of the seat of war in the Danubian Principalities and Turkey, with map of Central Europe.

At the Annual General Meeting of the Camden Society on Tuesday last, M. Van de Weyer, Mr. Blencowe, and the Rev. John Webb were elected of the New Council in the place of Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Foss, and Sir Charles Young, who retire.

The Inaugural General Meeting of the Surrey Archaeological Society is announced for Wednesday next, at the Bridge House Hotel, London Bridge, Henry Drummond, Esq., in the chair. Objects of antiquarian and general interest intended for exhibition may be sent, not later than Monday the 8th, to Mr. Bridger, the curator.

BOOKS RECEIVED.—The present State of Morocco, a Chapter of Mussulman Civilisation, by Xavier Durriew, the new Part of Longman's Traveller's Library, is an interesting picture of the institutions, manners, and religious faith of a nation too little known in Europe.—Deeds of Naval Daring, &c., by Edward Giffard, Second Series. This new volume of Murray's Railway Reading is well timed.—The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Vol. III., carries on her record of the gossip of the Court during the years 1786-7.—Critical and Historical Essays, &c., by T. B. Macaulay, contains, among other admirable essays, those on Walpole's Letters to Mann, William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Mackintosh's History of the Revolution, and Lord Bacon.

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BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.

Particulars of Price, &c. of the following books to be sent direct to the gentlemen by whom they are required, and whose names and addresses are given for that purpose:

ESSAYS AND SKETCHES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER, by a Gentleman who recently left his Lodgings. London, 1820.

MEMOIR OF SHERIDAN, by the late Professor Smyth. Leeds, 1841. 12mo.

Wanted by John Martin, Librarian, Woburn Abbey.

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THE ARTIFICES AND IMPOSITIONS OF FALSE TEACHERS, discovered in a Visitation Sermon. 8vo. London, 1712.

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND NOT SUPERSTITIOUS—showing what Religions may justly be charged with Superstition, pp. 46, 8vo. London, 1714.

PHYSICA ARISTOTELICA MODERNA ACCOMODATA IN USUM JUVENTUTIS ACADEMICAE, Auctore Gulielmo Taswell. 8vo. London, 1718.

ANTICHRIST REVEALED AMONG THE SECT OF QUAKERS, London, 1723.

The above were written by Wm. Taswell, D.D., Rector of Newington, Surrey, &c.

MISCELLANEA SACRA; containing the Story of Deborah and Barak; David's Lamentations over Saul and Jonathan; a Pindaric Poem; and the Prayer of Solomon at the Dedication of the Temple, 4to., by E. Taswell. London. 1760.

THE USEFULNESS OF SACRED MUSIC, 1 Chron. 16. 39. 40. 42., by Wm. Taswell, A.M., Rector of Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. 8vo. London, 1742.

COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES AND WEST INDIES, by the Hon. Littleton W. Tazewell. London, 1829.

Wanted by R. Jackson, 3. Northampton Place, Old Kent Road.

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LIBER PRECUM. 1569.

LIBER PRECUM. 1571.

LIBER PRECUM. 1660. Ch. Ch. Oxford.

LITURGIA. 1670.

ETON PRAYERS. 1705.

ENCHIRIDION PRECUM. 1707.

ENCHIRIDION PRECUM. 1715.

LIBER PRECUM. 1819. Worcester College, Oxford.

Wanted by Rev. J. W. Hewett, Bloxham, Banbury.

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Any of the occasional Sermons of the Rev. Charles Kingsley, of Eversley, more particularly THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH TO THE LABOURING CLASSES, and CLOTHES CHEAP AND NASTY, by Parson Lot.

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The Numbers of the BRITISH AND COLONIAL QUARTERLY REVIEW, published in 1846, by Smith and Elder, Cornhill, containing a review of a work on graduated, sliding-scale, Taxation. Also any work of the French School on the same subject, published from 1790 down to the end of the Revolution.

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BREVINT'S CHRISTIAN SACRAMENT AND SACRIFICE. 4th Edition, 1757. Rivingtons.

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J. G. AGARDH, SPECIES, GENERA, ET ORDINES ALGARUM. Royal 8vo. London, 1848-1853.

LACROIX, DIFF. ET INTEG. CALCULUS. Last edition.

Wanted by the Rev. Frederick Smithe, Churchdown, Gloucester.

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PLATONIS OPERA OMNIA (Stallbaum). Gothae et Erfordiae. Sumptibus Guil. Hennings, 1832; published in Jacobs and Rost's Bibliotheca Graeca. Vol. iv. Sect. 2., containing Menexenus, Lysis, Hippias uterque, Io.

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ADMIRAL NAPIER'S REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL. Moxon, Dover Street.

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Notices to Correspondents.

F. R. F. The Third Part of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is an imposture. See "N. & Q.," Vol viii., p. 222. For bibliographical notices of that work, see the Introduction to The Pilgrim's Progress, published by the Hanserd Knollys Society in 1847.

I. R. R. For notices of John a Cumber, see our Fourth Volume passim.—Knight of L. is Leopold of Austria; K. C., Knight of the Crescent of Turkey.—Pricket is a young male deer of two years old.—Impresse is from Ital. imprendere, says Blount: see also his Dict. s. v. devise.—The Wends, or Vends, is an appellation given to the Slavonian population, which had settled in the northern part of Germany from the banks of the Elbe to the shores of the Baltic.

W. W. (Malta). Received with thanks. Letters and more sheets will be despatched on the 17th.

A SUBSCRIBER (Atherstone) is referred to our Reply to B. P. in "N. & Q." of March 25th, p. 290. We propose giving a short paper on the subject.

R. P. (Bishop Stortford) shall receive a private communication as to his photographic difficulties.

B. (Manchester). The new facts arising every day necessarily compel the postponement of the proposed work.

Replies to many other Correspondents next week.

ERRATA.—Vol. viii., p. 328., for Sir William Upton read Sir William Ussher. Vol. viii., p. 367, for Vernon read Verdon, and for Harrington read Harington. Vol. ix., p. 373., for Lord Boteloust read Botetourt.

OUR EIGHTH VOLUME is now bound and ready for delivery, price 10s. 6d., cloth, boards. A few sets of the whole Eight Volumes are being made up, price 4l. 4s.—For these early application is desirable.

"NOTES AND QUERIES" is published at noon on Friday, so that the Country Booksellers may receive Copies in that night's parcels, and deliver them to their Subscribers on the Saturday.

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OPENING of the CRYSTAL PALACE, 1854.—It is intended to OPEN the CRYSTAL PALACE and PARK at the end of May; after which they will be open daily—Sundays excepted.

The following are the arrangements for the admission of the public:—

Five Shilling Days.—On Saturdays the public will be admitted by payment at the doors, by tickets of 5s. each, and by tickets to include conveyance by railway.

Half-Crown Days.—On Fridays the public will be admitted by payment at the doors, by tickets of 2s. 6d. each, or by tickets to include conveyance by railway.

Shilling Days.—Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays will be shilling days. At the gates a payment of 1s. each will admit the public, or tickets entitling the holder to admission to the Palace and Park, and also to conveyance along the Crystal Palace Railway, from London-bridge Station to the Palace and back, will be issued at the following prices:—

Including first-class carriage 2s. 6d. Including second ditto 2s. 0d. Including third ditto 1s. 6d.

Children.—children under 12 years of age will be admitted at half the above rates.

Hours of Opening.—The Palace and Park will be opened on Mondays at 9 o'clock; on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10 o'clock a.m.; and on Fridays and Saturdays at 12 o'clock; and close every day an hour before sunset.

Opening Day.—The opening will take place about the end of May; the precise day will be announced as early as possible. On that occasion season tickets only will be admitted.

Season Tickets.—Season tickets will be issued at two guineas each, to admit the proprietor to the Palace and Park on the day of opening, and on all other days when the building is open to the public.

Season tickets to include conveyance along the Crystal Palace Railway from London Bridge to the Palace and back, without further charge, will be issued at four guineas each, subject to the regulations of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company; but these Tickets will be available only for trains from and to London and the Palace, on such days as it is open to the public, and will not be available for any intermediate stations.

No season ticket will be transferable or available except to the person whose signature it bears.

Family Season Tickets.—Members of the same family who reside together will have the privilege of taking season tickets for their own use with or without railway conveyance on the following reduced terms:—

Families taking two tickets will be entitled to 10 per cent. discount on the gross amount paid for such tickets; taking three tickets, to a a discount of 15 per cent.; taking four tickets, to a discount of 20 per cent.; and five tickets and upwards, to a discount of 25 per cent. Families claiming the above privilege, and desiring to avail themselves of it, must apply in the accompanying form, and these tickets will be available only to the persons named in such application. Printed forms of application may be had at the Office, 3. Adelaide Place.

Season tickets will entitle to admission from the opening day till the 30th April, 1855.

The tickets to include conveyance by railway will be delivered at the office of the Secretary to the Brighton Railway, London Bridge.

Special Regulations and Bye-Laws.—All the general provisions and regulations mentioned above are to be understood as being subservient to such special provisions, regulations, and bye-laws on the part of the Railway Company and the Palace Company as may be found necessary to regulate the traffic, and to meet special occasions and circumstances which may from time to time arise.

By order of the Board, G. GROVE, Secretary.

Adelaide Place, London Bridge, April 13, 1854.

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Form of application for Family Season Tickets.

To G. Grove, Esq., Secretary, 3. Adelaide Place, London Bridge.

Sir,—Be good enough to supply me with family season tickets for myself and the following members of my family, who are all residing with me. Yours obediently,

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . Address . . . . . . . . . . . Designation . . . . . . . . .

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Schedule of Prices of Family Season Tickets.

Without conveyance Including Conveyance by Railway. by Railway. L s. d. L s. d. Two tickets 3 16 0 Two tickets 7 11 6 Three ,, 5 7 6 Three ,, 10 14 6 Four ,, 6 15 0 Four ,, 13 9 0 Five ,, 7 17 6 Five ,, 15 15 0 Six ,, 9 9 0 Six ,, 18 18 0 Seven ,, 11 0 6 Seven ,, 22 1 0 Eight ,, 12 12 0 Eight ,, 25 4 0 Nine ,, 14 3 6 Nine ,, 26 7 0 Ten ,, 15 15 0 Ten ,, 31 10 0

Note.—The above application must be addressed to the Secretary, as above, and accompanied by a remittance for the full amount of the tickets asked for, according to the above schedule, in favour of George Fasson, 3. Adelaide Place. Cheques must be on a London banker, and be crossed with the words "Union Bank of London;" and no application, unless so accompanied, will be attended to.

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In one Vol. 8vo., price 10s. 6d.

THE LIFE OF MRS. SHERWOOD (chiefly Autobiographical), with Extracts from Mr. Sherwood's Journal during his Imprisonment in France and Residence in India. Edited by her Daughter, SOPHIA KELLY, Authoress of the "De Cliffords," "Robert and Frederic," &c. &c.

London: DARTON & CO., Holborn Hill.

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Just published, price 3s. 6d., 12mo., cloth,

AN INDEX TO FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS, selected principally from British Authors, with parallel passages from various writers, ancient and modern. By J. C. GROCOTT, Attorney-at-Law.

Liverpool: WALMSLEY, Lord Street. London: GEORGE BELL. 186. Fleet Street.

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POPISH NUNNERIES!

This Day (price 3s. 6d.), a work of Fiction, entitled QUICKSANDS ON FOREIGN SHORES, which ought to be in the hands of every Protestant parent in the kingdom. Its perusal cannot fail to make a deep impression, and lead every right-minded man, who takes as his rule the motto of the great Selden, "Liberty above all things," to use his best endeavours to aid Mr. Chambers' motion for governmental inspection of these institutions.

BLACKADER & CO., 13. Paternoster Row.

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Now ready, Part XX., price 2s. 6d., super-royal 8vo. Part XXI. on 1st June, completing the Work, forming one large volume, strongly bound in cloth, Price 2l. 12s. 6d.

CYCLOPAEDIA BIBLIOGRAPHICA; a Library Manual of Theological and General Literature, and Guide for Authors, Preachers, Students, and Literary Men, Analytical, Bibliographical and Biographical. A Prospectus, with Opinions of the Press, sent Free on receipt of a Postage Stamp.

London: JAMES DARLING, 81. Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.

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Just published, with ten coloured Engravings, price 5s.,

NOTES ON AQUATIC MICROSCOPIC SUBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY, selected from the "Microscopic Cabinet," By ANDREW PRITCHARD, M.R.I.

Also, in 8vo., pp. 720, plates 24, price 21s., or coloured, 36s.,

A HISTORY OF INFUSORIAL ANIMALCULES, Living and Fossil, containing Descriptions of every species, British and Foreign, the methods of procuring and viewing them, &c., illustrated by numerous Engravings. By ANDREW PRITCHARD, M.R.I.

"There is no work extant in which so much valuable information concerning Infusoria (Animalcules) can be found, and every Microscopist should add it to his library."—Silliman's Journal.

London: WHITTAKER & CO., Ave Maria Lane.

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EVANS'S SELF-ACTING KITCHEN RANGES continue to maintain their superiority over all others, for roasting, boiling, steaming, and baking, in the best and most economical manner, and yield a constant supply of hot water, with the addition of a HOT PLATE over the whole extent of the Range, from 4 feet to 6 feet long.

Every article for the Kitchen in COPPER, IRON, and BLOCK TIN, always on Sale at JEREMIAH EVANS, SON, & COMPANY'S STOVE GRATE Manufactory and Show Rooms, 33. KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON BRIDGE.

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COLLODION PORTRAITS AND VIEWS obtained with the greatest ease and certainty by using BLAND & LONG'S preparation of Soluble Cotton; certainty and uniformity of action over a lengthened period, combined with the most faithful rendering of the half-tones, constitute this a most valuable agent in the hands of the photographer.

Albumenized paper, for printing from glass or paper negatives, giving a minuteness of detail unattained by any other method, 5s. per Quire.

Waxed and Iodized Papers of tried quality.

Instruction in the Processes.

BLAND & LONG, Opticians and Photographical Instrument Makers, and Operative Chemists, 153. Fleet Street, London.

*** Catalogues sent on application.

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THE SIGHT preserved by the Use of SPECTACLES adapted to suit every variety of Vision by means of SMEE'S OPTOMETER, which effectually prevents Injury to the Eyes from the Selection of Improper Glasses, and is extensively employed by

BLAND & LONG, Opticians, 153. Fleet Street, London.

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PHOTOGRAPHY.—HORNE & CO.'S Iodized Collodion, for obtaining Instantaneous Views, and Portraits in from three to thirty seconds, according to light.

Portraits obtained by the above, for delicacy of detail rival the choicest Daguerreotypes, specimens of which may be seen at their Establishment.

Also every description of Apparatus, Chemicals, &c. &c. used in this beautiful Art.—123. and 121. Newgate Street.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS.

OTTEWILL AND MORGAN'S Manufactory, 24. & 25. Charlotte Terrace, Caledonian Road, Islington.

OTTEWILL'S Registered Double Body Folding Camera, adapted for Landscapes or Portraits, may be had of A. ROSS, Featherstone Buildings, Holborn; the Photographic Institution, Bond Street; and at the Manufactory as above, where every description of Cameras, Slides, and Tripods may be had. The Trade supplied.

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TO PHOTOGRAPHERS, DAGUERREOTYPISTS, &c.—Instantaneous Collodion (or Collodio-Iodide Silver). Solution for Iodizing Collodion. Pyrogallic, Gallic, and Glacial Acetic Acids, and every Pure Chemical required in the Practice of Photography, prepared by WILLIAM BOLTON, Operative and Photographic Chemist, 146. Holborn Bars. Wholesale Dealer in every kind of Photographic Papers, Lenses, Cameras, and Apparatus, and Importer of French and German Lenses, &c. Catalogues by Post on receipt of Two Postage Stamps. Sets of Apparatus from Three Guineas.

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W. H. HART, RECORD AGENT and LEGAL ANTIQUARIAN (who is in the possession of Indices to many of the early Public Records whereby his Inquiries are greatly facilitated) begs to inform Authors and Gentlemen engaged in Antiquarian or Literary Pursuits, that he is prepared to undertake searches among the Public Records, MSS. in the British Museum, Ancient Wills, or other Depositories of a similar Nature, in any Branch of Literature, History, Topography, Genealogy, or the like, and in which he has had considerable experience.

1. ALBERT TERRACE, NEW CROSS, HATCHAM, SURREY.

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ARUNDEL SOCIETY.—The Publication of the Fourth Year (1852-3), consisting of Eight Wood Engravings by MESSRS. DALZIEL, from Mr. W. Oliver Williams' Drawings after GIOTTO'S Frescos at PADUA, is now ready: and Members who have not paid their Subscriptions are requested to forward them to the Treasurer by Post-Office Order, payable at the Charing Cross Office.

JOHN J. ROGERS, Treasurer and Hon. Sec. 13. & 14. Pall Mall East. March, 1854.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION.

THE EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, by the most eminent English and Continental Artists, is OPEN DAILY from Ten till Five. Free Admission.

L s. d. A Portrait by Mr. Talbot's Patent Process 1 1 0 Additional Copies (each) 0 5 0 A Coloured Portrait, highly finished (small size) 3 3 0 A Coloured Portrait, highly finished (larger size) 5 5 0

Miniatures, Oil Paintings, Water-Colour, and Chalk Drawings, Photographed and Coloured in imitation of the Originals. Views of Country Mansions, Churches, &c., taken at a short notice.

Cameras, Lenses, and all the necessary Photographic Apparatus and Chemicals, are supplied, tested, and guaranteed.

Gratuitous Instruction is given to Purchasers of Sets of Apparatus.

PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, 168. New Bond Street.

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IMPROVEMENT IN COLLODION.—J. B. HOCKIN & CO., Chemists, 289. Strand, have, by an improved mode of Iodizing, succeeded in producing a Collodion equal, they may say superior, in sensitiveness and density of Negative, to any other hitherto published; without diminishing the keeping properties and appreciation of half-tint for which their manufacture has been esteemed.

Apparatus, pure Chemicals, and all the requirements for the practice of Photography. Instruction in the Art.

THE COLLODION AND POSITIVE PAPER PROCESS. By J. B. HOCKIN. Price 1s., per Post, 1s. 2d.

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PIANOFORTES, 25 Guineas each.—D'ALMAINE & CO., 20. Soho Square (established A.D. 1785), sole manufacturers of the ROYAL PIANOFORTES, at 25 Guineas each. Every instrument warranted. The peculiar advantage of these pianofortes are best described in the following professional testimonial, signed by the majority of the leading musicians of the age:—"We, the under-signed members of the musical profession, having carefully examined the Royal Pianofortes manufactured by MESSRS. D'ALMAINE & CO., have great pleasure in bearing testimony to their merits and capabilities. It appears to us impossible to produce instruments of the same size possessing a richer and finer tone, more elastic touch, or more equal temperament, while the elegance of their construction renders them a handsome ornament for the library, boudoir, or drawing-room. (Signed) J. L. Abel, F. Benedict, H. R. Bishop, J. Blewitt, J. Brizzi, T. P. Chipp, P. Delavanti, C. H. Dolby, E. F. Fitzwilllam, W. Forde, Stephen Glover, Henri Herz, E. Harrison, H. F. Hasse, J. L. Hatton, Catherine Hayes, W. H. Holmes, W. Kuhe, G. F. Kiallmark, E. Land, G. Lanza, Alexander Lee, A. Leffler, E. J. Loder, W. H. Montgomery, S. Nelson, G. A. Osborne, John Parry, H. Panofka, Henry Phillips, F. Praegar, E. F. Rimbault, Frank Romer, G. H. Rodwell, E. Rockel, Sims Reeves, J. Templeton, F. Weber, H. Westrop, T. H. Wright," &c.

D'ALMAINE & CO., 20. Soho Square, Lists and Designs Gratis.

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WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY.

3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON.

Founded A.D. 1842.

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Directors.

H. E. Bicknell, Esq. T. Grissell, Esq. T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq., M.P. J. Hunt, Esq. G. H. Drew, Esq. J. A. Lethbridge, Esq. W. Evans, Esq. E. Lucas, Esq. W. Freeman, Esq. J. Lys Seager, Esq. F. Fuller, Esq. J. B. White, Esq. J. H. Goodhart, Esq. J. Carter Wood, Esq.

Trustees.—W. Whateley, Esq., Q.C.; George Drew, Esq., T. Grissell, Esq. Physician.—William Rich. Basham, M.D. Bankers.—Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., Charing Cross.

VALUABLE PRIVILEGE.

POLICIES effected in this Office do not become void through temporary difficulty in paying a Premium, as permission is given upon application to suspend the payment at interest, according to the conditions detailed in the Prospectus.

Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 100l., with a Share in three-fourths of the Profits:—

Age L s. d. Age L s. d. 17 1 14 4 32 2 10 8 22 1 18 8 37 2 18 6 27 2 4 5 42 3 8 2

ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., F.R.A.S., Actuary.

Now ready, price 10s. 6d., Second Edition, with material additions, INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT and EMIGRATION: being a TREATISE ON BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETIES, and on the General Principles of Land Investment, exemplified in the Cases of Freehold Land Societies, Building Companies, &c. With a Mathematical Appendix on Compound Interest and Life Assurance. By ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., Actuary to the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parliament Street, London.

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BANK OF DEPOSIT.

No. 3. Pall Mall East, and 7. St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square, London.

Established A.D. 1844.

INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS may be opened daily, with capital of any amount.

Interest payable in January and July.

PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.

Prospectuses and Forms sent free on application.

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BENNETT'S MODEL WATCH, as shown at the GREAT EXHIBITION, No. 1. Class X., in Gold and Silver Cases, in five qualities, and adapted to all Climates, may now be had at the MANUFACTORY, 65. CHEAPSIDE. Superior Gold London-made Patent Levers, 17, 15, and 12 guineas. Ditto, in Silver Cases, 8, 6, and 4 guineas. First-rate Geneva Levers, in Gold Cases, 12, 10, and 8 guineas. Ditto, in Sliver Cases, 8, 6, and 5 guineas. Superior Lever, with Chronometer Balance, Gold, 27, 23, and 19 guineas. Bennett's Pocket Chronometer, Gold, 50 Guineas; Silver, 40 guineas. Every Watch skilfully examined, timed, and its performance guaranteed. Barometers, 2l., 3l., and 4l. Thermometers from 1s. each.

BENNETT, Watch, Clock, and Instrument Maker to the Royal Observatory, the Board of Ordnance, the Admiralty, and the Queen, 65. CHEAPSIDE.

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CHUBB'S FIRE-PROOF SAFES AND LOCKS.—These safes are the most secure from force, fraud, and fire. Chubb's locks, with all the recent improvements, cash and deed boxes of all sizes. Complete lists, with prices, will be sent on application.

CHUBB & SON, 57. St. Paul's Churchyard, London; 28. Lord Street, Liverpool; 16 Market Street, Manchester; and Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton.

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PATRONISED BY THE ROYAL FAMILY.

TWO THOUSAND POUNDS for any person producing Articles superior to the following:

THE HAIR RESTORED AND GREYNESS PREVENTED.

BEETHAM'S CAPILLARY FLUID is acknowledged to be the most effectual article for Restoring the Hair in Baldness, strengthening when weak and fine, effectually preventing falling or turning grey, and for restoring its natural colour without the use of dye. The rich glossy appearance it imparts is the admiration of every person. Thousands have experienced its astonishing efficacy. Bottles, 2s. 6d.; double size, 4s. 6d.; 7s. 6d. equal to 4 small; 11s. to 6 small; 21s. to 13 small. The most perfect beautifier ever invented.

SUPERFLUOUS HAIR REMOVED.

BEETHAM'S VEGETABLE EXTRACT does not cause pain or injury to the skin. Its effect is unerring, and it is now patronised by royalty and hundreds of the first families. Bottles, 5s.

BEETHAM'S PLASTER is the only effective remover of Corns and Bunions. It also reduces enlarged Great Toe Joints in an astonishing manner. If space allowed, the testimony of upwards of twelve thousand individuals, during the last five years, might be inserted. Packets, 1s.; Boxes, 2s. 6d. Sent Free by BEETHAM, Chemist, Cheltenham, for 14 or 36 Post Stamps.

Sold by PRING, 30. Westmorland Street; JACKSON, 9. Westland Row; BEWLEY & EVANS, Dublin; GOULDING, 108. Patrick Street, Cork; BARRY, 9. Main Street, Kinsale; GRATTAN, Belfast; MURDOCK, BROTHERS, Glasgow; DUNCAN & FLOCKHART, Edinburgh. SANGER, 150. Oxford Street; PROUT, 229. Strand; KEATING, St. Paul's Churchyard; SAVORY & MOORE, Bond Street; HANNAY, 63. Oxford Street; London. All Chemists and Perfumers will procure them.

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ALLSOPP'S PALE or BITTER ALE. MESSRS. S. ALLSOPP & SONS beg to inform the TRADE that they are now registering Orders for the March Brewings of their PALE ALE in Casks of 18 Gallons and upwards, at the BREWERY, Burton-on-Trent; and at the under-mentioned Branch Establishments:

LONDON, at 61. King William Street, City. LIVERPOOL, at Cook Street. MANCHESTER, at Ducie Place. DUDLEY, at the Burnt Tree. GLASGOW, at 115. St. Vincent Street. DUBLIN, at 1. Crampton Quay. BIRMINGHAM, at Market Hall. SOUTH WALES, at 13. King Street, Bristol.

MESSRS. ALLSOPP & SONS take the opportunity of announcing to PRIVATE FAMILIES that their ALES, so strongly recommended by the medical Profession, may be procured in DRAUGHT and BOTTLES GENUINE from all the most RESPECTABLE LICENSED VICTUALLERS, on "ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE" being specially asked for.

When in bottle, the genuineness of the label can be ascertained by its having "ALLSOPP & SONS" written across it.

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Valuable Library of Books at Bigadon House, Devonshire, Six Miles from the Railway Station, Totness.

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by MR. JOHN HEATH, on Tuesday, May 16th, and Two following Days, the valuable Library of Richard John King, Esq. (author of "Anschar"), comprising some of the best standard works in Theology, History, Classics, and the general branches of Literature. Also some curious Works on Witchcraft and Daemonology, early printed books, &c.

Catalogues to be had of MR. SAMPSON LOW, Ludgate Hill, and of the Auctioneer, Totness.

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LIBRARY OF VALUABLE BOOKS.

MR. BENTLEY will SELL by AUCTION, in the Lecture Room of the Natural History Society, at Worcester, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of May, 1854, at Eleven o'clock, A VALUABLE LIBRARY of RARE and CHOICE BOOKS, including one Copy of the First Folio Edition of Shakspeare, London, 1623, and two varying Copies of the Second Folio, London, 1632, with many valuable Black-letter Books in Divinity and History.

Catalogues may be had at the Office of the Auctioneer, 9. Foregate Street, Worcester, one week previous to the Sale.

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Sale of Photographic Pictures, Landscape Camera by Horne & Co.; also Prints and Drawings.

PUTTICK AND SIMPSON, Auctioneers of Literary Property, will SELL by AUCTION, at their Great Room, 191. Piccadilly, early in MAY, an important Collection of Photographic Pictures by the most celebrated Artists and Amateurs; comprising some chefs d'oeuvre of the Art, amongst which are large and interesting Views taken in Paris, Rouen, Brussels, Switzerland, Rome, Venice, various parts of England and Scotland, Rustic Scenes, Architectural Subjects, Antiquities, &c. Also, some interesting Prints and Drawings.

Catalogues will be sent on Application (if at a distance, on Receipt of Two Stamps).

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SALE of the REV. G. S. FABER'S LIBRARY.—MR. WHITE has received instruction to sell by Auction in the House No. 1. North Bailey (next door to the Exhibition Room), Durham, on Tuesday, May 9th, and three following days, the extensive and valuable Library of the late REV. G. S. FABER, Prebendary of Salisbury, and Master of Sherburn Hospital, Durham, consisting of editions of the Fathers, Works on Divinity, General Literature, &c.

Catalogues are now ready, and may be had of MESSRS. F. & J. RIVINGTON, No. 3. Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, and of MR. S. LOW, 169. Fleet Street, London; MESSRS. BLACKWOOD & SONS, Edinburgh; of MR. ANDREWS, Bookseller, Durham, and of the Auctioneer.

Catalogues will be forwarded by Post by Mr. ANDREWS, Bookseller, Durham, on receipt of Two Postage Stamps.

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ALLEN'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing Size, Price, and Description of upwards of 100 articles, consisting of PORTMANTEAUS, TRAVELLING-BAGS, Ladies' Portmanteaus, DESPATCH-BOXES, WRITING-DESKS, DRESSING-CASES, and other travelling requisites, Gratis on application, or sent free by Post on receipt of Two Stamps.

MESSRS. ALLEN'S registered Despatch-box and Writing-desk, their Travelling-bag with the opening as large as the bag, and the new Portmanteau containing four compartments, are undoubtedly the best articles of the kind ever produced.

J. W. & T. ALLEN, 18. & 22. West Strand.

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Printed by THOMAS CLARK SHAW, of No. 10 Stonefield Street, in the Parish of St. Mary, Islington, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London; and published by GEORGE BELL, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid.—Saturday, May 6. 1854.

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