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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°<i S. VII. Jan. '22. '59. 



— 273., where will be found a list of his numerous pieces, 

 principally Sermons. Consult also Granger's Biog. Hist., 

 ii. 190.; Fuller's Worthies, Oxon.; "N.&Q." xii. 246.] 



Lord Lieutenants of Ireland. — Will you or any 

 of your well-informed correspondents inform an 

 inquisitive and constant reader of the names and 

 the dates of appointments of the above func- 

 tionaries since the beginning of this century ? 



F. M. 



[The following list, from Haydn's Book' of Dignities, 

 pp. 437 and 438., supplies the information desired bj' our 

 correspondent up to 1851 : — 



" Lord Lieutenants of Ireland. 

 (^Since the Union.') 

 1801. Philip Yorke, Earl of Ilardwicke, March 17. 



1805. Edward, Earl Powis, appointed Nov. IG, did not 



come over. 



1806. John, Duke of Bedford, March 18. 



1807. Charles, Duke of Richmond, April 19. 



1813. Charles, Viscount (afterwards Earl) Whitworth, 



Aug. 26. 

 1817. Charles Chetwynd, Earl Talbot, Oct. 9. 



King George IV. 



1820. Earl Talbot, continued. 



1821. The King, in person ; landed in Dublin Aug. 12 ; 



left Ireland Sept. 5. 

 1821. Earl Talbot, resumed. 

 1821. Richard Colley VVellesley, Marquess Wellesley, Dec. 



29. 



1828. Henry William, Marquess of Anglese}', March 1. 



1829. Hugh, Duke of Northumberland, March 6. 



King William IV. 



1830. HenryWilliam, Marquess of Anglesey'; second time, 



Dec. 23. 



1833. Richard, Marquess Wellesley ; second time, Sept. 26. 



1834. Thomas, Earl of Haddington, Dec. 29 ; sworn, 



Jan. 6, 1835. 

 Ife35. Henry Constantine, Earl of Mulgrave (afterwards 

 Marquess of Normanby), April 23 ; sworn, May 



Queen Victoria. 

 1837. Earl of Mulgrave, continued. 

 1839. Hugh, Viscount Ebrington, April 3. Succeeded his 



father as Earl Fortescue in June, 1811. 

 1841. Thomas Philip, Earl de Grcv, Sept. 16. 

 1844. William, Lord Hevtesbury, July 26. 



1846. John William, Earl of Besborough, July 11; died 



in the government. May 16, 1847. 



1847. George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, 



K. G., Alay 26. 



Thus far Haydn. The following completes the list to 

 the present time : — 



1852. Earl of Eglinton, Feb. 27. 



1853. Earl of St. Germans, Jan. 4. 

 1855. Earl of Carlisle, Feb. 28. 

 1858. Earl of Eglinton, March 12.] 



Clocks. — There is on the sides of most stock- 

 ings now in use, both worsted, silk, and cotton, 

 certain marks by way of ornament called by the 

 abovename. I cannot find this name in any of j 

 the dictionaries I have referred to. Will you : 

 supply its meaning and derivation ? Vbctis. ! 



[The word occurs in Halli well's Archaic Dictionary: 

 " Clock, a kind of ornamental work worn on various ! 

 parts of dress, now applied exclusively to that on each ! 



side of a stocking. Palsgrave has 'clocke of a hose,' 

 without the corresponding French."] 



Drowning the Miller. — There is a common ex- 

 pression in Scotland, when one happens to make 

 toddy (whisky punch) too weak by mixing too 

 much water with the spirit, " You've drowned the 

 miller." Can any of your Scotch readers explain 

 the origin of this phrase ? G. J. 



Edinburgh. 



[According to Jamieson, the primary meaning of this 

 phrase is used in regard to baking, when too mucli water 

 is put in, and there is not meal enough to bring the 

 dough to a proper consistence ; and also to the operation 

 of making punch or toddy, when more water is poured in 

 than corresponds to the quantity of spirituous liquor. In 

 short, the saying is applied to anything which, however 

 acceptable in itself, defeats the end for which it is desired, 

 by its excess or exuberance. It is used sometimes to de- 

 note bankruptcy : — 



" Honest men's been ta'en for rogues 

 Whan bad luck gars drown the millei; 

 Hunted 'maist out o' their brogues, 

 Fortune-smit for lack o' siller." 



A. Scott's Poems, p. 34.] 



'&t^\iti. 



Newton's preface to cowper's poems : can- 

 celled PASSAGE IN " expostulation." 



(2°^ S. vii. 8. 47.) 



I have pleasure in replying to the question of 

 Lethrediensis respecting Newton's Preface to 

 the first volume of poetry published by Cowper. 



Newton wrote the Preface in question at Cow- 

 per's solicitation. It was dated 18 Feb. 1782, and 

 was set up in type immediately afterwards. John- 

 son, the printer and publisher, paid gi'cat atten- 

 tion to Cowper's volume as it was passing through 

 tlie press, and gave the inexperienced author 

 many valuable hints. When in due time John- 

 son saw Newton's Preface, he instantly toolc 

 alarm. Although by no means devoid of interest, 

 and calculated to please Newton's friends, his 

 comments were not of a character to attract that 

 larger body at whom both poet and publisher 

 took aim. Correspondence ensued between John- 

 son, Cowper, and Newton. The poet left the 

 question of the publication or withdrawal of the 

 Preface wholly in the hands of the publisher and 

 the preface-writer, and the latter instantly con- 

 sented to its suppression, when the reasonable 

 scruples of the publisher had been explained to 

 him. Some few copies of the Preface were struck 

 off". Newton sent a copy to Hannah More in 

 1787 ; and it was bound up with some of the do- 

 nation copies of the volume of 1782, 



In 1790, when the success of The Task had 

 established Cowper's poetical reputation, and put 

 an end to Johnson's fear of the possible effect of 

 the withdrawn Preface, Newton solicited that it 



