2''<» S. VII. April 9. '59.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



307 



Vertue from a curious limning by Isaac Oliver in 

 Dr. Mead's collection. The frontispiece to Miss 

 Torter's Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney, drawn 

 by Sir R. K. Porter, and engraved by Freeman, 

 is evidently copied from the above. E. H. A. 



J. ^ Greenshields' Pleasures of Home (2"'' S. 

 vii. 48.) — That Mr. John Greenshields was the 

 author of this poem is undoubted, for he made no 

 secret of the fact latterly ; although while prac- 

 tising at the Scotish Bar he kept his poetical 

 aspirations to himself, as literary habits were not 

 relished by the real patrons of barristers, the wri- 

 ters, or, as they are designated in England, the 

 attornies. 



Mr. Greenshields, "son of the deceased John 

 Greenshields, merchant in Glasgow," was admitted 

 Advocate on the 2nd March, 1793, and for many 

 years had extensive employment. In those days, 

 when the argument was in writing, Greenshields 

 was highly esteemed ; indeed, his pleadings are 

 admirable. The modern system of or«Z discussion 

 has not been attended with the advantage anti- 

 cipated ; it has neither lessened expense nor 

 shortened litigation. In place of a matured writ- 

 ten debate there is substituted a tedious and illo- 

 gical harangue, intended to mystify rather than 

 enlighten. Be this as it may, Mr. Greenshields 

 realised a handsome fortune. His wife, whose 

 name was Boyd, having succeeded as heiress to a 

 small estate, her husband became John Boyd 

 (Greenshields. Their only daughter married Mr. 

 Kinnear of Kinlock, and their grandson, Mr. John 

 Boyd, became a member of the Faculty, and mar- 

 ried Miss Frankland, an amiable young lady who 

 for some time was a great favourite on the Edin- 

 burgh stage. Though infinitely superior to many 

 of the legal gentlemen mentioned in Cockburn's 

 3IemoriaLy, Mr. Greenshields is passed over in that 

 work. We suspect Lord Cockburn did not know 

 nor care much about law. J. M. 



Channel Islands (2"^ S. vii. 237.)— The islands 

 of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, and their 

 appendages have never been made part of the 

 IJnited Kingdom. They were united to the crown 

 of England by Henry I. as parcel of the Duchy of 

 Normandy-, and have so continued, being governed 

 by their own laws. The writ of habeas corpus is 

 the only process from the Courts at Westminster 

 that has force in these islands. In the case put 

 by Charles Wylie, the master would not be 

 bound to discharge his cargo at Jersey. IIodi. 



Dublin. 



Pocahontas (2°^ S. vii. 131.) — This princess 

 married an English gentleman named Rolfe. Her 

 descendants, through the marriage of her grand- 

 daughter, Anne Rolfe, with Peter Elwyn, Esq., 

 are numerous in Norfolk. Her portrait remains 

 in that family. G. A. C. 



Musical Notes by Dr. Gauntlett (2"'» S. vii. 252.) 

 — Under the above head I find mention of the 

 " grammar " of music, thereby, as I suppose, al- 

 luding to the theory of music and the musical 

 keys as applied to composition. Perhaps some of 

 your readers may be able to inform me if tliere 

 be any treatise or work of instruction on the 

 " grammar " of music, or the theory of the com- 

 bination of musical sounds. G. H. 



Bonaparte Arms (2"** S. vii. p. 132.) — 



"La maison Bonaparte de Corse portait de geules a 

 deux barres d'or uccompagntes de deux eloiles du meme. 



" Les Bonapartes de Florence portaient degeules a deux 

 handes d'argent ; les amies des Bonapartes de Corse en 

 differaient, par suite sans doute de I'ignorance heraldique 

 des Ejentilshommes Corses." — Annuaire de la Pairk et de 

 la Noblesse de France, par M. Borel D'Hauterive, 1845. 



H. S. G. 



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