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NOTES iND QUfCRIES. 



L2"<i s. N» 55:, Jan. 17. '67. 



noticed two or three immense casks of it, eacli 

 densefy pacKed, on thefr way from Leicester to 

 Hull, most of the markets " North of Trent " 

 deriving their seasonal supplies from the midland 

 counties of England. D, 



Motive Power for Ships. — In the Oentlemari s 

 Magazine for 1742, there is the following para- 

 graph (p. 105.). On the 2nd of February " an 

 experiment for moving ships in a calm was per- 

 formed at Deptford, by order of the Lords of the 

 Admiralty, and met with approbation." 



Is it now known what was the nature of this 

 experiment ? It is just possible that it may have 

 been connected with the steam-engine, which had 

 been suggested by Jonathan Hull's a fnw y6ars 

 before, as applicable for the purpose of tow'rng 

 ships. Perhaps sonie of j^^our readers may be able 

 to give further information. Henry T. Riley. 



Andover Church. — In the rebuilding of An- 

 dover church, some twelve years ago, many 

 ancient monuments are said to have been acci- 

 dentally destroyed. If any reader of " N. & Q." 

 should be aware of the ejcistence of any transcript 

 of the inscriptions on the monuments in the old 

 church, he would much oblige the undersigned 

 by a communication. SIemor. 



32. Dover Street. 



Healaugh Hall near Tadcaster. — Can any one 

 of your Yorkshire readers inform me who was 

 owner of, and resident at, Healaugh Hall, near 

 Tadcaster, from 1750 to 1760 ? D. 



Females at Vestries, — As appears from the 

 vestry book (now before me) of. the parish of 

 Booterstown, in the county of Dublin, "Mrs. 

 Easterby " and " Mrss Kells " were present at the 

 vestry held on Easter Monday, April 7, 1828. 

 Can females legally vote upon such occasions ? and 

 has it been customary for them to do so elsewhere ? 

 Females do not appear to have attended any other 

 vestry irt Booterstown. Abhba. 



Motto of Charles I. — T believe it has not yet 

 been noticed in " N. & Q." that the private motto 

 of Charles I. was " Dum Spiro Spero." The 

 Shakspeare, which the king gave to Sir Thomas 

 Herbert, was inscribed ; 



" Dam Spiro Spero. 

 C. R." 



So wa^ an EnglisTi Tacitus a!s describee^,' arid th'e 

 autograph engraved, in the Catalogue of Kers- 

 late, bookseller, of Bristol, 184'5 (p. 180.)'. Mr. 

 Kefslake assumed that the motto alluded to the 

 king's "sufiferings ;" but I believe It to have been 

 of earlier origin. Probably the correspondents of 

 "N. k Q." may be able to name otter examples. 

 Does it occur on any medail ? J, Cf. N. 



'■'■Sertesilver'" and " N'okesilver." — 1 shall be 

 obliged by an explanation of tlie words printed in 

 Italics in the following extracts : 



" Denar.' dno. Reg. solut. pro le sertesUver, s. xviij. 

 d. X." 



" Reddii resol'iit. dno. de KTnibalton, p. Nokesilv', p. 

 a"» d. xviij." 



The extracts are taken from the Return of 

 certain Commissioners appointed temp. lien. VIII. 

 to inquire into the revenues of the Priory of 

 Stonely, in the county of Huntingdon. Vicus. 



Hildelr and Jacob. — Are any particulars known 

 of this person, some loose poems by whom are 

 printed with the early editions of Matthew Prior's 

 poems? "Was he on terms of intimacy with 



Prior ? 



Henry T. Riley. 



Crowley House, near Greenwich. — Where can 

 I find any history of Crowley House, which stood 

 on the banks of the Thames, near Greenwich, and 

 was, I believe, pulled down in the spring of 1855. 

 I have the title-page of a catalogue of building- 

 mat^ials and antique carved oak staircase, as 

 offered for sale by Messrs. Winstanley, on May 

 10, 1855. Judging froni tapestry which came 

 from it, it must have beeri a very ancient and in- 

 teresting building. G. K. H. 



Bachelors and Doctors in Music, their Robes 

 and Precedence. — Can any of your readers give 

 me any informaitlon on the subject of degrees 

 granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury ? A 

 good deal of attention has lately been drawn to 

 the subject In Oxford and Cambridge, and I 

 should be glad, with especial reference to this 

 question, to learn what gown or hood, If any, 

 Bachelors and Doctors In Music are entitled to 

 wear, ^.vho have thus obtained their degrees, and 

 also what order of precedence they may take with 

 regard to graduates of the Universities. It is 

 with especial reference to the degrees of Musical 

 Doctor that I ask this question, but I shall be glad 

 of information also with regard to other degrees. 



M. A. OxoN. 



yVedgwood's Portland Vase. — In the Penny 

 Cyclopadia, art. " Portland Vase," it is said that — 



" Mr. Wedgwood made a small number of copies of 

 this vase, which were sold at about twenty-five guineas 

 each." 



In the same work, art. " Wed'gv^ood," it is said, 

 on the authority of Shaw, the historian of the 

 Staffordshire Potteries, " that Wedgwood sold 

 the fifty copies which he executed at j^i?^ guineas 

 each." Which of these statements is correct ? 



It Is further stated, that the moulds employed 

 for these copies are still in existence, but that the 

 extreme difBculty of the manufacture renders 

 their production, as a commercial speculation, 

 unprofitable, and that AVedgwood's expenditure 



