Peb. 28. 1852.] 



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" On the third day after my departure from Zashi- 

 versk, my liquor was at an end from the effects of a 

 very common sort of leak — it had been tapped too 

 often. I could do nothing but bull the barrel, that is, 

 put a little water into it, and so preserve at least the 

 appearance of vodkey." — Cochranc's Narrative of a 

 Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, 

 during the years 1820-23. [Murray, 1824, one vol. 8vo.] 

 p. 225. 



C. FOBBES. 



Temple. 



Nuremberg Token. — What is the meaning of 

 the following legend, which I find on an old brass 

 or copper coin of extreme thinness, and of the 

 size of a shilling : — 



"HANNS . KftAVWINCKEL . IN . NVR . " 



encircling three crowns disposed in a circle with 

 fleur de lis intervening. 



" GOTS . REICH . BLIBT . EWICK . E . " 



encircling an emblem of Trinity, in the interior of 

 which is a ball and cross. 



There are no figures to indicate a date, but I 

 conclude it belongs to the time of the llanseatic 

 league. H. C. K. 



Weber on the Material Media of Musical Ai-t. — 

 Can any of your musical readers inform me Avhetlier 

 the treatise on the material media of the musical 

 art, promised by Weber in his Theory of Musical 

 Composition, and which he therein frequently re- 

 fers to, has ever yet made its appearance ; and 

 if so, whether any English translation lias been 

 published ? T. L. L. 



Clement's Tan. — I am an attorney ; one of my 

 predecessors in business was steward of Clement's 

 Inn. He died, and his partner removed from the 

 Inn to the City. I was articled to the partner, 

 and I recollect that up to the time of his death, 

 which occurred in 1837, he used to receive an 

 annual visit from the minor officials of the inn, 

 beadle, porter, &c., who presented four oranges, 

 and received in return half a guinea. I used 

 generally to suck the oranges, but it never entered 

 my head to inquire what was the origin of the 

 custom. You have probably a correspondent or 

 reader amongst the " ancients " of the venerable 

 society I have mentioned, who may be able to 

 trace the origin of tlie custom whicrh gave me the 

 privilege of sucking the oranges in question. 



Q.D. 



Was Qu£en Elizabeth dark or fair? — In Vol. iii., 

 p. 432. of " N. & Q." there is a quotation from the 

 Gentleman's Magazine, 1791, in which Queen 

 Elizabeth is mentioned as of a " swarthy com- 

 plexion." I had always thought of her as fair. 

 Miss Strickland speaks of her "/at> complexion," 

 and cites De Maurier, who writes of her " ivhite 

 hands :" in addition to which, does not her " light 

 auburn hair" betoken a light complexion? '^In 



one of your late numbers a madrigal is given 

 wherein she is sung as '"'' fair Oriana." This, how 

 ever, may be no allusion to colour of complexion, 

 but merely the poetic use of the word as synony- 

 mous with beautiful. How does the fact stand ? 



W. T. M. 



Victoria, Hong Kong, Dec. 27. 1851. 



The " Black Book of Paisley." — I should be glad 

 if any of your correspondents could favour me 

 with any information relative to the " Black Book 

 of Paisley," so often quoted by Scottish historical 

 writers as the Chronicon Clugniense, be'ng a 

 chroni(;le of the public affairs and remarkable 

 events kept by the monks of that monastei-y, and 

 if the same or any part thereof has been rej)rinted 

 by any of our societies or clubs. It was said to 

 have been recovered at Rome by Sir Robert 

 Spottiswoode, along with other records and MSS. 

 of the Roman Catholic Church, which had been 

 carried abroad from the Scottish monasteries at 

 the Reformation. Aberdoniknsis. 



" The Trial of the Princess of Wales, afterwards 

 Queen Caroline." — This book, Mr. AVhitbread 

 stated In his place in the House of Commons in 

 1812, was published, and afterwards suppressed, 

 and bought up at an immense expense, some holders 

 receiving 500/., and some as high as 2O00/. for 

 their copies. Is this correct ? Elginensis. 



Frith the Martyr, and Dean Comber. — Frith 

 the Martyr, and Dean Comber, were born in 

 Westerham. Can any antiquary of the district 

 point out the exact spot ? I have often asked, 

 but ever unsuccessfully ; and I now regret that I 

 did not inquire of Mr. Streatfeild, who resided in 

 the parish, and whom I knew. H. G. D. 



Beocherie, alias Parva Hibernia — Beocera Gent. 

 — These words occur in Kemble's Ang.-Sax. Char- 

 ters, Nos. 567. and 652. The first was an islet in 

 Somersetshire ; the latter were in Hants. Were 

 the Beocera Gent Irish, and if so, whence the 

 name ? B. Williams. 



Augmentation Office. — I should esteem it a 

 favour if any of your correspondents could inform 

 me whether the original grants made in Hen. VIH. 

 and Edw. VI. reigns, of the property of dissolved 

 religious establishments, are to be met with in the 

 Augmentation Office, and if not, where ? as it 

 would greatly assist in tracing titles to property 

 formerly belonging to those establishments, and 

 which passed from the hands of the crown to 

 different individuals at those periods. 



J. N. Chadwick. 



[All grants from the crown pass under letters patent, 

 which are enrolled on the patent rolls. Those for the 

 time of Hen. VIII. and Edw. VI. are in the Rolls 



