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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27. 18G0. 



No. 252.— CONTENTS. 



NOTES : — Gleanings from the Eecords of the Treasuiy, No. 

 7, 321 — A Herald's Note-book, 322— The Poouangs, a 

 Nation with Tails, lb. — A remarkable Vision, 323 — Notes 

 from an old Newspaper : Admiral Byng, &o., 324. 



MiifOE Notes : — Unintentional Puns — Ireland in the 

 last Century — Extract from an old Diary— The Love of 

 " Money " — French Version of the Battle of Waterloo, 

 324. 



QTJEBIES: — Archbishop of Canterbury Degree, 325 — 

 Chaplains of Bishops and Peers — Medal of Louis XII. — 

 Mr. Cowper Walker and the History of DubUn — Billing- 

 borough acy ' ' Boiling-borough " — Love Ballads and Songs 

 of England — Lieut.-General James Stewart — Mode of 

 concluding Letters — Battle of the Boj'ne — Stained Glass 



— "By the Elevens!" — Conjure: Injure — Allport — 

 Nurse, Derivation of — Portrait — Wolrich Arms — Sir 

 Henry Havelock — Mrs. Cooper — William Oldisworth, 

 325. 



QUEBIES WITH Answees : — English Translation of Terence 



— How are you off for Soap? — Monument in Sevenoaks 

 Church — Carey, Governor of Guernsey — Alexander's 

 " Julius Csesar '' — Pilgrimage of Grace, 328. 



REPLIES : — Separation of Sexes in Churches, 329 — Cha- 

 racter of the Germans, 330 — " Nouveau Testament par les 

 Theologiens de Louvain, &c., 331 — Bishop Henshaw.iZi. — 

 John a Lasco, 332— St. Thomas Cantelupe, J6.— Greene, 333 



— Slesvig, 334 — Ale and Beer, lb. — Codex Sinaiticus — 



— Blackstone's Portrait — Trinity Corporation — Camp- 

 bell of Monzie — Archbishop Cranmer — Sir Francis For- 

 tescue — Legendary Painting — Bell Inscriptions — Miss- 

 ing Scriptures — Meaning of Lun — Master of Edin- 

 burgh High School — Jacobite Honours ^ Midwife's 

 Diploma — Cromwell— The Medicinal Virtues of Spiders' 

 Web — Turpin's Ride to York, &c., 335. 



GLEANINGS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE 

 TREASURY. No. VH. 



The following is a selection from a very curious 

 set of correspondence among the Treasury Papers 

 relative to Cossum Hoja, the Tripoli Ambassador, 

 who was resident in this country about the year 

 1728. Most of the documents are in the native 

 language, but some of them are accompanied by 

 translations or summaries, and it is from these 

 that I am enabled to string together a few stray 

 notes worthy of preservation. 



The first is thus entitled : — 



" An abstract of Muley Abdrahamaiis Letter, The Em- 

 perour of Morocco's Cousen To the Right Honourable the 

 Lords of his Maj*« Treasury from Portsmouth July 21. 

 1729 from the Arabic 



" Thanks be to God alone, And praise to your Excel- 

 lencies, our Acknowledgements are due for all the favors 

 received by us, for we were never supported by the Tri- 

 poly Ambassad"^ nor acquainted with any kindness from 

 him but your goodness in subsisting us and desire leave 

 to acquaint you that M^ Jones has behaved himself to- 

 wards us as deserveing your Favor and Peace. 

 " At y" top is his Name & title " 



We then have this certificate : — 



" This is to certifie whom it may concerne That M'' 

 Jezreel Jones laid an account before Cossum Hoja the 

 Tripoly Amb"" together with a Rec' of Thirtj' six pound 

 for Coach-hire and Attendance paid to William Lunn, 

 being for two months for coaches & six, Coaches & 4, and 



Coaches and two horses from the 14"^ of Septemb' to the 

 14"^ of November 1728 being for two months after the 

 said Ambassadore had his Audience of Their Majestys at 

 Windsor, which said account was certified by Sen'' Bea- 

 gota The Ambassad'"' Secretary to the truth of which we 

 his Secretary also Wittness in this paper the other paper 

 haveing been oyled through accident, 



« W« Lunn " 



The Mr. Jones mentioned in this certificate re- 

 sided near the " Swan and Sugar Loaf," in Fetter 

 Lane, Holborn ; and while dwelling there, he be- 

 came the recipient of the following very amusing 

 letter. The original is in Arabic, but a transla- 

 tion is given : — 



« Joun ye 28.- 

 " Sir 



" this with my humbell Sarvis to you and I hartley 

 beg parden for not wrighting suner to you But binge for 

 teg in my joney i hope your goodness will excues itt. i 

 was three days'one the Roode and everie things so dear i 

 was oblege to be as good husband as i Could to make my 

 money old out Sir the is to a Quant you that Cosaa 

 moger is gon the same day as i com to portsmouth and 

 what to due i cant tell so sir i beg j'our adwise and Lett 

 me know what you think i was at Sir Charls wagers and 

 he says whan a ship got out i shall go But he cant tell 

 whan he Luck vary cold one me for Sir Charles sad i had 

 no Letter from the King and Sir to Live at portsmouth 

 and no money it wont due i have no money for to by my 

 wife and chilldren breed and the Black Crise to think that 

 our forting should be so hard that wee cant git in our 

 Contry and haveing no friends in Engleand to stand by 

 us to git us thare Sir i shall be oblege to you if you will 

 be so kind to send to the King of Barbrey for to git me 

 home and wright to him for to send me some money to 

 come Sir i shall think myself vary much oblege to you 

 as long as i life and haveing no friend But you and you 

 wife to stand by me wich i hope you will to helpe me out 

 or elce i must be starfd and my famlely and Lie in the 

 Street Sir i have but a vary Lettell to Life one But what 

 the pepell pieces to Lett me have thay not no my poore 

 condison Lett me have it so pray Sir bis so kind as to 

 lett me no what you think of it and send me some money 

 to by my Chilldren Breed for god sake if it bent for the 

 sake" of me and dont let me starfe and Sir whan it Lise in 

 my power i hope i shall make you amends for all favers 

 that you and you wife as done for me for you and your 

 wife as bin more Lick a farther and mother to me theu 

 any thing elce and i shall acknowligs it as Long as i Life 

 to all friends on earth pray Sir let me hear from you as 

 sune as you recived for i have not won farding of money 

 Sir this with my humbell Sarvis to your dear Self and 

 Lickwise to your wife and i hope this will find you and 

 your wife in good health and your chilldren pray our 

 Sarvis to M" Evens all from your borabell Sarvinfc to 

 Command tell death Mule Harmond. 



" Sneill and Alley give thar Love to Madam and you 

 Sir and Mosse give his Love to you." 



It would appear that very shortly after the 

 date of this letter, pecuniary relief was aSbrded to- 

 Muley Abdrahaman (most probably at the handk 

 of the Treasury) in order to enable him to return, 

 to his native country : for there is a receipt, dated 

 the ]9th July, 1729, for 18s. for brandy and rurgrr 

 to carry on board ; and the next day his " wasbq^ 

 ing bill" was paid, as is testified by this receipt :-rT.; 



" Cloths washt for Muley Abdrahaman Shreef his black' 

 1 woman 2 children a nurse & a servant at severall times 



