2»-» S. X. Nov. 10. '60-3 



NOTEB AND QUERIES. 



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Golden Verses of the Pythagobeans. — Can 

 any of your correspondents inform me where these 

 celebrated verses are to be found in the ori- 

 ginal ? Gr. 



Singular Marriages. — The following para- 

 graph I cut from the North Devon Journal of Nov. 

 1, 1860: — 



"A Novel Scene. — A wedding took place at the 

 church of St. Marylebone, which was particularly inter- 

 esting on account of its novelty. The happy couple (Mr. 

 Alfred Thomas Maxwell and Miss Eosina Paxton) are 

 both deaf and dumb, and the ceremony was performed in 

 the finger and sign language by the Rev. Samuel Smith, 

 chaplain of the Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb. 

 We believe that this is the first time in this country that 

 dactylogy and pantomime have been brought into use on 

 such an occasion. Several of the members of Mr. Smith's 

 deaf and dumb congregation were present to witness the 

 ceremony." 



Singular as this marriage ceremony may appear, 

 a much more remarkable scene of this kind oc- 

 curred some two or three centuries since in my 

 own native county; of which, perhaps, some of your 

 readers may be able to supply farther details in 

 the interesting columns of " N. & Q." 



In the Marriage Register of the parish of St. 

 Martin, Leicester, is an entry of the names of 

 Thomas Tilsey and Ursula Russell, the first of 

 whom being " deofe and also dombe," it was 

 agreed by the bishop, mayor, and other gentlemen 

 of the town, that certain signs and actions of the 

 bridegroom should be admitted instead of the 

 usual words enjoined by the Protestants' marriage 

 ceremony : — 



" First (says Britton, in his Beauties of England and 

 Wales, vol. ix. p. 357., probably quoting the parochial 

 record,) he embraced her with his armes, and took her bj' 

 the hande, put a ringe upon her finger, and laide his 

 hande upon his harte and upon her harte, and helde up 

 his handes towards heaven ; and to shew his continuance 

 to dwell with her to his lyves ende, he did it by closing 

 of his eyes with his handes, and diggine out the earthe 

 with his fete, and puUinge as though he would ringe a 

 bell, with diverse other signes approved." 



I shall be glad to hear of any similar customs 

 having been practised at the nuptial ceremony in 

 other parts of the United Kingdom. 



George Lindsey. 



Barnstaple. 



Baythorne. Family, — Where shall I find the 

 account of a family of this name ? One of them 

 resided in Bury St. Edmunds in or about the 

 year 1657, and adopted on a shield as arms, a 

 chevron between three garlands, two and one. 



C, GOLDING. 



Paddington. 



Symbolism. — Upon what authority does the 

 tradition that our Saviour, when on the cross, 

 died with his face to the south, rest ? 



This is assigned by some as the reason why 

 chancels incline to the south. By one correspon- 



dent of " N". & Q." as the reason for the windows 

 on the north of the chancel being stained darker 

 than those on the south. And I have seen it given 

 to account for its not being customary to bury on 

 the north side of a churchyard. May it not ac-~ 

 count for the sedilia always being placed on the 

 south side of the chancel — perhaps for the priest's 

 door — and the porch, which, I think, is usually on 

 the south side in country churches ? G. W. M. 



Temple at Tivoli. — In Payne Knight's Prin' 

 ciples of Taste (P. i. ch. y. § 24.), I find the fol- 

 lowing passage respecting the Temple of Vesta at 

 Tivoli : — 



" The columns have a horizontal inclination inwards, 

 equal to their perpendicular diminution upwards." 



Is this statement correct ? C. S. Carey, 



Rev. Michael Hartlib. — Whei*e may I find 

 any genealogical, or other particulars, of the Rev. 

 Michael Hartlib (not Isaac Hartlitt, as he is called 

 by Mr. D' Alton in his History of the County of 

 Dublin, p. 852.), who was appointed to the chap- 

 laincy of the Royal Chapel of' St. Matthew, Rings- 

 end, near Dublin, Ist June, 1726 ? Who was he ? 

 And was he in any way connected with Samuel 

 Hartlibb, the friend of Milton, and author (?) of 



" His Legacie, or Enlargement of the Discourse of 

 Husbandry used in Brabant and Flanders ; with Appen- 

 dix and Interrogation relating more particularly to the 

 Husbandry and Natural History of Ireland," 4to,, London, 

 1652, _ 



and sundry other publications ? He was buried in 

 St. Bridget's churchyard, Dublin, as appears from 

 the following entry : — 



" Rev. Mr. Michael Hartlib, from Eingsend, on the 

 26th of August, 1741 " (Parish Register of St. Bridget's) ; 



or, as the same event is recorded in the Parish 

 Register of Donnybrook : -^ 



" Buried, y« Reverend Michael Hartlip, in St. Bride's, 

 26th August, 1741." 



Abhba. 



Transportation. — I should be much obliged 

 to any of your correspondents who would refer me 

 to trustworthy sources of information respecting 

 the old system of transportation, as it existed 

 prior to the American War of Independence ? 



W. L. Clay. 



Kenjlworth. 



St. Paul's Organ. — In Gough's British Topo- 

 graphy (i. 766*., edit. 1780), I find mention of a 

 folio half sheet, headed " Queries about St. Paul's 

 Organ." I believe this rare broadside refers to a 

 dispute between Father Smith and Sir Christopher 

 Wren. Can any of your readers refer me to a 



copy 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



Early Mezzotint. — An old mezzotint, 9 in. 

 by 7, represents a handsome woman in costume, 

 half Roman and half French, of the seventeenth 



