2'«i S. VIII. Sept. 24. '59.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Innismurray (2"'^ S. viii. 170.) — This " Isle of 

 the Sea," situated at the entrance of Sligo Bay, is 

 somewhat of a triangular form, containing about 

 200 acres of a shallow soil, the shore being ex- 

 ceedingly bold, almost entirely rock. As the in- 

 quiry of J. W. is directed to its early ecclesiastical 

 history, the reply must be limited accordingly, 

 though there is much interest in its cliffs, caverns, 

 fishery, geology, and above all, the manners of its 

 primitive population. In his early days, St. Co- 

 lumbe-kill, whose Life has been lately ably edited 

 by Dr. Reeves of Ballymena, together with St. 

 Molaisse, consecrated this island by their resi- 

 dence ; but the former, anxious to enlarge the 

 sphere of his Christian labours, sought his harvest 

 elsewhere. St. Molais^ remaining, built a church 

 there, one of the few Cyclopean structures now 

 remaining of the sixth century. St. Dicholla 

 died Its abbot in 747, as did Mac Laisre " the 

 learned " in 803. In 807 the island was laid waste 

 by the Danes. St. Molaisse's foundation is situ- 

 ated within an octangular area of nearly an acre 

 of ground, enclosed by a wall of fine workman- 

 ship, 9 feet thick and about 10 in height, wholly 

 without cement. The inner part is filled with 

 odd buildings, tombs, and burial-places, while 

 in the centre the principal edifice is about 8 feet 

 long by 4, and this is popularly styled the saint's 

 grave. There is another more remarkable struc- 

 ture, nearly round, about 8 feet wide, and roofed 

 with rough shapeless stones, laid on so carelessly 

 that everything inside can be seen through them ; 

 yet in this state, without the help of an arch, has 

 it lasted for centuries. Innismurray, with all this 

 northern sea-coast of Sligo, had been the in- 

 heritance of the O'Connor-Sligo from the thir- 

 teenth century to the civil war of 1641, when the 

 territory was swept from that Sept, and the 

 spoliation was sanctioned by a grant of 1674 from 

 Charles the Second to William Earl of Strafford 

 and Thomas Radcliffe, who soon after sold same 

 to Richard, Earl of Colooney. The greater por- 

 tion is now vested in Lord Palmerston, who has 

 done much towards improving the state of the 

 country and the habits of the people, while he is 

 not less zealous in preserving the venerable re- 

 ligious remains that survive over his lordship's 

 estate. John D'Alton. 



Dublin. 



Sheridan's Speech on Warren Hastings' Trial 

 (p.'^^S. viii. 131.) — 



" Sheridan's speech on the Begums in the House of 

 Commons (7 Feb. 1787), admirable, — in Westminster 

 Hall (3 June, 1788), contemptible. I heard both." — 

 Lord Grenville (Recollections of Sam, Rogers, p. 181.) 



E. H. A. 



Rev. Peter Cunningham (2°* S. viii. 212.) — < 

 — There is an interesting letter from this gentle- 

 man to the Rev. Thomas Wilson, the learned 

 High Master of Clitheroe Grammar Sch(^l, in 



the Selection from his Poems and Correspondence,, 

 with a Memoir, by the Rev. Canon Raines, 

 printed for the Chetham Society, p. 137., 1858. 

 Mr. Cunningham, in 1788, had been curate of 

 Eyam thirteen years, and speaks of " the former 

 variegated and adversity-shaded part of his life;" 

 but having become " reconciled of obscurity," had 

 refused Lord Rodney's offer of an introduction 

 to the Duke of Rutland, when Viceroy of Ire- 

 land, and also the chaplaincy of the British Fac- 

 tory at Smyrna. 



Mr. C. names his two poems " The Naval 

 Triumph " and " The Russian* Prophecy." M. P. 



" Harpoys et Fyssheponde " (2"* S. viii. 49. 

 115). — Harpuis is, as Mr. Boys has it, a Dutch 

 word, signifying " the mixture of pitch, tar, and 

 resin, used to rub the outside of ships with." 

 But Fyssheponde most likely means the Dutch 

 Vischwant, " fishing-nets." J. H. Van Lennep. 



Huis te Leiduin, near Haarlem, 

 August 31, 1859. 



Codex A. (2"'^ S. viii. 175.) — Mb. Buckton is 

 in error respecting the above MS. It is not, and 

 never was, at Cambridge, but was presented by 

 Charles the First to the British Museum, and 

 thve it remains to this day. 



Mr. B. has probably confounded this Codex A. 

 or Alexandrinus, with Codex D., otherwise called 

 Codex Bezoe, or Cantdbrigiensis. The latter was 

 published in facsimile by Kipling, and contains 

 only the four Gospels, Acts, and a fragment of 

 the Catholic Epistles. The former contains, with 

 the exception of the first twenty-five chapters of 

 Matthew, nearly the whole of the N. T., and was 

 published in facsimile by Woide, folio, London, 

 1786. Messrs. Williams and Norgate have also 

 recently announced their intention to issue in a 

 cheaper form a literal copy of this celebrated 

 MS. Q. 



Junius and Henry Flood (2"* S. viii. 189.) — 

 Flood's deterrant look at his wife may have been 

 meant to stop her from disclosing his friend's 

 secret, not his own. Were Francis and Flood 

 intimates ? H. C. C. 



Primate BramhalVs Arms (2°^ S. v. 478.)— This 

 prelate bore for his arms " Sa. a lion rampant or," 

 impaling those of his wife. Miss Hawley, " Vert, 

 a saltire engrailed, argent." The primate died 30 

 June, and was buried 18 July, 1663, in Christ 

 Church, Dublin. His widow died 24, and was 

 buried 25 Nov. 1665, at St. Peter's Church, 

 Drogheda. Y. S. M. 



Anne Pole (2°* S. viii. 170.) — There are three 

 Miss Poles living near Sheviock in Cornwall, 

 direct descendants of Cardinal Pole. I have no 

 doubt that they can give Mr. Ellis every in- 

 formation respecting their ancestor. Notsa. 



