'i"* S. VIII. Dec. 24. 



'69.} 



NOTES AND QUEEIES. 



513 



paragraphs in a paper entitled " Extracts from Old 

 Newspapers " : — 



1. " To the Public. — As it has been remarked by some 

 persons, that the favourite play of Romeo and Juliet would 

 give much more satisfaction to the audience in general, 

 if it ended happily, accordingly it has been entirely 

 altered. The 5th Act made almost a new one, saving 

 their lives, and the life of every vertuous unoflfending 

 character, preserved also (except Mercutio), and rewarded. 

 All this too is brought about by nothing even bordering 

 upon the miraculous, but by plain, natural, and far from 

 improbable means, &c. The play is now in rehearsal." 



2. " The Inventory, a whimsical moral piece. — N.B. As 

 there happened a great error in the first night's represen- 

 tation, in the 5th Act of Romeo and Juliet, as lately al- 

 tered, the scene of reconciliation between the families 

 being thro' accident almost entirely omitted, this is to 

 acquaint every lady and gentleman, that the MS. is 

 ready to be produced, on their sending for it to Mr. Mac- 

 lellan's." * 



R. Inglis. 



" T'he Death of Lord Chatham.'" — How is it 

 that Copley's picture of the sad scene in the old 

 House of Lords, on April 5, 1778, when Lord 

 Chatham fell into a swoon whilst addressing the 

 House, is designated in the oflScial Catalogue of 

 our National Gallery, " The Death of Lord Chat- 

 ham " ? Walpole, in his Last Journals, states 

 that the Earl " fell down in a second fit of apo- 

 plexy, and lay some time as dead. He was car- 

 ried into the Jerusalem Chamber, and in about 

 twenty minutes recovered his speech." Walpole 

 is in error as to the chamber ; it was the Painted, 

 not the Jerusalem Chamber. The latter is not 

 adjoining the House of Lords, but at the west 

 end of Westminster Abbey. The official Cata- 

 logue is also in error in stating " the scene repre- 

 sented in this picture took place in the old House 

 of Lords (the Painted Chamber) ;'* whereas the 

 old House of Lords was the old Parliament Cham- 

 ber, which then occupied the site of the Royal 

 Gallery, built by Soane, when the old Court of 

 Requests, or White-hall of the palace, was fitted 

 up for the House of Lords. It is true that the 

 official Catalogue corrects itself by adding that 

 "the Earl was carried home, and never again rose 

 from his bed : he died on the 11th of May follow- 

 ing." Still, « The Death of the Earl of Chatham," 

 is. a misnomer for Copley's picture. T. 



Anno Regni Regis. — Which is the tenth year 

 of a king's reign? When engaged in historical 



[* A copy of The Inventory, by Henry Maclellan, now 

 before us, contains the following MS. notes in his own 

 handwriting: — 



« July, 1755. 



" The following pieces are most humbly Dedicated to 

 the Ladies, Gentlemen, and other worthy Inhabitants of 

 the town of Liverpool, by their already much obligated 

 and most obedient Servant, Heney Maclellan." 



Again, at the bottom of the title-page: "Maclellan 

 (if wanted) may be heard of at Mr. James Hall's, Taylor, 

 in Rosemary Lane." — Ed.] 



pursuits one is frequently obliged to turn the 

 Anno regni regis into the Anno Domini. Sup- 

 pose, for instance, a king comes' to the throne in 

 1850, which will be the fifth or tenth year of his 

 reigu ? This may seem to be a very foolish ques- 

 tion ; nevertheless, as I am disposed to be foolish 

 at this moment, I will ask it. But should any of 

 the numerous readers of " N. & Q." be good 

 enough to answer me, I shall be prepared to ex- 

 plain why I have put forward the Query. 



P. Hutchinson. 



Quotation. — Can any of your correspondents 

 inform me where I shall find a piece of poetry 

 on Time with these words (published twelve or 

 fifteen years ago in an almanack) : — 



" Years roll on years impatient to be gone, 

 The stately palace and the marble hall," &c. 



T. G. G. 



Richard Harliston. — Can any of your corre- 

 spondents add to my scanty notes on Richard 

 Harliston, sometime Governor of Jersey, or refer 

 me to any works in which he and his family are 

 mentioned ? He is described by insular histo- 

 rians as a native of Hunberston, co. Lincoln, a 

 vice-admiral in the English service, a knight, and 

 as flourishing in the reign of Edward TV. In the 

 Harleian MS. 433. he is mentioned with William 

 Hareby as being named joint captains of Jersey, 

 and in which mention they are described as 

 " Sqyres." He is said to have died in Flanders 

 in the service of Margaret, sister of Edward IV. 



J. BeKTKAND PAIfNiJ. 



BaaiKiKov Awpov. — Some of your correspondents 

 (2°'* S. viii. 356. 444.) have made inquiries con- 

 cerning the first edition of Eihon Basilihe by 

 Charles I. It would appear from the subjoined 

 passage that a " Basilikon" was also written by 

 James I. : — 



" Our unthankfulnesse may remove him as it did the 

 mirror of Princes, our late famous Elizabeth. She 

 rests with God ; the Phoenix of her ashes reignes ouer us, 

 and long may he so doe to God's glory, and the churches 

 good which his excellent knowledge beautifieth and go- 

 vernment adjoyned will beatifie it. An hope of this last 

 we conceiue by his written Baa-iKiKov" &c. 



This passage occurs in a preface to a work 

 written in 1625, now before me ; and my desire 

 is to find out any particulars connected with this 

 book. What is its full title ? When published ? 

 Where to be seen now ? C. Le Poer Kennedy. 



[This work is entitled « BA2IAIK0N AOPON. Devided 

 into Three Bookes. Edinbvrgh: Printed by Robert 

 Walde-graue, Printer to the Kings Majestie, 1599, 4to." 

 At the four corners of an ornamented title-page are the 

 words, " Amor," " Pax," " Pacis alumnis," and " Infesta 

 malis." This is the first edition of the work, which has 

 been supposed to have contributed more than any other 



