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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



t2»<> S. VlII. TSov. 26. 'od. 



coin preached the Boyle Lecture while at St. 

 James's — but I am not certain. 



Some of these metropolitan institutions require 

 to be looked up. What has become of the once 

 celebrated Shoreditch Lecture, held for many years 

 by the Rev. J. J. Ellis, who died about four years 

 since? What is effected with the funds of Dr. 

 Bray's Associates, whose secretary, Dr. Wesley, 

 has just deceased ? 



I should like very much to see a catalogue of 

 the Warburtonian Lectures. Possibly this might 

 be obtained at Lincoln's Inn. Who has the ap- 

 pointment of this lecturer ? 



While I am on the subject I would ask, does a 

 Catalogue of the Donnellan (Irish) Lectures exist? 



An Enquiree. 



Duke of Bolton (2"* S. viii. 355,)— Granger, in 

 his Biographical Dictionary (iv. 268,, ed. 1775)', 

 gives the following character of Charles, Marquis 

 of Winchester, created Duke of Bolton : — 



" This nobleman, when he saw that men of sense were 

 at their wits' end in the arbitrary and tyrannical reign 

 of James the Second, thought it prudent to assume the 

 character of a madman, as the first Brutus did in the 

 reign of Tarquin : he danced, hunted, or hawked a good 

 part of the day, went to bed before noon, and constantly 

 sat at table all night. He went to dinner at six or seven 

 in the evening, and his meal lasted till six or seven next 

 morning ; during which he ate, drank, smoked, talked, or 

 listened to music. The company that dined with him 

 were at liberty to rise and amuse themselves, or take a 

 nap whenever they were so disposed, but the dishes and 

 bottles were all the while standing upon the table. Such 

 a man as this was thought a very unlikely person to con- 

 cern himself with politics, or with religion. By this con- 

 duct he was neither embroiled in public afi^airs, nor gave 

 the least umbrage to the Court ; but he exerted himself 

 so much at the Revolution, that he was, for his eminent 

 services, created Duke of Bolton ; he afterwards raised a 

 regiment of foot for the reduction of Ireland." 



R. W, Hackwood. 



Duchess of Bolton (2°'* S. viii. 291.) — A 6ne 

 portrait of the Polly Peachum, Duchess of Bolton, 

 exists at the family seat of Hackwood, Hants. 



■ M. 4. 



Crest of Aylward Family (2°^ S. viii. 330.) — 

 The arms of Alward alias Anphord as granted by 

 Barker (Garter, temp. Hen. VIII.) are ar. on a 

 saltire az. between four griffins' heads erased, gu. a 

 leopard's face, or, between four lozenges of the first. 

 Crest: a hind's head az., gorged with three be- 

 zants between two oak slips, vert, fructed gold, 

 between two barres gemelles, or. Cl, Hopper. 



The great Bell of Moscow : Reputed Chinese In- 

 ventions : the Compass (2°^ S. viii. -306.) — In his 

 Note regarding the great bells at Westminster 

 Palace, Mb. Buckton seems to infer that the mon- 

 ster bell of Moscow was fractured during the pro- 

 cess of ringing. This, however, is not the case, 

 for, because of its weight, the bell never was sus- 



S ended. The fact is that during a fire at the 

 Lreml, water was inconsiderately poured upon the 



red hot palladium of the Moscow citizens, and 

 this occasioned the fracture, which rendered the 

 maiden bell perfectly unfit for use. It has now 

 been placed on a pedestal, and the fragment is 

 standing beside it. On the occasion of its removal 

 to its present site an inquiry was instituted as to 

 the truth of the popular belief, that during the 

 casting large quantities of gold and silver had 

 been thrown into the glowing mass ; and the re- 

 sult has shown that no precious metals have en- 

 tered into its composition. For farther particulars 

 I must refer the curious to one of the last num- 

 bers of that most interesting periodical ih^Maga- 

 sin Pittoresque, which I cite from memory. 



There is another statement by Mr. Buckton 

 which I am fain to contradict. He says : "Eu- 

 ropeans generally are largely indebted to the 

 Chinese for the invention of the magnet, printing, 

 and paper-money." Now I think it behoves Me. 

 Buckton to show that this really was the case. 

 For I do not believe one of the Chinese inven- 

 tions he names was not invented again by us bar- 

 barians; with the exception perhaps of the compass, 

 which may have reached the seafarers of our part 

 of the world by way of the Red Sea, where, as the 

 common saying goes, Arabs should have found it 

 on board of Chinese trading fleets ; but then it 

 still has to be proved that Arab writers mention 

 the magnetic needle before it was known to be 

 used in Europe, Is it not very probable that, in 

 fact, the first compass was an iron-pointed arrow, 

 equipoised from a string, and that in such a man- 

 ner the nations of roving armies, which poured 

 over Europe, once were directed towards the 

 north ? We still find the arrow on the rose of the 

 compass, though here again the question arises, 

 whether the arrow-head is not a French lily, even 

 as the French lily is said to be a spear-head, or 

 a toad. And the Arabs still call the needle mona- 

 sala or dart. J. H. van Lennep. 



Zeyst, near Utrecht. 



As a postscript I may add that poor Schamyl, 

 when conveyed to Russia, constantly kept his eye 

 on a small pocket-compass, as he thought that by 

 the direction of the needle he would be informed 

 whether he was going to be brought into exile to 

 Siberia or not. This was his incessant fear during 

 his voyage. 



''The Golden Bough" (2°^ S. viii. 377.)— I 

 presume the engraving referred to by Mr. Kaines 

 is from the picture styled "Lake Avernus, the 

 Sibyl and the Golden Bough," and numbered 371. 

 in theVernon Gallery ; and that it represents iEneas' 

 discovery of the golden bough, which was to en- 

 able him to descend into the Infernal Regions, 

 and is taken from the 6th ^neid, lines 13G — 148. 

 and 203—211. 



I have no doubt this explanation will be fur- 

 nished by many other correspondents, and I should 



