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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°d S. VIII. Dec. 31. '59. 



Dy Jongman, die daer leeft, 



De Engelsman oocli geeft 

 Een voorbeeldt, om te leeren : 



Sie hem sijn Ouders daer, 



AUijdt so voor als naer, 

 Gehoorsam sijn, ea eeren." — P. 80. 



Lacde. — Probably Laale is the collector of pro- 

 ▼erbs, known also as Petrus Legista. There are 

 many editions of his work ; the best is, — 



"PederLolles Samling af danske og latinske Ordsprog, 

 optrykt efter den oeldste Udgave af Aar, 1506, og med 

 Anraoerkninger oplyst af II. N^-erup. Kiobenhavn, 1828, 

 8vo. pp. 408," 



In the preface will be found all that is known 

 about Laale. 



Of Morweg I can find no account. H. B. C. 

 U. U. Club. 



WABREN HASTINGS IMPEACHMENT. 



(2°i S. vii. 145. 204.) 



In the former of these places P. H. F. on the 

 authority of Mr. Gurney states that the cele- 

 brated speech of Mr. Sheridan was not published 

 in any more authentic form than in the newspa- 

 pers of the day. In the latter, another cor- 

 respondent says there exists no report of the 

 celebrated speech delivered by Mr. Sheridan on 

 7th Feb. 1787. The question naturally arises as 

 to how much of that famous speech has been pre- 

 served. 



My attention having been called to the subject 

 in connexion with a volume in my possession is 

 the reason for the present Note. The volume al- 

 luded to contains four articles : — 



1. The Speech of Mr. Hardinge, at the Bar of the 

 Lords, Dec. IG, 1783. London : J. Stockdale, 1784, pp. 

 82. 



2. Articles of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemea- 

 nors against Warren Hastings, Esq., April 4th, 1786. By 

 Burke. London : J. Debrett, 1786, pp. 322. 



3. The Speech of R. B. Sheridan, Esq., Member for 

 Stafford, on Wednesday the 7th of Februarjs 1787, in 

 bringing forward the Fourth Charge against Warren 

 Hastings, Esq., relative to the Begums of Oude. The 

 Second Edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged. Re- 

 ported by a Member of the House of Commons. London : 

 Printed for J. French, Bookseller, No. 164. Fenchurcli 

 Street, 1787, pp. 76. 



4. The Speech of Rt. Hon. W. W. Grenville in Com- 

 mittee on State of Nation, Jan. 16, 1789. London : 

 Stockdale, 1789, pp. 58. 



From the preface to No. 3. I quote the com- 

 mencement : — 



" Solicitous as the public arc to have a perfect copy of 

 the most eloquent speech that was ever delivered in Par- 

 liament, their wishes must be in a great measure disap- 

 pointed, from the ver3'' liberal determination of Mr. 

 Sheridan to give no kind of assistance in reporting it 

 publicly." 



At p. 2. the occasion is thus described : — 



"Mr. Sheridan, during a speech which lasted near five 

 hours and three quarters, commanded the most profound 



attention and admiration of the House. His matchless 

 oration united the most solid argument with the most 

 persuasive eloquence. His sound reasoning giving ad- 

 ditional energy to truth, and his logical perspicuity, 

 and unerring judgment, throwing a light upon, and per- 

 vading the obscurity, of the most involved and compli- 

 cafed subject." 



The report is almost entirely in the third per- 

 son, and is such a one as might be produced by 

 copious notes, written out very soon after by a 

 person of retentive memory. 



While upon the subject may I inquire what 

 became of the great collection of printed docu- 

 ments relating to this famous trial, and which 

 filled a good many folio volumes ? It remained 

 at Daylesford until six or seven years since, when 

 I saw it just prior to the sale by which the 

 contents of the house were scattered lor ever. 



B. H. C. 



THE GREAT BELL OF MOSCOW : CHINESE INVEN- 

 TIONS. 



(2"'' S. vlli. 306. 442.) 



Not having said that the bell of Moscow was 

 fractured by ringing, as M. van Lennep infers, I 

 nevertheless offer no objection to his caveat to 

 others to prevent a like erroneous inference. M. 

 VAN Lennep objects partially to my statement 

 that Europeans are indebted to the Chinese for 

 the invention of the magnet, and wholly to my 

 statement that they are similarly indebted to the 

 Chinese for the art of printing and paper-monej'. 

 M. VAN Lennep thinks it behoves me to show that 

 this really was the case. As these remarks refer 

 to obiter dicta, I may fairly reply that I merely 

 stated my own opinion on a matter dependent for 

 proof on circumstantial evidence only, on which 

 he is equally entitled to hold an opposite opinion, 

 without being required to show that " this really 

 was the case." In fairness to the Chinese I must 

 add to the magnet, printing and paper-mone)-, 

 gunpowder, pyrotechnics, porcelain, silk, German 

 silver, and lacquered ware. The propositions 

 which I consider indisputable in reference to 

 these inventions, are, I. The origin of these arts 

 is certainly to be ascribed to the Chinese ; and 

 they are of uncertain invention in Europe. 2., 

 All these arts existed in China long before they 

 were known to Europeans ; and 3. That means of 

 intercourse between China and this western por- 

 tion of the earth, whereby these arts might be 

 copied from the Chinese, have existed from re- 

 mote ages and anterior to history. To adduce 

 the evidence on which I rest my opinion, would 

 far exceed the limits of " N. & Q." : nevertheless, 

 I will add a few excerpts which may be deemed 

 worthy of notice, and which may not be generally 

 known. 



Magnet. 



The communication of polarity to iron by the 



