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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2=* S. No 36,, Sept. 6. '56. 



The Kwgs Salute to his Ministers. — The fol- 

 lowing is extracted from Sir Robert Peel's Me- 

 moirs, Part I. — " The Roman Catholics," p. 347. : 



" Our interview with his Majesty lasted for the long 

 period of five hours : there was uninterrupted conversa- 

 tion during the whole time, but nothing material passed, 

 excepting that the purport of which I have faithfully re- 

 ported. At the close of the interview the King took leave 

 of us with great composure and great kindness, gave to 

 each of us a salute on each cheek, and accepted our resigna- 

 tion of oflSce, frequently expressing his sincere regret at 

 the necessity which compelled us to retire from his ser- 

 vice." 



Allow me to ask of you or any of your readers, 

 if it is the ordinary practice of the kings of Eng- 

 land to salute a minister on his resignation on one 

 or each cheek ? The Kiss of Peace was frequently 

 given in Mediaeval times. Fba. Mewbuen. 



Larchfield, Darlington. 



Chewing the Cud. — It is I believe a well- 

 known fact that all ruminating animals when they 

 rise from the ground begin that operation by 

 raising their hind legs ; this is the case with oxen 

 and sheep. I should wish to ask any scientific 

 correspondent on such subjects whether there is 

 any cause connected with the structure of their 

 stomachs which renders this necessary ? R. W. B. 



Threlkeld Family. — Can any northern corre- 

 spondent give me any account of this family — 

 when it is first heard of, whether it be natural to 

 Cumberland, what is the nature of its connexion 

 with the Dacre family, &c. ? The first fact I 

 know concerning them is contained in Words- 

 worth's simple poem on the " good Lord Clifford," 

 wherefrom I learn that Sir Lancelot Threlkeld 

 married Lady Clifford (whose husband died at 

 Taunton), and protected the infant Lord Clifford 

 from court malevolence : 



" Give Sir Lancelot Threlkeld praise ! 

 Hear it, good man, old in days I 

 Thou tree of covert and of rest 

 For this young Bird that is distrest," &c. 



What is the date of Roland Threlkeld, the ec- 

 centrfc, who would allow no " womanite" to enter 

 his castle ? When did the family leave the Church, 

 and build the little chapel now in existence? 

 Lastly, What is the present state of the town or 

 village of Threlkeld ? I shall be greatly obliged 

 for any information. Threlkelp. 



X>f . Malachi Thruston. — Can any correspon- 

 dent of" ^i. & Q." refer me to any published ac- 

 count, or supply me with any particulars, of Dr. 

 Malachi Tliruston. He is only known to me and 

 those of whom I have inquired through the con- 

 troversial work of Sir George Ent, entitled Ani- 

 madversiones in Malachice Thrusloni, M.D. Diatri- 

 bam de liespirationis Usu primario. He is not 

 mentioned in any biographical work to which I 

 have had access. E. L. 



" Destruction of Small Vices." — I shall be glad 

 of any information as to the authorship, date, &c., 

 of the above work, which is stated by Bishop Pa- 

 trick, in the Appendix to his Friendly Debate, to 

 have been written during the reign of King Ed- 

 ward VI. I conceive it to be altogether a different 

 work from the Dyalogus Creaturarum, otherwise 

 styled Destructorium Vitiorum, mentioned in " N. 

 & Q.," 2°'' S. ii. 150. A. Tatlob, M.A. 



Organ Tuning. — Wanting to know something 

 of the present practice, I looked into the large 

 and excellent work on the organ by Hopkins and 

 Rimbault, but found nothing to my purpose. Can 

 any of your readers answer the following Queries ? 

 Are organs now tuned by beats ? If so, what 

 rules or tables are used ? Is Dr. Smith's account 

 of the beats approved, that is, do his formulas 

 answer their purpose ? Are the rules or tables 

 deduced from these formulae ? If not, who else 

 has written on the subject ? A. De Morgan. 



The Greek Cross. — Can you inform me why 

 the Greek cross has a piece of wood placed diago- 

 nally at the bottom, in this way. 1 asked a j. 

 Russian priest, when I was in the Crimea, the t 

 reason of it. He told me that it was supposed 

 to be a piece of wood placed there in order to tie 

 the feet. He said there was no mention of our 

 Saviour's feet being nailed to the cross. I have 

 looked in the Bible, and can find no mention of 

 holes in his feet. A. P. G. G. 



Lieut.- Col. Davies. — Of what family was the 

 gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Davies, husband of 

 " Madam Mary Davies," to whom a monument 

 was erected in Winchester Cathedral, with the an- 

 nexed inscription ? I do not find his name among 

 the descendants of the eminent Flintsliire house of 

 Davies of Gwysaney. 



" Here lieth the body of Madam Mary Davies, daughter 

 of Sir Jonathan Trelawny of Trelawny in the County of 

 Cornwall, Baronet: a lady of excellent endowments and 

 exemplary virtue, of courage and resolution above her 

 sex, and equal to the generous stock whence she sprang. 

 She was Maid of Honour to Marv, Princess of Orange, 

 and relict to Lieutenant- Colonel Davies, who at the siege 

 of Namur, mounting the trenches at the head of the 

 Grenadiers of the 1st Regiment of Guards, was the first 

 that threw the fascines (which others used to cover them- 

 selves with in their attack) over the ditch, and with his 

 men pass'd it, beating the French out of their works, 

 which was a gallant action, and greatly contributed to- 

 wards the taking of the town ; in performing of which he 

 received the wound of which he died, and gain'd so just 

 an esteem for the boldness and success of it with the 

 King, that he designed him the great honour of a visit 

 the morning on which he died, and being inform'd of his 

 death, in kind and honourable terms express'd his concern 

 and sorrow for the loss of so brave and deserving an 

 officer. She died the xxiiii"* of September, in the year 

 of our Lord mdccvii." 



SlON AP GwiLLTM AP SlON. 



