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of Samuel Rolle, or Rolls, D.D., formerly Fellow 

 of Trinity College, Cambridge, a non-conformist 

 divine, who wrote, under the name of Philagathus, 

 A Sober Answer to Bishop Patrick's Friendly 

 Delate ? Among other writings he is stated to 

 have taken part with some others in composing a 

 book entitled Physical Contemplations on Fire, de- 

 dicated to Dr. George Bate, in 1667. What is this 

 book, and who were the other authors ? 



A. Tailob, M.A. 



Quotation tvanted : " Love and Sorrow." — Where 

 can I find two stanzas, commencing with the 



lines — 



" Love and sorrow twins were born, 

 On a shining, showery morn ? " 



I fancy they are Blacklock's, but I have not this 

 author at hand. K. H. D. 



7mA Tithes. — Have the tithes in Ireland been 

 commuted similar to those in England ? and if so, 

 where will the commutation awards be found ? 



SCBIPSIT. 



Siege of Lille, a.d. 1708. — Where can I find 

 an authentic list of the British officers in this siege, 

 and of those wounded ; or can any of your readers 

 refer me to any mention of the Hon. John Spencer, 

 or the Hon. John Buncombe, assisting at that 

 siege, in what capacity, and whether wounded ? 



James Knowles. 



Deans, Canons, and Prelendaries of Cathedrals. 

 — Will some kind reader of " N. & Q." point out 

 where the names of the various stalls, and their 

 emoluments, are to be found ? I have some recol- 

 lection of a parliamentary return stating these 

 facts, but cannot trace it in either of the three 

 Reports of the Cathedral Commissioners. 



SCEIPSIT. 



" Adding Sunshine to Daylight.'" — Whose is 

 the phrase " Adding sunshine to daylight," to ex- 

 press the pleasures as distinguished from the 

 necessaries of life ? X. H. 



Rural Deaneries. — Is there any parliamentary 

 or other authoritative book which will describe 

 the extent and jurisdiction of the various rural 

 deaneries ? Scripsit. 



Device of a Star (qy. Sun ?) above a Crescent on 

 Ecclesiastical Seals. — All seal collectors are aware 

 of the common occurrence of this device on early 

 ecclesiastical seals. Does it typify Christ {the sun), 

 and his church (the moon') dependent on him for 

 light. It would be well to obtain a list of all 

 examples ; and as a contribution I append : — 



The ancient seal of the Dean and Chapter of 

 Waterford, of which the matrix is still in use. 



The ancient seal of the Dean and Chapter of 

 Lichfield (Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of 

 Archaeology, &c., vol. ii. p. 225). 



The seal of the Dean and Chapter of Ossory 

 bears the crescent, but not the star (sun ?). The 

 ancient matrix is still in use. 



N. B. The same device is well known as oc- 

 curring on some of the coins of King John. 



James Graves, Clerk. 



Kilkenny. 



Water-Spouts. — Camoens in the fifth book of 

 the Lusiad has a graphic description of the forma- 

 tion and descent of a water-spout in the Indian 

 Ocean, which he closes with an exclamation of 

 surprise that the water which he had seen drawn 

 up salt from the ocean should, a few minutes after, 

 fall fresh from the cloud which attracted it: 



" But say, ye sages, who can weigh the cause 

 And trace the secret springs of Nature's laws, 

 Say, why the wave, of bitter hritie ere while, 

 Should to the bosom of the deep recoil 

 Robbed of its salt, and from the cloud distill. 

 Sweet as the waters of the limpid rill." 



Mtckle's Transl. 



Will any of your correspondents who has tested 

 the phenomenon at sea, say whether this be cor- 

 rectly stated by the poet ? 



J. Emerson Tennent. 



Hieroglyphic Bible. — I possess a small octavo 

 work, the title-page of which is as follows : 



" A curious Hieroglyphick Bible, or Select Passages in 

 the Old and New Testaments, represented with Emble- 

 matical Figures, for the Amusement of Youth ; designed 

 cbieiiy to familiarize tender Age, in a pleasing and 

 diverting Manner, with early Ideas of the Holy Scrip- 

 tures. To which are subjoined, a short Account of the 

 Lives of the Evangelists, and other Pieces, illustrated 

 with Cuts. The Fourth Edition; with Additions, and 

 other great Improvements. Dublin: printed by B. 

 Dugdale, N" 150, Capel Street, mdcclxxxix." 



This work was published anonymously, and is 

 not mentioned by Home in his editions of the 

 Bible enumerated in his Introduction to the Cri- 

 tical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. 

 What is known of its authorship ? Ein Frager. 



Mrs. Siddons. — In Tymm's Family Topo- 

 grapher (vol. iv. p. 292.) is the following passage : 



« At Lower Swinford a thatched cottage is shown as 

 the birth-place of the actress Mrs. Siddons, who is said to 

 have made her ' very first ' debut in a barn at Bell Lane, 

 at the coronation of George III." 



This barn is still remaining ; it is situate at the 

 back of the Bell Inn, in the town of Stourbridge, 

 in the parish of Oldswinford, and county of Wor- 

 cester ; and, I believe, portions of the scenery 

 used on this and other occasions are still in exist- 

 ence. I must, however, confess myself ignorant 

 of the whereabouts of the thatched cottage men- 

 tioned in the quotation, and rather doubt the 



