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1829 — 30, soliciting subscriptions for a forthcoming 

 volume of poems. He was one of the most im- 

 pudent men alive ; and it is recorded that when 

 King George IV. visited Dublin in 1821, he was 

 informed that O'Kelly was a remarkable character, 

 and then in Dublin, on which his Majesty allowed 

 the poet to be presented to him. O'Kelly, who 

 Wiis lame, was presented, and the king, anxious 

 to put him at ease, remarked, " I regret to see 

 that you are lame." " Yes, your Majesty," said 

 O'Kelly, " we are all lame ; the three of us." 

 " What? " asked the king, " three lame persons in 

 one family ! A sad calamity indeed ! " " Yes," 

 replied O'Kelly, " in the great family of the Poets ! 

 O'Kelly, Scott, and Byron, we are all lame." 



JUVERNA. 



Pi-emature Interments (2'"^ S. ii. 103.) — With 

 reference to the article on premature interments I 

 may refer those of your readers who take an in- 

 terest in the subject to an able and most interest- 

 ing article in the Quarterly Review, vol. Ixxxv. 

 p. 346., entitled " Fontenelle on the Signs of 

 Death," the authorship of which has been ascribed 

 to Dr. Fergusson. For the benefit of those who 

 have not the volume at hand I may add that the 

 learned author is an utter disbeliever in " pre- 

 mature interments." M. A., Oxon. 



Oxford and Cambridge Club. 



Add to the list of books on this neglected sub- 

 ject, one called The Disease of Death. I think it 

 is by a deceased physician of the name of Graham, 

 of Caius College, Cambridge. The author's pa- 

 nacea is a bath of warm earth. 



C. Mansfiei-d Inglbbt. 



Birmingham. 



Blue and Buff (2»'i S. i. 269.) — In Hudibras, 

 the poet, speaking of his hero, says : 



" For he was of that stubborn crew, 

 Hight Presbjterian time blue." 



This will carry the hlue higher up than the reign 

 of George I. The hiiff, I suspect, dates from the 

 buff-coat. Delta. 



John Knox's Prophecy (2"^ S. I. 270.) — Ac- 

 cording to the Scandalous Chronicle, the grand 

 monarque was not the son of Louis XIII. : if so, 

 the prophecy would hold good. Delta. 



Running Footmen (2°*^ S. i. passim.) — There is a 

 public-house in Charles Street, Berkeley Square, 

 much used by the servants of the neighbouring 

 gentry, which is called by the name, and has a 

 painting of this functionary for its sign. It repre- 

 sents a tall, thin, agile man, running at a steady, 

 etfortless pace on a country road. He is dressed 

 in knee-breeches, confined round the waist by a 

 silken scarf, white stockings, and black shoes ; a 

 short jacket, a jockey cap, and a long stick with a 



metal ball on the top, complete his costume. Un- 

 derneath is inscribed, "I am the only running 

 footman." John Miland. 



Strabo on Ireland (2'"> S. i. 512.) — The Editor, 

 at p. 512. supra, questions the publication of this 

 book for several reasons, amongst which he gives 

 the following : " The publisher, I. Stone, is un- 

 known." Now Mr. Silvester Eedmond, of Liver- 

 pool, who was the writer of the original reference 

 in the columns of the Wexford Independent, gives 

 the following proofs of his (Stone's) existence.* 



Mr. Redmond is not very complimentary to 

 " N. & Q." in the remainder of his letter. With 

 this I have nothing to do ; but it appears to me 

 that the non-existence of the book in question is 

 not by any means satisfactorily established. I 

 trust, therefore, that some of the readers of " N. 

 & Q." may keep the Query in mind, and commu- 

 nicate to its readers the existence (if it can be 

 proved) of a book which, if found, may serve to 

 throw light on a much vexed question, the Round 

 Towers of Ireland. James Graves, Clerk. 



Kilkenny. 



Sir Edward Cohe (2'"> S. ii. 58.) — Amongst 



my collection of autographs is one occupying 



about half an inch square, on paper of that date, — 



" Edward 



Cook," 



mounted carefully, secundem artem, with this in- 

 scription : 



" Autograph of Sir Edward Coke, 



Lord Chief Justice of England, 



1613." 



and this addition in a different handwriting : 



" Placed here to shew, what Gulls, 

 Collectors are considered to be by Dealers ! " 



E. D. 



Welsh Custom (P* S. xii. 427.) — The division 



of ships into twenty-four carats is recognised in 



Sardinia, Naples, Austria, and all the Italian 



states. Cooper Hill. 



Gloucester. 



Arms in Severn Stoke Church (2"*^ S. ii. 112.) — 

 These arms are of frequent occurrence in the 

 cathedral and neighbourhood of Gloucester, upon 

 encaustic tiles ; but the cross crosslets in them 

 cannot, I think, have any connection with the 

 Berkeley coat, — the crosses in the latter being 

 patee. If you have any other authority than that 

 of Sir Robert Atkyns for your statement, I shall 

 be glad to be referred to it. Cooper Hill. 



Gloucester. 



[* We have omitted the list of works containing the 

 name of I. Stone, as it is clear there was a bookseller of 

 that name, although unchronicled by Nichols and Tim- 

 perley. We hope Mr. Kedmond will eventually be able 

 to dispose of our other reasons for doubting the existence 

 of this work.] 



