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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[Sept. 1. 1855. 



Origin of Sands, §-c. Families. — It is generally 

 held among antiquaries that similarity of armorial 

 bearings bespeaks a connexion between families. 

 I find that the same, or nearly the same, arms 

 are borne by the following names, viz. Sands, 

 Shannan, Sheddan, Schand (Shand). Can any 

 of your readers say if this is merely accidental, or 

 how it has arisen ? D. D. 



Michael Gaspar. — Is anything known of this 

 person ? He published a tract in Latin (Trajecti, 

 1765) on the effect of music in curing disease, and 

 addressed it, in the form of a letter, to Dr. Relhan 

 of London. To a second edition (London, 1783) 

 he prefixed a dedicatory epistle to Lord Shel- 

 burne. Jaydee. 



Rev. John BaWs Poems. — I have before me 

 a very neatly printed 12mo. volume, entitled, — 



" Odes, Elegies, Ballads, Pictures, Inscriptions, Sonnets ; 

 interspersed with several interesting particulars relative 

 to ancient Ireland. By John Ball, A.M., Chaplain to the 

 Countess Dowager of Barrymore. Dublin, Thomas 

 Ewing, for the Author" [1772]. 



It is " a new edition, corrected and enlarged," 

 and is stated to be " partly taken from the Faded 

 Flowers, a Garland, not yet published." " The 

 Tears of the British Muse " are prefixed. 



Have the Faded Flowers appeared in print, 

 and if so, where may a copy of the book be found ? 

 And who was the Rev. John Ball? I have 

 reasons for wishing to know something more than 

 what I have learned from the title-page of the 

 book in my possession, respecting the author and 

 his productions ; and therefore I shall feel greatly 

 .obliged to any of your correspondents who may 

 be able and willing to furnish me with the re- 

 quired information. Abhba. 



Arbiithnofs " Works." — Is there any other 

 edition of the miscellaneous writings of Dr. Ar- 

 buthnot than that in two 12mo. volumes, published 

 at " Glasgow : printed for James Carlile, and sold 

 by the Booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 1751." If so, what is it, and by whom was it 

 edited ? If the two volumes I have referred to, 

 and respecting which we are told in a preliminary 

 advertisement, " The contents of these volumes, 

 and what is inserted in Swift's Miscellanies, com- 

 prehend all the pieces of wit and humour of this 

 admirable author," is the only edition, by whom 

 ■was it prepared for the press ? and would not a 

 complete edition, including Arbuthnot's contri- 

 butions to the Miscellanies (which are Arbuth- 

 not's ?), form a fitting portion of Murray's British 

 Classics ? Lastly, is there any authentic portrait 

 of Arbuthnot ? P. A. 



Junius, Wood/all, and Wilkes. — Was Junius 

 known to Henry Sampson Woodfall ? Or has it 

 been ascertained that his secret was shared by 



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any other person ? If it can be proved satisfac- 

 torily that Woodfall, his publisher, did not know 

 Junius, it is a very justifiable inference that his 

 publisher's son, George Woodfall, was alike ig- 

 norant of his identity ; and consequently, that the 

 edition put forth by him with the assistance of 

 Mr. Mason Good, is of no more authority than if 

 It had been issued by any Brown, Jones, or 

 Robinson. But it is always quoted as the great 

 authority upon all Junius questions. 



May I trespass with another Query on this 

 point ? Has any attempt been made to identify 

 Wilkes and Junius ? If so, where, and by whom ? 

 There were so many points in common between 

 the two, that I cannot but suppose such a theory 

 has been started and worked out, and I should 

 like to see It. The fact of Junius writing to 

 Wilkes is not to me a satisfactory proof that they 

 were two ; such a correspondence would be well 

 adapted to blind those who would naturally look 

 to Wilkes as the writer of these bitter philippics : 

 and the fact, if it is one, that the Junius Letters 

 to Wilkes are no longer to be found, would seem 

 to lend some authority to such a theory. 



S. L. S. 

 Copying a Sermon Felony. — In a recent con- 

 versation I heard it stated that " it was a felony 

 to copy a sermon : " a clergyman who was present 

 stated in a very authoritative manner that such 

 was the fact. Now although, during half a cen- 

 tury of literary pursuits, having never heard of 

 such a case, and fortified in my opinion by a 

 careful search Into Blackstone and Burn, the 

 only legal authorities within my reach, yet I am 

 unwilling to suppose that an ordained minister of 

 the Gospel would state It, if he were not well 

 assured of its correctness. I am induced to write 

 to you in hopes some of your well-informed 

 readers may enlighten me on the subject ; and If 

 such an assertion is founded on fact, of which I 

 have my doubts, that they will point out any au- 

 thority that supports such a statement. 



A Stickler foe Facts. 

 Winkton House, Ringwood. 



Poem by Wordsworth. — Has any of your cor- 

 respondents seen a poem by Wordsworth, — the 

 soliloquy of a man struck blind while at work in a 

 quarry ? If so, whera can It be found ? Lg. 



Delaune Family. — Being, I believe, descended 

 from this family, I shall be much obliged by any 

 Information respecting one Jean Delaune, or De- 

 launey, early in the eighteenth century, connect- 

 ing him with Sir William Delaune, Knight, who 

 owned estates at Sharstead and GlUingham, Kent, 

 and some in Bedfordshire, and died A. d. 1667. 

 He left one son William, who I believe died with- 

 out issue, and three bi-others, Michael, George, 

 and Gideon, the latter of whom died childless, 



