Oct. 20. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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(Clausus, Clusus, Clusius, Clusium), and the date 

 assigned for his emigration and the expedition of 

 Porsena is identical. Supposing this conjecture 

 tenable, and I believe it to be so, I would infer 

 from it, that the Claudian tribe was a colony left 

 by Porsena at Rome. Of this colony Livy makes 

 mention (ii. 14.), though he erroneously (appa- 

 rently misled by the name) places it in the Tuscan 

 Street ; and that the two plethra which were 

 given to each of the clients of Clausus, was a re- 

 ward given by Porsena to his followers, after the 

 war had been brought to a successful termination. 

 This seems clear when we remember that Porsena 

 is always said to have mulcted the Romans of a 

 certain portion of their territory formerly belong- 

 ing to Veii, and that it was there that Clausus 

 and his clients received their land. This colony 

 must have joined the Romans in their revolt from 

 Porsena, probably to preserve their land. There 

 are several instances in the early history of Rome, 

 of its colonists taking part in the revolts of the 

 nations among whom they were placed to keep 

 them in subjection. Livy seems to allude to this 

 revolt when he says (ii. 15.) that Porsena gave 

 back to the Romans the Veientian land, which he 

 had taken from them by the treaty at the Janicu- 

 lum. This statement is incredible *, if we do not 

 take it to mean that the inhabitants of the 

 Veientian land (i. e. the Clusian colony) broke 

 off their allegiance to Porsena, and joined the 

 Romans. The received account of these facts is 

 absolutely impossible; according to which the 

 Romans gave the two plethra each to the 5000 

 clients of Clausus out of their mere good pleasure, 

 just at the time when a considerable part of their 

 territory had been taken from them by the 

 Etruscans. And still more so, if we believe the 

 story that Codes was rewarded for his defence of 

 the bridge with as much land as he could plough 

 in a day. E. West. 



O BRIEN, MARQUIS OP THOMOIO). 



I have in my possession a copy of O'Halloran's 

 History of Ireland, 2 vols., 8vo., purchased at a 

 book-stall in Holborn. On the inside of the 

 cover of the first volume is a book-plate, repre- 

 senting a stately warrior in full armour, the left 

 hand resting on a shield, on which is engraved the 

 arms of the O'Briens ; and under the figure, the 

 words, "Brien Boroilune, Monarch of Ireland." 

 On the inside of the cover of the second volume 

 is a different book-plate, bearing the Thomond 

 arms ; and under it, " Murrough O'Brien, Mar- 

 quis of Thomond." 



* Niebuhr, who did not perceive the meaning which 

 we have drawn from it, rejects it as such. He supposes 

 that the Romans did not regain possession of the land till 

 many years later. 



No. 312.] 



I make the above remarks, and send you the 

 following extract, in hopes of inducing some con- 

 tributer to " N. & Q." to give an outline history 

 of this once powerful family, which I fear is be- 

 coming extinct. Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bal-t., has 

 assumed the Barony of Inchiquin. The name of 

 the last Marquis was James. 



"TriK Marquisate of Thomond. — The following letter 

 appears in the Times: — ' Sir, — A statement appeared in 

 your journal, copied from an Irish provincial paper, to the 

 effect that a Mr. Murtagh O'Brien, of the Irisli Consta- 

 bulary, was about to be installed in the Marquisate of 

 Thomond, the Earldom of Inchiquin, and Barony of 

 Tadcaster. I shall esteem it a favour your giving such 

 assertion a direct contradiction. The Marquisate of Tho- 

 mond is extinct, likewise the Barony of Tadcaster, which 

 was only a life grant to the late nobleman's eldest brother. 

 The Earldom of Inchiquin descends, I believe, to either 

 the Earl of Orkney or Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart. The 

 entail being long since broken, the late and last Marquis 

 could dispose of his property as he thought fit. It is, 

 perhaps, unnecessary to add, that he had no relation what- 

 soever of the name of Murtagh O'Brien. Apologising 

 for troubling you, I have the honour to be. Sir, your most 

 obedient servant, — Joseph T. P. Hoare, a nephew of 

 the late Marquis of Thomond. Southampton, August 18, 

 1855.' » 



Simon Ward. 



Musical Notation. — Pancirollus gives this ac- 

 count of the origin of the names given to notes in 

 modern music. A certain monk composed a hymn 

 in praise of St. John. He took the initial syl- 

 lables of its lines, gave to each a certain power, 

 arranged them on lines as we do notes, and thus 

 originated the modern theory of music. The 

 hymn is : 



" Ut queant laxis, 



i?e-sonare fibris, 



Mi-va. gestorum, 



Fa-muXi tuorum, ' 



Sol-ve polluti, 



ia-bii reatum, 



Sancte Johannis." 



It will be seen that the learned author does not 



" Obloquitur numeris septem discrimina vocum." 



^n. vi. 646. 

 See Pancir. Rerum Memor., p. 249. (edit. 1612) 

 tom. i. B. H. C. 



War and Literature. — From a statement pub- 

 lished at St. Petersburg in 1840, by the Minister 

 of Public Instruction, it appears that there were 

 imported into Russia, during the year 1838, 

 495,002 volumes, without reckoning maps, prints, 

 or books of music ; and that there were published 

 during the same period at St. Petersburg, besides 

 journals or other periodicals, 777 original works, 

 and 116 translations. This statement remarkably 

 exhibits the ruinous effects of the present war 

 on the general literature of our own and other 

 countries. . J. Yeowelij. 



