Oct. 6. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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small portion of our columns to the endeavour to promote 

 an art, then in its infancy, but which we felt destined to 

 become, to all lovers of truth, one of the most important 

 ever discovered — of course we allude to photography — we 

 think we may do so now most triumphantly by saying, 

 " Go and see the photographs from the Crimea ! " An 

 exhibition of deeper interest was never opened to the 

 public. It is a pictorial and running commentary on the 

 graphic narrative of The Times' " Special Correspondent." 

 The stem reality stands revealed to the spectator. Camp 

 life, with all its hardships, mixed occasionally with some 

 "rough and ready" enjoyments, is realised, as if one 

 stood face to face with it ; and after viewing, with deep 

 emotion, the silent gloom which overshadows the Valley 

 of the Shadow of Death, the eye rests with yet deeper feel- 

 ings on the Tombs on Cathcart's Hill. The eleven views 

 which form The Panorama of the Plateau before Sebas- 

 topol, and those of 27te Plains of Balaklava, are strilving 

 examples of Mr. Fenton's skill as a photographer; while 

 the admirable manner in which he has selected his groups, 

 illustrative of camp life, show his artistic taste. For 

 many, however, the exiiibition will possess a yet deeper 

 interest in the portraits which it preserves — not only of 

 many who are yet spared to receive the thanks of a grate- 

 ful country for their noble endurance of suffering while 

 waiting for the day that should enable them to display a 

 more active, if not more unflinching courage — but of 

 many, alas ! who have laid down their lives in that dis- 

 tant land in the great and holy cause of their country's 

 honour, and for the safety of Europe. 



We trust that the success of this exhibition will be 

 such as to justify Mr. Fenton for his exertions and risks. 

 We are glad to add, for the sake of those who may not 

 have th« opportunity of visiting it, that copies of the 

 principal photographs are printed for sale. 



Single Stereoscopic Pictures. — May not the misunder- 

 standing between your two correspondents, Mk. Geo. 

 Noi'vJiAN and Mr. C. M. Ingleby, relative to this subject 

 (Vol. xii., p. 171. 212. 251.), arise from each not compre- 

 hending what the other would define as a " stereoscopic" 

 picture. Of course, each means a picture that gives rise 

 to the impression of viewing a solid body ; but then comes 

 the difficulty, how is it to be viewed? Because one pic- 

 ture is useless in a stereoscope, while two could not readily 

 be combined without it. The fact is, that a picture taken 

 as Mr. Norman suggests, with proper precautions, would 

 have a wonderfully stereoscopic effect if viewed by one eye 

 only ; but by bringing both eyes to bear upon it, the de- 

 lusion would be dispelled, in consequence of the uniform 

 convergence of the axes revealing the fact, that all tlie 

 parts are equally distant from the observer, which is not 

 the case where two images are combined by means of a 

 stereoscope. Geo. Shade olt. 



!Sit9liti ta Minor IRuttiee. 



Old English Proverbs (Vol. xiL, pp. 185. 233.). 

 — I tbink No. 7. is explained, but not No. 1. 

 We all know the meaning of the proverb, and the 

 phrase of breaking no squares is well understood 

 to this day. The question is, to what does the 

 proverb allude ? What was the square to which 

 an inch was of so little consequence ? Possibly 

 some edible sold in squares, so rough at the edges, 

 that the breaking off a strip of an inch long left 

 the square as saleable as before. Some of your 

 readers may perhaps light on an elucidation. M. 



No. 31 O.J 



Rosemary used in making Love (Vol. xii., 

 p. 206.). — In reference to rosemary being of use 

 in making love, and the quotation from Hudibras 

 given by your correspondent A. Challsteth, I 

 cannot explain, better than Zachary Grey does in 

 the Note given in answer to Mr. Chai^lsteth, 

 what Butler means in his verses. But to show that, 

 in Spain at least, rosemary is considered as con- 

 nected with love, I send you the following Spanish 

 proverb : 



" Quien pasa por romero, y no lo quiere coger, 

 Ni tiene amores ni los quiere tener I " 



The late Lord Nugent, when I repeated the pro- 

 verb to him many years ago, wrote the following 

 free but pretty translation of it : 



" Who passeth by the rosemarie, 

 And careth not to take a spraye, 

 For woman's love no care hath he. 

 Nor shall he, though he live for aye ! " 



C. Fox. 



Christopher Urswick and Christopher Bainbridgt 

 (Vol. xii., p. 105.). — Christopher Bainbridge, Car- 

 dinal Archbishop of York, died in Italy by poison 

 in 1514. Christopher Urswick, formerly dean of 

 York, died rector of Hackney, 24th March, 1521. 

 A stone monument, erected by himself in 1519, 

 still remains in the church there, and his will, dated 

 in the month of October previous to his death, will 

 be found at Doctors' Commons, I trust your cor- 

 respondent E. Foss will be satisfied that no " late 

 discovery" by Mr. Rawdon Brown or any one 

 else can possibly roll these two individuals into 

 one. 



Urswick was installed Dean of Windsor, 20th 

 Nov., 1495. Upon his resignation in 1505, Bain- 

 bridge succeeded to the office. I think it not 

 improbable that some documents, in which the 

 two deans would be referred to only by their 

 Christian names, may have mislead those early 

 writers who confound their identity. With the 

 enlarged means of reference now accessible, the 

 mistakes of Mr. Rawdon Brown would be ludi- 

 crous. If it were not for the damage done to the 

 cause of historical science. L. A. B. W. 



3. Sherborne Street, Islington. 



Opinion of an English Bi.ihop on Mixed Mar- 

 riages (Vol. xii., p. 206.). — I believe that two of 

 the three Queries made by your correspondent 

 H. P. may be correctly answered thus : 



1. The bishop who was consulted (1805) by a 

 lady as to whether she could conscientiously marry 

 her daughter to a man who was alien to the An- 

 glican Church (although neither Catholic nor Pro- 

 testant), was Dr. Shute Barrlngton, Bishop of 

 Durham. [Qy. Bishop Watson? See aw/e, p. 232.] 



2. The lady who consulted him was Lady Sher- 

 borne, whose third daughter, Frances Mary Dut- 

 ton, sister of the present Lord Sherborne, married 



