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often being damaged. Is there any piece of fur- 

 niture made to contain such a collection ? 



James Johnson, M.D. — I would feel greatly 

 obliged to anyone who would supply a complete 

 list of the works (and last editions) of James 

 Johnson, M.D., Physician Extraordinary to the 

 late King." S. G. 



Dublin. 



The Auction of Cats. — In the memoir of the 

 eccentric Richard Robert Jones, given in the Im- 

 perial Magazine, July, 1826, it is stated : 



"Another of his peculiarities is a partiality for the 

 whole race of cats, which he seems to regard with the 

 greatest affection, and to resent any injury done to them 

 with the utmost indignation. This singular predilection 

 has led him to adorn the numerous books on grammar 

 which he has himself written, with prints of cats cut from 

 old ballads, or wherever else he can discover them, and to 

 copy everything that has been written and strikes his 

 fancy respecting them, amongst which is The Auction of 

 Cuts in. Cateaton Street, th-e well-known production of one 

 of the most celebrated wits of the present day." 



What is this "Auction of Cats"? To what does 

 it allude ? Is it a print or a poem ? and who was 

 its well-known author ? When the above memoir 

 was written, Jones was resident at Liverpool. Is 

 he still alive ? G. Ceeed. 



Museum Street. 



Arms. — Can any reader of " N. & Q." inform 

 me to whom the following arms belong : Argent, 

 a fess sable, charged with a mullet between 2 

 pellets of the field. D. J. 



Manners Family. — Edward Manners, Esq., of 

 Goadby Marwood, co. Leicester, who died Feb. 19, 

 1811, had a sister, Rosalia, wife of Thos. Thoro- 

 ton, Esq. How were they connected with the 

 Rutland family ? and were there any other bro- 

 thers or sisters ? C. J. 



Quotation Wanted: " Dingle and Derry^'' Sfc. — 

 Of wliat production do the following lines form a 

 portion ? — 



" Dingle and Derry sooner shall unite, 

 Shanon and Cashan both be drain'd outright. 

 And Kerry men forsake their cards and dice, 

 Dogs be pursu'd by hares, and cats by mice, 

 Water begin to burn, and fire to wetj^ 

 Before I shall my College friends forget." 



"Dingle and Derry" remind one of Dan and 

 Beersheba. Abhba. 



Thomas Ingram 'and Thos. Bennett. — These 



names figure at p. 121. of Musce Anglicance, as 



part authors of the verses entitled " Desiderium 



- Gulielmi." Information is wanted respecting them, 



and especially of their parentage. 



James Knowles. 



Lost Manmcripls. — Many valuable manuscripts 



have been lost, or lost sight of. It might le^d to 



useful results, and would certainly be very inter- 

 esting, if some of your correspondents would re- 

 gister in your pages all the " modern instances " 

 of which they know. It is desirable that time and 

 circumstances of disappearance should be recorded 

 when practicable, with any other matters of con- 

 sequence. B, H. C. 



John Brackolme, of London, citizen'and tobac- 

 conist, living April 4, 1701. Anything relating 

 to him would be acceptable. James Knowles. 



Valence. — I am desirous to ascertain the mean- 

 ing of this word. It is the name of two villages 

 in England, — Newton Valence, in Hampshire ; and 

 Sutton Valence, in Kent. Is the surname Va- 

 lentia derived from it ? F. M. Middleton. 



Stanton, near Ashbourne. 



Lightning on the Stage. — How is lightning 

 represented on the stage? In Mrs. Loudon's 

 Botany /or Ladies, 1851, she says : — 



" The seeds of the common club-moss (Lycopodium 

 clavatum) are used at the theatres to imitate lightning." 



F. M. Middleton. 



Stanton, near Ashbourne. 



Prester John. — Can any of your readers in- 

 form me whether the question of Prester John 

 has been definitely settled, and the different ac- 

 counts of his "habitat" reconciled. E. H. E. 



" Mrs. Macdonald." — When, and by whom, 

 was the exquisite little Scotch air, "Mrs. Mac- 

 donald " composed ? Are there any words to it, 

 and what is the origin of the name ? A. C. 



Bristol. 



Heat and Cold. — I enclose an extract from Dr. 

 Kane's Expedition to the Arctic Regions; in re- 

 ference to which, will any of your scientific readei's 

 state what are the conditions which influence our 

 perceptions of different degrees of heat and cold, 

 which so frequently differ so essentially from those 

 inJJicated by the thermometer; as in the instance 

 mentioned by Dr. Kane in the enclosed extract : — 



" For the last four daj's of the month we were at the 

 margin of the Arctic circle, alternating within and without 

 it. We passed to the south of it on the 30th, to recross 

 it on the 31st with an accidental drift to the northward. 

 We were experiencing at this time the rapid transitions 

 of seasons which characterise this climate. The mean of 

 the preceding month, April, had been + 7° 96' ; that of 

 May, 20° 22' — a difference of nearly twelve degrees. At 

 the same time there was a chilliness about the weather, 

 an uncomfortable rawness, both in April and May, which 

 we had not known under the deep perpetual frosts of 

 winter. Cold then seemed a tangible palpable some- 

 thing, which we could guard against or control bj- cloth- 

 ing and exercise ; while warmth, as an opposite condition, 

 was realisable and apparent. But here, in temperatures 

 which at some hours were really oppressing, 60° to 80** 

 in the sun, and with a Polar altitude of 45°, one half the 

 equatorial maximum, we bad the anomaly of absolute 



