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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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The following is the published account of the examina- 

 tion. • At first we suggested the saturation of the eye in 

 a weak solution of atrophine, which evidently produced 

 an enlarged state of the pupil. On observing this we 

 touched the end of the optic nerve with the extract, when 

 the eye instantly became protuberant. We now applied 

 a powerful lens, and discovered in the pupil the rude worn- 

 away figure of a man with a light coat, beside whom was 

 a round stone standing, or suspended in the air, with a 

 small handle stuck as it were in the earth. The re- 

 mainder was debris, evidently lost from the destruction of 

 the optic, and its separation from the mother brain. Had 

 we performed this operation when the eye was entire in 

 tlie socket with all its powerful connection with the brain, 

 there is not the least doubt that we should have detected 

 the last idea and impression made on the mind and eye of 

 the unfortunate man. The thing would evidently be 

 entire, and perhaps we should have had the contour, or 

 better still, the exact figure of the murderer.' " 



E>. W. Hackwood. 



" Village Coquette " Opera. — At what date was 

 the operetta referred to in the following per- 

 formed ? 



" John Hullah first became favourably known to the 

 public as the composer of the music of the Village Co- 

 quette, a little opera by " Boz," which was for some time 

 played at the St. James's Theatre." 



Where is the libretto to be procured ? 



R. W. Hackwood. 



" Je realise}^" Sfc. — A female character in a 

 French romance, attributed to Mirabeau, says, 

 referring to certain means she proposes to adopt 

 to secure her happiness : " je realiserai, par ce 

 moyen, FY grec du Saint Pree . . . ." 



Can you, or any of your readers, explain to me 

 the meaning of this expression ? II. Eoset. 



Philadelphia. 



Family of Hopton. — Can any of your corre- 

 spondents give the names of existing families con- 

 nected even remotely with the Lord Hopton, 

 whose title, conferred in the time of Charles I., 

 became extinct at his lordship's death in 1652 ? 



W. 



Sir Thomas Quirinus or Quirino. — Theedition 

 o( Bathe.rius, by the brothers Ballerini (Verona, 

 i765), is dedicated " Thomse Quirino, equiti ae 

 asdis S. Marci procurator!;" among whose dis- 

 tinctions it is especially commemorated, that he 

 was sent by the Venetian republic to the king of 

 Great Britain, and by him was " in amplissimura 

 equitura ordinem relatus." (I copy from the 

 Abbe Migne's reprint, Patrologia, torn, cxxxvi.) 



Can any correspondent give an account of this 

 knight ? J. C. R. 



Sansc7'it and Latin DictionarTj^ hy Sir W. 

 Jones. — 



" A Dictionary, Sanscrit and Latin, was prepared under 

 the immediate inspection of Sir W. Jones, with consider- 

 able trouble and great expense. It is at present on its 

 way to Europe, and is an object well worthy of the 

 national attention." 



The above extract is from Sir W. Ouseley's 

 Oriental Collections (Prospectus, p. 8.), 4to., 1797. 

 Can any of your readers state whether the Die- 

 tionary mentioned was among the MSS. offered 

 by Lady Jones to the Royal Society, on condition 

 that they should be lent, without difficulty, to 

 Oriental scholars who might wish to consult them ? 

 and also, whether any use has been made of the 

 Dictionary by Sanscrit scholars ? Scotus. 



Larpenfs MSS. Plays. — Mr. Larpent, who at 

 the time of his death, in 1824, was Examiner of 

 Plays, left behind him official copies of all the 

 dramas read for the purpose of recommending 

 them to the licence of the Lord Chamberlain, as 

 well as copies of all those pieces which had under- 

 gone the inspection of his predecessors from the 

 year 1737. This collection consisted of between 

 two and three thousand dramas, many of which 

 never appeared in print. Some farther informa- 

 tion regarding these MSS. will be found in two 

 articles which appeared in llie Neio Monthly 

 (1832, vol. i.), with the following titles, "The 

 Poetical and Literary Charncter of the late John 

 Philip Kemble," anjl "New Facts regarding Gar- 

 rick and his Writings." Can any reader of "N. 

 & Q." inform me in whose possession these MSS. 

 now are ? Iota. 



Town Crohes. — In the proceedings of the cor- 

 poration of Wells, under date July 8, 29 Henry 

 VIIL, I find the following record : — 



" Att the saide Halle hit was agreed, by the assent of 

 the Maester and Coialty, that the Towne Ckokes should, 

 be suiEciently made vp wt^in vj dayes aft' the saide Halle, 

 and to bee broughte in and laid vp in the churchows of 

 Seynt Cuthbert." 



Can any correspondent of "N. & Q." explain 

 the meaning or use of these "Town Crokes"? 

 Were they used in extinguishing fires ? Ina. 



Wells. 



The Walcheren Expedition. — The proposition 

 of H. W., in 2°'' S. iv. 239., directing your readers 

 to consult Mr. E. J. Dent about the Aneroid ba- 

 rometer, he having been buried some years, re- 

 minds me of certain spicy lines written just after 

 the expedition to Walcheren. They were founded 

 on the then recent circumstance of the names of 

 some deceased officers having been included in the 

 list of promotions, commencing thus : 



".Whilst there is life there is hope, some grave scholars 

 . maintain, * 



But we now must the proverb amend ; 

 For beyond the dark confines of Death's gloomy reign 

 The bright beams of hope now extend." 



Any information on the authorship and circu- 

 lation of these lines will greatly oblige 2. 



Triforium : Clerestory. ■ — What is the ety- 

 mology of the words triforium and clerestory, and 

 their original purpose P Ambulatory, I believe, is 



