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Vol. VL— No. 158.] Saturday, November 6. 1852. 



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CONTENTS. 

 Notes : — 



Ranelagh in old Times, by Lord Braybrooke - 

 Curious Tenure : Herring-Pies - . - - 



A Note on the Sources of a graceful Tliougiit in Prior 

 Unique Print from an Engraving by llogartli, by 

 C. Korbes - ------ 



Irish Rhymes in Swift, by Cuthbert Bede, B.A. - 



Page 

 429 



, 430 

 430 



431 

 431 



Folk Lore: — Judge Jeffrey's Ground— Turning the 

 Bed after Childbirth —Finger Nails 



- 432 



Minor Notes :— " Scorning the Church "— De Morgan's 

 " Book of Almanacs '"— Descent of the Q ueen from 

 John of Gaunt . - - - ■ 



- 432 



Queries : — 



Parochial Libraries ----- 432 



" The History of Pompey the Little" - - - 433 



Funeral Custom in the Middle Ages, by Edward 



Peacock, Jun. .---.- 433 

 Minor Queries :— Uncertain Etymologies — Heylin's 

 Extracts from Registers of Convocation : Miles 

 Smitii's MSS. — Solomon de Caus and the Marquess 

 of Worcester — Oothe's Reply to Nicolai — Satirical 

 Prints: Pope: Tlie World's End— " World without 

 end "— Eiiton Family— A Burns Relic— Louis Napo- 

 leon, President of France - . . - 434 

 MiNOK Queries Answered : — Early Edition of Solinus 



— Editions of the Prayer Book prior to 1CG2 - - 435 



Replies : — 



" Works of the Learned," by J. Crossley - - 435 



Hydrophobia ------ 437 



Eikon Basilike - - - - - -438 



Trafalgar, by Rev. A. Gatty and C. H. Cooper - - 438 



Scotch East India Company, by C. Ross - - - 439 



Barlow Family, by J. Hunter and W. Beaumont - 439 



Optical Curiosities, by William Bates - - - 440 



Scandinavian Skull-cups - - - - - 441 



Photographic Notes, Queries, and Replies : Wax-paper 



Process ------- 442 



Replies to Minor Queries : — Oblations — The Larch 



— The Chain of Salvation — Heron's " Junius's Let- 

 ters"— Brass of Wife of William Bulstrode— " Roma 

 tibi siibito "— Naturalis Proles— Galliards' — Maltese 

 Dialect— Harvesting on Sundays — Hob, Meaning of — 

 Anglican Baptism — The Maiden-hair Fern — Printed 

 Sermon by Oliver Cromwell — Burial in unconsecrated 

 Places— Can Bishops vacate their Sees? — " Tliirty 



Days hath September," &c " Sacrum pingue dabo," 



&c Passage in Sir William Draper — iVIistletoe — 



Spanish Vessels wrecked on Irish Coast - - 444 



Miscellaneous : — 



Notes on Books, &c. ----- 449 



Books and Odd Volumes wanted - - - - 450 



Notices to Correspondents - . - - 450 



Advertisements --.--- 451 



V0L.VI. — No. 158. 



BANELAGH IN OLD TIMES. 



My father used to relate the following anecdote, 

 of which I made a Note some years ago. I believe 

 it to be quite true, and with this impression place 

 it at your disposal. The hero of the tale. Lord 

 Spencer Hamilton, was a younger son of James 

 third Duke of Hamilton, and died at Paris un- 

 married in 1791, when a lieutenant-colonel in the 

 Foot Guards. The adventure happened soon after 

 1770, but the exact date is wanting. 



Upon some occasion of a very general public 

 mourning, only two persons appeared at a crowded 

 Ranelagh in coloured clothes, and they were evi- 

 dently strangers, unknown to each other, as well 

 as to every body else. Their inappropriate cos- 

 tume, in those formal days, excited some attention, 

 and became the subject of conversation ; and 

 Lord Spencer Hamilton laid a wager with a gen- 

 tleman belonging to his party, that before the 

 company separated he would produce before them 

 the two strangers walking arm-in-arm, which he 

 succeeded in effecting in the following manner: — 

 He watched one of the strangers till he had the 

 satisfaction of seeing him sit down, being probably 

 fatigued with the eternal promenade, when he 

 immediately placed himself by his side on the same 

 bench, and he soon contrived to enter into con- 

 versation with his new acquaintance, who was 

 flattered by Lord Spencer's courteous demeanour, 

 and the kind manner in which he pointed out the 

 most distinguished characters present, and im- 

 parted any interesting particulars connected with 

 the passing scene. Lord Spencer soon left his 

 friend, and went in quest of the other man of 

 colour, and having contrived to make his acquaint- 

 ance by some well-timed civility, after accom- 

 panying him once or twice round the circle, 

 actually brought him to the same bench which his 

 first friend was still occupying ; and proposing that 

 they should rest a little, he had no difficulty in 

 placing himself between the two strangers, and 

 the conversation very soon became general. The 

 next step was to propose a promenade, which being 

 acceded to, he offered his arm to the first stranger, 

 who paid a similar compliment to the other man, 



