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iJOtES AND QUERIES. 



[2W S. V. 125., May 22. '58, 



mentioned, where a Protestant congregation has 

 lately been formed ; and the writer of the account 

 is made by bis translator to say that " this little 

 congregation, consisting chiefly of poor people, is 

 partly supported in maintaining a preacher and 

 schoolmaster by M. Gustavus Adolphus Verein." 

 Now, in the north of Germany a society was 

 formed some years ago for aiding Protestant con- 

 gregations scattered among the southern Roman 

 Catholic districts ; and it appeared natural for 

 such a society to assume a title which would recal 

 the memory of some ancient champion of Pro- 

 testantism. The name of Gustavus Adolphus, 

 " the Lion of the North," was very suitably chosen, 

 and the society has ever since been known as the 

 Gustav Adolf Verein. The translator I have 

 quoted has mistaken the title of this society for 

 the name of a person, and accordingly Monsieur 

 Verein is announced to the world as a nursing- 

 father of a Protestant church. Can any specimen 

 of mistranslation surpass this ? Anon. 



Minax cauertcS. 



The old Seal of the London Bridge Estate 

 Wanted. — Howel, in his Londinopolis, says (p. 

 395.) : — 



" The Great Bridge h.atli such large revenues belong- 

 ing unto it, with a particular stately seal, which of old 

 had the effigies of Thomas of Becket (a Londoner born) 

 upon it, with this inscription in the name of the city : — 



'Me qusc te peperi, ne cesses, Thoma, tueri.' 

 Bat the seal was altered in Henry the Eight's reign." 



On the leases of the Bridge Estate granted up 

 to 1538, no doubt an impression of this seal may 

 be found, and if any reader of " N. & Q." would 

 kindly let me know where I might be able to see 

 one, I should be very thankful. D. Rock. 



Brook Green, Hammersmith. 



The Narroxving of the Choir. — In Canterbury 

 Cathedral it is well known that the choir grows 

 narrower towards the eastern end. I have an 

 idea that there is something of the same sort, 

 though not to the same extent, in other choirs. 

 Judging by the eye, it struck me that there is a 

 slight narrowing in the choir of Winchester Ca- 

 thedral. I do not know of any published plans 

 that are sufficiently accurate to decide the point. 

 Can any of your correspondents furnish any in- 

 formation respecting it ? Meletes. 



Thames Frozen. — Can any of your readers 

 state in what years, during the present century, 

 the Thames was frozen over ?* J. B. 



The '■'■St. James's Chronicle." — When was this 

 paper first established ? by whom was it originally 



[* Booths were erected on the Thames in Jan. 1814. — 

 Ed.] 



conducted? and was George Steevens at anytime 

 the editor of it, or in any way mixed up with its 

 management ? W. J. T. 



Life of S. Teresa. — The following work was 

 purchased at the dispersion of the library at Hag- 

 gerston Castle last month : — 



"TheLyf of the Mother Teresa of lejus, Foundresseof 

 the Monasteries of the descalced, or barefooted Carmelite 

 Nunnes and Fryeres of the first rule. Written by her self, 

 at the commandement of her ghostly father, and was 

 translated into English out of Spanish b}' W. M. of the 

 Society of lesus." Antwei-p, 1612, small 8vo. 



On the title-page occurs the autograph of 

 "Anne Haggerston" written in an old hand. Is 

 the name of the translator known, or is the work of 

 common occurrence ? The Haggerstons were a 

 Roman Catholic family of antiquity and opulence 

 in the county of Northumberland, and there seems 

 to have been some very curious works in the 

 library ; but the catalogue having been prepared 

 in the country was very unsatisfactory, number- 

 less valuable articles having been sold in lots. 

 The baronetcy has devolved upon the male re- 

 presentative of William Haggerston Constable, 

 Esq. J. M. 



Bishop and. Divine. — The following is from a 

 pamphlet entitled Is the Pope Comijig ? London, 

 1703, pp. 64.: — 



" His grace of E g now derides the Holy Scapiilary 



and its miracles ; but we must not forget that, not long 



before he was made a B , he proposed to do reverence 



to the old garment of a late divine, who took his doctrines 

 from the Rabbis and the Academicks, and thought little 

 of Paul when he was not confirmed by them." — P. 17. 



Who were the bishop and the divine ? Any elu- 

 cidation of the above will be a favour to M. (1 .) 



Logic. — Who was the writer of the lines end- 

 ing with — 



" it proves of course 



That a horse-chestnut is a chestnut horse " ? 



Though well known, they are not known by 



J. U. N, 



Effect of Saltan Stone. — The flagging of a dairy 

 has become so impregnated with salt as to be con- 

 stantly damp. Can any of your scientific corre- 

 spondents inform me if there is any simple way of 

 counteracting this and making the flags dry, the 

 room being no longer used as a dairy. S. A. L. 



Wills during the Commonwealth. — Will any one 

 inform me what course was pursued during the 

 Commonwealth as to registration or custody of 

 wills ? Were the old registries continued ? and 

 where are the wills of that period now to be 

 searched for ? R. G. S. 



St. Francis of Assisium. — Where is to be found 

 a good historical account in English of the Third 

 Order of St. Francis of Assisium ? H. H. 



