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plified account of this controversy than we do in the 

 pages of Boswell, which is confirmatory that the work 

 is from the pen of Shaw himself. At page 152., the wri- 

 ter informs us, that "besides a natural turn for the study 

 of language, and the advantages and credit he had now 

 acquired among his countrymen, Shaw turned his 

 thoughts towards making a collection of all the vocables 

 in the Galic language that could be collected from the 

 voice or old books and manuscripts. Having communi- 

 cated his idea, in 1778, to the Doctor, and pointed out 

 tlie difficulties and expense necessary to make the tour 

 of Scotland and Ireland, the limited sale of such a work, 

 •nnd the uncertaintj' of subscriptions, he replied, that the 

 Scotch ought to raise a fund for the undertaking. Appli- 

 cation was therefore made to the Highland Club, of which 

 Shaw had been one of the original founders, and which 

 was instituted for the purpose of encouraging Galic en- 

 quiries ; but he found that by the underhand dealings of 

 Macpherson and his part}', and Shaw's connection with 

 Johnson, nothing would be contributed. His disappoint- 

 ment he soon communicated to the Doctor, and still 

 expressed the most ardent zeal to record the ancient lan- 

 guage of his native countrj': he said he could muster, 

 of his own property, from two to three hundred pounds 

 towards a journey and other expenses, if he could enter- 

 tain any hopes of being refunded by the publication. 

 By a speech he made that day on the undertaking, the 

 Doctor fully determined him to set off with the spring, 

 the conclusion of which was, ' Sir, if you give the world a 

 Vocabular}' of that language, while the island of Great 

 Britain stands in the Atlantic Ocean, your name will be 

 mentioned.* By such a speech, and from such a man, the 

 youthful mind of Shaw went with ardour in pursuit of 

 the objects in question. He perfonned a journey of 3000 

 miles, persevered and finished his work at his own ex- 

 pense, and has not to this day [1785] been paid their 

 subscriptions by his countrymen." Johnson subsequently 

 converted Shaw to prelacy, Avho, having obtained orders 

 in the English church, eventually became Rector of 

 Chelvey near Bristol. Again, at page 165., we find 

 another statement which may interest the admirers of 

 Johnson. The writer informs us, that " had the Doctor's 

 health permitted him, he intended to have drawn out and 

 published a state of the Ossian Controversy from the be- 

 ginning, to balance the arguments and evidence on both 

 sides, and to pronounce judgment upon the whole. This 

 is a piece of criticism now lost, and much to be lamented, 

 as the question concerning the Poems attributed to Os- 

 sian, from the illiberal construction put on his opinion of 

 their authenticity', interested him as materially as any 

 circumstance of his life."] 



Richard Pate or Pates, Bishop of Worcester. — 

 I beg to be referred to some account of the above 

 ecclesiastic, who was both created and deprived 

 during the reign of Queen Mary. Epsilon. 



[Richard Pate, orTates, was born in Oxfordshire, and 

 admitted scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, June 

 1, 1522; B. A. 1523; and then going to Paris was there 

 created M. A. In 1526, he was collated to the archdea- 

 conry of Winchester; and on June 22, 1528, to the 

 archdeaconrj' of Lincoln. He was employed in several 

 embassies, and in 1542 attainted of high treason. Upon 

 the translation of Bishop Heath to York, Queen Jlary no- 

 minated Pate to the see of Worcester, and restored the 

 temporalities to him, March 5,1554-5. Godwin supposes 

 that Richard Pate had been elected to the see of Worces- 

 ter iminediatel}' after the deprivation of Jerome Ghinucci, 

 but before he received consecration was sent abroad on an 

 embassy, whence he refused to return, whereupon the 

 see of Worcester was bestowed upon Hugh Latimer j and 



he draws his inference from the fact that, at one of the 

 sittings of the Council of Trent, Pate subscribed by 

 the name of "Rich. Patus Wigorn. Episc." No just in- 

 ference, however, of the fact can be maintained from that 

 circumstance, as the last session of the Council of Trent 

 was holden Dec. 3, 1563, some years after Pate was de- 

 prived by Queen Elizabeth, and he would doubtless be 

 received and considered by the Romanists as Bishop of 

 Worcester, notwithstanding his deprivation by the Queen. 

 (Le Neve's Fasti, bj' Hardy, iii. 64.) He was imprisoned 

 for a short time, and upon being released retired to the 

 continent, and died at Louvain.] 



Orientation. — Can any of your readers inform 

 me whether in old English churches the exact 

 point of the compass which the chancel faces has 

 been determined by the position of the sun at sun- 

 rise on the day of the saint to whom the church is 

 dedicated ? Hubert C. Llotd. 



Hoddesdon, Herts. 



[This question can only be answered by a collection of 

 facts gathered in different parts of England, as suggested 

 by the Cambridge Camden Society, which would be 

 highly valuable, as tending to determine a very curious 

 point in ancient church-building, namely, whether the 

 supposed rule of orientation was strictly adhered to. See 

 The Orientator, 32mo. 1844, published bj' the Cambridge 

 Camden Society, with a Card containing a simple contri- 

 vance for ascertaining the orientation of churches.] 



Painting. — What other masters besides Raphael 

 have painted the subject of Christ bearing the 

 Cross ? A CoNSTAisT Reader. 



[According to Smith's Catalogue Haisontie, the only 

 masters who have treated the above subject besides 

 Raphael, are Rubens, Van D3'ck, and Adrian Vander 

 Werf; and their pictures are severally to be found in 

 Brussels, Genoa, and Munich. Mrs. Jameson mentions 

 another by Dominichino in the Bridgewater Gallery, 

 London.] 



Bullion. 

 lion? 



What is the origin of the word bul- 

 J. P. R 



[" From Gr. BmAo?, a lump of earth ; q. d. money having 

 no stamp or signature upon it. I could almost adventure 

 to derive it from the Gr. BoCA.a, a signature ; because it is 

 to receive the Prince his signet, or effigies, before it be 

 currant coin. 3finseviis draws it from the Hisp. Billon, or 

 Vellon ; which he interpi'Cteth, Bullion, or Copper to make 

 monej/ of." — A new Knglish Dictionary, London, printed 

 for Timothy Childe, mdcxci.] 



" Observations vpon Mr. Fox's Letter to Mr. 

 Grey" a privately printed tract, 4to. pp. 16., s. I. 

 et a. Who was the author ? Joseph Rix. 



St. Neot's. 



[By the Rev. Dr. Davy, late Master of Caius College, 

 Cambridge. It was printed in 4to. and royal 8vo. See 

 «N. &Q." 1»'S. viii. 652.] 



Brown or Muscovado Sugar. — What is the 

 derivation and meaning of the word "Musco- 

 vado?" CnAs. Bell. 



Bristol. 



[Webster derives Muscovado, n. from the Span, and 

 Port, mascatxido, compounded of mas, more, but, and aca- 

 bado, ended, finished. Mascahado is an adjective, signi- 



