Feb. 26. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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pilot vessels and pilots which you may be able to 

 fiad, and bring them up to Calcutta. 



" A pilot will be sent on board you by the Master 

 Attendant, who will furnish you with orders to 

 him to point to you such pilot vessels as may be in 

 the service of the French nation. 



"In the execution of this service the utmost 

 .secrecy is to be observed. 

 We are, Sir, 

 Your most obedient servants, 



Wabben Hastings. 

 P. Fbancis. 

 Edw. Wheelee, 



Fort Williara, 9th July, 1778." 



MEDI^VAIi EMBLEMS OF THE PASSION. 



The venerable Priory Church of Great Malvern 

 contains a series of these emblems, among which 

 are some I have never before met with ; and as 

 they may be interesting to some of your readers, I 

 have made a note of them. They have evidently 

 been moved from some other part of the church 

 to their present position in St. Anne's Chapel, and 

 as a few of the moi-e usual emblems are wanting, 

 the series has probably been more complete than 

 it is now. The date of the glass is the latter half 

 of the fifteenth century, and consists of a series of 

 demi-angels, each bearing a shield, upon which 

 these emblems are depicted. 



On the first are two heads, representing Judas 

 kissing his Master, the head of the Saviour being 

 surrounded by the usual cruciform nimbus. 



2. The reed, here drawn as a bulrush with flag 

 leaves, crossed by a mace. 



3. The lantern. 



4. Christ blindfolded ; represented symbolically 

 as having a thin muslin bandage over His eyes, 

 which are seen through it and depicted wide open, 

 as if not at all affected by it. 



5. Two hands issuing from the dexter side of 

 the shield, as if in the act of buffeting ; from the 

 sinister side issues one hand pulling a beard or 

 lock of hair. 



6. The spear of Longinus, with drops of blood 

 and water trickling from it, crossed by the reed 

 and the sponge. 



7. The cock that warned St. Peter. 



8. The crown of thorns. 



9. The cross. 



10. The falchion of St. Peter crossed by another 

 mace. 



11. The seamless vest. 



12. The hammer between two nails only. 



13. The purse of Judas overflowing with money, 

 represented as a merchant's gypciere. 



14. The ladder. 



15. Two scourges or flagelli crossing each other. 



16. The sacred monogram, LH.C. 



17. The five wounds. 



18. St. Veronica, with the napkin outspread 

 impressed with the sacred head. 



19. An impudent repulsive head in the act of 

 spitting. 



20. The lower portion of the pillar entwined 

 with the cord. 



To this Note I wish to add a Query. Have 

 any of your correspondents ever met with, iu 

 similar representations, the instruments I have de- 

 scribed as maces in shields 2. and 10. ? The first 

 has a round termination, with three triangular- 

 shaped spikes issuing from it, one at the end, and 

 one on each side of the ball; the second has a 

 pointed oval, or egg-shaped end, and is quite 

 studded with spikes, not triangular, but straight 

 like the teeth of a woolcomb ; they evidently refer 

 to the " weapons " mentioned in St. John xviii. 3., 

 and I am not aware of the existence of any similar 

 types. I may also state that those mentioned on 

 shields 1. 4. 5. and 19. are by no means usual. 



While on this subject I will add a list of the 

 other emblems I have met with not included in 

 this series, and shall be glad to receive from any 

 of your readers any additions to it. 



The ear of Malchus ; the two swords which they 

 showed the Lord when He said " It is enough ; " 

 the three dice ; the pincers ; the thirty pieces of 

 silver ; the pitcher of water which our Saviour 

 used when He washed His disciples' feet ; the 

 towel, generally represented hanging from a ring, 

 with which He wiped them; the fire at which 

 St. Peter warmed himself, and the three spice- 

 boxes for embalming. I shall also be glad to hear 

 if the representation of two nails only instead of 

 the usual number of three^ occurs in any other 

 instance. Noeeis Deck. 



Great Malvern. 



BOOKSELLING IN CALCUTTA. 



Looking over your Queries this morning, my 

 attention was drawn to that now in course of elu- 

 cidation in your pages — the origin of the phrase 

 " Sending a man to Coventry." I am not about 

 to offer any explanation thereof, but simply to 

 chronicle in your columns, more for the amuse- 

 ment than the edification of your readers, a remi- 

 niscence of an eccentric application of a passage in 

 Shakspeare bearing upon this popular dislike to 

 Coventry. 



Any of your readers who may have visited the 

 capital of British India will recollect the native 

 Mtauh-wallahs, or booksellers, who drive a good 

 trade in the streets of Calcutta by thrusting 

 their second-hand literature into the palanquins of 

 the passers, and their pertinacity and success in 

 fixing master with a bargain. For the information 

 of the untravelled, I may further remark that 

 these flying bibliopoles draw their supplies from 



