Feb. 19. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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But now, since the ownership {quantum vcdeai) 

 has deceived even Mr. Collier, and is endorsed 

 by him, it is time to notice it. A. E. B. 



Leeds. 



P. S. — I may add that, with respect to these 

 words " happy low lie down," from my habit of 

 looking for solutions of difficulties in parallels and 

 antitheses, I have arrived at a different conclusion 

 from any that has yet been suggested. Finding 

 " uneasy " used adverbially in the last line, I see 

 no reason why " happy " should not also be taken 

 adverbially in the preceding line : we should then 

 have the same verb, " lie " and " lies," repeated 

 antithetically in the same mood and tense. 



The article the before " low " has probably been 

 omitted in the press, and may be either actually 

 restored or elliptically understood : 

 *' Then happy [the] low lie down ; 



Uneasy lies the bead that wears a crown." 



MB. JOHN MUNRO. 



Between the years 1803 and 1830, a gentleman 

 resident in London, under the signature A. Z., 

 presented from time to time to the Society of 

 Antiquaries of Scotland, a collection of works 

 respecting the Orkney and Shetland islands, co- 

 piously illustrated with manuscript notes and in- 

 serted prints, maps, &c. The internal evidence 

 leaves no room to doubt that the donor of this 

 valuable collection was a native of Kirkwall ; and 

 recent investigations lead to the conclusion that 

 he was a Mr. John Munro, originally in the office 

 of Mr. John Heddle, Town Clerk of Kirkwall. He 

 appears to have gone to London about 1789, and 

 to have passed the rest of his life there, down to 

 May, 1830, when his last communication was made 

 to the Scottish Antiquaries. A list of his dona- 

 tions is printed in the Archcsologia Scotica, vol. iii. 

 pp. 267 — 274. His copious manuscript notes, 

 written in a very neat and legible hand, indicate 

 not only a man of intelligence and research, but 

 also of an exceedingly amiable and kindly dis- 

 position, and strongly influenced by the amor 

 patrice, which gave to his donations their exclu- 

 sive character. 



I am anxious to ascertain what was Mr. Munro's 

 occupation in London, the date of his death, and 

 any interesting or characteristic notes concerning 

 him. Judging from his tastes, it seems highly 

 probable that he may have been known to more 

 than one of your metropolitan correspondents. 



Perhaps you will not think such Queries un- 

 deserving of a corner in your useful vehicle of 

 literary intercommunication, nor A. Z.'s anonim.ity 

 unworthy of an effiart to rede the riddle. 



Dan. Wilson. 



Edinburgh. 



;^tn0r €ineviei. 



Song in Praise of the Marquess of Cfranby. — 

 Can any of your correspondents furnish me with 

 the words of a song written in praise of the Mar- 

 quess of Granby, who was so distinguished as a 

 general officer in the middle of the last century ? 



I think the first verse ended with — 



" But the jewel of Grantham is Granby." 



It was sung to the tune of " Over the Water to 

 Charlie." F. W. S. 



Venda. — Can any of your correspondents tell me 

 what is the origin and use of this word, as a prefix 

 to names of places in Portugal ; as it occurs, for 

 instance, in Venda da Agua, Venda da Pia, Venda 

 das Monachos, &c., places not far from Torres 

 Vedras? C. E. F. 



The Georgiad. — About 1814, at Cambridge, 

 some lines under this title were commonly attri- 

 buted to the late Rev. E. Smedley (Seaton prize- 

 man). Can any reader supply a copy? Two 

 stanzas run thus : 



" George B * has turn'd a saint, they say : 



But who believes the tale ? 



George D j" might as soon turn gay ! 



George C 's\ flirting fail ! 



" George D § set the Thames on fire ! 



George R his reign renew I 



George R imitate his sire, 



And to his friends be true !" 



AlTCH. 



R. S. Townshend of Manchester. — I know that 

 you have several intelligent correspondents in the 

 neighbourhood of Manchester, and it is probable 

 that they may be able to give me some inform- 

 ation respecting a Mr. R. S. Townshend, a person of 

 literary taste and pursuits, who resided in that 

 town about the year 1730. His Common-place 

 Book, or Diary, which has fallen into my hands, 

 contains numerous allusions to the leading gentry 

 and clergy of the neighbourhood ; and more than 

 once it mentions the well-known Dr. Byrom, under 

 the title of " II Gran Maestro de Tachigraphia." 

 Dr. Deacon, a distinguished person among the 

 Nonjurors, is also mentioned. The acting of Cato 

 by the scholars of the grammar-school on Dec. 20, 

 1732, is also mentioned, with some critiques upon 

 the performers. The elections at the collegiate 

 church are constantly referred to as subjects of 

 all-absorbing interest ; there being a strong party, 



* " G. A. B.," Fellow of Trinity, a lively com- 

 panion. 



f Editor of the Bible. 



i Lay Fellow and Tutor of Jes. Coll. ; used to read 

 Theocritus Creech in the stage-coach. 



§ Author of History of London, or some topogra- 

 phical quarto. The next may be guessed. 



