June 25. 1853.] 



:notes and queries. 



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Copenhagen, a very curious manuscript which he 

 had discovered and purchased during a voyage to 

 the Orkneys and Shetland in IS.^O. The manu- 

 script is said to be in good preservation, and the 

 form of the characters assigns the tenth, or perhaps 

 the ninth century as its date. It is said to contain, 

 in the Latin tongue, several episodes of Norwegian 

 history, relating to important facts hitherto un- 

 known, and which throw much light on feudal 

 tenures, holdings, superstitions, omens, &c., which 

 have been handed down to our day, with their 

 origin involved in obscurity, and on the darkness 

 of the centuries that preceded the introduction of 

 Christianity into Norway. Has this manuscript 

 ever been printed ? Kikkwallensis. 



THE I/EIGH PEERAGE, AND STONELEY ESTATES, 

 WARWICKSHIRE. 



The fifth Lord Leigh left his estates to his 

 sister, the Hon. Mary Leigh, for her life, and at 

 her decease without issue to " the first and nearest 

 of his kindred, being male, and of his name and 

 blood," &c. On the death of Mrs. Mary Leigh in 

 1806, the estates were taken possession of by her 

 very distant kinsman, the Rev. Thomas Leigh. 

 The first person to dispute his right to them was 

 Mr. George Smith Leigh, who claimed them as 

 being descended from a danghter of Sir Thomas 

 Leigh, son of the first Baron Leigh. His claim 

 was not allowed, because he had the name of Leigh 

 only hy royal license, and not by inheritance. Sub- 

 sequently, the Barony of Leigh was claimed by 

 another Mr. George Leigh, of Lancashire, as de- 

 scended from a son of the Hon. Christopher Leigh 

 (fourth son of the aforesaid Sir Thomas Leigh), 

 by his second wife. His claim was disallowed 

 when heard by a committee of the House of Lords 

 in 1828, because he could not prove the second 

 marriage of Cliristopher Leigh, nor the birth of 

 any son by such marriage. 



Being about to print a genealogy of the Leigh 

 family, I should be under an obligation to any 

 one who will, without delay, furnish me with — 



1st. The descent, with dates, of the aforesaid 

 Mr. George Smith Leigh from Sir Thomas Leigh. 



2nd. The wife, and descendants to the present 

 time, of the aforesaid Mr. George Leigh. 



In return for this information I shall be happy 

 to send my informant a copy of the genealogy 

 when it is printed. I give you my name and 

 address. J. M. G. 



Minat C^ucrtc^. 



Phillips Family. — Is there a fixmily of Phillips 

 now bearing the ancient arms of William Phillips, 

 Lord Bardolph : viz. Quarterly, gu. and az., in the 

 chief dexter quarter an eagle displayed or. 



H. G. S. 



Engine- a~verge. — What is the engine- d-verge^ 

 mentioned by P. Daniel in his Hist, de la Milice 

 Franc, and what the origin of the name ? Cape. 



GarricKs Funeral Epigram, — Who is the author 



of these verses ? 



" Through weepinj» London's crowded streets. 

 As Garrick's funeral pass'd, 

 Contending wits and poets strove 

 Which should desert him last. 



" Not so this world behaved to Him 

 Who came this world to save ; 

 By solitary Joseph borne 

 Unheeded to the grave." 



K. n: 



The Rosicrucians. — I should be extremely glad 

 of a little information respecting " the Brethren of 

 the Rosy Cross." Was there ever a regular fra- 

 ternity of philosophers bearing this appellation ;: 

 or was it given merely as a title to all students ia 

 alchemy ? 



I should wish to obtain a list of works which 

 might contain a record of their studies and dis- 

 coveries. I subjoin the few in my own library, 

 which I imagine to belong to this class. 



Albertiis Magnus de Animalibus, libr. xxvi. fol. 

 Venet. 1495. 



Albertus Magnus de Secretis Mulierum, de Virtu- 

 tibus Herbarum, Lapidum et Animalium. 



Albertus Magnus de Mirabilibus Mundi, item. 



Michael Scotus de Secretis Natura;, 12mo., Lugd. 

 1584. 



Henr. Corn. Agrippa on the Vanitie of Sciences, 4to., 

 London, 1575. 



Joann. Baptist. Van Helmont, Opera Omnia, 4to., 

 Francofurti, 1682. 



Dr. Charleton, Ternary of Paradoxes, London, 1650. 



Perhaps some of your correspondents will kindly 

 furnish me with notices of other works by these 

 writers, and by others who have written on similar 

 subjects, as Paracelsus, &c. E. S. Taylor. 



Passage in Schiller. — In the Memoirs of a 

 Stomach, lately published, the editor asks a ques- 

 tion of you : " Is it Schiller who says, ' The meta- 

 physical part of love commences with the first sigh, 

 and terminates with the first kiss'?" I pray you 

 look to the merry and witty and learned little 

 book, and respond to his Query. Amicus. 



Sir John Vanbnigh. — This eminent architect 

 and poet of the last century is stated by his bio- 

 graphers to have been " born in Cheshire." Can 

 anybody furnish me with the place and date of his 

 birth ? T. Hughes. 



Chester. 



Historical Engraving. — I have an ancient en- 

 graving, size 14f in. wide and llf in. high, with- 

 out title or engraver's name, which I should be 



