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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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" N. & Q." affords an excellent opportunity for at- 

 tempting this. If the correspondents of " N._ & Q." 

 would contribute their mites occasionally with this 

 view, by the conclusion of the volume, I have little 

 doubt but a very valuable list miLjht be obtained. 

 For the sake of reference, tlie whole contributions 

 obtained could then be amalgamated, and alpha- 

 betically arranged. Pertuensis. 



Pure. — In visiting an old blind woman the 

 other day, I was struck with what to me was a 

 peculiar use of the word pure. Having inquired 

 after the dame's health, and been assured that she 

 was much better, I begged her not to rise from 

 the bed on which she was sitting, whereupon she 

 said, "Thank you, Sir, I feel quite pure this 

 morning." Oxoniensis. 



Oakridge, Gloucestershire. 



Darling's '■'■ Cijclopaidia Bibliographica."' — The 

 utility of Mr. Darling's Cyclopa>dia Bihliographica 

 is exemplified by the solution conveyed under the 

 title " Crellius," p. 813., of the following difficulty 

 expressed by Dr. Hey, the Norrlsian professor 

 (Lectures, vol. iil. p. 40.) : 



" Paul Crellius and John iNIaclaurin seem to have 

 been of the same way of thinking with John Agricola. 

 Nicboll.s on this Article [Eighth of the Tliirty-nine 

 Articles], refers to Paul Crellius's book De Lihertate 

 Christiana, but I ilo not find it anywhere. A speech of 

 his is in the Bodleian Catalogue, but not this work." 



Similar Information might have been received 

 by your correspondent (Vol. vll., p. 381.), who 

 inquired whether Huet's Navigations of Solomon 

 was ever published. In the Cyclopajdla reference 

 is made to two collections In which this treatise 

 has been inserted, Crit. Sac, viii. ; Ugolinus, vil. 

 277. With his usual accuracy, Mr. Darling states 

 there are additions in the Critici Sacri printed at 

 Amsterdam, 1698-1732, as Huet's treatise above 

 referred to is not in the first edition, London, 



1660. BiBLIOTHECAE. ChETHAM. 



DELFT MANUFACTURE. 



I am extremely desirous of obtaining some in- 

 formation respecting the Dutch manufactories of 

 enamelled pottery, or Delft ware, as we call It. 



On a former occasion, by your connexion with 

 the Navorscher, you were able to obtain for me 

 some very valuable and interesting information in 

 reply to some question put respecting the Dutch 

 porcelain manufactories. I am therefore in hopes 

 that some kind correspondent in Holland will be 

 so obliging as to impart to me similar information 

 on this subject also. I should wish to know — 



When, by whom, at what places, and under 

 wliat circumstances, the manufacture of enamelled 

 pottery was first introduced into Holland ? 



Whether there were manuHxctorles at other 

 towns besides Delft ? 



Whether they had any distinctive marks ; and, 

 if so, what were they ? 



Whether there was more than one manufactory 

 at Delft ; and, if so, what were their marks, and 

 what was the meaning of them ? 



Whether any particular manufactories were 

 confined to the making of any particular sort or 

 quality of articles ; and, if so, what were they ? 



Whether any of the manufactories have ceased ; 

 and, if so, at what period ? 



Also, any other particulars respecting the ma- 

 nufactories and their products that it may be pos- 

 sible to communicate through the medium of a 

 paper like " N. & Q." Octavius Morgan. 



The Withered Hand and Motto " Utinam." — 

 At Compton Park, near Salisbury, the seat of the 

 Penruddocke family, there is a three-quarter 

 length picture, in the Velasquez style, of a gen- 

 tleman in a rich dress of black velvet, with broad 

 lace frill and cuffs, and ear-rings, probably of the 

 latter part of Queen Elizabeth's reign. His right 

 hand, which he displays somewhat prominently, is 

 loilhered. The left one is a-kimbo, and less seen. 

 In the upper part of the painting is the single 

 Latin word "utinam" (Othat!). There is no 

 tradition as to who this person was. Any sug- 

 gestion on the subject would gratify 3, 



History of York. — Who Is the author of a 

 History of York, in 2 vols,, published at that city 

 in 1788 by T, Wilson and II. Spence, High Ouse- 

 gate ? I have seen it in several shops, and heard 

 it attributed to Drake ; and obtained it the other 

 day from an extensive library in Bristol, in the 

 Catalogue of which it is styled Drake's Ehoracum. 

 Several allusions in the first volume to his work, 

 however, render it impossible to be ascribed to 

 him. It is dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir 

 William Mordaunt Milner, of Nunappleton, Bart., 

 who was mayor at the time. 11. W. Elliot, 



Clifton. 



'■'■ Haiding over the coals." — What is the origin 

 and meaning of the phrase, " Hauling one over 

 the coals ;" and where does it first appear ? Fabek. 



Dr. Butler and St. Edmund's Bury. — Can any 

 of your readers give me any information respect- 

 ing the Mr. or Dr. Butler, of St. Edmund's Bury, 

 referred to in the extracts from the Post Boy and 

 Gough's Topography, quoted by Ma. Ballard in 

 Vol. vli., p. 617. ? Buriensis. 



Washington. — Anecdotes relative to General 

 Washington, President of the United States, in- 



