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teres ; on examining this I can find no passage at 

 the page and volume Indicated, on the subject. 



Can any of your readers state where it is to be 

 found ? It appears remarkable that the merchants 

 from Ireland should land at the inland town of 

 Cambridge, and it seems a probable conjecture 

 that Cambridge Is a mistake for Cambria. 



William of Malmesbury speaks of a commerce 

 between Ireland and the neighbourhood of Chester, 

 and It seems much more probable that the mer- 

 chants of Ireland landed In "NVales than in Cam- 

 bridge. John Theupp. 



Derivation of Celt. — What is the proper de- 

 rivation of the word celt, as applied to certain 

 weapons of antiquity ? A good authority. In Dr. 

 Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiqui- 

 ties, p. 351., obtains the term from — 



" Celtes, an old Lathi word for a chisel, probably 

 derived from ccelo, to engrave," 



Mr. Wright (The Celt, Roman, and Saxon, p. 73.) 

 says that Hearne first applied the word to such 

 implements In bronze, believing them to be 

 " Roman celtes or chisels ;" and that — 



" Subsequent writers, ascribing these instruments to 

 the Britons, have retained the name, forgetting its 

 origin, and have applied it indiscriminately, not only to 

 other implements of bronze, but even to the analogous 

 instruments o^ stone," 



And he objects to the term " as too generally Im- 

 plying that things to which it is applied are Celtic." 

 On the other hand. Dr. Wilson {Prehistoric An- 

 nals, p. 129.) prefers to retain the word, inasmuch 

 as the Welsh etymologists, Owen and Spurrell, 

 furnish an ancient Cambro-British word celt, a 

 flint stone. M. Worsaae (Primeval Antiq., p. 26.) 

 confines the term to those Instruments of bronze 

 which have a hollow socket to receive a wooden 

 handle ; the other forms being called paalstabs on 

 the Continent. It seems clear that there Is no 

 connexion between this word and the name of the 

 nation (Celtcc) ; but Its true origin may perhaps 

 be elicited by a little discussion in the pages of 

 "N.&Q." C.R.M. 



Ancient Superstition against the King of England 

 entering or even beholding the Town of Leicester. — 

 The existence of a superstition to this effect is 

 recorded In Rishanger's Chronicle, and also, as I 

 am informed, in that of Thomas Wikes; but this I 

 have not at present an opportunity of consulting. 



Rishanger's words are : 



" Rex [Henricus III.] autem, capta Norhamptun., 

 Leycestr. tendens, in ea hospitatus est, quam nullu-s 

 regni prater eunti etiain videre, prohibentibus quibus- 

 dam superstitiose, pra;sumpsit." — P. 26. 



It Is also mentioned by Matthew of Westmin- 

 ster. (Vide Bohn's edition, vol. ii. p. 412.) The 

 statement, that no king before Henry III. had 



entered the town, is however incorrect, as William 

 the Conqueror and King John are instances to the 

 contrary. 



Can any of your correspondents explain the 

 origin of this superstition, or favour me with any 

 farther notices respecting it? 



It is not unworthy of observation that very 

 many of the royal personages who have visited 

 Leicester, have been either unfortunate in their 

 lives, or have met with tragical deaths. 



We may, however, hope, for the credit of the 

 town, that their misfortunes may be attributed to 

 other causes, rather than to their presence within 

 Its time-hallowed walls. Wm. Kelly. 



Leicester. 



Burton. — Is there any family of this name who 

 can make out a descent from, or connexion with, 

 a Mr. John Burton, alderman of Doncaster, who 

 died 1718 ? C. J. 



The Camera Lucida. — I should feel much 

 obliged to any reader of " N. & Q." who would be 

 kind enough to answer the following questions, 

 and refer me to any work treating of the handling 

 and management of the Camera Lucida. I have 

 one made by King of Bristol, and purchased about 

 thirty years ago : It draws out, like a telescope, 

 in three pieces, each six inches long ; and at full 

 length will give a picture of the dimensions of 

 twenty Inches by twelve. The upper piece is 

 marked from above downwards, thus : at two 

 Inches below the lens, " 2 ; " at an inch below that 

 point, " 3 ;" at half an Inch lower, " 4 ;" at half an 

 inch lower still, " 5 ;" half an Inch below the point 

 " 5," a " 7 " Is marked ; and half an inch below 

 the " 7," there is a " 10 ;" at seven-eighths below 

 this last, " D " is marked. What reference have 

 these nicely graduated points to the distance of an 

 object from the instrument ? Do the figures 

 merely determine the size of the picture to be 

 taken ? How Is one to be guided In tlieir use 

 and application to practice ? Caret. 



Francis Moore. — Francis Moore was born at 

 Bakewell about the year 1592, and was Proctor of 

 Lichfield Cathedral at the time of the Great Rebel- 

 lion. I am anxious to know who were his parents, 

 and what their place of abode. 



Edward Peacock. 



Bottesford Moors, Kirton-in-Lindsey. 



Waugh, Bishop of Carlisle. — What were the 

 family arms of Dr. John Waugh, Bishop of Car- 

 lisle, who died October 29, 1734? Was he of a 

 Scotch family, and are any of his descendants now 

 living ? RuFus. 



Palace at Enfield. — We read that there was 

 formerly a royal palace at Enfield In JNliddlesex, 

 ten miles north from London ; and one room still 



