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At St. Peter's Cliurcli, Tiverton, there is also a 

 collection of books, mostly the gift of the Newtes, 

 Eichard (rejected in 1646 and restored in 1660), 

 and John his son, rectors of the portions of Tid- 

 combe and Clare in that church. The books are 

 preserved in a room over the vestry. 



Balliolensis. 



Another venerable archdeacon now living per- 

 mitted the churchwardens of Swaffham to give 

 him a fine copy of Cranmer's Bible belonging to 

 the church library. S. Z. Z. S. 



Add to the list Finedon, in N'orthamptonshire, 

 where there is a collection of upwards of 1000 

 volumes in the.parvise over the porch. E. H. A. 



" UP, GUARDS, AND AT THEM ! " 



(Vol. v., p. 426. ; Vol. viii., pp. 111. 184.) 



The authority for the Duke of Wellington hav- 

 ing used these words at the battle of Watei'loo is 

 Capt. Batty, of the Grenadier Guards, in a letter 

 written a few days after the battle, published in 

 Booth's Battle of Waterloo, and illustrated by 

 George Jones, Esq., R.A., who is believed to have 

 superintended the whole publication. I append 

 the extract : — 



" Upon the cavalry being repulsed, the Duke him- 

 self ordered our second battalion to form line with the 

 third battalion ; and, after advancing to the brow of 

 the hill, to lie down and shelter ourselves from the fire. 

 Here we remained, I imagine, near an hour. It was 

 now about seven o'clock. Tlie French infantry had in 

 vain been brought against our line ; and, as a last 

 resource, Buonaparte resolved upon attacking our part 

 of the position with his veteran Imperial Guard, pro- 

 mising them the plunder of Brussels. Tlieir artillery 

 and they advanced in solid column to where we lay. 

 The Duke, who was riding behind us, watched their 

 approach ; and at length, when within a hundred yards 

 of us, exclaimed ' Up, guards, and at them again ! ' 

 Never was there a prouder moment than this for our 

 country or ourselves," &c. — Second Letter of Capt. 

 Batty, Grenadier Guards, dated June 22, 1815, from 

 the village of Gommignies ; his First Letter being 

 dated Bavay, June 21, 1815. 



This circumstantial account, written so few days 

 after the battle, detailing affirmatively the com- 

 mand to the guards as heard by one of themselves, 

 will probably countervail the negative testimony 

 of C. as derived from the Duke's want of recol- 

 lection : as well as the " Goodly Botherby's " of 

 Mr. Cuthbert Bede. As an instance of the 

 Duke's impressions of the battle, I may add, that 

 he stated that there was no smoke, though Mr. 

 Jones told me, that when he was on the ground 

 two days afterwards the smoke was still hanging 

 over it, Frank Howard. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. 



Mr. Mullers Process. — Mr. Sisson inquires 

 for any one's experience in the use of the above 

 formula, and I beg to say I remember when it was 

 published I tried it, but gave it up. It is an excel- 

 lent plan, but requires improvement. The follow- 

 ing were my objections : 



If the objects are not well illuminated by the 

 sun, the image is not sharp. The . skies taken are 

 singularly the reverse of the iodide-of-potash me- 

 thod, as they are almost transparent. 



The solutions of iron are a constant trouble by 

 precipitating. 



It has the same disadvantages as other modes 

 on paper from inequality in the strength of the 

 image. The photographic pons asinorum appears 

 however to be got over by the process, viz. taking 

 the picture at once In the camera ; and it is very 

 possible that it can be made perfect. A small 

 quantity of chromate of potash, about one grain to 

 three ounces of solution of iodide of iron, gives a 

 little more force to the picture. 



I find the nitrate of lead a very tiseful salt in 

 iodizing paper. Six grains of the salt to the 

 ounce of water, and tincture of iodine added till 

 a pale yellow, will give additional sensitiveness to 

 iodized paper, if the sheets are floated upon the 

 solution. This will shorten the time in the camera 

 nearly five minutes ; but it requires care, as it is 

 apt to solarize. 



A weak solution of iodide of iron has also the 

 same effect, and, if blotted oiF at once, it will not 

 blacken by the use of gallic acid. Weld Taylor. 



Bayswater. 



Stereoscopic Angles. — When I last addressed 

 you, I fancied I should set the stereoscopic-angle 

 question at rest. It appears, however, that Mr. G. 

 Shadbolt is unconvinced ; and as I alone (to the 

 best of my knowledge) have defined and solved 

 the problem in relation to this subject, you will 

 perhaps allow me to offer a few words in rejoinder 

 to Mr. S.'s arguments ; which, had that gentle- 

 man thought more closely, would not have been 

 advanced. This is also requisite, because, from 

 their speciousness, they are likely to mislead such 

 as take what they read for granted. Mr. S. says 

 that when the stereographs are placed at the same 

 distance from the eyes as the focal length of the 

 lens, that 2^ inches is the best space for the 

 cameras to be apart ; and that were this space 

 increased, the result would be as though the pic- 

 tures were taken from models. To this I reply, 

 that the only correct space for the cameras to be 

 apart is 2^ inches {i. e. the space usually found to 

 be from pupil to pupil of our eyes), and this 

 under every circumstance ; and that any depar- 

 ture from this must produce error. As to the 

 model-like appearance, I cannot see the reason of 



