Dec. 17. 1853.] 



NOTES AND .QUERIES. 



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norantly-wise, or the frowns of the pompously-grave, 

 be directed toward the unconscious wight, who, im- 

 mersed in mud, gropes with the keenness of a money- 

 gatherer, for the to them insignificant objects, which 

 have exercised the wisdom and the providence of the 

 glorious Creator." — Preface, p. 10. 



J. Maceay. 



Manifesto of the Eviperor Nicholas. — Some of 

 the newspapers, having stated that the concluding 

 Latin words in this manifesto — " Domine in te 

 speravi, ne confundar in eternuni" — are from the 

 Psalms, I beg to say that these Avords are not 

 taken from the Scriptures of either Testament, 

 nor from the Apocrypha ; but constitute the last 

 verse of the " Te Deum," commencing, " We 

 -acknowledge thee to be the Lord," and ending, 

 *' O Loi-d, in thee have I trusted, let me never be 

 confounded." It is usual to sing "Te Deum" 

 after victories, but Nicholas begins his song before 

 he achieves one : taking the last wersejirst. 



T. J. BUCKTON. 

 Lichfield. 



€L\tevie^, 



■WILLIAM COOKWORTHY, THE INVENTOR OF BRITISH 

 PORCELAIN. 



In endeavouring to revive the neglected me- 

 mory of this good and great man, I have care- 

 fully looked over the chief periodicals of his day 

 (1730 to 1780) with very little success; perhaps 

 because those I have at command, the Gentlemaiis 

 Magazine, Universal Magazine, and Universal 

 Museum, were not those selected for his corre- 

 spondence. 



If any of your readers can refer me to any 

 papers or essays of his, or any details of the in- 

 ternal management of his China works, or of his 

 public or private life, it will be doing me a great 

 favour. 



What I have hitherto collected are chiefly frag- 

 mentary accounts of his life and character ; general 

 notices of his discovery of the China clay and 

 stone, of the progress of his manufactory, and of 

 his treatment of British cobalt ores ; details of his 

 experiments on the distillation of sea-water for 

 use on ship-board ; a treatise in detail on the 

 divining rod ; and several of his private letters, 

 chiefly religious. 



Most of these I have thrown out in print, under 

 the^ title of Relics of William Cooliwortluj, §fc., 

 which I am desirous of making much more com- 

 plete. J. Pbideaux. 



CATHOLIC FLORAL DIRECTORIES, ETC. 



More than a year ago (Vol. vi., p. 503.) I made 

 a Query respecting Catholic Floral Directories, 

 and two works in particular which were largely 



quoted in Mr. Oakley's Catholic Florist, Lond, 

 1851 ; and I again alluded to them in Vol. vii., 

 p. 402., but have not got any reply. The two 

 works referred to, viz. the Anthologia Borealis et 

 Australis, and the Florilegium Sanctorum Aspira- 

 tionum, are not to be heard of anywhere (so far as 

 I can see) save in Mr. Oakley's book. During 

 the last year I have ransacked all the bibliogra- 

 phical authorities I could lay hold of, and made 

 every inquiry after these mysterious volumes, but 

 all in vain. 



The orthography and style of the passages cited 

 are of a motley kind, and most of them read like 

 modern compositions, though here and there we 

 have a quaint simile and a piece of antique spel- 

 ling. In fact they seem more like imitations than 

 anything else ; and I cannot resist the temptation 

 of placing them on the same shelf with M'Pherson's 

 Ossian and the poems of Rowley. In some places 

 a French version of the Florilegium is quoted : 

 even if that escaped one's researches, is it likely 

 that two old English books (which these purport 

 to be), of such a remarkable kind, should be un- 

 known to all our bibliographers, and to the readers 

 of " N. & Q.," among whom may be found the 

 chief librarians and bibliographers in the thi-ee 

 kingdoms. Is it not strange also that Mr. Oakley 

 and his " compiler " decline giving any inform- 

 ation respecting tiiese books ? 



I shall feel extremely obliged to any correspon- 

 dent who will clear up this matter, and who will 

 furnish me with a list of Catholic Floral Direc- 

 tories. EiRIONNACH. 



GEORGE ALSOr. 



George AIsop was ordained deacon 1666-67, 

 priest 1669, by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester. 

 lie printed in 1669 — 



•' An Orthodox Plea for the Sanctuary of God, 

 Common Service, and White Robe of the House. 

 Printed for the Author, and sold by II. Reynolds, at 

 the Sun and Bible in the Postern." 



It is a small 8vo. of eighty-six pages, exclusive of 

 the dedication to the Bishop of Chichester, and an 

 Epistle to the Reader, and has a portrait of the 

 author by W. Sherwin. 



Can any of your readers give me any account 

 of this George Alsop, his preferment, if any, and 

 the time of his death ? 



He is, I feel persuaded, a different person from, 

 the author of A Character of Blaryland, 12mo., 

 1666. P- B. 



B. L. M. — What is the meaning of the abbre- 

 viation B. L. M. in Italian epistolary correspond- 

 ence? I have reason to believe that it is used 



