Jan. 20. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



47 



Tartar Conqueror. — Who is the Tartar con- 

 queror referred to in the following passage of 

 R. I. Wilberforce's Inquiry into the Principles of 

 Church Authority, and where is the statement to 

 be found ? 



" Those whose converse is only with books, and who 

 live in that circle of thoughts which is suggested by our 

 great divines, may imagine that the Church of England 

 has one consistent system of teaching, and inculcates a 

 single body of truth ; but experience dissipates the de- 

 lusion, and shows such hopes to be like those of the 

 Tartar conqueror, who discarded morning and evening 

 prayer because he imagined himself to have reached the 

 land of eternal sunshine." — P. 279. 



William Feasek, B. C. L . 



Alton, Staffordshire, 



Clarkson Monument. — In 1827 a subscription 

 was set on foot for the erection of a monument 

 near Wade's Mill, on the road to Cambridge,_the 

 spot where Thomas Clarkson conceived the idea 

 of entering on his anti-slavery labours. Was the 

 memorial erected ? X. 



Copying-ink. — For some years I have saved 

 1,he expense and the mistakes of an amanuensis in 

 copying what I wi'ite, by taking fac-simile copies 

 on damped tissue paper by the simple pressure of 

 the hand. For this purpose I have used Tarling's 

 copying-ink, and recently Plowman's. The former 

 is frequently so deficient in gum as to fail in 

 producing a distinct fac-simile ; and the latter so 

 abundant as to smear or run when a copy is taken. 

 Can any of your readers tell me what gum is the 

 best, and how much should be put to a pint of 

 common black ink, and if any other ingredients 

 must be added to produce a distinct fac-simile ? 



Sob. 



Van Lemput or Remee. — Since favoured by a 

 reply in " N. & Q.," respecting the painter Van 

 Lemput, I have in vaia endeavoured to trace the 

 issue of his sons. 



Perhaps one of your able correspondents could 

 enlighten me farther on this point. I have been 

 told they occasionally bore the name of Remee 

 (from the father's name Remiglus). The family 

 is historically celebrated at Antwerp as well as in 

 Utrecht. New York. 



Inscription Query. — Between the leaves of my 

 copy of Sylveira's Commentary on the Acts (fob, 

 Venet., 1728), I found the other day a piece of 

 paper, rather smaller than an ordinary visiting 

 card, with the following inscription printed on it, 

 except the last numeral, which has been inserted 

 •with the pen : 



« Anno 1734. 

 Capax est 

 in Irschenberg." 



I shall be glad to receive an explanation of it from 

 yourself or one of your correspondents. F. A. 



Professors. — What constitutes a professor ? 

 Many small individuals assume that title, and 

 many good philosophers do not use it, although 

 they give lectures of the highest quality. Mimi. 



Nuns acting as Priests in the Mass. — At a 

 short distance from Schaffhausen, on the Swiss 

 side of the Rhine, is a place called Diessenhofen, 

 near which there is a convent of Dominican nuns 

 dedicated to St. Catherine. In a Guide-book, 

 entitled Nouvel Ebel. Manuel du Voyageur en 

 Suisse et en Tyrol, 10™* edit., revue et corrigee 

 par L. Maison, Paris, 1852, I find the following 

 account of this convent (pp. 190, 191.) : 



" Avant Diessenhofen, on voit le beau couvent dit de 

 Ste. Catherine. II contient quarante religieuses avec une 

 prieure. Du temps de la reformation, les nonnes dirent 

 la messe, n'ayant pas de pretre, et choisirent I'une d'elles 

 pour faire les fonctions de predicateur. Les scaurs qui 

 habitent maintenant ce couvent, fonde au xiii""® sifecle, 

 s'abstiennent de toute nourriture animale ; leur ^glise est 

 decoree avec beaucoup de magnificence." 



What is the truth of tliis story ? Does it mean 

 that one of the nuns actually performs the part of 

 a priest in the Mass, as well as that of preacher ? 

 And are we to infer, from the words " Du temps 

 de la reformation," that the nuns of this place 

 have taken upon themselves to act in this way, in 

 consequence of having adopted some form of Pro- 

 testantism ? 



Possibly some of your readers may be able to 

 say whether there is any, and what, foundation 

 for this singular statement. J. H. T. 



Dublin. 



" What I spent," SfC. — The following epitaph 

 is of course well known : 



« What I spent I had ; 

 What I saved I lost ; 

 What I gave I have." 



But can you or any of your readers give the ori- 

 ginal ? W. (1) 



Lord Audley at Poictiers. — Do the manuscripts 

 preserved in Worcester College Library, Oxford, 

 said to describe the achievements of Edward the 

 Black Prince, with the names of his English at- 

 tendants correctly spelt, contain those of the 

 esquires who were companions of the great Lord 

 Audley at the battle of Poictiers ? Battlefield. 



" Cur mittis violas," ^c. — Jovianus Pontanus 

 has a short poem commencing — 



" Cur mittis violas ? nempe ut violentius uret ; 

 Quid violas violis me violenta tuis ? " 



I shall be thankful for a copy of the remaining 

 lines, as I am unable, just at present, to lay my 

 hands upon the works of this writer. Does Pon- 

 tanus dally with other flowers in this manner ? 



A. Challsteth. 



