Mab. 3. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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'■^William and Margaret'' (Vol. xi., p. 87.)- — ^In 

 the Orpheus Caledonius (2nd edit. 1733), Mr. 

 Thomson, the editor of that work, adapted 

 "William and Margaret" to the old tune of 

 " Chevy Chase." 



In Johnson's Scots Musical Museum (1803), 

 " William and Margaret" is adapted to a slow me- 

 lody, composed by Mr. S. Clarke of Edinburgh. D. 



Leamington. 



St. Cuthberfs Bemaiiis (Vol. ii., p. 325.). — No 

 answer has yet appeared to this Query, regarding, 

 1st, the identity of the remains found in 1537, 

 and those found in 1827; 2nd, the evidence to 

 confirm the Benedictine tradition. 



J. R. N. will find both questions discussed at 

 length in The History of St. Cuthbert (Burns, 

 1849). The discovery of 1537, and that of 1827, 

 is treated of pp. 182 — 199. ; the tradition, pp. 199 

 —206. P. A. F. 



Altars (Vol. xi., p.' 73.). — Henry Davenet 

 has made two mistakes in the passage (p. 74.) 

 where he states : 



"In modern Roman Catholic altars, no longer, or 

 rarely built of stone, a small square piece of marble is let 

 into the wood, on which a single cross is inserted." 



Catholic altars are always built of stone, as 

 required by the Pontifical ; and though it was the 

 custom in this country to make them of wood, as 

 a temporary arrangement, the custom has yielded 

 to more correct ritualism. Nor were those tem- 

 porary wooden altars ever consecrated. 



Again, the small square piece of marble, called 

 the " altar stone," that used to be let into these 

 wooden altars, always had five crosses cut into it. 



Ceybbp. 



Sultan of the Crimea (Vol. x., p. 533.). — Sul- 

 tan Kuta Ghery Crim Ghery married Miss Anne 

 Neilson of this city, whose mother still resides 

 here. The Sultan is dead ; his mother lives near 

 the field of Alma. A son serves in the Russian 

 army, I believe in the Crimea ; and a daughter is, 

 or was lately, a lady-in-waiting to one of the 

 Imperial family, — I believe to the wife of the 

 Grand Duke Constantine. B. (3) 



Edinburgh. 



Oxford Jeu d" Esprit (Vol. x., p. 431.). — In 

 one of the November Numbers of " N. & Q.," I 

 saw a Query as to the authorship of a little 

 Greek mock-heroic poem, published some years 

 ago in Oxford. The last line of the poem was 

 given, but I cannot here refer to the Number, or 

 recall it by memory ; but I remember recognising 

 it (and was interrupted In my purpose of writing 

 to you to say so) as the last line of a quasi Home- 

 ric description of a " frogs and mice " battle in the 

 Union Debating Society, of which the title was 



Ovpio/idxta, and the author was Mr. Robert Scott, 

 of Christ Church, the present Master of Balliol. 



It Is proper to add, however, that the idea of 

 the poem was not original. It followed imme- 

 diately upon the publication of Mr. Robert Lowe'* 

 exquisitely-amusing Anglo- Virgillan description 

 of the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria's 

 visit to the university ; a " clever trifle," as The 

 AthencBum called it, which could hardly be sur- 



Mr. Scott's poem was admirably done, in the 

 same style, but of course had not the merit of 

 novelty of idea. The year of publication was 

 1832 or '3. One of its best hits was the trans- 

 lation of Dr. Macbride into UapBevoiraios ; and Dr. 

 Jenkins, the late Master of Balliol, was, I remem- 

 ber, well satisfied with his own description : 



I send this because I have not seen any answer 

 to the question, though there may have been one. 



C.W. H. 



Armorial (Vol. xi., p. 87.). — As regards the 

 first shield, your correspondent has blazoned it 

 incorrectly. The reading should be : Azure, a 

 griflSn segreant or. This is the coat armour of 

 several families named Reade. The second shield 

 contains the arms of one of the many families of 

 Foster. Consult Burke's Armorie. 



RoBEKT S. Salmon. 



Newcastle- on-Tyne. 



Pascal, Saying of (Vol. vill., p. 44.). — While 

 looking to-day for references to " Party " in the 

 indices of " N. & Q.," my eye was caught by the 

 word " Pascal," and I find that in my Reply on 

 the " Saying of Voltaire " (Vol. x., p. 134.), I re- 

 peated the reply by R. E. T. that I refer to above. 

 I hope this acknowledgment, though somewhat 

 late, will be accepted both by Editor and corre- 

 spondent as a proof that the repetition was inad- 

 vertent. 



Allow me, by way of postscript to this explan- 

 ation, to quote a short passage that bears a strong, 

 though I believe accidental resemblance to Pascal's; 

 witty paradox : 



« Je me mis de suite h. repondre k ma chfere recluse, avec 

 rintention de ne lui ecrire que quelques lignes, comme elle 

 me le recommandait ; mais je n'avais pas assez de temps 

 pour lui Ecrire si peu. Ma lettre fut un verbiage de 

 quatre pages, et elle dit peut-etre moins que la sienne 

 n'exprimait dans une." — Memoires de Jacqiies Casanova, 

 tome II. chap, v., Paulin, Paris, 1843. 



C. FOBBES. 



Temple. 



Thomas Houston (Vol. xi., p. 86.). — All that 

 appears to be known of Thomas Houston is com- 

 prised in the following brief extract : 



" 1803, Dec. 27. Died in the Infirmary at Newcastle, 

 Thomas Houston, brassfounder, aged 26. He was the 



