Jan. 7. 1854.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



17 



tographs and Daguerreotypes at the Gallery of the 

 Society of British Artists, in Suffolk Street, with a 

 soiree on Tuesday evening last. Notwithstanding the 

 inclemency of the weather, the rooms were crowded 

 not only by members of the Society, but by many of 

 the most distinguished literary and scientific men of 

 the metropolis. The Queen and Prince Albert had, 

 in the course of the morning, spent three hours in an 

 examination of the collection ; and the opinion they 

 expressed, that the exhibition was one of great interest 

 and promise, from the evidence it afforded of the ex- 

 traordinary advance made by the art during the past 

 year, and the encouragement it held out to the belief 

 that far " greater excellence might therefore still be 

 looked for in it, was a very just one, and embodied that 

 given afterwards by the most competent authorities. 

 We have not room this week to enter into any details, 

 but can confidently recommend our readers to pay an 

 early visit to Suffolk Street. 



Iftfglfal to Minor fauttiei. 



11 Firm was their faith" SfC. (Vol. viii., p. 564.). 

 ■ — These lines are to be found in a poem called 

 "Morwennae Statio, hodie Morwenstow," pub- 

 lished by Masters in 1846, with the title of Echoes 

 from Old Cornwall, and written by the Vicar of 

 Morwenstow. I agree with D. M. in the judg- 

 ment he has announced as to their merits ; but 

 hitherto they have been but little appreciated by 

 the public. A time will come, however, when 

 these and other compositions of the author will 

 be better known and more duly valued by the 

 English mind. Saxa. 



These lines were written on " the Minster of 

 Morwenna," May, 1840, and appeared in the 

 British Magazine under the anonymous name 

 Procul. Of the eight stanzas of which the poem 

 consists, P. M. has quoted the second. The 

 second line should be read " wise of heart," and 

 the third '•'•firm and trusting hands." With your 

 correspondent, I hope the author's name may be 

 discovered. F. R. It. 



Vellum- cleaning (Vol. viii., p. 340.). — In the 

 Polytechnic Institution there are specimens of old 

 deeds, &c, on vellum and paper, beautifully 

 cleaned and restored by Mr. George Clifford, 

 5. Inner Temple Lane, Temple, London. 



J. M'K. 



Shoreham. 



Wooden Tombs (Vol. viii., p. 255.). — In the 

 church at Brading, Isle of Wight — 



" There are some old tombs in the communion place, 

 and in Sir William Oglander's chapel, or family burial- 

 place, which is separated from the rest of the church 

 by an oak screen. The most ancient legible date of 

 these monuments is 1567. Two of them have full- 

 length figures in armour of solid elm wood, originally 



painted in their proper colours, and gilt, but now dis- 

 figured by coats of dirty white." — Barber's Picturesque 

 Guide to the Isle of Wight, 1850, pp. 28, 29. 



J. M'K. 



Shoreham. 



Solar Eclipse in the Year 1263 (Vol. viii., 

 p. 441.). — In the Transactions of the Antiquarian 

 Society of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 350., there are 

 " Observations on the Norwegian Expedition 

 against Scotland in the year 1263," by John 

 Dillon, Esq.; and at pp. 363-4 , when speaking of 

 the annular eclipse, he says : 



" The eclipse above mentioned is described to have 

 occurred between these two dates [29th July and 9th 

 August]. This being pointed out to Dr. Brewster, 

 he had the curiosity to calculate the eclipse, when he 

 found that there was an eclipse of the sun on 5th 

 August, 1263, and which was annular at Ronaldsvo, 

 in Orkney, and the middle of it was twenty-four 

 minutes past one." 



These "Observations" contain much curious 

 information ; but are deformed by the author 

 attempting to wrest the text of the Norwegian 

 writer (at p. 358. and in note I.) to suit an absurd 

 crotchet of his own. Having seen that essay in 

 MS., I pointed out those errors ; but instead of 

 attending to my observations, he would not read 

 them, and got into a passion against the friend 

 who showed the MS. to me. J. M'K. 



Shoreham. 



Lines on Woman (Vol. viii., pp. 292. 350. &c.).— 

 The lines on Woman are, I presume, an altered 

 version of those of Barret (Mrs. Barrett Brown- 

 ing ?) ; they are the finale of a short poem on 

 Woman ; the correct version is the following : 



" Peruse the sacred volume, Him who died 

 Her kiss betray'd not, nor her tongue denied"; 

 While even the Apostle left Him to His doom, 

 She linger'd round His cross and watch'd His tomb." 



I would copy the whole poem, but fear you 

 would think it too long for insertion. Ma. L. 



[Our correspondent furnishes an addition to our 

 list of parallel passages. The lines quoted by W. V. 

 and those now given by our present correspondent can 

 never be different readings of the same poem. Besides, 

 it has been already shown that the lines asked for are 

 from the poem entitled Woman, by Eaton Stannard 

 Barrett (see ante, pp. 350. 423.).] 



Satin (Vol. vii., p. 551.). — In a note just re- 

 ceived by me from Canton, an American friend of 

 mine remarks as follows : 



44 When you write again to ' N. & Q.' you can 

 say that the word satin (Vol. vii., p. 551.), like the 

 article itself, is of Chinese origin, and that other 

 foreign languages, in endeavouring like the En- 

 glish to imitate the Chinese sz-tiin, have approxi- 



