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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 73, 



Natural Daughter of James IT. — James II., in 

 Souveraint du Mmide (4 vols. ] 722), is stated to 

 have bad a natural daughter, who in 1706 was mar- 

 ried to the Duke ofBuckiugham. 



Can any of your readers inform me the name of 

 this daughter, and of her mother? Also tlie dates 

 of her birth and death, and the name (if her hus- 

 band, and of any children ? F. B. Relton. 



Going the Whole Hog. — What is the origin of 

 the ex])ression "going the whole hog?" Did it 

 t:ike its rise from Cow|3er's fable, the Love of the 

 World reproved, in which it is shown how " Ma- 

 hometans eat up the hog?" 2. 



lunocent Conoids. — Can any of your readers 

 furnish a tolerably complete list of persons con- 

 victed and executed in England, for crimes of 

 which it afterwards appeared they were innocent.? 



2. 



The San Grail. — Can anv one learned in 

 ecclesiastical story say what are the authorities 

 for tiie story that King Arthur sent his knights 

 through many lands in quest of the sacred vessel 

 used by our Blessed Lord at His " Last Supper," 

 and ex|>lain why this chalice was called the " Holy 

 Grail" or "Grayle?" Tennyson has a short 

 poein on the knightly senrch after it, called " Sir 

 Galahad." And in Spenser's Faerie Queene, 

 book ii. cant. x. 53., allusion is made to the 

 legend tiiat " Joseph of Arimathy brought it to 

 Britain." W. M. K. 



Meaning of " Slvms." — In Dr. Wiseman's Ap- 

 peal to the Reason and Good Feeling of the English 

 People., we find the word "slums" made use of 

 with respect to the purlieus of Westminster Abliey. 

 AVarren, in a note of his letter on " The Queen or 

 the Pope?" asks "What are 'slums?' And 

 where is the word to be found explained? Is it 

 Roman or Sjianish? There is none such in our 

 language, at least used by gentlemen." 



I wouhl ask, m;iy not the word be derived from 

 asylum., seeing that the precincts of abbeys, &c. 

 used to be an asylum or place of refuge in ancient 

 times for robbers and murderers? W. M. W. 



Stokesley. 



Bartohis" ^'■Learned Man Defended and Re- 

 formed" — Can any one inform the applicant in 

 what modern author this excellent (and he be- 

 lieves rare) book in his possession, translated from 

 the Italian of Daniel Bartolus, G. J., by (Si -) 

 Tliomas Salusbury, 1660, is spoken of in terms of 

 high approval ? The passage passed before him not 

 long ago. but having made tm note, he is unable to 

 recover it. — Query, Is it in Mr. Hallam's Literary 

 History, which he has not at hand ? U. Q. 



Odour from the Rainbow. — What English poet 

 is it tliat e id^odies the idea contained in the fol- 

 lowing passage of Bacon's Sylva ? I had noted it 



on a loose scrap of paper -which I left in my copy 

 of the Sylva, but have lost it : — 



" It hath been observed by the Ancients, that when 

 a Raine Bow seemeth to hang over or to touch, there 

 breaketh forth a sweet smell. Tl>e <;ause is, for that 

 this liappintli but in certain inatters whicli have in 

 themselves some sweetnesse, nliich the Gentle Dew of 

 the Raine Bow doth draw forth. And the like doe 

 soft showers ; for they also make the ground sweet. 

 But none are so delictte as the Dew of the Kaine How, 

 where it falleth. It may be aUo that the water itself 

 hath some sweetnesse : for the Raine Bow consisteth of 

 a glomcration of small drops which cannot possibly fall 

 but from the Aire that is very low. And therefore 

 may hold giving sweetnesse of tliel)erl)S and flowers, as 

 a distilled water," i^e. — Bacon's %/ia, by Rawlev, 

 6th ed. 1C51, p. 176. 



Jaultzberg. 



Tradesmen's Signs. — A Citizen wishes to be 

 informed in what year or reign the signs that 

 used to hang over tiie tradesmen's shop-doors 

 were abolished, and whether it was accomplished 

 by " act of pai-liament," or only " by the authority 

 of the Lord Mayor." Also, whether there is any 

 law now in existence that prevents the tradesmen 

 putting the signs up again, if thej w«re so dis- 

 posed. 



■SAinax caurrttif Snsturrrtr. 



Supporters home by Commoners. — Can any of 

 your readers state why some commoners bear 

 supporters, and whether the rejireseiiiatives of 

 Bannerets are entitled to do so ? 1 find in Burke's 

 Dictionary of Landed Geid7-y, that several gentle- 

 men in England, .Scotland, and Ireland ooniiime 

 to use them. See Fulford, p. 452. ; Wyse, p. 1661.; 

 Hay-Newton, p. 552., &c. &c. 



The late Mr. Portman, father of Lord Porlmnn, 

 used sujiporters, as do Sir W. Carew, Bart., and 

 some other baronets. Guinegate. 



[Baronets are not entitled, as such, to bear supporters, 

 which are the privilege of the peerage and the knights 

 of the orders. 



There are many baronets who by virtue of especial 

 warrants from the sovereign have, as acts of grace and 

 favour, ill consideration of services rendered to the 

 state, received such grants : and in Uiese instances they 

 are limited to descend with the dignity only. No 

 doubt there are some private families who assume and 

 improperly bear supporters, but whose right to do 

 so, even uiider their own statements as to origin and 

 descent, has no kgal foundation. " Notes and 

 Queries" afford neither sjiace nor place for the dis- 

 cussion of such questions, or for the remarks upon a 

 eorrectioji of statements in the works quoted.] 



Answer to Fishe7-'s Relation. — I have a work 

 published at London by Adam Islip, an. 1620, 

 the title-page of which bears — 



" An .^nswere to Mr. Fisher's Relation of a Third 



