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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[2nd §, No 19, Mar. 22, 56. 
June 15, 1806. This work went through several 
editions. ‘The above title is copied from the 
8th.) 
2. “Diamond cut Diamond; or Observations on a 
Pamphlet entitled ‘ A Review of the Conduct of His Royal 
Highness the Prince of Wales,’ comprising a free and im- 
partial Review of Mr. Jeffreys as a Tradesman, Politician, 
and Courtier, during a Period of Twenty Years. By 
Philo-Veritas. London: 1806, Second Edition.” 
3. “The Crisis: or Remarks on ‘A Letter to His Royal 
Highness the Prince of Wales on the Subject of his Mar- 
riage with Mrs. Fitzherbert.? With certain Queries to 
Mr. Fox, Mr. Burke, and the Domestics of His Royal 
Highness, and Mrs. Fitzherbert, on this interesting Sub- 
ject. London; G. Bourne. No date.” 
(In this pamphlet, which is a curious produc- 
tion, are named the following other pamphlets : 
A Letter to His Royal Highness the Prince of 
Wales, on his Marriage with Mrs. Fitzherbert, and 
History of the Royal Malady, with Strictures on 
the Declaration of Mr. Tooke, concerning the 
Marriage of His Royal Highness with Mrs, Fitz- 
herbert, by Philip Withers. ) 
4, “ Alfred; or a Narrative of the daring and illegal 
Measures to suppress a Pamphlet intituled Strictures on 
the Declaration of Horne Tooke, Esq., respecting ‘ Her 
Royal Highness the Princess of Wales,’ commonly called 
Mrs. Fitzherbert. With interesting Remarks on a Re- 
gency, proving, on Principles of Law and Common Sense, 
that a certain Illustrious Personage is not eligible to the 
important Trust. London: 1789, Fifth edition.” 
(By Philip Withers. In this are given the 
contents of the 4to. pamphlet on the Royal Ma- 
lady, and announcements that, on the 14th Feb. 
1789, “at ten in the morning will be published 
‘Another Letter from Alfred to the Prince of 
Wales,’ and ‘also a Reply to a Letter from a No- 
bleman to the Author.’ > ‘ The Nobility, &c., 
are desired to send ¢heir own servants early to pre- 
vent disappointment.’” Mighty independent !) 
5. “An Important Narrative of Facts, in answer to 
the erroneous Statement given by Dr. Withers in his 
Pamphlet of Alfred, containing the Correspondence be- 
tween Dr. Withers and J. Ridgway on the publication of 
the History of the Royal Malady, &c., and the Author’s 
Motives for submitting this Detail to the Public. In a 
Letter to the Publisher. London: J. Ridgway. 1789,” 
(By Richard Davis, respecting the publication 
of the Royal Malady, in which a pamphlet by Dr. 
Withers, entitled A Statement of Facts, is named.) 
Besides these are several other pamphlets re- 
lating to the marriage of the Prince with Mrs. 
Fitzherbert ; and others which indirectly relate to 
the matter, by the parliamentary grants for debts, 
&c., of the Prince. 
Luewettynn Jewitt, F.S. A. 
Derby. 
Count Borowlashi (2™ §. i. 154.) — A second 
edition of his Memoirs, containing ‘a faithful and 
curious account of his birth, education, marriage, 
travels, and voyages, written by himself, and 
translated from the French,” was published here 
(Birmingham) by J. Thompson in 1792. Este, 
There was published in 1788 an 8vo. volume, 
entitled — 
“ Memoirs of Joseph Bortwlaski, the celebrated Polish 
Dwarf; containing a curious Account of his Birth, Mar- 
riage, Travels, and Voyages, in French and English.” 
And there was also another one printed and pub- 
lished at Durham in 1820, which he called — 
“ Memoirs, containing a Sketch of his Travels, with an 
Account of his Reception at the different Courts of 
Europe, &c., written by Himself ;” 
in 8yo., and illustrated with a portrait. 
Edinburgh. 
* Nickname,” Derivation of (1% 8, vi. 198.3 vii. 
143.) — Mr. Lawrencr’s reference to Mr. Bel- 
lenden Ker (Arch. Popular Phrases, vol. i. p. 184.) 
only gives the unsatisfactory explanation “ Nuch, 
a sly wink, scoff,” &c. 
Dr. Johnson refers to the French “ Nom de 
nique.” Bailey explains it “ nicht name.” 
It is not a little strange that all philologists 
should have overlooked the derivation in the 
Promptorium Parvulorum, “ Neke name or eke 
name, Agnomen.” As the learned editor observes, 
“ there can be little doubt that the word is formed 
simply by prosthesis, the final x being transferred 
from the article to the substantive.” E.G. R. 
Discovery of the Safety-Valve (2"§. i. 155.) 
— The safety-valve was not invented by Hum- 
phrey Potter, as the reference given will show. 
The reference should be to Lardner’s Steam En- 
gine, p. 57. (not 71.), by which it will be seen that 
the safety-valve was first applied to Passin’s “di- 
gester,” in 1681, and is still used in the modern 
digesters of our kitchens. Humphrey Potter in- 
vented the “ tappit motion,” by placing ropes and 
weights to open and shut the taps of the engine, 
and thus enable him to go and play. Este. 
Birmingham. 
T.G.S. 
This was invented by Passin, and applied by 
him to his “digester,” a close boiler for stewing 
meat-bones, &c., by subjecting them to the action 
of high pressure steam. The date of this was 
1681. Humphrey Potter invented the plan of 
making Newcomen’s engine work itself. By at- 
taching strings from the beam to the levers which 
opened and shut the valves, he employed the re- 
ciprocating action of the engine to open and close 
alternately the steam and injection-valves —a 
work which had devolved upon him and other 
cock-boys. ‘This must have occurred some years 
subsequently to 1711, when Newcomen’s first en- 
gine was constructed. E. G. R. 
Old Bible (2° S. i. 134.) —T also possess a 
copy of the Bible referred to, but wanting title- 
