2'"'S. VI. 138., Aug. 21. '58.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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similar edition of the Eneid. The first volume, with a 

 series of illustrations, scenical as well as historical (of 

 Troy, Ithaca, Gaeta, Gabii, &c.), had appeared in Rome 

 in 1819: L'Eneide di Virgilio, recata in versi Italiani, da 

 Annibale Caro, 2 vols, folio. It was printed by De Ro- 

 manis. The Duchess was the Lady Elizabeth Herve}', 

 daughter of the episcopal Earl of Bristol ; and after the 

 death of her first husband (Mr. Forster) had married the 

 Duke of Devonshire. She is the true heroine of Gibbon's 

 ludicrous love scene at Lausanne, described by Lord 

 Brougham, but by him related of Mademoiselle Susan 

 Curchod, afterwards Madame Necker. See an article in 

 the Bingraphie Universelle (Ixii. p. 452.), by the Chevalier 

 Artaud de Montor; also, Critical and 3Iiscellaneous Essai/s 

 (vol. i. p. G4.), by an 'Octogenarian,' (the late Mr. James 

 Roche of Cork, the ' J. R.' of the Gentlemaii's Magazine, 

 and a frequent contributor to the Dublin lievim; and 

 other periodicals), — a repertory of curious literary and 

 personal anecdotes, as well as of solid and valuable infor- 

 mation."— P. 259. 



Does it mean that the Duchess of Devonshire, 

 and not Mademoiselle Curchod, was the object of 

 Gibbon's attachment ? If so, the writer is clearly 

 in the wrong. G. L. S. 



Dean Swiff s Correspondence with Chetwode. — 

 Mr. Wilde, in bis Closing Years of Dean Swift's 

 Life, p. 29., makes mention of the Dean's corre- 

 spondence with Knightly Chetwode, Esq., from 

 1714 to 1731; and expresses a wish that "our 

 friend [Edward Wilmot Chetwode, Esq. of Wood- 

 brook, Portarlington,] could be persuaded to pub- 

 lish this interesting correspondence." He adds, 

 " it is a debt he owes to his ancestors, his country, 

 and himself" Feeling the same wish as Mr. 

 Wihle, I have thought it well to send a Note upon 

 the subject, and hope the repetition of the wish 

 may not be in vain. Abhba. 



Parish Church of Donnyhrook, co. Dublin. — 

 Considerable attention being now directed to- 

 wards the preservation of monumental inscrip- 

 tions, I am induced to put the following Query, 

 in the hope of an answer from some one of your 

 Irish correspondents. What became of the ma- 

 terials of the old parish church of Donnybrook, 

 near Dublin ? They were very improperly sold, 

 I believe, about thirty years ago, shortly after 

 the opening of the present parish church, and 

 probably were soon beyond recovery. As there 

 were several monuments in the interior of the 

 building, not one of which was transferred to the 

 new building, or (as far as I am aware) left be- 

 hind by the purchaser in the graajeyard, it is de- 

 sirable to ascertain, if possible, wliether they are 

 still in existence. The yard is in use, and con- 

 tains the dust of many well-known individuals, 

 lay and clerical. Of the latter I may specify 

 Archbishop King (ob. 1729), Bishop Clayton 

 (ob. n.^S), and Dean Graves, Regius Professor 

 of Divinity (ob. 1829); in fact, as Archdeacon 

 Cotton lias well observed, " Donnybrook grave- 

 yard is rich in buried ecclesiastics." Tombstones, 

 with full j)articular3 (which will, I hope, be soon 



placed on record, in compliance with the invi- 

 tation of the Society of Antiquaries of London), 

 cover the remains of Bishop Clayton and Dean 

 Graves ; but there is nothing to mark the grave 

 of Archbishop King. 



The large iron gates, I may add, serve to orna- 

 ment and protect a neighbouring fruit-g.irden ; 

 but the fate of the monuments has so far baffled 

 my inquiries. AnnnA. 



Murder in France. — In the South of France, 

 about fifteen years ago, a commercial traveller 

 killed a man whom he had robbed, cut him to 

 pieces, and packed them in a trunk. He was 

 seized by the police while nailing it up, and singing 

 " a la Grace, a la Grace," which in the newspaper 

 account was called a hymn. Can any of your 

 readers refer me to a contemporary, or an authen- 

 tic report of this case ? E. T. 



Sash Windows. — What is the history and ori- 

 gin of these windows ? The derivation of the 

 word is no doubt the French chassis, a groove, or 

 anything that slides in a groove. They seem first 

 to have come into use alter the great fire. But 

 they must have been rare in Queen Anne's reign, 

 as appears from the following advertisement in 

 The Tatlcr, No. 178., May 27 to 30, 1710 : — 



" To be lett, in Devonshire Square, near Bishopsgate, a 

 very good Brick House of 3 Rooms of a Floor, and a good 

 Hail, with very good light and dark Closets, the wliole 

 House being well wainscolted, and sash'd with 30 Sash 

 Lights, a ver^- pleasant and convenient Office below Stairs, 

 a good Yard, a good Vault for Wine, &c., -with a very 

 good Warehouse and Cellar for Merchandize. Enquire at 

 the Baker's in Devonshire St', near the House." 



A. A. 



Casts of Seals. — As a few of my gutta-percha 

 casts have lately split in several places, like a 

 cracked shilling, and have thus become compa- 

 ratively worthless, I would like much to know if 

 there is any way for preventing such a mishap in 

 future ? Were they not so liable to be broken, 

 sulphur casts are far preferable in many re- 

 spects to gutta-percha ones. The latter require 

 to be made pretty thick, else they are apt to curl 

 up, and become very brittle ; so it would be very 

 desirable to know how they can be preserved from 

 splitting, when made of a proper thickness. 



Several of the casts which I have from time to 

 time received from correspondents appear to be 

 coloured throughout, green, brown, and other 

 tints, and as none of them have become injured 

 like the uncoloured ones, above referred to, some 

 collector will perhaps kindly say how the gutta- 

 percha is prepared, so as to have this apparently 

 preservative colouring matter thoroughly incor- 

 porated with it, before the matri.x is applied, and 

 also what substances are used. 



Are casts of the following seals in existence? 

 and, if so, where can I obtain copies of them, as I 

 would like much to add them to my collection ? 



