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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'xi S. VI. 138., Aug. 21. '68. 



On the breaking out of the Rebellion of 1641, of 

 which he afterwards became the historian, he 

 signed, as privy councill'T, the royal proclama- 

 tion, and induced the Protestant merchants to 

 provision Dublin Castle in prospect of a siege, 

 upon the then very slender credit of government ; 

 but, opposing the cessation of arms in 1643, he 

 was imprisoned till exchanged as a republican 

 sufferer on the part of the parliament, in whose 

 service, and that of Cromwell, he continued, with 

 the exception of his being one of the " secluded 

 members," for voting for the king's concessions. 

 On the Restoration in 1660 he was continued, or 

 rather restored, to his office as Master of the 

 Rolls, and was appointed Vice-Treasurer of Ire- 

 land, 26th Nov. 1673, which appointment he held 

 till his death, four years subsequently. His eldest 

 son, Sir William Temple, had a reversionary 

 grant, after his father's decease, of the Mastership 

 of the Rolls ; was created a baronet and privy 

 councillor, and is well known for his learning and 

 diplomatic abilities ; he died in 1700, at the age 

 of seventy-one. From Sir John's second son, Sir 

 John Temple, who was successively Solicitor- 

 General, 1660 ; Speaker of the Irish House of 

 Commons, 1661; and Attorney-General, 1690; 

 dying 10th March, 1704, aged seventy-two, is 

 lineally descended the late Pi-emier of England — 

 Viscount Palmerston ; who might probably be 

 able, if applied to, to supply the data required by 

 B. P. W. as to Sir John Temple's place of death 

 and interment, &c. I regret that I am unable to 

 give more than the above information. A. S. A. 

 Barrackpore. 



Pensions granted hy Louis XIV. to Literary 

 Men (2"^ S. vi. 89.) — Pro tanto, the following 

 extract from Usher's works by Elrington (vol. i. 

 p. 223.) may interest J. M. H. : 



" In (Euvres d'Alemhert, torn. ix. p. 224., the following 

 account is given : Le Cardinal de Riclilieu, sensible h, 

 toutes les especes de gloirc, ou, si Ton veut, de vanity, 

 avoit aussi voulu, pour se faire panegj'riste dans toute 

 I'Europe, donna- des pensions h quelques savans etrangers. 

 II en offrit una au savant Us? erius, Archeveque d'Arraagh, 

 en Irlande, et tres peu riche, tout Archeveque qu'il etoit, 

 c^r I'opulence, disoit-il, est reservfe aux prelats catholi- 

 qnes. Usserius, au lieu d'accepter la gracieuse proposition 

 du Cardinal, lul envoya des levriers, espeoe des chiens 

 qui est excellente en Irlande ; cette fiere et pliis haute re- 

 ponse degoiita le ministre de faire k d'autres des pareilles 

 offres, et de s'exposer ii un pareil reraerciment." 



Clericus i^D.) 



Coathupe's Writing Fluid (2"* S. vi. 119.) — I 

 was intimate with the inventor, and for the last 

 twenty years I have used it constantly in my labo- 

 ratory, and with unvarying success. The formula 

 for making it, which I have for years past pub- 

 lished in my Literary and Scientific Register and 

 Almanac, is as follows, and I have never found 

 any difficulty in its preparation: — 



" B. Shellac 2 oz., borax 1 oz. ; distilled, or rainwater 



18 oz. ; boil the whole in a closely covered tin vessel, 

 stirring it occasionally with a glass rod, or a small stick, 

 until the mixture has become homogeneous ; filter, when 

 cold, through a single sheet of blotting-paper. Mix the 

 filtered solution, which will be about 19 fluid ounces, with 

 1 oz. of mucilage of gum-arabic, prepared by dissolving 

 1 oz. of gum in 2 oz. of water, and add pulverised indigo 

 and lamp-black ad libitum ; boil the whole again in a 

 covered vessel, and stir the fluid well, to effect the com- 

 plete solution and admixture of the gum-arabic ; stir it 

 occasionally while it is cooling, and, after it has remained 

 undisturbed for two or three hours, that the excess of in- 

 digo and lamp-black may subside, bottle it for use." 



The above ink, for documentary purposes, is 

 invaluable ; being, under all ordinary circum- 

 stances, indestructible. It is also specially adapted 

 for laboratory use. J. W. G. Gutch. 



Carbon Ink (2"'' S. vi. 48.) — A correspondent 

 of The Builder in September, 1855, s.ays : — 



" Until a better substitute can be found I strongly re- 

 commend the universal use of Indian ink in preparing 

 all manuscripts intended to convey information to future 

 ages. It is well known that all the inks in common use 

 are far inferior to those used by the ancients — that our 

 modern inks soon become pale, and in the course of time 

 almost, if not entirelj', invisible. It is a patent fact that 

 Domesdaj' Book, after the lapse of nearly eight centu- 

 ries, isinamuch better state of preservation thanthestate 

 papers of the period of our last two kings. The inks 

 used by our forefathers, I believe, contained carbon ; and 

 as that substance is the base of Indian ink, all documents 

 prepared with it must, from the indestructible property of 

 the carbon, remain unchanged so long as they can be 

 preserved from damp and other destroying influences ; 

 and I am not aware of any plan so likely to secure their 

 preservation as that I have adopted." 



R. W. Hackwood. 



John Bull (2"* S. vi. 131.) — In Michaelmas 

 Term, 1811, John Bull passed in the first class. In 

 Literis Humanioribus, and In Disciplinis Math, et 

 Phys. He was at Christ Church College, the Sub- 

 libi-arian of the Bodleian, afterwards Regius Pro- 

 fessor of Hebrew, and Canon of Christ Church. 



C. AY. Staunton. 



George Henderson (2°'' S. vi. 12.) — George 

 Henderson, farmer at Kippetlaws, had a son named 

 William, who was for many years a schoolmaster 

 in Dunse, and died there in 1810. He left two 

 sons, 1. George, a baker in Dunse, who died some 

 years ago, leaving two sons, one of whom is a 

 baker in Lambeth. 2. William, who was bred a 

 tobacconist, and settled in Newcastle ; he is dead, 

 but left a family. I observe from old deeds of 

 lands in Greenlaw parish, that, about the end of 

 the seventeenth century, the then proprietor spelt 

 his name " Hennysone," which his grandsorr altered 

 to " Henderson." M. G. F. 



Charron on Wisdom (2"'i S. vi. 33.)— This 

 translation was formerly much read and quoted, 

 and reached several editions. Mine has the en- 

 graved title-page, "Gulielmus Hole fecit, 1658; 

 Ivondon, printed for Luke Fawne at the Parrot 

 in St. Paule's Churchyard." The plagiarisms 



