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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2''4 S. "VI. 140., Sept. 4. '58. 



cations of certain Roman Catholic nuns in Po- 

 land under the Emperor Nicholas of Russia. This 

 story has l)een lately reproduced by two respectable 

 Roman Catholic writers (vide Recollections of the 

 Four last Popes, and Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti). 

 Yet A. D. understands, {i. e. has heard it casually 

 asserted very recently,) that, not only have the 

 cruelties been formally disowned, but that the 

 very existence of the Roman Catholic community 

 in the town, whei-e, as alleged, they were com- 

 mitted, has been positively denied. A. D. has no 

 hopes of getting at the truth on the above point, 

 except through the medium of " N. & Q." 



William Holdsworih or Oldsivorth, D.D. — Lot 

 166. in the Sale Catalogue of Dr. Bliss's MSS. is 

 thus described : — 



" Olsworth (Dr.) Heroologia seu Martyrologia, or 

 the little Booke of Martyrs preached in three Sermons in 

 the Christmas Holydaj'es. On Paper, utipablished, 4to. 

 circa 1C08. These Sermons must have been preached in 

 the early part of the reign of James I., as the Scriptural 

 Quotations are taken fioin the Old Translation." 



One William Holdsworth of Emmanuel College 

 took the degree of D.D. at Cambridge, 1598. We 

 cannot trace any previous degree taken by him. 

 We surmise that he is the author of the above 

 work, and shall, therefore, be glad to obtain infor- 

 mation respecting him. 



E. H. AND Thompson Coopek. 



Cambridge. 



Quotation Wanted. — Will some kind reader of 

 " N. & Q." refer me to any definite saying of the 

 Emperor Napoleon which implied that he could 

 "prove anything by figures (c/ij^7-e«) ?" I have 

 a fiiint recollection of having seen this saying in 

 the form of a quotation. ipnip ttAjj. 



Dublin. 



Quotations. — I shall be much obliged to any 

 reader of " N. & Q." who will indicate to me 

 precise references to the following quotations. 

 The French, I conceive, are from Rousseau or 

 Voltaire ; the English one is from Swift. 



" La pudein- s'est enfuite des coeurs, et s'est rofugi(?e 

 sur les lovres." 



"Plus les mccurs sont d^prav^es, plus les expressions 

 deviennent niesurees; on croit regagner en langage, ce 

 qu'on a perdu en vertu." 



" I .ns little fear that God will damn a man that has 

 charity, as I hope that the priests can save one who has 

 not." 



DtLTA. 



Old Game. — Can you tell me to what game the 

 markers and counters below described belonged ? 

 There are two little stands of tortoise-shell of 

 beautiful form, mounted in silver-gilt ; at the top 

 is a double rail of wire (something like a minia- 

 ture towel-horse), on which are strung, so as to 

 move up and down, stops or markers of tortoise- 

 shell, twelve on each rail, i. e. twenty-four on 



each stand. Beside these, there are twelve loose 

 counters of tortoise-shell, in the form of the sham- 

 rock leaf, and two like fishes. The whole are 

 prettily ornamented with gilt flowers, and appear 

 to be of Italian work 200 years old, or there- 

 abouts. J. C. J. 



Early Lists of the Navy. — In connexion with 

 the queries respecting " Early Army Lists," J. H. 

 propounded (2"'^ S. v. 343.) the same questions 

 relative to navy lists, and to lists of members of 

 the clerical, legal (bar and solicitors), and medical 

 professions ; to which questions no replies having 

 been given, he begs to repeat them, viz. What 

 was the earliest navy list ? When were navy 

 lists commenced ? Where kept ? and. Where to 

 be seen ? Is any record or list of the British 

 naval officers from the earliest times to the pre- 

 sent day kept at the Admiralty ? And if so, how j 

 may access be obtained to the list or lists ? And, ' 

 What record exists of " King's Letter Men ?" 



He begs to repeat the same queries respecting 

 lists of the civil professions ? 



Spittle House, Eyton, near Leominster, co. Here- 

 ford. — Can any of your readers, versed in the 

 antiquities of Herefordshire, give me any inform- 

 ation touching the early history of a house and 

 premises known for centuries as the Spittle House, 

 situate in the township cf Eyton, near Leominster? 

 That it originally belonged to some religious fra- 

 ternity seems clear from its name, which in a 

 Court Roll of the time of Mary I find given thus : 

 " una domus hospitularia." A barn adjoining was j 

 some years since, and perhaps still is, known as 

 " The Chapel." The Hospitallers had a precep- 

 tory at Djnmore, on the otiier side of Leominster ; 

 but in the survey of their lands in 1338 (recently 

 edited for the Camden Society by Mr. Larking), 

 I find no mention of a "member" existing at 

 Eyton. K. H. 



Clement Paman is mentioned as a collector and 

 author of poems in the seventeenth century in the 

 Sale Catalogue of Dr. Bliss's MSS. p. 24. He is also 

 noticed in Ward's Lives of the Gresham Profes- 

 sors, 281.? Was he the person of this name who 

 was of Sidney College, Cambridge, B.A. 1631-2, 

 M.A. 1635 ? If so, we shall be glad of any other 

 particulars of his life. 



C. H. AND Thompson Coopee. 

 Cambridge. 



Bryant Family. — What shield and crest belong 

 to the Bryant family, and what is their county ? 



Etrangek. 



Dihdins projected '■'■History of Dover." — The 

 late Dr. Dibdin, the bibliomaniac, once resided at 

 Dover. A History of that Cinque Port was ex- 

 pected from him, in which particular he disap- 

 pointed many Kentish antiquaries. Can any of 



