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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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the plate from the Provost. I do not know yet 

 what Cadogan may do in it, but Wightman did 

 not make the prize for Lovat." Lovat and Fra- 

 serdale both claimed to be head of the clan : 

 Fraser, a Mackenzie, as having married the heir- 

 ess, a daughter of the late Lord, and Lovat as his 

 heir male. Lovat's loyalty, I suspect, rested on 

 the fact that Fraserdale was of the adverse fac- 

 tion. Baillie, writing to Forbes, says : — 



" I am pretty well informed that it is not above 150 



pounds in value ; also I may observe that Q W n 



keeps well what he takes." 



Hosack reports the results on the 10th April : 



" I hear Gen 1 Cadogan has made Lovat a present of 

 his half of Fraserdale's plate, and that he has compounded 

 for the other half w h Wightman." 



This is confirmed by a letter from Lovat. 



T. I. I. 



Dr. Shelton Mackenzie (2 Dd S.viii. 169.235. 

 258.) — Thinking it possible that Dr. Mackenzie 

 had not seen the above references to himself in 

 "N. & Q .," I lately drew his attention to the sub- 

 ject, in order that he might have the opportunity 

 of clearing up the difficulty. I have just received 

 his reply, dated " Philadelphia, Dec. 26th, 1859 f 

 and from it make the following extract : — 



" I have just looked over the ' Life of Maginn,' prefixed 

 to the 5 volume edition of Maginn' s Miscellanies, and find 

 that it does not contain a word, in its 100 pages, of Ma- 

 ginn's having helped Ainsworth, in prose or verse. But 

 I do find, in a previous biography which I wrote for vol. 

 v. of ray edition of Nodes Ambrosiana, that (on the au- 

 thority of the Maginn biography written by Kenealy, in 

 the Dublin University Magazine"), I have said, ' Most of 

 the flash songs, and nearly the whole of Turpiu's " Ride 

 to York " in Ronhvood, were written by Maginn.' I dare 

 say that, when writing the enlarged and more elaborate 

 Memoir for the Miscellanies, 1 doubted the fact, and 

 therefore omitted it. Maginn, among other reasons, did 

 not know the country between London and York ; but 

 Ainsworth did. 



" An account of my death did appear, Nov. 1854, not 

 in New York, but in the London Times." 



I may add to the above, that Dr. Mackenzie is 

 now the "literafy" editor of the Philadelphia 

 Press, — a leading democratic, anti-administration 

 paper, published iu the city whose name it bears. 



It. T. 



Albany, N. Y., Dec. 27. 



Hymns (2 nd S. viii. 512.) — "Lo! he comes 

 with clouds descending," claims for its author 

 Charles Wesley, and is to be found in his hymns 

 of Intercession for all Mankind, 1758. Thomas 

 Olivers composed the tune to it only. " Great 

 God ! what do I see and hear ; " the first verse by 

 Ringwald, the remaining three by W. B. Colly cr, 

 D.D. The remaining two hymns seem to be 

 piecemeal compositions, of which most of the 

 modern compilations consist, especially Mercer's. 



Daniel Seogwick. 



Sun Street, City. 



Song of the Douglas (2 nd S. v. 169. 226. 

 245.) — Mr. Girr-s may be glad to learn, evejn 

 two years after his inquiry, that, if an article in 

 the Spectator of the 24th Dec. 1859, may be be- 

 lieved, the song of which he quotes some lines is a 

 modern production, written by the authoress of 

 the Life of John Halifax, who has lately published 

 this with other poetical pieces. The Spectator 

 gives the poem as follows : — 



" Could ye come back to me, Douglas, Douglas, 

 In the old likeness that I knew, 

 I'd be so faithful, so loving, Douglas ! 

 Douglas, Douglas, tender and true. 



" Never a scornful word should grieve ye, 

 I'd smile on ye sweet as the angels do, 

 Sweet as your smile on me shone ever, 

 Douglas, Douglas, tender and true. 



" O to call back the days that arc past ! 



My eyes were blinded, your words were few ; 

 Do you know the truth now up in heaven, 

 Douglas. Douglas, tender and true? 



'• I never was worth}- of you, Douglas, 

 Not half worthy the like of you. 

 Now all men seem to me shadows; — 

 And I love only you, Douglas, tender and true. 



" Stretch out your hands to me, Douglas, 

 Drop forgiveness from Heaven like dew, 

 As I lay my heart on your dead heart, Douglas, 

 Douglas, Douglas, tender and true." 



These fervent lines require not the accessory 

 charm of being linked to an old legendary verse 

 with which they appear to have no connexion. 

 They are the outpourings of the heart, of a too 

 scornful maiden, who, having hastily refused an 

 offer from a suitor, finds, after his death, that she 

 had really loved him, and had not intended to be 

 taken at her word. 



The question still remains whether the single 

 line in Holland's Howlet is original, or quoted 

 there from some earlier poem. Stylites. 



Wreck of the Dunbar (2 nd S. viii. 414.) — 

 The Dunbar was not wrecked entering Melbourne, 

 but at a very short distance from the South 

 Head at the entrance of Port Jackson (Sydney 

 Harbour, New South Wales), at a place well 

 known as The Gap. The unhappy event was 

 caused by an error of judgment in mistaking The 

 Gap for the entrance to the Harbour. 



Lloyd's agent at Sydney, or Messrs. J. Fairfax 

 & Sons, the respected proprietors of the prin- 

 cipal newspaper there, The Sydney Morning 

 Herald, would doubtless assist your correspondent 

 in carrying out his praiseworthy intentions. 



The man saved was, I believe, a sailor, and his 

 rescuer probably a man belonging to one of the 

 Sydney Head pilot boats. 



Reference to Deacon's files of newspapers from 

 the colony about the date referred to would en- 

 able your correspondent to obtain the information 

 he seeks. W. Stones. 



Blackkeath. 



