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with ashes, into which the criminal was precipi- 

 tated from the summit, the " instrument," or 

 wheel, " which hanged down on every side into 

 the ashes," continuing its suiTocating revolutions 

 till death terminated the torture. The above sin- 

 gular mode of Persian punishment is recorded 

 2 Maccabees xiii. 5 — 8. (See Stackhouse's note, 

 Munt's Bib.~) Though this death was awarded by 

 a heathen tribunal to one deemed unworthy of 

 "burial in the earth," the barbarous process em- 

 ployed in executing the interdict strangely enough 

 reminds us of the commendatory formula in our 

 Burial Service, — " We therefore commit his body 

 to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust 

 to dust." F. Phillott. 



The Dutch Giant Daniel Caj anus, and the 

 Dutch Dwarf Simon Jane Paap. — Perhaps 

 the following scrap from to-day's Algemeen Han- 

 delsblad will prove acceptable : — 



" Haarlem, May the 5th. At a public sale, which was 

 held here in the beginning of this week, a rare lot was 

 brought under the hammer: a lot consisting of a slipper 

 and a shoe. The slipper once had been the property of 

 the Dutch giant Daniel Cajanus, who died here on Feb. 

 the 28th, 1749; its primitive owner measured 8 feet 

 4 inches, and history tells us that the last upon which 

 his shoes were made had a length of 14 inches and a half, 

 whilst that of his coffin was 9 feet 7 inches. The shoe 

 had belonged to the renowned dwarf Simon Jane Paapi 

 whose full growth did not exceed 16 inches and a half, 

 his body weighing 14 kilograms. This small represent- 

 ative of Holland was born at Zandroort on May the 25th, 

 1789, and died at Dendermonde on December the 2nd, 

 1828. Two small marble stones on a pillar at the porch 

 of the Brouwer's-chapel in Haarlem Cathedral indicate 

 the different sizes of the two above-mentioned natives of 

 the Netherlands." 



It appears Simon Jane Paap only overtopped 

 by two inches the length of Cajanus's slipper. 



J. H. van Lennep. 

 Zeyst, near Utrecht, May 9, 1860. 



Epigram on Marriage. — 



" In marriage are two happy things allow'd, 

 A wife in wedding-sheets, and in a shroud; 

 How can the marriage state then'be accurst, 

 Since the last day 's as happy as the first? " 



This wicked and cruel epigram is from the 

 Tatler (No. 40.), but I cannot think it is Steele's. 

 IJe had too much sentiment arid good feeling. 

 Yet I am unable to suggest anyone else. Were it 

 not for the anachronism, I should attribute it to 

 a writer whom, perhaps, I ought to apologise for 

 naming, Peter Pindar. It is exactly in his vein. 



The following version is very well as to sound, 

 but I doubt whether it fully expresses the sense 

 of the original. It is written on the margin of my 

 copy of the Tatler : — 



" Sunt duo sollicitis spectacula grata maritis, 

 Nnpta parata toro, nupta parata rogo; 

 Ooniagfum nequeo miseris adscribcre rebus, 

 Ultima cui loeta est, Isetnque prima dies." 



W. D. 



Cromwell and the Mace. — History has re- 

 corded an incident touching Cromwell and the 

 mace, his dissolving the Long Parliament in 1653, 

 with "Take away that bauble." If the version 

 of this story be correct he must somewhat have 

 changed his views with regard to the insignia of 

 office subsequently to 1649, for under the date of 

 31st May of that year, the Order Book of the Coun- 

 cil of State records — 



" That there shall be a mace provided for the use of this 

 Councell at the charge of the State ; that it be left to the 

 serjeant-at-armes attending the Councell to conferre with 

 Mr. Love, and to bring unto the Councell a modell for a 

 mace to be here used." 



And a little farther on, under date of 4th July, 

 1649: — 



" That the mace which is ordered to be made for the 

 Councell of State shall be guilded as that which was 

 made for the use of the Parliament." 



Whether Cromwell ever contemplated the as- 

 sumption of the regal dignity is an open question. 

 In all probability, had he lived and seen a fitting 

 opportunity, he might have consented to have the 

 regal authority substituted in lieu of the protec- 

 torship : at all events there is some presumption 

 of such a contingency, for we find that he had a 

 sceptre of fine gold made, weighing upwards of 

 168 ounces, the total cost of which amounted to 

 6501. 13s. 6d. The order for the payment of the 

 bill for the same to Edward Backwell is in Sept. 

 1657. Ithuriel. 



Sacheverell and Hoadly. — The following 

 satirical lines are preserved in the Egerton MS. 

 1717, fol. 53.: — 



"Amongst the High "Churchmen I find there are Severall 



Doe swear to the merits of Henry Sacheverell. 

 " Amongst the Low Churchmen I see that as Oddly 



Some pin all their faith to one Benjamin-Hoadly. 

 "But wee moderate men our judgments Suspend, 



For God only knows where these matters will end. 

 " Salisbury Burnet and Kennett White Show 



That Doctrines may Change as Preferments doe. 

 " And Twenty years hence, for aught j - ou and I know, 

 It may be Hoadly high and Sacheverell Low." 



J. Y. 

 Urchin is perhaps cognate with the Dutch 

 Urkjen, a diminutive of Urk, which is still used 

 in Holland for denoting " a little fellow." I 

 know the word in English properly signifies a 

 hedgehog, and as such is derived from the Dutch 

 Nurkjen, properly a little grunter, and thus a 

 peevish little brat. Urk is the name of a small 

 islet in our Zuiderzee, from whence the proverb 

 " It is the club of Urk." Its patriotic inhabit- 

 ants, it is said, in the year 1787 resolved to exer- 

 cise themselves in the management of arms. The 

 club consisted of one person! May I propose Urk 

 as the parent word of urchin (little fellow), and 

 Nurk for urchin (mischievous brat) ? 



J. II. VAN L-ENNEr. 



