the first hostilities occurred between Hannibal and the Romans, and more recently distinguished as being the scene of a cavalry engagement during the Peninsular war." Murviedro is the Saguntum of the ancients, and its situation a league from the Mediterranean, or four from Valencia. Population, 5,500. At the opening of the Peninsular war, the place was fortified and garrisoned in the best manner circumstances would allow. In Sept. 1811, it was besieged by Suchet, aided by Habert and Harispe, when the invaders were repulsed. Driven to the last extremity, the garrison subsequently surrendered. This is the only important event that occurred. There is not a municipal, or other record, to show that sword blades, in any quantity, were ever manufactured there. The locality is not favourable, as no steel can be had there. Sahagun is a small town in the province of Leon, fifteen leagues from Valladolid; where, on Dec. 21, 1818, in a brilliant action, Moore defeated a corps of French cavalry, and established himself in the place, finding that Napoleon was coming down upon him. The district of Sahagun is exclusively agricultural; and by no historian is it mentioned that the town was ever celebrated for the manufacture of side-arms, like Bilboa, and other places in the Basque provinces, where the best metal and expert workmen always abounded. Oxford. VIATOR. Myosotis palustris, or Forget-me-not (2nd S. i. 270.) Henry IV. of England (when Duke of Hereford, I believe,) assumed this flower as his emblem, with the motto, Souviens de moi, "Remember me." This is probably the origin of the name "Forget-me-not," inquired for by your correspondent. See Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens of Richard II. and Henry IV. HENRY T. Riley. "No pent-up Utica," &c. (1st S. xi. 503.)—The lines, correctly written, read thus: "No pent-up Utica contracts your powers, But the whole boundless continent is yours," and are part of an Epilogue to Cato, written in 1778 by Jonathan Mitchell Sewall of Massachussetts. The entire poem is to be found in Duyckinck's Cyclopædia of American Literature, vol. i. pp. 286, 287. UNEDA. Philadelphia. Square. But in order to save your correspondent trouble, I can inform him that Mr. Cooper is a barrister, and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn as such on June 10, 1831. He obtained his degree of B. A. at Oxford; and he wrote two other dramas, one called Mokanna, and the other Zopyrus, the Hero of Persia. And I imagine he wrote no more than the two above named; and the other referred to by your correspondent, as in his dedication of Zopyrus, he describes it as his third and last attempt. This last drama was acted at Norwich on Feb. 13, 1844, and was published by Matchett & Co. at Norwich, price 2s., in three JOHN NURSE CHADWICK. Acts, The smart old maid-ewe dressed lamb fashion. “ ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ.” 8. Wm. Cooper (2nd S. ii. 307.)-In reply to R. A candidate for the voluntary theological at Cam- 9. Which is Quercus the Robur? (2nd S. ii. 309.)— Sir William Hooker and Dr. Arnott, in the sixth edition of The British Flora, designate Q. pedunculata as Q. Robur a; and Q. sessiliflora as Q. Robur B. It is not fair upon your general readers to give them long extracts from printed books; nor would it be consistent with your title, "NOTES AND QUERIES," to publish them at length; but I am glad of an opportunity of conveying information to your correspondents, and at the same time placing on record in your pages several passages whence information on this question of the value of the two species (or varieties, be they which they may) can be derived. I therefore refer him to Evelyn's Silva, edit. 1786, vol. i. pp. 67. et seq.; Selby's British Forest Trees, 1842, pp. 243. 246. et seq.; Low on Landed Property, 1844, p. 577.; Gardener's Chronicle, 1841, pp. 3, 4. 70. 102. 344. 735. 812. 843.; 1842, 5. 723.; 1844, 53. 335. 450. 736.; 1845, 471, 655. 705. 721. 737. 818. 837. 856, 857.; 1854, 40.; 1855, 104. 696. 728. 742. 756.803. 821. 854.; 1856, 51. 102. 134. 191. 283. 405. 454. 518. I would observe also, that the mere noting the single character whether the acorns are stalked or sessile, will not suffice to distinguish the species or variety. The petioles of the leaves must also be noted, which in Q. pedunculata are almost obsolete, and of a reddishgreen colour; while in Q. sessiliflora they are long and of a yellowish-green colour. If this character is not attended to, the tree may prove to be a mere variety or subvariety of Q. pedunculata. GEO. E. FRERE. Royden Hall, Diss. I have always understood that the Quercus robur had the minority; and as far as my observation has gone, in Devonshire, the Quercus sessilis is the far more abundant variety. CIRCUMNAVIGATOR. Death at Will (2nd S. ii. 147.) — One of the recorded cases of this kind is that of Jerom Cardan, described by himself in his work De Rerum Varietate. Not having the book to refer to, I copy Bayle's quotation of the passage (Dict. "Cardan"): "Quoties yolo, extrà sensum quasi in extasim transeo. ...... Sentio dum eam ineo, ac (ut veriùs dicam) facio, juxta cor quandam separationem, quasi anima ostiolum quoddam aperiretur. Et initium hujus est à abscederet, totique corpori res hæc communicatur, quasi capite, maximè cerebello: diffunditurque per totam dorsi spinam, vi magnâ continetur: hocque solum sentio, quod sum extrà meipsum, magnâque quâdam vi paululum me contineo." Mr. Couch in his Illustrations of Instinct refers to this case, and that of Col. Townshend, and another mentioned by St. Augustine, and considers this extraordinary faculty of voluntary ecstasy to be analogous to that which he supposes F. to be exercised by hybernating animals. Premature Interments (2nd S. ii. 278.) — Some account of Dr. Graham and his assistant, Lady Hamilton, is given in an amusing collection called | Professional Anecdotes, or Area of Medical Literature, 3 vols. 12mo., London, vol. i. p. 22. H. B., F.R.C.S. Warwick. 268.)—What is the fact as to the census of EuProportion of Males and Females (2nd S. ii. rope, I cannot say; and it is not much to the purpose, as far as the Mormonite argument for tended by his Maker to have but one wife is polygamy is concerned. That each man is inpretty clear to all whose eyes are not wilfully blinded; from the fact, that the birth of males and females is nearly equal. Last week, the Registrar-General gives the return of births in London boys 828, girls 768. I know several sad cases of Mormon delirium in this country. One poor man, whom I have known for years, has been swindled out of nearly all his little property, the savings of an industrious life; and when he refused to give up the last home he had left, he was, in great form, turned out of the society. His eyes are now open, when he finds himself an old man and destitute. A. HOLT WHITE. Husbands authorised to beat their Wives (2nd S. ii. 108. 219. 297.)- Perhaps the following curious extract in connexion with this subject may be worth recording in "N. & Q. : Wife-beating advocated by a Clergyman, &c.-A very large number of wife-beating cases have recently been brought before the magistrates at Whitehaven, where there exists a sect of professing Christians who propagate the opinion that the practice is in accordance with the word of God. The Rev. Geo. Bird, formerly rector of Cumberworth, near Huddersfield, has established himself there, and drawn together a congregation; and within the last few weeks it has transpired that he holds the doctrine that it is perfectly scriptural for a man to beat his wife. About six weeks ago, James Scott, a member of Mr. Bird's congregation, was summoned by his wife for brutally beating her because she refused to attend the same place of worship that he did. When before the magistrates, Mrs. Scott: said she had no wish her husband should be punished if he would promise not to illuse her badly again. When asked by the magistrates whether he would make the requisite promise, he refused, saying, 'Am I to obey the laws of God, or the laws of man?' As he would not give the promise, the magistrates committed him to prison for a month, with hard labour. The Rev. Mr. Bird has since delivered a course of lectures on the subject of Scott's conviction. He contends that it is a man's duty to rule his own household; and if his wife refuse to obey his orders, he is justified, according to the law of God, in beating her in order to enforce obedience.". The Examiner, Oct. 11. 1856. Vox. - The Rustington Church (2nd S. ii. 310.) foundation of this church is not recorded, except by the presumed date of its most ancient portions. It did not exist when Domesday Book was compiled, A.D. 1080-1086; but Rustyntone is mentioned in Pope Nicolas' Taxation made in A.D. 1291, at which time the tower and the south range of the nave may have been erected about a century; at least, they bear the character of Richard I.'s age, when the Norman style was beginning to yield to the Early English. The chancel is in the latter style, and may be some thirty years more recent than the earlier building. The north range of the nave, the north aisle, and the projection at the east end of the latter, are in the Perpendicular style, and erected early in Henry VII.'s reign, though their respective ages differ a little. The south aisle has been rebuilt since Dallaway's time. One porch in an unusual position at the west end, and another on the north side, are both ancient. There are the remains of an exquisite piscina in the building, at the east end of the north aisle, and also a squint commanding the east end of the chancel, which would lead to the supposition that this erection had once been a chantry, where masses were said to the memory of some deceased benefactor; but it may have been intended also as an enlargement of the church for the accommodation of his family. Near to the opening of the squint in the chancel are the remains of the rood-loft stair, and there is another squint on the south side. Altogether Rustington is a fine church, and I regret that I have not been able to recover more of its history. PATONCE. Hillier Family (2nd S. i. 53.) — Is not this a form of the word Hellyer, a not uncommon family name in Devonshire? where it has the meaning also of "tiler," so far as I can recollect. HENRY T. Riley. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. Our worthy publishers, Messrs. Bell & Daldy, have just issued a couple of volumes which we are sure will be welcome, not only to readers for amusement, to whom they are more especially addressed, but also to those who read for information. 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On Sunday, July 8, 1716, the Church of England lost one of her greatest sons. On that day died the learned, pious, and witty Robert South, Prebendary of Westminster, and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. Four days after his decease, his corpse, having for some time lain in a decent manner in the Jerusalem Chamber, was brought thence into the College Hall, where a Latin oration was pronounced over it by Mr. John Barber, then Captain of the King's Scholars.* Of this funeral discourse Curll would appear, by some means or other, to have obtained a copy; and, presuming from the celebrity of South's name that it would be readily purchased by the public, he"did th' Oration print Imperfect, with false Latin in't." † by the frequent drubs that he has undergone for his often pirating other men's copies, did lately, without the consent of Mr. John Barber, present Captain of Westminster School, publish the scraps of a Funeral Oration, spoken by him over the corpse of the Rev. Dr. South. And being on Thursday last fortunately nabbed within the limits of Dean's Yard, by the King's Scholars there, he met with a college salutation, for he was first presented with the ceremony of the blanket, in which, when the skeleton had been well shook, he was carried in triumph to the school; and after receiving a grammatical construction for his false concords, he was reconducted to Dean's Yard, and on his knees asking pardon of the aforesaid Mr. Barber for huzzas of the rabble. his offence, he was kicked out of the Yard, and left to the "I am, Sir, yours, &c. "T. A." This story was too good to be lost. Pope, in a letter to Martha Blount, alludes to "Mr. Edmund Curl having been exercised in a blanket, and whipped at Westminster School by the boys, whereof the common prints have given some account," and it was made the theme of a pamphlet which, although it has already been the subject of some communications to "N. & Q.," well deserves to be reproduced in this place. It occupies sixteen octavo pages in the original, but will take very little room in these columns. It is entitled: "Neck or Nothing.* A Consolatory Letter from Mr. D-nt-n to Mr. C—rll, upon his being Tost in a Blanket, &c. 'Id cogito quod res est quando eum quæstum occeperis, Accipiunda et mussitanda injuria adolescentium est.' Price 4d." Truth is truest poesy.'-COWLEY. "Lo! I that erst the glory spread This appears to have excited the anger of Sold by Charles King in Westminster Hall. Barber and the King's Scholars, and they determined upon taking vengeance in a very characteristic manner upon the unlucky Curll. They decoyed him into Dean's Yard, on the pretence of giving him a more perfect copy of the Oration, but when they had got him within their power they gave him a taste of the "discipline of the school," and something more. What were the 66 Purgings, pumpings, blankettings and blows," 66 King's College, Westminster, "SIR, You are desired to acquaint the public that a certain bookseller near Temple Bar, not taking warning Barber was admitted into St. Peter's College in 1712; elected to Oxford, 1717; and took his degree of M.A. in 1724. The writer of these Notes has not been able to meet with a copy of this imperfect edition of Barber's Oration. It is reprinted in the Posthumous Works of South issued by Curll in 1717, and which contains the Life of South to which reference has already been made. It should also be mentioned that Curll published in the same year (1717) an octavo volume containing South's Opera Posthuma Latina, &c.-S. N. M. } For just as they were martyrs, so That corner'd cap, and hanging sleeve? Would trust folks drest like Jesuits? TERENT. MDCCXVI. *This tract must not be confounded with John Dunton's Neck or Nothing, in a Letter to the Earl of Oxford, 1713, noticed in Swift's Public Spirit of the Whigs, Scott's edition of Swift's Works, iv. 224. |