NOTES:

LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1872.

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CONTENTS.-N° 210.

The Queen's Letter, 1-Napoleon on Board the

Northumberland, Ib. A Sussex Wassailing Song, 5 —

The Birth-place of Ennius, Ib.-Three Letters written

by Charles I. when Prince of Wales, on the Subject of his

Marriage, 6 How to describe a Book, 8-The Pocket-
dial of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, 1593, 9- Other
'Blue Boys," 10-Superstition in the German Army, Ib.

-The "Scales of Justice" no longer a Fable- Madame

de Genlis, &c., 11.

QUERIES: -Was Anna Boleyu born in the Castle of Car-

rick-on-Suir? 12- Bargemen's Song - Charles I.'s Waist-

coat Chowbent -" "Light Christmas"-Cromwelliau

Era Rev. Henry Dodwell, Prebendary of Sarum and

Archdeacon of Berks - Battle of Evesham-Unpublished

Letters of Edward Gibbon-"Join Issue"- Mauors in

Beds and Salop - Molesworth Medal- Correspondance

de Napoléon I.-Mrs. Stephens's Medicines - H. Peere-

boom Taaffe - Tipterers - Abbot of Glastonbury's

Watch-Unjust Weights-" With Helmet on his Brow

-Browne Willis, 13.

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REPLIES:-"Goody Two Shoes" and the Nursery Litera-

ture of the last Century, 15-William Baliol, 17-Weepers

-Whiteacre Crest- Dogs buried at the Feet of Bishops-

"Bifrons, custos," &c.-" Kemp"- Printed Matter copied
-Kidly-wink-Change of Baptismal Name - Briot-Beer
Jug Inscriptions Rudstone Monolith - Etymology of
"Harrowgate "-Phenomenon of the Sun-Antique Heads
in Mediæval Seals-Curious Baptismal Names "Speel"
-Curious Addresses on Letters-" Les Supercheries Litté-
raires Dévoilées": Harry Lorrequer-"À Carrion Crow"
American State Nicknames Provincial Glossary
Cast for Death"- Hogarth's "Modern Midnight Con-
versation"-Printer's Errors, &c., 17.

Notes on Books, &c.

Notes.

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THE QUEEN'S LETTER.

As Dr. Johnson wisely said, "There are higher laws

than those of criticism;" so England holds almost in

higher estimation than her time-honoured constitution

the sacred relations of Home Life. It was from this

feeling that the whole nation sorrowed, as with one great

personal sorrow, with those who ministered around the

sick bed at Sandringham; and the heart of England,

beating in concord with those of the weeping Mother

and afflicted Wife, joined in their prayers for the Prince's

recovery. England's remembrance of what she owed to

the Queen for the manner in which, no less by precept

than example, she had maintained the purity of English

Domestic Life, lent fervour to the Nation's prayers; and

their mutual sorrow served to strengthen the mutual

affection which has ever existed between the Queen and

Her People.

How greatly Her Majesty has been moved by this dis-

play of public sympathy cannot be told so effectively as
in Her own graceful and grateful Letter:-

"Windsor Castle, Dec. 26.
"The Queen is very anxious to express her deep

sense of the touching sympathy of the whole

nation on the occasion of the alarming illness of

her dear son, the Prince of Wales. The universal

feeling shown by her people during those painful,

terrible days, and the sympathy evinced by them

with herself and her beloved daughter, the Prin-

cess of Wales, as well as the general joy at the

improvement in the Prince of Wales's state, have

made a deep and lasting impression on her heart

which can never be effaced. It was, indeed,

nothing new to her, for the Queen had met

with the same sympathy when just ten years ago

a similar illness removed from her side the main-

stay of her life, the best, wisest, and kindest of

husbands.

"The Queen wishes to express at the same

time on the part of the Princess of Wales her
feelings of heartfelt gratitude, for she has been
as deeply touched as the Queen by the great and
universal manifestation of loyalty and sympathy.
"The Queen cannot conclude without express-
ing her hope that her faithful subjects will con-
tinue their prayers to God for the complete recovery
of her dear son to health and strength."

We are sure we need offer no apology to our readers
for printing in these columns a document worthy alike
the Illustrious Lady by whom it is written, and of the
loyal and loving subjects to whom it is addressed.

NAPOLEON ON BOARD THE NORTHUMBER-

LAND.

[We are indebted to the kindness of LORD LYTTELTON
for the opportunity of publishing the following interest-
ing notes of his father, the late Lord Lyttelton, of which
a very limited number of copies was printed for private
circulation in 1836 under the title of Some Account of
Napoleon Bonaparte's coming on Board H. M. S. the
Northumberland, August 7, 1815; with Notes of Two Con-
versations held with him on that Day.]

ADVERTISEMENT.

"The rough notes from which the following account
was drawn up were taken on the evening of the 7th,
under the correction of Lord Lowther, who witnessed
almost all that is described, and leaving the ship at the
same time with me, conversed with me on the subject,
and compared his recollections with mine, till we reached
our inn for the night, when we sat down, and committed
them to paper in the best manner we could.

"Hagley, Oct. 1836."

"LYTTELTON.

Napoleon Bonaparte came on board the North-
umberland (74), off Torbay, at about one o'clock
in the afternoon of the 7th of August, 1815.

"I had the good fortune to be then in that
vessel, as a friend of Admiral Sir George Cock-
burn, whose flag she bore, and I was therefore at
liberty to post myself where I would, in order to
see what passed to the greatest advantage. I
took my station on the ladder leading up to the
poop, so as to look over the starboard bulwark, in
which direction Bonaparte was approaching ac-