Newington Butts, its old bridge, 141 Septuagint interpolated by Jews, 429, 524 New Year's Day customs in Scotland, 153, 221, Nicæan barks, 268 Nichols (John Gough) on the Ardens of Warwick- Divine Meditation on Death, 189 Nicholson (B.) on passage in "Cymbeline," 234 Tom or John Drum's entertainment, 148 Nicols (Rev. William), noticed, 356 Nile, its source described in 1668, 113; discovered N. (J. G.) on Elma, a female Christian name, 97 Justice, as applied to county magistrates, 436 Norman (E. J.) "Sound of the grass growing," Oath administered to sheriffs, 157 O'B. (J.), Dublin, on swallows harbingers of sum- O'Connell (Maurice), "The Rueful Quaker," 437 O. (J.) on Robert Burns, jun., 62 Kirkwood (James), two authors of these Mitchel (Wm.), the Tinclarian doctor, 74 Order of the Cockle in France, 117, 184, 221 Painter to his Majesty, 56 Painters, burlesque, 345, 407 Painter's canvass, stamp duty on, 99, 141, 182 Paminger (Leonard), musical composer, 76 Funeral and tomb of Queen Elizabeth, 528 Orientation: St. Peter's at Rome, 516 Paradin's "Devises Heroiques," 339, 447, 485, 528 Parietines, its meaning, 281, 428 Park (Justice Allan), reverence for the Lord's Day, 28 Pelham family, 321 Penni (Lucca), monogram, 380 Pennsylvania, slavery prohibited in, 480 Petrie collection of ancient music, 498 P. (G.), New York, on the Empress Maud, 116 Philipps (Sir Erasmus), epitaph, 254 Holland (J.), optician, 157 Johnson (Dr. Samuel) and baby-talk, 396 Shakspeare relic, 456 118 Shoful, a slang word, 145 Phillott (F.) on Lord, Lady, their derivation, 211 Wit, its various uses, 82 Pholeys, or Fulas, of Gambia, 12, 44, 63 Piesse (Charles) on Vichy, 165 Nile, its sources discovered in 1668, 113 Mitchel (Wm.), the Tinclarian Doctor, 124 Postage stamps, exchange of foreign, 418 Potiphar, an officer of the court, 347 Powell (Rev. James), his longevity, 123 Mutilation of sepulchral monuments, 22 Witches in Lancaster Castle, 385 Prester (John) in the arms of the see of Chichester, Prestoniensis on longevity of clergymen, 65, 123 Primula: the primrose, 132, 202 Prior (Matthew), origin of the "Thief and Corde- Private soldier, meaning of the phrase, 144, 185 Proverbs and Phrases: - Cornish proverbs, 208, 275 Proverbs and Phrases :- Every dog has his day, and a cat has two Hatter: As mad as a hatter, 24, 64, 125 I got my kail through the reek for that, 77 Needs must when the Devil drives, 136, 203 One swallow does not make a summer, 53, 83 Thou art like unto like, as the Devil said to We praise the food as we find it, 117 We praise the fool as we find him, 117 Bull of Burke's, 445 "Hamlet," passage in, 426 "Troilus and Cressida," passage in, 426 Southey's birth-place, 249 Psalm xc. 9, its translation, 57, 83, 102, 160 Pumice stone, its domestic uses, 56 Puppet-show exhibitions of the last century, 52 472 Purgatory, a pagan superstition, 373 Glass, its early use in England, 529 Tombstones and memorials, 528 P. (W. P.) on manuscript English Chronicle, 54 Pumice stone, its uses, 56 P. (Y.) on burial-place of still-born children, 34 Nullum quod tetigit non ornavit, 197 O God of glory! Thou hast treasured up, 75 Qui Christum noscit, &c., 83, 105, 126, 247 This world's a good world to live in, 114 Woman's will, 300 R. Radcot Bridge battle, 398, 488 Raine (Henry), marriage portion to females, 475 Rathlin, its reduction in 1575, 89 R. (C. J.) on Heming family of Worcester, 173 Rowe (Cheyne), an author, 298 Reardon (J.) on Sir Edward May, 66 Brown (Robert Dillon), M.P., 369 Plagiarisms: "The Groves of Blarney," 432 Sun-dancing on Easter Sunday morning, 448 Voster (Dan.) and John Gough, 517 Reliable, the use of the word defended, 58, 85, 266, Rowe (Cheyne), an author, 298 329 Resurrection Gate, St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 67, 165 Reynolds (James) on St. Mary Matfelon, 83, 161 R. (H. E) on marrow-bones and cleavers, 524. Richard III., letters and papers of his reign, 450 Richardson (Charles), LL.D., his early work, 71 Richmond (Frances Stuart, Duchess of), engraved Rifling, its early invention, 435 Rimbault (Dr. E. F.) on the Black Bear at Cum- Bentley (Thomas) of Chiswick, 449 Resurrection-gate, St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, 67 Ring mottoes, 33 Rivetus (Andreas), anagram, 53 Rix (Joseph), M.D., on James Prendeville, 269 Rix (S. W.) on Mrs. Barbauld's Prose Hymns, 33 Cheyne (Capt. Alexander), 34 R. (N. H.) on book hawking, 70 James II. at St. Germain's, 13 Robespierre's remains, 11 Robin Hood, his birth-place, 293 Robinson (C. J.) on Cary family in Holland, 398, 525 Rowe (John), serjeant-at-law, 10 Delalaunde (Sir Thomas), 377 Virgil's testimony to our Lord's advent, 42 R. (S. Y.) on Ursula, Lady Altham, 284 Bentley (Nathaniel), "Dirty Dick," 482 Brook (Abraham), 355 Bryan (Mrs. Margaret), 355 Budd (Henry) of Guernsey, 417 Chaigneau (William), 11 Chandler (Richard), 151 Cherington (Viscount), 347 Clarendon (R. V.), 496 Clarkes (three Charles), 435 Cotterell (Lieut.-Colonel), 297 Cook (Thomas), alderman of Youghal, 55 Coventry (Sir John), K.B., 191 Davys (John), rector of Castle Ashby, 399 Dudgeon (William), 172 Elton (Lieut.-Col. and Capt. George), 319 Goodyer (John) of Mapledurham, 173 Holder (Thomas and Capt. Tobie), 152 Hurtley (Thomas) of Malham, 497 Parker (Mary Ann), circumnavigator, 75 Pope (Luke), author of "History of Middle- Portlock (Capt. Nathaniel), 375 Polhill (Edward), Esq., of Burwash, 419 Sutton (John) M.D., 175 Townsend (Thomas), Esq., barrister, 419 Watson (John), rector of Kirby Cane, 401 Williams (John) alias Anthony Pasquin, 175 195 Sanatory and Sanitary explained, 483 San Clemente, discovery of a painting in the Basi- Sancroft (Abp.), his sisters, 213, 290 Sandy, i. e. Alexander, who was he? 194 "Sans Culotides," by Cincinnatus Rigshaw, 74 Sargent (John), author of "The Mine," 214 Saunders, or Shakspeare (Hugh), Principal of St. Saurin (James), English translation of his Ser- Saviour, painting of Our, 74, 157, 290 Saxony, the arms of, 12, 64, 81 St. Augustine and the mystery of the Trinity, 40, Scharf (George) on portraits of Shakspeare, 333 St. Bacchus, noticed, 249 St. Dominic and the evil spirit, 345, 407 St. Germain's, its court temp. James II., 13 Schin on "As mad as a hatter," 24 Chaperon, Chaperone, 384 St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, its Resurrection gate, 67, Schleswick: the Danne-Werke, 127 165 St. Ishmael, a Welsh bishop, 156 St. Leonard's (Lord), his early work, 71 St. Mary Matfelon, alias Whitechapel, 83, 161, · 223 St. Patrick and the shamrock, 40, 60, 79, 104; his St. Peter's at Rome, its orientation, 516 St. Romulus, noticed, 249 St. Sepulchre's passing-bell, 170, 331, 388, 429 St. Swithin on an anecdote, 477 Austrian motto, 309 Sentences containing but one vowel, 526 St. Swithin's Day in 1623, 1628, 164 St. T. on the climate of Bermuda, 122 Becket (Captain), 134 Blind alehouse, 137 Foote, an obsolete word, 497 Foster's Negro Songs, 163 Moore (Dr. Mordecai), family, 154 Napoleon, the First, 135 Slavery, prohibited in Pennsylvania, 480 Top of his bent, 137 St. Ursula and 11,000 virgins, 274 St. (W.) on Sir John Coningsby, 349 Schleswig-Holstein, historical notices, 212 Scott (Sir Thomas) of Scott's Hall, Kent, 195 Scottish formula of the General Assembly, 35 "Sea of Glass," 155, 221 |