A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DIBDIN.

(See 9th S. viii. 39, 77, 197, 279; ix. 421; x. 122, 243; xi. 2, 243, 443; xii. 183, 283, 423, 462; 10th S. i. 463.) 1808. The Melange. A Table Entertainment, written and composed by Charles Dibdin. Hogarth gives no particulars of it, and I have been unable to trace a record of the performances, beyond the songs, the words of which are given in the following:

*Songs, Glees, Duettos, &c., in the Melange; written & composed by Mr. Dibdin, & performed at the Sans Pareil, Strand. London. Printed for the Author, by R. Cantwell, No. 29 Bell Yard, Lincoln's Inn.' And sold at Mr. Dibdin's Warehouse, No. 125, Strand. Price One Shilling. 1808. 8vo,

pp. 36.

1. The Flowing Bowl. (No. 3 in 'King and Queen,' 1798.)

2. True Glory. (No. 9 in 'The Sphinx,' 1797.) 3. The Two Emperors.

4. The Sailor's Will. (No. 17 in 'New Year's Gifts,' 1804.)

5. The Pullet. (No. 5 in Heads or Tails,' 1805.) 6. The Anchorsmiths. (No. 6 in Tour to Land's End,' 1798.)

7. The Union of Love and Wine. (A Glee, No. 18 in 'Most Votes,' 1802.)

8. The Soldier's Adieu. (No. 5 in 'The Wags,' 1790.)

9. The Ladies. (No. 11 in 'A Frisk,' 1801.) 10. Jack at the Windlass. (No. 20 in 'The Quizes,' 1792.)

11. Miss Wigley. (No. 20 in 'Professional Volunteers,' 1808.)

12. The Actor.

13. The Three Catalanis.

14. Duetto between a Tar and a Clown. (No. 5 in 'The Rent Day,' 1808.)

15. The Good Night (a Glee).

16. The Soldier's Funeral. (No. 9 in 'Castles in the Air,' 1793.)

17. The Sweets of Love. (No. 11 in 'The Cakehouse,' 1800.)

18. Bachelor's Hall. (No. 2 in 'The Oddities,' 1789.)

19. Tom Transom. (No. 7 in 'The Frolic,' 1804.) 20. Bottom. (No. 18 in Tom Wilkins,' 1799.) 21. The Brothers (a Duetto).

22. The Song of Songs. (No. 14 in 'The General Election,' 1796.)

1809. Commodore Pennant, a Table Entertainment, written and composed by Charles Dibdin. First performed 16 January, 1809.

This, which was probably a compilation from earlier entertainments, included an intermezzo, Cecilia; or, the Progress of Industry.' I have not discovered any list of songs, and I think none was published. Hogarth mentions the Intermezzo as a oneact entertainment produced after 'Heads or

Tails?' (1805) but I have found no mention of it in advertisements of that year.

1809. A Thanksgiving, A Glee. For 3 Voices, Written and Composed by Mr. Dibdin. Price 18. Printed & Sold at the Author's Music Warehouse No. 125 Strand, & Bland & Weller's, Oxford Street. 2 pp. folio, on a sheet of 4 pp., with 4 pp. 8vo attached, on which are the complete words of the song.

written by himself; together with the words of 1809. The Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin, eight hundred songs, two hundred and twenty of which will have their appropriate music. Selected from his works, and embellished with an elegant engraving by Mr. Smith, From a portrait of Mr. Dibdin, a striking likeness, and an admirable Vol. I. [or II.]. London: Published by the Author. In six Volumes. Picture painted by Mr. Devis. At his Music warehouse, No. 125, Strand; and may be had of Mr. Asperne, bookseller, Cornhill; Bland and Weller, No. 23, Oxford Street; Clementi and Co. Cheapside; and by [sic] all the Booksellers in the United Kingdom. 1809. Cantwell, Printer, 29, Bell-Yard, Lincoln's Inn. 8vo.

Advertisement," dated 20 May, 1809. Portrait as in 1803 and 1804 editions. Only two volumes appeared. Vol. I. has viii, 251 pp., and Vol. II. iv, 279 pp., and also 4 pp. following, but not paged. Contains engraved songs Nos. 1 to 61 (excepting No. 37, which is not in any copy I have examined), then 'a Thanksgiving for three voices; also songs lettered A to K; in all 73 songs. This edition issued fortnightly in parts, at 2s. each, conwas apparently taining about 48 pp. and seven or eight songs. It was to have been completed in 36 parts, of which about 10 appeared.

1809. Songs written and composed by C. Dibdin for Bannister's Budget."

There was published in folio

1. The Veteran & the Volunteer, A Favorite Song, Written & Composed by Mr. Dibdin, And Sung with universal applause by Mr. Bannister's sic On his Tour In his New Entertainment, Called Bannister's Budget, Entd. at Stat. Hall Price Is. London Printed by Goulding & Co. 124 Late 117 New Bond Street & 7 Westmorland Street Dublin. Arrangement for two flutes on p. 4. Others

This is the only one I have seen. (probably issued in similar form) were as

follows:

transcribed from the autograph of William Cowper's aunt, Judith Madan (née Cowper). On pp. 9, 10, is an account of Delagard, of whom I find no mention in 'The Life and Times of the Countess of Huntingdon.' The book is a 4to, half-bound in calf. I quote pp. 9, 10:

"False peace, delusive rest, and vain security. These just and fine epithets I heard from the pulpit at South Audley Chapel some years ago i.e. apparently before 1754] from poor Delagard, a man who preached, I think, 13 sermons, 13 successive Thursdays, under Lady Huntingdon's patronage, a post charitably designed to instruct

Both the great vulgar and the small, the service beginning at 12 o'clock, to render the attendance on it as easy as possible to the tender constitutions of those the world calls people of quality, but who, in the eye of reason and religion, must be comprehended under the only title poor mortals can justly call their own, that of 'miserable

.sinners.'

"Delagard was a man of a low stature and mean appearance, but in the pulpit assumed a dignity I scarce ever saw before, even where Nature had been more kind in bestowing a better look and more graceful stature. All he said, as it came from the heart, I believe, seldom failed to affect the hearts of his congregation: a force and energy not to be described accompanied every divine precept that fell from his tongue. Many were awakened, some converted; and in general, as in the Gospel preaching, fear fell on all. Thus for a few weeks it pleased God to enable His servant to do His will; and not many more passed before he was taken into eternity, I trust and hope, to enjoy that reward ordained for those who turn many to righteousness, 'to shine like the stars in heaven.'

"I think this small recollection of what he was on earth due to the memory of this faithful servant of our glorious Master's, to whom be glory and honour, thanksgiving and power, love and obedience, for ever and ever! Amen!"

Cambridge.

JOHN E. B. MAYOR.

BROWNING'S "THUNDER FREE."-Prof. Luick, of Graz, writes:-"In 'Pippa Passes' Phene says (ii. 59), 'Carve...a Greek...bay-filleted and thunder-free.' What does this mean?" Prof. W. P. Ker answers:"Compare Childe Harold,' iv. 41 :For the true laurel-wreath which Glory weaves Is of the tree no bolt of thunder cleaves.

The bay wreath was a protection against the thunderbolt."

F. J. F.

FIRST OCEAN NEWSPAPER.-The following, from New York in the Globe of 11 June, should, I think, find a place in 'N. & Q.':"A telegram from Nantucket to the New York Herald states that the voyage of the Cunard Line steamer Campania from Liverpool to New York has been rendered memorable by the publication of a daily newspaper, which has been a complete

success. The passengers awaited each morning's issue impatiently. News was received daily from the United States and Europe, and the result board. The Sun states that the Cunard Line agent exceeded the expectations of the pressman on here, Mr. Vernon Brown, has received a telegram from Capt. Pritchard, of the Campania, yesterday afternoon, stating that the Daily Bulletin had been that the daily sea paper has arrived, and is here to entirely successful. This is interpreted to mean stay. The Campania will continue to publish the journal daily on her eastward trip, and subsequently the Lucania will have a daily publication.Reuter."

J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.

[The Daily Telegraph of 13 June contained a of which the following sentences may be worth long account of this new departure in journalism, preservation in N. & Q.': "The daily paper published aboard by means of the Marconi news service was entitled the Cunard Daily Bulletin. It was no bigger than a parish magazine, eight inches by five in size, but very well printed. with Mr. Kershaw, private secretary to Signor Mr. Graham, purser of the Campania, was editor, Marconi, as chief sub-editor......There were no leading articles, no advertisements, but plenty of miscellaneous news and gossip to break the monotony of the Atlantic passage. Above all, there was the news, short, crisp interesting items from all parts of the world, to which the passengers and crew looked forward daily with increasing interest. The paid circulation was 725 daily, and the cost 2d. per number."]

GUEST FAMILY. (See 9th S. ix. 508; x. 51.) -A list of works pertaining to the history of this family in America may be of service :

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, xlix., No. ccxc., p. 238, July, 1874.

American Historical Register, New Series, i., No. 2, p. 167, Philadelphia, April, 1897.

New York Geneal. and Biog. Record, xxix. 100, April, 1898.

American Monthly Magazine, xi., No. 6, p. 557, Washington, D.C., December, 1897.

The Spirit of Seventy-six, iv., No. 5, pp. 138, 139, New York, January, 1898.

Manuscripts relating to Guest Family, &c. Museum of Newberry Library, Chicago,' Case No. ii., 31, 2, Catalogue No. 89030.

Tales of our Forefathers,' Albany, N.Y., 1898. 'Poems and Journal' (Moses Guest), Cincinnati, 1823-4.

The Guests of New Brunswick, New Jersey (fl. 1776), are said to have descended from those of that name in Birmingham, England. EUGENE F. McPIKE.

Chicago, U.S.

this picturesque specimen of rural art. I have never heard of any other public-house in England with a similar title, and have long been puzzled as to its origin. The following passage in Guillim's 'Display of Heraldry may possibly throw light upon it:

"Cosmus Medices, Duke of Hetruria, gave two Anchors for his Impress, with this word Duabus, meaning it was good to have two holds to trust to; but Richard the First, King of England, gave a Sun on two Anchors, with this Motto, Christo Duce; a worthy and Princely choice of so heavenly a Pilot."-Fifth edition, 1679, p. 231.

Guillim, as was his custom, gives no authority for what he says; but he was a careful and honest man, who did not write at random, as some of his successors who have cribbed from his pages have been wont to do. He must have had what he regarded as sufficient ground for what he stated. Can any one refer to what authority he depended upon? If what he said be true, there is an excellent reason for the sign, and at least a presumption of its antiquity, for Richard I. was a great benefactor to Scotter. He granted a charter of fair and market to the Abbot of Peterborough, who was its lord ('Monasticon Anglic., edition 1846, vol. i. p. 392). It is dated 24 March, and witnessed by Walter, Archbishop of Rouen, but no year is given. Within the memory of elderly people an important horse fair was held at Scotter, but, as has been the case with other rural fairs, the railways have well-nigh extinguished it.

Kirton-in-Lindsey.

EDWARD PEACOCK.

"EASTERLING" AND EAST HARLING.-There is a singular error in Bardsley's useful 'Dictionary of Place-names' that should be corrected. Under Easterling' he tells us that it is a "local name," which is not precisely the case. See the 'New Eng. Dict.' He gives three examples, none of which are in any sense to the point. He tells us that there were men "de Eastherling" in 1273; a "Walter de Eastherling" in 1303; and a Ralph de Eastherling" at the same date. He says that "Eastherling" is described as being in Norfolk, but he cannot find it. But almost any county map will show that East Harling is not far from Thetford. You get to it from Harling Road Station.

WALTER W. SKEAT.

"THE GALLANTS OF FOWEY."-A curious traditional grant from the Black Prince is referred to in the following cutting from the Morning Post of Monday, 11 April:

"A parish meeting of the occupiers of GolantSaint-Samson, on the Fowey river, Cornwall, was

held on Saturday evening in the village schools to consider what steps should be taken to resist the claim for dues made by the lord of the manor for stone raised or carted from the villagers' commons,. on which from time immemorial they have paid the poor rates by a twopenny impost on every cottager, in addition to the ordinary assessment by the overseer. It was stated that though no charter was in the possession of the parish their rights were traditionally inherited by a grant from the Black Prince, as Duke of Cornwall, in reward for services rendered at sea by 'the Gallants of Fowey,' from which the village takes its name, being one of two in all England dedicated to the memory of Saint Samson, the Apostle of Brittany and second Abbot of Caldy, on the Welsh coast." WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK.

Dowanhill Gardens, Glasgow.

COUNTY TALES.-There are several tales current in Lincolnshire which were used in former days, and perhaps are at the present time, for the purpose of showing contempt for neighbouring shires or boroughs within our own limits. I give two of these by way of example, and should be glad to know if they are confined to this county, or whether they are to be found in other forms elsewhere. Grimsby. When this borough had dwindled so as to become a very inconsider able place, the ignorance of its mayors was a standing joke among outsiders. An old gentleman who, if alive, would be upwards of a hundred and ten years of age, told me a tale of a certain mayor who had a person brought before him for frying bacon. The culprit pleaded that this was not an offence; but the mayor retorted that it was a felony by common law. A scholar was, however, found, who explained the misinterpreted pasnot in frying bacon, but in firing a beacon. sage in the law-books. The felony consisted In the days when this story had its origin there were beacons all along the East coast. If any one of the series had been wantonly set on fire, the whole population would probably have turned out in their war-gear from Thames to Tyne.

Rutlandshire. In the days when only gentlemen were made high sheriffs of counties, Rutlandshire was a common jest, because, on account of its small size, men of but mean station had necessarily to be put up with. On one occasion, it was averred, when the proper official came to tell a plain farmer that he had been chosen for an office of such high honour and importance, he found him in his yard, in workaday apparel, thatching a stack.

COM. LINC.

"GRAHAMIZE."-" Grahamize" is defined in the 'H.E.D.' as "to cause letters to be opened when passing through the post," and it is

stated that "Sir James Graham, as Home Secretary, had Mazzini's letters so opened in 1814." No exception can be taken to the definition of " grahamize," but the statement that Sir James Graham had Mazzini's letters opened is not quite accurate, though it represents the common opinion and is accepted by many historians and writers. In the Encyclopædia Britannica,' 8.v. Graham, we read that in 1844 the detention and opening of letters at the post office by his [Sir James Graham's] warrant raised a storm of public indignation." In Justin McCarthy's History of our Own Times' the charge of opening Mazzini's letters is brought against Graham; and the reference to the subject in Sir Spencer Walpole's History of England' is indexed as follows, "Graham, Sir J., opens Mazzini's letters," and "Mazzini, opening of his letters by Sir J. Graham."

The agitation of 1844 about the opening and detention of letters is now almost forgotten; but whatever odium attaches to the opening of Mazzini's letters is still borne by Sir James Graham. A secret committee of the House of Commons, which sat in 1844, reported that Mazzini's letters had been interrupted in the post under a warrant issued by Graham and were sent to the Home Office, whence they were dispatched unopened to the Foreign Office. The warrant for detaining the letters was issued by Graham at the request of his colleague Lord Aberdeen, the Foreign Secretary, and he, not Graham, opened and read Mazzini's letters. But, as is pointed out in the life of Graham in the "D.N.B.,'" Lord Aberdeen held his tongue, and allowed the whole storm to burst on Graham."

J. A. J. HOUsden.

"WITHERSHINS."-This is the most representative way that occurs to me of writing a word which was lately told me as meaning contra clockwise, or from left to right, the opposite of with the sun. I do not find it in Jamieson's Provincial Dictionary.'

Might I venture to guess that the first two syllables correspond to the German wieder? T. WILSON. Harpenden.

[The surmise as to the origin of the word is correct: Anglo-Saxon wider against, answers to the German wieder.]

PIGEON ENGLISH AT HOME. Another execrable departure is recently noticeable. The promoters of that very excellent idea, a dam across the Thames at Gravesend, speak of "dockizing" the river, instead of endocking it. I have not seen "dockify" yet, but am in daily anticipation of it; my hopes

this way are encouraged by the use of the word "actify" in the Times of 14 June, in a case where the word enact did not jump to the writer's mind at the moment. It might also be questioned whether "barrage" is a justifiable alternative to dam. EDWARD SMITH.

MACKLINIANA.-Judge Parry, at p. 120 of his excellent monograph on Charles Macklin, reproduces Kirkman's detailed statement of the receipts during the Smock Alley engagement of 1763-4, together with Macklin's moiety of the nightly takings. As he confesses his inability to explain on what principle the actor's profits were calculated, it may be as well to point out that the residue was shared equally between Macklin and the manager after 401. had been deducted for the nightly charges of the house. This applies to all save four of the items, viz., 2 and 22 Dec., 20 Jan., and 26 Feb., in which the shillings or the pence (mostly the latter) in Macklin's moieties will not work out. Doubtless this is due to miscopying on Kirkman's part or to subsequent misprints.

I remark also that in the list of Macklin's plays given by Judge Parry at p. 196 The True-Born Irishman,' otherwise The Irish Fine Lady,' is spoken of as "not printed." This is incorrect. I have both seen and read a copy, and well remember its blunt satire and strong characterization. In this latter quality it recalled to me Holcroft at his best, say in The Road to Ruin.'

Judge Parry mentions a head of Macklin as Shylock, by Zoffany, in the National Gallery of Ireland. The same collection possesses an admirable full-length portrait of the sturdy old actor as Sir Pertinax MacSycophant, the work of De Wilde. It is probably a replica of the painting in the

Garrick Club. Dublin.

W. J. LAWRENCE.

JAGGARD-PRINTED BOOKS. (See 4th S. iv. 409.) -It is a far cry back to 1869, when a query appeared with reference to books printed by William Jaggard and Ed. Blount.

Lengthy lists of the Jaggard press appeared in the Athenæum for 18 January, 1902, and following issues, and for 24 January, 1903. The querist seemed to doubt whether Wm. Jaggard really printed the works he published. Reference to the Registers of the Stationers' Company should set such susWM. JAGGARD. picions at rest.

139, Canning Street, Liverpool.

AMBAN.-It is well remarked that the peaceful intervention now in progress for Lhasa rouses an interest in philological