Notes and Queries, Number 199, August 20, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. — John Shaqi
Notes and Queries, Number 199, August 20, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 199, August 20, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.
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And it is also stated that, until within the last hundred years, a small
sum of money was annually sent by the Danish government to the minister
of Cruden for keeping the monument in repair. I should be glad to learn
if there are any documents among the royal archives at Copenhagen, which
would invalidate or substantiate the popular tradition.
ABREDONENSIS.
_Ampers and_ (& or & [Transcriber's note: Two different typefaces.]).--I
have heard this symbol called both _ampers and_ and _apussé and_. Which,
if either, is the correct term; and what is its derivation?
C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY.
Birmingham.
_The Myrtle Bee._--I should feel much obliged to any reader of "N. &
Q." who would answer the following questions respecting the bird called
the Myrtle Bee; separating carefully at the same time the result of
his _personal experience_ from any _hearsay evidence_ that he may have
collected on the subject. In what places in the British Isles has the
bird been seen? During what months? Is it gregarious, or solitary? What
are its haunts and habits, and on what does it feed? What is its colour,
shape, and size? Its mode of flight? Does any cabinet contain a preserved
specimen, and has any naturalist described or figured it either as a
British or a foreign bird?
W. R. D. SALMON.
Birmingham.
_Henry Earl of Wotton._--Jan van Kerckhove, Lord of Kerkhoven and
Heenvliet, who died at Sassenheim, March 7, 1660, married Catherine
Stanhope, daughter of the Earl of Chesterfield; and had issue Charles
Henry, who in 1659 was chief magistrate of Breda, and was created Earl
{174} of Wotton by the king of England. Could any of your readers favour
me with the date of the above marriage, as also those of the birth of the
father and the son; as well as that of the elevation of the latter to the
peerage of England?--From the _Navorscher_.
A. I.
_Connexion between the Celtic and Latin Languages._--Can any of your
correspondents supply any links of connection between the Celtic and
Latin languages?
M.
_Queen Anne's Motto._--What authority have we for asserting that "Semper
eadem" was Queen Anne's motto, and that it expired with her?
CLERICUS (D.)
_Anonymous Books._--Can any of the readers of "N. & Q." furnish the names
of the authors of either of the following works?
1. The Watch; an Ode, humbly inscribed to the Right Hon. the
Earl of M--f--d. To which is added, the Genius of America to
General Carleton, an Ode. London: J. Bew, 1778. 4to.
2. Fast Sermon, preached at ---- Feb. 10th, 1779, by the
Reverend ---- ----; showing the Tyranny and Oppression of the
British King and Parliament respecting the American Colonies.
Inscribed to the Congress. 8vo. (_Sine loco aut anno._ An
ironical Piece, severe on America.)
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