"_Hierosolyma est perdita._"--Whilst studying in Germany, I remember seeing one day some Jews in a great passion because a few little boys had been shouting "Hep! hep!" On information I heard, that whenever the German knights headed a Jew-hunt in the Middle Ages, they always raised the cry "Hep! hep!" This is remembered even to the present day. HENRI VAN LAUN. King William's College, Isle of Man. _Quaint Inscription in a Belfry._--I think the following unique piece of authorship deserves, for its quaint originality, a corner in "N. & Q." It is copied from an inscription dated Jan. 31, 1757, in the belfry of the parish church of Fenstanton, Hunts: "January y^e 31, 1757. Hear was ten defran^t Peals Rung in 50 minutes which is 1200, Changes by thouse, names who are Under. 1. Jn^o Allin 2. Jm^s Brown 3. Jno. Cade 4. Rob^t Cole 5. Will^m How." "All you young Men y^t larn y^o Ringen Art, Besure you see & will perform your part no Musick with it Can Excell. nor be compared to y^e Melodeus bells." Perhaps I may as well add that this is a faithful copy of the original inscription, both in orthography and punctuation. W. T. WATTS. St. Ives, Hunts. _The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel and Judah._--After the many conjectures which have been formed respecting the [Hebrew: SPR DBRY HYMYM] of the kings of Israel and Judah, allow me to suggest the probability of their bearing some resemblance to the records of the "wars" and "might" of the monarchs of Assyria, recently brought to light by Mr. Layard. [Hebrew: P]. _The Using a Circumstance as a "Peg," or "Nail," to hang an Argument on, &c._--In the parliamentary debates we frequently read of one honorable member accusing another honorable member of dragging in a certain expression or quotation for the mere sake of hanging upon it some argument or observation apposite to his motion or resolution.--Query, The origin of this term? My attention was drawn to it by reading the First Lesson at Morning Prayer for 25th May, viz. Ezra ix. 8., where the expression means something to hold by, or some resting-place. In the following verse, the term is changed into "a wall," meaning some support or help. Has this passage ever challenged the attention of any of your numerous readers, or can the common saying fairly be referred to it? ANON. Norwood. _Turkish and Russian Grammars._--At the present moment it may be found interesting to make a note of it for "N. & Q.," that the first {562} Turkish and Russian grammars published in this country appeared at Oxford; the Turkish, by Seaman, in 1670, and the Russian, by Ludolf, in 1696. Both are written in Latin. J. M. _Oxford._ _Chronograms in Sicily._--After the opening of the gold mines at Fiume-di-Nisi, which are now being reworked, the Messinese struck coins bearing the motto-- "eX VIsCerIbVs MeIs haeC fVnDItVr." Giving XVICIVMICVDIV. 1734? On a fountain near the church of St. Francesco di Paola: