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 io« s. iv. DEC. 2, loos.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 441 LONDON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER t, 1905. CONTENTS.—No. 101. HOTBS :-Another Horatio Nelson, 441—The Jubilee of ' The Saturday Review,' 442 — 8h»kespearlana, 443 — Nelson's Blood-stained Coat— Nelsonlaria—Charlei Lamb, 445—Fifteenth-Century Banquet—'*Come out, 'tis now September," 44B—"The hand that rocks tlie craiile"— Rain caught on Holy Thursday—Tunbrldge Wells Harvest Custom, 447. QUERIES : — " Photo-lithograph " — " Phreneslac " — The Author of 'Wbitefriars,' 447 — Sir Lawrence Dundas— Antonio Canova In England—Lord Mayor's Day—Bitybam Abbey—Hunt Family—"That same"—"The bird in the breast"—'The Ring'—Mackintosh—'The Little Green Shop on Cornhiir—Kerr of Lothian: De Brlen, 448- St. Agnes' Eve—'Zapata'a Questions'—Monck : Monk— Charles Dough—Hyphens after Street Names—Babi'ah, Sou of Mukaddam, 449. REPLIES :— Pig : Swine: Hog, 449-'The Death of Nel- son '—' Ulm and Trafalgar'—"Photography," 450—Dover Pier— Kingsway and Aldwych—Virgil or Vergil? 451— Hair-Powdering Closets—"Tholsels"—Civil War Earth- works, 453 — Printed Catalogues in Public Libraries — Ice, 454—Duelling in Germany — Detached Belfries — •Nicholas Nickleby'—Sir Robert, Lytton, 455-Icelandic Dictionary—Duchess of Canuizaro—" This too shall pass away"—"Add": "Adder" —Lawson's 'New Guinea'— Detectives in Fiction, 451—"Smith" in Latin—Bowes of Elford—" New lands," Chalfont St. Peter—Plans of Lucca, 457. HOTES ON BOOKS :—• Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV.' —'Cambridge University Calendar'—Horace Walpole's Letters. Booksellers' Catalogues. Notices to Correspondents. ANOTHER HORATIO NELSON. THE Eev. Joseph Nelson was a Yorkshire clergyman whose early career I do not know. There was a Rev. Mr. Nelson, lecturer of Halifax parish church, who wrote a 'History of Halifax' published by N. Frobisher at York in 1789 (Boyne, 'Yorkshire Library,' pp. 94-5). Joseph was born about 1729, and is first heard of at Riccall in 1780 (Burton and Raine, ' History of Hemingbrough,' 1888, p. 339). Early in the nineteenth century he became vicar of Skipwith, near York. By his wife Agnes, who died 29 December, 1804, in her seventy-eighth year, he had two sons. •John, the elder, was a volunteer officer, and died on permanent duty, 20 June, 1805, aged fifty-one. The younger, Thomas Horatio, died 23 November, 1774, aged seventeen. (Inscriptions at Skipwith.) Thomas Horatio therefore would be born about 1757. How did his parents come to fix upon the name Horatio? The great hero was born in 1758 one year later, and we know how he came by the name. Joseph Nelson had some homiletical skill and reputation. He wrote "The Christian Scheme; or, Gospel Method of Salvation : fully opened and clearly shewn, in a leries of questions and answers. In which the undamental Principles of the Christian Religion ire laid down in a plain and easy manner ; and so arranged as to form a Regular Plan or System: a il.-i.ii founded upon Divine authority, and equally consonant to Reason and Scripture. The Second Edition, very considerably enlarged and improved. York, W. Blanchard." No date. 75 x 4g, 4 leaves + pp. 1-86. Dedicated to William [Markham], Archbishop of York. I have not been fortunate enough to meet with a copy of the first edition, or of the ,hird, 1812 ('Living Authors,' 1816, p. 249). Vforeover, he was in request as an adviser about sermon-aids. I have the original of ,he following letter, addressed to "The Rev'1 Benjamin Dockray, Arksey, near Don- caster ":— DEAR SIR,—I beg pardon for not answering your
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my own Sermons, such as you wish to have, for fear of losing them ; for as, on account of the weakness )f my sight, 1 have them written in a very large land, should any of them be lost, the loss would be irreparable. 1 can, however, recommend some to you, which will answer your purpose as well as mine. I mean ' Sermons selected and abridged by Mr. Clapham,' of which there are two Volumes. I would also recommend to you Skelton's Sermons, which are as excellent as they are scarce, and some of which you will find abridged by Mr. Clapham. To these, which may be had immediately, you may, if you choose, add 16 Sermons of Bishop Beveridge, abridged by Mr. Glasse. with 12 original Sermons of his own, in one Volume, price 1*. Of/. These last have not yet been offered to the public, but will be published very soon. I believe • I have some very good original Copper - plate Sermons ; but have not time to examine them at present. 1 may, perhaps, in a little time send you a Treatise on Inspiration, price 1 Shilling; con- cerning which, when I send it, I shall give you some particulars. I should have been very glad to have had it in my power to furnish your brother with a few hundreds on the security you offer, than which none, in my opinion, can be better, but I shall not have any money at liberty by the time you mention. I do not know that any advancement is to be made in the Salary of Curates. I am at present very unhappy in a Methodist Curate, whom I have often the mortification to hear preach false and dangerous doctrine. He plagues me too with respect to Salary ; for though he has an Income of upwards of 100?. per ann., more than 402. of which he receives from me, be is yet craving more ; so true is the Poet's observation " Semper avarus eget." I am glad to learn from your Letter that yourself, your brother, and your children all enjoy pretty good health. I and my son are both tolerably well, but Airs. Nelson, who is oft ailing, is at present much indisposed. I shall always be happy to hear of your welfare, and wish to hear from you more frequently than I do. When you write, direct your Letter, Riccall near Selby. Your last travelled circuitously, first