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 9 th S. II. JULY 23, '98.]

NOTES AND QUERIES.

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is this incident based 1 In February last, in a Dublin daily paper, a letter appeared stating that

"in Dr. Hanmer's 'Chronicle of Ireland,' 1571, at p. 35, there ia a curious reference to Dublin, thus : 'In the time of Aug. Caesar, Fridelenus, King of Denmark, puffed up with pride through some fortunate successes, arrived in Ireland, laid siege to the city of Dublin, and, finding it not so easy a matter to achieve, fell to policy ; he caught some swallows that bred in the city, tied fire to their wings, set them flying to their nests, and so fired the houses. While the citizens endeavoured to quench the fire the Danes entered the city and took it.' 'His son Frotho was monarch of Ireland, and during his reign the Light of the World, the Com- fort of all Christians, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was born in the flesh.'"

The author of this letter makes no mention of 'The Birds of Cirencester.' Dublin would thus appear to have, at least, a prior right to this picturesque method of destruction ; or is it altogether a case of "another injustice to Ireland " ? Are we to be deprived of our misfortunes as well as of our rights ? Perhaps the bird-borne flambeau was the ultima ratio of the wily Northmen in all such cases.

S. A. D'ARCY, L.R.C.P. and S.I.

Rosslea, Clones, co. Fermanagh.

[The poem in question is included in ' Some Later Verses/ by Bret Harte (Chatto & Windus).]

WE must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct. _

"WHOSE CURTAIN NEVER OUTWARD SWINGS." We shall be very much obliged if you can kindly help us through ' N. & Q.' to find out the author and name of work in which the quotation "Whose curtain never outward swings " may be found. We have searched in all the ordinary works of reference without finding it, and shall be glad of your kind assistance. WILLIAM CLOWES & SONS.

13, Charing Cross, S.W.

LORDS LIEUTENANT. How should one address the Lord Lieutenant of a county when not a peer? Should one begin "My Lord" and end "Your Lordship's Obedient Servant," and direct " The Lord Lieutenant

of ," or how ] A Lord Mayor is a Right

Honourable, but I do not know that a Lord Lieutenant has the like honour.

KILLIOREW.

"UNO AVULSO NON DEFICIT ALTER." This

quotation from the '^Eneid,' yi. 143, 144, is of common occurrence, but it is not taken up

by the writers of books of quotations, so far as I have seen. At the Mansion House on 15 June (see the Standard, 16 June) one of bhe judges quoted it in the form above. But the exact expression of Virgil is :. " Primo avulso non deficit alter aureus." "Can any one refer to an early use of the quotation with the substitution of " uno " for " primo," or trace the alteration to its source ?

ED. MARSHALL, F.S.A.

M.P. AND STATUE OF GOLD. Who said, and of whom was it said, that a certain M.P. deserved a statue of gold 1 J. GIFFARD.

Cowley Rectory, Cheltenham.

UPHAM. I should like to know the origin of the name Upham as given to a village in Hants, near Winchester. M. S.

SPADE GUINEA, 1796. I have amongst my collection of gold coins the spade guinea of the year 1796 ; but, although I have made all inquiries, I have been unable to find another with this date. Are there any more in ex- istence, and why is this date so very scarce 1 What is its value in Mint preservation ?

B. COWEN.

CHILD'S HYMN. Can any of your readers furnish information regarding the infant rime, some forms of which are subjoined? Is it a rime of any antiquity 1 What is the date of its earliest appearance in print ? Is it peculiar to any part of Britain ? Is there any evidence of its having been translated from any other language ? Or is a parallel to it found in any other language 1 ? What may be regarded as its primary or standard form 1 ?

Traditional (?) Form. I lay my body down to sleep, And give my soul to Christ to keep ; If in this life I ne'er should wake I pray the Lord my soul to take.

Aberdeenshire (?) Form. This night when I lie down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; Wake I now or wake I never, May I be the Lord's for ever I

Another Form.

This night when I lie down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; III should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take.

JAMES BONAR. [See 7 th S. x. 248, 377 ; xi. 74.]

HAMLAKE = HELMSLEY, co. YORK. I shall be glad to learn in regard to the name of this place (twenty-one miles north of York) how the transition came about. It seems to me to be regretted inasmuch as the barony of