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 498 NOTES AND QUERIES. [9'" s. iv. dec. ie. m and oil of cedar, and all the other spices of the Pharaohs." Is any species of palm wine used for embalmment • and if so, what? I find no mention of such a thing in Penicher's 'Traite des Embaumemens.' No product of any species of palm appears to enter into the composition of any of the "wines" he pre- scribes for washing the various parts of the body previous to embalmment. C. C. B. Cardinal Newman and ' N. & Q.'—May I repeat a question asked some time ago with- out getting a reply? When and where appeared in ' N. & Q.' Cardinal Newman's communication denying certain statements about Machyn's ' Diary,' mentioned in his 'Essays,' ii. 77, ed. 18711 Edward H. Marshall, M.A. Garrard, Master of the Charterhouse. —Who was he, and when did he die ? H. T. B. Cardinal Wardlaw.—I want information as to a Cardinal Wardlaw who, among other things, wrote a history of his own family, one of the two copies of which was destroyed in the French king's library at the time of the great Revolution. J. Tait Wardlaw. Buddha.—Is there any explanation of the five wounds on the statues of Buddha ? A. C. H. "Lowestoft China." —In Mr. J. Eliot Hodgkin's interesting notes on '"Bucks "and "Good Fellows'" (ante, p. 399) he mentions porcelain which dealers call " Lowestoft," absurdly as he says. That " Lowestoft" china is of Oriental make as regards the ware there can be no doubt in the minds of those who have compared spurious with English makes ; but in the case of the punch- bowl he mentions the decorations would be done in England—at least, so I think. Seeing that Mr. Hodgkin knows more than most men about this subject, may I ask, for my own information—others may be glad to know as well — where the decorations he describes would be done ? Thomas Ratcliffe. Worksop. Jewish Jesuits.—The Dreyfus case led me to refresh my memory with two or three his- tories of the Jesuits and Pascal's ' Provincial Letters,' and I notice that Disraeli (in 'Coningshy'?) makes the remarkable state- ment that "the first Jesuits were Jews," meaning, of course, secret Jews, though pro- fessed Romanists, as was common in Spain. I do not know if he includes Loyola, but. judging from that worthy's portrait, he would not nave much difficulty in passing for a Jew anywhere. Disraeli was not likely to be misinformed on such a subject. Could any one point out direct authorities for his state- ment ? It would be interesting to know that the curious " theology" of the Jesuits was indebted in some degree to the literature of the Pharisees. F. H. J. Perth. Altars at Glastonbury. — In the fifth volume of Cardinal Mai's 'Classical Texts' is a poem upon Ina's foundation at Glaston- bury, which might have been quoted in recent controversy. It mentions a censer diffusing Sabajan odours, an embroidered altar-cloth, a cross of precious metals, a jewelled chalice, (fee., amongst the furniture of this the earliest Saxon church of which we have con- temporary record as to the nature of the services. The presence of a mixed choir singing to ten-stringed lutes may have in- duced some to pass it by, or the following line :— Et lector lectrixve volumina sacra resolvat. The church, founded under the personal supervision of Ina's relative Bugge, daughter of Centwine, was erected Qua fulgent arte bis seno nomine sacrae: Cardinal Mai, in a note, states that Aldhelm has other references to these altars in poems which have been erroneously attributed to Alcuin by their editors. Can any of your readers give me these references, as I am far from any extensive consulting library ? J. A. G. Hotel Belvedere, Bordighera. Anonymous Poets in a 'Forget-me-not.' —In a little vulgar-looking book entitled 'Friendship's Forget-me-not,' dated Edin- burgh, 1 May, 1846,1 find somedainty poems by, among others, Wordsworth, Moore, Dickens, E. B. Barrett, Mrs. Hemans, R. S. Hawker, R. Browning, with many lesser names ; but, besides various " Anons. and the well-known initials L. E. L., there are the following initials of writers: A.E. M., A. C. J., D. L. O.,and W. J. A. Can these, or any of them, be identified ? Among the twenty - one poems labelled " Anon." there are several little gems; one especially, ' The Rabbi's Jewels,' deserves a place beside Leigh Hunt's 'Abou ben Adhem.' James Hooper. Norwich. American Ship-name Wanted.—I was lately shown the model of an old-fashioned " ship of the line," possibly of Spanish design. It bears the name of the Liberator. This may have some connexion with the South American General Bolivar. I want to find