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"A moment--and all will be life again! The march! the charge! the shouts of either faith! Hurra! and Allah! and--one instant more-- The death-cry drowning in the battle's roar." _Works_, p. 684. col. 2.

J. W. THOMAS.

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_"Qui facit per alium facit per se"_ (Vol. viii., p. 231.).--"Qui facit per alium, est perinde ac si faciat per seipsum," is one of the maxims of Boniface VIII. (_Sexti Decret._, lib. v. tit. 12., de Reg. Jur. c. 72.; _Boehm. Corp. Jur. can._, tom. ii. col. 1040.), derived, according to the glossary (vid. in _Decret._, ed. fol., Par. 1612), from the maxim of Paulus (_Digest_, lib. 1. tit. 17., de Div. Reg. Jur. 1. 180.), "Quod jussu alterius solvitur, pro eo est quasi ipsi solutum esset."

E. M.

_Tsar_ (Vol. viii., pp. 150, 226.).--Is not _tsar_ rather cognate with the Heb. (¤Sar¤), a leader, commander, or prince? This root is to be found in many other languages, as Arabic, Persian; Latin _serro_. Gesenius gives the meaning of the word (¤Sarah¤), to place in a row, to set in order; to be leader, commander, prince. If _tsar_ have this origin, it will be synonymous with _imperator_, emperor.

B. H. C.

_Scrape_ (Vol. viii., p. 292.).--I do not know when this word began to be used in this sense. Shakspeare says "Ay, there's the _rub:_" an analogous phrase, which may throw light upon the one "to get into a scrape." Both are metaphors, derived from the unpleasant sensations produced by rubbing or grazing the skin. The word _pinch_ is, on the same principle, used for difficulty; and the Lat. _tribulatio_=trouble, and its synonym in Gr., ~thlipsis~, have a similar origin and application. {423} "To get into a scrape" is, therefore, to get into trouble.

B. H. C.

_Baskerville_ (Vol. viii., p. 202.).--Among the _articles_ consumed at Mr. Ryland's at Birmingham, was the body of the late Mr. Baskerville, who by his will ordered that he should be buried in his own house, and he was accordingly interred there. A stone closet was erected in it, where he was deposited in a standing posture. The house was afterwards sold with this express condition, that it should remain there."--Account of the Birmingham riots in 1791, from the _Historical Magazine_, vol. iii., where it is said the house was burned on Friday afternoon, July 15."

B. H. C.

A great-uncle of mine owned the Baskerville property (he, Baskerville, was buried in his own grounds) at the time of the Church and King Riot in 1791; but it was the recent growth of the town that occasioned the disinterment.

R.

_Sheriffs of Glamorganshire_ (Vol. iii., p. 186.; Vol. viii., p. 353.).--Your correspondent TEWARS is certainly wrong in ascribing to the Rev. H. H. Knight the list of Glamorganshire sheriffs inquired for by EDMUND W. It is true this gentleman printed a list of them many years after the former, which was privately printed by the Rev. J. M. Traherne, and subsequently published a _Cardiff Guide_, by Mr. Bird of Cardiff. I have seen both copies, and the latter may doubtless yet be seen upon application to Mr. Bird. I have also seen the more recent list by my learned friend the rector of Neath.

BIBLIOTHECAR.

CHETHAM.

_Synge Family--sub voce Carr Pedigree_ (Vol. vii., p. 558.; Vol. viii., p. 327.).--Has the statement made by GULIELMUS, as to the origin of the name of Synge, ever appeared in print before? And if so, where? I have long been curious to identify the individual whose name underwent such a singular change, and to ascertain if he really was a chantry priest as reported. Was he George Synge, the grandfather of George Synge, Bishop of Cloyne, born 1594? Of what family was Mary Paget, wife of the Rev. Richard Synge, preacher at the Savoy in 1715? The name appears to have been indifferently spelt, Sing, Singe, and Synge. And I believe an older branch than the baronet's still exists at Bridgenorth, writing themselves Sing. The punning motto of this family is worth noticing: "Celestia canimus."

ARTHUR PAGET.

_Lines on Woman_ (Vol. viii., p. 350).--Your correspondent F. W. J. has occasioned me some perplexity in tracing the quotation which he refers to Vol. viii., p. 204., but which is really to be found at p. 292. He appears to have fallen into this error by mistaking the number on the right hand for the paging on the left. As accuracy in these matters is essential in a publication like "N. & Q.," he will excuse me for setting him right. The name of the author of the poem of "Woman" was not Eton Barrett, but Eaton Stannard Barrett. He was connected with the press in London. Your correspondent is correct in stating that the Barretts were from Cork. Eaton Stannard Barrett was a man of considerable ability. He published several works anonymously, all of which acquired celebrity; but I believe the poem of "Woman," published by Mr. Colburn, was the only work to which he attached his name. He was the author of the well-known political satire called _All the Talents_; of the mock romance of _The Heroine_, in which the absurdities of a school of fiction, at that time in high favour, are happily ridiculed; and of a novel which had great success in its day, and is still to be found in some of the circulating libraries, called _Six Weeks at Long's_. Eaton Stannard Barrett died many years ago in the prime of his life and powers. His brother, Richard Barrett, is still living, and resides in the neighbourhood of Dublin. He is the author of some controversial and political pamphlets, of which the principal were _Irish Priests_, and _The Bible not a Dangerous Book_. He afterwards conducted _The Pilot_ newspaper, established for the support of Mr. O'Connell's policy in Ireland, and was one of the persons who suffered imprisonment with Mr. O'Connell, and who were designated in the Irish papers as the "martyrs."

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_Lisle Family_ (Vol. vii., p. 365. _et ante_).--R. H. C. will find in Berry's _Hampshire Genealogies_ (1 vol. folio, London, 1833) a pedigree of the Lisles he alludes to as being buried at Thruxton, Hampshire. The shield, Lisle impaling Courtenay, on the altar tomb there would appear to belong to Sir John Lisle, Kt., who married Joan, daughter of John Courtenay, Earl of Exeter.

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