ACT III.

_Concerto_, by Carbonelli. _Solo_ on the Arch-lute, by Signor Vebar. _Song_, Mrs. Barbier. _New Concerto_ on the Little Flute, composed by Woodcock, and performed by Baston. _Solo_, Signor Carbonelli. _Finale._ _Concerto_ on Two Trumpets, by Grano and others."

I should mention, that Signor Carbonelli was a celebrated violin player, and a favourite pupil of Corelli. He was brought over to this country by his patron, the first Duke of Rutland.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

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Minor Notes.

_Note for Mr. Worsaae._--At page 204. of _The Danes in England_, Mr. W. says:

"Towards Glasgow and Edinburgh the mountains are no longer called 'fell' and 'rigg.'"

The _Campsie Fells_, a fine range of hills within nine miles of Glasgow, are an exception. These hills are never spoken of by the natives of the strath except by the name of "fells" and the singularity of the name has often been remarked to the writer of this note, especially by visitors to the valley. Before being much acquainted with the deeds of the Vikings (except in the _general_), he had come to the conclusion that the name _must_ be Danish, from its similarity to "Fjeld," with which, in connexion with "Fiords," he had become familiar at a very early period.

BRUNO.

_Singular Epitaph._--The following epitaph occurs in Braunston churchyard, Northamptonshire:

"To the Memory of WILLIAM BORROWS, Died 1703.

"'Tis true I led a single life, And Nare was married in my life, For of that Seck (_sic_) I nare had none: It is the Lord; his will be done."

CRANMORE.

_Largesse._--I heard this old word used the other day in Northamptonshire, by a servant who was leaving his employer, and who called upon one of his master's tradesmen to ask him for _largisse_, as he termed it. Certainly the peasants have preserved and handed down to the present time a vast number of old words, customs, and legends. It proves how much they owe to oral tuition.

A. B.

_Brogue and Fetch._--There are a certain set of words which have become naturalised in English, by those who speak it in Ireland; as, _amadan_, a fool; _brogue_, a shoe (Ir. _brog_); _palaver_, fine speaking, soft talk (Ir. _pi-labhradh_). These are all Irish words; but there are others which are not English, and yet it is hard to make them out Irish. _Brogue_, meaning a broad Irish accent, is an instance; _fetch_ is another:

"In Ireland (says Mr. Banim) a _fetch_ is the supernatural _fac-simile_ of some individual, which comes to assure to its original [or his friend or relative] a happy longevity or immediate dissolution. If seen in the morning, the one event is predicted; if in the evening, the other."

_Taibhse_ (pr. _thaivshe_) is the Irish word, and perhaps _fetch_ might be derived from it by a sort of metathesis.

EIRIONNACH.

_Derivation of "Caul."_--

"Guianerius, cap. 36., _De Ægritud. Matr._, speaks of a silly, jealous fellow, that, seeing his child new born, included in a _kell_ (meaning a _caul_), thought sure a Franciscan, that used to come to his house, was the father of it, it was so like the friar's _cowl_, and thereupon threatened the friar to kill him!"--Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_,