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red damask, at 10s. sterling. The foregoing have been taken from the ancient records of the Irish Exchequer. JAMES F. FERGUSON. Dublin. * * * * * BISHOP ATTERBURY. I have observed in some former Numbers of "N. & Q.," that an interest has been manifested in regard to the writings, and especially to the letters, of this prelate. It may therefore be interesting to your readers to be informed, that an original painting, and perhaps the only one, of the Bishop, is preserved at Trelawny House in Cornwall; and from its close resemblance to the engraved portrait which is found in his works, I have no doubt it is that from which that likeness was taken. There are also several letters in the handwriting of Bishop Atterbury among the documents preserved in the collection at that ancient mansion. That this portrait and the letters should be preserved at Trelawny, is explained by the fact, that before his elevation to the episcopal bench, Dr. Atterbury was chaplain to Bishop Trelawny. J. C. Lines by Bishop Atterbury on Mr. Harley being stabbed by Guiscard: "Devotum ut cordi sensit sub pectore ferrum, Immoto Harlaeus saucius ore stetit. Dum tamen huic laeta gratatur voce senatus, Confusus subito pallor in ore sedet. O pudor! O virtus! partes quam dignus utrasque Sustinuit, vultu dispare, laude pari." I found these lines written on the back of an odd volume of Atterbury's _Sermons_. Most likely they have already appeared in print. E. H. A. * * * * * Minor Notes. "_Milton Blind._"--A little poem bearing this title, and commencing,-- "Though I am old and blind," is said to have been included in an edition of the poet's works recently published at Oxford. It was written by Miss Lloyd, a lady of this city, a short time ago. UNEDA. Philadelphia. _Hydropathy._--For a long time, I believe in common with many others, I have imagined that the water cure is of late origin, and that we are indebted for it to Germany, to which we look for all novel quackeries (good and bad) in medicine and theology. This belief was put to flight a short time ago by a pamphlet which I discovered among others rare and curious. It is entitled _Curiosities of Common Water, or the Advantages thereof in preventing and curing many Distempers_. The price of the pamphlet was one shilling, and the author rejoices in the name of John Smith. After
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