as
ever published. In the Cyclopaedia reference is made to two collections in
which this treatise has been inserted, _Crit. Sac_., viii.; _Ugolinus_,
vii. 277. With his usual accuracy, Mr. Darling states there are additions
in the _Critici Sacri_ printed at Amsterdam, 1698-1732, as Huet's treatise
above referred to is not in the first edition, London, 1660.

BIBLIOTHECAR. CHETHAM.

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Queries.

DELFT MANUFACTURE.

I am extremely desirous of obtaining some information respecting the Dutch
manufactories of enamelled pottery, or Delft ware, as we call it.

On a former occasion, by your connexion with the _Navorscher_, you were
able to obtain for me some very valuable and interesting information in
reply to some question put respecting the Dutch porcelain manufactories. I
am therefore in hopes that some kind correspondent in Holland will be so
obliging as to impart to me similar information on this subject also. I
should wish to know--

When, by whom, at what places, and under what circumstances, the
manufacture of enamelled pottery was first introduced into Holland?

Whether there were manufactories at other towns besides Delft?

Whether they had any distinctive marks; and, if so, what were they?

Whether there was more than one manufactory at Delft; and, if so, what were
their marks, and what was the meaning of them?

Whether any particular manufactories were confined to the making of any
particular sort or quality of articles; and, if so, what were they?

Whether any of the manufactories have ceased; and, if so, at what period?

Also, any other particulars respecting the manufactories and their products
that it may be possible to communicate through the medium of a paper like
"N. & Q."

OCTAVIUS MORGAN.

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Minor Queries.

_The Withered Hand and Motto "Utinam."_--At Compton Park, near Salisbury,
the seat of the Penruddocke family, there is a three-quarter length
picture, in the Velasquez style, of a gentleman in a rich dress of black
velvet, with broad lace frill and cuffs, and ear-rings, probably of the
latter part of Queen Elizabeth's reign. His right hand, which he displays
somewhat prominently, is _withered_. The left one is a-kimbo, and less
seen. In the upper part of the painting is the single Latin word "UTINAM"
(O that!). There is no tradition as to who this person was. Any suggestion
on the subject would gratif