Minor Queries.
"Chintz Gowns."—Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1768:
"Two ladies were convicted before the Lord Mayor, in the penalty of 5l., for wearing chintz gowns."—Gentleman's Magazine, vol. xxxviii. p. 395.
Can any other instances be given?
Investigator.
"Noctes Ambrosianæ."—Can any one inform me why the celebrated "Noctes Ambrosianæ" of Blackwood's Magazine has never been printed in a separate form in this country (I understand it has been so in America)? I should think few republications would meet with a larger sale.
S. Wmson.
B. Simmons.—Will you permit me to ask for a little information respecting B. Simmons? I believe he was born in the county of Cork: for he has sung, in most bewitching strains, his return to his native home on the banks of the Funcheon. He was the writer of that great poem on the "Disinterment of Napoleon," which appeared in Blackwood some years ago. He was a regular
poetical contributor to its pages for many years. He held a situation in the Excise Office in London, and died there I believe in July, 1852.