Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

by Various

—The judgment stated to have been given by Lord Chief Justice Campbell, was given by Lord Chief Justice Jervis.

C. H. COOPER.

Cambridge.

Virgil, Passage from (Vol. iii., p. 499.).

—The line of Virgil (Georg., lib. iv. 87.) quoted,

"Pulveris exigui jactu compressa quiescunt,"

and the preceding line,

"Hi motus animorum atque hæc certamina tanta,"

have been happily applied to the contrasted quiescence of Ash-Wednesday immediately succeeding the tumultuous carnival in Roman Catholic countries, when the cross marked by ashes on the forehead lulls to quiet the turbulent spirits of the previous weeks.

J. R.