There are very deep wells throughout the London clay, and other beds below it, perhaps, at Wimbledon and at Richmond Park. The deep well at Carisbrook Castle is well known. That is in the chalk; and where, the chalk being thrown into a vertical position, it may be still farther to the bottom of it.
C. B.
Dictionary of Hackneyed Quotations (Vol. iv., p. 405.).
—I am glad to find, from the communication by H. A. B., that a book of the above description is likely to appear. The want of such a book has long been felt, and its appearance will fill up a gap in literature: how it could so long have escaped the notice of publishers is a mystery. "Though lost to sight, to memory dear," the author of which H. A. B. inquires for, is, I think, not likely to be found in any author. My impression is, that it cannot be traced up to any definite source: I remember it only as a motto on a seal which was in my possession nearly thirty years ago.
MANCUNIUM.
Manchester.
Macaulay's Ballad of Naseby (Vol. iv., p. 485.).
—It was reprinted by Charles Knight in the last (or octavo) series of the Penny Magazine, vol. ii., p. 223. With it is the companion called "The Cavalier's March to London." It will not be very easy for authors to shake off their juvenile productions, while "N. & Q." is in existence; nor need Mr. Macaulay be ashamed of these ballads. They are spirited, and pleasant to read.
M.