Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

original meaning of the word is therefore Goosefield , or perhaps , as Dr . Whitaker suggests , Goosegreen . " I could do with a whole Masonic Magazine to properly notice this valuable addition to our local histories , but must necessarily be brief . How vividly the past rises up before me as I peruse its

pages . Names , once perhaps a terror to the neighbourhood , now linger only in such books as the one before me j and quarrels Avhich at one time seemed as if the destinies of poor humanity almost hung upon their settlementare now only interesting as

, help ing to shoAv the manners and customs of a bygone age , and hoAv the liberties of England have gradually grown since then . " In the reign of Edward I . the prior of the order of St . John of Jerusalem was cited before the king to show by what authority

he claimed the judging of thieves , assize of bread and ale , chattels of fugitives , & c , < fcc , in Wolverhampton , Goosnargh , and other places ; also to show upon what ground he for his order now claimed exemption from certain fines and amercements appertaining

to the king , In 20 Edward I . ( 1291-92 ) the abbot of Cockersand was called upon in a similar manner to show Avhat right he had to the judging of thieves , & c , within the lord ' s fee in Goosenargh , " & c . Showing how the spiritual pastors and masters of

that period , true to the instincts of the Romish Church in all ages , were grasping at all temporal as wellas ecclesiastical poAver . I notice that the charter for a market and

fair in Whittingham , which Barnes , in his History of Lancashire , states to have been granted to Robert Hanley in 1360-61 , is believed by Col . Fishwiek to refer " to some other place of the same name , as there is not the slightest evidence that such a fair was ever held here . " In which case it becomes

an interesting inquiry to North of England antiquaries whether it may not refer to Whittingham in Northumberland . It is curious to mark the shifting of manufactures . Whilst that of cotton has developed with marvellous l-apidity throughout

Lancashire generally , since the introduction of steam-poAver , the " considerable amount of silk and cotton manufacture carried on here by water and hand power , " during the latter part of last century , has entirely disappeared . But perhaps not for ever . As we educate our operatives , they will Avisel y refuse to be pent up iu ill-ventilated streets ,

far from the sounds and sights of nature ; and a true political economy will look upon a healthy , mental , moral , and physical people as the truest wealth of nations . HOAV the experiment of America in sending manufactured cottons for sale to Manchester

has succeeded , I have not seen ; but certain I am that our mountain waterfalls will soon all have to be utilised , both for supplying a purer liquid to the people of all classes in towns , and also for " poAver" in British manufactures . What marvels

might not a single stream like that of Stock Gill Force , at Ambleside , for instance , or the water Southey has made familiar to all readers , AA'hich " comes down at Lodore , with its rush and its roar , "—once conveyed in pipes ( it may be of toughened glass ) and applied to mill after mill at lower levels ;

Avhat marvels of manufacturing might not those simple streams accomplish , and still remain unpolluted for the beverage of man . And our factories , I make bold to prophecy , will become true temples of industry , healthy for those who work in themand

, really ornamenting instead of disfiguring the most picturesque landscapes . In that age—not so far removed as many thinkeven Goosnargh may again see more prosperous and happier manufacturers of silks aud cottons than any of those of the last

century ; and they may refer to Col . Fish-Avick ' s book Avith gratitude for the full and correct record he has handed down to them of the Goosnargh of the past . "Las Memorias and other Poems , " whilst it bears no author ' s name on the

title-page though I hope it will not be omitted in the second edition , Avhich it ought to reach ) has the initials of A . F . A . W . to a Latin dedication , from which one may pretty correctly guess the author . Besides , in this promising volume , as in all else the same Avriter sends to the press ( presuming

that I am correct in my conjecture ) , he makes the same mistake of giving foreign titles and quotations , without translating them ! forgetting that most of his readers must own , like good Tom Miller , to knowing no other language than their OAvn .

Though there is sometimes an evident carelessness in the measure , the lines have all sufficient music and beauty to make one feel that the Avriter deserves his singing robes . The fine morality , the kind feelings , and the religion without cajat , which