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NELSON.

The Rev. Dr. Scott.

The above have never been printed, and I shall be glad if they are thought worthy of a place in your very useful and interesting periodical. I am, Sir, &c.,

ALFRED GATTY.

Ecclesfield, 7th Nov. 1849.

The Battle of Trafalgar was fought October 21.

Lord Nelson's steward in the Victory.

MISQUOTATIONS.

The same paper, a short time since, made sad work with Moore, thus:--

Now the couplet appears in its original beauty.

If in Shakspeare's time the printer's rule of "following copy" had been as rigidly observed as in our day, errors would have been avoided, for Shakspeare's MS. was sufficiently clear. In the preface to the folio edition of 1623, it is stated that "his mind and hand went together; and what he thought he uttered with that easinesse that wee have scarse received from him a blot in his papers."

HERBERT AND DIBDIN'S AMES.

BORDE'S BOKE OF KNOWLEDGE--BOWLAND'S CHOISE OF CHANGE--GREENE'S ROYAL EXCHANGE.

This volume contains--

"The Choise of Change: Containing the Triplicitie of Diuinitie, Philosophie, and Poetrie, Short for memorie, Profitable for Knowledge, and necessary for Maners; whereby the learned may be confirmed, the ignorant instructed, and all men generally recreated. Newly set forth by S.R., Gent and Student in the Universitie of Cambridge. Tria sunt omnia. At London, Printed by Roger Warde, dwelling neere Holborne Conduite, at the sign of the Talbot, An. Dom. 1585."

T. JONES.

NOTES FROM FLY LEAVES, NO. 3

Anno Dni md 47.

Davyd's seat vnto the we comend Salomon's wysdome god the send Iohnes valiauntnesse in the reste Theys iij in oon be in thy brest.

"Extracts from Memorandum of a MS. in the possession of the Rev. Sir Thomas Miller, Bart. shown to Mr. Cooper, Secretary to the Record Commissioners, to Sir Harris Nicolas, and to Mr. Hardy, in May, 1833, at Sir Thomas Miller's lodgings in the Edgeware Road.

"Immediately after the flight of James the Second from London, on the 11th of December, 1688, a tumult arose among the citizens which created considerable alarm; and with the view of preserving the peace, of imparting public confidence, and of providing for the extraordinary state of affairs, all the Peers and Privy Councillors then in the vicinity of the metropolis assembled at Guildhall. Of this important Assembly Bishop Burnet's notice is very brief, and it would appear from his statement that it was called by the Lord Mayor. A more full account of the Convention is, however, given in the Memoir of James the Second published by Dr. Clarke: 'It seems, upon the King's withdrawing from London, the lords about town met at Guildhall to consult what was fit to be done. They looked upon the present state of affairs as an interregnum, that the government was in a manner devolved upon them, and were in great haste to make a present of it to the Prince of Orange.' Other acts of this Assembly are then mentioned; and its proceedings are among the most interesting and important events in English history, not only from their forming a precedent in a conjuncture of affairs for which no express provision is to be found in the constitution, but from the first regular offer of the throne to the Prince of Orange having emanated from this Convention. No Record of its proceedings has, it is presumed, been hitherto known to exist; and the fact that so valuable a Document is extant, cannot be too generally stated, for it is obvious that it has high claims to the attention of historians.

"Sir Thomas Miller possesses the original Minutes of this Assembly of the Peers in the handwriting of a Mr. Glyn, who acted as secretary. His appointment to that situation is also preserved; and, as it is signed by all the Lords who were present, it affords evidence of the names of the Peers who took part in the business of the Assembly, and contains a very interesting collection of autographs.

Sir Thomas Miller also possessed a manuscript, containing an "Account of the Earl of Rochester, Captain Kendall, and the Narrator's Journey to Salisbury with King James, Monday, Nov. 19. to Friday, Nov. 23. 1688, inclusive."

After mentioning the excesses committed by the mob, and the arrest of Judge Jefferies, Bishop Burnet says: "The Lord Mayor was so struck with the terror of this rude populace, and with the disgrace of a man who had made all people tremble before him, that he fell into fits upon it, of which he died soon after.

Vol. ii. pp. 259, 260.

OPINIONS OF WRITERS ON ENGLISH HISTORY, NO. 1.

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S DOMESTIC ESTABLISHMENT.

The Bedchamber: ? s. d. The Lady Cobham, by the year 20 0 0 The Lady Carewe 33 6 8 Mrs. Blanch Apprye 33 6 8

Gentlewomen of the Privy Chamber: Bridget Cave 33 6 8 The Lady Howard 33 6 8 The Lady Stafford 33 6 8 The Lady Arundell 33 6 8 The Lady Leighton 33 6 8 Frances Howard 33 6 8 Dorothy Edmundes 33 6 8

Chamberers: The Lady Bartlett 20 0 0 The Lady Drury 20 0 0 Mrs. Mary Skydmore 20 0 0 Mrs. Katherine Newton 20 0 0 Mrs. Jane Brucella 20 0 0

Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber: Sir Christopher Hatton, Knight 50 0 0 John Ashley, Esq. 33 6 8

Gentlemen Usher of the Privy Chamber: Sir Drew Drury, Knight 30 0 0

The above 673l. 6s. 8d. was the whole sum paid out of the privy purse; but it is to be borne in mind that these persons were allowed diet and lodging in the Court, so that, after all, the payments were not quite as insignificant as they may at first seem. Whatever also may have been the case with the ladies, it is certain that the gentlemen had other sources of emolument derived from the Crown, such as monopolies, valuable grants of royal domains, leases of customs, &c., which altogether made up an ample income. Sir Christopher Hatton, for instance, could not have built Holdenby out of his 50l. a year as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.

ANTIQUARIUS.

The names are spelt precisely as they stand in the document itself.

EXTRACTS FROM PARISH REGISTERS OF EAST PECKHAM, KENT.

Sir,--In my commonplace book I find the following notes, being extracts from the ancient Registers of East Peckham Church, Kent, which have never been published, and which may perhaps be of service to the historian or antiquary.

FRANCISC. WORRALL, Vicar.

A similar entry occurs for the three following years.

"Whereas complaints have often been made unto us by many of the principal inhabitants of the Parish of Brenchley, that they having desired Mr. Gilbert, minister of the said Parish, to baptize their children, and according to the Directorie offered to present them before the Congregation, he hath neglected or refused so to do; whereby divers infants remain unbaptized, some of them above a year old, expressly contrary to the said Directorie.

"We do therefore order that the parents of such children do bring them unto the Parish Church of East Peckham, where we desire that Mr. Topping, minister of the said Parish, would baptize them according to the sayd Directorie, they acquainting him with the day they intend to bring them beforehand.

"Dated ye 25th of May 1648.

"JOHN SEDLEY.

"JOHN RAYNEY.

"ISAAC SEDLEY."

The last extract may illustrate the progress of Anabaptism, under the Parliamentary rule, and serves by way of curious sequel to the preceding excerpta.

C.F.S.

PAWNBROKERS' THREE BALLS.

Mr. Editor,--The Edinburgh Reviewer, cited by your correspondent Mr. W.J. Thoms, seems to have sought rather too far for the origin of a pawnbroker's golden balls.

He is right enough in referring their origin to the Italian bankers, generally called Lombards; but he has overlooked the fact that the greatest of those traders in money were the celebrated and eventually princely house of the Medici of Florence. They bore pills on their shield, in allusion to the professional origin from whence they had derived the name of Medici; and their agents in England and other countries put that armorial bearing over their doors as their sign, and the reputation of that house induced others to put up the same sign.

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