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that the design of writing this biography was first conceived." He then goes on to make his acknowledgments to various persons, stating that " from judge Roane the author has received one of the fairest and most satisfactory communications that has been made to him." And later Wirt says : " Although it has been so long since the collection of these materials was begun, it was rot until the summer of 1814 that the last communication was received." If these words are to be taken literally and I can see no reason why they should not be so taken it follows that Judge Roane's state- ment about " Lynch' s law " was written in or before the summer of 1814, or more than two years previous to the murder of Lynchy on 1 Nov., 1816. ALBERT MATTHEWS. Boston, U.S.

DR. JOHNSON'S UNCLE HANGED (10 S. xi. 429, 495 ; xii. 12, 55). Possibly the story was an exaggeration of what happened to the previous Samuel Johnson, perhaps asserted to have been Dr. Johnson's uncle.

" 1683, Nov. 20. Samuel Johnson, a clergy- man, convicted of writing a seditious libel, called Julian the Apostate, reflecting upon his royal highness the duke of York, for which he was fined 500 marks, and his book burnt by the hangman." ' The Chronological Historian,' by W. Toone, 1826, vol. i. p. 305.

" 1686, Nov. 16. Mr. Sam. Johnson, once Chaplain to the late Lord Russel, and who had been formerly convicted and punished for writing a libel, called Julian the Apostate, was again convicted the last Trinity term, of writing a pamphlet, entitled, An Address to the English Protestant's [sic] in King James's army ; wherein he advised them not to be instrumental in intro- ducing Popery and arbitrary power. He was this day adjudged to stand three times in the pillory, to pay a fine of 500 marks, and to be whipped from Newgate to Tyburn ; but before the sentence was executed, he was brought (Nov. 20) before the high Commission-court, and formally degraded and delivered over as a mere layman into the hands of the secular officer, to undergo the punishment aforesaid." Ibid., p. 322.

Most of the above is in the ' Dictionary of National Biography.'

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

EPISCOPAL SCARF OR TIPPET (10 S. xi. 130, 295, 494). What is the evidence for there being a scarf peculiar to bishops ? I doubt the existence of such a scarf very much.

As to the stole, it is worn by the Pope as part of his ordinary full dress ; it is worn by all the clergy in administering any of the sacraments ; it is also w T orn in some places e.g., this country (usually) in preaching.

For full information as to the stole I would refer MR. SWYNNERTON to the article ' Stole '

in Addis and Arnold's ' A Catholic Dic- tionary ' ; to O'Brien's ' History of the Mass,' pp. 46-8 ; to Tuker and Malleson's ' Handbook to Christian and Ecclesiastical Rome,' passim ; and to Tyack's ' Historic Dreps of the Clergy,' pp. 97-103.

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

EDINBURGH : DERIVATION or ITS NAME (10 S. x. 410, 473 ; xii. 17). In reference to this subject, it may be of interest to give what I find in Dr. Pegge's ' Anonymiana,' London, 1809, pp. 31-2 :

" The following epigram, which is an excellent specimen of satirical humour, will afford most entertainment to those who have a relish for the national reflection : but even those more enlarged souls, who are above taking pleasure in that, may be captivated by the ingenuity of the author : Cain, in disgrace with Heav'n, retir'd to Nod, A place undoubtedly as far from God As he could wish ; which made some think he went As far as Scotland ere he pitch'd his tent ; And there a city built of antient fame, Which he from Eden Edenburgh did name." JOHN T. CURRY.

SIR CUTHBERT SLADE, BT. (10 S. xi. 508 ; xii. 58). ' Whitaker ' for the current year states that Sir Cuthbert Slade died last year, and was succeeded by his son Sir Alfred Fothringham Slade, the fifth and present baronet, born 1898, descended from King Edward I. No doubt this descent may be traced through Barbara Vaux, as described by MR. A. R. BAYLEY; but I am inclined to think I have heard, or somewhere read, that there are some thirty thousand families in Great Britain which can claim a similar descent, and if so, this particular case seems hardly worth specializing more than another. CROSS-CROSSLET.

CHARLES PIGOTT'S ' JOCKEY CLUB ' (10 S. x ii. go). Sir F k E n, Bt., one of the parties lampooned in this eccentric work, was Sir Frederick Evelyn, a sporting baronet, who resided at Wotton Place, near Westcott, in Surrey, the home of his distinguished ancestor John Evelyn, the author of ' Sylva ' and the famous diary, which ranks as an English classic. He was the third baronet, having succeeded his father in 1767, and he died on 1 April, 1812. He ran a horse called Wotton in the first Derby in 1780, and his colours were yellow and crimson cap. In those days most of the members of the Jockey Club were themselves gentle- men riders.

In reply to MR. BLEACKLEY s further inquiry, I may state that there is no work solely devoted to the history of the Jockey