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 io«" s. iv. NOV. ss, 1905.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 431 in the infant days of the Reformed Church con- sisted of a written or stamped card called a ticket is very probable There can be no doubt, however, that at a very early date the use of a metallic token was also introduced When the metallic token was introduced, the practice of having a written card was not altogether abolished For a time both the written card and metallic token were used and in the course of time the card was permanently superseded by the metallic token This is probably the explanation why the terms 'ticket' and 'token' are so frequently used to designate the same passport, and that in later days the same term ' ticket' was applied to what was in reality a metallic token." From Kirk-Session Records quoted by Mr. Burns it appears that metallic tokens were in use in the parish church of St. Andrews in 1590. In Glasgow in 1593 the tokens were made of lead, but in 1603 of tin. Brass tokens were in use in some parishes. The chapter includes five full - page plates of tokens, which bear (1) the initial letter of the parish, (2) the year, (3) the minister's initials, (4) ornaments, (5) miscellaneous marks. A foot-note on p. 458 refers to ' N. <fc Q.,' 5th S. xi. 515. There is a collection of old tokens in the library of the Church of Scotland, General Assembly Hall, Castlehill, Edinburgh. The library is open every Wednesday forenoon throughout the year. Communion tokens were occasionally in use in Episcopal churches in Scotland, and they sometimes bore a cross; but a Across ia also to be found on some Church of Scotland tokens. Ingleby Wood's 'Scottish Pewter- ware and Pewterers' should be consulted. W. S. TRAFALGAR (10th S. iv. 385).—In connexion with the pronunciation of this name it may be worth mentioning that I lately had a communication from Earl Nelson stating that his late son's title (Viscount Trafalgar) was accented on the last syllable (the new heir is styled Viscount Mertou). Byron's line is thus shown to be correct, whilst, as all who know anything of the language are aware, a Spanish word ending in a consonant takes regularly the accent at its close, unless specially marked to the contrary. But the English mispronunciation, which it would be vain to attempt to reform in the case of squares and streets, must have prevailed from the very outset, for a surgeon of Nelson's own veterans, whom I knew in my youth, and who had a weakness for verse-writing, once printed a composition containing the faulty line:— I was at anchor in Trafalgar Bay. ED. 'WHITAKER'S PEERAGE.' Example of pronunciation from Scott:— Nor mourn ye less his perished worth, Who bade the conqueror go forth, And launched that thunderbolt of war On Egypt, Hafnia, Trafalgar. The accenting of the second syllable in the name Trafalgar Square is also found m Sepulchre Street, Scarborough, and formerly in Charlotte Street (three syllables), Notting- ham. W. J. DICKISSON. Mitcham. Rossetti, in his fine sonnet on the death of Nelson, accents this word on the ultimate syllable, but Browning, in his 'Home Thoughts from the Sea,' on the penultimate. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGBT. DR. KREBS seems surprised to hear this word pronounced with the accent on the last syllable. But is not this recognized as the correct pronunciation 1 I have always under- stood so. It is true that of late years I have usually heard the word accented on the pen- ultimate, but, if my memory serves me, the other pronunciation was very prevalent, although not universally so, among educated people thirty or forty years ago, and was recognized as right, though sometimes thought rather pedantic, and avoided for this reason. J. FOSTER PALMER. AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUBS (10th S. iv. 388). —The Theatrical Journal, 1840-73, edited by William Bestow, gives the particulars your correspondent requires. The early efforts on the boards of private theatres of some who may now be considered stars in the theatrical firmament are chronicled in this publication, which, despite disregard of style and type, contains much information not to be met with elsewhere. A complete set is very scarce ; the last I saw was cata- logued in the sale of the late Sir William Eraser's books. ROBERT WALTERS. Ware Priory. I have a number of odd issues of The Theatrical Times, originally published as a penny weekly in 1846. It was devoted to the professional and amateur stage. My first number is for Saturday, 15 May, 1847. There is an advertisement on the last page : "To Theatrical Amateurs : The Kemble Club Literary and Dramatic Society are seeking for fresh members," &c. The committee rooms were at Ashley's Hotel—only about fifteen years demolished — Maiden Lane, Co vent Garden. In the issue for Saturday, 26 June, there is a long account of two performances at the Dramatic Institution, Gray's Inn Road. The Bijou is mentioned, where Miss Herbert Alexandra's class at Bays-