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, German wife. He himself was at one time a member of the Reichsrath. His grandfather was Lewis Hertslet, Librarian of the Foreign Office, who is the subject of a notice in the ' D.N.B.' His great-grand- father, J. P. Louis Hertslet, was in the Foreign Office, aged twenty in 1762, but "was of Swiss extraction, and in that year spelt his patronymic Hiertzelette. He was a king's messenger from 1795 to his death on 19 June, 1802.

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

SEVEN DIALS. The appearance and pre- sent position of this column have already been discussed in these pages, but the following contemporary comment on its removal provides some additional informa- tion :

"The Removal of that great public ornament the Seven Dials (or, as the French Refugees of that quarter used to call it, La Pyramide), and the discontent it has occasioned, will, it's thought, make the commissioners, or their duputies, more cautious how they take such liberties again, either from false (economy, secret avarice, or partial com- plaint. It is certain the nuisance complained of is not thereby removed : the centre where the column stood being a rendez-vous for blackguards, &c., as much as ever ; but, alas ! the elegant object seen from seven different avenues is and will be no more, unless it rises again in some or one of the com- missioners' or surveyors' gardens, or sinks into somebody's pocket, while a wide, dreary, and naked prospect of the blackguards, &c., only remains." Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser, 10 July, l / 73.

ALECK ABRAHAMS.

39, Hillmarton Road, X.

THE BROOCH OF LORN. I have recently come across MR. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL'S reply on the above subject (9 S. x. 357). MR. MACMICHAEL states that on the occa- sion of Queen Victoria's visit to Loch Tay .in 1842, Sir John MacDougall (he was captain then) presented the brooch to Her Majesty. As this is historically incorrect, and consequently misleading, I feel bound to correct him.

On the occasion alluded to The MacDougall attended by command (as an officer in her navy), and steered the boat, sitting near the Queen. He was in full Highland dress, .and wore the brooch on his plaid. Turning to him, Her Majesty inquired whether it was the celebrated Brooch of Lorn, and, on receiving a reply in the affirmative, re- quested him to place the well-known trinket on her shawl, that she might be able to say that she had worn the brooch of Robert the Bruce. This was done, and she returned it to him on landing.

The Brooch of Lorn is still in the possession of The MacDougall, namely, Capt. Alex- ander James MacDougall, of Dunollie Castle, near Ob an, and was exhibited by his uncle, Col. Charles Allan MacDougall, who was then chief of our clan, at the Glasgow Exhibition of 1888.

Needless to say, I shall welcome any reliable or documentary information your readers may favour me with.

ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL, Jun. Oakhurst, Westcombe Park, S.E.

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WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

" POPERY,TYRANNY, AND WOODEN SHOES."

We want a quotation in which this collo- cation is used to express the chief objects of Englishmen's antipathy or dread. Will any reader of ' N. & Q.' send me one direct ?

J. A. H. MURRAY. Oxford.

COURT LEET : MANOR COURT. In the Middle Ages every part of England was within the jurisdiction of a Court Leet, or of a court called by some other name, but exercising the powers of a Court Leet. Some of these courts were manorial, others municipal, others connected with the hundred, viz., the Sheriff's Tourn. Most of these old courts have died out, but a few still remain. I am anxious to obtain as complete a list as possible of these survivals, and to find out what powers they still exer- cise. I shall be greatly obliged if your readers can give me any information on these points. It will be a convenience if they will write direct to me at the Hartley University College, Southampton.

F. J. C. HEARNSHAW.

[The articles in the Ninth Series on Manor Court Rolls will probably be of service to PROF. HEARN- SHAW. Useful intormation may also be found under the heading 'Manorial Customs' in the General Indexes of ' X. & Q.'J.

ST. DEVEREUX : ST. DUBRICIUS. Who was St. Devereux ? A parish situated a few miles from Hereford is named after this saint. The authorities generally assume that St. Devereux is the same person as the Welsh saint who is named Dubricius by Latin writers. However this may be, it is certain that the French name Devereux is not identical in form with the Latin name