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The MS. is on two sides of a quarto sheet* written in a fine, clear, Italian hand, evidently by a secretary ; the last three lines, being the Bishop's own autograph, are in a large, free, bold style. There are a good many ordinary contractions. The ink is dark, and the writing very legible. The MS. came from the collection of a noble Italian family, and is thus entered in Sotheby's Catalogue, 11 November, 1868, p. 37, lot 232 :

Grimaldi, Agostino, Lettre aux magistrate de Genes, informant de 1'attentat de Berton Doria centre Monaco et Ventimiglia, et de sa mort violente &c., Monaco, 27 Novembre, 1525.

" Lettre e'galement inte"ressante par son style et par son contenu. Griinaldi <tait iSveque de Grasse ou Grasea, et 1'un des Conseillers de Charles

This original dispatch raises a curious

rstion. Bishop Grimaldi personally con- ted the seige of Penna, and he tells the Doge of Genoa that Doria committed suicide there ; and he certainly must have known the truth.

Yet Pemberton, Metivier, and Rendu say that Doria was taken to Monaco, and that Pope Clement VII. wrote to Bishop Grimaldi by Cardinal Sadolet, to spare Doria ; but that he was executed 13 July, 1525. ' The Romance of Monaco and its Rulers,' by E. C. Mayne, 1910, gives the same account as Pemberton, but what can be more authentic than an account of an event written by the chief actor in it ? D. J.

CORONATION BIBLIOGRAPHY. The follow- ing are a few notes of books, &c., relating to coronations which may be of interest at this time :

' Ceremonies, FornTof Prayer, and Services used ill Westminster Abbey at the Coronation of King James I. and Queen Anne : with the Coronation of King Charles I. in Scotland.' R. Taylor, 1685

' Crowns and Coronations,' by Wm. Jones, 1883*

' Coronation of the Kings and Queens of Eng-' land,' by R. Thomson, 1820.

' Historical Description of the English Regalia,' by C. Davenport, 1897.

London Gazette (passim).

' Chapters on Coronations, comprising their < teigin, Nature, and History,' by T., 1838 (pub. by John W. Parker, West Strand).

' Coronation ' and ' Crown ' in the ' N.E.D.'

' The Glory of Regality,' by Arthur Taylor.

Saudford's ' History of the Coronation of James II. and Queen Mary,' 1687.

Parliamentary Papers on the Claim of Lady Stafford to attend the Coronation.

Coronations of the Kings and Queens of England ' by G. Kearsley, 1760.
 * Account of the Ceremonies observed in the

' A Faithful Account of the Processions and ! Ceremonies observed in the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England,' 1820.

' Form of the Proceeding of the Coronation of King George III. and Queen Caroline,' 1727.

' Ceremonies at the Coronations of the Kings and Queens of England from James II. to George II.,' 1760.

' Coronation Regalia,' The Mirror, 3 Sept., 1831.

' Ceremonies at the Coronation of George IV.,' 1821.

' The Coronation of their Majesties in West- minster Abbey, Sept. 10, 1831,' The Mirror* Nos. 507 and 508."

' The Coronation Chair and Imperial Crown/ ibid., 27 Aug., 1831.

' Coronation Anecdotes,' 1823.

' The Coronation,' Weekly Chronicle, I July, 1838.

' Three Coronation Orders ' (privately printed), by J. W. Legg, 1900.

Huish's ' Coronation of George IV.,' 1821.

Walker's ' Coronation of Charles II.,' 1820.

The Queen's Coronation,' The Sun, Thursday, 28 June, 1838, " a most complete and graphic account."

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

" KANGAROO CLOSUBE." The gradual de- velopment of the system of the closure of debate in the House of Commons since its establishment in 1882 has led to the adoption of varieties of the process, undreamed of when first proposed by Mr. Gladstone. I noted at 10 S. ii. 106 the adoption by Mr. Balfpur as Prime Minister, and the other leading members of the House, of the phrase closure by-compartment " ; and though, as yet, none such have publicly employed the description " Kangaroo closure " for a further extension, it has recently been used in well-nigh every newspaper. The follow- ing definition of this form, given by the London correspondent of The Birmingham Daily Post on its first application to the Committee stage of the Parliament Bill on 10 April, may be placed on record :

" For the benefit of those uninitiated in the latest developments of Parliamentary slang, it may be explained that the ' Kangaroo ' variety of closure diners both from the simplest form, which simply closes debate upon a particular question, and from the drastic closure-by-compartment, which has to> have the preliminary sanction of the House by resolution, and disposes of portions of the bill in. block. It gives power to the occupant of the chair to choose out of a selected group of amendments those he holds it most profitable for the House to discuss and it can be invoked without previous notice.''

POLITICIAN.

DOMINOES : THEIE ORIGIN. The name of the game is known to come from the expression faire domino, " coup qui consiste a poser sa derniere piece, ce qui donne partie gagnee " (' Diet. General '). The connexion