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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. m. JAN. 28, 1911.

THE STAIR DIVORCE, 1820 (11 S. ii. 489). Sharpe (' Genealogical Peerage,' vol. iii.), Anderson (' Scottish Nation,' vol. iii.), and Burke (' Peerage,' 1875 edition) repeat substantially the same story. John William Henry Dalrymple, who became 7th Earl of Stair in 1821, married in 1808, to quote the words of Anderson,

" Laura, youngest daughter of John Manners* Esq., of Grantham Grange, and Louisa, Countess of Dysart. This marriage was dissolved the follow- ing year, in consequence of his having entered into a marriage contract in 1804 with Johanna, daughter of Charles Gordon, Esq., of Cluny. The latter marriage was, however, dissolved in June, 1820."

The contradictions arise out of the intricacies of Scots law. The future Earl became a married man in 1804 without being 4 * aware of it. No doubt the dissolution of his 1808 marriage was brought about at the instance, or on behalf, of his real wife, Joanna Gordon. There is no evidence to show that the two ever lived together after 1809. According to Scots law, separation for four years consti- tuted a valid ground for divorce. It was on this ground, I think, that the future Earl obtained divorce in 1820. The question of adultery had nothing to do with the case. Public sympathy was largely on the side of the lady. She lived in Edinburgh, possibly died there, and was sometimes spoken of as " the ill-fated Countess of Stair."

SCOTUS.

"DiE IN BEAUTY" (11 S. iii. 7). I can answer my own query now : "in Schonheit sterben " occurs in Ibsen's * Hedda Gabler,' last act. G. KRUGER.

[MR. W. R. PRIOR also refers to Ibsen.]

" ALL COMES OUT EVEN AT THE END OF

THE DAY" (11 S. ii. 527). Were not these

words suggested by those of Brutus ?

O, that a man might know

The end of this day's business ere it come !

But it sufficeth that the day will end,

And then the end is known.'

' Julius Caesar,' V. i., last speech. LIONEL SCHANK.

Is not this another version of the saying " The evening brings all home " ?

NORTH MIDLAND.

It might seem at first sight as if the words " All comes out even at the end of the day,' were merely an equivalent for the trite saying " Death equalizes all things." There are, however, many old sayings which convey a similar idea, but present it with consider able variety of phraseology. It is some

vhat difficult to determine which of these ayings the Home Secretary had in mind when he quoted the words. One may magine that he was giving the substance, ather than the ipsissima verba, of some Id writer, or perhaps that he was com- )ining the sense rather than the actual vords of several sayings. W. SCOTT.

I fancy that the difficulty lies in the adverb " even," and that the phrase is tanta- Tiount to the beautiful insight of Paul when he declared " All things work together for good." M. L. R. BRESLAR.

HOLWELL FAMILY (11 S. ii. 528). The bllowing note regarding the Holwell family may interest J. T. P. :

" Zephaniah and Sarah Hollival of St. Werburgh Street, Dublin, had John Hollival, baptized in St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin, 23 September, 1711. This John had the destiny to emerge from
 * he Black Hole of Calcutta and become Governor

of Bengal."

The brothers Edward and Bowes, younger sons of John Minchin Walcot of Glenahilty, co. Tipperary, and Croagh, co. Limerick, along with a John Pigott (?), were also among the 23 survivors.

WM. JACKSON PIGOTT.

Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down.

ALEXANDER GLENNY (11 S. ii. 509). All I can add is that his wife's name was Deborah, and that she died 9 December, 1804, at the aee of 71 years.

W. W. GLENNY.

Barking, Essex.

CHRISTMAS BOUGH : CHRISTMAS BUSH (11 S. ii. 507 ; iii. 14). This subject is dealt with in an article by Mr. S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald which appeared in T. P.'s Weekly, 23 December, 1910. S. O. L.

THACKERAY AND THE STAGE (11 S. ii. 428, 494). Important information on this sub- ject may be seen in The Athenceum of 16 and 30 July, 1892. H. S.

EXHIBITION or 1851 (US. ii. 410, 452, 493 : iii. 10). Surely, as Privy Councillors and Cabinet ministers, T. B. Macaulay and W. E. Gladstone were entitled to be, and ought to have been, styled Right Honourable, not Honourable. If the Official Catalogue was at fault, it was unquestionably a blunder. FREDERICK CHARLES WHITE.

26, Arran Street, Roath Street, Cardiff.

[The Official Catalogue described both as "the Hon."]