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CARRONADES (11 S. v. 251). A very interesting and very curious account of the makers of carronades will be found in a -work published in 1883, entitled ' Some Professional Recollections by a Former Member of the Council of the Incorporated Law Society,' in a chapter upon the Carron Company. R. B.

Upton.

ELIZABETH POLACK : ELIZABETH HELME <11 S. v. 189). The latter's novel, ' St. Clair of the Isles,' was first published about the close of the eighteenth century, and must have been dramatized by the former lady in 1840. I do not find Mrs. Helme's bio- graphy in any of the current English books of reference, but there are articles on her in Firmin Didot's ' Nouvelle Biographie Generale ' (Paris, 1858), and in Michaud. She died in 1816, and wrote also ; The Farmer of Inglewood Forest,' ' Louisa, the Lovely Orphan,' ' Magdalen,' an historical novel, ' Instructive Rambles in London,' an epitome of Plutarch's ' Lives,' ' Maternal Instructions,' histories of England and Scotland for girls, besides numerous trans- lations. The novel in question was trans- lated into French and other languages.

N. W. HILL,

New York.

" THE MEMORABLE LADY " : MEREDITH

'(11 S. v. 228). I have been informed that this refers to Madame de Stael, but in which of Madame de StaeTs works the " spiral " phrase occurs I have not been able to ascertain. M. A. C.

MERIET ARMS (11 S. v. 228). Merriott, Thomas, divine and author, Steeple Langford (died 1662), eminent native of Wiltshire {' The Family Topographer,' by Saml. Tymms, 1832, vol. ii.).

Anselnie Jenner and Mary Merret, 17 Jan., 1726 ; Hezekiah Merrett and Ann Jenner, 23 July, 1764, Stonehouse (Phillimore's '' Marriage Registers, Gloucestershire ').

R. J. FYNMORE.

Sandgate.

According to the Powell or Ashmole Holl, the arms of Sir John de Meriet were l>arry of 8. TERTIUS.

BOYDELL'S CATALOGUES (11 S. v. 251). I have most of the Catalogues issued by John Boydell and his successors here, anc shall be pleased to show them to MR. ABRA SAMS if he cares to call upon me.

ALGERNON GRAVES.

42, Old Bond Street, W,

CHARLES ELSTOB (11 S. iv. 210, 257, 317,

413). I now give the copy of the inscription

on Mrs. Jane Elstob's monument in Beaeons-

ield Church, promised in the issue of 14 Oct.

ast. It is fixed on the south aisle wall,

ust to the right of the south entrance, and

s worded as under :

Near this place

are deposited the remains of

M Jane Elstob daughter of

Lewis Elstob Esq r of Wiggenthorpe

in the county of York

she died July the xxv. MDCCLXXIX

aged LXIX.

L. H. CHAMBERS. Amersham.

" SUNG BY REYNOLDS IN 1820" (HS.v. 88, 172, 237). There are two other stanzas com- aleting the song, which is known as ' The Brummagem Lad.' As the lines are seldom met with, I transcribe the second and third stanzas : o back to Brummagem, while you 've a head onj

For bread from the Fancy is light weight

enough ; Moulsey, whose turf is the sweetest to tread on,

Candidly owns you're a good piece of stuff. But hot heads and slow hands are utterly useless,

When Israelite science and caution awake : So, prithee, go home, youth ! and pester the Jews less,

And work for a cutlet, and not for a slake.

Turn up the raws at a fair or a holiday,

Make your fist free with each Brummagem rib, But never again, lad, commit such a folly, pray,

As sigh to be one of the messmates of Crib : Leave the P.C. purse for others to handle

Throw up no hat in a Moulsey burnt sun ; Bid adieu jto the twopenny port [sic] to Jack Randall,

And take the outside of the coach one pound one ! "

In The Scottish Journal of Topography, Antiquities, Tradiiio)is, &c., vol. ii. p. 255, where all three stanzas are given, it is stated that a " MS. note on copy formerly in the possession of the late J. H., Esq., W.S.," contains the following words :

" Written for a wager by an eminent northern divine, and inserted in the ' Remains of Peter Corcoran,' a review of which will be found in Blacltwood."

The review alluded to is probably the article entitled ' Sketches of Pugilism,' contained in Blackwood's Magazine, vol. v., 1819.

AV. SCOTT.

THE Six CLERKS' OFFICE : JAMES CLARKE (11 S. v. 188). For a very full account of the Six Clerks' Office and the names of the Six Clerks themselves, see the Introduction to 'An Index of Chancery Proceedings Reynardson's Division),' vol. i., by Mr.