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' NAPOLEON DANS L'AUTBE MONDE.'

" Napoleon dans 1'Autre Monde : Relation 6crite par Lui-Meme, et trouv^e a Ste. Helene, au pied de son tombeau, par Zongo-Tee-Foh-Tchi," pp. viii-392, 8vo, Londres, chez Colburn, 1827.

Such is the title of a curious work I have before me, adorned with an engraving dis- playing Napoleon high in the air, stretching out his arms towards an imaginary city beneath, whilst he is carried from behirid by a flying angel. There is an English edition of the same work, bearing the title ' Napo- leon in the Other World,' &c., 8vo, London, H. Colburn, 1827, preserved in the Bodleian, which appears to be a translation from the French original text, lacking only at the end the " Table Alphabetique des Matieres contenues dans cet ouvrage " covering the last ten pages of the French edition. It would be desirable to learn the name of the real author of this pseudonymous composi- tion, who was evidently inspired by the reminiscence of Dante's ' Inferno.'

H. KBEBS.

LIEUT. - COL. JAMES MACPHEBSON. I should be very much obliged for any infor- mation regarding his parentage, date of birth, and death. He was a subaltern in the 45th Foot from 1808 to 1815, and after- wards in the 13th Light Infantry, from which, as major, he was promoted to Lieutenant -Colonel of the Ceylon Rifle Regi- ment by purchase in 1835. He retired by sale in 1842. R. H. MACKENZIE, Col.

Caledonian United Service Club, Edinburgh.

PIEBBE DES MAISEATJX. In the 1733, 1769, and 1811 editions of Carew's ' Survey of Cornwall ' there is a short life of the

author by " H C Esq." This,

according to the ' Bibliotheca Cornubiensis,' was a pseudonym of Pierre des Maiseaux, born Auvergne, 1666 ; died London, June, 1745. This Pierre des Maiseaux was, I believe, author of a life of Bayle, the French philosopher, published in two volumes at the Hague in 1732. But what was he doing in this Cornish galere ? I should be glad of any information as to how he came to write Carew's life. G. E. M.

DATE FOBMULJE. The recent discussion on the words " Anno Domini " induces me to ask what authority or precedent there may be for the phrase " In the year of our Lord God," which I have seen in several very modern inscriptions. It is open to criticism, but the columns of ' N. & Q.' would hardly be the proper place for the considerations involved. B. B.

" 'ENEAEI'SfATO." In 'Synthetic Studies in Scripture ' Mr. Shaw Caldecott states that in 2 Tim. iv. i4 St. Paul's word eyeSo'^aro (A.V., "did me much evil") is the equi- valent of a Latin phrase " uniformly used in Roman Jurisprudence to describe the instrument containing the charge on which a trial took place." In a subsequent study he cites as his authority " a learned Indian judge." He has, however, mislaid the reference. Prof. Hope Moulton tells me it is very probably a true rendering of the passage, but can cite no authority. Can any of your readers tell me (a) in what book the statement occurs ? (b) whether the statement is true ? (c) what is the Latin legal equivalent ? Liddell and Scott give the active voice as an Attic law term for " informing," but not the middle voice.

HABBINGTON C. LEES.

Christ Church Vicarage, Beckenham.

BlOGBAPHICAL, INFOBMATION WANTED.

I should be glad to obtain any information relating to the following Old Westminsters :

(1) Julius Caesar, admitted 1718, aged 14 ;

(2) Philip Caldecot, admitted 1719, aged 12 ;

(3) Peter Calmell, admitted 1731, aged 9 ;

(4) Henry Campion, admitted 1721, aged 10 ; (5) Edgar Robert Cann, admitted 1777 ; (6) Robert Cann, admitted 1724, aged 8 ; (7) Thomas Cantillon, admitted 1734, aged 13 ; and (8) Richard Capper, admitted 1715, aged 12. G. F. R. B.

LAW MAXIM : " SATIUS EST PETEBE

FONTES, QUAM SECTABI BIVULOS." The

earliest instance I have found of this most useful phrase is in the Epilogue to 4 ' Inst.' Is it the invention of Coke himself ?

AUTHOB WANTED. Who wrote the poem ' My Own Green Isle,' commencing Tho' lofty Scotia's mountains where savage grandeur reigns, &c. ?

MONUMENTS TO HAMPSHIBE MEN ABBOAD. Any notes of such will be acceptable. I should be glad of replies direct.

JOHN HAUTENVILLE COPE,

Editor, Hants Field Club. Finchamstead Place, Berks.

BUTCHEBS' MARKS. I should be glad of information as to the marks (stars, &c.) made by gashing upon carcases exposed at butchers' shops. I read, somewhere, that they are to be traced to a sacrificial origin. E. G. VABNISH.