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by the Germans, whence came the arms of the German empire, on a field, or, an eagle displayed with two heads, sable, the two heads denoting the eastern and western empires. The white eagle was seized by the Sarmatian auxiliaries, and through them come the arms of modern Poland, an eagle, argent, on a field, gules. It also hap- pened that a third standard was lost, which was supposed to have fallen into the hands of the Sclavi or Sclavonians, and hence the arms of Russia, an. eagle, sable, on a field, or." P. 6.

Of course this history must be taken for what it is worth.

In the language of heraldry, an eagle is said to be " displayed " when the wings and legs are stretched out on the shield ; and " preying " when represented as devouring its prey.

We read that Ferdinand and Isabella, in conse- quence of being much devoted to St. John the Evangelist, adopted his eagle sable, with one head, as the supporter of their common shield. What a contrast between this eagle of the Evan-

felist and the eagle of modern emperors and ings, borne as a type of the old Roman power ! Orders of knighthood have been named from the eagle. The order of the white eagle, which belonged to the extinct kingdom of Poland, was instituted by King Ladislaus V., in 1325, on oc- casion of the marriage of his son Casimir with Anne, daughter of the Duke of Lithuania. The order of the black eagle was instituted in 1701 by Frederick I. on his being crowned King of Prussia. The order of the red eagle was founded in Prussia in 1792. CEYREP.

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De Amore Jesu (1 st S. xi. 466.) Translation.

" Jesus ! God of grace above, Jesus ! sweet, and all my love, Jesus good ! Jesus mild, Son of God, and Mary's child.

" Who the bliss can fully tell, Felt by those who love Thee well ; Those by faith bound fast to Thee, Those who joy with Thee to be! " O the sweetness let me show With thy holy love to glow ; With Thee to endure and weep, With Thee ever joy to keep.

" Majesty of boundless scope, All our love, our life and hope, Make us worthy Thee to see, Make us ever dwell with Thee. " That in blissful joy and sight We may chant in realms of light, In heaven's life effulgent glow, Amen, Jesus ! be it so."

F. C. HUSENBETH.

Mnidment (2 n(1 S. i. 12.) The Christian name of Mr. Maidment, the devoted catechist, who ac-

companied Captain Gardiner in the Patagonian Mission, was John. He was a waiter in London, and a Sunday-school teacher. Much interesting information, with regard to his life, subsequent to his being appointed a catechist, is to be found in Hope deferred, not Lost, edited by the Rev. G. P. Despard (Nisbet & Co., London).

F. M. MIDDLETON. Ellastone, Staffordshire.

"-reth" (2 nd S. i. 74.) This termination, in Me\dreth, Shepreth, EantfA (Kent and Camb.), BrandrefA, " a wattled fence round a well" (Hal- li well's Diet.), is, without doubt, from the Anglo- Sax., piiSe, a water reservoir ; a well, fountain, river. At Meldre/A is a copious spring rising out of the chalk, one of the sources of the Cam. It is not a termination of frequent occurrence ; I know of but one other instance, TingnYA Beds, where is a pool, the source of the Ivel. But probably -rith is often contracted into -rie or -ry. E. G. R.

Clint (1 st S. xii. 406.) There are two places called the Clint, or Clint Hills, in the parish of Diss. The one lies in the town, the other near the boundary between Diss and Frenze. The one in the town is described in the records of the manor of Diss, as the Clint, or the Clint Hills, but is not now commonly known by either name. It is a portion of the face of the high ground, which bounds on the north side a piece of water called Diss Mere, and is a broken hill, sloping rather abruptly to the water's edge. Probably the whole face of the high ground was formerly called the Clint ; but, for the last two centuries and upwards, the name has been confined to that portion of it which appears to have been last built upon. The other Clint is a small sandy hill, having a some- what precipitous face, on the north side towards Frenze Mere ; a piece of water similar in cha- racter to Diss Mere, but on a smaller scale. "The whole of this hill is now commonly called the Clint. A. F. B.

Diss.

Derham and D'Engaines Chapel, Upminster (2 nd S. i. 92.) In July, 1840, I made a pilgrim- age to the church at Upminster, for the special object of ascertaining if there was any tablet or monument existing to the memory of so distin- guished a man as Dr. Derham ; but after a dili- gent examination, both in and outside of the church, I was unable to find any notice of him : so true it is, that however estimable a man may be, he is not a prophet in his own country. Some- time after, meeting a gentleman who resided at Upminster, I expressed my susprise at finding no notice in the church of a man of such eminence as Derham ; and who, moreover, had been rector of the parish for fifty-four years. He told me the