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tender " was by them styled King James the third of England and eighth of Scotland. " The Jaco- bins" was the name of a faction in France during the Revolution. This name originated in a poli- tical club, which, in 1789, assembled in the sup- pressed convent of the Jacobins, or Dominican monks, in the Rue de St. Honore, in Paris.

F. A. C.

Peerage Query (2 nd S. i. 335.) If the peer- age was forfeited in the year 1435 by the attainder of the then peer, and it was restored by the re- versal of the attainder, the peerage would not be- long to the person who is then heir to it under the original grant of it ; but if it was restored to the family in 1605, by a new grant from King James, it would now belong to the person who is heir to it under the limitations contained in such new grant. F. A. C.

London Architecture (2 nd S. i. 73.) II. will find, in The Builder (vol. x., Nos. 515-16.), and one or two earlier numbers, engravings and de- scriptions of " The Houses and Shops of Old London." Many of the engravings are from exist- ing examples ; and amongst them, I doubt not, he will find the information he seeks.

R. W. HACKWOOD.

"Folly" a Farce (2 nd S. i. 334.) Your corre- spondent X. is mistaken in calling Folly a farce, a dramatic piece, misled, no doubt, by the title. It is a pamphlet relating to local matters, and is extremely rare. I have never seen but one copy, which is in the collection of a friend of mine.

WM. DODD.

Newcastle.

General James Wolfe (1 st S. xi. 257.) It is stated that General Wolfe, after he received his death-wound, was carried off the field of battle by a grenadier of the 28th regiment, then known as " Braggs." On the other band it is asserted that the individual who supported the wounded general on this sad occasion was a grenadier belonging to the 58th regiment, then known as "Robert An- struthers." Can any of your military archaeolo- gists solve this difficulty ? In West's picture at Hampton Court a grenadier is introduced ; are his facings yellow or black ? The former would assign him to the 28th regiment, " The Slashers," and the black facings would lead to the conclusion that he belonged to the 58th regiment, of Gib- raltar fame. Is this circumstance mentioned in any life or memoirs of General Wolfe ? The name of the soldier in question was James M'Dou- gal, and at page 47 of Cannon's History of the 67 tk Regiment he is styled "the faithful Highland ser- geant who attended him when dying." G. L. S.

Singular Funeral Sermon (2 nd S. 5. 353.) This strange, not to say execrable, production lias been

many times separately reprinted at Diss. I enclose a copy of the tenth edition (1823). In an advertise- ment prefixed the Sermon is stated to have been taken from the British Magazine for November, 1750. The date, 1733, mentioned by M. S., is erroneous. According to Blomefiehl's History of Norfolk, i. 163., Robert Proctor, A.M. was pre- sented to the rectory of Gissing, in 1613, and died in 1668, when he was succeeded by John Gibbs, A.M., " an odd but harmless man." At Burston, which is an adjoining parish, Hugh More, A.M. was instituted, 1626, and held that living until 1674 (Blomefield, i. 126.). There was, in 1736, in the churchyard, " at the east end of the chancel, a grave post much decayed, for Hugh Moore, late rector, by which it appeared that he was a Scotch- man." Thomas Cole, clerk, also named in the Sermon, was rector of Shimpling, another adjacent village. He was instituted 1649, and died 1684 (Ibid. i. 155.). Blomefield mentions an alliance between the Proctors and Buxtons (i. 128. 158.; v. 283.), from which it would seem that "Mr. Buxton's worship " was of the family settled in the olden time at Channons Hall, Tibenham, and now at Shadwell Lodge, near Thetford. Whether the so-called Sermon is worth preserving in "N. & Q.," I submit to better judgment. Charity for- bids the thought that such a burlesque ever dis- graced a pulpit of the Church of England ; it seems more likely to have been a satirical produc- tion, the point of which has been lost among many irrecoverable things of greater worth.

S. W. Rix. Beccles.

Extraordinary "Liturgy" (2 nJ S. i. 292.) Your correspondent P. J. F. GATSTILLON wishes to know if there was any tech'riical name at Athens for an extraordinary \etrovpjia, in contradistinction to the term eyKvK\ios. If he will refer to Lewis's translation of Bockh's Public Economy of Athens, bk. in. ch. xxi. p. 451., he will find this remark :

" There was not any separate name for the extra- ordinary liturgies; Reiske invented the appellation of compulsory liturgies (wpoa-raKrai AeiTovpyuu), in order to correct a passage in. a Byzantine decree which confers upon the Athenians an exemption from certain liturgies at Byzantium : it is, however, highly improbable that the extraordinary liturgies are intended, for at Athens the extraordinary liturgies were the only ones from which an exemption was allowed ; and moreover the alteration, even if the extraordinary liturgies were meant, must ne- cessarily remain doubtful."

The passage in the Byzantine decree to which he refers is to be found in Demosth. de Corona, p. 256 10. W. T. SHERBORNE.

Cambridge.

Military Costume (2 nd S. i. 332.) The gorget, only recently disused by officers, was the remains of the breastplate. The aiguilette still worn by the superior officers of the household cavalry re-