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NOTES AND QUERIES.

S. NO 4., JAN. 26. '56.

hampstead and Hatfield, to Sion College. The college would be glad to find out their benefac- tor's armorial bearings ; also, whether the same Samuel Brewer was a member of the Inner Tem- ple, or in any other way distinguished, or even known ? WILLIAM SCOTT.

The Parsonage, Hoxton.

Titular Bishop of Orkney. Would MR. MAC- KENZIE WALCOTT, whose researches in the inte- resting but obscure subject of suffragan bishops in England will, I hope, be completed and find a publisher, throw some light on the title of Bishop of Orkney used by suffragans of the Archbishop of York. In Collier's Ecclesiastical History (vol. ii. p. 50., edit. Lathbury), we read of a Ralph consecrated Bishop of Orkney by Thomas, Arch- bishop of York, assisted by Wulstan of Worcester and Peter of Lichfield, which therefore must have taken place between 1074-85. At the Battle of the Standard, 1138, we meet with another titular Bishop of Orkney, suffragan also to an Archbishop of York, Ralph Howell. (See " N. & Q.," 1 st S. xii. 357.) Was this title used commonly by suf- fragans of York ? and how happens it that this was done whilst the see was occupied by a de facto and de jure bishop owning obedience to the Bishop of Drontheim ? W. DENTON.

"Invalide Russe" Will one of your correspon- dents be kind enough to explain the meaning of the title of this celebrated Russian newspaper ?

J. S. M. M.

Norwich.

Minor (Euerfcg font!)

St. Mirreris Day. I have looked in vain over several Saints' Calendars for the day dedicated to St. Mirren, the patron saint of Paisley. Perhaps some of your learned correspondents will inform me if there is a day so dedicated, and what day it is. W. B.

[The following brief notice of this saint is given in Dempsteri Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Scotorum, torn. ii. lib. xii. : " S. Merinus monachus, S. Regulo Grasco per- farniliaris, qui vel una cum illo in Scotiam appulit, vel cum ille appelleret, strenuam, Deoque acceptam, instru- endis Christiana pietate popularibus operam impendebat. Scripsit Homilias de Sanctis, lib. i. Florebat anno ccclxix."]

" Advice to a Reviewer." Who is the author of Advice to a Reviewer, and where is it to be found ? Archbishop Whately mentions it in his Rhetoric as an instance of irony taken seriously.

J. B.

Dublin.

[This work is entitled Advice to a Young Reviewer, with a Specimen of that Art, 8vo., Oxford, 1807. It was written by Dr, Copleston, late Bishop of Llandaff.]

Suchet in de.r Schrifft. I have chosen these words in the hope that they may attract the notice of some one learned in German biblical lore, and as not unappropriate to my calling attention to Galatians v. 17., "Das Fleisch geliistet wider den Geist, und den Geist wider das Fleisch."

The second den, I think, should be der ; but I have not seen it in any impression printed other- wise than den. I should be very much' obliged to any one who would construe the words as they stand ; and scarce less obliged to one who would point out to me some first-rate authority for the substitution of der. In the latter case I might hope that the alteration might be made in the next impression of the German Bible of the So- ciety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, who now very properly hesitate to adopt the reading suggested. In the former case I should be more than content to let the words stand as they are.

GEO. E. FREKE. Roydon Hall, Diss.

[Martin Luther has been called a heretic; but his greatest foe has never said that he was deficient as a grammarian. The passage in question may be expressed thus, where the italics show the construction : " Denn es geliistet das Fleisch wider den Geist, und es geliistet den Geist wider das Fleisch." Gelitsten in this instance is an impersonal verb. Das in both cases is the accusative neuter, and den in both cases the accusative masculine.]

Etrennes, Etymology of the Word. The Paris correspondent of the Times the other day derived the French etrennes from the offerings made by King Tatius to the Sabine goddess Strenua. This etymology seems to me to carry its own refutation, but I am at a loss for a better. Can any of your readers suggest one ? I have not Diez's Roman- isches Worterbuch at hand ; probably something may be found there. R. E. B.

Chelmsford.

[The correspondent of the Times appears to be correct. Strenia, or Strenua, was a goddess of the Romans, who had her temple in the fifth region of the city, and had superintendence of new-years' gifts, hence called Streruz. Her feast was celebrated on New Year's Day, and offer- ings were presented to her in a small temple in the Via Sacra, where the altar was bound with verbenam, or the plant which was brought from her Luco, or sacred grove. The name Strenua was also particularly given to her, be- cause 'she conferred bravery and courage (strenuam) on the Roman youth, for which reason she was farther called Agenoria (ab aqendo"), and Stimula (a stimulando). See Varro, lib. iv. ; Symmachus, lib. x. epist. 27. ; and for a full explanation o'f the word, Danet's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 4tO., 1700.]

Gold Signet Ring. I have a gold signet ring in my possession, weight equal to a sovereign and a half. It was found in the province of Leinster, about thirty years ago. I send an impression of the arms. The initials are P. B. I think it may be two hundred years old. The arms of Beytagh, in the Abbey of Kilconnell, co. Galway, are