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 happy to observe is at last completed by the venerable Mr. J. B. Nichols, the worthy son of a worthy father. But I do not know the date even of Roger Laurence's death eheu! April 15, 1858.
 * Barrackpore, E. I.



Alexander Hamilton.—It is said that Alexander Hamilton of Kerelaw or Grange in Scotland married about 1730 Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Robert Pollok. Can the date of that marriage be ascertained? His children are said to have been: first, John; second, Robert; third, Alexander; fourth, James. What was the date of the birth of the fourth son James? where, and when, did he die? and is there any evidence existing in Scotland or elsewhere that the James Hamilton referred to was the father of the American Alexander?

Medical Men at Funerals.—In Erasmus (Colloq. Funus) I find the following passage:—

Is it still the custom in any part of Europe for medical men not to attend funerals?

Academical Dresses.—What reason can be assigned for the different dresses of different degrees? Was it like a decorative order, a badge, that the wearer might be known as a graduate, and of this or that University?

The Jesuit Osorius. Can any of your readers give me any information as to the above author? I have in my possession two volumes of sermons, of which this is the title:—

The two volumes I have contain sermons for all the Sundays and greater holidays of the year. In the advertisement, "ad Lectorem" prefixed to the second volume, I find the following promise:—

Was this promise ever fulfilled, and the quinque