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small church which I have been examining, that it has occurred to me that there must have been some inducement to make these nameless entries. Is it possible that the tax at one time imposed upon entries in registers was wholly or in part remitted to parishes where travelling people or other visitors died and were buried 1 A. T. M.

WORDSWORTH AND BURNS. In the preface to Matthew Arnold's 'Wordsworth' I find the following :

"Wordsworth owed much to Burns, and a style of perfect plainness, relying for effect solely on the weight and force of that which with entire fidelity it utters, Burns could show him. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow

And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low

And stain'd his name.

Every one will be conscious here of a likeness to Wordsworth."

Can you or any of your readers kindly tell me where in Burns's works these lines are to be found ? I have searched in vain.

VIATOR.

readers inform me how long the People's Journal, edited by John Saunders, continued 1 ? Commenced January, 1846. J. E. R.
 * THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.' Can any of your

POEM WANTED. Can any of your readers tell me where I can find a poem containing the following lines 1

Farewell, the beautiful, meek, proud disdain

That spurred me on all virtue to pursue,

All vice to shun !

Farewell ! and ! unpardonable Death.

I was under the impression, when I saw them about twenty -five years ago, that they formed part of a translation of a poem by Dante ; but I cannot find them amongst his works. I should like to know the whole poem, which, so far as I can recollect, was a very short one.

RD. PHILLIPS. SEPOY MUTINY. Can any one let me know of any literature (fiction or history) of the Indian Mutiny dealing with the treatment of the prisoners at Cawnpore before their massacre? HISTORY.

DEDICATION OF ANCIENT CHURCHES. I shall be greatly obliged for opinions on the follow- ing. Many ancient churches are known simply as " St. Mary's Church." Now as there are seven B.V.M. festival days in the year, can any one of them more than another be as- signed as saint day to such a church ? Has St. Mary Annun., 25 March, Lady Day, that

distinction ? Are there any fixed days in the year for the festivals of "Holy Trinity," ' Christ Church," and " St. Saviour " 1

GEORGE WATSON. 18, Wordsworth Street, Penrith.

BRAN WELL FAMILY. My great-great-grand- father, Thomas Mathews, born 1733, married at St. Ives, Cornwall, in 1757, Mary Bran well, of Penzance. I know that she was a near kinswoman to the mother of Charlotte Bronte, but am desirous of ascertaining the exact relationship. The above marriage was witnessed by "Samson Bramwall," as he spells his name in signing the register. Who was the common paternal ancestor of Mary Branwell and the mother of " the Brontes " 1 JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS.

Town Hall, Cardiff.

'SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT,' &c. I have chanced lately to come across a book (a cheap reprint) entitled 'The Secret His- tory of the Court of England,' during the reigns of George III. and George IV., and purporting to be by " Lady Anne Hamilton." The statements contained in this work are of so surprising and yet so circumstantial a character that I am interested in ascertaining what, if any, degree of credibility attaches to the work. Perhaps you can kindly give me some information. The original edition ap- pears to have been issued about 1832.

W. F. ANDREWES.

Kensington.

DAME ELIZABETH HOLFORD. Can any reader give me the maiden name of this lady? Of the parish of All Hallows, Steyning, in the City of London, and relict of Sir William Holford, of Witham, co. Leicester, Bart., she founded at Oxford, by will dated 19 Nov., 1717. five exhibitions at Christ Church, two at Pembroke and Worcester Colleges re- spectively, and two at Hart Hall. Her portrait is in Worcester College ; and a i picture in the hall of Pembroke (of a lady, seated, full face, in an amber silk dress) should, from the likeness to the former portrait, probably be assigned to her. Sir j William's first wife appears to have been the i Lady Frances Cecil, second daughter of James, third Earl of Salisbury.

A. R. BAYLEY.

St. Margaret's, Great Malvern.

THE REV. JOHN LEWIS, M.A. of Sydney College, Cambridge. In 1626 he published " Melchizedeck's Anti-type ; or, the Eternal Priesthood and All -sufficient Sacrifice ot Christ, with the scrutiny of the Masse," &c. He was at the time "one of His Majesty s