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neighbouring county. Can your correspond- ents throw any further light on this curious saying? FRED. G. ACKERLEY.

Mayfield Road, Eccles.

INNES = DE INSULA. When at the British Museum the other day, I noticed the thir- teenth-century seal inscribed "S'. Gvill'i. Dili. Gregorii d'I'sula," which was described on the label as that of William, son of Lord Gregory de Insula, or Innes. One of the Museum assistants chancing to be at the case, I asked him on what ground de Insula Avas interpreted into Innes, and was informed that the two words were synonymous, or, in other words, Innes was the Scottish for an island. There is, I suppose, a relation between Innes, Inches, and Ings ; but I should like to know more of the etymology and topography of Innes. JAMES DALLAS.

SHARPE FAMILY. I should be very glad if any of your readers could furnish me with information on certain points relative to the family of Sharpe. In the * Dictionary of National Biography ' Dr. Samuel Sharpe, the celebrated physician of last century, is de- scribed as the son of Henry Sharpe, of Jamaica. I should be pleased to learn, in con- nexion with the latter, (1) what was his occu- pation or profession in America ; (2) whether ne was connected with a William Sharpe, Governor of Barbados in 1706 ; (3) at what period his family migrated to the West Indies, and to what branch of the Sharpe family at present existing it belonged.

G. R, POCKLINGTON.

ORDER OF SUPPLICATIONS IN THE LITANY. 1 La Liturgie ' of Theoph. Abauzit, the aver- tissement of which is dated 1811 (the edition under consideration, however, being that of 1834), places the supplication for forgiveness for "our enemies, persecutors, and slan- derers " before that for _ " mercy upon all men." The English version in use at the present day reverses this order. Does the French version follow the form of an old English version ; and, if so, what was the date of the change ; or is this sequence peculiar to the French version 1 There are many verbal quaintnesses in the volume, one of which is the petition for the preservation of Adelaide, " notre Seine debonnaire."

ARTHUR MAYALL.

SIR WALTER SCOTT : * GUY MANNERING.' There is a curious error in chap, iii., which has apparently never been corrected until the appearance of the "Border Edition," edited by Mr. Andrew Lang. The author, in speak- ing of Dominie Sampson's voice, says that

Mannering "was a good deal diverted with the harsh timber tones which issued from him." So it stands in the forty-eight-volume edition of the Waverley Novels, 1860, and in the "Handy-Volume Edition," published by Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Mr. Lang's edition reads " the harsh timbre tones," &c., which would seem to be correct. What are " timber tones " 1 We know of a wooden leg, and figuratively of a wooden head, and perhaps of a wooden manner ; but what is a wooden voice 1 ? " Harsh - timbre," with a hyphen, as Mr. Lang prints it, makes the passage quite clear. Is it " harsh- timbre " in any edition other than the " Border " 1

JONATHAN BOUCHIER.

DRIVING CUSTOM. What is the origin of the custom among coaching men (amateur and professional), when driving four-in-hand or tandem, of lifting their hat to a chimney- sweep if they happen to meet one on the road 1 JEHU.

" WHAT ALL."" There were people to be bought, mules to be hired, and I don't know what all " (' Across the World for a Wife,' by Guy Boothby, 1898, p. 211). Can the use of " all " for else be defended 1

THE SHADE OF LINDLEY MURRAY.

RED CASSOCKS. Can any reader inform me | what authority there is for stating that choirs of churches in the gift of the Crown should wear scarlet cassocks 1 Is there any ?

MURAS.

'THE CHANT OF ACHILLES.' Can any of your readers inform me in what publication this appeared 1 B. H. WHITELOCKE.

Catford.

MASS^NA. In the celebrated roll of honour of Jews given in Disraeli's 'Coningsby' the name of Marshal Massena ^is included. Nothing is said concerning Massena's Jewish origin in his 'Memoires,' edited by Koch, i in Marbot's 'Memoires,' nor in Tosseli's 'Notice Biographique,' these being the only original biographical sources I found in the Bibliotheque Nationale. Can any reader give an authority for the statement of Disraeli 1

MENTONE.

MAJOR-GENERAL WARE. I should be grate- ful for information regarding Major-General Ware, who was killed at the battle of Laswari (1803). Beyond the statements contained in Thorn's narrative I find no record of this officer's services. HUGH PEARSE, Major.

Inkerman Barracks, Woking.

NICHOLSON FAMILY AND CHARITY. The Rev. Isaac Nicholson, of Lady Huntingdon's