2'">S. VII. Mab.12.'69.] 



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the same by Theodoret, in the passage which Mr. 

 Lee has quoted. And I know of no instance in 

 intermediate writers which militates against this 

 view. If a writer of our own day referred to the 

 " extreme south of Asia," would he be thought to 

 refer to Australia ? It seems to me then na- 

 tural to refer the eVl rh rep. k.t.\. to Spain, the 

 country which we know S. Paul intended to visit; 

 and it is so understood by most writers on eccle- 

 siastical history. 



Eusebius says that " some of the apostles 

 preached the gospel in the British Islands ; " but 

 the question is, whether S. Paul preached in 

 Britain. Eusebius can scarcely have supposed 

 that he did; for in the sketch which he gives 

 {Eccles. Hist., b. iii. ch. i.) of ihe travels ol S. 

 Paul and others, Britain is not even hinted at. 



Jerome's statements are too vague to prove 

 anything ; and Gildas's (if they are worth any- 

 thing) certainly do not prove that S. Paul was 

 the first preacher of Christianity in Britain. 



There remains the testimony of Theodoret 

 (whatever may be its value), which clearly refers 

 to Britain. 



But how are we to account for the silence of 

 Bede ? The most learned writer of his age, writ- 

 ing in Britain, and distinctly acknowled'ging an 

 ante-Augustinian Church in the island, says no- 

 thing of S. Paul, or any other apostle, having 

 preached here. 



On the whole (setting aside the Welsh records) 

 it seen-s to me that there is not even a probability 

 established that S. Paul preached in Britain. 



I believe most historians of our day, to what- 

 ever party they belong, agree in this conclusion. 

 The late Prof. Blunt, who certainly would not 

 have been needlessly sceptical on such a, point, 

 does not even allude to the possibility of S. Paul's 

 having preached in our island. S. C. 



^tplieS ta Minav (ihuttiti, 



" Carleton's Memoirs" (2"'^ S. vii. 158.)— This 

 work was edited by Sir Walter Scott, and pub- 

 lished by Archibald Constable & Co., at Edinburgh, 

 in 1808. The edition of 1809 was that of 1808, 

 with a new title-page. When first announced 

 by the publishers, it was in the following style : — 



" ' Memoirs of Captain George Carleton, an English 

 Officer, who served in the Wars against France and Spain ; 

 containing an Account of the Earl of Peterborough, and 

 other General Officers, Admirals,' &c. Beautifully printed 

 in Octavo by Ballantyne & Co., price 12s. boards. A few 

 Copies in Royal Octavo, 11. lis. (id boards. 



" While the eyes of the Public are turned with hope 

 and expectance towards the regeneration of the Spanish 

 Kingdom, all information respecting the character of the 

 People, and state of the Country, particularly in a Mili- 

 tary point of view, must be highly acceptable. The Me- 

 moirs of Carleton were written during that memorable 

 War, in which the Catalonian Insurgents, supported by 



an auxiliary British Force, drove the French from Ma- 

 drid, and forced them to recross the Pyrenees ; when it 

 was, as is now, the common cry in the streets of the Spa- 

 nish Capital, ' Faz con la Inglaterra, y con todo el mundo 

 la guerra.' It is the work of an Eye-witness, and Actor 

 in the scenes he records, and was esteemed bj' the late 

 Dr. Johnson to contain the best and most authentic ac- 

 count of the Campaigns of the gallant Earl of Peter- 

 borough." 



T. G. S. 

 Edinburgh. 



Uniforms worn at Charles I's Execution (2°* S. 

 vii. 69.) — It may be of some use to E. M. to in- 

 form him that Carlyle, in the Cromwell Letters, 

 publishes a rescript signed by John Bradshaw, 

 Thomas Grey (Lord Groby), Oliver Cromwell, and 

 fifty-six others, dated " at the High Court of Jus- 

 tice for the Trying and Judging of Charles Stuart, 

 King of England, 29*" January, 1648." This docu- 

 ment is addressed " To Colonel Francis Hacker, 

 Colonel Hancks, and Lieut.-Col. Phayr, .and to 

 every other of them," and requires them to see the 

 sentence upon the King executed " in the open 

 Street before Whitehall," and commands all " ofii- 

 cers and soldiers, and others, the good people of 

 this nation of England, to be assisting unto you 

 in this service." It is pretty certain, then, that 

 the regiments," or portions of them, under the 

 command of the above-named officers, would be 

 present at the execution. 



As to the military costume of that period I 

 have no special knowledge. I have a confused 

 sort of notion (why I cannot tell) that the pre- 

 vailing colour was buff; but it is certain that 

 scarlet was introduced into the parliamentary 

 army four years before. For, in the " Squire 

 Papers," brought to light since Carlyle's publica- 

 tion of the Cromwell Letters and Speeches, there is 

 a letter from Cromwell in which he says : " I 

 learn y' troop refuse the new coats. Say this : 

 Wear them or go home. I stand no nonsense from 

 anyone. It is a needful thing we be as one in 

 colour." And upon this letter Carlyle writes : 



" Eed coats for the first time ! My correspondent gives 

 the following annotation: ' I remember in Journal men- 

 tion of all the East men (association men) wearing Red 

 coats, horse and foot, to distinguish them from the King's 

 men ; and it being used after bj' the whole army. And 

 I think it was after Marston Battle.' " 



R. Wallis. 



Hull. 



Ennishillen School (2"'' S. vii. 148.)— George 

 H. Lee is informed that this school was founded 

 by King Charles li^by charter dated 15 De- 

 cember in the second year of his reign, 1627. 

 The charter grants certain lands to the Arch- 

 bishop of Armagh and his successors for ever, 

 which form respectively the endowments of the 

 Royal School of Ennlskillen, Armagh, Dun- 

 gannon, Cavan, and Raphoe ; the lands conveyed 

 for the school of Ennlskillen are Drishen, Derry- 



