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perhaps, still inedlted work, to you and to your 

 imnierous readers, both in England and in Hol- 

 land (where you have an able imitator), in the 

 hope of gaining some further information about 

 him. The MS. is a foolscap folio, containing about 

 340 pages, written in a bold, open hand, and bears 

 the Ibllowing tide : Menioires touchant le Com- 

 merce que les Provinces Uiiies des Pays-Bas font 

 dans les divers Endroits da Monde. At page 308. 

 this part of the MS. ends, and is signed by 

 " Daniel Braems," who says of himself, that he left 

 the Dutch possessions in the East Indies in 1686, 

 and made his Report to the States-General of what 

 he had seen, and delivered in a written copy. 

 Mr. Braems says further, that he was " derniere- 

 ment 'J'eneur-General des Livres a Batavie, et a 

 ramene en qualite de Commajideur la derniere 

 Flotte des Indes en ce pays ; " and that his Report, 

 as regards East India affairs, was made " touchant 

 la constitution des affaires dans les Indes Orlentales, 

 ainsi qu'elle estoit lorsque la ditte llotte est partie 

 de Batavie," and was delivered in May 26, 1688. 

 The remaining pages of the MS. are taken up with 

 a detailed account of the ecclesiastical and civil 

 revenues of France for 1692, and also the "estat 

 des affaires extraordinaires" for the years 1689, 

 1690, 1691, 1692. J. M. 



Newspapers. — Can any of your readers obli- 

 gingly inform me when The Suffolk Mercury or St. 

 JEdinund's Bury Post commenced ? The earliest 

 number I have seen is that of " Monday, Feb. 3, 

 1717, to be continued weekly. No. 43. Price 

 Three Half-pence." The next is that of " Mon- 

 day, May 2, 1726, Vol. xvi.. No. 52." And the 

 latest that of" Monday, October 4, 1731, Vol. xxii., 

 No. 40." When did it cease ? Were there any 

 other papers before 1782 printed in Bury ; or in- 

 cluding the name of that town in its title ? 



BURIENSIS. 



Serjeant Trumpeter. — What are the privileges 

 of persons holding this appointment ? 



Edward F. Rimbauit. 



Lunhunter. — What is the etymology of this sur- 

 name ; or rather, what is a lun ? We have the 

 analogous names Wolfiiunter and Todhunter (i. e. 

 a hunter of foxes). I am not satisfied with the 

 origin assigned to this designation in my English 

 Surnames. Is there any beast of prey, or of the 

 chase, bearing the provincial name of lun ? 



Mark Antony Lower. 



Family of Bullen. — Could any of your readers 

 inform me what branch of the Bullen family it was 

 that emigrated to Ireland in the fifteenth or six- 

 teenth century, and settled at Kinsale in the 

 county of Cork? Their genealogical history I 

 find it difficult, almost impossible, to discover. It 

 is thought that the first of the family who settled 

 iu Ireland was nearly allied to the lovely but un- 



fortunate queen of Henry VIII. ; and the family 

 consequently claim kindred with our famous Queen 

 Elizabeth, though they seem unable to trace their 

 pedigree so as to prove it. The present repre- 

 sentative of this old family resides at Bally Thomas, 

 in the neighbourhood of Mallow ; but, singular to 

 say, though proud of his name and race, can give 

 no correct history of his pedigree ; in fact, nothing 

 more than a traditionary account of it. I find, in 

 turning over the pages of Burke's Landed Gentry, 

 the following note appended to the pedigree of 

 the Glovers of Mount Glover : 



" This Abigail Bullen was dauifhter of Robert 

 Bullen, of Kinsale, descended from the Bullen family, 

 who came and settled in Ireland in the reign of Eliza- 

 beth, and who" are stated to have been not remotely- 

 related to that queen." 



Any information connected with this family I 

 am most anxious to obtain. E. A. G. 



London. 



Burnomania. — I should be glad if any of your 

 correspondents could favour nie with the name of 

 the author of this work: it is entitled Burnomania, 

 or the Celebrity of Robert Burns considered, 

 Edinburgh, 1811, 12mo., pp.103. In his adver- 

 tisement to the reader, the author says : 



" Who is the author ? Is he a poor man ? Is he 

 employed by the booksellers? Is he a young student? 

 Does he write for fame ? For gain ? Does he wish 

 to irritate, to offend, to indulge in a sarcastic humour? 

 To all these questions, the answer is ' No.' " 



Elginensis. 



Rent of Assize. — Can you or any of your corre- 

 spondents explain certain difficulties I find in a 

 schedule of the revenues of the bishopric of Win- 

 ton, sent by Thomas Cooper, the Bishop of Winton, 

 1587, to the Lord Treasurer : Strype's Annals, 

 vol. iii. part 2. p. 263. Oxon, 1824 ? 



In the first place, there appears to be some 

 misprint, as " tlie whole charge or value" is put 

 at 31 14Z. 05. 5(7., and "ordinary reprizes and al- 

 lowances deducted" 3389Z. Os. \\d., and then 

 " remain of rent of assize of the same bishopric" 

 2773Z. 10s. 6rf, which appears afterwards to be a 

 misprint tor 27751., &c. What is " rent of assize?" 

 is it the assessment of the bishopric for dues, rates, 

 &c. ? Also what is the meaning of " ob. q.," which 

 is added after certain items ? 



Lastly, what is to be understoo<i by the item 

 " For ingrossing the great pipe," &c. ? I should 

 be much oblised bv any explanation of these 

 accounts. -ti. ^. iv. 



Rectory, Hereford. 



White Livers. — Can any correspondent^ give^ 

 some information as to the popular superstition of 

 white livers, or refer to any author that alludes to 

 it in any way. In a recent account of poisonings 

 in France, by a woman named Ilelene Jagado, it 



