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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 130. 



among them the children in question are seen locked 

 in each other's arms, precisely as in the sculpture at 

 Lichfield. The story proceeds to relate, that the torn. 

 mander declared he would never surrender the city; 

 and added, that whether his fellow-citizens chose to 

 hang him, or throw him into the dyke, he was deter- 

 mined never to open the gates to such a monster as the 

 Duke of Alva. It is further stated, that the providen- 

 tial relief of the city by some troops of his own side 

 rewarded his courage."] 



Autobiography of Timour. — In 1785, Institutes, 

 Political arid Military, of the Emperor Timour (in- 

 correctly called Tamerlane), were published at Cal- 

 cutta, printed by Daniel Stuart. This work, which 

 may more properly be named autobiographical 

 memoranda, written by Timour, was composed by 

 him originally in the Turkish language, and trans- 

 lated by Abu Taulib Alhusseini into Persian, and 

 by Major Davy into English, to which Dr. Joseph 

 White, of Oxford, added notes ; and other matter 

 was affixed by a person whose name is not given. 

 The rules for carrying to a successful result great 

 enterprises are profound and dignified, and the 

 enterprises extraordinary and interesting, though 

 only given in outline. This part ends with the 

 capture of Bagdat («??). I wish to know if there 

 exists an accredited translation from the original 

 by Timour in the Turkish, and of what more this 

 extraordinary work consists ; and if any part, or 

 all, has ever been printed in England, or in any 

 European language ? -^grotus. 



[In the year 1787, the late Professor Langles of 

 Paris published a French translation of the Institutes, 

 under the title of InstUuts Politiques et Militaiies de 

 Tamerlane, proprement appelle Timour, ecrits par liii. 

 mime en Mogol, et traduits en Frangois sur la version 

 Persane dAhou Taleb at Hosseini, avec la Vie de ce 

 Conqiierant, &c. And in 1830 another English trans- 

 lation was published by Major Charles Stewart, late 

 Professor of Oriental Languages in Hon. E. I. Com- 

 pany's College, entitled. The Mulfuzat TimUr, or Auto- 

 biographical Memoirs of tlie Mmjliul Emperor Timur. 

 In the Preface to this edition our correspondent will 

 find an interesting bibliographical account of the work 

 and its various translations.] 



THE EARL OF ERROLL. 



(Vol. v., p. 297.) 



I am somewhat of opinion that your corre- 

 spondent Petropromontoriensis is correct, about 

 this nobleman being by birth the first subject in 

 Scotland, only he has apparently omitted the word 

 "hereditary" before those of Great Constable of 

 Scotland, or Lord High Constable of Scotland. 

 Indeed, some writers make him by birth, not only 

 the first subject in Scotland, but also in England. 

 Dr. Anderson, the learned and laborious editor of 

 The Bee, at p. 306. of vol. v. of that publication, 



in the article on James, Earl of Erroll, who died 

 3rd June, 1778, says : 



" As to rank, in his lordship's person were united 

 the honours of Livingston, Kilmarnock, and Erroll. 

 As hereditary High Constable of Scotland, Lord Erroll 

 is bg birth the first subject in Great Britain, after the 

 blood royal, and, as such, had a right to take place of 

 every hereditary honour. The Lord Chancellor, and 

 the Lord High Constable of England, do indeed take 

 precedence of him, but these are only temporary 

 honours which no man can lay claim to bg birth ; so 

 that, by birth. Lord Erroll ranks, without a doubt, as 

 the first subject of Great Britain, next after the Princes 

 of the blood royal." 



It would appear that the personal appearance 

 of Earl James was in good keeping with his high 

 rank. He was accounted the handsomest man in 

 Britain, and at the coronation of George III. he 

 attended in his robes, and by accident neglected 

 to take oiF his cap when the king entered. He 

 apologised for his negligence in the most respect- 

 ful manner ; but his majesty, with great compla- 

 cency, entreated him to be covered, as he looked 

 upon his presence at the solemnity as a very par- 

 ticular honour. 



The Earl of ErroU's charter of appointment to 

 this high office, is dated at Cambuskenneth, 12th 

 November, anno 1316 ; and is still preserved in 

 the charter room of the family seat, Slains Castle, 

 Cruden, Aberdeenshire. The youthful inheritor 

 of this high office is the Right Honourable Wil- 

 liam Harry, Earl of Erroll, Baron Hay of Slains, 

 Baron Kilmarnock of Kilmarnock, in the county 

 of Ayr, Captain in the Rifle Brigade, born in 

 1823, succeeded his father, seventeenth Earl, in 

 1846. Inveruriensis. 



GENERAL WOLFE. 



(Vol. iv., p. 438. ; Vol. v., p. 185., &c.) 



Although not alTording answers to the Queries 

 in Vol. iv., p. 438. et infra, the following may not 

 be uninteresting to your correspondent. There is 

 much concerning Wolfe in the Historical Journal 

 of Campaigns in North America, by Captain Knox, 

 dedicated by permission to Sir Jeflery Amherst, 

 who commanded that part of the expedition 

 against Canada which, striking on the lower end 

 of Lake Ontario, descended the St. Lawrence to 

 Montreal, whilst Wolfe, ascending the river, 

 operated against Quebec. Thus it appears that 

 General and Sir Jeffery Amherst were one and 

 the same person. The frontispiece to the 1st vol. 

 is a portrait of General Amherst, that of vol. 

 2nd is a portrait of General Wolfe ; both so 

 characteristic, that I should presume they are like- 

 nesses, although no authority is given. 



In 1828, I saw at Quebec the man who attended 

 Wolfe as orderly-serjeant on the day of his death; 



