Nov. 6. 1852.] 



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Ross than tliese tabular analyses, any quantity of 

 which I can furnish to those, if any such there be, 

 who seek after them. James Crossley. 



HerorHs '■'■ Junius s Letters'" (Vol. vi., p. 389.). 

 — Tiicre can be no doubt whatever that the edition 

 of Junius referred to by your correspondent was 

 edited by Robert Heron, the miscellaneous writer, 

 and not by Pinkerton. Watt, in his Bibliotheca 

 Britanmca (title " Heron, Rolat.") gives a list of 

 his works. It is, as usual, inaccurate and incom- 

 plete ; for are there any twelve consecutive lines 

 in that work which do not contain an omission or 

 a blunder ? I speak after a pretty long acquaint- 

 ance with it, and rather a close examination of the 

 greater part of it. Watt does not include the 

 edition of Junius amongst Heron's works, but 

 neitlier does he include eleven other works or 

 tracts published or edited by him, of which I have 

 made out a list. He does include the Letters of 

 Literature, which are not this Robert Heron's, but 

 the avowed production of Pinkerton, who after- 

 wards discontinued this designation, when he found 

 that there was a real Richard in the field. It 

 might be sufficient to support what I have stated 

 by a reference to Robert Pleron's other works, a 

 comparison with which would, I consider, be quite 

 sufficient to satisfy any one as to his being the 

 editor of Junius' s Letters. The fact is, however, 

 placed beyond a doubt by a presentation copy of 

 the work which I possess, and in which he has 

 written, " Presented to Mr. Stonehouse by his 

 afTectionate friend, the editor, Robert Heron." 

 The handwriting is altogether different from Pin- 

 kerton' s, of whom I have several autograph letters. 

 I may further observe, that in a very interesting 

 collection of Letters and MS. documents formed 

 by the Inte George Chalmers on the subject of 

 Junius, which I purchased at his sale, the edition 

 by Heron is occasionally mentioned in the corre- 

 spondence at the time of publication as the work 

 of the miscellaneous writer of that name. He 

 died in June 1807, and a notice of him will be 

 found in the obituary of the Gentleman's Magazine 

 (vol. Ixxvii. part i. p. 595.). He was the editor 

 of the Globe, Bi-itish Press, and the Fame news- 

 papers, and a melancholy example of the Calamities 

 of Authors. James Crossley. 



Brass of Wife of William Bulstrode (Vol. vi., 

 p. 394.). — In answer to your correspondent H. H., 

 who asks the question, whether the kneeling 

 shrouded figure in brass of the wife of William 

 Bulstrode, 1462, has beenreplaced in the old church 

 at Upton, I beg to say that if it is in existence, 

 and I can find it, it shall be. 1 have never heard 

 of it. 



This brass, by H. H.'s date of 1849, must have 

 been removed long before the recent restorations. 

 The greatest care was shown by Mr. Ferrey and 



myself, and by every one else, in preserving every 

 vestige of ancient ornament that the old church 

 had. 



And please let me take this opportunity of add- 

 ing, that when some very early and characteristic 

 coloured ornaments came to light on the stone 

 ribs of the round arched roof of our venerable 

 chancel, and we had no funds to restore them, 

 Mr. Willimont very generously did it for us, at 

 his own charges. Some of your readers may like 

 to see them : they are extremely good. 



H. H. may, in the mean time, be assured that 

 "the wife of William Bulstrode" shall be seen 

 after. The Curate. 



Upton, near Slough. 



''Roma tibi subito" (Vol. vi., pp.209. 352.).— 

 Following in the wake of W. W. T. in reply to the 

 Query of B(Eoticus, I subjoin the following from 

 Lempriere's Classical Dictionary, 16th edition, 

 1831, p. 730., article Sotades : 



" Obscene verses were generally called Sotadea car- 

 mina from liim. They could be turned and read 

 different ways without losing their measure or sense, 

 such as the following, which can be read backwards : 



Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor. 



Si bene te tua laus taxat, sua laute tenebis. 



Sole medere pede, ede, perede melos. 



Quintil 1, c. 8. 1. 9, c. 4. ; Plin. v. ep. S. ; 

 Auson. ep. 17, v. 29." 



Naturalis Proles (Vol. iv., p. 326.). — As none 

 of your contributors have found time or inclination 

 to investigate an expression involving a matter no 

 less delicate than " scandal against Elizabeth," I 

 venture to send you the following extract from 

 Thibaudeau (Hist, de France, tom. iv. p. 250.) 

 regarding Napoleon's assumption of the "Iron 

 crown." 



" Le Vice-president Melzi, la consulta d'etat et ur.e 

 deputation, furent appeles a Paris pour travailler a cet 

 arrangement, et assisterent au couronnement de I'Em- 

 pereur pour preluder a celui de leur roi. Le gou- 

 vernement de la Republique italienne fut declar6 

 monarchique et hereditaire, et I'Empereur Napoleon 

 roi d'ltalie. La'couronne ne pouvait etre que sur sa 

 tete reunie a celle de France. L'Empereur avait le 

 droit de se donner de son vivant un successeur parmi 

 ses enfans ligitimes males, soit naturels soit adoptifs." 



In the Senat. Consult. Organique du 28 floreal 

 (18 Mai, 1804), whereby Napoleon received the 

 " Imperial crown," Titre II. de I'Heredite, the 

 same distinction is drawn between the Emperor's 

 heirs " natural and legitimate," and his heirs 

 " adoptive," the sons or grandsons of his brothers 

 Joseph and Louis. See Hist. Parlementaire de la 

 Rev. Franqaise, tom. xxxix. p. 155. 



At the present time the above may interest or 

 amuse some of your readers ; but the following 



