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through its back, sides, and front. The ingenious 

 author declares that the onslaught was crowned 

 •with complete success ; but here, most unfortu- 

 nately, the sheet ends : and unless you, Mr. Editor, 

 or some of your correspondents, will kindly help 

 me to the rest of the narrative, I must, I fear, 

 return unexperienced to my grave. I have omitted 

 to mention, that the date of this event is given as 

 the 4th of July, 1799. Cheveeei.ls. 



Schonbornerus. — Can any of your readers give 

 me information about a book I became possessed 

 of by chance a short time ago, or tell me anything 

 respecting its author, for whom I have vainly 

 sought biographical dictionaries ? The volume is 

 a duodecimo, and bears the following title-page: 



" Georgii Schonborneri Politicorum, Libri Septem. 

 Editio ad ipsius Authoris emendatum Exemplai* nunc 

 primum vulgata. Amsterodami: apud L. Elzevirium, 

 anno 1642." 



It is written in Latin, and contains as many 

 quotations as the Anatomy of Melancholy, or 

 Mr. Digby's Broad Stone of Honour. H. A. B. 



Symbol of Globe and Cross. — Can any one oblige 

 me with an explanation of the mysterious symbols 

 on a seal not older than the last century ? It con- 

 tains a globe, bearing a cross upon It, and a winged 

 heart above, with the legend " Pour vous." C. T. 



Sooth Family. — Can any of your Lancashire 

 correspondents afford information bearing on the 

 families of Booth of Salford, and LIghtbown of 

 Manchester ? Is any pedigree extant of either of 

 these families, and what arms did they bear ? 

 Humphrey Booth founded, I believe, a church in 

 Salford about the year 1634, the patronage of 

 which still remains, as it might seem, in the family, 

 the Clergy List describing it as in the gift of 

 Sir R. G. Booth. 



There is a Booth Hall In Blackley, a small village 

 lying by the road side, between Manchester and 

 Middleton ; and from tlie inquisitio post mortem of 

 Humphrey Booth, 12 Car. L, it appears that he 

 died seised of lands In Blackley as well as Salford. 



Is there any evidence to connect him with this 

 hall, as the place of his residence ? A Jesuit. 



Jesus College, Cambridge. 



Ennui. — What is our nearest approach to a cor- 

 rect rendering of this expression ? Some English 

 writer (Lady Morgan, I believe) has defined it 

 "mental hikewarmness :" but, if it be true, as 

 La-Motte Houdart says, that — 



" L'ennui naquit un jour de runiformite." 



the above definition would seem to indicate rather 

 the cause of ennui than ennui itself 



Henet H. Beeen. 

 St. Lucia. 



Bankruptcy Records. — "Where can I search for 

 evidence of a bankruptcy, probably about 1 654 ? 

 The Chief Registrar's indices do not go back 

 nearly so far. J. K. 



Golden Bees. — Napoleon I. and II. are said to 

 have had their imperial robes embroidered with 

 golden bees, as claiming official descent from 

 Carolus Magnus. Query, what Is the authority 

 for this heraldic distinction, said to have been 

 assumed by Charlemagne ? James Gkaves, 



Kilkenny. 



The Grindstone Oak. — Can any of your topo- 

 graphical correspondents state what is the earliest 

 mention made of an oak tree well known In this 

 part of the country, and the destruction of which 

 by fire, on the 5th of November, 1849, was the 

 subject of regret to all who had seen or heard of 

 it ? It was called the Grindstone Oak, and had 

 been a denizen of the forest of Alice Holt, as 

 many suppose, since the days of the Confessor. It 

 measured thirty-four feet In circumference, at the 

 height of seven feet from the ground ; and Is men- 

 tioned by Gilbert White, in his History of Sel- 

 boi'ne, as " the great oak in the Holt, which is 

 deemed by Mr. Marsham to be the biggest in this 

 island." L. L. L. 



Near Selborne, Hants. 



Hogarth. — About the year 1746, ]\Ir. Hogarth 

 painted a portrait of himself and wife : he after- 

 wards cut the canvass through, and presented the 

 half containing his own portrait to a gentleman 

 in Yorkshire. 



If any of your numerous readers are in posses- 

 sion of any portrait of Mr. Hogarth, about three 

 feet In length, and one foot eight inches wide, or 

 are aware of the existence of such a portrait, they 

 will confer a favour by addressing a line to 



J. Phillips, 

 5. Torrington Place, London. 



Adamsons of Perth. — Can any of your Scottish 

 correspondents inform me what relationship ex- 

 isted between Patrick Adamson, titular Arch- 

 bishop of St. Andrew's, and the two learned 

 brothers, Henry Adamson, author of the Muses' 

 Threnodie, and John Adamson, principal of the 

 college at Edinburgh, and editor of the Muses' 

 Welcome ; and whether any existing family claims 

 to be descended from them ? They were all born 

 at Perth. Henry and John were the sons of 

 James Adamson, a merchant and magistrate of 

 the fair city. Probably the archbishop was a 

 brother of this James Adamson, and son of Pa- 

 trick Adamson, who was Dean of the Guild when 

 John Knox preached his famous sermon at St. 

 John's. Mariota, a daughter of the arclibishop, 

 is said by Burke to have married Sir Michael 



