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dier being in the form of a barrel, drawn up 

 within view of Edinburgh Castle. A soldier is 

 tied up to the halberts in order to be flogged ; 

 the drummer intercedes : " Col., he behaved well 

 at Culloden." An officer also intercedes : " Pray 

 Col. forgive him, he's a good man." The Col.'s 

 reply is, " Flog the villain, ye rascal." Under the 

 print — "And ten times a day whip the Barrels." 

 I want to know who this flogging Col. was ; and 

 anything more about him which gained for him 

 the unenviable title of Old Scourge. E. H. 



Sir Matthew Hale (Vol. ix., p. 77.). — From 

 Sir Matthew Hale, who was born at Alderley, de- 

 scends the present family of Hale of Alderley, co. 

 Gloucestershire. The eldest son of the head of 

 the family represents West Gloucestershire in par- 

 liament. The Estcourts of Estcourt, co. Glouces- 

 tershire, are, I believe, also connexions of the 

 family of Hale. Mackenzie Walcott, M.A. 



The descendants of Sir Matthew Hale still live 

 at Alderley, near Wotton Underedge, in Glouces- 

 tershire. I believe a Mr. Bhigdon married the 

 heiress of Hale, and took her name. The late 

 Robert Blagdon Hale, Esq., married Lady Theo- 

 dosia Bourke, daughter of the late Lord Mayo, 

 and had two sons. Robert, the eldest, and present 

 possessor of Alderley, married a Miss Holford. 

 Matthew, a clergyman, also married ; who appears 

 by the Clergy List to be Archdeacon of Adelaide, 

 South Australia. Mr. John Hale, of Gloucester, 

 is their uncle, and has a family. 



Julia R. Bockett. 



Southcote Lodge. 



The Hales of Alderley in Gloucestershire claim 

 descent from Sir Matthew Hale, born and buried 

 there. (See Atkins, p. 107. ; Rudder, p. 218. ; and 

 Bigland, p. 30.) When Mr. Hale of Alderley was 

 High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1826, the judge 

 then on circuit made a complimentary allusion to 

 it in court. The descent is in the female line, 

 and the name was assumed in 1784. 



Lancastkiensis. 



Scotch Grievance (Vol. ix., p. 74.). — The Scot- 

 tish coins of James VI., Charles I., William, 

 have on the reverse a shield, bearing 1. and 4. 

 Scotland ; 2. France and England quarterly ; 

 3. Irish harp. Edw. Hawkins. 



Under this head A Descendant op Scottish 

 Kings asks : " Can any coin be produced, from 

 the accession of James VI. to the English throne, 

 on which the royal arms are found, with Scotland 

 in the first quarter, and England in the second?" 



Will you kindly inform your querist, that in my 

 collection I have several such coins, viz. a shilling 

 of Charles I. ; a mark of Charles II., date 1669 ; a 

 forty-shilling piece of William III., date 1697 : 



on each Scotland is first and third. I shall be 

 most happy to submit these to your inspection, or 

 send them for the satisfaction of your correspon- 

 dent. F. J. Williams. 

 24. Mark Lane. 



" Merciful Judgments of High Church" Src. 

 (Vol. ix., p. 97.). — The author of this tract, ac- 

 cording to the Bodleian Catalogue, was Matthew 

 Tindal. 'AAievy. 



Dublin. 



Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (Vol. ix., 

 p. 105.). — I can refer A. S. to Camden's History 

 of Elizabeth, where, under the year 1588, it is re- 

 lated, — 



" Neither was the publick joy anything abated by 

 Leicester's death, who about this time, namely, on the 

 4th day of September, died of a continuall fever upon 

 the way as he went towards Killingworth." 



I can also refer him to Sir William Dugdale's 

 Baronage of England, vol. ii. p. 222., where I 

 find it stated that he — 



" Design'd to retire unto his castle at Kenilworth. 

 But being on his journey thitherwards, at Cornbury 

 Park in Com. Oxon., he died upon the fourth of Sep- 

 tember, an. 1588, of a feaver, as 'twas said, and was 

 buried at Warwick, where he hath a noble monument." 



But neither in the above writers, nor in any 

 more recent account of his life, have I seen his 

 death ascribed to poison. The ground on which 

 Stanfield Hall has been regarded as the birth- 

 place of Amy Robsart is, that her parents Sir 

 John and Lady Elizabeth Robsart resided at 

 Stanfield Hall in 1546, according to Blomefield in 

 his History of Norfolk, though where he resided 

 at his daughter's birth does not appear. 'AAiefo. 



Dublin. 



Fleet Prison (Vol. ix., p. 76.).— A list of the 

 wardens will be found in Burn's History of Fleet 

 Marriages, 2nd edit., 1834. Occasional notices of 

 the under officers will also there be met with, and 

 a list of wardens' and jailors' fees. S. 



The Commons of Ireland previous to the Union 

 in 1801 (Vol. ix., p. 35.). — Allow me to inform 

 C. H. D. that I have in my possession a copy 

 (with MS. notes) of Sketches of Irish Political 

 Characters of the present Day, showing the Parts 

 they respectively take on the Question of the Union, 

 ivhat Places they hold, their Characters as Speakers, 

 Src, 8vo. pp. 312, London, 1799. Is this the 

 book he wants ? I know nothing of its author, 

 nor of the Rev. Dr. Scott. Abhba. 



" Lcs Lettres Juives " (Vol. viii., p. 541.). —The 

 author of Les Lettres Juives was Jean Baptiste de 

 Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, one of the most prolific 

 and amusing writers of the eighteenth century. 



