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lent the great Milton fifty pounds soon after the Restora- 
tion, which the bard returned him with honour, though 
not without much difficulty, as his circumstances were 
very low. Mr. Hartop would have declined receiving it, 
but the pride of the poet was equal to his genius, and he 
sent the money with an angry letter, which was found 
ieee the curious possessions of that venerable old man.” 
—P. 138, 
CESTRIENSIS. 
Equestrian Lord Mayors (2° 8. i. 17.) — 
Under this head D. S. relates what he terms a 
tradition of a venerable ornament of the bench, 
who, in proceeding on horseback to Westminster 
Hall, lost his equilibrium, and was prostrated in 
the mud. He adds that, in consequence of this 
accident, it was determined that the procession 
should in future be made in carriages. 
The inference that carriages had not been in 
use on such occasions previously, is incorrect ; 
the circumstance alluded to, which was briefly as 
ro i is described by North in the Hzamen, 
ol. 57. 
The Earl of Shaftesbury determined, on the 
first day of Term, 1679-80 (when the law officers 
waited on the Great Seal to Westminster Hall), 
to have the procession on horseback, “‘as in the 
old time was, when coaches were not so rife.” 
The accident alluded to happened to Judge 
Twisden, who “to his great fright and the con- 
sternation of his brethren, was laid along ip the 
dirt ; and this,’ says North, “was enough to 
divert the like frolic for the future, and the very 
next Term after they fell to their coaches as 
before.” 
This was therefore nothing but an unsuccessful 
attempt to revive an old custom, and is spoken of 
as being a freak or fancy on the part of the earl. 
Carriages were introduced into England in 
1564, and the incident cited above plainly shows 
that processions on horseback had been in disuse 
long before 1679-80; but when the change was 
made, or when first a lord mayor’s state coach 
was built, I have no means of ascertaining. 
> Cuaries WYLIE. 
D.S. will find the information he requires re- 
specting the lord mayor’s state coach, in Timbs’s 
Curiosities of London, under the heads “ State 
Coaches,” and “ Lord Mayor’s State.” 
Curist1an Le Ros. 
Maidment the Missionary (2°° S. i. 12.) —I am 
very glad an inquiry has been made relative to 
this man, whose memory ought not-entirely to 
sink away. His career would furnish the Edin- 
burgh reviewer with another proof that faith was 
not yet dead amongst us. Maidment had been a 
servant ; he possessed a most retentive memory, 
and a fluent speech; and when his religious faith 
became the most predominant feature in his cha- 
racter, he earnestly strove to instil its precepts 
among the class with whom he had associated, by 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[24 8. No 5., Fes, 2. °56. 
no means the most ready to receive impressions 
of such a nature. I know, however, but little of 
him ; but as a clew to J. M. (2.), he had a bro- 
ther (and perhaps he still is there) in the service 
of Miss Burdett Coutts; and should this be in- 
sufficient for the purposes of J. M. (2.), I doubt 
not but what I can discover him, from whom I 
dare say all information of his brother can be 
obtained. H. G. D. 
Retributive Justice (1* 8. xii. 317.) — Add the 
case connected with the instrument of criminal 
execution called the “ Maiden.” Of this instru- 
ment—the prototype of the guillotine — the 
memorable fact is recorded, that having been in- 
troduced into Scotland by the Regent Morton, he 
suffered an ignominious death by that very means 
in 1581, having been condemned for the savage 
murder of Darnley. R. W. Hackwoop. 
Spidh (1 S. x. 473.) —I have been quite un- 
able to find an example of this word. Still I 
have little doubt of its being, for I find in Hesy- 
chius, Sides, and Soi54=x005n. No lexicon which 
I have consulted refers to any authority, and from 
several it is altogether absent. B. H. C. 
The Wren Song in Ireland (1* S. xii. 489.) — 
As the same custom is observed in this city, I 
wish to add a few more verses to those already 
sent you by my friend Mr. Hayman. 
“ On Christmas Day I turned the spit, 
I burned my fingers, I feel it yet; 
Between my finger and my thumb, 
I eat the roast meat every crumb. 
Sing, hubber ma dro my droleen, &c. 
“ We were all day hunting the wren, 
We were all day hunting the wren; 
The wren so cute, and we so cunning, 
He stayed in the bush while we were a-running. 
Sing, kubber ma dro my dfoleen, &c. 
“ When we went to cut the holly, 
All our boys were brisk and jolly ; 
We cut it down all in a thrice, 
Which made our wren-boys to rejoice. 
Sing, hubber ma dro my droleen,” &c. 
Tuos. GimueTTE, Clk. 
Waterford. . 
Bonnecarrere (2" §, i. 44.) — In addition to 
our editor’s conclusive observations on Bonne- 
carrere’s absurd letter, I would beg leave, as a 
point of general history, to ask Mr. Firz-Patrick 
for the authority on which he pronounces him “a 
man of the highest integrity.” His historical cha- 
racter (see Madame Roland, &c.) is *y no means 
so clear. C; 
Albany Wallace (1* S. ix. 323.) — The pedigree 
of Albany Wallace, Esq., of Worthing, co. Sussex, 
is to be found in Burke’s Landed Gentry, p. 1494., 
and supplementary volume, p. 303. 
G. STEINMAN STEINMAN. 
