gna §, No 7., Fun. 16. '56.] 
by the Germans, whence came the arms of the German 
empire, on a field, or, an eagle displayed with two heads, 
sable, the two heads denoting the eastern and western 
empires. The white eagle was seized by the Sarmatian 
auxiliaries, and through them come the arms of modern 
Poland, an eagle, argent, on a field, gules. It also hap- 
pened that a third standard was lost, which was supposed 
to have fallen into the hands of the Sclavi or Sclavonians, 
and hence the arms of Russia, an eagle, sable, on a field, 
or.” —P. 6. 
Of course this history must be taken for what 
it is worth. 
In the language of heraldry, an eagle is said to 
be “displayed” when the wings and legs are 
stretched out on the shield ; and “ preying” when 
represented as devouring its prey. 
We read that Ferdinand and Isabella, in conse- 
uence of being much devoted to St. John the 
vangelist, adopted his eagle sable, with one 
head, as the supporter of their common shield. 
What a contrast between this eagle of the Evan- 
gelist and the eagle of modern emperors and 
kings, borne as a type of the old Roman power ! 
Orders of knighthood have been named from 
the eagle. The order of the white eagle, which 
belonged to the extinct kingdom of Poland, was 
instituted by King Madislaus V., in 1325, on oc- 
casion of the marriage of his son Casimir with 
Anne, daughter of the Duke of Lithuania. The 
order of the black eagle was instituted in 1701 by 
Frederick I. on his being crowned King of 
Prussia. The order of the red eagle was founded 
in Prussia in 1792. CryRep. 
Replies ta Minor Querfes. 
De Amore Jesu (1* S. xi. 466.) — 
Translation. 
“Jesus! God of grace above, 
Jesus! sweet, and all my love, 
Jesus good! O Jesus mild, 
Son of God, and Mary’s child. 
“ Who the bliss can fully tell, 
Felt by those who love Thee well; 
Those by faith bound fast to Thee, 
Those who joy with Thee to be! 
**O the sweetness let me show 
With thy holy love to glow; 
With Thee to endure and weep, 
With Thee ever joy to keep. 
“ Majesty of boundless scope, 
All our love, our life and hope, 
Make us worthy Thee to see, 
Make us ever dwell with Thee. 
“That in blissful joy and sight 
We may chant in realms of light, 
In heaven’s life effulgent glow, 
Amen, Jesus! be it so.” 
F. C. Husenpern. 
Maidment (2° §. i. 12.) —The Christian name 
of Mr. Maidment, the devoted catechist, who ac- 
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companied Captain Gardiner in the Patagonian 
Mission, was John. He was a waiter in London, 
and a Sunday-school teacher. Much interesting 
information, with regard to his life, subsequent to 
his being appointed a catechist, is to be found in 
Hope deferred, not Lost, edited by the Rev. G. P. 
Despard (Nisbet & Co., London). 
F. M. Mippreron. 
Ellastone, Staffordshire. 
“ -reth” (2°78. i. 74.) — This termination, in 
Meldreth, Shepreth, Earith (Kent and Camb.), 
Brandreth, “a wattled fence round a well” (Hal- 
liwell’s Dict.), is, without doubt, from the Anglo- 
Sax., pide, a water reservoir; a well, fountain, 
river. At Meldreth is a copious spring rising out 
of the chalk, one of the sources of the Cam. It is 
not a termination of frequent occurrence ; I know 
of but one other instance, Ting7ith Beds, where is 
a pool, the source of the Ivel. But probably -rith 
is often contracted into -7ie or -ry. E. G. R. 
Clint (1* 8. xii. 406.) —There are two places 
called the Clint, or Clint Hills, in the parish of Diss. 
The one lies in the town, the other near the 
boundary between Diss and Frenze. ‘The one in 
the town is described in the records of the manor 
of Diss, as the Clint, or the Clint Hills, but is not 
now commonly known by either name. It is a 
portion of the face of the high ground, which 
bounds on the north side a piece of water called 
Diss Mere, and is a broken hill, sloping rather 
abruptly to the water’s edge. Probably the whole 
face of the high ground was formerly called the 
Clint ; but, for the last two centuries and upwards, 
the name has been confined to that portion of it 
which appears to have been last built upon. The 
other Clint is a small sandy hill, having a some- 
what precipitous face, on the north side towards 
Frenze Mere; a piece of water similar in cha- 
racter to Diss Mere, but on a smaller scale. The 
whole of this hill is now commonly called the 
Clint. A. F. B. 
Diss. 
Derham and D'Engaines Chapel, Upminster 
(274 S. i. 92.) —In July, 1840, I made a pilgrim- 
age to the church at Upminster, for the special 
object of ascertaining if there was any tablet or 
monument existing to the memory of so distin- 
guished a man as Dr. Derham; but after a dili- 
gent examination, both in and outside of the 
church, I was unable to find any notice of him: 
so true it is, that however estimable a man may 
be, he is not a prophet in his own country. Some- 
time after, meeting a gentleman who resided at 
Upminster, I expressed my surprise at finding no 
notice in the church of a man of such eminence as 
Derham ; and who, moreover, had been rector of 
the parish for fifty-four years. He told me the 
