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French Protestant, and about whom I ana looking 

 for some information. 



It is most desirable to make a Note of these 

 volumes, as they are some of the very few relics 

 which time has spared of the early days of this 

 French settlement. Henry Bradshaw. 



Cambridge. 



Scottish Ballad Controversy (2 nd S. ix. 

 118.) — I must give my opinion, contrary to that 

 of J. M., that the internal evidence is of import- 

 ance, and that there is force in Mr. Chambers's 

 argument, that the theory of a gradual change of 

 language by reciters — besides that it is wholly 

 gratuitous — is inadmissible in compositions that 

 appear so perfect and so elegant— so peculiar in a 

 freedom from all vulgar admixture. J. M.'s pre- 

 ference of Aberdour on the coast of Aberdeen- 

 shire for Aberdour on the Frith of Forth, though 

 of no conceivable consequence in the case, is ex- 

 actly contrary to probability, seeing that the latter 

 is connected by nearness with the other scenery 

 of the ballad. It might very naturally serve as a 

 port for Dunfermline. J. M. is quite at sea about 

 a brother of Lady Wardlaw who wrote or im- 

 proved " Gilderoy." There not only never was a 

 Sir Alexander Halket, as he is aware, and as was 

 pointed out by Mr. Chambers, but to no such 

 person was the writing of" Gilderoy" attributed. 

 The song of " Ah Chloris " to the tune of Gilderoy 

 was (erroneously) attributed to Sir Alexander 

 Halket, in the contents of Johnson's Museum, 

 drawn up by Burns ; and some subsequent editors 

 mistakingly supposed that the authorship of " Gil- 

 deroy " was meant. As to Sir Patrick's grave in 

 Orkney, let J. M. give us something better than 

 likelihood or tradition. Philo-Baledon. 



Rev. John Genest (2 nd S. ix. 65. 108.)— I am 

 enabled, through the kindness of the Rev. Dr. 

 Whewell, to give the following extract from the 

 admission book of Trinity College, relating to 

 Mr. Genest : — 



" 1780, Maii 9. Admissus est Pens. Johannes filius 

 Johannis Genest de Dunker's Hill in Devonia e schola 

 Westmonast. sub praesidio D'ris Smith, ann. nat. 17. M™ 

 Collier Tut." 



Mr. Genest took his degree of B.A. in 1784, 

 and M.A. in 1787. R. Inglis. 



Mam Laden with Mischief (2 nd S. ix. 90. 

 132.) — Your correspondent has omitted to state 

 that the padlock to the chain binding the "mis- 

 chief" on the " man," is inscribed Wedlock. 



B. B. Woodward. 



1 >'>s\i;i.lan Lectures (2 nJ S. ix. 70. 153.)— The 

 Donnellan Lectures of 1854 by Rev. C. P. Reichel, 

 D.D., are said by 'A\uis not to have been pub- 

 lithed. They were published in 1856 under the 

 title of The Nature and Offices of the Church, by 

 J. W. Parker & Son. D. S. E. 



The Society of Dilettanti (2 nd S. ix. 201.) 

 — A writer of an article on "The Society of Di- 

 lettanti," in Chambers's Journal of March 24, 1860, 

 tells us that James Stuart, the Editor of The An- 

 tiquities of Athens, is " better known as Walking 

 Stuart." Pray inform the readers of that Journal 

 that there is as little resemblance between Athe- 

 nian Stuart and Walking Stewart as between 

 Harvey and Hervey — 



" The one invented sauce for fish, 

 The other Meditations." 



Most persons too are under the impression that 

 James Stuart and Nicholas Revett were cele- 

 brated architects, not painters. J. Y. 



The Label in Heraldry (2 nd S. ix. 80. 131.) — 



To this charge, when borne as a Difference, va- 

 rious meanings have been assigned, one only of 

 which has been noticed in your correspondent's 

 reply. Leigh enumerates several in his Accedence 

 of Armorie, but hesitates in coming to a decision 

 on the subject : — 



" The First. He beareth Argent, a File with 3 Lam- 

 beaux Azure, for a difference. Some will call them a 

 Labell of 3 pointes, which I referre to your judgement, 

 whether it be better said, a file with tonges or a tonge 

 of 3 pointes, because therefore you may understande the 

 matter the better, you shall have the opinion of writers. 

 Upton calleth them points, such as appertaineth to men's 

 garments, saying, that they may bee borne to the num- 

 ber of 9, either even or odde. Budeus affirmeth, that 

 they are tongues, and may not be borne but odde. Alcia- 

 tus"writeth, that they are plaites or ploytes of garments. 

 Barthole calleth them Candelles. Thus because they are 

 most ancient writers, and cannot agree among them- 

 selves, being judges of these matters, I leave them, and 

 say to you that this is the first of the nine differences 

 ofbrethren, and is for the heire and eldeste sonne. Ho- 

 norius sayth, that one of these labels betokeneth the 

 father, the other betokeneth his mother, the middlemost 

 is borne for himselfe." 



Query. Is the Accedence of Armorie a rare 

 book now-a-days ? Robert V. Tidman. 



" When a label is borne as a difference, the pendants, 

 according to G. Leigh, signify that he is but the third 

 person. The dexter pendant referring to his father, the 

 sinister to his mother, and the middle one to himself." — 

 Porny's Elements of Heraldry, p. 46. 



Selrach. 



The quotation from Boyer sent by Senex Ju- 

 nior, though showing its probable connexion 

 with the costume of the Middle Ages, neither con- 

 veys any idea of its symbolic meaning nor ex- 

 plains why it is borne by eldest sons. Looking at 

 the common signification of the word " label," it 

 infers a sign or token of something. Is it at all 

 connected with the "Redemption of the First- 

 born?" The Rev. T. Boys (2" d S. vii. 52.) speak- 

 ing of the mark set on the foreheads of those in- 

 habitants of Jerusalem whom divine mercy had 

 spared, says that it probably bore the shape of the 

 + or T- These are not far removed from the 

 label in shape, but there is another Hebrew letter, 



