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OUR NINTH VOLUME.

The commencement of a New Year, and of our Ninth Volume, imposes upon Us the pleasant duty of wishing many happy returns of the season to all our Friends, Correspondents, and Readers.

Those of the latter class, who have so earnestly impressed upon Us the propriety and advisableness of placing our Advertisements on the outside leaves of each Number, will see that their wishes have at length been complied with. We trust they will be pleased with this change, and receive it as a proof of our readiness to attend to every reasonable suggestion for the improve of "NOTES AND QUERIES." We can assure them that it is no less our desire to do so than our interest.

Notes.

A STRAWBERRY-HILL GEM.

I take up a work of European celebrity, and reflect awhile on its bibliographic peculiarities--which may almost pass for romance.

"Outre les avantures du comte de Grammont, ils contiennent particuli?ment l'histoire amoureuse de la cour d'Angleterre, sous le regne de Charles II; et, comme on y d?couvre quantit? de choses, qui ont ?t? tenues cach?es jusqu'? pr?sent, et qui font voir jusqu'? quel exc?s on a port? le d?r?glement dans cette cour, ce n'est pas le morceau le moins int?ressant de ces m?moires.

"On les donne ici sur une copie manuscrite, qu'on en a re?ue de Paris: et on les a fait imprimer avec le plus d'exactitude qu'il a ?t? possible."

"Il ne nous reste plus qu'? dire un mot de M. Hamilton lui-m?me, auteur de ces m?moires, et du discours qui les pr?cede.

"Antoine Hamilton dont nous parlons, ?toit de l'ancienne et illustre maison de ce nom en Ecosse. Il n?quit en Irlande. Il eut pour p?re le chevalier Georges Hamilton, petit-fils du duc d'Hamilton, qui fut aussi duc de Ch?telleraud en France.

"Sa m?re ?toit madame Marie Butler, soeur du duc d'Ormond, viceroi d'Irlande, et grand ma?tre de la maison du roi Charles.

"Dans les r?volutions qui arriv?rent du tems de Cromwel, ils suivirent le roi et le duc d'Yorck son fr?re qui pass?rent en France. Ils y amen?rent leur famille. Antoine ne faisoit ? peine que de na?tre.

"M. Antoine Hamilton ?tant catholique, il ne put obtenir d'emploi en Angleterre; et rien ne fut capable d'?branler ni sa religion, ni la fid?lit? qu'il devoit ? son roi.

"Le roi Jaques ?tant mont? sur le tr?ne, il lui donna un regiment d'infanterie en Irlande et le gouvernement de Limeric. Mais ce prince, ayant ?t? oblig? de quitter ses etats le comte Hamilton repassa avec la famille royale en France. C'est-l? et pendant le long s?jour qu'il y a fait, qu'il a compos? les divers ouvrages qui lui ont acquis tant de r?putation. Il mourut ? S. Germain le 21 Avril 1720. dans de grands sentimens de pi?t?, et apr?s avoir re?u les derniers sacremens. Il ?toit ?g? alors d'environ 74 ans. Il a m?rit? les regrets de tous ceux qui avoient le bonheur de le conno?tre. N? s?rieux, il avoit dans l'esprit tous les agr?mens imaginables; mais ce qui est plus digne de louanges, ? ces agr?mens, qui vent frivoles sans la vertu, il joignoit toutes les qualit?z du coeur."

"? madame....

"L'?diteur vous consacre cette ?dition, comme un monument de son amiti?, de son admiration, et de son respect; ? vous, dont les gr?ces, l'esprit, et le go?t retracent au si?cle pr?sent le si?cle de Louis quatorze et les agr?mens de l'auteur de ces m?moires."

To revert to the question of a new edition: I should prefer the French text, for various reasons, to any English translation that could be made. That of Abel Boyer is wretched burlesque!

BOLTON CORNEY.

THE "ANCREN RIWLE."

F. MADDEN.

British Museum.

ORDER FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VAGRANCY, A.D. 1650-51.

At a time when the question of "What is to be done with our vagrant children?" is occupying the attention of all men of philanthropic minds, it may be worth while to give place in your pages to the following order addressed by the Lord Mayor of London to his aldermen in 1650-51, which applies, amongst other things, to that very subject. It will be seen that some of the artifices of beggary in that day were very similar to those with which we are now but too familiar. The difference of treatment between vagrant children over and under nine years of age, is worthy of observation.

"BY THE MAYOR.

SADLER."

JOHN BRUCE.

LETTERS OF EMINENT LITERARY MEN.

Sir,

I send you, as a New Year's Gift for your "N. & Q.," transcripts of half-a-dozen Letters of Eminent Literary Men, specimens of whose correspondence it will do your work no discredit to preserve,

Yours faithfully, HENRY ELLIS.

British Museum, Dec. 26, 1853.

Belcamp, Mar. 14th.

Sir,

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