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Cases for Binding, price 1s. 3d., post free. JOHN FRANCIS, 20, Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1882. I would conclude from his glorification of Ignatius Loyola and of his followers; for, as a rule, the secular clergy of the Church of Rome in Ireland at that time had no great love for monkish orders, especially the Jesuits, as they interfered too much with the scanty and precarious incomes derived from their parish work, nor was any association with the Jesuits at that time either safe or desirable. CONTENTS.- N° 122. NOTES:-A Series of Eight Anonymous and Confidential Letters addressed to James II. about the State of Ireland, 321-The Folk-lore of Leprosy, 328-Letters of Samuel Johnson to Dr. Taylor, 324-Rushworth's Collections, 325 -Lord Ellenborough, Lord Tenterden, and Sir William Follett-Kangaroo "Bastard-title"-Proposed Transformation of Temple Bar-Sam Vale and Sam Weller-"Flagging," 326-April Folk-lore, 327. QUERIES:-"Escaeta "-Lemans of Norfolk and SuffolkThe letters also demonstrate that their com"Eerie Swither"-Shropshire Epitaph-Heraldic-Volume of Plays-Charles Lamb-Cheyne Row-Saladin, 327-To poser was a well educated man, who had lived Shiver-Bradanrelice-Transparent Prints-"There's cauld kail in Aberdeen"-Charles Lamb and Michael Bruce for some time and travelled in the north of Firstfruits of English Bishoprics-Pommelled Side Saddles, Ireland, and that he was a shrewd and thoughtful 328-J. Knibb, Clockmaker-J. Willoughby-Works on the observer of matters as they came before him, at Thirty-nine Articles-Haunted Houses-B. Fettiplace- least from his own special point of view, fairly Authors Wanted, 329. REPLIES:-Parochial Registers, 329-St. White and her acquainted with the localities he desired to write Cheese, 331-Sir Bernard de Gunn, 332-Thomson's Poems Early Appreciation of Burns, 333-The Bannatyne MS.- about, and with the condition of affairs there, Customer Cornubled"-Doll, 334-"P. Francisci Spinule social and political, imbued, no doubt, with an Mediolanensis Opera' "Legende Dorée des Frères intense desire to promote the progress of his Mendians"-Lambeth Degrees-"Sermond," &c LL.B at Cambridge-Sir P. Francis's Marriage-House of Lords church, and at the same time little scrupulous as Clock-Campbells of Carradale, 335-Gibbetting- Bp. to the means that might be employed to accomGibson-"Too too," 336-"The whole duty of man "Agitate," &c. "Straight as a loitch"R. Phaire plish that desirable end; indeed, some of his Arms of Colonial and Missionary Bishoprics, 337-" Bed-recommendations and advice would not bear wardine"-Mrs. Masham, &c.-Memories of Trafalgar strict investigation or approval by a rigid moralist, Charles II.'s Hiding-places-R Brocklesby-Nick-nackatory and in writing to James, whom he evidently conNOTES ON BOOKS: -Maskell's "Monumenta Ritualia cluded must be influenced by a similarity of Ecclesiæ Anglicans "-Scott's "A Poet's Harvest Home" sentiment and design to that which he himself -Beckett's "Should the Revised New Testament be Authorized?" &c. judged the right and only course of conduct, he plainly states more than once the desirability of stringent and practical application of the famous assertion that "the end justifies the means.' Still, whenever he has to weigh the conduct and actions of others he employs very different scales and weights, and his moral judgment is quite distressed at his adversaries' perverse and oblique political opinions and their disloyal practices. There is also ample proof, from his own statement, that he was a gentleman of good birth; for he describes his father as having held the rank of colonel in the reign of Charles I., and fighting on the king's side, receiving martyrdom as the reward of his loyalty, for he is careful to say that " he was admitted to quarter by the Cromwellians, and afterwards slain by them" in a most barbarous manner. -Heraldic-Authors Wanted, 338. Notices to Correspondents, &c. Notes. A SERIES OF EIGHT ANONYMOUS AND CON- This collection consists of anonymous MS. letters written to James II. at irregular intervals, dating from March 14, 1684 to Feb. 14, 1686. I believe I am safe in asserting that they have never yet been published, and relating as they do to a period of Irish history that possesses peculiar interest, namely, the part of James II.'s reign which intervenes between the date of his accession to the throne and the Williamite wars, they will be found not undeserving of being placed on record in an accessible form, and also of careful perusal. I possess in all eight of these letters, which are the manuscript copies of the original documents, written and preserved by the writer himself with an evident purpose to future reference; and although, retaining his anonymous character throughout, he has, with scrupulous care, concealed every allusion to his name or his address; yet we can learn a great deal about his circumstances and belongings by stray paragraphs and remarks in the course of the correspondence. Thus, he was beyond question a Roman Catholic priest, and I am disposed to believe further that he was in intimate relation with the order of Jesuits; this About the period when these letters were written to James II. his correspondent probably resided at or near London, somewhere in the vicinity of the Court, and he talks more than once of the "Peny Post," by means of which some of his letters were forwarded to the king. This, however, does not always appear to have been the mode of transmitting them, for he had friends near the king's person, and his first letter is enclosed to Lord Dartmouth to be given by him to the king's hands. It remains to answer the question, What account can I give of the letters themselves, and how did they come into my possession? I purchased them, some time since, with other papers belonging to the late Mr. Lefanu, the novelist and writer, which were sold in Dublin after his death. They are written in a neat and clear hand, apparently the writing of an elderly man, in a small quarto book. This was unbound when I got it, and merely stitched together, but I have, since they passed into my hands, got the volume properly covered, to protect its contents from loss and injury. At the end of the book there is a short paragraph, written in lead-pencil by Mr. Lefanu, in which he states, "I finished these curious letters 12 July, 1839. I wonder who wrote them. The MS. belonged to Dr. Dobbyn." Beyond this statement I fail to trace their past history, but have some hopes that the author may yet be identified. The book bears intrinsic evidence of being what it pretends, an original MS. copy of private political letters written to James II., in which there are numerous questions of interest discussed with freedom and shrewdness, and a course of political procedure advocated and urged for Ireland which James, unfortunately for himself, pursued with stern resolution; and the result of his disastrous choice is matter of history. In preparing these letters for publication I have copied them verbatim myself, preserving the exact spelling and omitting nothing whatever of their contents. Their special and entire claims to consideration centring in the peculiar opinions and expressions of the author and his exposition of the state of political matters from his special point of observation, I do not believe that they either require or would be improved by commentaries of mine. WILLIAM FRAZER, F.R.C.S.I., M.R.I.A. March the 14 1684. This Concerns the North of Irel". Sr,-Haveing for som years past liv'd in the North of your Kingdom of Ireland, and observ'd the number and disposition of your subjects in that part of the country I made those remarks upon 'em in the worst of times, that may be usefull to you at any time & especialy in the begining of your reign, and intended to be introduced to you in his late Majesties time in order to let you know your friends from your foes in that country but was prevented by the Kings death and the important affairs that have since taken up your majesties time, whence I presum'd to enclose this letter to my lord Dartmouth and in it my thoughts, not but that I am wel assur'd your Male (who as a most prudent Prince have your Eyes and Eares everywhere) might have bin inform'd by persons of greater interest than I can pretend to, but that I have reason to Judge from the trust repos'd and continued by the government in the hands of the disaffected in that Country, you have not had a full and particular information of the state of affaires there, wherefore I wil as briefly as I can set down my certen knowledge of that part of the North that lies next Scotland, I meane the Counties of Down and Antrim & the most part of the Counties of Derrie and Donegal, where there are generaly speaking five dis affected Presbiterians for one Catholic or protestant subject and in the sea port towns scarce any inhabitants but Fanatics for I appeal to any that has liv'd in the sayd Counties If down-patrick, porteferry Strangford Killileagh Donchedee Newtown Bangor Belfast Carrickfergus Larne Glenarm Colrane and Dery the chief places on the sea Coasts of the sayd Counties be not for the most part inhabited by a factious sort of presbiterian Zelots, that onely want opportunity to manifest their disloyalty and (which mends not the matter) there are but few Justices of the peace and very few officers of the Militia from Downpatrick to Derry, being neer one hundred miles along the Coast and better peopled than any part of Ireland, but il disposed Whiggs or at best trimmers in so much that when the Rye-house conspiracy was on foot there the hellish design and bless'd disappointment, might have bin read in the faces and behaviour of most of 'em, for the Presbiterians then venticles, the Seminaries of Rebellion, and by night in met in very Considerable numbers by day in their conthe fields under pretence of securing their throats from Popish Massacres, but the truth is if the hellish contrivance of their correspondents here had not bin timely defeated by providence 'twas to be fear'd they had bin acting what they pretended to fear nor did they want beforehand with the Papists & Protestants by really incentives to kindle their zealous minds most of the Whiggish parsons and officers that fled from Bothwel Brigg being then dispers'd & shelter'd among 'em and in all probability disposing 'em to stand up upon occassion for the good old cause at which time twas observd by many that betwixt Island Magee (a part of the County of Antrim al inhabited by presbiterians) and Kintyre-Argiles Country were seen a frigat and two little barks which for a fortnight floated too and fro upon the sea that divides the said countreys, without makeing any way, as if they were layd up, and disappear'd upon the Conspiracys being discover'd, which made all judicious and honest men believe Argile might have bin aboard the frigat with armes and ammunition to furnish his friends on both shores, in Case the fatal blow had bin given here & as ye Presbiterian party grew more than ordinary insolent upon the prospect of the good success of that design they became so dejected upon the discovery that they disarmd themselves as conscious of their own guilt but instead of yielding up their Armes to the Justices of the peace they putt them out of their reach by hideing 'em And the Magistrates being for the most part wel-wishers of the cause were not displeas'd at their timely industry in eluding at that rate the orders issued for their disarming And tis wel known the generalitie of the Whiggs in that Country are better furnish'd with hors and arm's than any of your subjects except your standing army And now that your Maties three Kingdoms are more firmly than ever settled & Knitt in a Loyal & peacable Union I dare engage there is not any one part of your dominions more obnoxious to the danger of rebellion and at the same tyme perhaps less suspected & taken care of by the governmt than the sayd Counties of Down and Antrim, and most part of the Counties of Derry & Donegal as being thorow planted with Presbiterians who nothwithstanding are more tolerated there than in any part of his Majesties three kingdoms, of which I canot think without calling to mind the severe usage extended to al your poor Irish Catholic Subjects there on the discovery of the pretended Popish plott, their very cloathes, papers of moment and in many places part of their houshold stuff being extortiously seiz'd on and pillag'd by the Militia al consisting of disguis'd Presbiterians and empowrd to search for Armes onely yet when the case was alterd upon the discovery of the Conspiracy the sayd Militia was so far from useing the like diligence in quest of the far more dangerous presbiterian Armes, that few or none were disarm'd except such as were by |