1623.

I cannot find that any family of Steward has borne the arms in
question; and if any of your readers can throw a light on the matter,
I shall feel greatly obliged to them.

Query. Was there a Herald painter of the time named Ambrose Moore?

O.C.

Feb. 26. 1850.


_Paying through the Nose_.--Can any one tell me the origin of the
phrase, "Paying though the nose," expressing a dear bargain?

A.G.


_Memoirs of an American Lady_.--Are the _Memoirs of an American
Lady_ out of print? They were written by Mrs. Grant, of Laggan, the
authoress of _Letters from the Mountains_, and of whom some very
interesting memoirs have lately been published by her son.

Nemo.


_Bernicia_.--Can any learned correspondent favour me with the name
or title of any English nobleman who held authority in Wales, or the
Borders, in 1370-80? The motive for this query is, that a poem of the