extant any letters either written by that prelate or addressed to him?

E.H.A.

_Epigram on the Synod of Dort._--In the _Biographie Universelle_, art.
GROTIUS, it is stated that the following singular distich against the Synod
of Dort was made in England:--

"Dordrechti synodus, nodus; chorus integer, æger;
Conventus, ventus; sessio, stramen. Amen!"

Query, By whom was it made?

L.

_Private Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth._--Several years ago I met with a book
bearing this, or a similar title, upon one of the tables of the reading
room of the British Museum. A passing glance made me anxious to refer to it
at a future opportunity. But, although I have again and again searched
through the Catalogues, and made anxious inquiries of the attendants in the
reading-room, I have never yet been able to catch a glimpse of it. Can any
of your correspondents furnish me with the correct title, and state whether
it is still preserved in this national library?

J.E.C.

_Invention of Steam Power._--The following doggerel is the burden of a
common street-ditty, among the boys of Campden, in Gloucestershire.

"Jonathan Hulls,