Bell, in English, would indicate its subsequent age. This curious relic
was a few years since in the possession of the Rev. Mr. Crutwell, a name
distinguished in topographical and antiquarian literature.

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FALCONRY TENURE.

The manorial rights of Comberton, in the county of Cambridge, were
formerly held by the lord, being the keeper of the king's falcons. A
record of the year 1374 says, that the manor was held "by the service
of carrying a goshawk at _coronations_."--JUVENIS.

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THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.


FUNERAL OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.--BY AN EYE-WITNESS.

(_Abridged from Tait's Edinburgh Magazine._)

When we arrived at the ford, which gave its fancied name to the poet's
dwelling, we found the silver Tweed sparkling merrily along, as if all
things were as they were wont to be. The young woods before us, and the
towers, and gables, and pinnacles of the mansion, were smiling beneath