NOTES: LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1872. - CONTENTS.-N° 210. The Queen's Letter, 1-Napoleon on Board the Northumberland, Ib. A Sussex Wassailing Song, 5 — The Birth-place of Ennius, Ib.-Three Letters written by Charles I. when Prince of Wales, on the Subject of his Marriage, 6 How to describe a Book, 8-The Pocket- -The "Scales of Justice" no longer a Fable- Madame QUERIES: -Was Anna Boleyu born in the Castle of Car- rick-on-Suir? 12- Bargemen's Song - Charles I.'s Waist- coat Chowbent -" "Light Christmas"-Cromwelliau Era Rev. Henry Dodwell, Prebendary of Sarum and Archdeacon of Berks - Battle of Evesham-Unpublished Letters of Edward Gibbon-"Join Issue"- Mauors in Beds and Salop - Molesworth Medal- Correspondance de Napoléon I.-Mrs. Stephens's Medicines - H. Peere- boom Taaffe - Tipterers - Abbot of Glastonbury's REPLIES:-"Goody Two Shoes" and the Nursery Litera- ture of the last Century, 15-William Baliol, 17-Weepers -Whiteacre Crest- Dogs buried at the Feet of Bishops- "Bifrons, custos," &c.-" Kemp"- Printed Matter copied As Dr. Johnson wisely said, "There are higher laws than those of criticism;" so England holds almost in higher estimation than her time-honoured constitution the sacred relations of Home Life. It was from this feeling that the whole nation sorrowed, as with one great personal sorrow, with those who ministered around the sick bed at Sandringham; and the heart of England, beating in concord with those of the weeping Mother and afflicted Wife, joined in their prayers for the Prince's recovery. England's remembrance of what she owed to the Queen for the manner in which, no less by precept than example, she had maintained the purity of English Domestic Life, lent fervour to the Nation's prayers; and their mutual sorrow served to strengthen the mutual affection which has ever existed between the Queen and How greatly Her Majesty has been moved by this dis- play of public sympathy cannot be told so effectively as "Windsor Castle, Dec. 26. sense of the touching sympathy of the whole nation on the occasion of the alarming illness of her dear son, the Prince of Wales. The universal with herself and her beloved daughter, the Prin- cess of Wales, as well as the general joy at the improvement in the Prince of Wales's state, have made a deep and lasting impression on her heart which can never be effaced. It was, indeed, nothing new to her, for the Queen had met with the same sympathy when just ten years ago a similar illness removed from her side the main- stay of her life, the best, wisest, and kindest of "The Queen wishes to express at the same time on the part of the Princess of Wales her We are sure we need offer no apology to our readers NAPOLEON ON BOARD THE NORTHUMBER- [We are indebted to the kindness of LORD LYTTELTON "The rough notes from which the following account Napoleon Bonaparte came on board the North- "I had the good fortune to be then in that |