ulier, parti nec reddita tutae;
Haec facienda vetant connubia, facta retractant.'"--From _Essay on
Scripture Doctrines of Adultery and Divorce_, by H. V. Tabbs,
8vo.: Lond. 1822.

The subject was proposed, and a prize of fifty pounds awarded to this
essay, by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge in the Diocese of
St. David's in 1821. This appears to me to have been a curious application
of its funds by such a society. Can any of your readers explain it?

BALLIOLENSIS.

"_Johnson's turgid style_"--"_What does not fade_?"--Can any of your
readers tell me where to find the following lines?

"I own I like not Johnson's turgid style,
That gives an inch th' importance of a mile,"
&c. &c.

And

"What does not fade? The tower which long has stood
The crash of tempests, and the warring winds,
Shook by the sure but slow destroyer, Time,
Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base,"
&c. &c.

A. F. B.

_Meaning of "Lane," &c._--By what process of development could the
Anglo-Saxon _laen_ (_i. e._ the English word _lane_, and the Scottish
_loaning_) have obtained its present meaning, which answers to that of the
_limes_ of the Roman _agrimensores_?

What is considered to be the English measurement of the Roman _juger_, and
the authorities for such measurement?

What is the measurement of the Anglo-Saxon _hyde_, and the authorities for
such measurement?

H.

_Theobald le Botiller._--What Theobald le Botiller did Rose de Vernon
marry? See Vernon, in Burke's _Extinct Peerage_; Butler, in Lynch's _Feudal
Dignities_; and the 2nd Butler (Ormond), in Lodge's _Peerage_.

Y. S. M.

_William, fifth Lord Harrington._--Did William, fifth Lord Harrington,
marry Margaret Neville (see Burke's _Extinct Peerage_) or Lady Catherine
Courtenay? The latter is given in Burke's _Peerage and Baronetage_, in Sir
John Harrington's pedigree.

Y. S. M.

_Singular Discovery of a Cannon-ball._--A heavy cannon-shot, I should
presume a thirty-two pound ball, was found embedded in a large tree, cut
down some years since on the estate of J. W. Martin, Esq., at Showborough,
in the parish of Twyning, Gloucestershire. There was never till quite
lately any house of importance on the spot, nor is there any trace of
intrenchments to be discovered. The tree stood at some distance from the
banks of the Avon, and on the other side of that river runs the road from
Tewkesbury throu