; nor do I
now refer to it with any intention of reviving discussion on a point which
seems to have been set at rest by the acquiescence of public opinion. I
wish merely to put one or two Queries, which have been suggested to me by
the _fact_ that _extradition_ is now generally employed as an English word.

1. Is there any contingency in which the meaning of the word _extradition_
may not be sufficiently expressed by the verb _to deliver up_, or the
substantive _restitution_?

2. If so, how has its place been supplied heretofore in our diplomatic
correspondence?

HENRY H. BREEN.

St. Lucia, Dec. 1850.

_Singing of Metrical Psalms and Hymns in Churches._--1. When and how did
the custom of singing metrical psalms and hymns in churches originate? 2.
By what authority was it sanctioned? 3. At what parts of the service were
these psalms and hymns directed to be introduced? 4. Was this custom
contemplated by the compilers of the Book of Common Prayer?

ARUN.

_Ormonde Portraits._--I shall feel much obliged by information on the
following points:--

1. Whether _any_ portrait of Thomas Earl of Ormonde has been published? He
died in the year 1614.

2. _How many_ engraved portraits of Thomas, the famous Lord Ossory, have
been issued? their dates, and the engravers' names.

3. _How many_ engraved portraits of the first and second Dukes of Ormonde,
respectively, have appeared? their dates, and engravers' names.

JAMES GRAVES.

Kilkenny, Jan. 31. 1851.

_Tradescant._--In the inscription on the tomb of the Tradescants in Lambeth
churchyard, which it is proposed to restore as soon as possible, these two
lines occur:

"These famous antiquarians, that had been
Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily queen."

Can any of your readers inform me _when_ the elder Tradescant came over to
England, and when he was appointed royal gardener? Was it not in the reign
of Elizabeth?

J. C. B.

Lambeth.

_Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Craigs._--L. M. M. R. is very anxious to be
informed as to the origin of the name of Arthur's Seat and Salisbury
Craigs, the well-known hill and rocks close to Edinburgh.

_Lincoln Missal._--Is a manuscript of the missal, according to the use of
the church of Lincoln, known to exist? and, if so, where may it be seen?

EDWARD PEACOCK, JUN.

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