6. Books containing accounts of Royal Marriages, Coronations, and Funerals.

7. Books called Earl Marshals' Books, from the time of Queen Elizabeth, containing entries of such Instruments, and Warrants under the Royal Sign Manual as relate to the Arms of the Blood Royal; licenses from the Crown for the change of Surnames and Arms, or for acceptance of Foreign Honours, &c. &c. These books also contain some few proceedings in the Earl Marshal's Court, from the time of Queen Elizabeth to that of Charles II, inclusive; and generally whatever relates to the exercise of that part of the Office of Earl Marshal which concerns the superin tendance of the College.

8. Books of Arms of the Nobility and Knights of the Garter and Bath, and dockets or copies of all Grants of Arms to the present time.

There are also in the Library of the College nearly one thousand other volumes in Manuscript; containing copies of Visitations, Collections of Pedigrees and Arms, copies and abstracts of various Records applicable to Genealogical or Antiquarian Researches, comprehending the accumulated labours of Glover, Camden, Vincent, Philipot, Dugdale, Le Neve, Walker, and other distinguished and skilful Members of the College.

All these Books are in general in very good preservation, and arranged in tolerable order; there is a general Catalogue of the Books, and also general and particular Indexes to the Visitation Books, Funeral Certificates, Grants of Arms, and of the Books of Pedigrees of the nobility and gentry since the visitations ceased.

As a body corporate, the Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants of Arms are entitled to make rules and orders amongst themselves for the arrangement and custody of their Books and Records. By the rules and orders at present in force, one of the six Heralds and one of the four Pursuivants,

attend in the public office in monthly rotation; and the office is open from nine o'clock in the morning till the evening. They make all searches, and give out copies or extracts of the said Records, and the fees arising therefrom are equally divided between them. The ordinary fee, for a search for a Coat of Arms, is, and has been for 200 years, Half a Crown; and for a copy or extract of a Pedigree, Five Shillings for every Generation.

The Fee for the attendance of an Officer of Arms with any book belonging to the College, in any Court of Law or otherwise, is one Guinea.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

A Catalogue of the Works of SIR DAVID DALRYMPLE, LORD HAILEs, arranged in the Order of their Publication.

1. Sacred Poems, or a collection of Translations and Paraphrases from the Holy Scriptures; by various Authors. Edin. 1751, 12mo. dedicated to Charles, Lord Hope, with a Preface of 12 pages.

2. The Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom of Jesus, the son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus. Edin. 1755, 12mo.

3. Select Discourses (in number nine) by John Smith, late Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, 12mo. pp. 291. Edin. 1756, with a Preface of five pages," many quotations from the learned Languages translated, and notes added, containing allusions to ancient Mythology, and to the erroneous Philosophy which prevailed in the days of the Author; various inaccuracies of style have been corrected, and harsh expressions softened.

4. The World, No. 140, Sept. 4, 1755, a Meditation among Books.

5. Ditto, No. 147, October 23, 1755, " Both these pa

pers are replete with wit and humour, and the last is introduced with a high character of it, and of the Author, by Mr. Moore, the editor and principal author of The World.

6. Ditto, No. 204, Nov. 25, 1756. " A piece of admirable Wit" on "Good Things, and the propriety of taxing them”. 7. A Discourse of the unnatural and vile conspiracy, attempted by John, Earl of Gowrie, and his brother, against his Majesty's Person at St. Johnstoun, upon the 5th of Aug. 1600.—Of the republication of this Bock there is no date, but the edition and notes are supposed to have been by Lord Hailes. 12mo. 1757.

8. A Sermon, which might have been preached in East Lothian, upon the 25th day of October, 1761, on Acts xxvii, 1, 2, "The Barbarians showed us no little kindness." Edin. 1761, pp.25, 12mo. Occasioned by the Country People pillaging the Wreck of two Vessels, viz. The Betsy, Cunningham, and the Leith Packet, Pitcairn, from London to Leith, cast away on the Shore between Dunbar and North Berwick, all the Passengers on board the former, in number 17, perished; and 5 on board the latter, Oct. 16, 1761.

9. Memorials and letters relating to the History of Britain, in the Reign of James I, published from the originals. Glasgow, 1762.-Addressed to Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston, pp.151." From a Collection in the Advocates' Library, by Balfour of Denmyln." The Preface, of 4 pages, signed Dav. Dalrymple.

10. The Works of the ever memorable Mr. John Hales, of Eton, now first collected together, in 3 vols. Glasgow, 1765; preface of 3 pages, Dedicated to William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester." The edition said to be undertaken with his approbation; obsolete words altered, with corrections in spelling and punctuation."

11. A Specimen of a Book entitled, " Ane compendious Booke of Godly and Spiritual Songs collectit out of sundry Parts of the Scripture, with sundrie of other Ballates

changed out of prophaine Sanges, for avoyding of Sin and Harlotrie, with augmentation of sundry gude and Godly Ballates not contained in the first edition. Edinburgh, printed by Andro Hart.” 12mo. Edin. 1765, pp. 42, with a Glossary of 4 pages.

12. Memorials and Letters relating to the History of Britain in the reign of Charles I, published from the originals. Glasgow, 1766, pp. 189. Preface of 6 pages, signed Dav. Dalrymple; these were chiefly collected by Mr. Woodrow, author of the History of the Church of Scot-. land. Inscribed to Robert Dundas of Arniston, Lord President of the Court of Session.

13. An Account of the Preservation of Charles II, after the Battle of Worcester, drawn up by himself; to which are added his letters to several persons. Glasgow, 1766, pp. 190. From the Manuscripts of W. Pepys, dictated to him by the King himself, and communicated by Dr. Sandby, Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge. The letters are collected from various books; some of them now first published, communicated by the tutors of the Duke of Hamilton, by the Earl of Dundonald, &c. The Preface, of 4 pages is signed Dav. Dalrymple, and the book is dedicated to Thomas Holles, Duke of Newcastle, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

14. The Secret Correspondence between Sir Robert Cecil and James VI. 1766, 12mo.

15. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session, from the Institution of the College of Justice, in the year 1532, with Historical Notes, Edin. 1767.4to. pp. 26.

16. The private Correspondence of Dr. Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, and his Friends, in 1725, never before published; printed in 1768, in quarto. Advertisement pp. 2. Letters, pp. 10. A Fac Simile of the first from Bishop Atterbury to John Cameron, of Lochiel, to prove their authenticity.

17. An Examination of some of the Arguments for the high Antiquity of Regiam Majestatem; and an Inquiry into the Authenticity of the Leges Malcolmi. Edin. 1769. 4to. pp. 52.

18. Historical Memoirs concerning the Provincial Couneils of the Scottish Clergy, from the earliest Accounts to the Era of the Reformation. 1769, 4to. pp. 41. The author having no high opinion of the popularity of his Writings, prefixed to this Work the following Motto from Cicero: "Si delectamur quum scribimus quis est tam invidus qui ab eo nos abducat? sin laboramus quis est qui alienæ modum Statuat industriae."

19. Canons of the Church of Scotland, drawn up in the Provincial Councils held at Perth, A. D. 1242, and 1269Edin. 4to. 1769, pp. 48.

20. Ancient Scottish Poems, published from the Manuscript of George Bannatyne, 1558, Edin. 1770. 12mo. Preface, 6 pp. Poems, 221, pp. Notes very curious, pp. 92, Glossary, and Lists of Passages and Words not understood, Pp. 14.

21. The additional Case of Elizabeth, claiming the Title and Dignity of Countess of Sutherland, by her Guardians. Wherein the Facts and Arguments in Support of her Claim are more fully stated, and the Errors in the additional Cases for the other Claimants are detected, 4to.

This case, drawn up with singular learning and ability, was subscribed by Alexander Wedderburn (afterwards Lord Chancellor and Earl of Rosslyn) and Sir Adam Fergusson, but it was the well known work of Lord Hailes.

It ought not to be regarded merely as a Law Paper of great ability, but as a treatise of profound research into the history and antiquity of many important and general points of succession and Family History. Introduction pp. 21. The first four Chapters, pp. 70, the fifth and sixth Chapters,

Pp. 177.