produced and laid on the table of the committee-room on the 5th of May, 1834. They were consumed in the fire which destroyed the houses of parliament on the 16th of October of the same year. It was only after 1746, and on the breaking up of the feudal system, when men's minds began to calm down, that any attention was paid to Scottish antiquities. Indeed, previous to that period, had any one asked permission to examine the charter chests of our most ancient families, purely for a literary purpose, he would have been suspected of maturing evidence for the purpose of depriving them of their estates. No such objection now exists, and every facility is afforded both the publishing clubs and private individuals in their researches. Much has been done by the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Maitland, Roxburgh, Spalding, and other clubs, in elucidating Scottish history and antiquities, but much remains to be done. "If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly," as every day lost renders the attainment of the object more difficult; and it is to be hoped that these clubs will be supported as they deserve.[1] The student of Scottish history will find much useful and important information in Robertson's _Index of Charters_; Sir Joseph Ayloffe's _Calendars of Ancient Charters_; _Documents and Records illustrative of the History Of Scotland_, edited by Sir Francis Palgrave, 1837; Jamieson's _History of the Culdees_; Toland's _History of the Druids_; Balfour's _History of the Picts_; Chalmers' _Caledonia_; Stuart's _Caledonia Romana_; _History of the House and Clan Mackay_; _The Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Ury for upwards of 700 Years_; Gordon's _History of the House of Sutherland_; M'Nicol's _Remarks on Johnson's Journey to the Western Isles_; Kennedy's _Annals of Aberdeen_; Dalrymple's _Annals_, &c. &c. ABREDONENSIS. [Footnote 1: See _Scottish Journal_, Edinburgh, 1847, p. 3., for a very interesting article on the Early Records of Scotland.] * * * * * PATRICK CAREY. Looking over Evelyn's _Diary_, edited by Mr. Barry, 4to., 2nd edit., London, 1819, I came upon the following. Evelyn being at Rome, in 1644, says: "I was especially recommended to Father John, a Benedictine Monk and Superior of the Order for the English College of Douay; a person of singular learning, religion, and humanity; also to Mr. Patrick Cary, an abbot, brother to our learned Lord Falkland, a witty young priest, who afterwards came over to our church." It immediately occurred to me, that this "witty young priest" might be Sir Walter Scott's _protege_, and the author of "_Triviall Poems and Triolets_, written in obedience to Mrs. Tomkins' commands by Patrick Carey, Aug. 20, 1651," and published for the first time at London in 1820, from a MS. in the possession of the editor.