"_Mémoires d'un Homme d'Etat_" (Vol. vi., pp. 412. 588.).--There seems to be sufficient reason for believing in the disavowal of Prince Hardenberg being the author, made by his friend and agent Privy-Counsellor Schoell, to whom the prince, at his death, had confided his genuine _Mémoires_. M. Schoell thought the best care would be taken of them by placing them under the official safeguard of the Prussian minister; and his decision was, that they were not to be published till after the lapse of fifty years from the prince's death, which took place in 1822. Copies, however, of the original _Mémoires_ had been surreptitiously taken before their seclusion from the public eye; and from these copies, important and extensive extracts are said to have been undoubtedly made, and form part of the printed _Mémoires_. In editing them, several well-known literary men were employed; among whom are enumerated, Alphonse de Beauchamp, A. Schubart, and Count A. F. D'Allonville. A Mons. Montveran (the author, I believe, of a work on English jurisprudence) announced, some years ago, a publication, in which he promised to disclose the original sources of the _Mémoires_ and the compilers' names; but, so far as I can discover, M. Montveran has never redeemed his promise. J. M. Oxford. _Indian Chess Problem_ (Vol. vi., p. 464.).--This most beautiful of chess problems was sent from India, in a letter addressed to the editor of the _Chess Player's Chronicle_, signed "Shagird" (native Indian chess player). It was published in the _Chronicle_ in 1846, vol. vi. p. 54., _without_ the solution, which is as follows: WHITE. | BLACK. | B. from R. 6th to B. 1st. | Pawn advances. K. to Kts. 2nd. | Pawn advances. R. to Qns. 2nd. | K. to B. 4th. R. to Qns. 4th. _Mate._ | T. B. O. "_God tempers the Wind_" (Vol. i., pp. 211. 325.).--MR. GUTCH will find the French proverb "in print" in Ward's _National Proverbs_, p. 38., and assimilated as follows in four European languages: "A brebis tondue, Dieu mesure le vent." "Dio manda il freddo secondo i panni." "Dios dá la ropa conforme al frio." "Gott giebt die Schultern nach der Bürde." W. W. Malta. _Age of Trees_ (Vol. v., _passim_).--In the _Saturday Magazine_ of Dec. 29, 1832, mention is made {194} of Owen Glendower's Oak, at Shelton, near Shrewsbury,--a tree famed from the tradition attached to it, which states that the celebrated chieftain whose name it bears overlooked, from its branches, the desperate battle which took place between Henry IV. and Sir Henry Percy, on the 20th July, 1403.