'Error, conditio, votum, cognatio, crimen, Cultus disparitas, vis, ordo, ligamen, honestas, Si sis affinis, si forte coeire nequibis, Si parochi, et duplicis desit praesentia testis, Raptave si mulier, 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 through Bredon to Pershore. The ball in question is marked with the broad arrow. From whence and at what period was the shot fired? FRANCIS JOHN SCOTT. Tewkesbury.