M. (2) [Footnote 4: See Evelyn's _Diary_, vol. ii. pp. 53, 54., edition 1850.--ED.] _Souvaroff's Despatch_ (Vol. viii., p. 490).--Souvaroff's doggerel despatch from Ismail, immortalised by Byron, is, as usual, misspelt and mistranslated. Allow me to furnish you with what I have never yet seen in English, a correct version of it: "Slava Bogou, slava Vam; Krepost vziala, ee ya tam." "Glory to God, glory to You, The fortress is taken, and I am there." DMITRI ANDREEF. _Detached Church Towers_ (Vol. viii., p. 63.).--In the lists I have seen no mention is made of the fine tower of West Walton Church, which stands at a distance of nearly twenty yards from the body of the church. W. B. D. Lynn. _Queen Anne's Motto_ (Vol. viii., p. 174.).--The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is in possession of an English coat of arms, painted on wood in the time of Queen Anne, having "Anna R." at the top, and the motto _Semper eadem_ on the scroll below. It probably was in one of the Philadelphia court-rooms, and was taken down at the Revolution. UNEDA. Philadelphia. _Lawyers' Bags_ (Vol. vii. _passim_).--The communication of MR. KERSLEY, in p. 557., although it does not support the inference which COL. LANDMAN draws, that the colour of lawyers' bags was changed in consequence of the unpopularity which it acquired at the trial of Queen Caroline, seems to show that _green_ was at one time the colour of those professional pouches. The question still remains, when and on what occasion it was discontinued; and when the purple, and when the crimson, were introduced? When I entered the profession (about fifty years ago), no junior barrister presumed to carry a bag in the Court of Chancery, unless one had been presented to him by a king's counsel; who, when a junior was advancing in practice, took an opportunity of complimenting him on his increase of business, and giving him his own bag to carry home his papers. It was then a distinction to carry a bag, and a proof that a junior was rising {21} in his profession. I do not know whether the same custom prevailed in the other courts. CAUSIDICUS. In this city (Philadelphia) lawyers formerly carried green bags. The custom has declined of late years among the members of the legal profession, and it has been taken up by journeymen boot and shoe makers, who thus carry their work to and from the workshop. A green bag is now the badge of a cordwainer in this city. [Old English W]. Philadelphia.