"_True_, as we now write it, or _trew_, as it was formerly written, means simply and merely that which is _trowed_; and, instead of its being a rare commodity upon earth, except only in words, there is nothing but truth in the world." If we ought _now_ to use the word truth only in this sense, then, _pari ratione_, we ought to mean only a little book when we use the word libel. J. O. B. Thorpe. _Irish Rhymes_ (Vol. viii., p. 250.).--A. B. C. asks, "Will any one say it was through ignorance {576} that he (Swift) did not sound the _g_ in dressing?" Now I cannot tell whether or not I shall raise a nest of hornets about my ears, but my private impression is that in doing so Swift meant to be "more _English_ and less nice." I think it invariably strikes an Irishman as one of the most remarkable peculiarities of the English people, the almost constant omission of that letter from every word ending (I should have said, if I was an Englishman, "endin'") with it. The fair sex, I fear I must add, are, of the two, rather more decided in clippin' (_g_) the Queen's English. Y. S. M. _Cabbages_ (Vol. ix., p. 424.).--I was aware of the passage in Evelyn's _Acetaria_, and am anxious to know whether there is any confirmation of that statement. Is there any other information extant as to the first introduction of cabbages into England? C. H. _Sir William "Usher," not "Upton"_ (Vol. viii., p. 328.), was appointed Clerk of the Council in Ireland, March 22, 1593. He was knighted by Sir George Carey, Law Deputy, on St. James' Day, 1603; and died in 16--, having married Isabella Loftus, eldest daughter of Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin. Of what family was he? Y. S. M. "_Buckle_" (Vol. viii., pp. 127. 304. 526.).--An awkward person, working incautiously with a saw, will probably, to use a carpenter's phrase, _buckle_ it; that is, give it a bend or twist which will injure its working. Y. S. M. _Cornwall Family_ (Vol. ix., p. 304.).--John Cornwall, Esq., a director of the Bank of England, 1769, bore the arms and crest of the ancient family of that name of Burford, in Shropshire, of which he was a member. A full account of this distinguished family is now preparing under their sanction. E. D. _John of Gaunt_ (Vol. ix., p. 432.).--Perhaps the best method of explaining to Y. S. M. the unmistakeable nose of the descendants of John of Gaunt, will be to refer him to the complete series of portraits at Badminton, concluding with the late Duke of Beaufort. He will then comprehend what is difficult to describe in the physiognomy of "That mighty line, whose sires of old Sprang from Britain's royal blood; All its sons were wise and bold, All its daughters fair and good!" E. D.