H. W. _Lady Slingsby._--Among many of the plays temp. Car. II. the name of "The Lady Slingsby" occurs in the list of performers composing the _dramatis personae_. Who was this Lady Slingsby? T. _God save the Queen._--Can any correspondent state the reason of the recent discontinuance of this brief but solemn and scriptural ejaculation, at the close of royal proclamations, letters, &c., read during the service of the Church? J. H. M. _Meaning of Steyne--Origin of Adur._--Can any of your correspondents give the derivation of the word "Steyne," as used at Brighton, for instance? or the origin of the name "Adur," a small river running into the sea at Shoreham? F. _Col. Lilburn._--Who was the author of a book called _Lieut.-Colonel John Lilburn tryed and cast, or his Case and Craft discovered, &c., &c._, published by authority, 1653? P. S. W. E. _French Verses._--Will one of your readers kindly inform me from what French poet the two following stanzas are taken? "La Mort a des rigueurs a nulle autre pareilles. On a beau la prier, La cruelle, qu'elle est, se bouche les oreilles, Et nous laisse crier. "Le pauvre en sa cabane, que le chaume couvre, Est sujet a ses lois; Et la garde qui veille aux barrieres du Louvre N'en defend pas les rois." E. R. C. B. _Our World._--I once heard a lady repeat the following pithy lines, and shall be glad if any of your readers can tell me who is the author, and where they first appeared, "'Tis a very good world to live in-- To lend, and to spend, and to give in; But to beg, or to borrow, or ask for one's own, 'Tis the very worst world that ever was known." D. V. S. Home, April 29. _Porson's Imposition._--When Porson was at Cambridge, his tutor lent him a pound to buy books, which he spent in getting drunk at a {72} tavern. The tutor set him an imposition, which he made to consist in a dog-Greek poem, giving an account of the affair. These were the three first lines,-- [Greek: "Tutor emoi men poundon elendeto; os mala simplos] [Greek: Ton men ego spendon kata domata redlionoio,] [Greek: Drinkomenos kai rhoromenos dia nukta bebaios."] Then part of another,-- [Greek: "--autar ego megalois klubboisin ebanchthen."] I cannot but think that some Cambridge men know the whole, which would be invaluable to retrieve. There is nothing about it in Kidd. C. B. _Alice Rolle._--Can any of your readers conversant with Irish pedigrees, if they remember to have met with this lady's name, kindly inform me where it may be found? S. S. S.