_Epigram on Synod of Dort_ (Vol. iii., p. 23.).--The statement in the _Biographie Universelle_, that this epigram was made _in England_, is probably taken from Mosheim (_Eccl. Hist_.), who says the same; but his authority Neal (_Hist. of the Puritans_) does not say that it was made _in England_; and one can hardly read the sentence in which he quotes it without feeling satisfied that he did not know _who_ made it. After stating that the proceedings of the synod were much approved of by the English divines, and quoting expressions of Mr. Baxter and the learned Jacobus Capella in its favour, he proceeds-- "P. du Moulin, Paulus Servita, and the author of the life of Waleus, speak the same language. But _others_ poured contempt upon the Synod, or burlesqued their proceedings in the following lines: 'Dordrechti Synodus, nodus; chorus integer, aeger; Conventus, ventus; sessio stramen. Amen.' Lewis du Moulin, with all the favourers of the Arminian doctrine, as Heylin, Womeck, Brandt, &c., charge them with partiality and unjustifiable severity." When a writer, in the midst of a shower of authorities, refers a particular expression to "others," it may almost be laid down as a rule, that he does not know whose property it is. Here, therefore, the inquiry seems brought to a dead stop, in this tract at least. B. R. I. _Parish Register Tax_ (Vol. ii., p. 10.).--In our register, Hawarden, I find the following entry: "October, 1783. On the 2nd of this month the Act commenced which layeth a duty of threepence upon every Registry of a Burial, except a _Pauper's_." And again: "Oct. 1. 1794. The duty of threepence on each Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, imposed by Act of Parliament, commencing October 2. 1783, ceased this day." During this interval many burials are marked _paupers_. WALDEGRAVE BREWSTER. Hawarden, Flints. _Clergy sold for Slaves_ (Vol. ii., p. 41.).--Walker says: "Mr. Dugdale, in relating the same matter, adds that Rigby not only exposed them to sale, but _found purchasers_ also; and what is more, had actually contracted with two merchants for them; and for that reason moved it twice (in the House, as I understand him) that they might be disposed of." WALDEGRAVE BREWSTER. * * * * * Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.