_George Steevens._--Can any of your readers inform me whether a memoir of George Steevens, the Shakspearian commentator, ever was published? Of course I have seen the biographical sketch in the _Gentleman's Magazine_, the paragraph in Nichols' _Anecdotes_, and many like incidental notices. Steevens, who died in January, 1800, left the bulk of his property to his cousin, Miss Elizabeth Steevens, of Poplar; and as there is no reservation nor special bequest in the will, I presume she took possession of his books and manuscripts. The books were sold by auction; but what has become of the manuscripts? A. Z. _Extradition._--The discussion which was occasioned, some time ago, by the sudden transference of the word _extradition_ into our diplomatic phraseology, must be still in the recollection of your readers. Some were opposed to this change on the ground that _extradition_ is not English; others justified its adoption, for the very reason that we have no corresponding term for it; and one gentleman resolved the question by urging that, "si le mot n'est pas Anglais, il merite de l'etre." I believe there is no reference in "NOTES AND QUERIES" to this controversy; nor do I now refer to it with any intention of reviving discussion on a point which seems to have been set at rest by the acquiescence of public opinion. I wish merely to put one or two Queries, which have been suggested to me by the _fact_ that _extradition_ is now generally employed as an English word. 1. Is there any contingency in which the meaning of the word _extradition_ may not be sufficiently expressed by the verb _to deliver up_, or the substantive _restitution_? 2. If so, how has its place been supplied heretofore in our diplomatic correspondence? HENRY H. BREEN. St. Lucia, Dec. 1850. _Singing of Metrical Psalms and Hymns in Churches._--1. When and how did the custom of singing metrical psalms and hymns in churches originate? 2. By what authority was it sanctioned? 3. At what parts of the service were these psalms and hymns directed to be introduced? 4. Was this custom contemplated by the compilers of the Book of Common Prayer? ARUN. _Ormonde Portraits._--I shall feel much obliged by information on the following points:-- 1. Whether _any_ portrait of Thomas Earl of Ormonde has been published? He died in the year 1614. 2. _How many_ engraved portraits of Thomas, the famous Lord Ossory, have been issued? their dates, and the engravers' names. 3. _How many_ engraved portraits of the first and second Dukes of Ormonde, respectively, have appeared? their dates, and engravers' names. JAMES GRAVES. Kilkenny, Jan. 31. 1851. _Tradescant._--In the inscription on the tomb of the Tradescants in Lambeth churchyard, which it is proposed to restore as soon as possible, these two lines occur: "These famous antiquarians, that had been Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily queen."