An action for slander of a deceased husband, brought by the widow, and the defendant held to bail, is a remarkable beginning. The plea of justification, that Booty ran into Hell, is hardly supported by evidence that he ran into the flames at Stromboli. The evidence was, that the defendant _said_ that one of the two runners was Booty; it does not appear that the other witnesses knew him. The witnesses must have kept a good look to observe the buttons of Booty's coat when he ran more than twice as fast as any living man could run. Finally, as the time of the death and the observation "came to the same within two minutes," and Stromboli is about 15 deg. east of Gravesend, Booty must have run to Hell before he died. I have no doubt that "the case is well known in the navy." The facts are of the sort usually reported to the marines; but the law such as was unknown before 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95. H. B. C. U. U. Club, Feb. 11. * * * * * THE CONQUEST. (Vol. ii., p. 440.; Vol. iii., p. 92.) I question the position of S. K., that the phrase "post conquestum" is used in the deed he cites (Vol. ii., p. 92.) for the accession of the king. "Post conquestum" was, in records and deeds, applied with more or less frequency to all our kings, from Edward III. to Henry VIII. To show this I give the following references to the pages of Madox's _Formulare Anglicanum_:-- {171} EDWARD III. 12. 19. 92. 94. 120. 121. 139. 140. 166. 167. 168. 201. 203. 228. 229. 230. 264. 282. 283. 318. 322. 349. 361. 362. 386. 387. 388. 389. 402. 403. RICHARD II. 66. 96. 122. 123. 140. 141. 169. 203. 268. 284. 323. 325. 326. 327. 362. 390. 404. 405. 410. HENRY IV. 67. 97. 98. 124. 125. 142. 172. 204. 205. 269. 270. 284. 285. 328. 329. 330. 350. 391. 405. 407. HENRY V. 67. 68. 126. 143. 144. 206. 285. 331. 391. 408. 420. HENRY VI. 18. 34. 100. 101. 103. 104. 126. 127. 145. 147. 148. 206. 207. 208. 233. 270. 271. 286. 331. 332. 333. 334. 351. 364. 392. 393. 394. 409. 410. 434. EDWARD IV. 128. 148. 209. 234. 286. 335. 352. 365. 394. 395. RICHARD III. 108. 209. 212. 411. HENRY VII. 71. 214. 235. 339. 352. 365. 396. 412. 438. HENRY VIII. 235. 236. 273. 343. 396. 414. I believe "post conquestum" was also applied to Edward V.; but the records and deeds of his short reign are necessarily but few. I conjecture that the use of the term "post conquestum" thus originated.