_Prayer of Mary Queen of Scots._--The incorrect arrangement, in Seward's _Anecdotes_, of the following beautiful lines, said to be composed by Mary Queen of Scots, and repeated immediately before her execution, and a diffuse paraphrase subjoined, in which all their tenderness is lost by destroying their brevity and simplicity, may justify another arrangement, and an attempt to preserve their simple and tender character in fewer words and a different measure:-- "O Domine Deus, O Lord, my God, Speravi in Te, I have trusted in Thee: O mi care Jesu, My Jesu beloved, Nunc libera me: Me presently free: In dura catena, In cruel chains, Desidero Te. In penal pains, Languendo, gemendo, I long for Thee, Et genu flectendo, I moan, I groan, Adoro, imploro, I bend my knee; Ut liberes me. I adore, I implore, Me presently free." Can any of your correspondents inform me where these lines first appear? on what authority they are ascribed to Mary Queen of Scots? and also who mentions their having been repeated immediately before her execution? ALEXANDER PYTTS FALCONER. Beeton-Christchurch, Hants. _A small Instance of Warren Hastings' Magnanimity._--During the latter years of his life, Warren Hastings was in the habit of visiting General D'Oyley in the New Forest; and thus he became {370} acquainted with the Rev. W. Gilpin, vicar of Boldre, and author of _Forest Scenery_, &c. Mr. Gilpin's custom was to receive morning visitors, who sat and enjoyed his agreeable conversation; and Warren Hastings, when staying in the neighbourhood, often resorted to the Boldre Parsonage. It happened, one Sunday, that Mr. Gilpin preached a sermon on the character of Felix, which commenced in words like these: "Felix was a bad man, and a bad governor. He took away another man's wife and lived with her; and he behaved with extortion and cruelty in the province over which he ruled." Other particulars followed equally in accordance with the popular charges against the late Governor-General of India, who, to the preacher's dismay, was unexpectedly discovered sitting in the D'Oyley pew. Mr. Gilpin concluded that he then saw the last of his "great" friend. But, not so: on the following morning Warren Hastings came, with his usual pleasant manner, for a chat with the vicar, and of course made no allusion to the sermon. This was told me by a late valued friend, who was a nephew and curate of Mr. Gilpin; and I am not aware that the anecdote has been put on record. ALFRED GATTY. Ecclesfield. _Richard Baxter._--In the long list of Richard Baxter's works, one is entitled, _An unsavoury Volume of Mr. Jo. Crawford's anatomized: or, a Nosegay of the choicest Flowers in that Garden, presented to Mr. Joseph Caryl, by Richard Baxter_. 8vo., Lond. 1654.