_Gillingham_ (Vol. iii., p. 448.).--In a foot-note to Rapin (2nd edit., vol. i. p. 130.), the general assembly convened by Earl Goodwin, at which Edward the Confessor was chosen king, is stated, upon the same authority as Hutchins has referred to (viz. Malmsbury), to have been "Gilingeham _or_ London." If at Gillingham, there can be but little doubt it was Gillingham near Chatham, of which latter place Goodwin is stated to have been then possessed. J. B. COLMAN. Eye, June 10, 1851. The share that Earl Godwin bore in the establishment of King Edward (the Confessor) on the throne of England seems to make it probable that Gillingham in Kent, not the Gillingham in Dorsetshire, was the scene of the council referred to by your correspondent QUIDAM. Edward, observe, was coming from the continent, and relied entirely on the support of the great East Kentish Earl. Milton names the council in his History of England, _Works_, vol. vi. p. 275., Pickering, ed. 1831. He seems to be still quoting Malmsbury. E. J. E. Blackheath, June 9. 1851. _On the Lay of the Last Minstrel, &c._ (Vol. iii., p. 364.).--In reading A Borderer's interesting note on _The Lay of the Last Minstrel_, it occurred to me, whether there may not have been (perhaps unconsciously) in Walter Scott's mind a link of connexion betwixt his own "elvish page," as an agent in bringing about the nuptials of Lord Cranstoun with the Lady Margaret; and the part played by Cupid, in regard to Dido, after he had been transformed into Ascanius, as described in the first Æneid. Indeed the beautiful "Song of Robin Goodfellow" (Vol. iii., p. 403) suggests a similar speculation; for in the gambols of Puck there is something analogous to the freaks of Cupid after his metamorphose. But other and closer parallels will probably occur to your learned readers, and show that some of what are commonly esteemed the most original modern creations owe much to classical invention. ALFRED GATTY. _Lines on Temple_ (Vol. iii., p. 450.).--J. S. will find the lines he asks about, given (but without comment) in Knight's _Cyclopædia of London_, p. 440. P. M. M. J. S. will find the lines he has sent you printed in Hone's _Year Book_ (1832), p 113.; where may be also seen the following ANSWER. "Deluded men, these holds forego, Nor trust such cunning elves; These artful emblems tend to show Their clients, not themselves. 'Tis all a trick, these are but shams, By which they mean to cheat you; For have a care, you are the LAMBS, And they the wolves that eat you. Nor let the thought of no 'delay' To these their courts misguide you; You are the showy HORSE, and they Are jockeys that will ride you." Hone does not give a hint as who was the author of either, nor can I inform J. S. EDWARD FOSS.