The filthy _espièglerie_ related by that very suspicious authority St. Simon, of the Duchess of Burgundy, already sufficiently _incredible_, is rendered _impossible_ in J. R.'s version of "_administered to herself_." St. Simon supposes no such legerdemain. The _Groom of the Stole_ is the first lord of the King's bed-chamber; under a Queen the equivalent office and title is _Mistress of the Robes_. C. _Grinning like a Cheshire Cat_ (Vol. ii., pp. 377, 412.).--In one of your early Numbers I have seen some Queries respecting the phrase "Grinning like a Cheshire Cat." I remember to have heard many years ago, that it owes its origin to the unhappy attempts of a sign painter of that county to represent a lion rampant, which was the crest of an influential family, on the sign-boards of many of the inns. The resemblance of these _lions_ to _cats_ caused them to be generally called by the more ignoble name. A similar case is to be found in the village of Charlton, between Pewsey and Devizes, Wiltshire. A public-house by the roadside is commonly known by the name of _The Cat at Charlton_. The sign of the house was originally a lion or tiger, or some such animal, the crest of the family of, I believe, Sir Edward Poore. H. _Mallet's Death and Burial_ (Vol. v., p. 319.).--I am _now_ able to answer a Query which I lately sent to you. David Mallet died in George Street, Hanover Square, and was buried in the burial-ground of Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street. Can any of your readers tell me when and where Mrs. Mallet, his widow, died? Who was T. C., the writer of a letter in the _Gentlemen's Magazine_, vol. lxii. pt. 1. p. 100. F. _Town-halls_ (Vol. v., p. 295.).--MR. J. H. PARKER, in his Query respecting old town-halls, mentions the Town-hall of Weobly, in Herefordshire, as an early example of timber-work. Similar examples exist at Hereford, Ross, Ledbury, and Leominster, in the same country. These buildings are all constructed upon the same plan, viz. a large oblong room supported on wooden pillars; so that there is an open covered space beneath, which is used for the purposes of a market. With respect to the age of these buildings I can give no information; but something might doubtless be determined, partly by records, and partly by the internal evidence of the style of construction. L. In reply to MR. J. H. PARKER'S Query about Town-halls, I beg to say that in Leicester there are still standing a Guildhall (part of which is undoubtedly of a date as early as the middle of the fourteenth century) and a County Hall, called "The Castle," similar to the old building at Oakham. The foundation-walls of the latter are parts of the original fabric, and one of the windows is clearly of the Transition period. JAYTEE.