The friend to whom I have already acknowledged my deep indebtedness in this quest, sends me from West’s “History of Warwickshire” trace of yet another pair of gloves associated, at least traditionally, with the Prince of Poets, and long kept on view in Anne Hathaway’s cottage at Shottery. There were several such articles there, and among them “a _chair_, termed ‘Shakespeare’s courting chair,’ a _purse_ about four inches square, wrought with white and black bugles and beads; a small inkstand, and a _pair of fringed gloves_. These articles were said to have been handed down from Shakespeare to his grand-daughter _Lady Barnard_, and from her through the Hathaway family to those of the present day. Influenced by the currency of this tradition, Mr. _Ireland_ purchased the former two articles, and Mr. _George Garrick_ the latter.” Here again, however, we find a discordant doubt expressed, for the writer continues, “but these reliques will not bear examination. It will be uniformly found, by those who make enquiries, without an effort at self-deception, _that there is not a single article of any nature extant_ that has been proved to have belonged to Shakespeare. There is at present a bedstead with massive pillars, shewn as having belonged to Anne Hathaway, but we consider it in character with the articles attributed to Shakespeare.” This scepticism and disbelief is doubtless honest enough, but it is certainly too sweeping. These latter gloves are not now, within my knowledge, in existence; as for the other two pairs I leave your readers to judge whether these remarks apply to them, or whether one, or both, may not be fairly considered to be hallowed by the associations claimed for them. The Dignity of a Mayor; or, Municipal Insignia of Office. BY R. S. FERGUSON, F.S.A., MAYOR OF CARLISLE 1881-2 AND 1882-3. _PART II._ (_Continued from p. 71._) THE ordinary shape of a great mace is well known, and needs little description. A shaft and a bell-like head; on the base of the bell are the royal arms, and the bell is ornamented by an open-arched crown with orb and cross on the top. The sides of the bell are divided into four compartments by demi-female figures; and the rose, thistle, harp, and fleur-de-lis, each occupies a compartment, and is crowned. The shaft is divided into stages, and flying supports occur beneath the bell, and the shaft and base are covered with foliage. The heads frequently unscrew, and form loving cups. At Beaumaris the bells of the two maces contain drinking cups, and at Pwllheli the mace is nothing else but a two-handled drinking cup, with an oak pole stuck up its hollow foot. The sergeants’ maces are simpler in form, and the crown is a mere open circle of fleur-de-lis and crosses. At Nottingham the sheriff has a mace, and at one or two places there are maces for the mayoress.