The latter part of the monk's prophecy has been fulfilled. Nixon, the well-known Cheshire seer foretold the same events in nearly the same words; but the belief in his dreams of futurity, has been much diminished by the decease of our late monarch. Recourse has been had, as in other works of greater moment, to various readings, and the probable mistakes of early transcribers, and many emendations have been proposed to supply the place of the name of George, but _adhuc sub judice lis est_. The Cestrian rustics of the neighbouring villages, still believe that at midnight the neighing of horses is audible under Alderley Edge. H. [2] All places in the neighbourhood of Alderley Edge and Mobberley. * * * * * ANTIQUARIAN SCRAPS. (_To the Editor._) I went the other day over the ruins of St. Dunstan's, and whilst gaping about, saw over one of the portals (inside) an old harp, with an inscription, which, as far as I could make it out, ran thus:-- St. Dunstan's harp against a wall, Upon a pin did hang'a, The harp itself, with ly' and all, Untouched by hand did twang'a. The harp was supposed to play by itself on St. Dunstan's Day: ly' means lyre. Can any of your intelligent correspondents inform me why there is an elder tree in all the Palace Gardens? There is at the back of Old London Bridge, on this side, a street called "Labour in Vain Hill:" not from the height, but from a stone, on which are engraved two figures washing a blackamoor. GEO. ST. CLAIR. _Dean-street, Soho._ * * * * * I do not know where your indefatigable correspondent _Zanga_ discovered his curious "Historical Fact," detailed in No. 471 of _The Mirror_: it is highly amusing, but unfortunately void of truth. The wife of the first Earl of Clarendon was Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Aylesbury, Bart. (now extinct) one of the Masters of Request; by whom he had issue four sons--viz. Henry, his successor; Lawrence, created Earl of Rochester; Edward, who died unmarried; and James, who was drowned while going to Scotland in the Gloucester frigate: also two daughters--viz. Ann, wife of James, Duke of York, afterwards James II., and Frances, married to Thomas Knightly, created a Knight of the Bath. HENRY CARR. * * * * * SELECT BIOGRAPHY. * * * * * MEMOIR OF TAM O'SHANTER. (_For the Mirror._)