to be sent
by the lady regent of France, he made De Praet (the emperor's
ambassador) privy thereto, and likewise of the answer given to
her proposals. The air of mystery which attached to this mission
naturally created suspicion; and, after a few months, De Praet,
in his letters to the emperor, and to Margaret, governess of the
Netherlands, expressed his surmise that all was not right,
alleging his reasons. His letters were intercepted by the
cardinal, and read before the council. Charles and Margaret
complained of the insult, and the cardinal explained as well as
he could: at the same time protesting against the
misinterpretation of De Praet, and assuring them that nothing
could be further from his wish than that any disunion should
arise between the king his master and the emperor; and
notwithstanding the suspicious aspect of this transaction, his
dispatches, both before and after this fracas, strongly
corroborate his assertions. Wolsey suspected that the Pope was
inclined toward the cause of Francis, and reminded him of his
obligations to Henry and Charles. The Pope had already taken the
alarm, and had made terms with the French king, but had
industriously concealed it from Wolsey, and at length urged in
his excuse that he had no alternative. Joacchino was again in
England upon a different mission, and was an eye-witness of the
melancholy condition of the cardinal when his fortunes were
reversed. He sympathised with him, and interested himself for
him with Francis and the queen dowager, as appears by his
letters published in _Legrand, Histoire du Divorce de Henry
VIII_."

I think it is from this interesting book, which throws much light upon
many of the intricate passages of the history of the times, that I
derived my information. It is in all respects a work worth consulting.

S.W. SINGER.

REMAINS OF JAMES II.
(Vol. ii., p. 243.).

The following passage is transcribed from a communication relative to
the Scotch College at Paris, made by the Rev. H. Longueville Jones to
the _Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica_, 1841, vol. vii. p. 33.:--

"The king left his brains to this college; and, it used to be
said, other parts, but this is more doubtful, to the Irish and
English colleges at Paris. His heart was bequeathed to the Dames
de St. Marie at Chaillot, and his entrails were buried a