"Feoda Ebroic.," occurs the entry:

"S. Sanxon dim. f. in friche."

Francis Drake, in his _Antiquities of York_, London, 1736, p. 70., speaks
of "Sampson, or _Sanxo_," the archbishop of that see; and elsewhere
mentions the parish church of S. Sampson, "called by some Sanxo."

What I wish to ask is, Where was this half fee of S. Sanxon? Whether it had
any connexion with Sanson sur Rille? And whether it was the place from
which "Ralph de S. Sanson" or "Sanson Clericus" of the _Domesday Book_, who
was afterwards Bishop of Worcester, derived his name?

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_Russian Emperors._--Is there any truth in a rumour that was current two or
three years since respecting the limited period that was placed upon the
reign of any Russian monarch? Twenty-five years was the time stated, at the
termination of which the Emperor had to abdicate. As this period has
elapsed, and no abdication has taken place by the present Autocrat, some
one may perhaps be able to state how such a statement originated, and upon
what grounds?

THOS. CROSFIELD.

_Episcopal Insignia of the Eastern Church._--Having seen in a late number
of the _Illustrated London News_ (Feb. 11, 1854) a peculiarly shaped
episcopal staff, with a cross rising from between two in-curved dragons'
heads, which is represented in the hand of the metropolitan of Wallachia, I
would be glad to know whether this form is peculiar to any branch of the
Eastern Church. A reference to a work of authority on the subject will
oblige a provincialist.

JAMES GRAVES.

_Amontillado Sherry._--What is the real meaning of this epithet? A friend,
who had travelled in Spain, and visited some famous cellars at Xeres, told
me that the peculiar flavour of the Amontillado Sherry was always an
accidental result of mixing butts of wine brought to the merchant by a
variety of growers. I mentioned this to another friend who had the wine on
his table; and he ridiculed the account, saying that the Amontillado Sherry
was from a grape peculiar to the district. What district, I could not
ascertain.

ALFRED GATTY.

_Col. Michael Smith's Family._--Perhaps some of your readers may be enabled
to give me some information of the family of Smith, to which Col. Michael
Smith, Lieut.-Governor of Nevis about 1750, belongs.

A WEST INDIAN.

_Pronunciation of Foreign Names._--How shall we pronounce Sinope, Citate,
and many other words which are now becoming familiar to our eyes? I think
the bookseller who shoul