Robertson,
of Richmond, whose daughter Isabella married David Dundas, created a
baronet by George III., and one of whose granddaughters was married to Sir
James Moncreiff, and another to Dr. Sumner, the present Archbishop of
Canterbury. This William Robertson, I believe sold the Muirtown property.
Is he one of those mentioned in the work to which A.R.X. has referred me?
and was he the _first_ cousin to Robertson the historian? Perhaps A.R.X.
can also say whether the arms properly borne by the Muirtown branch are
those given to them in Burke's _Armory_, viz. Gu. three crescents
interlaced or, between as many wolves' heads erased arg. armed and langued
az., all within a bordure of the third, charged with eight mullets of the
first. The late Rev. Love Robertson, Prebendary of Hereford (son of the
above George Robertson), was accustomed to use: Gu. three wolves' heads
erased arg., armed and langued az., which are the arms of the original
stock of Strowan. As I am entitled to quarter his coat, I should be glad to
know the correct blazonry.

C.R.M.

_Booty's Case._--Where can an authentic report be found of "Booty's case,"
and before what judge was it tried? The writer would also be obliged with
an account of the result of the case, and a note of the summing up, as far
as it is to be ascertained. The case is said to be well known in the navy.

DEMONOLOGIST.

[We have seen it stated that this case was tried in the Court of King's
Bench about the year 1687 or 1688.]

_Did St. Paul's Clock ever strike Thirteen._--There is a very popular
tradition that a soldier, who was taxed with having fallen asleep at
midnight, whilst on guard, managed to escape the severe punishment annexed
to so flagrant a dereliction of duty, by positively averring, as evidence
of his having been "wide awake," that he had heard the clock of St. Paul's
Cathedral strike _thirteen_ at the very time at which he was charged with
having indulged in forbidden slumbers. The tradition of course adds, indeed
this is its point, that, upon inquiry, it was found that the famous horary
monitor of London city had, "for that night only," actually treated those
whose ears were open, with the, till then, unheard of phenomenon of
"thirteen to the dozen." Can any of your readers state how this story
originated, or whether it really has any foundation in fact?

HENRY CAMPKIN.

Jan. 9. 1851.

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