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the Polish arms (if such they are) are, however, wrongly coloured, the field bt'iug argent and the E;gle gules, wliereas the correct arms of Poland were gules, a single-headed eagle displayed, argent. On the shaft of the column is the inscription, " Natalibus lxyi. post primum Luthcri Kefonn — Jnbilium." The date of the confession of Augsbiu'g ■was li")3U; the tii-st jubilee of IdU years was in 1G3U: and tiie sixty birthdays bring the date to IG'JO, the year of the birth of Augustus III. He succeeded to the Electorate in 1733, and was elected King of I'oland in 1734 — the probable date of the medallion, lieneath the shoulder of the bust is seen the name Vermuth. Christian Vermuth was a Saxon medallist, and apjjears also to have worked in enamel, })roducing in that material portraits in relief from the dies of his medals. Ho had also Imperial privileges, and executed a large series of Imperial medals of mixed metal and enamel, of which he published a descriptive catalogue at Gotha in 171.5, where he had fixed his residence, and these medals he advertised for sale at the Leipzig autumnal fair in that year; — A pack of playing cards, which appear to be French, as the names of the suits are all French, as is also the name of the maker, Charles Madigue. The marks and emblems of the suits, however, are those which were used in Italy from the XV. century downwards, viz.. Coupes, liatous, Espies, anil Deniei-s, on the deuce of which latter suit is seen the maker's name in full length, with the date 1777. The four suits are comj)lete, with the exception of one card, the valet or knave of swords, or spades. The pack of Tarat cards wants only one — No. xv., Le Diable — and, with these two exceptions, the pack is complete. The Tarat cards are as follows: — 1. Lc Batcleur. 12. Le Pondu 2. La Papesse. 13. La Mort. 3! Ulmjieratrice. 14. Temperance. 4. L'Empcreur. lo (wanting). Le Diable. 5. Le Pape. IG. La Maison Dieu. G. L'Amoureux. 17. L'Estoile. 7. Le Chari<jt. IS. La Luno. 8. La Justice. 10. Le Soleil. 'J. L' Eremite, 20. Le Jugement. 10. La Roue de Fortune. 21. Le ^bln(le. 1 1. La Force. 22. Le Mat (no number), I>a Papesse may bear some relation to our game of Pope Joan; — A silver gilt pomander, probably Italian, as the names of the perfumes are in tiiat language: — Viole — Maschette — Ambm — Cesamini — Cedro — Uo.se — (iarofolc — Naransi. Eacli (piarter holds one. There is, moreover, a central bottle, and a small bottle at the top, as also at the bottom. On the bottom is engmved an cscocheon for arm.s, siu'nuxuited by a (Jardinal's or ArchbiHhop's hat; the anus have, however, been re- moved. I'robiible date, end of sixteenth century; — .

rpisci)|)!il ring, 

set with dark siipphire; found in l^^tl, in a gardi-n in handetof Morton, in parish <»f l)inton, county of l'uckiii;,di.iin, thirteenth century; — Cold Higiiet ring, Ix-aring the artun of the fumily of Acklam, an ancient York- hliire family; a maunch wiihm an orlo of cinqucfoils; lattc'r purl of sixteenth century.