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Anecdote of Napoleon.—I remember to have heard of a young lady, one of the detenus in France after the Peace of Amiens, having obtained her liberation through a very affecting copy of verses of her composition, which, by some means, came under the notice of Napoleon. The Emperor was so struck with the strain of this lament, that he forwarded passports, with an order for the immediate liberation of the fair writer. Can any of your correspondents verify this anecdote, and supply a copy of the verses?
Balliolensis.
Canonisation in the Greek Church.—Does the Greek Church ever now canonise, or add the names of the saints to the Calendar?
If so, by whom is the ceremony performed?
Antony Close.
Woodhouse Eaves.
Binometrical Verses.—Who made the following verse?—
"Quando nigrescit nox, rem latro patrat atrox."
It is either hexameter or pentameter, according to the scansion?