L. M. M. R.
Royal Salutes.—When the Queen arrives at any time in Edinburgh after sunset, it has been
remarked that the Castle guns are never fired in salute, in consequence, it is said, of the existence of a general order which forbids the firing of salutes after sunset. Is there such an order in existence? I would farther ask why twenty-one was the number fixed for a royal salute?
S.
"The Negro's Complaint."—Who was the author of this short poem, to be found in all the earlier collection of poetry for the use of schools? It begins thus:
"Wide o'er the tremulous sea,
The moon spread her mantle of light;
And the gale gently dying away,
Breath'd soft on the bosom of night."
Henry Stephens.