_Weber on the Material Media of Musical Art._--Can any of your musical readers inform me whether the treatise on the material media of the musical art, promised by Weber in his _Theory of Musical Composition_, and which he therein frequently refers to, has ever yet made its appearance; and if so, whether any English translation has been published?
_Clement's Inn._--I am an attorney; one of my predecessors in business was steward of Clement's Inn. He died, and his partner removed from the Inn to the City. I was articled to the partner, and I recollect that up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1837, he used to receive an annual visit from the minor officials of the inn, beadle, porter, &c., who presented four oranges, and received in return half a guinea. I used generally to suck the oranges, but it never entered my head to inquire what was the origin of the custom. You have probably a correspondent or reader amongst the "ancients" of the venerable society I have mentioned, who may be able to trace the origin of the custom which gave me the privilege of sucking the oranges in question.
_Was Queen Elizabeth dark or fair?_--In Vol. iii., p. 432. of "N. & Q." there is a quotation from the _Gentleman's Magazine_, 1791, in which Queen Elizabeth is mentioned as of a "_swarthy_ complexion." I had always thought of her as fair. Miss Strickland speaks of her "_fair_ complexion," and cites De Maurier, who writes of her "_white_ hands:" in addition to which, does not her "light auburn hair" betoken a light complexion? In one of your late numbers a madrigal is given wherein she is sung as "_fair_ Oriana." This, however, may be no allusion to colour of complexion, but merely the poetic use of the word as synonymous with beautiful. How does the fact stand?
_The "Black Book of Paisley."_--I should be glad if any of your correspondents could favour me with any information relative to the "Black Book of Paisley," so often quoted by Scottish historical writers as the Chronicon Clugniense, being a chronicle of the public affairs and remarkable events kept by the monks of that monastery, and if the same or any part thereof has been reprinted by any of our societies or clubs. It was said to have been recovered at Rome by Sir Robert Spottiswoode, along with other records and MSS. of the Roman Catholic Church, which had been carried abroad from the Scottish monasteries at the Reformation.