"_Waestart._"--A common expression of sorrow or condolence among the lower
classes in the manufacturing district around Leeds, in Yorkshire. Whence
does it arise? Is it an abbreviation of "Woe to my heart," "Woe is me"?
J. L. S., Sen.
_Rebellion of 1715._--Has any report been published of the trial of the
prisoners taken at Preston? Mr. Baron Bury, Mr. Justice Eyre, and Mr. Baron
Montague opened the Commission at Liverpool. The trials began on January
20, 1716, and lasted till February 8.