[A notice was published in the _London Gazette_ in March, 1816,
stating that the Bishop of London's registrar would register all
marriages of British subjects solemnised in foreign countries; and
also the births and deaths of British subjects which occurred
abroad. Has that notice any reference to the notion?]
_Shawls._--When were shawls first introduced into this country from the
East? and whence has the name arisen? for I see no trace of it in our
English dictionaries. Is it from its Persian name, "do-shâllâ?" I should
also much wish to know when plaids and tartans were first mentioned as
part of the national dress of Scotland.