The royal train, conveyed from Versailles in six state carriages, was received at the city gate by the governor, the Marshal Duc de Brissac, accompanied by the head of the police, the provost of the merchants, and all the other municipal authorities.

He had married, in 1782, the widow of an English officer, a Mrs. Provost, a lady older than he,with uncommon accomplishments.

I reached Dublin on Apr. 15th, where I was received with great kindness by Dr Brinkley and Dr MacDonnell (afterwards Provost).

I there met the then Provost Dr Bartholomew Lloyd, Dr Lardner, Mr Hamilton (afterwards Sir W. R. Hamilton) and others.

DEAR MADAM,August 23rd, I had the honour of attending the lord provost of Aberdeen, and was presented with the freedom of the city, not in a gold box, but in good Latin.

Next day we came to Nairn, a miserable town, but a royal burgh, of which the chief annual magistrate is styled lord provost.

343.Swiss Grand Provost (Fifteenth Century).From a Painting in the "Danse des Morts" of Basle, engraved by Mérian.]

In 1460, a woman named Perette, accused of theft and of receiving stolen goods, was condemned by the Provost of Paris to be "buried alive before the gallows," and the sentence was literally carried out.

There can be little doubt, however, that these prisons were as small as they were unhealthy, if we may judge from that in the Rue de la Tannerie, which was the property of the provost, the merchants, and the aldermen of Paris in 1383.

353.The Provost's Prison.

These, however, were not allowed to enter Paris, but, by order of the provost, were lodged in the Chapel of St. Denis.

The people of Paris in great numbers went out to meet the Queen, with the Provost of the Merchants, crying 'Noel!'

The High Chancellor, the First Chamberlain, and the Provost of Paris, sat at the King's feet.

I value very much what the Provost has said, when he told you that I have never, though I have had pretty heavy burdens, neglected the local business of Arbroath and the other burghs.

The Provost truly said that I hold an important and responsible office under the Crown; and I hope that fact will be the excuse, if excuse be needed, for my confining myself to-night to a single topic.

Many of the inhabitants of Selkirk, fired with the ardour which the chivalric spirit of James infused into the hearts of his people, and with the spirit of emulation which Brydone had the art of exciting among his townsmen, as Borderers, joined the banners of their provost.

and doesna our honoured provost mean to desert, for a day o' glory, his braw wife, that he may deck her wimple wi' the roses o' England, and her name wi' a Scotch title?

In referring to the Thermo-barometer as a means of measuring heights, the writer confounds the late Professor Edward Forbes with Professor James D. Forbes, recently of Edinburgh, but now Provost of the University of St. Andrews.

Provost Marshal, Testimony of.

R83671, 24Sep51, Dawn Mundy Provost (W) MUNRO, WILLIAM BENNETT.

R116134, 14Aug53, Mrs. J. N. Rodeheaver (W) PROVOST, DAWN MUNDY.

Dawn Mundy Provost (W); 11Jan54; R124317.

SEE Vassall-Phillips, O. R. PROVOST, DAWN MUNDY.

On the 3d of October 1845 Mr. Newman requested the Provost of Oriel to remove his name from the books of the College and University, but without giving any reason.

But I saw a quite English Provost-Marshal losing himself in chase of defaulters of the New Army who knew their Paris!