PRONUNCIATION OF SOME ENGLISH NAMES.

A contemporary says : — Cholmondeley is pronounced Chumley; Majoribanks, pronounced Marshbanks ; Oockburn, pronounced Ooburn ; and Cowper pronounced Cooper. Again, Mainwaring is Mannering. In Elgin and Grillott the "g " is hard ; in Gifford and Nigel it is soft. In Johnston the '« t " should not be sounded. In Molyneux the "i" is sounded, and the name is pronounced Ilolinoox, with a very slight accent on the last syllable. In Vaux the "x " is sounded, but is mute in Des Vaux, and likewise in Deverenz. In Ker, Berkeley, and Derby the " c" has the sound of "a " in , far. In Waldegrave the second syllable * de,' should be dropped, and so should the «th' in Blyth. Dillwyn is pronounced Dillun. In Oonyngham, Monson, Monkton, Ponsonby, the «o' takes the sound of ' o,' aud Blount

should be pronounced Blunt, the 'o ' being mute. Buchan should be prrnounced Buckan, and Beauclerk, or Beauclerc, is Boclare, the acceut being on the firat syllable. Wemyss should be pronounced Weenis. In Hertford the *t * is elided, and the ' c ' bas the sound of *a ' in far. Strachan should he pronounced Strawn ; Colquhoun is Koohoon, the acceut being on the nr.*t syllable ; Beauchamp is Beecham, and Coutts is Roots. ' Another formidable name to the uninitiated is Duchesoes, which should he pronounced Dukarn ; Bethune should be Beeton ; and in Abergavenny the "ay" is not Pounded. Menzk-s is pronounced Mynges, Knollys as Knowles, Sandys as Sands, Grower as Gorr, Milnes as Mills. Finally, Dalziel should be pronounced Dael Chartres as Charters, Glamis as Glarns ; Geoghegan should be pronounced Gaygan, and Ruthven as Riven.