"A HOUSE TO LET" (5th S. x. 496; xi. 19, 235.) -On the question as to whether the phrase "to be lett" (so spelt) be erroneous this seems in point, taken from Swift's poem of Stella at Wood-Park: "Her Quarter's out at Lady-Day, She vows she will no longer stay, In lodgings, like a poor Grizette, While there are lodgings † to be lett."‡ Cotgrave, 1632, has under "Loué" "rented, farmed, letten, or taken upon rent.” Λ. JAMES WRIGHT (5th S. xi. 349; xii. 18.)-Sir James Wright, of Woodford, co. Essex, was Resident, or Ambassador, from England to the Republic of Venice, 1765 to 1773; created a KnightBachelor, by King George III., July 3, 1766, and a Baronet of England, it is generally stated, Sept. 19, 1772, but this seems very doubtful. Burke, in his Extinct Baronetage, makes no mention of the creation; neither does Courthope, in his accurate Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England (8vo. 1835). The latter writer gives, at the end of that work, "A complete List of all the Baronetcies of England, from their first institution to the present time, distinguishing those which have become extinct from those which are in existence; the latter being shewn by italic print." Under 1772 there is no such creation, the earliest being on Oct. 7; but on Dec. 8, 1772, there is a Wright of Georgia, a baronetcy then * Elsewhere Englished as "Newlane." † Probably Swift wrote houses, not lodgings, in the last line, which the sense seems to require. Swift's Works, in 4 vols., Faulkner, Dublin, 1735, 12mo.; see vol. ii. p. 143. created, and still existing, which was originally conferred on a James Wright, who was Governor of Georgia, in North America, 1760-71. Abp. Moore, of Canterbury, was first married to a sister of the Resident at Venice, but she died before 1770, apparently issueless. A. S. A. Richmond, BARONETESSES (5th S. xii. 38.)-On Sept. 9, 1686, General Cornelius Speelman of the United Provinces was created a baronet, with a special clause in the patent according to his mother the rank and title of a baronetess of England. (See "N. & Q.," 1st S. xi. 103; 2nd S. xi. 129, 196.) J. WOODWARD. BISHOPS' WIVES (5th S. xi. 448; xii. 32.)There certainly were some strong efforts made in the last century to get the wives of the Lord Bishops my lady"-ed, but the tone of Article XXXII. was too strong for the movers, and the attempt deservedly failed. As to "bishops' ladies," I have always heard the story in connexion with Mrs. Whately. Shortly after the archbishop's appointment to Dublin, she was shopping at a silk-mercer's, and desired a quantity of goods to be sent for approval to her house. The mercer objected. The lady asked, "Do you know who I am?" He answered, "No, I do not." "I am the archbishop's lady." "Madam," rejoined the trader, "I could not if you were the archbishop's wife." The mercer was evidently a disbeliever or a Catholic. NOTE HURST. PENANCE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (4th S. xii. 169, 213, 298, 416; 5th S. i. 16, 58; xi. 377.) -In addition to the cases referred to I beg to furnish an account of one that occurred in 1840, viz., Particulars of a most Singular Penance, performed in St. Peter's Church [Liverpool] this [Wednesday] Morning [Feb. 19, 1840]: "For some time past the fish market in Liverpool has been in a state of the greatest confusion and uproar, owing to a dispute between two well-known characters since had a regular row, in the course of which Mrs. in the fish line. We are told that the parties some time Hutton had the unwarrantable audacity to call Mrs. Newton the very impertinent and opprobrious name......, for which offence Mrs. Newton instituted proceedings against her in the Ecclesiastical Court. These proceedings were last week brought to a trial, and Mrs. Hutton was found guilty of scandal, and adjudged to pay all expenses, and afterwards to stand in a sheet in St. Peter's Church and make a public declaration of her assertions being false. Accordingly this day, Wednesday [Feb. 19, 1840], was appointed for the ceremony to take place. For some time before the appointed time a vast number of persons of all grades had assembled in the neighbourhood of the church, and when the doors were opened an immense number entered the church in order to have a glimpse of the degrading ceremony. All was suspense for a time, but at length the woman made her appearance, attired in a white sheet, walked up the aisle, and after some ceremony being performed by the officers of the court she made a public recantation of the expressions she had made use of, and declared that she was sorry for what she had said. "The whole of Church Street was by this time literally crammed with spectators, so much so that it was with difficulty that either a coach or cart could pass. When the ceremony had concluded each party withdrew, attended by their respective friends.' in the North British Review, was more critical than biographical. We had always hoped that Thackeray's surviving daughter, Mrs. Richmond Ritchie, who inherits so much of the gentler side of her father's character, would one day give us a precious little memoir, which should be a typical example to after times of "the truth told lovingly," and satisfy us all. It appears, however, that to have undertaken such a task would have been against the expressed wish of her father; and it is not likely, under these circumstances, that it will be performed by any of his family. We must therefore console ourselves with the sketch now given us by Mr. Trollope, and rejoice that it has not fallen into meaner hands. Mr. Trollope knew Mr. Thackeray well in the latter part of his life; and, if we remember rightly, wrote charmingly of him in that famous magazine of which he himself was so long a mainstay. He writes charmingly of him hereamiably yet frankly of his character, keenly and enthusiastically of his works. Perhaps too much space is devoted to reiteration of the statement that Thackeray and admire him ever believed for an instant; but somewas not a cynic, which no one who is worthy to read thing, we suppose, must be conceded to the pertinacity of the wrong-headed in this matter. The account of his habits and way of work is in the highest degree interestcapacity of the mind which, under such conditions, could produce what Mr. Trollope rightly calls "a sufficient life's work." Our only regret is that there should have been so few personal utterances in this delightful book. We do not doubt the portrait by Mr. Trollope-there will probably never be a juster or kinder; yet who of us that loved the Fielding of the nineteenth century does not crave some new memento of him-some memorandum or "note"? It has been said that there were too many of Kingsley's letters in his recently published Life; but surely it is hard to have none at all of Thackeray's, especially when we remember how many of those "pearls" his biographer speaks of were prodigally consigned to his fugitive correspondence. This account was published in a chap-sheet at the time. Chap literature is an interesting subject to many, and it would be well if some one would write a regular history of it. It was not below the thought of Sir Walter Scott, and he had some correspondence respecting it with William Mother-ing, though it leaves us more and more astounded at the well, the Scotch poet. The latter intended to write a history of it, and with that view had made, or was making, a collection of chap-books, but unfortunately while showing them to certain friends some were pocketed or stolen, and the history was not written. He was naturally much annoyed by his loss, and said that such pilferers ought to be "cut above the breath," an expression I would feel obliged to any correspondent to explain. D. WHYTE. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (5th S. xi. 449.) "Master Huggett and his man John They did make the first cannon." "In 1543 the first ordnance ever manufactured in England was cast at Buxted in Sussex by Ralph Hogge. The site of his furnace, corrupted into Huggett's Furnace,' by which name it is yet known, can even now be readily traced. The distich is preserved by the peasantry."-Extract (unpaged) from an article on "The Sussex Ironstone" in the Practical Mechanic's Journal. More information would probably be found under " Buxted" in Horsfield's Sussex and the Sussex Arch. Coll. ED. MARSHALL. 66 The History of English Dramatic Poetry to the Time of THERE are sundry excellent reasons why we should give Macbeth, Othello, &c., and his brother Cuthbert Burbie or Burbage, the stationer who put forth so many correct texts of Shakspeare's dramas, were not of Warwickshire, as has hitherto been supposed, but sons of "Edmond Burbie, husbandman, of Erlsey, in the county of Bedford." Mr. Collier does not seem to have searched the registers of Erlsey (which is no doubt Arlesey near Baldock), which we have reason to believe are still in existence. Cuthbert Burbie or Burbage was apprenticed in 1584, and he was therefore probably born about 1570, and if any correspondent of "N. & Q." who resides in the neighbourhood will take the trouble to inspect the registers, and furnish us with the dates of birth and baptism of Richard, the great tragedian, and Cuthbert, the worthy publisher, he will have our best thanks, and no doubt those of all our readers who take an interest in anything connected with Shakspeare. Primitive Manners and Customs. By James A. Farrer. (Chatto & Windus.) THIS book is very good of its kind-that is, as a popular exposition of some phases of primitive life; and it has the advantage of being arranged under subjects which, more or less, place before the unpractised eye a very good outline of what the primitive life of mankind was, according to modern reading of the evidence on the subject. The weakest point in the work is that of attempting too much on a limited scale. The chapter on "Comparative Folk-Lore" is a good example of what we mean. Under a title that belongs to a separate department of study, a few pages are loosely thrown together to illustrate the theory that "the people from whom we inherit our popular traditions were once as miserable and savage as those we now place in the lowest scale of the human family." Mr. Farrer had unfortunately formed a strong à priori theory before setting out upon his work; and this, it appears to us, produces a constant strain upon his language, and forcibly suggests that there is more evidence which does not fit in well with that which is adduced. One other blemish we feel bound to point out, namely, that Mr. Farrer does not always quote his authorities. Even popular books should bear on their pages unmistakable proof of their thorough reliability; and if it is not worth while placing before the popular as distinguished from the scientific reader, all the means by which, if he chooses, he can approach the subject from a higher ground, one of the chief uses of popular books will have been abrogated. Let us, how ver, say that if we have pointed out what appear to us to be some shortcomings, we do so with the belief that the book is worthy the attention of our readers. Epochs of English History. Complete in One Volume, Edited by Rev. M. Creighton. (Longmans.) MR. CREIGHTON has done well for schools in republishing the series of Epochs edited by him compactly bound in a single volume of moderate size. But we regret that his own Shilling History of England does not find a place in the collection. For it might have been considered as summing up the general teaching of the series, though in itself an entirely independent work. The language of some of the Epochs is rather too much on the lines of the Saxon Chronicle to be free from an appearance of affectation. We think Mrs. Creighton's view of King John's character is more in accordance with the verdict of his contemporaries than that to which we took some exception in noticing Mr. Creighton's Shilling History. We are glad to find that Mr. York Powell allows Alfred the Great to have been a "very learned man for his day": the qualification is worthy of notice. The maps, plans, and pedigrees which are reproduced add to the value of the volume as a manual for the use alike of teachers and students. SHAKSPEARE AND THE BIBLE.-In your number for July 5 (ante, p. 20) you take notice of a book by the Rev. C. Bullock on Shakspeare's Debt to the Bible, which you justly characterize as "almost a work of supererogation," and proceed to make mention of my volume, Bible Truths and Shaksperean Parallels, and that of Bishop Wordsworth on Shakspeare's Knowledge and Use of the Bible, as two books that preoccupy the ground. I have already pointed out in one of your contemporaries the extent to which, page after page, Mr. Bullock has availed himself of my work. You say that my volume "has already gone through three editions at least." I may mention that of the present (fourth) edition, forming one of Mr. Gent's admirable series of handbooks, upwards of 4,000 copies have already been disposed of. Will you also allow me to add that when Bishop Wordsworth's work was announced the second edition of my volume was in the hands of the J. B. SELKIRK. printer. 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Hawkshaw, whose wife is sister to Mrs. Arkwright.' The speech is given not quite at length." mission issued to justices of the peace ran, "Quorum A. C. B. ("Quorum.")-The Latin form of the comunum A B esse volumus." Lord Palmerston (ante, p. 40) was called the "Man of God" not in 1830, but about the year 1857, when he nominated Drs. Bickersteth, Baring, &c., to bishoprics. L. P. writes that his remarks (ante, p. 18) as to the monitor apply to eight years ago. By some slip thirtyeight had crept into his MS. D. B.-You are quite mistaken. Our own view of the matter entirely accords with MR. WALFORD's. See "N. & Q.," 5th S. xi. 360. remarked on by us. T. S. N. ("Homer and the Razor.")-See 5th S. xi. 358. Various letters forwarded. NOTICE. Editorial Communications should be addressed to "The Editor of Notes and Queries ""-Advertisements and Business Letters to "The Publisher"-at the Office, 20, Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C. 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