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 12 s. vin. FEB. 12, i92i.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 129 PRICES IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CEN TURY. (See ' A Radical Weaver's Common place Book, ante, p. 5). The following is a old Lancashire recipe, with the prices of th various articles, for what was known in 181 as a "funeral cake." I have copied it from the original account in the possession of a aunt of mine : 1817, Feby. 5th s. d To 3 Ib. Brown sugar at 12d 30 " 3 Ibs. Lump sugar at lid. . . ..43 ,, 1 oz. Sinnamon, Is., Carraways, IJd. 1 1 8 Ib. Flour "..40 6 Ib. Butter, 5s. 3d, 4 oz. Candid Lemon, Sd 5 11 Nutmeg, 4d., 2^ Ibs. D. Currants, 2s. Sd 30 Rum and Escence of Lemon. . ..06 60 Eggs, 4s. ; Paper, ld 41 Making. . . . . . ..20 1 7 11 I send this as it may be of interest in view of MR. CHEETHAM'S interesting article undei the heading of 'A Radical Weaver' Common-place Book ' in which he gives some particulars of prices in 1801. F. CROOKS. ANECDOTE OF LAURENCE STERNE. The following anecdote which may now be a chestnut, was reprinted by The Yorkshire Herald of Oct. 21, 1919, from its forerunner of 1765 : "Anecdote relating to the Rev. Mr. Sterne when he was in Paris : A French gentleman asked him, If he had found in France no Original Characters that he could make Use of in his Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, * No,' replied he, ' the French resemble old Pieces of Coin whose Impression is worn out by rubbing.'" I hope it may be a new anecdote to some- body. ST. SWITHIN. MARY ROBERTS. The 'D.KB.' under "Samuel Roberts (1763-1848)" mentions his daughter Mary, author of 'Royal Exile,' and has in square brackets, "see under Roberts, Mary, 1788-1864." On turning to "Mary Roberts," it will be seen that the last paragraph of the article reads : " Some confusion has arisen between Miss Eoberts and a cousin of the same name, Mary Eoberts, daughter of Samuel Roberts (1763- 1848) [q.v.-] of Sheffield, authoress of 'Royal Exile,' 1822." There was no necessity for this para- graph which is somewhat misleading. The two Marys may have caused confusion, but they were not cousins, nor have I been able to trace any connection whatever between the two families. CHARLES DRURY. 12 Ranmoor Cliffe Road, Sheffield. EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD. With the election of Dr. E. G. Hendy to be Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, on Jan. 13, 1921, it ought to be noted that Exeter has pro- vided four Heads of Colleges, all in office at the present time. These are as follows : 1. Dr. Lewis Richard Parnell, Rector of Exeter, m. 1874 ; Fellow of Exeter ; Rector, 1913 ; Vice-Chancellor, 1920. 2. Dr. Henry Boyd, m. 1849 ; Principal^of Hertford, 1877. 3. Mr. John Arthur Ruskin Munro, m. 1882 ; Rector of Lincoln, 1920. 4. Dr. Ernest George Hendy, m. 1871 ; Fellow of Jesus, 1874 ; Principal of Jesus, 1921. This should be recorded in 'N. & Q.' I need not set out their distinctions, or their services to the University and their several Houses. W. H. QUARRELL. CURIOUS JACOBITE TOAST. In July, 1713, a certain Mr. John Birch was indicted at Cork, found guiJty, and sentenced to pay a hundred pounds for, besides other things, having publicly drunk to a seditious toast, namely " May you never want three pounds, fourteen shillings, and five pence ! " Accord- ing to the Kalendar of MSS. of the Marquess of Ormonde this alarming toast had a triple signification, viz., the health of James the THIRD, Louis the FOURTEENTH, and Philip the FIFTH, the three Catholic mon- archs in league against England. R. B. Upton. WE must request correspondents desiring in- r ormation on family matters of only private interest n order that answers may be sent to them direct. SCOTT'S 'LEGEND OF MONTROSE.' Can any reader of ' N. & Q. ' give the origin of the ollowing : 1. Motto to chap. iii. : "For pleas of right et statesmen vex their heads," &c. attributed to Donne, but apparently not by lim. 2. Motto to chap. ix. : "Dark on their ourney lowr'd the gloomy day," &c. ; from The Travellers, a Romance ' (perhaps by cott ?). 3. Motto to chap. xi. : " Is this thy castle, Baldwin ? " &c. attributed to Brown.
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