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 9* s. VL OCT. is, i9oo.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 285 for various purposes the tiny plot should be treated as part of their Cambridgeshire estate. This incongruity leads to some curious complications. For instance, the householders have no votes jn London, but are able to exercise the privilege in Cambridgeshire." Perhaps some reader of ' N. & Q.' can state whether this is actually the case. FREDERICK T. HIBOAMB. HUNTER STREET, BRUNSWICK SQUARE.—At the rear of the houses on the east side of Hunter Street is a house entered from Handel (formerly Henrietta) Street with a large garden, now forming part of the School of 'Medicine for Women, formerly the resi- dence of Mrs. Fitzherbert. This house, which has some architectural features, was known as the Pavilion, and will shortly be pulled down for the purpose of enlarging the School of Medicine. No. 13, Hunter Street, the garden of which adjoins the School of Medicine, was the residence of Mrs. Ellen Henrietta Ran yard (L. N. R.), 1810-79, the author of the ' Book and its Story' and other works, and also of her son Mr. Arthur Cowper Ranyard the astronomer, founder of the London Mathe- matical Society and editor of Knowledge, who died in this house in 1894. John Ruskin was born at No. 53, Hunter Street, on the west side of the street. The house is undistinguished, and it might be suggested to the Ruskin Society to affix a tablet. Charles Dickens went to school in Handel Street (then called Henrietta Street), on which the flank of the School of Medicine for Women abuts. Several of the houses on the south side of Henrietta Street have been rebuilt, and it is not possible to identify Dickens's school. Ugo Foscolo lived for a time at No. 19, Hen- rietta Street, buried alive, as he said, and in extreme poverty. JOHN HEBB. Canonbury Mansions, N. 'COUNSELLOR MANNERS.'—A curious and interesting volume, small 8vo. ch. 90, pp. 120, with index, <fec., has recently come into my possession. I append verbatim copies of title-page and preface. So far I have been unable to trace authorship to either Steele or L'Estrange. Possibly your contributors may be able to throw light on the subject. Title-page :— "Counsellor Manners | His Last | Legacy | to His | Son. | Containing | Instructions for nis | Behaviour and Deportment among | Men, in the Various Conditions | of his Life. | By the Observa- tion of which, a Man | may raise himself and his Fortune. | Licensed, Octob 27th | By Sir R. L. S. | Sunt bona, aunt qutedam raediocria, sunt mala iilura, | Qiue legis hie: aliter mm fit, avite, Liber, I Mart. Lit). 1. Epig. xvii. | London: | Printed for J. & B. Sprint, at the Bell; and | G. Conyers, at the Ring; both in Little- | Britain. 1710. Price 1«." Preface :— " The Preface To The Reader. Courteous Reader, I shall not according to the Usual Mode of those Epistles which are prefixed to Printed Books, crave the Patronage of any Person whatsoever to this ; For I hope that thou thy self, when thou hast perused it, wilt patronize it, considering the Honesty and Innocency of it: Neither shall I dedi- cate it to any Right Worshipful or Right Honourable Person, because 1 think it incongruous to present a small Book to a great Personage: Nor will I beg Pardon of any Man for this my Scribble, since I might have prevented it, if I would have refrained from dipping my Pen in mine Inkhorn ; and indeed I esteem them unworthy to be pardoned, who con- sultedly commit a Fault, and then desire to be excused for it. All that I desire of thee, is, That thou wouldst take in good Part, what is here offered thee in good Will: The Design of all Theologues in the Pulpit, is, to teach Men Grace; and it is mine out of it, to teach them Manners; And truly, a moral Life is a fair Step to an holy One, and a good Behaviour to a sanctified Conver- sation. Unmannerly Clowns are, like Bears Cubs, meer Lumps of Flesh, 'till they be lickt into a more comely Shape; and ill tutor'd Persons are like rough-hewn Statues, you shall scarce perceive the Lineaments of a Man in them, 'till they be wrought smooth and polished: Good Manners make the Man, Quoth William of Wickham. Be a Man never so brave in his Apparel, if his Deportment be not answerable, he is as ridiculous an Object as a Monkey or a Baboon in a Scarlet Coat, with a tiffany Ruff about his Neck : Good Manners adorn those very Things that most adorn us ; for what is a Gold Ring in a Swine's Snout. Since then I present thee here with such Jewels as will set thee forth and gain thee Honour and Respect amongst all Persons, with whom thou • 11 > I ( converse ; I hope thou wilt in Manners accept them kindly, as well for thine own sake, as for his who here subscribes himself, Thy Friend, R. L. 8." F. E. MANLEY. Stoke Newington. "TROY" WEIGHT, "TRON," AND "TRONAGE." —Referring to the review in theAthtiueum of 1 September of vol. ii. of Dr. R. R. Sharpe's 'Calendar of Letter-Books of the City of London," in which the reviewer remarks that be hardly understands the author's state- ment that "the terms 'tron' and 'tronage,' applied to the weighing of heavy goods, are obviously akin to the Troy weight used for ?old and silver," since " the one word is derived From ' trone' (according to Mr. Skeat), and the other from Troyes," permit me to mention that in an interesting MS. note-book (c. 1720- 1731) of the Rev. John Lam be, rector of Ridley, Kent, in my possession, is the following :—