_History of the Jesuits._--Who was the author of _A History of the Jesuits; to which is prefixed a Reply to Mr. Dallas's Defence of that Order_. It was published in two volumes 8vo., London, 1816, by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row.
_Mind your P's and Q's._--What is the origin of this phrase? I have heard one solution of it, but wish to ascertain whether there is any other?
_Mode of hiring Domestic Servants in Holderness--Sittings--Fest._--It is customary once a year for men and women servants out of place to assemble in the market places of Hedon and Patrington, the two chief towns in Holderness, and there to await being hired. This very ancient custom is called Hedon _Sittings_ or _Statutes_. What is the name derived from? A small sum of money given to each servant hired, is supposed to legalise the contract, and is called the _Fest_. From what is the word derived?
_Home-made Wines._--It is stated in _The Times_ of this morning (Feb. 17) that-- { 329}
"We know from old chronicles that most of the wine drank by Englishmen, under the Plantagenets, was of home production."
Can any, and if so what, authority be shown for this statement?
_Inscription on a Clock._--Under the curious clock in Exeter Cathedral are inscribed these words:
I have been told that they are the concluding words of a longer inscription on some foreign clock. Can any of your readers tell me if they be so?
_Inscription on the Tomb of Peter the Hermit._--At Huy, on the Meuse, is shown the tomb where Peter the Hermit was buried: it is in the shape of an obelisk, and has an inscription on each of the four sides. Of this inscription, which is curious, and which I copied when I was there, I have lost the greater part: can one of your correspondents supply it for me, or tell where the lines are originally to be found, as I fancy they are adapted to, and not made for, the monument.
The part of the inscription which I have runs as follows:
"Soldat du Pape Urbain, aux cris de 'Dieu le veut,' Il a précipité l'Europe sur l'Asie; Le péril arrivé, sa sainte frenesie N'a plus trouvé qu'un cri arrive 'Sauve qui peut.' Dieu, L'intolérant l'outrage, insulte à sa grandeur, Tel masque qu'il affecte, il n'est qu'une imposteur."