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resident, but lived at Doncaster, and neglected to
serve his cure; And that divers times he, when
the High Court visited, spoke so lowd, that he was
-offensive to many, and being reproved for that, he
gave a scornfull answer ; And that there was one
Wright in the Parish, who had a seat in the Church,
and that the Vicar would spit in abundance in the
seat, and that when Wright and his W T ife were
there. And that afterwards he said with a common
voice, ' That the Wife of Thomas Howson was as
good as the Wife of Wright,' And that in his Sermon
he made jests, and said, ' That Christ was laid in a
Manger, because he had no money to take up a
'Chamber, but that was the knavery of the Inne-
keeper ' ; he being then in contention with an Inn-
keeper in the Parish, and that in divine service he
thrust open the door of Wright's seat, and said,
' that he and his Wife would sit there,' in disturb-
ance of divine service. And for that a prohibition
was prayed and granted, for the High Commission
cannot punish non-residency, nor breaking the seat
in divine service : And the other were things for
which he shall be bound to his good behaviour ;
and the complaint ought to be to the Ordinary, &c."
MISTLETOE.
" THE OLD HIGHLANDER." It is assumed by the daily papers that " the last " to- bacconist's " Scotchman " is a rarity, if not unique. Fifty years ago one stood outside the door of every snuff-shop, so there must be many in existence. One still stood lately in Knightsbridge, opposite the barracks. They invariably displayed, not Highland, but Lowland Scots features in the clean- shaved face. T. O. H.
CARLISLE : CARLYOL. In The Times of Wednesday the bishop's signature appears now to be a modified form of the British 'Caer-luel. We have also had " Hervey Carlisle," and at least one Latin form in
>the past.
C.
WE must request correspondents desiring in-
formation on family matters of only private interest
to affix their names and addresses to their queries,
in order that answers may be sent to them direct.
PUBLIC OFFICE = POLICE-OFFICE, POLICE-
'CouRT. ' The Encyclopaedia Britannica,'
d. 7, 1838, xviii. 249/2, says :
" The Public Office in Bow Street was for some time the only place in the metropolis where a police magistrate sat regularly, without the jurisdiction of the city of London. Seven additional police- offices were established in 1792, by the Act 32 Geo. III. cap. 53, and the Thames Police-Office in 1798."
On referring to the Act of 1792, I find that the term used in it is not " Police-Office," but " Public Office." This title still remains ior the police-court in Birmingham. Let
us hope it will be retained as an interesting
historical monument. The name " police-
office " seems to have been first used in
1798, when "the Marine Police-Office,
No. 259, Wapping New Stairs ' (called in
the ' Encyclopaedia ' " the Thames Police-
Office "), was established. In Colquhoun's
' Commerce of the Thames,' 1800, we read,
p. 161, in reference to Mr. John Harriott, of
" his indefatigable attention to the public
interest since he has presided (as resident
magistrate) at the Marine Police-Office."
After this, apparently before 1816, the other
metropolitan " Public Offices " seem to have
come to be called " Police-Offices " : a
name which they still later exchanged for
that of " Police-Court," the earliest refer-
ence to which now before me is of 1858,
though it then appears as the established
title.
Several details are yet wanting, and I shall be glad of answers to the following : 1. When was the Bow Street " Public Office " established ? 2. Can a quotation for the name before 1792 be got ? 3. When was the Birmingham " Public Office " estab- lished ? 4. Can an early quotation for it be furnished ? 5. Does the name " Public Office " survive anywhere else for police- court ? 6. Can " police court " be found before 1858 ?
I have to thank several correspondents for informing me directly of places where the name " police-office " is still applied to the police-court. J. A. H. MURRAY.
Oxford.
[A quotation for "police-court" in 1842 was given by MB. GANDY at 10 S. yi. 494, where he suggested that it might be found in 3 & 4 Will IV., c. 46.]
FREDERIC THE GREAT'S MSS. The manu- scripts of the poetical works of Frederic the Great and of his correspondence with Voltaire, Jordan, and D'Alembert, which are printed in the ' QEuvres Posthumes de Frederic II.,' Berlin, 1788, are said to have been in England since the end of the eigh- teenth century. I should be much obliged for information as to whether these manu- scripts are yet in existence, and where.
PROF. DROYSEN.
Friedenau, Berlin.
' THE SIGN OF THE CLEFT.' I shall be much obliged if any of your readers can inform me who is the author of the recita- tion entitled ' The Sign of the Cleft.' A reader at the Croydon Public Libraries informs me that he thinks it is by a J. Heart, but of this we are unable to obtain
