to be published of this collection, so far as respects the Memoirs contained in the various transactions, in 1801, by J.D.  Reuss; and 16 vols. in 4to. had appeared up to 1821; after which, I believe, the publication has been suspended.  Of Catalogues of Theses, I think the following work is in good esteem:—­Dissert.  Acad.  Upsal. habitae sub Praesid.  C.P.  Thunberg, 3 tom. 8vo.  Goetting. 1799-1801.  The second part of vol. ii. in the Catalogus Bibliothecae Thottiauae (7 vol. 8vo.  Fauniae, 1789-1795.) contains a catalogue, which it might be well to consult, of dissertations under the name of the president or head of the institution or college where they were delivered, than under the writer’s name.  At least, in a collective sense the former method is adopted, as in the following instance:  Schultens, (Alb.) Sylloge Dissertationem Philologico-Eregeticarum, adiversis Auctoribus Editarum, sub Praesidio A. Schultens, etc., 2 tom.:  although, if the author should happen to be distinguished for his other productions, all that he wrote is anxiously sought out, and placed under his own name.

J.M.

Oxford, April 24.

    ["M.” may also be referred to the Catalogus Dissertationum
    Academicarum quibusnsuper aucta est Bibliotheca Bodleiana.  A
    quarto volume, printed at the Oxford University Press in 1834.]

MSS. of Locke (No. 25. p. 401.).—­“C.” is informed {462} that Dr. Thomas Hancock died at Lisburn, in Ireland, during the past year.  The papers of Locke respecting which he inquires are probably still in the possession of Dr. H.’s son.

[Greek:  Theta]

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MISCELLANIES.

Spur Money.—­Although I used often, twenty years ago, when a chorister at the Chapel Royal, to take part in levying a fine on all who entered that place with spurs on, I was not aware of its origin till I saw it explained in your interesting publication (No. 23. p. 374.).  There was a custom however, connected with this impost, the origin of which I should be glad to learn.  After the claim was made, the person from whom it was sought to be exacted had the power to summon the youngest chorister before him, and request him to “repeat his gamut,” and if he failed, the spur-bearer was entitled to exemption.

E.J.H.

Spur Money.—­I beg to offer the following humble illustration of spur-money, which I copied from the belfry wall of All Saints Church at Hastings:—­

    1. 
  “This is a belfry that is free
  For all those that civil be: 
  And if you please to chime or ring,
  It is a very pleasant thing.

    2. 
  “There is no musick play’d or sung,
  Like unto bells when they’re well rung: 
  Then right your bells well, if you can—­
  Silence is best for every man.