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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 174. 



"bitten is, that they were sent (I think to the num- 

 ber of six or seven) down to Southampton to be 

 dipped, and that none of them was ever attacked 

 with hydrophobia. I have often, formerly, spoken 

 to one of the persons on the subject, a carpenter, 

 named Eggleton. 



I quite agree with all you have said on the pro- 

 priety of appending real names. Dropping, there- 

 fore, my cognomen of Cobtlus, I subscribe myself 



Wm. Hazel. 



Portsmouth. 



"Solid Men of Boston" (Vol. vii., p. 134.).— Your 

 correspondent will find the whole of this song, 

 which is one of Captain Morris's, in the Asylum 

 for Fugitive Pieces, published by Debrett, 1786, 

 12mo., vol. ii. p. 246. It is entitled " Billy Pitt 

 and the Farmer," and begins — 



" Sit down, neighbours all, and I'll tell a merry story, 

 About a British farmer and Billy Pitt the Tory. 

 I had it piping hot from Ebenezer Barber, 

 Who sail'd right from England, and lies in Boston 

 harbour. " 



It describes, very amusingly, an incident which 

 was reported to have occurred to Pitt and Dundas, 

 on their return from a convivial meeting at " Daddy 

 Jenky's," and was for a long time a very popular 

 song. James CaossLEr. 



I have seen a song, with the music, directed 

 against the Prince of "Wales, Charles Fox, and 

 their party. It began, — 



" Come, listen neighbours all, and I'll tell you a story, 

 About a disappointed Whig who wants to be a Tory. 

 I had it from his bosom-friend, who very soon is 



going 

 To Botany for seven years, for something he's been 

 doing." 



It ended, — 



" Solid men of Brighton, look to your houses ; 

 Solid men of Brighton, take care of your spouses ; 

 Solid men of Brighton, go to bed at sun-down, 

 And do not lose your money to the blacklegs of 

 London." 



Which is the earlier version I do not know. 



H. B. C. 



Degree of B.C.L. (Vol. vi., p. 534.; Vol. vii., 

 p. 38.). — In answer to J. F.'s question, the exa- 

 mination is quite, and the amount of standing (viz. 

 seven years) required for taking a B.C.L. in the 

 University of Oxford is almost, identical with 

 those necessary for an M.A. degree. A know- 

 ledge of the Civil Law never conies into requi- 

 sition. There was a proposal, some short time 

 ago, for a statute requiring an examination in 

 the Institutes, i&c, Heineccius, and other treatises 

 on the Civil Law, before proceeding to that de- 

 gree, but it was never passed. The civilian's fees 

 are rather more than the Artist's. For information 



on some other minute particulars of difference, I 

 refer J. F. to the Oxford Calendar. 



The Cambridge LL.B. is really examined in the 

 Civil, though not in the Canon Law, and is con- 

 sidered to obtain his degree with greater facility 

 than by going through Arts. 



With respect to the privileges of the degree at 

 Oxford, the B.C.L. is not a member of Convo- 

 cation, and has therefore no vote for the uni- 

 versity ; but yet he takes precedence of M.A.'s, 

 both by university and court etiquette. The de- 

 grees in law and divinity used to confer the same 

 privileges as a chaplaincy with respect to holding 

 pluralities ; and they also give those who take 

 them the right of wearing a scarf. This will be 

 an answer to C— J. T. P. (Vol. vii., p. 108.), 

 unless he has confounded the priest's stole with 

 the chaplain's scarf. The civilian has also a dis- 

 tinguishing gown and hood ; but as to the right to 

 a place among the members of the bar, I am un- 

 able, though a B.C.L. myself, to give any assist- 

 ance in the way of information ; but the silk gown 

 of a queen's counsel is the same as a civilian's 

 gown. W. Fraser. 



Tor-Mohun. 



"Zai/" amd ''Lie" (Vol. vi., p. 388.).— I have 

 somewhere read the following parliamentary anec- 

 dote : — A certain honourable member, in the 

 course of a speech, said, "the paper which lays 

 on the table," but was immediately corrected 

 by another honourable member, who said, " the 

 honourable member should say lie, hens lay" In 

 the course of the evening the second honourable 

 member was on his legs, and at the end of his 

 speech said, " with these observations I shall set 

 down ;" but the first retorted on him with the 

 correction "the honourable member should say 

 sit, hens set." Shirley Hibbbed. 



''Banbury Cakes and Zeal" (Vol. vii., p. 106.). — 

 The following passage from Drunken Barnaby's 

 Journey through England will show that Banbury 

 was famous for zeal : 



" To Banbury came I, O profane one ! 

 There I saw a puritaue one 

 Hanging of his cat on Monday 

 For killing of a mouse on Sunday." 



What the present estimation in which Banbury 

 cakes are held may be I cannot tell ; but I can 

 assure you that at the close of the last century, 

 when I was a schoolboy, they were deservedly in 

 very high repute, at least among us youngsters. H. 



"Hob and nob" (Vol. vii., p. 86.).— In addition 

 to your observations on this expression, allow me 

 to record the use of the term under circumstances 

 which some otliers of your sexagenarian readers 

 may with myself be able to call to mind. I well 

 remember, when a boy at home from school, that 



