B.


_Savile, Marquis of Halifax._--It is stated in Tyers's _Political
Conferences_ (1781), that a Diary of his was supposed to be among the
Duke of Shrewsbury's MSS.; and when Mr. Tyers wrote, in the hands of
Dr. Robertson. Can any of your readers give information about this
Diary?

C.


_Salt at Montem._--Will you allow me, as an old Etonian, to ask the
derivation of "salt," as it used to be applied to the money collected
at Eton Montem for the Captain of the Colleges? Towards investigating
the subject, I can only get as far as _Salt_ Hill, near Slough, where
there was a mount, on which, if I remember rightly, the Captain waved
a flag on Montem day. A brief account of the origin of Montem would be
interesting; and it is especially worth noting now that the pageant is
suppressed.

A.G.

Ecclesfield, March 14, 1850.


_Ludlow's Memoirs._--"C." is anxious to learn if the manuscript of
Ludlow's Memoirs is known to exist, or to receive any information as
to where it might probably be found.