_Proud Salopians._--I have never heard a satisfactory account of the origin of this title, given to persons belonging to my native county. In the neighbourhood the following story is frequently related, but with what authority I cannot tell, viz. "That upon the king (Query which?) offering to make Shrewsbury a city, the inhabitants replied that they preferred its remaining the largest borough in England, rather than it should be the smallest city; their pride not allowing them to be small among the great." If this history of the term be true, it would appear that the name should only be applied to _burgesses of Shrewsbury_. SALOPIAN. _George Miller, D.D._--In the year 1796, George Miller, subsequently the author of _Modern History Philosophically Illustrated_, and many other well-known works (of which a list appears in a recent Memoir), was appointed Donnelan Lecturer in Trinity College, Dublin; and delivered a course of sermons or lectures on "An Inquiry into the Causes that have impeded the further Progress of Christianity." I should be very glad indeed to know whether these Sermons have appeared in print; and if so, when and where published? I have not been able to procure a copy. With regard to the Donnelan Lectureship, I may add, that a legacy of 1243l. was bequeathed to the College of Dublin by Mrs. Anne Donnelan, of the parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the county of Middlesex, spinster, "for the encouragement of religion, learning, and good manners." The particular mode of application was entrusted to the Provost and Senior Fellows; and accordingly, amongst other resolutions of the Board, passed Feb. 22, 1794, are to be found the following: "That a Divinity Lecture, to which shall be annexed a salary arising from the interest of 1200l., shall be established for ever, to be called Donnelan's Lecture;" and "That one moiety of the interest of the said 1200l. shall be paid to the Lecturer as soon as he shall have delivered the whole number [six] of the lectures; and the other moiety as soon as he shall have _published_ four of the said Lectures." ABHBA. {528} _Members of Parliament._--Pennant, in _The Journey from Chester to London_, p. 94., says: "The ancient owners of Rudgley were of the same name with the town: some of the family had the honour of being sheriffs of the county in the reign of Edward III. _Another was knight of the shire in the same period._" Can any reader of "N. & Q." verify the _last portion_ of Pennant's statement? J. W. S. R. St. Ives, Hunts. _Taret._--I have lately met with mention of a "small insect called the _Taret_." What may this be? TYRO. _Jeroboam of Claret, &c._--Could any of your correspondents inform me what a Jeroboam of Claret is, and from what it is derived: also a Magnum of Port? WINEBIBBER.