It will be apparent from this quotation, that in England, at any rate, the prejudice spoken of is not of very recent development; and that it has not yet vanished before the intellectual progress of our race, will, I think, be painfully evident to many a bearer of this unenviable distinction. It seems to be generally supposed, by those who harbour the doctrine, that red-headed people are dissemblers, deceitful, and, in fact, not to be trusted like others whose hair is of a different colour; and I may add, that I myself know persons who, on that account alone, never admit into their service any whose hair is thus objectionable. In Wales, _pen coch_ (red head) is a term of reproach universally applied to all who come under the category; and if such a wight should by any chance involve himself in a scrape, it is the signal at once for a regular tirade against all who have the misfortune to possess hair of the same fiery colour. I cannot bring myself to believe that there is any really valid foundation for this prejudice; and certainly, if not, it were indeed a pity that the superstitious feeling thus engendered is not at once and for ever banished from the memory. T. HUGHES. * * * * * EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPERS, 1714. _Daily Courant_, Jan. 9, 1714: "Rome, Dec. 16.--The famous painter, Carlo Maratta, died some days ago, in the ninetieth year of his age." _The Post Boy_, Jan. 12-14, 1714.--_Old MSS. relating to Winchester._--In the _Post Boy_, Jan. {617} 12-14, 1714, appears the following curious advertisement: "_Winchester Antiquities_, written by Mr. Trussell, Dr. Bettes, and Mr. Butler of St. Edmund's Bury, in one of which manuscripts is the _Original of Cities_; which manuscripts were never published. If the person who hath either of them, and will communicate, or permit the same to be copied or perused, he is earnestly desired to give notice thereof to Mr. Mathew Imber, one of the aldermen of the city of Winchester, in the county of Southampton, who is compleating the idea or description of the ancient and present state of that ancient city, to be speedily printed; together with a faithful collection of all the memorable and useful things relating to the same city." Gough, in his _Topography_, vol. i. p. 387., thus notices these MSS.: