_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. Ludlow died at Vevay, in Switzerland, in 1693, and the Memoirs were published at Vevay shortly after. There is no will of Ludlow's in Doctor's Commons. _Finkle or Finkel._--I should be glad if any of your numerous correspondents could give me the derivation and meaning of the word _Finkle_, or _Finkel_, as applied to the name of a street. There is a street so designated in Carlisle, York, Richmond in Yorkshire, Kendal, Sedberg, Norwich (in 1508 spelt Fenkyl, and in 1702 Fenkel), and, I believe, in many other of our more ancient cities and towns. In the township of Gildersome, a village some few miles from Leeds, there is an ancient way, till lately wholly unbuilt upon, called Finkle Lane; and in London we have the parish of St. Benedict Finck, though I do not imagine that the latter is any way synonymous with the word in question. The appellation of Finkle is, without doubt, a descriptive one; but the character of the lane so styled in Gildersome seems to negative the idea that it has any reference to the peculiarity of trade or class of persons carried on or inhabiting the locality distinguished by this title. W.M. Cowgill, March 13. 1850. _Coxcombs vanquish Berkeley, &c._--In Lewis's _Biography of Philosophy_ (vol. iv. p. 7.) occurs the following quotation:-- "And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley with a grin." Who is the author of this line? for I cannot find it in Pope, to whom a note refers it. R.F. Johnson.