_Theses._--Perhaps it may assist your correspondent "M." (No. 25. p. 401.) to be informed that the University of Göttingen is particularly rich in "_Theses_" (termed _Disputationes et Dissertationes_), to which there is a large room entirely devoted in the library of that university; together with the transactions of learned bodies. A special librarian is attached to this department, which is much consulted. A Catalogue was begun to be published of this collection, so far as respects the _Memoirs_ contained in the various transactions, in 1801, by J.D. Reuss; and 16 vols. in 4to. had appeared up to 1821; after which, I believe, the publication has been suspended. Of Catalogues of Theses, I think the following work is in good esteem:--_Dissert. Acad. Upsal. habitæ sub Præsid. C.P. Thunberg_, 3 tom. 8vo. Götting. 1799-1801. The second part of vol. ii. in the _Catalogus Bibliothecæ Thottiauæ_ (7 vol. 8vo. Fauniæ, 1789-1795.) contains a catalogue, which it might be well to consult, of dissertations under the name of the president or head of the institution or college where they were delivered, than under the writer's name. At least, in a _collective_ sense the former method is adopted, as in the following instance: Schultens, (Alb.) _Sylloge Dissertationem Philologico-Eregeticarum, adiversis Auctoribus Editarum, sub Præsidio A. Schultens, etc._, 2 tom.: although, if the author should happen to be distinguished for his other productions, _all_ that he wrote is anxiously sought out, and placed under his own name. J.M. Oxford, April 24. ["M." may also be referred to the _Catalogus Dissertationum Academicarum quibusnsuper aucta est Bibliotheca Bodleiana_. A quarto volume, printed at the Oxford University Press in 1834.] _MSS. of Locke_ (No. 25. p. 401.).--"C." is informed {462} that Dr. Thomas Hancock died at Lisburn, in Ireland, during the past year. The papers of Locke respecting which he inquires are probably still in the possession of Dr. H.'s son. [Greek: Theta] * * * * * MISCELLANIES. _Spur Money._--Although I used often, twenty years ago, when a chorister at the Chapel Royal, to take part in levying a fine on all who entered that place with spurs on, I was not aware of its origin till I saw it explained in your interesting publication (No. 23. p. 374.). There was a custom however, connected with this impost, the origin of which I should be glad to learn. After the claim was made, the person from whom it was sought to be exacted had the power to summon the youngest chorister before him, and request him to "repeat his gamut," and if he failed, the spur-bearer was entitled to exemption. E.J.H. _Spur Money._--I beg to offer the following humble illustration of spur-money, which I copied from the belfry wall of All Saints Church at Hastings:-- 1. "This is a belfry that is free For all those that civil be: And if you please to chime or ring, It is a very pleasant thing.