[Collins, in his _Peerage of England_, vol. iv. p. 3., says, "that in the reign of Henry VII., when Cardinal Wolsey was only a schoolmaster at Lymington, in Somersetshire, Sir Amias Paulett, for some misdemeanor committed by him, clapped him in the stocks; which the Cardinal, when he grew into favour with Henry VIII., so far resented, that he sought all manner of ways to give him trouble, and obliged him (as Godwin in his _Annals_, p. 28., observes) to dance attendance at London for some years, and by all manner of obsequiousness to curry favour with him. During the time of his attendance, being commanded by the Cardinal not to depart London without licence, he took up his lodging in the great gate of the Temple towards Fleet Street."] _Brunswick Mum._--Why was the beer called _Brunswick Mum_ so named? When I was young it used to be drunk in this country, and was, I am told, extensively exported to India, &c. Is it still manufactured? G. CREED. [Skinner calls _Mum_ a strong kind of beer, introduced by us from Brunswick, and derived either from German _mummeln_, to mumble, or from _mum_ (silentii index), _i.e._ either drink that will (ut nos dicimus) make a cat speak, or drink that will take away the power of speech. "The clamorous crowd is hush'd with mugs of mum, Till all, tun'd equal, send a general hum."--_Pope._ Brunswick Mum is now advertised for sale by many publicans in the metropolis.] _Meaning of "Rasher."_--What is the derivation of the word _rasher_, "a _rasher_ of bacon?" J. H. C. Adelaide, South Australia. [Surely from the French _raser_, to shave--a shaving of bacon. Our correspondent will probably recollect that vessels that have been _cut down_ are commonly known as _razees_.] Replies. PENDULUM DEMONSTRATION OF THE EARTH'S ROTATION. (Vol. iv., p. 129.) I beg to send you a few remarks on the note of A. E. B., concerning the "Pendulum Demonstration of the Earth's Rotation."