J.E. [2] See _Ode to London Stone_. MIRROR, No. 357, p. 114. [3] See Shakspeare's Henry VI., part 2, act 4, scene 6. [4] The ancient name for London. [5] The cause of the great plague in 1665, was ascribed to the importation of infected goods from Holland, where the plague had committed great ravages the preceding year. [6] Stowe in his history describes the London Stone, "fixed in the ground very deep, fastened with bars of iron and otherwise, so strongly set that if carts do runne against it through negligence, the wheels be broken, and the stone itself unshaken." See No. 64 of the Mirror for an account of London Stone. [7] When the church of St. Swithin was repaired in 1798, some of the parishioners declared the London Stone a nuisance which ought to be removed. Fortunately, one gentleman, Thomas Maiden, of Sherborne Laue, interfered and rescued it from annihilation, and caused it to be placed in its present situation. * * * * * HAVER BREAD. (_To the Editor of the Mirror_.) A correspondent wishes to be informed of the definition of the word _avver_. In the 15th volume of the "Beauties of England and Wales," it is alluded to thus:--"This county (Westmoreland) being supposed unfavourable to the growth of wheat, black oats, called _haver_, and the species of barley called _bere_, or _bigg_, were the only grains it produced. Of the _haver_, bread was made, or the species of pottage called hasty pudding; this bread being made into thin unleavened cakes, and laid up in chests within the influence of the fire, has the quality of preserving its sweetness for several months; it is still in common use. The _bigg_ was chiefly made into malt, and each family brewed its own ale; during the hay harvest the women drank a pleasant sharp beverage, made by infusing mint or sage buttermilk in whey, and hence called _whey-whig_. Wheaten bread was used on particular occasions; small loaves of it were given to persons invited to funerals, which they were expected "to take and eat" at home, in religious remembrance of their deceased neighbour; a custom, the prototype of which is evidently seen in the establishment of the eucharist, for in this county it still bears its _Saxon name_, _Arvel bread_, from appull, _full of reverence_, meaning the holy bread used at the communion." P.T.W. * * * * * THE SKETCH-BOOK. * * * * * BATTLE OF QUATRE BRAS.