A fine of 1_d._ for any man appearing in a foul shirt, untied shoes, or torn doublet. A fine of 1_d._ for any stranger's room left for four hours after he has dressed. A fine of 1_d._ if the hall be not cleansed by eight in winter and seven in summer. The porter to be fined 1_d._ if the court-gate be not shut during meals. A fine of 3_d._ if the stairs be not cleaned every Friday after dinner. All these fines were deducted by the steward at the quarterly payment of wages. _Hindoo Oaths._ The Hindoos regard the Ganges as a sacred river. It is a common practice in British Courts to "swear" Hindoo witnesses upon the waters of the Ganges, just as Christians are sworn upon the Bible. _Saturday a Fatal Day to the Royal Family of England._ Saturday has been a fatal day to the royal family of England during the last hundred and sixty years, as is shown by the following list:— William III. died Saturday, March 18th, 1702. Queen Anne died Saturday, August 1st, 1714. George I. died Saturday, June 10th, 1727. George II. died Saturday, October 25th, 1760. George III. died Saturday, January 29th, 1820. George IV. died Saturday, June 26th, 1830. Duchess of Kent died Saturday, March 16th, 1861. Prince Albert died Saturday, December 14th, 1861. Princess Alice died Saturday, December 14th, 1878. _Edicts Against Fiddlers._ An idea may be formed of the strictness with which all popular amusements were prohibited when the Puritans had the ascendency, from the fact that in 1656-7 Oliver Cromwell prohibited all persons called fiddlers or minstrels from playing, fiddling or making music in any inn, ale-house or tavern, etc. If they proffered themselves, or offered to make music, they were adjudged to be rogues and vagabonds, and were to be proceeded against as such. _John O'Gaunt's Will._ Perhaps the shortest deed of land by a will in the world is the following:— "I, John of Gaunt, Do give and do grant To John of Burgoyne And the heirs of his loin, Both Sutton and Potton Until the world's rotten." It is by this tenure, it is said, that the estates of Sutton and Potton, in the county of Bedford, England, are now held by the house of Burgoyne. _Eccentric Will._ Mr. Tuke, of Wath, near Rotherham, England, who died in 1810, bequeathed one penny to every child that attended his funeral (there came from six to seven hundred); 1_s._ to every poor woman in Wath; 10_s._ 6_d._ to the ringers to ring one peal of grand bobs, which was to strike off while they were putting him into the grave. To his natural daughter, £4 4_s._ per annum. To his old and faithful servant, Joseph Pitt, £21 per annum. To an old woman who had for eleven years tucked him up in bed, £1 1_s._ only. Forty dozen penny loaves to be thrown from the church leads at twelve o'clock on Christmas day forever. Two handsome brass chandeliers for the church, and £20 for a set of new chimes. _Curious Custom at Strasbourg._