e first sources of information. The accuracy
of his narrative has often been attacked with vehemence, and often, it
must be confessed, with success, but not so often as to overthrow the
general credit of his work."--_Quarterly Review._

"Rarely polished, I never read so ill a style."--_Swift._

[7] Our correspondent should have added exact references to the
places where these passages are to be found. Mr. Macaulay may
have written these words quoted by our correspondent, in some
hasty moment, but his summary of the character of Burnet in his
_history of England_, ii. 175. 2nd Edition--a very noble and well
considered passage--gives a very different and far juster estimate
of Burnet's character.

* * * * *

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S DOMESTIC ESTABLISHMENT.

Your readers may be curious to see a list of the persons composing the
domestic establishment (as it may be called) of Queen Elizabeth in the
middle of her reign, and an account of the sums of money severally
allowed to them out of the privy purse of the sovereign. The payments
will seem remarkably small, even allowing for the great difference in
the value of money then and now. What that difference may be, I am
not prepared to say; and I will venture here to put it as a "Query,"
to be answered by some competent person who may read this "Note." I
have seen it stated by more than one writer, that the difference in
the value of money at the end of Elizabeth's reign was at least five
times, i.e. that one pound then would go as far as five pounds now;
but I am not aware of the _data_ upon which the calculation was made.
I apprehend, besides, that the difference was greater in 1582, to
which what follows applies, than afterwards, and I should be glad to
have the matter cleared up. The subsequent account is indorsed in the
hand-writing of Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer, in these words:--"1582.
The payment of the Ladies of the Privy Chamber;" but it applies also
to the gentlemen.

_Wages paid to the Privy Chamber by the Year._

The Bedchamber: L s. d.
The Lady Cobham, by the year 20 0 0
The Lady Carewe 33 6 8
Mrs. Blanch Apprye[8] 33 6 8

Gentlewomen of the Privy Chamber:
Bridget Cave 33 6 8
The Lady Howard 33 6 8
The Lady Stafford 33 6 8
The Lady A