J. SANSOM.
Statue of French King, Epigram on.—Can any of your readers inform me who was the author of the following epigram, written on the occasion of an equestrian statue of a French king attended by the Virtues being erected in Paris:—
"O la belle statue! O le beau Piedestal!
Les Vertus sont à pied, le Vice est à cheval!"
AUGUSTINE.
Lux Fiat.—Who was the first Christian or Jewish writer by whom lux fiat was referred to the creation of the angels?
J. SANSOM.
Hiring of Servants.—At Maureuil, in the environs of Abbeville, a practice has long existed of hiring servants in the market-place on festival days. I have observed the same custom in various parts of England, and particularly in the midland counties. Can any of your correspondents inform me of the origin of this?
W.J.
Havre.