—Can any of your legal correspondents inform me whether there exist any reports of the addresses of the Lord Advocate for Scotland, the king's Attorney-General, or the Lord Chancellor, on the hearing or decision of this case in the year 1782?
The Lord Chancellor was Lord Thurlow; the Lord Advocate, Sir Henry Dundas; the Attorney-General, Mr. Wallace.
S. E. G.
285. Sale by Candle.
—Forty or fifty years ago goods were advertised for public sale "by the candle." Can any of your readers inform me of the origin of this?
I may remark that it was the custom then at some sales to have candles marked with red circles; and the moment the candle burned down to the mark, the lot put up was knocked down to the highest bidder; and, at some sales, a common candle was burned during the sale.
J. S. A.
Old Broad Street.