11 MAY 1907, Page 17

THE EDITOZ OF THE "SPECTATOR.`1

Snt,—There is now residing at Lancaster a well-known Quake: lady, one of whose early memoriess is that of a great-aunt whc as a child had to lie flat on her nursery floor at Penrith tc escape the shots of the Pretender's followers and pursuer! in 174.5. Even more interesting is the fact that the former lady's sister-in-law, who died at Lancaster eighteen months ago, could recall her great-grandfather, a Worcester citizen, who had known an eyewitness of Cromwell's departure from

that city in 1651.—I am, Sir, &c., E. W.