The wives and daughters of the old prebendaries see well to that.

And, as has been said, special merit may prevail.

Sir Peter Mancrudy, the great Exeter physician, has won his way in,--not at all by being Sir Peter, which has stood in his way rather than otherwise,--but by the acknowledged excellence of his book about saltzes.

Sir Peter Mancrudy is supposed to have quite a metropolitan, almost a European reputation,--and therefore is acknowledged to belong to the county set, although he never dines out at any house beyond the limits of the city.

Now, let it be known that no inhabitant of Exeter ever achieved a clearer right to be regarded as "county," in opposition to "town," than had Miss Jemima Stanbury.