T. HUGHES.

Chester.

_Gloves at Fairs_ (Vol. vii., _passim._).--To the list of markets at which

a glove was, or is, hung out, may be added Newport, in the Isle of Wight.

But a Query naturally springs out of such a note, and I would ask, Why did

a glove indicate that parties frequenting the market were exempt from

arrest? What was the glove an emblem of?

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