Mrs. Tighe Hopkins explains that the shopman referred to her recent letter to the “Times,” who said everything was “going hup,” lives in Herne Bay, and apologises for making him displace so many “h’s.” The shopman in question, according to this lady, spoke follows to her on a recent occasion:- “‘Another ha’penny, please, misses ; sugar’s gone hup,’ ‘oil’s gone hup, candles are gone hup, butter’s hup tuppence, and jam a penny. Bread will directly.’”