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1757. One of his daughters, Sarab, was married 

 to William Dawson, of St. Leonard's Hill, Esq. 

 (near Windsor). Can anyone tell me anything of 

 his birth, parentage, education, arms, &c. I be- 

 lieve his family was of French extraction. '* ' 



Ol'IPi'S';' 

 Precedence of Deans, ^c. — What authorities 

 may be safely consulted for an account of the re- 

 spective and relative powers and privileges, rights 

 and duties, of Deans, Dignitaries, Canons, and 

 Prebendaries of Cathedral chapters in England 

 and Ireland at the present time ? Sax. 



Thirty-two Pound Cannon, whenjlrst introduced ? 

 — Perhaps some of your readers may be able and 

 kind enough to inform me when 32-pounder can- 

 non were first introduced into the British service ? 

 I am also desirous of obtaining a copy of a work 

 published in Copenhagen in 1669, entitled Expe- 

 rimenta Ci'ystalli Islandici Dis-diaclastici quibus 

 mira et insolita refractio detegitur. A. B. 



Wicquefort. — Richard Trevor, the English ]\Ii- 

 nister at the Hague in 1736, bought at a sale of 

 books and MSS. belonging to Mad. C. Lerier at 

 the Hague, for Rich. Ellys, Esq., a volume con- 

 taining Wicquefort's Histoire des Provinces Unies, 

 divided into thirty-two books, all in Wicquefort's 

 handwriting as I presume. Can anyone inform 

 me where this MS., especially the last 8 books, is 

 at present ? and would the possessor be inclined 

 to lend it me for some time ? I should feel much 

 obliged to have any hint of its existence. 



Sir Rich. Ellys was the author of Fortuita 

 Sacra and other works on divinity. Sh. Johnson 

 printed about that time (1735 to 1747) in London 

 Wicquefort's Histoire, but only ten books. Per- 

 haps Ellys was the editor of this publication. 



Being engaged in a new edition of all the thirty- 

 two books of Wicquefort's interesting work, I 

 should feel much obliged by a direct answer to 

 Amsterdam. • Fred. Muller. 



Publisher. 



Amsterdam. 



Bordyke. — Passing through the town of Tun- 

 bridge, Kent, the other day, I noticed the name 

 "Bordyke" painted up on a house just opposite 

 the church. I made inquiries about it, and was 

 told that all the houses in that row bore the same 

 name. There was no ditch near that I could see ; 

 and not being able to obtain any information as 

 to the origin and meaning of the name, I thought 

 it was worth while writing to " N. & Q.," as some 

 correspondent may be able to give me the desired 

 information. J. A. Pn. 



Torture. — I shall be glad if you or any of your 

 readers will kindly inform me in what works, 

 ancient or modern, I am likely to find an account 

 of the various instruments of torture, and loays 

 of torturing, which have been used at different 



periods in the history of England, and also of 

 foreign countries, — in Europe, the East, and 

 America ; with the laws and regulations of ap- 

 plying the-torture; remarkable instances of its 

 application ; and engravings of the instruments 

 and methods. Henry Kensington. 



Hymnist : a new Word. — The word "hymnist" 

 is twice used by the Rev. C. B. Pearson, in an 

 article on " Hymns and Hymn- Writers " in the 

 series of Oxford Essays for 1858. I cannot find 

 this word in the dictionaries of Johnson, Sheridan, 

 Walker, Richardson, Barclay, Wright, &c. Is it 

 a new coinage ? If so, who is its author ? It would 

 be well for him to fix its meaning, either as a com- 

 poser of hymns, or one who is at all interested in, 

 and has anything to do with, hymns. It is cer- 

 tainly a word wanted, and a word much more 

 English and suitable than hymnologlst. Tty. 



" The Second Temple." — Who is the author 

 of The Second 2'emple, a Dramatic Poem, London, 

 1842? X. 



" The York Musical Festival." — Who is the 

 author of The York Musical Festival," a comedy 

 in five acts, printed by E. Baines and Son, Leeds, 

 1828 ? Sigma. 



Precedence : Bishops in Waiting. — What is the 

 precedence of the bishop who, under the Act 

 creating the Bishopric of Manchester, is excluded 

 from sitting in Parliament, when first consecrated, 

 until a subsequent death on the Bench of Bishops, 

 other than Canterbury, York, London, Durham, 

 and Winchester ? 



If a bishop's precedence depends upon the Act 

 31 Hen. VIIL, which places him above barons, 

 and refers to place in the House of Lords, how 

 does he take precedence of a baron when he is not 

 a Member of the House ? Has a bishop, not sum' 

 moned to Parliament, any precedence over barons, 

 or must he whilst in waiting be placed below 

 barons ? Coi-onist. 



Quotations. — Who is the author, real or sup- 

 posed, of the lines found about thirty years ago 

 in the skeleton box at the Royal Academy ? and 

 which commence thus : — 



" Behold this ruin ! 'twas a skull 

 Ouce of ethereal spirit full." 



Also, can you give me the name of the author 

 of some " Lines on Waltzing " : — 



" What ! touch'd ia the twirl by another than me ? 

 What, panting recline on another man's knee ? " 



B. Roots, M,D. 



Printing of Wills. — It was resolved in the case 

 of Sir Robert Fludd, that a patent for the print- 

 ing of wills and inventories in the Prerogative 

 Court was void, because it was in restraint of 

 trade, 2 Rolls Ab. 214. and 2 Mod. Rep. 78. Are 



