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known action with the Spanish fleet off Sicily. On the 

 4th May, 1734, he was promoted to be rear-admiral of 

 the blue; on the 16th Dec. of the same year, rear-admiral 

 of the white ; and moreover on the 2d March, 1735, to be 

 rear-admiral of the red. In 1739, Mr. Haddock was or- 

 dered to make reprisals on the Spaniards, in which spe- 

 cies of warfare he was remarkably fortunate. On the 

 11th March, 1741, he was promoted to be vice-admiral of 

 the blue. After having attained the elevated rank of 

 admiral of the blue, he died on the 26th Sept. 1746, in 

 the 60th year of his age. — Charnock's Biographia Navalis, 

 iii. 383—392.] 



Nevinson. — Can you give me any information 

 concerning a divine of the Elizabethan era of the 

 name of Nevinson ? Was he ever at the head of 

 ?iny known grammar school ? or was he ever a 

 Cambridge don ? G. H. K. 



[A reference to Cooper's most useful Athena Cantabri- 

 gienses makes us acquainted with two divines of this name, 

 viz. Christopher Nevynson, a native of Wetheral, Cum- 

 berland, LL.B. 1635, LL.D. 1539, who in 1547 was in a 

 royal commission for visiting certain dioceses, and in 

 1549 one of the royal visitors of Oxford ; and Stephen, his 

 cousin, a native of Carlisle and a Fellow of Trinity Col- 

 lege, Cambridge, who was tutor to George Gascoyne the 

 poet, and, after holding many appointments, became 

 Canon of Canterbury about 1570. He died about Oc- 

 tober, 1580.2 



Dr. Hoadly's Private Theatre (2"'» S. viii. 136.) 

 — In his article on "Eminent Artists who have 

 painted Scenes," Me. Ctjthbert Bede states, in 

 an extract, that Hogarth was so engaged for "Dr. 

 Hoadly's private theatre." I shall be glad if any 

 of your correspondents can give information about 

 this private theatre, the existence of which I dare 

 say many of your readers, as well as myself, now 

 hear of for the first time. Charles Wtlie. 



[[The gentleman alluded to in Cuthbert Bede's arti- 

 cle is Dr. John Hoadly, the Bishop's youngest son, and 

 Chancellor of Winchester, who appears to have resided at 

 Winchester House, Chelsea. The following notice of this 

 mansion occurs in The History of Chelsea, by Faulkner, 

 8vo. 1829, p. 295. : " Upon pulling down the palace a sin- 

 gular discovery was made. In a small room, to the north 

 front, and at the north-west corner, were found on the 

 plaster of the walls nine figures of the size of life, viz. 

 three men and six women, drawn in outline with black 

 chalk in a bold and animated style. Of these correct 

 copies have been taken by an ingenious artist, who 

 intends to publish them. Concerning these spirited 

 sketches conjecture has been busy, and various are the 

 opinions hazarded on the subject; but. both the time 

 when they were draw^n, as well as the transactions to 

 which they allude, must ever remain in obscurity and 

 doubt. They display much of the manner of Hogarth, 

 who, it is well known, lived on intimate terms with 

 Bishop [?Dr.] Hoadly, and frequently visited his 

 Lordship [ ? ] at this palace : and it is supposed that 

 these figures apply to some domestic incident in the 

 Bishop's [ ? ] family, or to some scene in a play." Faulk- 

 ner has confounded the Bishop with his son. It is well 

 known that Dr. John Hoadly's fondness for theatrical 

 exhibitions was so great, that few visitors were ever long 

 in his house before they were solicited to accept a part in 

 some interlude or other. He himself, with Garrick and 

 Hogarth, once performed a laughable parodj' on the 

 scene in Julius Caesar where the ghost appears to Bru- 



I tus. Hogarth personated the spectre ; but so unretentive 

 i was his memorj', that although his speech consisted only 

 \ of two lines, he was unable to get them by heart. At 

 [ last they hit on the following expedient in his favour. 

 i The verses he was to deliver were written in such large 

 \ letters on the outside of an illuminated paper lanthorn, 

 j that he could read them when he entered with it in his 



hand on the stage. Hogarth painted a scene on this oc- 

 j casion, representing a sutling booth, with the Duck of 



Cumberland's head by way of sign. He also prepared 

 ; the play -bill, with characteristic ornaments. Vide Ho- 

 i garth's Works, by Nichols and Steevens, 4to., 1808, and 



Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, iii. 141.] 



Hanged^ drawn, and quartered. — I notice that 

 this sentence is found in different books to differ 

 slightly in form : in some we find it as above, in 

 others it is written '■^ drawn, hanged, and quar- 

 tered." 



In cases of treason the sentence passed was 

 that the offender should be drawn at a horse's 

 tail to the gallows ; that he should be there hanged 

 by the neck ; that he should be cut down alive ; 

 and that, after other barbarities not necessary to 

 mention, his entrails should be taken out and 

 burnt before his face. 



In this form, then, the word " drawn " must be 

 interpreted " embowelled." But the other form^ 

 namely, " dratvn, hanged, and quartered " occurs 

 very frequently : for instance, we read in the Dis- 

 course of the Manner of the Discovery of the Guw 

 powder Ti'eason, published by authority in 1609, 

 that Henry Garnet was sentenced to be " drawn, 

 hanged, and quartered" for his participation in 

 that plot ; and in this form, " drawn," I suppose, 

 would mean the drawing on the hurdle to the 

 place of execution. Yet Henry Garnet was not 

 only drawn on a hurdle to the gallows, but was 

 also eviscerated ; no part of the usual sentence in 

 cases of treason being omitted or varied, with the 

 single exception (if we may accredit the official 

 account) of his being allowed to hang until he was 

 dead. 



When we see, then, the words " hanged, drawn, 

 and quartered" to a person who has been sentenced 

 to death, is that the right way of expressing it ? 

 or should it be written " drawn, hanged, and quar- 

 tered ? " In other words, does the word " drawn " 

 mean that such person was embowelled, or that he 

 was drawn on a hurdle to the scaffold. W. O. W. 



[With the exception of decapitation after hanging, all 

 the revolting practices formerly performed upon the bodies 

 of persons convicted of high treason are now dispensed with 

 by the statute 54 Geo. III. c. 146. The phrase " drawn " 

 originally meant that the convict should neither walk 

 nor be carried to the place of execution, but dragged thi- 

 ther. By the statute just referred to, it is enacted that 

 the sentence in future shall be that "the ofi'ender shall be 

 drawn on a hurdle," &c. A proviso is added, that after 

 sentence the king may by warrant, under the sign ma- 

 nual, direct that the traitor shall not be drawn to the 

 place of execution, but taken thither as may be directed.} 



