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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Call, Bart., and banker. It is very curious and 

 interesting. I believe one of her daupjhters was 

 drowned in the Tiber. Is the other still livlnn; P 



A Bookworm. 



'■'• Jokehy'' — Can you tell me who is the author 

 of Joheby, a bui'lesque imitation of Rokeby, pub- 

 lished in or about 1812 ? The same author pub- 

 lished, shortly afterwards, a volume called The 

 Accepted Addresses. R. J. 



Fellow of Trinity. — There is a letter from the 

 Earl of Sandwich to Garrick (in the 2nd volume 

 of the Garrick Correspondeiice, p. 329.) regarding 

 a play written by a gentleman of Cambridge. In 

 the earl's letter, which is dated Jan. 8, 1779, he 

 says regarding the author : 



" I believe he has lost some emolument he had in 

 Trinity College, of which he is a Fellow, on account of 

 his attachment to me, which led him to oppose the 

 Master upon some points in which I interfered," &c. 



Could any of your readers inform me who was 

 the Fellow of Trinity College here alluded to ? 



R. J. 



Was Addison a Plagiarist? — I read the other 

 day, that the well-known paraphrase of Psalm xix., 



" The spacious firmament on high, 

 With all the blue ethereal sky," &c. 



SO generally ascribed to Addison, was composed 

 by Andrew Marvel; and that Dr. Johnson re- 

 peated it as his. 



I know it has been a fashion to lay other men's 

 productions at Andrew's door ; but the object of 

 my Query is to ascertain if there is any well-sup- 

 ported charge of plagiarism against Addison on 

 record. John J. Pbnstone. 



Stanford-in-the-Vale. 



Meaning of Hayne. — What is the explanation 

 of the word hayne, which forms the termination of 

 the names of a great many places, chiefly farms, 

 in my neighbourhood, such as WoodAa^ne, Cown- 

 hayne, WiUhayne, and at least a dozen others. 



J. E. 



Temple at Baalbec. — Who is supposed to have 

 founded the Temple of the Sun at Baalbec, in 

 Syria ? What ancient historians notice its origin 

 or existence ? And what modern books are tliere 

 on the subject ? Hawadji. 



Fossil Human Skeleton. — Is it true that & fossil 

 human skeleton was very lately found in a free- 

 stone quarry near Fondel, in Scotland ? 



W. Elfe Tatlek. 



" The Philistines." — Who is the author of The 

 Philistines, or The Scotch Tocsin sounded, a political 

 drama, published in 1793 ? R. J. 



Weldons of Swanscomhe, co. Kent. — I am de- 

 sirous of obtaining all the information possible 



regarding the family of Weldon, especially that 

 branch of it which settled in the county of Kent. 

 From Hasted's History I learn that the manor of 

 Swanscombe was possessed by the Weldons from 

 the thirty- sixth year of Henry VIII. down to 

 1731. In that year died Walter Weldon, whose 

 heirs conveyed their estate by sale to Thomas 

 IJleehynden, Esq. 



Can any of your readers supply me with the 

 further history of the Swanscombe Weldons, and 

 bring down their line to the present day ? One 

 Colonel Weldon, said to be "of Swanscombe," 

 was living in the year 1827, and bore the arms of 

 the family, which are "Argent, a cinquefoil (or 

 mullet) gules ; on a chief of the second, a demi- 

 lion rampant, issuant of the field, armed and 

 langued azure." H. E. W. 



York. 



Fdwai'd Stanley, B.A. — Could any of your 

 readers give me information regarding Edward 

 Stanley, B.A., who is author of Elmira, a dra- 

 matic poem, printed at Norwich in 1790 ? R. J. 



Punishment for Striking in the King's Court. 



" The Serjeant of the King's Wood-yard brings to the 

 place of execution a square block, a beetle, staple, and 

 cords to fasten the hands thereto; the j-eoman of the 

 scullery provides a great fire of coals by the block, where 

 the searing-irons, brought by the chief farrier, are to be 

 ready for the chief surgeon to use ; vinegar and cold 

 water, brought by the groom of the saucery; the chief 

 officers also of the cellar and pantry are to be ready, one 

 with a cup of red wine, and the other with a manchet, to 

 offer the criminal. The serjeant of the ewry is to bring 

 linen to wind about and wrap the arm ; the j'eoman of 

 the poultry a cock to lay to it; the yeoman of the chan- 

 dlery seared cloths ; the master-cook a sharp dresser- 

 knife, which at the place of execution is to be held 

 upright by the serjeant of the larder, till execution be 

 performed by an officer appointed thereunto. After all, 

 the criminal shall be imprisoned during life, and fined 

 and ransomed at the king's will." 



So far Chamberlain, in his Present State of Great 

 Britain, 1741. Is there any case on record where 

 such a sentence has been carried into execution 

 with all its extraordinary formalities ? WX. 



Minatrost. — A Correspondent begs to know 

 the meaning of the word minatrost, which is men- 

 tioned in Charles Auchester, vol. i. p. 42. (a novel). 



Minor ^uetiei tait^ ^niixtet^, 



" The Little Whig." — Speaking of the theatre 

 erected by Sir John Vanbrugh on the site of the 

 present opera-h<iuse in the Haymarket, called the 

 Queen's in honour of Queen Anne, and which has 

 always retained the royal prefix, Cibber says : 



" Of this theatre I saw the first stone laid, on which was 

 inscribed ' The Little Whig,' in honour to a lady of ex- 



