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life again — also somehow — many times before 

 finally " throwing off this mortal coil." 



The following is a case of this kind, given in 

 the Night Side of Nature. And, as many of your 

 readers may be better acquainted with its facts 

 than myself, I shall be obliged if they can furnish 

 me with, or refer me to any additional particulars 

 respecting it, or if they will note any similar 

 cases which are known to have occurred. 



Speaking of voluntary trance, Mrs. Crowe says : 



" He [Colonel Townshend] could, to all appearance, 

 die whenever he pleased ; his heart ceased to beat, there 

 was no perceptible respiration, and his whole frame be- 

 came cold and rigid as death itself: the features being 

 shrunk and colourless, and the eyes glazed and ghastly. 

 He would continue in this state for several hours, and 

 then gradually revive ; but the revival does not appear 

 to have been an effort of will, or rather we are not in- 

 formed whether it was so or not I find, from the 



account of Dr. Cheyne, who attended him, that Colonel 

 Townshend's own way of describing the phenomenon to 

 which he was subject, was, that he could 'die or expire 

 when he pleased ; ' and yet, by an effort, or somehow, he 

 could come to life again. He performed the experiment 

 in the presence of three medical men ; one of whom kept 

 his hand on his heart, another held his wrist, and the 

 third placed a looking-glass before his lips: and they 

 found that all traces of respiration and pulsation gra- 

 dually ceased, insomuch tliat, after consulting about his 

 condition for some time, they were leaving the room 

 persuaded that he was really dead, when signs of life 

 appeared, and he slowly revived. He did not die whilst 

 repeating the experiment, as has been eometimes as- 

 serted." 



What " account of Dr. Cheyne" is referred to ? 

 R. W. Hackwood. 



"De Hayo." — Who is the author of De Rayo, 

 or the Haunted Priory, a dramatic romance, pub- 

 lished at London in 1833 ? K. J. 



Modern Judaism. — In what work shall I find 

 the fullest details of the present belief and cere- 

 monial practices of the Jews ? 



Are Jews landholders In any nation ? if so, how 

 do they regulate themselves with regard to the 

 year of Jubilee ? Do they interpret the ordi- 

 nance of restoration to the owner, as applicable 

 solely to the Promised Land ? 



Supposing that, by political arrangement, Pa- 

 lestine were restored to the Jews, would they 

 resume the sacrifices of the Temple ? 



How far — as respects the creed, conduct, and 

 habits of the Jews themselves — ^has Christianity, 

 philosophy, or the general progress of knowledge, 

 operated ? 



Is Palestine so valuable to the Moslem, that 

 there is no chance of inducing him to resign its 

 possession for "a consideration?" and could not 

 that consideration be easily furhished by the scat- 

 tered but wealthy remnant of Israel ? Delta. 



Gerard Malynds. — This old commercial writer 

 iras, according to Chalmers, an authority iil high 



repute upon matters of trade in the reigns of 

 Elizabeth and James, and much consulted by 

 their governments. I am aware of slight allu- 

 sions to my subject in Censura Literaria, and in 

 Dr. Smith's Memoirs of Wool, as well as Oldys' 

 notice of one of his books ; but these being meagra 

 and unsatisfactory, perhaps through " 'N. & Q." 

 I may be helped to something more substantial 

 touching this " Bclglcke Pismire, " which, in allu- 

 sion to his foreign origin, his contemporary aiid 

 rival Misselden sneeringly styles him. J, O. 



Ancient Drum at Durham Castle. — In the prin- 

 cipal room at Durham Castle, and right over the" 

 door, is a large drum affixed to the wall. I am 

 informed that it is a trophy which was captured 

 at some celebrated battle. Will Mr. Dixon, or 

 some other Durham correspondent, kindly afford 

 information on this subject through your valuable 

 journal ? Ein Frager. 



Daily Service. — What has been the history of 

 the daily prayers in our parish churches since the 

 Reformation ? Would it not seem from Canons 

 14. and 15. of the Synod of 1603, that daily 

 service was not then In general use ? By the first 

 the prescript form of divine service is enjoined td 

 be used on Sundays, holy days, and their eves ; 

 by the second the Litany is ordered to be used on 

 Wednesdays and Fridays weekly. The Litany, it 

 must be remembered, was not then so closely con- 

 nected as now to Morning Prayer ; the words to 

 be said or sung " after Morning Prayer " not being 

 inserted till 1662. 



Yet the plain rule at the end of the Preface 

 Concerning the Service of the Church, " All 

 Priests and Deacons shall be bound to say Daily 

 the Morning and Evening Prayer. . . . And 

 the Curate that ministereth in every Parish Church 

 or Chapel . . . shall say the same in the 

 Parish Church or Chapel where he ministereth, 

 &c.," stood in its present place all the while, ever 

 since the Book of 1552. How are tliese apparent 

 contradictions to be reconciled ? Of course now 

 the Rubric Is more binding than the Canon (in 

 every way), as in the parallel case respecting the 

 time of public catechising. A. A. D. 



" There's a gude time coming.'^ — Is this say- 

 ing, the burden of a popular song by Dr. Mackay, 

 an old expression in Scotland ? I find the fol- 

 lowing in Rob Hoy : * 



" ' It is lotig since ■We met, Mr. Campbell,' said the 

 Duke. 



" ' It is so, my Lord Duke ; I could have wished it had 

 been ' (looking at the fastening oh his arms) ' when I could 

 have better paid the compliments I owe to your Grace. 

 But there's a gude time coming.^ " 



Prestomiensis. 



Wavetley Edition, vol. vi. p. 334., Ed. 1822. 



