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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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and S, Creswell, Nottingham, 1757 ? The writer 

 entertained what would now be called free-trade 

 opinions, and some clue to the authorship may be 

 gained from his examining, &c., two letters in the 

 GentlemarCs Magazine for February and March, 

 " Britannicus," in the Evening Post of Oct. 6, 

 and "Poplicola," Evening Post, Oct. 25, all in 

 1757. He mentions also a I*. 6d. pamphlet called 

 Poison Detected, 8rc. Furvus. 



GuildhaU before 1666. — Are there any pictorial 

 evidences extant, beyond the distant view in 

 Hollar's General Bird s-eye View of London, re- 

 specting the appearance, whether internally or 

 externally, of Guildhall previously to the Great 

 Fire of 1666 ? Z. 



David Lindsay. — ^Was David Lindsay, "Minister 

 of God's word at Leith (author of a scarce work 

 entitled The Godly Man^s Journey to Heaven, 

 12mo., 1625)," related to David Lindsay, the Scot- 

 tish poet in the sixteenth century ? 



I conclude, from having seen only one copy of 

 the above-named work, and no mention having 

 been made of it by Lowndes, &c., that it is but 

 Kttle known. H. J. J. 



Blackheath. 



KlaprotKs " Chinas — Can any of your readers, 

 in Paris or London, communicate the real circum- 

 stances that occasioned the non-appearance of 

 M. Julius von Klaproth's great work on China, 

 compiled from original sources ; a work which 

 was anxiously looked for, and was expected to 

 throw great light on the true state of that myste- 

 rious empire. It was announced by him to appear 

 in two volumes, 4to., about twenty-five years ago, 

 under, I think, the auspices of the East India 

 Company. M. Klaproth resided for some time in 

 this country for the purpose of obtaining sub- 

 scribers, and such additional information con- 

 nected with his work as could be gleaned from 

 Chinese publications to be found in England. I 

 have an indistinct recollection of hearing M. Klap- 

 roth or some of his friends state, that he lost the 

 MS. in one of his journeys between Paris and 

 London. J. Mackat. 



"Silke Saugen." — I once saw an engraving re- 

 presenting a place or an event in Norway, with 

 a title the same, or nearly similar, to the above. 

 It exhibited huge piles of timber, with a rude 

 bridge, a foaming cataract, and some men at work. 

 Will either of your readers who may happen to 

 know it, be so obliging as to say where such an 

 one may be seen, and give some account or history 

 of its subject? J. D. S. 



Topographical Etymology. — I should be glad 

 to know if you are inclined to take a part in the 

 following work, viz. the attempt to discover the 

 etymology of the names of towns and villages in 

 England: a friend of mine has been j much in- 

 terested in this research for some years, and has a 

 list of about 2000 ; and I doubt not that all over 

 England are scattered men of education, who 

 have done something in this way, but are unable 

 to bring their labours to light. The mere fact of 

 men engaged in a similar pursuit being placed In 

 correspondence, would be of mutual assistance to 

 them ; and many a valuable hint may find its way 

 into your columns, if it were known that such a 

 project was once fairly on foot. An American 

 correspondent of yours touched upon' a similar 

 subject (Vol. X., p. 59.), and contributed an 

 amusing Note upon American surnames. 



QuiESTOE. 



[We quite agree with our correspondent that the ety- 

 mology of our towns and villages is a subject on which 

 much that is curious may be collected. We shall be 

 most happy occasionally to insert any communications of 

 this class, and for the sake of convenient reference would 

 suggest their being placed under their respective counties 

 alphabetically arranged. We would also hint, and this 

 too for our correspondents in general, that it is most desir- 

 able the names of places and persons be written in a clear 

 legible hand. ] 



Rev. Griffith Higgs. — The following inscription 

 Is taken from the porch of South Stoke, In Ox- 

 fordshire. The Rev. Griffith Higgs, whose tablet 

 Is on the chancel wall, was, I believe, one of the 

 chaplains of Charles I. I should be glad to know 

 If the lines are old, or the composition of the Rev. 

 Doctor himself. 



" Time's a thought to think upon, 

 Thought's time is past and quickly gone, 

 Yet Time stands here for all to see ; 

 Think on't and death then, what thou't bee 

 At doome unto eternitie. 

 The church I lov'd, in it I fear'd 

 Within the church to be interr'd : 

 But meekly I my God implore, 

 A place to ly tho' at the doore. 



Griffith Higgs, his memento, born the 

 18th of October, 1608, who died the 

 15thofFebruarj', 1698." 



Qu^STOE. 



[The printed notices of Griffin or Griffith Higgs, state 

 that he was born in 1589, and died December 16, 1659. 

 Wood, in his Athena, vol. iii. p. 481., says : " About the 

 time of his death was a comely monument set up in the 

 wall over his grave, with a large inscription thereon, 

 written mostly by himself." Higgs was chaplain to the 

 Queen of Bohemia, sister to Charles I., and afterwards 

 Dean of Lichfield.] 



" Amalasont, Queen of the Goths." — Could any 

 of your correspondents give me any information 

 respecting a tragedy bearing the above name, said 



