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author of several important philosophical works ; 

 one of which, on the Diversity of Language, has 

 been more than once reprinted. Possibly at Ox- 

 ford, his alma mater, a portrait of him may be in 

 existence ; and I dare say some resident member 

 of that University will kindly endeavour to ascer- 

 tain the fact. T. Hughes. 

 Chester. 



Elizabeth Seymour. — I have lately met with a 

 pedigree in which it is stated that Sir Joseph 

 Tredenham (I presume of Cornwall or Devon- 

 shire) married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward 

 Seymour, first baronet of the present Duke of 

 Somerset's line, by his wife Elizabeth Champer- 

 nown ; but another pedigree gives this Elizabeth 

 to George Cary of Cockington, co. Devon, Esq. 

 Which is correct? Or did the said Elizabeth 

 marry twice ? and, in that case, which was the 

 first husband? Patonce. 



Longfellow. — Could you inform me whether 

 the name "Longfellow" may still be traced in any 

 parts of England ? It is the belief of that distin- 

 guished American poet that his name still exists 

 in some of the south-western counties ; and it 

 would be an additional gratification to him that 

 his hopes were confirmed by testimony. 



Oxoniensis. 



Fresick and Freswick. — In the map of the king- 

 dom of Scotland, occurring in the Theatre of the 

 Empire of Great Britaine, by John Speed, 1614, 

 pp. 131-2., on the north-east point of Scotland a 

 place is noted as Fresick East, in the present maps 

 Freswick. Is Fresick a contracted form of Fres- 

 wick ? and if so, has it some reference to a settle- 

 ment of the Frisians (anciently Fresians) on this 

 coast ? The village Freswick, on the borders of 

 the Lek, and another Freswick in the neighbour- 

 hood of Deventus, both in the Netherlands, near 

 the Frisians, are supposed to owe their names to 

 a settlement or refuge of those first parents of the 

 Anglo-Saxons. D. H. 



Has Execution by Hanging been survived? — I 

 have heard vague and indiscriminate tales of per- 

 sons who, as criminals, have undergone infliction 

 of the punishment of hanging without total ex- 

 tinction of life ; but I have always been disposed 

 to look upon such accounts as mere fables, till 

 lately, in turning over some newspapers of the 

 year 1740, I found a case mentioned, under such 

 circumstances that, if it were untrue, its refuta- 

 tion might have been easily accomplished. By 

 The Craftsman of Saturday, Sept. 27, 1740, it 

 appears one William Dewell had been concerned 

 in the violation, robbery, and murder of a young 

 woman in a barn at Acton (which place has so 

 recently been the scene of another horrible crime). 

 The Craftsman of Saturday, Nov. 29, 1740, states 



that Dewell, having undergone execution, and 

 being brought to Surgeons' Hall to be anatomised, 

 symptoms of life appeared, and he quite recovered* 

 This strikes me as a most unaccountable story; 

 but perhaps similar ones may have been met with 

 in the reading of some of your correspondents. 2. 



Maps of Dublin. — In Cough's Topographical 

 Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 689., 

 it is stated that there is a map of the city and 

 suburbs of Dublin, by Charles Brookin, 1728, and 

 a map of the Bay and Harbour of Dublin, with a 

 small plan of the city, 1728. I have Brookin's 

 map of the city, 1728, but I have never seen or 

 heard of any person who had seen the map of the 

 Bay and Harbour of 1728. Possibly some of your 

 correspondents could give information on the sub- 

 ject, and also state whether there be any map of 

 the city, either manuscript or printed, between 

 Speed's map of 1610 and Brookin's of 1728, and 

 where ? C. II. 



Dublin. 



" The Lounger's Common-place Book." — Who 

 was the editor of this work ? Any information as 

 to its literary history, and especially as to that of 

 the revised edition of it, will be very acceptable 

 to W. H. S. 



Mount Mill, and the Fortifications of London. — 

 In a topographical account of Middlesex, pub- 

 lished in the middle of the last century, I find the 

 following : 



" Mount Mill, at the end of Goswell Street, was one of 

 the forts erected by the Parliament for the defence of 

 London." 



Will any of your correspondents be kind enough 

 to inform me what the exact site was ; at what 

 period it was demolished ; what were the names and 

 sites of any other forts erected by the Parliament 

 at the time for the purposes of defence ; and, lastly, 

 in what work any record of them may be found ? 



B. R. A. Y. 



« Forms of Public Meetings." — Can any of your 

 readers inform me of the name of the publisher 

 of Foi-ms and Proceedings of Public Meetings re- 

 ferred to in The Times of Sept. 16 or 17 last, 

 and supposed to have been written by the Speaker 

 of the House of Commons ? Z. Y. 



[* Matt of the Mint in the Beggar's Opera says, " My 

 poor brother Tom had an accident this time twelve- 

 month ; and so clever a made fellow he was, that I 

 could not save him from those flaying rascals the sur- 

 geons ; and now, poor man, he is among the 'otamies 

 at Surgeons' Hall." The executed culprit noticed by 

 our correspondent, however, seems to have been re- 

 animated at Surgeons' Hall. — En.] 



