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aa a aa a aa 
Poetic licence, I readily admit, will fully excuse 
the above statement; but the truth is, that Gran- 
tham steeple does not stand awry, and that the 
appearance of its doing so arises, not from its 
height, but from the fact that the angles of the 
tower are not all alike, one of them being made 
to project, so as to carry the staircase. 
Henry Kensincton. 
Submarine Tunnel between England and France. 
-— This project was alluded to in an English song, 
published thirty-one years ago, called “ Bubbles 
of 1825,” tune “ Run, neighbours run :” 
“A tunnel underneath the sea, from Calais straight to 
Dover, Sir, 
That qualmish folks may cross by land from shore to 
shore, 
With sluices made to drown the French, if e’er they 
would come over, Sir, 
Has long been talked of, till at length ’tis thought a 
monstrous bore,” 
Bar-Pornt. 
Philadelphia. 
Provincial Words, Wiltshire. — Among provin- 
cial or antiquated words used in this neighbour- 
hood, are two which I have not seen noticed before, 
viz. :— 
Frow, brittle or fragile ; applied frequently to 
full-grown timber. 
_ Froom, luxuriant ; applied to crops of grass or 
corn. A Wirtsuire Vicar. 
Boy Bachelor. — William Wotton, Bentley’s 
friend, was admitted- at St. Catharine Hall some 
months before he was ten years of age, and ac- 
tually graduated as A.B. at Cambridge when only 
twelve years and five months old. 
Mackenziz Watcort, M.A, 
Burial Clubs among the Saxons. — 
“The Saxons had also guilds or clubs, in which the 
artizans, or such as seem to have consisted of the middle 
classes, subscribed for the burial of a member, and a fine 
was inflicted upon every brother who did not attend the 
funeral. Thus above a thousand years ago were burial 
societies established in England, a clear proof of the re- 
spect which the Saxons paid to their dead.” — Miller’s 
ist. of the Anglo-Saxons. 
The establishment of these fraternities must of 
course have been subsequent to their conversion 
to Christianity. The Pagan Saxons burned their 
dead. F. Pumorr. 
Ruertes. 
EXPOSITION OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, 
Will any of your correspondents have the kind- 
ness to furnish me with what information they 
can respecting the following book, the title-page 
of which is lost. It is a folio volume of 1140 
pages, and was published in numbers of five sheets 
or twenty pages in each number. The first page 
has on it: “ A correct and familiar Exposition on 
the Common Prayer Book of the Church of Ene- 
land,” the words in Italics forming a running title 
or heading to the pages throughout the volume. 
After the general directions as to the daily use of 
the Morning and Evening Prayer, it gives a short 
introduction, and then sets forth the rubric, which 
stands at the commencement of the Morning Ser- 
vice. Then follows the initiatory sentences, which 
are not in the Order of the Common Prayer Book, 
but stand thus : “ Hide thy face ;” “ Enter not into 
judgment ;” “@ Lord, correct ;” “The sacrifices 
of God ;” “To the Lord our God,” &e. On all 
the sentences there are a paraphrase and remarks. 
The exhortation is divided into three parts: — 
1. A Loving Compellation. 2. A Profitable In- 
struction. 3. An Earnest Supplication. And so 
it proceeds with every portion of the book. There 
is a long explanation of the Apostles’ Creed, and 
‘practical discourses on the 2nd and 3rd collects, 
and on the prayers which follow. In those for 
the King and Royal Family, and in the Litany, the 
supplications are for King George, Queen Caro- 
line, Frederick Prince of Wales, the Duke, the 
Princesses, and all the Royal Family. A disser- 
tation on the Athanasian Creed occupies fifty- 
eight pages. PF. B. 
Pinar Queries. 
Ferrara Blades.— When are these first men- 
tioned? TI find allusion to them in a professed 
account of the battle of Drumclog, which occur- 
red June 1, 1679. (See Scot’s Worthies, edit. 
1846, App. vi., and p. 622.) B. H.C. 
“The History of the Affaires of Scotland.” — 
Who was the author of The History of the Affaires 
of Scotland, from the Restauration of King Charles 
the Second in the Year 1660 ; and of the late Great 
Revolution in that Kingdom, 8vo., Lond, T. Salus- 
bury, 1690 ? 
T.S, who dedicates it “To Jane, Countess of 
Sutherland,” calls his book the Naked Rafters of 
a History. The author, from bis barbarous or- 
thography of proper names, was evidently no 
Scot; but he shows that his Rafters were sound 
by sympathising with that nation in their struggle 
for their own church government. J.O. 
Incense. — When or where was incense first 
employed in religious worship? It was certainly 
used in Egypt before the Exodus. | F. A. S. 
Punishment in England. — Am I being hoaxed 
when I read the following? or perhaps I should 
rather say, am I hoaxed if I believe it when I 
have read it? If not, and if such a punishment 
could be inflicted at the date I read of it, about 
