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in front of Newgate ; as we learn, under the date 

 of the 12th July, 1758, a reprieve arrived on the 

 day fixed for the execution. It is then added : — 



" The doctor has since been two or three times under 

 examination, and it is said has made great discoveries" 1 1 ! 



All I can learn of him after this is contained in 

 the following paragraphs : — 



7th October, 1758. " Dr. Hensey was further respited 

 during His Majesty's pleasure." 



6th November, 1758. " Dr. Hensey was further respited 

 to January 21st." 



September 6th, 1759. " Dr. Hensey, so long confined in 

 Newgate, gave bail before a Judge, in order to plead his 

 pardon the ensuing term, and was discharged trom his 

 confinement," y 



November 5th, 1759. "Dr. Hensey pleaded his Ma- 

 jesty's pardon at the bar of the Court of King's Bench." 



I quote from the London Magazine, 1758, pp. 

 149. 304, .305. 370. 593. 648. ; 1759, pp. 495. 619. 



This Hensey is said to have been an Irishman ; 

 but " Hensey" is not an Irish name, although very 

 like a common Irish name, " Hennesey." 



Was he an Irishman ? Where are other par- 

 ticulars beyond those stated in the London Maga- 

 zine to be found respecting him ? What became 

 of him after he had obtained the king's pardon ? 



W. B. Mac Cabe. 



Dinan, Cotes du Nord. 



Minav caucrtc^. 



7. U Israeli and King James's Bible. — Mr. I. 

 D'Israeli, in his Curiosities of Literature (2nd 

 Series, vol. iii. p. 322.), informs us that 



" The manuscript copy of the translation of the Bible 

 made in King James the First's time, was in the posses- 

 sion of two of the icing's Printers, who, from cowardice, 

 consent, and connivance suppressed the publication : con- 

 sidering that a Bible full of errata, and often, probably, 

 accommodated to the notions of certain sectarists, was 

 more valuable than one authenticated by the Hierarchy ! 

 Such was the state of the English Bible till 1660." 



Can any of your readers say where this manu- 

 script is to be found ? It may be probably in the 

 office of the King's Printers, and ought to be de- 

 posited in a more available place. See The Lon- 

 don Printers Lamentation, or the Press Oppressed, 

 Harl. Coll. iii. 280. James Elmes. 



Hev. Richard Hvrd, Bishop of Worcester. — 

 The Rev. F. Kilvert respectfully requests the 

 communication of any unpublished letters or other 

 original documents serving to illustrate the life 

 and ciiaracter of the late Right Rev. Richard Hurd, 

 Bishop of Worcester. This request is specially 

 reconunended.to the notice of the bishop's surviv- 

 ing relatives. 



Claveston Lodge, Bath. 



Egypt tun Dahlia. — I copy the following from 

 an old number of the Illustrated London News 



(Nov. 18, 1848). Can any of your readers con- 

 firm the statement therein contained as to the dis- 

 covery of a dahlia in the hand of a mummy ? — 



"Lord Lindsay, in his travel.^, writes that while wan- 

 dering amid the pyramids of Egypt, he stumbled on a 

 mummy, proved b}' its hierogh'phics to be at least 2000 

 years old. In examining the mummy after it was un- 

 wrapped, he found in one of its closed hands a tuberous 

 or bulbous root. He was interested in the question how 

 long vegetable life could last, and he therefore took that 

 tuberous root from the mummy's hand, planted it in a 

 sunny soil, allowed the rains and dews of heaven to de- 

 scend upon it, and in the course of a few weeks, to his as- 

 tonishment and joy, the root burst forth, and bloomed 

 into a beautiful dahlia." 



Libya. 



Gallea. — Gallea, a " leathern helmet " (in con- 

 tradistinction to Cassis) is always derived from 

 yaXif], " a weasel, polecat, or martencat." Young 

 says, " quod ex felina pelle fieret." Is this correct? 

 and if so, why should the skins of those animals 

 be selected for such a purpose ? 



Thos. Carrington. 



Chesterfield. 



Pillory. — Is there a pillory (or the remains of 

 one) to be seen in any part of England ? 



T. N. B. 



Memoranda respecting Art. — A MS. memo- 

 randum-book has lately come into my possession 

 containing entries of some interest, perhaps, to 

 artists. The mention of some of its contents may 

 afford a clue to the writer's name, which I should 

 like to know. 



It commences with, on the Dr. side, 



" Ad account of monies received on my Lord the Earl of 

 Leicester account, and of my Father, beginning from my 

 first setting out of England, August, 1747." 



On the other, or Cr. side, 



" A General account of monies expended for y<^ use of 

 ye R'. Hon'''« y« Earl of Leicester, and for self and Father, 

 beginning May y<^ 18, 1749." 



These items of expenditure comprise the cost of 

 antique statuary, casts, and pictures purchased by 

 the writer, usually stating from whom purchased, 

 and all attendant expenses, extending over five 

 years. These are followed by a sort of diary con- 

 taining his accounts of the expenses of embarking, 

 casing, carriage, &c., of cases of marbles, moulds, 

 &c., with notes of the contents of each case, and 

 to whom consigned, and such memoranda as " in 

 this first moul4 is sent y"^ sulphers for Lord Mal- 

 ton, M'. Jenkins songs and Fiddle-strings for 

 M". Oswohl," likewise the dates of his purchases, 

 and the terms. Lord Dartmouth and Sir Wm. 

 Stanhope are named as collectors, on whose be- 

 half pictures and sculptures were purchased, as 

 well as Lord Leicester. 



He also gives a list of the antiques from which 

 he had taken casts or moulds, and a statement of 

 bis expenses in obtaining them. Many of the en- 



