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LOBE OF THE CANE. Among schoolboys
it is commonly said that if a slit be made in
the cane and a horse-hair be put in it,
the cane will split next time it is officially
used. Also that if rosin be placed on the
ends of a cane, the caning with it will not
hurt ? What truth is there in this ? I have
no boys upon whom to experiment.
ALFRED S. E. ACKERMANN.
RICHARD MABSH, described by J. William- son in a letter to the Dean of Ch.Ch., written from Whitehall, May 6, 1669, as an " ancient and faithful servant of his Majesty." I should be glad to learn any further par- ticulars of this Richard Marsh and of his family. G. F. R. B.
GEORGE LAUGHTON, divine, son of John Laughton of Bridgwater, was born in 1736, and died at Chippenham, Cambs in 1794. What was the maiden name of his mother ? Did he ever marry ? The ' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' xxx ii. 203 is silent on these points.
G. F. R. B.
DICKENS'S MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE. Where can I find an endorsement of the singular correctness of Dickens's description of disease (more particularly of hemiplegic- paralysis, in the case of Mrs. Skewton, in 'Dombey ') ?
I have read it, but cannot now find it. It was not in any of his books, but in a news- paper, or a book upon some of Dickens's characteristics, and was written by or about a physician.
WILLIAM ABBOTT.
INNS OF COURT IN ELIZABETH'S REIGN. Some contemporary writer has a detailed account of the Universities, Inns of Court, &c., not, I think, Lyly. I should be glad to have the reference. H. C N.
'THE ITINERARY OF ANTONINUS.' Will any one kindly inform me as to what line of route is taken between London and York in ' The Itinerary of Antoninus ' ?
R. WILLOWS.
186 High Street, Lincoln.
" STATUTE " AND " WAY " BREAD. What is to be understood by these terms in the following items from the Rode (Somerset) Guardians' Book of Workhouse Accounts ? 1775 " Of Mr. Poole one week statute bread 7s:" 1780 " A vestry to consider the necessity of reliev- ing the poor by making one way bread"
CAREY P. DRAKE.
STEWART OR STUART. Is it incorrect to
refer to the Stewart kings, Charles I.,
Charles II., &c. ? If so, was the name
officially altered with James I. ?
W. M. DRUETT. 69 Roxborough Road, Harrow.
F. E. HUGFORD, ABBOT OF VALLOMBROSA. In ' Travels in Italy, Sicily and the Lipari Islands,' by R[ichard] Duppa, LL.B. (Lon- don, 1828), at p. 21, occurs this passage :
" Two miles beyond Pelago the road passes through the court-yard of a house called Piterno : in one of the rooms is a large collection of land- scape in scagliuola, the first specimens of this art invented by an Englishman of the name of Hugford, who was some time abbot of Vallombrosa, and died in the year 1771 These landscapes have no value but as being the earliest attempts to represent scenes from nature in this manner."
In ' The Catholic Encyclopaedia,' xv. 263, Dom Raymond Webster, O.S.B., writes :
"F. E. Hugford (1696-1771), born at Florence of English parents, is well known as one of the chief promoters of the art of scagliola (imitation of marble in plaster)."
Is anything more known of him and what were his Christian names ?
JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.
WOODHOUSE'S RIDDLE. What is the con- tinuation of Mr. Woodhouse's incomplete riddle given in Jane Austen's ' Emma,' beginning " Kitty, a fair but frozen maid."
M. D. H.
" HARDNESS OF HEART." It is usually said that the " hardness of heart " justifying the Mosaic permission of divorce consisted in the danger of wife-murder when divorce was prohibited. Is there any collection of statistics of the motives leading to crime which might throw light on this statement ? LAWRENCE PHILLIPS.
Theological College, Lichn'eld.
EVANS OF THE STRAND. It would be of interest to me if some genealogist or O. W. could elaborate the following pedigree :
Thomas Evans of the Strand ; bookseller, publisher of Evans's ' Old Ballads ' ; born 1742 ; died 1784 ; mentioned in the ' D.N.B.' When and whom did he marry ? Was his wife's name Ann (remarried to Bradley), and was she buried at the St. James's burial ground in Hampstead Road ?
Robert Harding Evans of Pall Mall ; bookseller and auctioneer ; only son of Thomas ; born 1778 ; died 1857 ; mentioned in the ' D.X.B.' Educated at Westminster : query, date of admission ? married, 1803,
