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[9 th S. II. OCT. 8, '98.
the most curiously minute acquaintance with
all the small gossip of high society during
the whole period over which the letters ex-
tend." Is the present whereabouts of this
volume known ? Some of the notes in ques-
tion are given in the pamphlet, and as one
reads them it is impossible to help regretting
that Horace was not placed by fate in a
position to annotate his own letters. It
would be difficult to imagine a more delight-
ful commentary. W. F. PRIDEAUX.
45, Pall Mall, S.W.
MR. JOHN BLAKE, OF LANGPORT, SOMERSET. His daughter and heiress, Edith, born in 1662, was the second wife of Sir Edward Phelipps, Knt., of Montacute, whom she sur- vived until 1728. Was this John Blake identical with a John Blake described, on doubtful authority, as of Huish Episcopi and possessor of lands in King's Sedgemoor ; or was he connected in any way with a Norman of Langport ; or can any other information concerning him be supplied 1 ? (Collin son's ' Somerset,' iii. 315.) J. K.
Wellington Cottage, Ottery St. Mary.
DALPROON, A LOST VILLAGE. The follow- ing is from Wheeler's ' History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire ' (p. 128) :
"There is a tradition, for which, however, there does not appear to be much foundation, that anciently there was a village called Dalproon on a site near the South Holland Sluice, and that it was washed away in the great flood of 1236. The tradition is preserved in the following lines :
When Dalproon stood,
Long Sutton was a wood ;
When Dalproon was washed down,
Long Sutton became a town."
Where can I find fuller details concerning this lost village ? H. ANDREWS.
GAUTHEROT : TREMEAN. I should be glac to learn the dates of birth and death of, anc any other information concerning, a Madame Louisa Gautherot, an able violinist. I have her portrait engraved by Bartolozzi and pub lished in 1791. She is referred to by Dubourg in his gossiping book on the violin ; but ] have seen no other reference to her in any musical book. I should also be glad to have any information concerning a Miss Tremean a violinist, who is referred to on an old con cert bill, dated 21 Feb., 1817, as the "cele brated Miss Tremean." She is announced to play a concerto for the violin at Coven
Garden Theatre.
ARTHUR F. HILL.
- "LE PHILADELPHIEN A GENEVE; ou, Lettre
d'un Americain sur la derniere revolution dc Geneve, sa Constitution nouvelle, 1'emigration
en Irlande," &c. Printed anonymously in
Dublin in 1783. I should be glad to know
he name of its author and any circumstances
elating to the work and its history.
W. F.
HEBREW NUMERALS. What is the earliest
- ime at which the Hebrews employed letters
r or numbers? Reference to authorities re- ognized as the best on the subject is desired.
PERTINAX.
MARLBOROUGH, WILTS. Is there any his-
- ory of this town besides that written by
James Waylen, sometime secretary to Thomas ^arlyle? A. R. BAYLEY.
St. Margaret's, Malvern.
WILLIAM PRYNN. Are there any collateral descendants of this remarkable man, who died unmarried, 1669"? He was of Swains- wick, in Somersetshire ; there were Prynns of Alington in the same county, one of whom, John Prynn, in 1716, purchased the manor of Charlton King's, near Cheltenham. Was he related to William Prynn ? D. C.
THE JUDGE AND THE TREADWHEEL. It was lately asked in a contemporary, " What was the name of the judge who was anxious to try the effect of the punishment of the tread- wheel, and was not able to obtain his release for twenty minutes ? " Can any one supply the name, with authority for the story ? I am aware of the story of the Chief Justice (Camden) and the stocks in the ' Percy Anec- dotes,' "The Bar." Is there such a story in Hippisley's book against the tread wheel, 1823 ? ED. MARSHALL, F.S.A.
JACOBITE SWORDS. Information is sought respecting swords on which portraits are depicted of the " Old Pretender," James Frederick Edward Stuart. Detailed descrip- tions of any in private hands would be welcomed. T. CANN HUGHES, M.A.
Lancaster.
THE NAME STAMBULOFF. I have been re- reading the admirable article on Bulgarian (9 th S. i. 342), and it has occurred to me that perhaps the author, or some other reader, can tell me about the accentuation of the above name. I have repeatedly heard it pronounced Stambuloff by Bulgarians, but they were always Macedonians, and in Macedonia, accord- ing to the well-known treatise of Leonard Mas- sing, there is a strong tendency to prefer antepenultimate stress. Russians, on the con- trary, always accent this name Stambuloff, which I fancy may also be done by some Bulgarians, although by those I have met it seems to be regarded as an unpatriotic pro-
