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Surgeons on Railways. Not more then ten,
nor less than five years ago, I believe a statement
appeared in a provincial newspaper, and in one of
the me'dical journals, to the effect that a certain
number (eight, if I recollect rightly) of the mem-
bers of the London College of Surgeons were then
employed as porters or policemen on some one or
more of the chief railways. Could any reader of
"N. &. Q." oblige the enquirer by referring to
the precise number of the paper or papers in
which the statement in question appeared ?
'larpos.
Samuel Dowse. Can any of your numerous correspondents tell me where I may ascertain anything about Samuel Dowse, who emigrated from England to Ireland about the year 1689 ?
K K.
Flight of Norfolk. Can any of your readers direct me to the registry of the baptism of a Susan or Susannah Flight, who was born within the radius of a few miles of Caistor, next Norwich, in (or about) the year 1732. Robert Flight, an uncle of the above, resided at Caistor aforesaid, where he died and was buried in the year 1777. Any information respecting him or his family would also oblige. FREDERICK MA.LLETT.
Numismatic Query. To what coin may the following description refer ? The inscription round the border is illegible. On one side, the ball and cross in a triangle, with some kind of curved lines round it. The other side, three crowns and three fleurs-de-lis alternately, rose in centre, dots between each crown and fleur-de- lis. CLERICUS.
Birch of Ardwich, co. Lancaster. I shall feel obliged to any of your correspondents who can afford me information respecting this family. It is presumed to be a junior branch of Birch, of Birch, in the same county. Is it known at what time they branched off? and was the cele- brated parliamentary general of that name a member of the former or latter house ? C. L. L.
Altar-Rails. In the church of Minster, near Canterbury, I am told no rails surround the Com- munion-table ; but when the Holy Communion is administered, the communicants kneel in the chancel, and the officiating clergymen carry to each the sacred elements. This is, I believe, the case at the chapel of Christi Corpus College, Cam- bridge ; but I am not aware of any other church or chapel where the table is not railed off. Pos- sibly, if you think this worthy of a Note, some of your numerous contributors can supply a list of any other churches where this peculiarity exists, and explain the reason of it.
G. BRINDLEY ACWOBTH.
Star Hill, Kochester.
Alice Lisle and Elizabeth Gaunt. I have a
little book before me (vol. 5i. only), An Historical
Account of all the Tryals and Attainders of High
Treason, from Charles I. to the date of publication*
1716. Two circumstances in it I have remarked
especially :
1st. Alice Lisle, in her speech at her execution,, asserted that Col. Penruddock told her, he had had it in his power to apprehend the ministers she sheltered, ere they reached her house ; and that one of the grand jury desired to be placed on the petty jury, that he might be more nearly con- cerned in her death. Are these assertions true ? I hope not.
2nd. After mentioning the conviction of Eliza- beth Gaunt, John Fernley, and William Ring, the volume asserts that neither were executed !
The book bears tangible proof of its Jacobite origin, and I should be glad to know who was its compiler, &c. ? In every way it is a loose, meagre, and prejudiced compilation. H. G. D.
" Tottenham in his boots." I shall feel very much obliged to any of your correspondents who can inform me where I can obtain a print of the picture (now in possession of the Marquis of Ely) which was painted for the Parliament House in College Green, Dublin, of Charles Tottenham, of Tottenham Green, co.Wexford; commonly known, from the circumstances which the picture com- memorates, as " Tottenham in his boots."
The print was not, I believe, published ; but a proof of it struck for each of the subscribers to the picture. ONE OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
Two old Political Prints, temp. Charles I. 1. I have in my collection a full-length print of a cavalier, " sould by P. Stent ; " on his left is a winged hourglass, with the motto " Time swift doth run ; To judgement thou must come."
On the right is a figure of death, preparing to dart his arrows ; and underneath, the couplet
" Prepare for Death, lest he Send thee to woe and miserie."
Query, Str afford or Charles ? 2. Edwards, in his Gangrana (2nd Part, 1646), says it is rumoured on " Change "
" That in Holland the picture of an Independent is drawn and set out publicly, with God written in his mouth, the devil upon his heart, and the world written and pictured as he is holding it in his arms." P. 130.
Is this delectable gentleman anywhere extant now ? C. CLIFTON BARBT.
Breach of Quarantine. About fifty years ago, in a large city, a number of persons were indicted capitally, for communicating with a vessel under quarantine. The witnesses for the prosecution failed to identify them ; probably a conviction was
