t depend upon the nature of the wood used, the condition of the
atmosphere, or the dexterity of the operator? I have not quoted any
particular passages, as they are sufficiently familiar to readers of
voyages and travels in the South Sea hemisphere; and although they exhibit
some diversity in the _modus operandi_, the principle involved is
essentially the same in each mode. I need scarcely add, that I am of course
well aware of the means by which, whether by accident or design, heat is
ordinarily generated by friction in this country.

D.

Rotherfield.

_Murderer hanged when pardoned._--I have a copy of the _Protestant's
Almanack_ for 1680, full of MS. notes of the period, written by one of the
Crew family. Among other matter it states:

"A man was hung for a murder in Southwark (I think), notwithstanding
the king's pardon had been obtained for him, and he actually had it in
his pocket at the time."

Will some kind friend oblige me with further information of this case, or
tell me where I may obtain it?

GILBERT.

_Burke, Passage from._--The following passage is quoted as a motto _from
Burke_:--

"The swarthy daughters of Cadmus may hang their trophies on high, for
when all the pride of the chisel and the pomp of heraldry yield to the
silent touches of time, a single line, a half worn-out inscription,
remain faithful to their trust."

In what composition of Burke's is it to be found?

Q.(2.)

_Licensing of Books._--Can any of your readers inform me what was the law
in 1665 relative to the licensing of books? also when it was introduced (or
revived), and when modified? I find in a manual of devotion printed in that
year the following page, after the preface:--

"I have perused this book, and finding nothing in it but what may tend
to the increase of private devotion and piety, I recommend it to my
Lord the Bishop of London for his licence to have it printed."

JO. DURESME.

"Imprimatur:
Tho. Grigg, R. P. D. Hamff.
Ep. Lond. a Sac. Dom.
Ex AEdibus, Lond.
Mart. 28. 1665."

R. N.

_Captain John Stevens._--I should be glad to learn some account of _Capt.
John Stevens_, the continuator of Dugdale's _Monasticon_ in 1722. He is
generally considered to have edited the English abridgment of the
_Monasticon_, in one vol. 1718, though a passage in Thoresby's _Diary_
mentions that it contained "some reflections upon the Reformation, which
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