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be found? E. S. TAYLOR. [The following notice of Eugene Aram's Lexicon occurs in a letter written by Dr. Samuel Pegge to Dr. Philipps, dated Feb. 18, 1760: "One Eugene Aram was executed at York last year for a murder. He has done something, being a scholar and a schoolmaster, towards a Lexicon on a new plan. Hearing of this, I sent for the pamphlet, which contained some account of his life, and the specimen of a Lexicon. He goes to the Celtic, the Irish, and the British languages, as well as others; and there are things, in the specimen that will amuse a lover of etymologies." (_Gent. Mag._, 1789, p. 905.) Aram left behind him an Essay relative to his intended work, from which some extracts are given in Kippis's _Biographia Britannica_, s.v. The Lexicon does not appear to have been printed.] _Drimtaidhvrickhillichattan._--I should feel obliged through the medium of "N. & Q.," to be informed of the whereabouts of a locality in Scotland with the above euphonious name. ALPHA. [Drimtaidhvrickhillichattan is situated in the island of Mull, and county of Argyle.] _Coins of Europe._--Where can I find the fullest and most accurate tables showing the relative value of the coins in use in different parts of Europe? ALPHA. [Consult Tate's _Manual of Foreign Exchanges_, and the art. COINS in M^cCulloch's _Dictionary of Commerce_.] _General Benedict Arnold._--Can any of the readers of "N.& Q." inform me where General Arnold is buried? After the failure of his attempt to deliver up West Point to the English, he escaped, went to England, and never returned to his native {598} country. I have heard that he died about forty years ago, near Brompton, England; and would be glad to have the date of his death, and any inscription which may be on his tomb. W. B. R. Philadelphia. [General Arnold died 14th June, 1801, in the sixty-first year of his age. His remains were interred on the 21st at Brompton.] * * * * * Replies. PARISH REGISTERS.--RIGHT OF SEARCH. In Vol. iv., p. 473. a Query on this subject is inserted, to which, in Vol. v., p. 37., MR. CHADWICK replied. The question, one of great importance to the genealogist, has recently been the subject of judicial decision, in the case of Steele _v._ Williams, reported in the 17th volume of the _Jurist_, p. 464. (the Number for Saturday, 28th May).
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