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 330 NOTES AND QUERIES. [i2s.x.Anu L 29. 1-2. used ? H. K. St. J. S. has kindly informed me that Cicero (' Acad. Prior,' ii., c. 10, s. 32) says of some of the Sceptics : Volunt. . . probabile allquid esse et veri- simile, eaque se uti regula et in agenda vita et in quaerendo, &c. Is there anything to this effect in Sextus Empiricus ('Adv. Math.')? JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. " THE LABBUT." A narrow alley here with a few old cottages in it is called " The Labbut." It opens at one end into the main street and at the other to a steep field on the river-side. What is the explanation of the name ? M. N. O. Keynsham, Somerset. " DAPP'S HILL." Dapp is not, apparently, a Somerset surname. Might it in the name Dapp's Hill be an abbreviation of dapifer ? There is a very old house on the hill, which overlooks the mills that belonged to Keynsham Abbey, the site of which is about a third of a mile away. M. N. O. Keynsham, Somerset. " FOREGATE, STRAND." In a letter dated Oct. 9, 1866, Robert Soutar, writing to George Vinning, dates his letter from this unfamiliar place-name. I infer it was part of Clement's Inn, as he was resident there about this time, but shall be glad of some confirmation, and also to learn if the name is derived from Alderman Pickett's im- provement of this part of the Strand, and the provision of a large gatehouse or entry to Clement's Inn. ALECK ABRAHAMS. OLDEST HALFPENNY EVENING NEWS- PAPER. It has been stated that The Bolton Evening News, published March 16, 1867, was the first halfpenny evening paper. Does anyone know of an earlier one ? ARCHIBALD SPARKE. BARNARD OF WORKSOP, SCHOOLMASTER. Can any reader give me information about a Mr. Barnard who had a school at Worksop in 1668, from which scholars were sent to Cambridge (vide ' Admissions to St. John's College ') ? Or perhaps someone will kindly tell me to whom to apply at Worksop, or Nottingham, for this information ? H. C. B. SWINFORD. Wanted, information con- SHOOTER'S HILL : PROJECTED MILITARY CEMETERY. Bagshaw's ' History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Kent' (c. 1848), states: A grand Cemetery, or Mausoleum, intended to be formed on Shooter's Hill, for the final resting-place of the officers of the Army and Navy, has received the sanction of the Com- mander-in-Ohief, the Duke of Wellington. The Mausoleum is to be erected in the grounds where the Castle known as Severndroog now rears its head. It is to be raised on terraces, the sub- struction of which will afford a space for ten thousand catacombs, and will form an imposing object when viewed from the river Thames and the adjacent country. What is known of this project and its non-fulfilment ? Several more recent works concerned with the neighbourhood contain no mention of it. W. B. H. SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. Can any contributor throw any light upon the authenticity of a wine-cellar in Johnson's Court, Fleet Street, which is styled " Johnson's Wine House," late "Sweeney Todd." which is claimed to be the original barber's shop in which " Sweeney Todd" carried on his infamous trade. A portion of a dilapidated chair and ' an intricate mass of ironwork, said to be portions of the mechanism which operated the fatal chair, are suspended Upon a wall. There is also a cellar beneath in which are some stone steps. These steps at one time led down to the old Fleet river, but the passage is now closed up. Is this tradition fact or fiction ? FRANK JAY. TURNER. I shall esteem particulars of the ancestry and descendants of the follow- ing : 1. William Turner, of Marbury, near Northwich, Cheshire. He married and had a son, William Turner, born 1653, died 1 701. Divine, he went to St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, B.A. (M.A., 1675), and took Holy Orders. In 1680 he was appointed rector of Walberton, Sussex. He had a son William, who was born 1693. 2. John Turner, minister, of Preston, Northwich and Knutsford. He married Hannah, daughter of William Chorley, and had a son William, born at Preston, Lan- cashire, 1714, died 1794. JAMES SETON-ANDERSON. 39, Carlisle Road, Hove. THE REV. JOSEPH E. STEE, a Wesleyan cerning the family of Swinford, particularly minister born at Stanion, March 13, 1799, the birthplace of Edward James Swinford, d. at Oundle, June 12, 1847. Names of born about 1830. R. MATTHEWS. his parents and wife, and particulars of his