which I
find allusion in a MS. letter of Mr. North's?

BURIENSIS.

_John Dutton, of Dutton_.--In the Vagrant Act, 17 George II., c. 5.,
the heir and assigns of John Dutton, of Dutton, co. Chester, deceased,
Esq., are exempt from the pains and penalties of vagrancy. Query--Who
was the said John Dutton, and why was such a boon conferred on his
heirs for ever?

B.

_Rome, Ancient and Modern_.--I observed, in a shop in Rome, in 1847,
a large plan of that city, in which, on the same surface, both ancient
and modern Rome were represented; the shading of the streets and
buildings being such as to distinguish the one from the other. Thus,
in looking at the modern Forum, you saw, as it were _underneath_ it,
the ancient Forum; and so in the other parts of the city. Can any of
your readers inform me as to the name of the designer, and where, if
at all, in England, a copy of this plan may be obtained?

If I remember rightly, the border to the plan was composed of the
Pianta Capitolina, or fragments of the ancient plan preserved in
the Capitol. In the event of the map above referred to not being
accessible, can I obtain a copy of this latter plan by itself, and
how?

A.B.M.

_Prolocutor of Convocation_.--W.D.M. inquires who was Prolocutor of
the Lower House of Convocation during its session in 1717-18?

_Language of Queen Mary's Days_.--In the first vol. of Evelyn's
_Diary_ (the last edition) I find the following notice:--

"18th, Went to Beverley, a large town with two churches, St.
John's and St. Mary's, not much inferior to the best of our
cathedrals. Here a very old woman showed us the monuments,
and being above 100 years of age, spake _the language of Queen
Mary's days_, in whose time she was born; she was widow of a
sexton, who had belonged to the church a hundred years."

Will any of your readers inform me what was the language spoken in
_Queen Mary's_ days, and what peculiarity distinguished it from the
language used in _Evelyn's_ days?

A learned author has suggested, that the difference arose from the
slow progress in social improvement in the North of England, caused by
the difficulty of communication with the court and its refinements. I
am still anxious to ascertain what the difference was.

FRA. MEWBURN.

Darlington.

_Vault Interments_.--I shall be very glad of any information as to the
origin and date of the practice of depositing coffins in vaults, and
whether t