_Who was Lord Karinthon, murdered 1665?_--Can any of your readers inform
me who was the English lord, murdered in France by his Flemish valet, in
March, 1665, as stated in the following passage of Gui Patin's
_Letters_, tom. iii. p. 519., ed. 1846:--

"Hier, ce 18 Mars, je vis sur le pont Notre Dame, mené à la
Grève, un certain méchant malheureux coquin, natif de Flandre,
qui avoit poignardé son maître dans Pontoise; c'étoit un
seigneur anglois, doint il vouloit avoir la bourse.... Ce
seigneur anglois qui fut poignardé dans son lit avoit nom de
Milord Karinthon.... Dans le testament de ce bon mais malheureux
maître il se trouve qui'il donnoit à ce pendard de valet 20,000
livres."

C. {441}


_Christian Captives._--Where can any information be obtained respecting
the Christian captives taken by the Barbary pirates--the subscriptions
raised for their relief, by briefs, &c., and what became of the funds?

R.W.B.


_Ancient Churchyard Customs._--In an article in _The Ecclesiologist_ on
churchyards and churchyard crosses,--but not having the volume by me, I
am unable to give an exact reference,--it is stated,

"In them (churchyards) prayers are not now commonly poured forth