_The Cadenham Oak._--Can any of the correspondents of "N. & Q." inform me if this famous old tree is still alive? It flourished for nearly three centuries in Hampshire Forest; and during this long period was visited by crowds of people, who, it must be confessed, entertained towards it a religious veneration--from its peculiarity of annually shooting forth its buds on old Christmas-day. If dead, as I suppose--for the account which I read some years ago stated that it was fast decaying--then I would like to know if the young tree, one of its progeny, is still flourishing in the forest, and enjoying, from its peculiarity, the same veneration {181} which was paid to the parent stock. Those of your readers who wish to know more of this venerable oak, and of the trees which sprung from it, are referred to Mr. Gilpin's able and interesting work on forest scenery, published, as I believe, in London between sixty and seventy years ago. W. W. Malta. _St. Mary's Church, Beverley._--In the memorials of Ray (_Ray Society_), at p. 138., is a curious account of the church of St. Mary at Beverley. Would some kind antiquary resident at Beverley, or its vicinity, compare the present state of the church with what Ray describes it to have been in his day; and at the same time state whether "the inhabitants of Beverley" now "pay no toll or custom in any city, town, or port in England?" ENIVRI. Tredagh. _The Rev. Joshua Marsden._--I should be glad if any of the correspondents of "N. & Q." could furnish any particulars relative to the above gentleman. He was the author of a most exquisite _morceau_ of about forty lines, entitled "What is Time;" in reference to which, a literary periodical of some thirty years ago says: "If our readers are half as much struck with the following solemn appeal, as we ourselves have been, they will not wonder at its insertion where poetry so rarely finds room." BRAEMAR. _Bentley's Examination._--I have found this anecdote of Bentley in Bishop Sandford's _Memoirs_. Is it authentic? "When the great Bentley, afterwards so distinguished, was examined for Deacon's Orders, he expected that the Bishop would himself examine him; and his displeasure at what he considered neglect, he vented in such answers as the following: _Chaplain._ Quid est Fides? _Bentley._ Quod non vides. _Chaplain._ Quid est Spes? _Bentley._ Quod non habes. _Chaplain._ Quid est Charitas? _Bentley._ Maxima raritas." Are not these rhymes older than Bentley? W. FRASER. _Derivation of "Lowbell."_--I see MR. STERNBERG, in his "Dialect and Folk-lore of Northamptonshire," gives a new explanation of the puzzling word _lowbell_, in Beaumont and Fletcher's _Woman's Prize_, Act I. Sc. 3. It appears that Northamptonshire peasants have a way of their own for punishing offenders against good morals: