"_Saturday_ 24th (Jan.).--One Patrick Redmond having been condemned at Cork, in Ireland, to be hanged for a street robbery, he was accordingly executed, and hung upwards of twenty-eight minutes, when the mob carried off the body to a place appointed, where he was, after five or six hours, actually recovered by a surgeon, and who made the incision in his windpipe called _bronchotomy_, which produced the desired effect. The poor fellow has since received his pardon, and a genteel collection has been made for him." C. R. I would refer your correspondent [Sigma]., who has put a Query whether persons who have suffered execution by hanging have outlived the infliction, to a case of a woman named Anne Green, which appears to be authenticated upon the most unequivocal testimony of two very estimable authors. The event to which I allude is described in Dr. Robert Plot's _History of Oxfordshire_, folio, Oxford, 1705, p. 201.; and also in the _Physico-Theology_ of Rev. W. Derham, F.R.S., 3rd edit., 8vo., London, 1714, p. 157. The above-mentioned Anne Green was executed at Oxford, December 14, 1650. I will not trespass upon your space, which appears pretty well occupied, with a lengthened detail from the authors pointed out, as their works are to be found in most libraries; and thinking Polonius's observation that "brevity is the soul of wit" may be more extensively applied than to what relates to fancy and imagination. I would, however, crave one word, which is, that you would suggest to your correspondents generally that in referring to works they would give, as distinctly as possible, the heads of the title, the name of the author, the edition, if more than one, the place of publication, date, and page. I have experienced much loss of time from incorrect and imperfect references, not to mention complete disappointment in many instances, which I trust may plead my apology for this remark.[4] [Gamma]. [Footnote 4: As our pages are frequently consulted for literary purposes, the suggestion of [Gamma] is extremely valuable, and we trust his hints will be adopted by our numerous correspondents.--ED.] * * * * * PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. _A Stereoscopic Note._--I possess a small volume entitled _A Disquisition about the Final Causes of Natural Things_, by T. H., B.B., Fellow of the Royal Society, 1688. "To which are subjoined, by way of Appendix, some uncommon observations about vitiated sight." In this strange appendix, one of the uncommon observations is worth the notice of your correspondents who write on stereoscopic subjects. I give you an extract from it: