There are numerous local names in the fens, of which the history may be traced for some centuries, deserving investigation. E. G. R. _Aches._--I am aware that there is abundant proof of "aches" being a dissyllable when Shakspeare wrote, and long after; but I wish to know whether there is any _rhyme_ earlier than that in Butler, which fixes the pronunciation as _artches_. S. S. _Leeming Hall._--There was formerly a mansion somewhere between Liverpool and Preston, called Leeming Hall. Can any of the correspondents of "N. & Q." inform me if it still exists, and what is the name of the present owner? I should also be glad to have some information respecting the genealogy of the family of Leemings, who formerly lived there, or to learn the name and residence of some member of the family to whom I could apply for such information. G. _Caricature; a Canterbury Tale._--Many facts are recorded in the caricatures of the day, of which there is no other account. The reference of the following may be well known, but I should feel obliged by any of your correspondents explaining it. Fox, the Prince of Wales, and a third figure (?), are in a boat pushing off from shore, with Burke looking over a wall with a large bag in his hand. He says, "D----me, Charley, don't leave me in the lurch;" who replies, "Self-preservation is the first law of nature." His companions joining with "Push off, Charley, push off." H. _Perpetual Curates not represented in Convocation._--In _Lectures on Church Difficulties_, by the Rev. J. M. Neale, I find this statement: "Under the old regime rectors and vicars were alone, generally speaking, allowed a vote in the election of proctors, to the exclusion from that privilege of even perpetual curates."--Lecture xi., p. 133. I believe that this is correct, and that the curates spoken of as having their votes rejected in Day _versus_ Knewstubbs, were perpetual curates: but can some of your correspondents confirm this view by facts? WM. FRASER. Tor-Mohun. _Dr. Whichcote and Dorothy Jordan._--In the preface to the edition of the plays of Wycherley and others, edited by Mr. Leigh Hunt, the following passage occurs: "The two best sermons we ever heard (and no disparagement to many a good one from the pulpit) were a sentence of Dr. Whichcote's against the multiplication of things forbidden, and the honest, heart and soul laugh of Dorothy Jordan." I feel rather curious to read a sentence which is said to possess so much instruction. [Greek: Xanthos]. _Moral Philosophy._--What English writers have treated of the obligation of oaths and promises, or generally of moral philosophy, between the Reformation and the time of Bishop Sanderson? H. P.